Chapter 53 Bluffing
The Song Mansion is very close to the county government office, so Li Nuo can sleep a little longer in the morning.
When he woke up, the bedside bedding had already been made up and his wife was nowhere to be seen.
Li Nuo was already accustomed to this. After a simple wash, he went to the county government office with Butler Wu.
When walking out of the gate of Song Mansion, he passed by the white-haired old man again.
Mr. Chen came to the Song Mansion early today. He studied the problem all night but had no clue. He felt a little regretful at the moment.
He really shouldn't have made such boastful promises in front of those old guys. If Li Nuo couldn't do it, he would lose face.
After passing through several corridors and moon gates, they came to a room. It was not yet time for class, and Song Muer and Song Ninger had not arrived yet.
About another quarter of an hour later, the two sisters came into the room carrying small bags.
"Hello, sir!"
After they greeted him, Mr. Chen pretended to be nonchalant and asked, "Have you finished the homework I left for you yesterday?"
What was different was that this time, the two sisters shook their heads at the same time.
Mr. Chen's heart skipped a beat. No way, that person didn't know the answer to yesterday's question either?
At this moment, two emotions, disappointment and relief, emerged in his heart at the same time.
He was disappointed that he could not continue to show off in front of those three old guys, but he was fortunate that the young man did not know everything. This allowed him, who had taught mathematics for a lifetime, to finally regain a little self-esteem.
However, to be on the safe side, he still decided to ask clearly.
He looked at the two of them and said, "Um, Mu'er...who of you two is Mu'er?"
Not only did the two sisters look exactly the same, but even their clothes were exactly the same. Even after teaching them for two months, he couldn't tell them apart.
Song Muer stood up and said, "Sir, I am Muer."
Mr. Chen's eyes moved to her and asked, "Doesn't your brother Li Nuo know the answer to yesterday's homework?"
Song Muer shook her head and said, "Of course Brother Li Nuo can do it, but this question is too difficult. I can't understand what he said..."
This question was certainly difficult, and the four old guys together couldn't figure it out. What Mr. Chen didn't expect was that this question didn't stump Li Nuo, and it seemed that he gave the answer in a very short time.
Mr. Chen couldn't wait to ask, "What did he say?"
Song Muer didn't remember the mysterious process at all, so she handed over her booklet and said, "Yes, Brother Li Nuo has written the solution here, you can read it yourself."
Mr. Chen carefully took the booklet, turned to the last page, and looked up.
One second.
Two seconds.
A quarter of an hour.
For a full quarter of an hour, he maintained this posture, without moving or saying a word, like a wooden sculpture, with only his eyes moving from time to time.
Song Muer and Song Ning'er had already gone out to play, they didn't have the patience to wait here.
I don't know how much time passed before Mr. Chen slowly put down the booklet in his hand.
I don’t understand…
At this moment, he deeply understood Song Muer. Not only did she not understand, he himself didn't understand either.
Although he couldn't understand it, his lifetime experience and intuition in studying mathematics told him that those seemingly random lines on the paper were definitely not drawn by Li Nuo casually, but he had not yet comprehended the mystery behind them.
This Li Nuo is very likely a rare mathematical genius in the world.
It is said that a good father will have a good son, but his talent in mathematics is even better than that of his father Li Xuanjing.
At a certain moment, he suddenly remembered the handsome young man he met at the gate of Song Mansion in the past two days.
Could it be that he is Li Nuo?
Mr. Chen walked out of the room and saw a little girl playing sepak takraw nearby. He asked, "Mu'er, when will your brother Li Nuo come back?"
Song Ning'er didn't answer him, but ran away with a snort.
Song Muer jumped down from a swing and said, "Brother Li Nuo went out this morning and won't be back until dinner time. Sometimes he comes to my house, and sometimes he goes back to his own house. I don't know if he will come today..."
Mr. Chen sighed and murmured, "If it's afternoon, I'm afraid it will be too late..."
After teaching the two sisters, Mr. Chen tested them on some basic mathematics. Today, he did not give them any homework and left the Song Mansion in a hurry.
Qingfeng Academy.
Lakeside cottage.
Three old men sat around a table, glancing towards the gate from time to time.
The three of them looked a little tired because they hadn't slept all night.
They are both masters in mathematics and have been competing with each other for a lifetime. No one is willing to admit that he is not as good as Chen. He thought hard all night yesterday, but after a night, he still had no clue.
At a certain moment, footsteps were finally heard outside the courtyard gate.
Mr. Chen, holding a book, had just stepped into the courtyard when three pairs of eyes looked at him at the same time.
The looks from the three of them made him feel a little guilty.
However, he did not show any abnormality. He walked over to them and said, "You look a little tired. Did you not sleep well last night?"
It’s not that the three of them didn’t sleep well, but that they didn’t sleep at all.
An old man waved his hand and said straight to the point: "Stop talking nonsense. Have you really figured out the solution to yesterday's question?"
Mr. Chen glanced at him and said, "Of course, how could I lie to you?"
He took out a piece of paper from the book and handed it to the old man.
The old man took the paper, and the other two immediately gathered around and looked over at the first moment.
There was exactly the question on the paper, but there were a few more real and imaginary lines on the original basis, making it look more realistic.
The blank space on the paper had the solution written on it, but they couldn't understand it...
Unlike yesterday's clear-cut problem of drinking horses, although the solution to this problem was written in great detail, they did not know how they calculated some of the key steps.
An old man was about to ask, but Mr. Chen's heart skipped a beat and he immediately said, "No way, no way, you three are so-called masters of mathematics, it's ok that you don't know how to solve the problem, but you can't even understand the solution, right?"
His words stopped the old man from talking, and the other two also temporarily suppressed the urge to ask questions.
This sentence may seem like an understatement, but it is actually very insulting.
When it comes to mathematics, they devoted their entire lives to the study of it. Looking at the entire Daxia, and even the various countries on the mainland, they are absolute masters.
Of course, mathematics is a vast and profound subject, and they do not think they know it all. There are also many difficult problems that have not yet been solved.
But it’s one thing not to be able to solve it, and it’s another thing when others have solved it but you can’t even understand the solution…
Even if they really didn't understand, they wouldn't ask the old guy directly.
Maybe if I go back and think about it, I can understand the mystery behind it.
An old man stared at the paper, memorized the contents, and then said: "Mr. Chen, you underestimate me. Of course, I can understand the solution to this problem, but I suddenly remembered that there is another important matter. Let's talk about this problem tomorrow..."
After saying this, his gaze lingered on the paper for a while, then he waved his sleeves and left.
Another old man also looked away from the paper and said, "I just remembered that I had an appointment to go fishing today..."
The excuse he had just thought of was snatched away by someone else. The last old man held his forehead and said, "I suddenly feel a little unwell. I will go back to rest first. See you tomorrow..."
Soon, Mr. Chen was the only one left in the yard.
"Ha, what a poor excuse." Mr. Chen looked at the three people scrambling to escape with a look of disdain on his face.
After a moment, he walked out of the academy, looked around, made sure no one was following him, and ran towards the Song Mansion again.
(End of this chapter)
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