Chapter 36 The Nanny's Niece's Counterattack
Outside the classroom, a voice rang out, "Your son is competing with someone, aren't you afraid he won't be able to handle it if he loses?" Anyone with eyes could see that he was a little nervous.
Ji Wenbing: "It's good for young people to suffer a little. This kid is too proud, and sometimes he needs someone to keep him in check. But if he, as my son, didn't even have this much resilience, then he wouldn't be my son." Although he was pointing out his son's shortcomings, he was very confident in him, and it was clear that he was proud to have such a son.
But the next second his attention fell on the girl in the classroom, "Is this the one you chose instead of my son?"
Liang Yanghua followed his gaze to Lin Wei, "Yes, in fact, I never thought she could get to where she is today." She said nice things back then, but to say that she really thought she had the ability was a lie; it was just a gamble.
However, she met his expectations very well, and even exceeded them.
She made it into the training team for all three subjects, which shows that she has put in a lot of effort.
Ji Wenbing: "She is indeed a very outstanding young girl." He nodded in agreement. Given their status, it was easy for them to find out Lin Wei's background. From coming from a poor mountain village to becoming a problem-solving genius, she's one in a hundred million. The future of the country still depends on these young people.
Meanwhile, Lin Wei wasn't exactly relaxed either. Could it be said that Professor Liang truly lived up to his reputation as a pioneer in the field of mathematics? The questions he set were exceptionally difficult. He didn't need anyone to get a perfect score; he only cared about who got the highest final score, so the question types were naturally quite arbitrary.
He wanted to see how far their level had progressed, from elementary school to university level, and even higher.
Lin Wei was indeed stumped by these questions, but she knew they were beyond their level of knowledge, so she wasn't too nervous. She skipped over questions she couldn't understand at first glance without hesitation. Getting stuck on unsolvable questions would be a waste of time.
However, even though she had no idea how to approach some topics she had learned before, she didn't give up. The problems, such as Fourier series and matrix theory, were novel and made her forget that it was a competition, and she immediately immersed herself in the calculations.
Ji Liu was initially able to remain calm, but the sound of writing nearby still affected him.
Does she know all these questions? But how could that be? Where in school is this knowledge taught?
Despite his efforts to convince himself that she was just thinking and calculating, he had already lost the battle in terms of momentum. And once you lose one step, you lose every step of the way. It would only be harder to regain confidence and put his mind to it.
If Lin Wei knew, she would only say that he didn't lose to her, but to himself. These questions were indeed difficult, but some were not impossible to solve. The fact that he had repeatedly scored full marks in math exams with her showed that he was quite capable. With careful thought, he could have figured them out, but he didn't.
So when the test papers were graded, the results shocked everyone. Out of a total of 150 points, Lin Wei scored 90 points, just barely passing, which already shocked everyone. However, Ji Liu, who had tied for first place with her many times, only scored 50 points this time. Ten minutes before the end of the test, he even gave up on finishing the questions.
Seeing this, Liang Yanghua shook his head. He wasn't too disappointed that the score was only this low, but it was hard not to be disappointed that the contestant gave up before it was over.
"He lost to himself." This was said to Ji Wenbing. He knew the questions he set himself; if he had just calmed down and focused on solving them, his score might not have been as high as Lin Wei's, but it certainly wouldn't have been much lower.
What a pity.
When the score came out, Ji Liu froze on the spot. "I lost." He no longer had the same fighting spirit he had when he challenged her.
Lin Wei was too lazy to comfort him. "Remember what we said? Whoever loses will pay for the training camp. You haven't forgotten, have you?"
Ji Liu looked at her and said, "Don't worry, I mean what I say." Then he walked out of the classroom dejectedly. This incident had indeed dealt him a heavy blow.
How could he lose? And lose so badly? That's what he can't accept the most.
Lin Wei stood there, watching his departing figure, thinking, "Could this have really hurt him?" But that wasn't her intention. After all, he had challenged her. She hadn't done anything special, just completed a test paper.
At this moment, Liang Yanghua walked over and praised her, "Not bad, compared to the previous math competition, your thinking has actually changed, which surprised me." If thinking were so easy to change, no one in the world would fail to learn anything after studying for so long, so how did she do it?
However, Lin Wei couldn't explain how she did it. She just did more practice problems, read more books, and practiced more. As her horizons broadened, her way of thinking about problems changed.
After listening, Liang Yanghua felt that it was almost as if nothing had been said, but that was normal. If there were a pattern to the method, then it wouldn't be a method.
During this time, Ji Wenbing noticed that she kept glancing at her son's back and comforted her, "Don't worry, he'll be fine. If he can't even handle this little setback, what will he do when he encounters other things in the future?" His displeasure with her also dissipated.
Although he rationally knew he shouldn't take his anger out on others, as a father, it was hard not to feel angry about his son's behavior. However, he wouldn't stoop to arguing with a young girl.
It was at this moment that Lin Wei learned that he was Ji Liu's father. To be honest, she felt a little embarrassed, after all, he had defeated his son so badly in front of him.
However, she was soon happy again, because she had only hoped that someone would pay for her training camp. However, her father generously paid for all three of her courses at once.
That's incredibly generous.
However, in contrast to her beaming smile, Ji Liu's face remained gloomy, as if his parents had died.
For the sake of money, Lin Wei unusually showed kindness and comforted him, "So what if you lost once? Where did your arrogance go when you challenged me before? If you're not convinced, I'll just have another match with you someday."
"However, I won't let you win." What started as a gesture of comfort turned into pure self-confidence.
Ji Liu watched her leave in high spirits, gripping his pen tightly. "So confident, does she really think I can't beat you?" All his discouragement vanished in anger.
His classmate, who also came from City A, patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, you'll get used to it after losing a few more times."
Ji Liu angrily slapped his hand away, saying, "Thank you so much." He'd rather keep the loss to himself.
The math class looked at him strangely after the competition, thinking he had scored too low. Ji Liu sneered when he saw this, thinking that he had scored too low, but he wanted to see how low they could score.
So, out of kindness and generosity, he printed out a copy of the test paper for everyone in the class except Lin Wei.
Go ahead and do it, let's see how much better you can be than me.
Lin Wei only learned about this when she saw the test paper from Fang Yihuai. She was a little surprised, but not entirely surprised, to see that he had solved the questions she hadn't been able to answer.
She had long known that the previous tests wouldn't reveal his true abilities, but when she actually saw this scene, she still had a feeling that she had expected it.
He was very strong, so strong that it made people sigh.
However, when Lin Wei saw Gao Fuya's and the others' papers, he breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, he was the only one who was abnormal; everyone else was normal.
So if she wanted to surpass him, what should she do? A look of confusion crossed Lin Wei's eyes. Should she study graduate-level knowledge? Or should she acknowledge his talent and success?
Because of this, she found Professor Liang, who had not yet left, and asked him the question, "Is a person's talent really limited? Is it really impossible to surpass a genius?" When she and Fang Yihuai scored the same as before, she did not feel that there was much of a gap between them, but after this test, she realized that there was still a gap between them.
Liang Yanghua found the question very interesting. “Traditionally, that’s how it is, but who can guarantee there are no exceptions? It’s hard to say whether the word ‘talent’ can encompass a person’s abilities. The only thing that cannot be denied is that talented people do everything with ease, while those without talent are destined to have it much harder than others. But does that mean that people without talent can’t succeed? Not necessarily.”
"In fact, I'm not as good as you think. In fact, I wasn't even one of the top students in math in elementary, middle and high school. But I still managed to surpass those top students and get to where I am today. If you ask me if I have a great talent for math, I can't give you an answer. But what I want to say is that it's never too late to learn as long as you want to."
"It is certainly gratifying to surpass others, but what you should do most is to surpass yourself, to surpass the self of yesterday, for that is your greatest rival on the road of life."
After listening, Lin Wei seemed to have gained some insight. Could she surpass herself from yesterday?
Meanwhile, Liang Yanghua continued, "Will the person you consider your rival really remain your rival forever? What will you do if they disappear one day?"
"You should listen to your own heart and ask yourself why you are learning mathematics."
Lin Wei could only think about winning. She didn't love math, physics, or biology, so she could never be as passionate as they were. But what was wrong with wanting to win?
If there's a goal ahead, she'll try to surpass it; even if she can't, she'll find a way to do so—that's her unwavering approach.
So in the afternoon, Ji Liu saw her walk up to him and extend her hand, insisting, "You gave everyone the test papers, but you left me out. Are you looking down on me?" It was as if she was there to cause trouble.
Ji Liu: "??" What exactly is she trying to do? Is she mocking or provoking him?
Fortunately, he had accidentally hit too many papers earlier, and there were still a few test papers in the drawer, so he eventually gave one to her. Even after she left, he still felt confused.
Okay, actually Lin Wei wanted to save money on printing. Since someone else was paying, why should she spend money? As for what to do with the test papers, what else could she do? Use them, of course. There's no reason why she couldn't do what Fang Yihuai could.
So she was studying the math problems on the test, she was learning a chapter on systems space in biology, but physics was still left untouched.
But is it really true that they are that different? Fang Yihuai looked at the question he answered correctly. In fact, he had done a similar question before, so it was not surprising that he could answer this question.
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