Chapter 22 The Nanny's Niece's Counterattack 22
If such a person existed, what a genius they would be!
These teachers only had a superficial understanding of competitions and could only vaguely discern their difficulty. Therefore, they could only admire these students who dared to participate. At their age, they would still be in school studying and playing with their classmates, never even considering participating in such competitions, nor possessing the ability or courage to do so.
At that moment, the students who had been marveling at the exam questions were looking at the competition questions and suddenly their faces fell.
The competition only had six questions in total, and participants were given one and a half hours to complete them, which meant that each question only had twenty minutes. This wouldn't be so bad, since those who participate in the competition would already be aware of these prerequisites. However, the questions this year were significantly more difficult than in previous years.
Many students didn't even understand the questions, let alone know where to start. The exam room was filled with students scratching their heads in frustration, and it was unusually quiet because no one was writing anything.
Just as they were relieved that no one else was writing and that no one else knew how to write, the sound of a black pen writing on the exam paper became exceptionally clear.
A group of people looked in that direction and saw a girl start working on a problem. She was working incredibly fast, almost without pausing. Even when she did pause, it was only for two seconds before she continued writing.
That didn't look like random scribbles; it was clearly something she actually knew how to do. A sense of awe for her arose within me, but at the same time, I felt a great pressure about the time commitment.
Those who participated in the competition considered themselves to be quite intelligent. If they couldn't even solve a single problem, wouldn't it be embarrassing if their acquaintances found out? So they simply abandoned the troublesome first problem and went straight to the second one.
In fact, Lin Wei's work wasn't as easy as they imagined. Every second, her brain had to filter through many numbers and calculate the answer. The mental effort required was beyond what most people could handle. Not to mention, she was doing the calculations by brute force, which involved far more complex and numerous steps than competitive algorithms.
If Lin Wei hadn't been able to plan five steps ahead before the competition, she probably would have had a hard time winning. But because she did, these questions, though difficult for her, weren't impossible to solve.
Of course, there were a lot of steps involved in writing it. She even asked the proctor for several answer sheets, and she wrote two whole pages for one question.
Not only did her classmates look at her, but even the proctor couldn't help but come over and take a look. She didn't know if the student had done it correctly, but she didn't seem to be unable to do it. But was the solution to this problem really that long?
This wasn't Chen Zhaozhao's first time proctoring a math competition, but it was the first time she'd seen someone waste so much paper writing answers. If she had provided multiple solutions for a single question, that would have been one thing, but clearly not. Writing so much for just one question seemed a bit exaggerated.
But no matter how exaggerated it was, after looking around at the people nearby who had written two lines or even no words at all, she still felt that she was more reliable. Some people couldn't even make up a story. Compared to them, wasn't Lin Wei more reliable?
At this moment, Lin Wei had no time to pay attention to her surroundings. Solving the problem had exhausted all her energy, so how could she have time to look around to see if anyone was standing next to her? This also meant that she, the one being watched, was not affected by the proctor at all. On the other hand, the students nearby became nervous when they saw the proctor coming over, even though they knew she wasn't paying attention to them.
"Why isn't the teacher leaving yet?" I cursed inwardly. Anyone would be in a bad mood if they were first influenced by a high-achieving student in the same exam room, and then influenced by a proctor standing next to them, especially when the exam paper in front of them was extremely difficult. Their mentality collapsed instantly.
Thinking that if I don't do well on the test, you guys shouldn't expect to do well either, one person handed in their paper immediately.
"Teacher, I need to hand in my paper." He scribbled in the answer area, writing something, and it looked like he had filled it all up. Chen Zhaozhao glanced at it, made sure he had written his name and everything else, and then let him go.
Lin Wei heard the sound, looked up, and then lowered her head to continue working on her problems. She was under a lot of time pressure, afraid of not finishing the problems, so she didn't have time to think about these things. It was the others who were upset by this incident and were cursing the person in their hearts, thinking that they didn't want others to have a good time either.
His classmates, especially those who knew him, suddenly had a very bad impression of him. Everyone knew his grades all too well; they were good, but definitely not outstanding, let alone finishing the exam early.
This guy did it on purpose.
Because of this, when he got back, he told some of his close friends to stay away from him, because he was disgusting.
Lin Wei was unaware of all this and had already started working on the next question. Aside from needing time to read the question at the beginning, she was very fast at solving the questions later on. She knew how she calculated, looking at one step and calculating five steps in total. But to others, it looked like she knew the answer just by glancing at the question, which was quite absurd.
After an hour and a half, she solved all the questions, but she used up a lot of paper. In addition to writing the answers on the test paper within the answer area, she also wrote five more answer sheets than other students.
When she handed in her answers, everyone in the exam room was deeply impressed by this girl. When she came out and told her friends, they all looked incredulous, "You know what? There was a really weird girl in that exam room. She asked the proctor for five sheets of paper for six questions and filled them all up."
"Moreover, she writes very quickly, as if she doesn't need to think, and I don't even know what she wrote."
These voices circulated among the test takers, while another voice said, "Don't even mention it, there was a weirdo in my exam room who actually left twenty minutes early. The proctor said he could only leave after he finished writing, but he said he had finished everything."
"But he only asked for one piece of paper. I don't know if the girl you mentioned was right, or if this person was right." But one thing is true: their grades are in jeopardy.
Zhang Mo could hear the students' chatter from afar. For some reason, Fang Yihuai and Lin Wei suddenly came to mind, and he had a feeling that they were talking about the two of them.
Just then, a group of people pointed in one direction and said, "That's the person." The two groups pointed to two people standing together and said, "I didn't expect the two of them to know each other. It seems that geniuses are indeed together."
Zhang Mo looked up and saw two familiar figures. A hint of softening appeared on his expressionless face as he walked towards them. "You two have become quite famous." Everyone was complaining about the two of them ruining people's moods.
Lin Wei felt wronged. How could she be called ruining someone's mindset? Those answer sheets had completely broken her spirit. She could imagine the expressions on the faces of the examiners when they saw all five answer sheets.
"By the way, where is Gao Fuya?" She looked around but didn't see her. At least they were in the same class, so she would pay more attention to her.
Fang Yihuai: "She went to participate in an English competition."
Gao Fuya's original words were that although she was good at math, she couldn't compare to the others, so she wouldn't participate as a mere participant; she still had a chance to win the English competition.
It's quite a coincidence that the two competitions were on the same day. It's not surprising that she skipped the math competition and chose the English competition. It's just that the money spent on tutoring and classes was wasted.
Lin Wei was somewhat surprised to hear this. "An English competition?" To be honest, if she had known about the English competition earlier, she would have participated. However, she only thought about it in her mind. Putting everything else aside, she learned a lot from this math competition.
In other words, she felt that she still had a little bit of talent, being able to solve competition problems by brute force. Isn't that a kind of talent?
After the three finished talking about Gao Fuya, they started discussing the competition. Zhang Mo was unsure about one question: "I've finished the second-to-last question, but I'm not sure if it's feasible." Putting everything else aside, the questions in this year's competition were indeed much more difficult than in previous years; they were on a completely different level.
Lin Wei would also answer this question, "Although I finished all the questions, I don't know if it's feasible." If she encounters a strict examiner, she'll be in trouble.
Anyway, she did her best.
Nearby, a group of people, seeing them comparing answers, gathered around to listen. The three people glanced at them but didn't stop them. Among them was Qin Siyu. He was actually more interested in finding out who had the answer "there's no rice in the lunchbox," but he didn't know. However, seeing Lin Wei and her group, he still felt a sense of familiarity. Having participated in the competition twice, he considered himself quite familiar with them—a naiveté of the young master.
After checking the answers, everyone around was crying and wailing. Those who hadn't finished already knew how they fared and had given up hope. But those who filled their papers to the brim felt heartbroken when they discovered that so much of it was wrong, wondering why they couldn't have checked their work more carefully.
If their answers were absolutely correct, Qin Siyu only got three questions right, and at that moment he realized there were always people more capable than him, and the sky's the limit. He knew how he got his grades: first, his brother taught him, and second, he had one-on-one tutoring from a top-tier competition coach. But what about them? If he remembered correctly, Gao Fuya said they only attended an extracurricular tutoring class with a few dozen people, right?
Among them, Lin Wei, who did not attend extracurricular tutoring classes, had a stronger presence. Previously, Zhang Mo thought she might be worried about the money, but now he didn't think so. She was confident and felt that she had the ability, so it didn't make much difference whether she listened or not.
It has to be said that this misunderstanding has been left unresolved.
Meanwhile, the teachers grading the papers were arguing fiercely over a single paper.
"Although the steps on this test paper are a bit complicated, can you say it's wrong? In my opinion, it should get full marks."
"This is opportunistic and shows no competitive mindset. How can you expect to get full marks?" Several teachers argued heatedly over the answer sheets, neither willing to back down.
This brute-force solution is too rigid, like someone who can't think straight, stubbornly inflexible. Who solves a competition like this? Points must be deducted.
Just as they were locked in a stalemate over the test paper, a voice broke the deadlock and determined the final score.
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