Chapter 73 Chapter 73 Exclusive
As soon as the two of them walked into the office, the head teacher, who was also the math teacher Zhou Shaoyuan, looked at them with a very obvious smile on his face. He asked them to sit down quickly and then said, "You just came back today and came to school. Why didn't you take a good rest before coming here?"
The two looked at each other, and Lin Yimu said with a gentle smile: "I have missed classes for so long, so I want to go back to school early to make up for the missed classes."
Zhou Shaoyuan smiled and said, "It's good to have this intention. I heard that both of you have achieved remarkable results in the competition, one gold medal and one silver medal. This really brings honor to our school, especially Lin Yimu, who actually scored a perfect score in the national competition. This really brings honor to our Yancheng No. 1 High School."
Lin Yimu and Huang Minglei just sat there and listened with a smile. When Zhou Shaoyuan finished his sigh and asked about their choice of schools, Lin Yimu and Huang Minglei spoke again and told them about the schools they had chosen.
When Zhou Shaoyuan heard the schools they had chosen, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Not bad, not bad. Since you two have already chosen the universities you want to attend, I am very happy for you. With your grades, you two will definitely be included in the national training team. So, did you say when you will go for the training?"
Lin Yimu and Huang Minglei both shook their heads. "No word on when we'll go to training. We can only wait for notification," Huang Minglei explained.
Zhou Shaoyuan did not look disappointed when he heard this. He was still smiling and looked very happy as he talked to the two about other things. "Don't worry. Based on past experience, the national team training camp is in March of next year. You still have a few months to relax. Otherwise, the schedule may be even tighter when the training camp starts."
"Don't worry, teacher. We will always be prepared. No matter when the training begins, we will not be caught off guard." After Lin Yimu finished speaking, he looked at the head teacher who had been smiling since the beginning of the conversation with some curiosity, and asked: "Teacher Zhou, do you have any happy news today? You seem to be very happy all the time."
When Zhou Shaoyuan heard Lin Yimu's question, his smile became even brighter. "Of course it's a good thing. I have to thank you two for your performance in the national competition. Although I didn't get my position as grade director back, I did get a bonus, which is a big gain."
When this was mentioned, Zhou Shaoyuan's face, which was originally full of smiles, returned to calmness. Even if he received a bonus, it would not be as stable as the salary of the grade director.
When Lin Yimu saw the head teacher's expression, he knew he had asked the wrong question. He quickly said congratulations and tried to leave the classroom on the pretext that it was time for class. However, he was stopped by Zhou Shaoyuan, who had regained his smile.
"Oh! By the way, because you two won the gold and silver medals in the competition and brought great honor to the school, the school leaders plan to give you two a bonus. As for how much the bonus is, I don't know, but it can be regarded as a kind of encouragement from the school to the students."
Lin Yimu and Huang Minglei looked at each other, with a hint of surprise in their eyes. The school had given out prize money in the previous provincial competition, and now it was giving out prize money again in the national competition. It seemed that the school was quite rich.
But no matter how surprised they are, no one would refuse the money, after all, it was earned through their own efforts.
"Okay, teacher, we got it. Thank you for letting us know." After politely expressing their thanks, the two turned around and went back to the classroom together.
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On Thursday, the first midterm exam for the first year of high school was to be held. Lin Yimu and Huang Minglei had made up for the missed courses during the week since returning to school. They even received bonuses from the school the day before yesterday. Lin Yimu received a full 10,000 yuan reward because he was from a gold medal school, while Huang Minglei received 5,000 yuan.
When receiving the prize money, Lin Yimu and Huang Minglei were marveling at the wealth of the school. After all, the prize money had been greatly increased during the last provincial competition, and this time it was even more generous than last time.
However, after the two received their prize money, their photos, class names, and honors were posted on the school's honor roll bulletin board for all students to see.
As a result, the two of them have been pointed at and talked about wherever they go in recent days. Most of them come to ask about their learning methods and how much bonus they have won, which makes them very annoyed.
Today was finally the midterm exam, and everyone was nervous about the exam, so no one came over to ask questions, which made the two of them finally breathe a sigh of relief.
"It's finally quiet. These past two days have been so unbearable." Lin Yimu complained with a sigh of relief.
Huang Minglei smiled good-naturedly and said, "Everyone is only curious for the past two days. Now that the exam is coming, there is nothing to do. People in our class are only interested in grades."
As they talked, the two of them packed up the books in their desks, waiting for the midterm exam to begin.
The first exam started from the first class, and the first subject was still Chinese. There were two subjects in the morning and two in the afternoon. It was not until evening self-study that everyone struggled out of the sea of questions.
The exam lasted for two days. After finally finishing all the subjects, Lin Yimu breathed a sigh of relief. Although it was not very difficult for him, some liberal arts projects required him to memorize them one by one, which made him still feel a little nervous.
Because today is Friday and it happens to be a rest week, the school asked everyone to go back and rest after the last exam in the afternoon. Lin Yimu, Huang Minglei, Ye Yuankai, and Yuan Shanshan walked to the school gate together and then went back home separately.
As soon as Lin Yi Mu returned home, he found that his parents were already at home. There was a box on the table in the living room. Judging from the size of the box, it looked like a computer package. Lin Yi Mu walked over happily.
"Mom, is this the computer you bought for me?" Lin Yimu said happily while looking at Jiang Wanqiu who was busy in the kitchen.
Jiang Wanqiu had heard the door open a long time ago. When she heard her son's question, she stopped washing the ingredients and walked out of the kitchen and said, "Yes, I promised you that I would buy it if you did well in the provincial competition, but I was busy with classes before, so I put it off until now. Do you think I'm satisfied?"
After Lin Yimu got a definite answer, he immediately threw his schoolbag aside and started to dismantle the computer on the table. Jiang Wanqiu looked at Lin Yimu's impatient look and said with a smile: "Why are you in such a hurry? Can't you put your schoolbag away first before dismantling it? The computer won't move away."
Lin Yimu kept opening the box, took out the laptop, and said as he opened it, "I'm so happy. This is my own computer."
While Lin Yimu was operating the computer to connect to the home network, he was also installing some commonly used software on the computer, especially the contact email address that he often needed to use.
Lin Yimu had just logged into the mailbox after installing it. Just as he was about to put away the box he had just opened, he heard the mailbox he had just logged into ring.
Lin Yi Mu put the cardboard box in his hand behind the entrance door with confusion, walked back to the computer, opened the miniature mailbox, checked the unread emails, and when he saw who sent him the message, Lin Yi Mu showed a look of ecstasy on his face. It turned out to be an email from Professor Ferrero asking about the details of the thesis and his doubts.
Lin Yimu couldn't wait to carefully read the details of the email, and couldn't help but feel fortunate that Professor Wan had reminded him to be well prepared, otherwise he would probably be stumped by the many questions raised by Professor Ferrero.
This also made Lin Yimu truly realize how strict the reviewers are with manuscripts.
Those small data that he thought were not very important would be pointed out by the picky professor and he would ask about the formulas and methods used, forcing Lin Yimu to be extremely alert when replying to the emails.
While Lin Yi Mu was communicating with Professor Ferrero, their doorbell rang. It was Lin Bohan, who had just come out of the study, who opened the door. When he passed by the living room, he saw Lin Yi Mu sitting on the floor leaning against the sofa with his computer in his arms. He couldn't help but say a few words to him, but Lin Yi Mu, who was concentrating on replying to emails, didn't hear it.
When Jiang Wanlin brought his wife and son into the house, and Jiang Mingxuan ran to his side and lay down beside him to look at the computer, Lin Yimu realized that there were guests at home. But it was impossible for him to put down what he was doing and greet them for the time being. He could only greet the two of them apologetically and continue to focus on replying to the professor's email.
Lin Bohan and Jiang Wanqiu, who were chatting with Jiang Wanlin and his wife, saw Lin Yimu's behavior and thought he was addicted to games. Jiang Wanqiu glared at Lin Yimu unhappily, then turned to Jiang Wanlin and complained, "This kid, I just bought him a computer today, and he started fiddling with it as soon as he got home. He hasn't even moved yet."
Jiang Wanlin and Alyssa smiled and persuaded him when they heard this. They thought that Lin Yimu's current grades were already very good, and it was not a big deal to play on the computer occasionally. They could just let the child relax.
The group chatted in the living room for a while. Jiang Wanqiu and Alyssa went into the kitchen to cook, while Jiang Wanlin and Lin Bohan sat in the living room and talked, occasionally talking about Lin Yimu and Jiang Mingxuan next to them.
Lin Yimu was disturbed by the voices of his father and uncle, as well as the conversation coming from the kitchen. He had no choice but to get up and go back to his room with his computer, saying, "Dad, uncle, I have an email from a professor to reply to. I won't disturb you guys in the living room. I'm going back to my room first." After saying that, without waiting for his father to reply, he quickly went to his room with the computer.
Jiang Wanlin, Jiang Mingxuan, and Lin Bohan, two adults and one child, who were left in the living room, were all a little slow to react.
When he came back to his senses, Jiang Wanlin turned to Lin Bohan with a curious look on his face and asked, "Who is the professor Xiaomu is talking about? He was just replying to emails, wasn't he playing?"
Lin Bohan also glanced at the door of Lin Yimu's room with a puzzled look on his face. "I really don't know about this. He didn't mention any professors to us. But it is true that he signed a contract to study at Peking University after winning the gold medal in the national competition. Could it be that a professor at Peking University sent him some information?"
Jiang Wanlin's eyes flashed with surprise when he heard this, and then they were filled with admiration and pride. "Why didn't you tell us before that the child is so successful? Such a good thing should be celebrated for the child."
After he finished speaking, he thought about it for a while, then said with a happy face: "According to what you said, Xiaomu has already entered the national training team. Maybe a foreign university will send him an admission notice."
"This, this doesn't seem impossible, but we'd better wait for the child to come out and ask. If it turns out not to be the case, then we would be happy for nothing." Lin Bohan said this with some doubt, thinking that it would be better to wait for the child to come out and say it himself.
Lin Yi Mu was busy until it was almost time for dinner, and he finally answered all of Professor Ferrero's questions. The two of them had a very pleasant conversation. Professor Ferrero even asked Lin Yi Mu if he was interested in studying at Princeton, but Lin Yi Mu refused.
Therefore, Professor Ferrero persuaded Lin Yimu with great regret for a while, and only after Lin Yimu promised that he would consider going to Princeton for graduate studies in the future did he let Lin Yimu go with satisfaction. At the same time, he also expressed his great confusion and regret for Lin Yimu's choice not to study abroad for undergraduate studies.
When Lin Yi Mu came out of his room with ease, he was stared at by his uncle and father as soon as he reached the living room. When four eyes looked at him at the same time, Lin Yi Mu, who had done nothing wrong, couldn't help but feel nervous.
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