Chapter 25 Chapter 25 The high spirits of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy...
When Xu Sui arrived at the classroom, he found that many people were already in the class, most of them gathered in groups of three or four, talking to each other.
"You did well in the exam this time." She suddenly said to Xu Sui when they passed by a girl. Xu Sui was stunned, raised his eyes and met her gaze. She winked at Xu Sui in a friendly manner.
She was a girl from the same dormitory who had previously had an argument with Chen Yue and his friends.
Xu Sui nodded, raised his eyebrows, and whispered, "Thank you."
She hasn't looked at her transcript yet and only knows her English score, but she feels that she should have done well in the exam.
When I turned my head and walked forward, I saw Song Shiyang sitting in his seat and a group of people surrounding him in a circle.
There were regulars Jiang Song, Zhang Wenjun, Jiang Changjia, Xie Zhuoyuan, and some people I didn't know but looked familiar.
They opened and closed their mouths and patted Song Shiyang's shoulders from time to time. They were probably bragging about him again, Xu Sui thought.
The man in the middle slouched against his chair, his school uniform unzipped and hanging down at an angle. He must have been bothered by the noise, so his lips tightened. His pretty face seemed to say, "How annoying! Why won't these people leave?"
"Sui Sui, you're here." Jiang Changjia said as he glanced at Xu Sui behind him. He quickly got out of Xu Sui's seat and said as he walked, "Do you know how many points Jiang Yanqing from No. 8 Middle School scored?"
As soon as the name came out, there was a sudden silence. Everyone looked a little unpredictable. Xu Sui walked to his seat, and the sound of his schoolbag falling on the chair broke the sudden silence.
"What for? There's no need to be so secretive." Song Shiyang frowned and said in a low voice. The pen between his fingertips fell from mid-air and hit the table with a crisp sound.
"Victory and defeat are common in the military. You are being too extreme." His eyes swept over the people around him one by one, and finally ended with Xu Sui's back.
"Ah, no, the results just came out, doesn't everyone know about it?" Xie Zhuoyuan grinned, and Xu Sui felt that he looked like a big stupid bear.
"The news hasn't come yet, so we don't know yet." Jiang Song explained after glancing at Jiang Changjia.
"Confidence! Brother, we must have confidence! We can defeat No. 8 Middle School without fear." Someone in the group said this.
Xu Sui was looking for the test papers from a few days ago in the drawer while paying attention to the movements behind him. The moment he bent down, he heard a sneer from behind, followed by his indifferent and arrogant voice.
"Who said I have no confidence? I'm the top scorer in this joint exam." He paused, his brows brimming with fierceness, "I'll definitely be number one in the city."
Each word he spoke was steady and slow, with the youthful vigor that is unique to a teenager of sixteen or seventeen.
Xu Sui paused, "I will climb to the top of the mountain and look down on all the other mountains." The youthful arrogance was vividly and concretely displayed before his eyes at this moment, and slowly unfolding was the pride and unruliness hidden under the humility.
Humility is family education, and self-confidence is the foundation.
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There are two math classes and two English classes in the morning.
Xu Sui copied the steps to solve the problem on the blackboard and marked the parts he was confused about with a red pen. Then he wrote them on a sticky note and leaned back, lightly tapping his desk with the pen.
Feeling him approaching, Xu Sui took the opportunity to glance at the math teacher on the podium and threw the folded sticky note back, and it landed steadily in the middle of Song Shiyang's desk.
This is what he said that day. If you don’t understand, just ask.
If you don't understand something at the time, you should ask on the spot, otherwise after class Xu Sui will not remember what he didn't understand. In this way, you will also have a deeper memory of the solution.
After throwing the note, Xu Sui moved forward so that he could tap the back of her chair and reach out to get the answer.
The morning passed in a flash, and it was not until the last evening study session in the afternoon that Zhao Jianhua cleared his throat and signaled everyone to stop writing.
Xu Sui was working on a physics problem when he was interrupted by him. He looked a little gloomy for a moment and frowned as he looked at the head teacher in front of him.
The slightly plump Zhao Jianhua slowly turned on the projector and took the opportunity to say a few words: "Everyone did very well in the joint exam this time. Only a few students failed. Those who have improved should keep up the good work, and those who have regressed should find ways to solve their own problems."
After saying that, he placed a piece of white paper on it. The handwriting was magnified little by little. Xu Sui squinted his eyes and read it word by word, and suddenly understood what it was.
The so-called group performance analysis sheet mentioned by Zhao Jianhua.
He really analyzed everyone's grades bit by bit, summarized them, and compared the group scores, such as the group's total average score, how many people were in the group who ranked first in a single subject, and who were in the top 100 in the school and who had regressed.
"I have a good news to tell you all here. In this joint examination among several provinces, among the major universities, ours is the winner." He kept the audience in suspense and just kept laughing.
When Xu Sui saw this smile, he suddenly had a premonition of something for some reason. He turned slightly to look behind him. Song Shiyang had his eyes lowered. He didn't stop writing even when Zhao Jianhua asked him to. He didn't know what he was writing.
His expression was very cold when he was concentrating, and the sense of distance he gave on ordinary days was even heavier, making people afraid to approach him.
"What? Tell me quickly!" Someone below started to get anxious and urged.
Xu Sui withdrew his gaze from him and looked up at Zhao Jianhua again.
"Our classmate Song Shiyang fought his way through a crowd of over 300,000 students, overcoming all obstacles and successfully taking first place in this joint exam!"
When he said the last word, his voice cracked. He could no longer conceal his joy and was the first to raise his hand and applaud. The classroom was silent for a second, and then a sound wave was emitted that seemed to be able to overturn the ceiling.
“I’ve made it!”
"Congratulations, Brother Yang, you're awesome."
"I was wondering why you were so arrogant this morning. It turns out you were sure of winning, right? It's a pity that I was afraid of hurting your little heart." Jiang Songli was three groups away from here. He folded a paper airplane and flew towards Song Shiyang with a "whoosh".
The paper airplane flew through the old yellow ceiling fan, its trajectory slightly deviated to the left and right by the wind, and flew straight towards Xu Sui. Xu Sui subconsciously turned sideways.
With a "pop", Song Shiyang stretched out his hand and crumpled the paper into a ball. The arc formed by the inward-turned corners of his eyes lost its sharpness. With a slight smile in his eyes, he threw it towards Jiang Song. The sound was mixed in the chaos, but it was particularly clear in Xu Sui's ears.
"Listen for yourself and see if it's disgusting."
"Quiet! Quiet!" After Zhao Jianhua's excitement subsided, he realized that this was in a classroom, and he slapped the table several times to barely maintain order.
He straightened his voice and said seriously, "But, overall, your first group's performance on the exam was very unsatisfactory. Take a look for yourself." He then picked up the thin bamboo stick on the podium and pointed at something, saying, "There's a serious gap between your groups. Out of seven people, only two have improved." As if he had thought of something, he suddenly turned to them and said, "Exclude Song Shiyang. Out of six people, only two have improved."
“Puff—”
"What are you laughing at?!"
"Only Xu Sui and Jiang Bai have improved this time. The others have fallen behind. Look at the group average score. They're second to last this time."
Xu Sui raised her eyes and looked carefully. The groups were originally formed according to the monthly test results. Her score was second to last in the group, and this time it was third to last.
But she was very close to the person in front and very far away from the person behind, which was very unreasonable. It meant that those who were better than her failed the exam, and those whose scores were behind her also failed.
She closed her eyes and opened them again, thinking that if it weren't for Song Shiyang, who ranked first, their group's average score would definitely be last.
This guy managed to raise his overall score by almost 20 points.
"What does the fact prove? It proves that the whole is greater than the part! We need to optimize the combination to get the optimal solution where the sum of the partial functions is greater than the whole. Team leader, please pay attention to this." Zhao Jianhua spoke coolly and looked at Song Shiyang. Song Shiyang nodded to show that he understood, but after he turned around, he grabbed two handfuls of hair on his forehead in annoyance.
What was going on? For the first time in his life, he felt a bit bewildered. He couldn't understand why they couldn't answer these questions. When he asked them, they nodded and said they understood, but in the end, they still couldn't answer them.
A class lasts for forty-five minutes. Zhao Jianhua spoke for forty-five minutes in one breath. Finally, after taking a sip of water, he looked at them and asked: "Remember what I said before, there will be rewards for those who score first. The reward is a set of golden math test papers. The two groups behind will take turns to clean the classroom. One group will be assigned once a week, okay?" He smiled kindly.
"Ah——" everyone wailed.
Xu Sui was confused by this operation. No, are you sure this doesn’t mean everyone will be punished?
"No, there's one more thing I want to tell you. The first-year students are having a basketball game in a few days, maybe Thursday. Has the gym committee member found the players yet?"
"We've found the boys, but not all the girls." The physical education teacher stood up and said.
Zhao Jianhua smiled like a tiger with a smile at the moment when the bell was about to ring: "Girls, be more active. If you are not all here by then, you can just draw lots. We will eventually be all here. Okay, get out of class dismissed."
As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly took a few steps forward to make room, and everyone rushed to the door.
Only after most people had left did Xu Sui pack up and prepare to go find Xu Zhiyao. Today, Jiang Changjia was going to the school gate to pick up the meal sent by his family, and not to the cafeteria.
When he reached the door, he suddenly bumped into someone head-on. The force of the person was so strong that Xu Sui couldn't help but grit his teeth and his face twisted briefly.
"Who are you trying to scare by suddenly jumping out? Someone with connections?" A very harsh voice exploded in Xu Sui's ears and then spread to all parts of his brain.
Ignoring the pain, Xu Sui calmly raised his head and met Chen Yue's gaze, then asked expressionlessly, "Apologize."
"You bumped into me first, everyone saw it." After saying that, she tugged at the clothes of the girl next to her. Xu Sui glanced to the side, passing over the faces of the two or three girls. One was from their dormitory, and the other two were day students, whom Xu Sui had never met.
There were only one or two people doing homework in the classroom. The two sides were confronting each other. It was clearly four against one, but Chen Yue was frightened by Xu Sui's cold and indifferent eyes. He curled his lips and passed by her.
Three words came to Xu Sui's ears again.
"A person with connections."
She seemed unable to argue.
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