Zhang Lu started to calculate with great enthusiasm, but after calculating half of the book, she felt bored.

She cried and said to Cen Huaian: "My uncle is so cunning, I will never calculate for him again."

Cen Huaian stretched out his hand to her: "You don't like it, give it to me."

Although these numbers were very messy, it was not difficult for Cen Huaian. He could sort them out quickly by mental arithmetic.

Zhang Lu shook her head, slapped her forehead heavily to cheer herself up and said: "We agreed to work together, I can't give all the work to you."

She lowered her head and continued to calculate, and the electronic calculator next to her made a mechanical sound again.

Cen Huaian looked at her and looked at the account book on his desk seriously.

When Bangzi and the others were doing the accounting before, Chuxia had taught Cen Huaian how to use a table to make the numbers more clearly displayed.

Therefore, when doing the accounting for Jiang Zhida's audio-visual store this time, he also used a table to organize the accounts he had recorded.

The account book was only for the past month. Although there were more stores, it didn't take Cen Huaian and Zhang Lu long to calculate it.

When the two handed the account book to Jiang Zhida, he raised his eyebrows in surprise. He didn't expect the two kids to calculate the accounts so quickly.

"What about Wei Xian? Didn't he calculate with you?"

Zhang Lu explained, "He had a lot of homework, and his mother assigned it. An An and I could finish it, so we didn't ask him."

Jiang Zhida rubbed their heads and said, "Let me take a look."

Seeing the beautiful account book in front of him, Jiang Zhida's eyes were more amazed.

"Who of you two came up with this table? The data is really beautiful!"

Zhang Lu immediately proudly took credit for Cen Huaian: "It's An An! Uncle, isn't An An amazing?"

Jiang Zhida gave Cen Huaian a thumbs up: "Very amazing, not much different from my professional accountants."

He lowered his head to look at the account book, flipping through it one by one, and saw the marks made by Cen Huaian. Cen Huaian clearly marked where the numbers were unclear and where there were problems.

Cen Huaian and Zhang Lu were writing papers and discussing the questions in the Olympiad class.

This year, Zhang Lu also wanted to participate in the National Mathematical Competition for High School Students, so she had been preparing during the summer vacation and practicing various questions.

After school started, she studied very hard in the Olympiad class and no longer looked careless as before.

Her friends were surprised by her change. Zhang Lu smiled and said to them, "I'm in the third year of high school and will take the college entrance examination soon. If I don't try hard now, when will I try?"

Zhang Lu didn't think about winning the gold medal in the National Mathematical Olympiad. What she wanted was extra points. As long as she could advance to the national competition, the bronze medal would also have 20 extra points. What does

20 extra points mean in the college entrance examination? No high school student doesn't know what it means to have extra points.

"This year, Tang Song is also aiming for the national competition. Our No. 4 Middle School is so competitive, and the whole Beijing is even more competitive."

Zhang Lu calculated the questions and said very ambitiously: "I will work harder! Try to surpass them!"

Cen Huaian looked at Zhang Lu, as if he saw the blazing flame of struggle burning behind her. Studying with her, he will never be afraid of losing his fighting spirit.

When Jiang Zhida finished reading all the account books, his eyes were sore, and Cen Huaian and Zhang Lu also did a lot of questions.

"You did a good job with this account book. It allowed me to see many problems that exist in the audio-visual store now."

Jiang Zhida rubbed his eyes, revealing some fatigue: "Because of being busy with Yun Mengze, I inevitably neglected the management of the audio-visual store. I knew they would do something. If the water is too clear, there will be no fish. As long as it is not excessive, I will not say anything."

He couldn't hold back the anger in his heart. He pinched the account book with his hands, and his veins were all bulging. He suppressed his anger in front of the younger generation.

"But they actually took me for a fool? I wanted to check them a long time ago, but I didn't expect An An to be so powerful. He saw so many problems through an account book. Thank you, uncle, for saving me a lot of trouble."

"Uncle, I'll help too!" Zhang Lu looked at Jiang Zhida and said.

"Yes, and Lulu. Tell me, what kind of reward do you want?"

Cen Huaian didn't want much, but some information about semiconductors was hard to find in China, so he said to Jiang Zhida, "Cousin, when you go to Guangzhou, can you help me find it? From foreigners."

Jiang Zhida had dealt with foreigners many times and didn't find it difficult. He nodded and said, "That's easy. What about Lulu?"

"I want Leon Lai's latest poster and his records!"

Zhang Lu has been busy studying recently and has no time to go to the music store to buy her favorite singers, but it doesn't matter if her uncle buys them for her. She keeps them and can listen to them during her break.

This is even easier for Jiang Zhida. After all, he runs a music store, and all the videotapes, records, and magnetic tapes of popular singers at home and abroad can be found in his store.

"Wait! I'll give you Lulu's tomorrow, and An'an's will take some time."

Cen Huaian was not in a hurry. Their schoolwork had become heavier now. Although it was not strenuous for him, classes took up more time, so he didn't have much time to read extracurricular books.

Cen Huaian and Zhang Lu stayed at Jiang Zhida's place for one night. They asked for leave from their teacher tonight, so they could study early tomorrow morning before going back. Cen

Huaian and Zhang Lu didn't know how Jiang Zhida managed his store. After all, they were just children, and he wouldn't tell them.

Zhang Lu got what she wanted from Jiang Zhida the next day, and she was so happy that she gave Jiang Zhida a big hug. When he

got home from school on Saturday afternoon, Cen Huaian told Chu Xia and Cen Zhengnian about his help in calculating the bills for Jiang Zhida's audio-visual store.

Chuxia didn't care, she just asked casually: "Is there a problem with the account?"

"Yes." Cen Huaian looked at Chuxia and Cen Zhengnian, and said seriously: "And there are many problems. My cousin said he went to solve them."

Chuxia didn't have any shares in the video store. When Yun Mengze opened, Chuxia asked Jiang Zhida to withdraw all the shares of the video store and give them to Yun Mengze.

But after all, she helped build the video store, and Chuxia also had feelings for the video store.

She was also sad to hear Cen Huaian say that there was a problem with the account.

After dinner, this problem kept lingering in Chuxia's heart, making it impossible for her to calm down. She stood up and said, "I'll call Da Zi."

Jiang Zhida answered the call quickly.

"Da Zi, is the problem with the video store serious?"

It had been a few days since the problems with the accounts were discovered. Jiang Zhida had almost solved the problem. It was not difficult to fire the store manager and clerks who falsified the accounts, but it was more difficult to recruit new ones. After

all, the store manager and clerks of the audio-visual store had all been trained, and it was impossible to find someone to replace them immediately.

Jiang Zhida did not tell Chuxia about the difficulties of the audio-visual store. At worst, he would close the store for a month and reopen it after the training was completed.

It was not like all audio-visual stores had problems. Those normal audio-visual stores could continue to operate.

"Cousin, don't worry, it's not a big deal, I've solved it."

Jiang Zhida was right, greed is just a problem in doing business, it exists everywhere, compared with other serious problems, this one is not difficult.

Chuxia could tell that Jiang Zhida's voice was not pretending to be relaxed, he really didn't care about this matter, which showed that the matter was indeed within the controllable range.

She breathed a sigh of relief and told Jiang Zhida to come to her if he had any problems.

Jiang Zhida smiled and said, "Thank you, cousin!"

The Beijing City Mathematical Olympiad was coming soon. Compared with the previous competitions, Zhang Lu felt a little nervous.

She held Cen Huaian's arm tightly: "I heard that the questions in last year's city competition were very difficult. Will they be difficult this year as well?"

Zhang Lu knew her own strengths and weaknesses. She was better at basic questions. If the questions were too difficult, her advantage would be gone.

"Don't be afraid." Cen Huaian said: "The difficulty of the competition questions is also divided into different levels. There are difficult questions and basic questions."

Tang Song also spoke up: "Lu Lu, with your current level of Olympiad mathematics, this exam will be no problem."

Other students were as nervous as Zhang Lu. When they heard what Cen Huaian and Tang Song said, some of them slowly relaxed like Zhang Lu, but some became more nervous because they felt that their Olympiad mathematics level was not as good as Zhang Lu's.

This year's questions were not as difficult as last year's, but of course they were also very difficult, and the difficult questions were comparable to last year.

After receiving the test paper, Cen Huaian flipped through it as usual, reading it from beginning to end, and was completely relieved for Zhang Lu.

Because he had just explained a similar question type to Zhang Lu a few days ago, she should be able to do it this time.

Cen Huaian calmed down to write the test paper. When he handed in the paper, the campus where the examination room was located was quiet, and no other students had come out.

When Teacher Jiang saw Cen Huaian, he trotted towards him. It was late autumn now, and beads of sweat appeared on his face.

"Why did you hand in the paper early? Did you check the paper carefully?"

Teacher Jiang was too nervous. After all, most of the senior high school students competing this year were those he had taught since the first year of high school. If the students did not perform well in the exam this time, it would be a big blow to him.

"Teacher, I checked three times before I got the answer."

Teacher Jiang was puzzled: "Are the questions that simple?"

Cen Huaian had already opened the kettle, raised his head to drink a sip of water and said: "Not easy, but I can do the questions quickly."

Teacher Jiang knew Cen Huaian's level, so he asked him to sit aside and rest while waiting for other students to finish their exams.

Cen Huaian took out a book from his backpack and read it. This was brought back from Guangzhou by Jiang Zhida for him. It contained the latest research directions in semiconductors and wireless signals in the world.

Of course, the book only talked about the theory, and the theory was relatively general. The specific implementation still needed to be studied by the Chinese themselves.

Cen Huaian forgot the time when he was reading, and he didn't even notice when Zhang Lu ran over with a happy smile on his face.

Until Zhang Lu ran to him, smiled and hugged him excitedly: "An An, you are amazing! Several knowledge points you taught me were all tested, and I also solved the last question!"

She was so happy that she didn't know how to express her joy at this moment. She could only jump and dance while hugging Cen Huaian.

Cen Huaian closed the book, and the corners of his mouth curled up happily.

"By the way, An An, what did you write for the last question?"

Cen Huaian said the function he found, and Zhang Lu's happiness was even more unconcealed: "Ah! The result I wrote is the same as yours, it's settled!"

Tang Song, who was standing next to him, also heard the answer given by Cen Huaian, and like him, he breathed a sigh of relief. This was the question he was least sure of when he wrote it.

The results of the city competition came out, and Zhang Lu was indeed on the first prize list. With the first prize alone, she can get extra points.

However, participating in the National Mathematical Olympiad for High School Students is her goal for this year, and she will definitely participate.

This year's National Mathematical Competition will be held in Wu City, Hubei Province, a city with many colleges and universities.

It was quite cold in Wu City in November, but compared to Beijing, it was a few degrees higher.

After getting off the plane, Zhang Lu's coat was still unbuttoned, and she said to Cen Huaian with some surprise: "It's warmer here than Beijing!"

Cen Huaian nodded, and he felt that he was wearing too many clothes. The two of them practiced martial arts and were more hot-tempered than others, so they could withstand the cold more.

The organizer of the National Mathematics Competition in Wu City is a famous Normal University, which is famous for its sweet-scented osmanthus in autumn.

However, the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers all fell in November, but there were still some osmanthus flowers that stayed on the branches despite the cold.

The students who came to participate in the competition came early, so they wandered around the campus first. Whenever someone found sweet-scented osmanthus flowers that had not fallen, they would be surprised and call their classmates to come and see them as if they had found a treasure.

Zhang Lu was like this. She liked the architecture of this university, the various trees, flowers and plants, and the library with cultural heritage here, which made people linger.

Most of the buildings in the Normal University are white walls and green glazed tiles, with their own unique style.

Cen Huaian likes the library the most. The collection of books there is extremely rich. When he enters there, he is like a good student who has entered the palace of knowledge, and he eagerly reads all kinds of books that interest him.

It's a pity that there are only two days like this. Cen Huaian and his team will hold the opening ceremony of this competition and visit the examination room, and then take the first exam.

Compared with the competition results, Cen Huaian feels that the library is still attractive to him. However, he is not ready to give up entering the winter camp and the national training team this year. It's his last year in high school, and he wants to use the IMO gold medal to put an end to his last high school career.

The questions in the national competition are more difficult than those in the city competition. After Zhang Lu finished the second exam, the expression on his face was not as relaxed as before.

The National Mathematical Olympiad consists of two exams, one and one, and the final result is the sum of the scores of the two exams.

"An An, I did so badly on the test this time. I guess I can only get a bronze medal. It's a national competition, and it's very difficult. I didn't even finish all the questions."

However, Zhang Lu had already gotten the extra points she wanted most, and she didn't care that much about her ranking in the National Mathematical Olympiad.

But Tang Song cared more about it. He wanted to win a gold medal, join the national training team, and compete for a spot in the IMO.

But these were all his thoughts, and he never said them out loud.

Cen Huaian asked Zhang Lu how many questions she hadn't finished, and learned that she had only written half of the last question, and she had just guessed it. She didn't know the answer to that question at all.

"It's okay." Cen Huaian said, "The last question is difficult, and you are not the only one who didn't answer it."

Zhang Lu nodded, "Yeah, yeah," "You're right, at worst I can get extra points in the college entrance examination, and I'm also very impressive to be able to enter the national competition."

She turned around and asked Cen Huaian and Tang Song what they wanted to eat. They couldn't eat many meals in this university, and they would have to go back to the capital when the results came out. Cen

Huaian raised his feet to catch up with Zhang Lu's pace and said what he wanted to eat. Tang Song no longer thought about the exam and hurriedly followed.

The day the competition results came out was also Cen Huaian's last day in college.

Although Zhang Lu spoke in a relaxed manner, she was still nervous: "An An, what place do you think I will be ranked in?"

Cen Huaian was silent for a moment, and told the truth: "I don't know."

Zhang Lu laughed out loud: "I am confused. What's the point of asking this before the results are out? But An An, you will definitely be the first."

Cen Huaian: "Not necessarily."

As soon as he finished speaking, the host began to announce the list of bronze medalists. Zhang Lu wanted to refute Cen Huaian's words, but she swallowed them immediately. She looked nervously at the front of the auditorium, waiting for the host to read her name. Names were read

one after another, but Zhang Lu's name was never included. She showed a surprised expression on her face: "Did I do so well in the exam?"

She knew that the medals were read out from the bottom up.

Cen Huaian: "You should be more confident in yourself."

Zhang Lu: "I can't be confident about this, Mathematical Olympiad is not my strong point. If I compete in martial arts, I will be more confident than anyone else!"

She raised her eyebrows and did not hide her confidence in martial arts.

Soon the names of the bronze medalists were read out, and Zhang Lu's name was not on the list. She excitedly grabbed Cen Huaian and said, "I can get a silver medal. I'm so happy. This is really a pleasant surprise!"

Cen Huaian: "Maybe you can look at the gold medal."

Zhang Lu shook her head and was very self-aware of her own strength: "I have performed exceptionally well to get a silver medal. It is impossible for me to get a gold medal."

Sure enough, Zhang Lu was in the middle of the rankings. When she heard her name, she smiled brightly and went to the front stage to receive the medal.

Zhang Lu, who came back with the silver medal, kept smiling and looking at the silver medal in her palm.

"This is the silver medal of the National Mathematical Olympiad for High School Students. I really got it. I'm so awesome!"

Zhang Lu said happily. This is a national competition. Among so many people in the country, she won the silver medal, which also represents her strength.

Cen Huaian and Tang Song both congratulated her, and Zhang Lu also smiled and congratulated them: "You must have all won gold medals!"

Because the silver medalists have all received their awards, the remaining ones who have not been read are all gold medalists.

However, only the top 60 gold medalists can enter the national training team.

Just as Zhang Lu guessed, Cen Huaian still got the first place with a perfect score, and there were three other people who got the same perfect score as him.

Tang Song was two points lower than him, ranking in the top ten, but both of them can enter the national training team.

Tang Song's tense body gradually relaxed. Zhang Lu was the happiest, and he kept praising the two for being so outstanding.

"An An, there are two girls who got full marks, so amazing!" Zhang Lu looked at the gold medal on Cen Huaian's chest, and his eyes were still on the two girls who got full marks.

Cen Huaian said "hmm", he knew one of the girls, she was on his team that participated in the IMO competition last year, and they also got full marks in the IMO competition.

"So outstanding!" Zhang Lu couldn't take his eyes off the girl, he just felt that she was emitting the light of genius.

Cen Huaian, Tang Song and Zhang Lu won the awards, and Teacher Jiang was the happiest, these were all students he taught, and he was very proud that they brought honor to the school.

Therefore, after returning from Wu City, Teacher Jiang kept smiling and was in a very good mood. He was very tolerant of the students' mistakes.

However, the first semester of senior year is almost over, and there are still students who don't want to study and make mistakes. Teacher Jiang can't care so much.

The vacation time for senior year is a little later than that of freshmen and sophomores, but it is still within the normal range. After the final exams, Cen Huaian and Zhang Lu welcomed the winter vacation.

The first phase of the training of the Chinese training team will not start until March this year, so Cen Huaian can spend a complete winter vacation and spend the New Year with his family.

Last year, Grandpa Jiang got sick during the New Year and scared everyone. Winter is the season that old people fear the most, and it is also the most difficult season.

This winter, Chuxia went to Grandpa Jiang's house every week to check his pulse and help him, Mr. Cen, and Jiang Shengnan take care of their health. They have been doing well this winter.

However, everyone is still very careful as the Chinese New Year is approaching. Chuxia also asked Grandpa Jiang not to have big mood swings, and not to be suddenly happy or angry.

She also told all the Jiang family members not to make Grandpa angry, because it is a taboo for him to get angry in his current health.

Even Uncle Jiang's family remembered what Chuxia said and never talked about their family affairs in front of Grandpa Jiang again.

When the Chinese New Year was approaching, Chuxia went to the retirement home to deliver New Year's goods to Mr. Cen and Jiang Shengnan. Jiang Shengnan said to her, "This year, the eldest family will also come back to celebrate the New Year."

Chuxia paused while placing things and turned to look at Jiang Shengnan, "Mom, when will they come back?"

Cen Zhengshi's family was really hard to like, and Chuxia didn't want to have much contact with them.

"The day after tomorrow." Jiang Shengnan frowned and looked puzzled, "Now is the critical period for Xiaoze to review, and I don't know why your eldest brother and sister-in-law thought of coming back this year." Last year, Jiang

Shengnan was busy taking care of Grandpa Jiang's health, so she called the eldest family and asked them to come back to see Grandpa.

After all, Grandpa had come back from the gates of hell, and Cen Zhengshi had also been loved by Grandpa Jiang, so he should come back to see the old man.

However, Xiwang refused on the grounds that Cen Huaize needed to take the college entrance examination and had tutoring at school during the winter vacation.

Last year, Cen Huai Ze failed the exam due to miscalculation of his scores, and this year he can only repeat his studies. Logically, Xi Wang should have done the same as last year.

Jiang Shengnan felt a little uneasy.

Chu Xia had the same idea as Jiang Shengnan.

Two days later, Cen Zhengshi's family arrived, and Jiang Shengnan asked them to take a taxi to the retirement home.

The Siheyuan now belongs to Chu Xia, and Jiang Shengnan will not let their family live there.

It's just a temporary stay, and Jiang Shengnan and her family still have rooms available, so they just need to tell the staff at the retirement home.

When Jiang Shengnan welcomed Cen Zhengshi's family in, Xi Wang had a smile on her face, and she had no objection to living in the retirement home, although she really wanted to live in the Siheyuan.

Two days later, Jiang Shengnan finally knew why Xiwang had been smiling since she came to Beijing. She had something to ask of her and Mr. Cen.

Xiwang knew that Mr. Cen Zhengshi's uncle worked in the Ministry of Education. Although he had retired, he still had connections with him and could always help.

"Mom, look at Xiaoze's grades and Xinxin's grades. The education level in our city is really not good. You are in Beijing, and they can only rely on you!"

Jiang Shengnan's face was not good. She looked at Mr. Cen and let him talk. Xiwang was even more afraid of him.

"According to what you said, no one in your city can get into college. It doesn't matter where one studies. It all depends on whether one is willing to learn and whether one has the ability to learn well. If one doesn't want to learn, he won't be able to learn well no matter where he goes!"

Xiwang's face froze: "Dad, Xiaoze and Xinxin used to go to the northwest every year. You know their personalities. How could they not want to learn? Dad..." Before Xiwang could finish his words, Cen Huai Ze stood up and said, "Mom, I won't transfer to Beijing." Cen Huai Xin also

stood up and said, "Mom, I won't transfer to Beijing."

Then he said, "I won't transfer either."

Xiwang glared at the two children, signaling them to stop talking nonsense: "Children should not interrupt when adults are talking."

Cen's father: "Why didn't you ask their opinions when you transferred them to another school? Also, there is only one semester left. Are the textbooks you study in the city and in Beijing the same? Is the learning progress the same?"

Xiwang was stunned by the question. She had never thought about this. She just felt that everything was good in Beijing, and Cen Huaize and Cen Huaixin would definitely learn well in Beijing.

Cen Huai Ze said, "It's different. Mom, I told you at home that I will have to adapt myself after transferring to Beijing. I only have one semester left to study, and my grades may be worse in Beijing."

Cen Huai Xin nodded, "Yeah, mom, I asked my classmates, the textbooks in Beijing and our city are different, I will have to learn all over again after transferring."

Cen's father looked at Xi Wang, "Do you still insist on transferring your child to another school?"

Xi Wang frowned, "But the teaching in Beijing is better than in our city, otherwise Zhang Lu and How come An An's grades are so good? She even won a medal in the national competition."

Father Cen: "There are also people in your province who won medals in the national mathematics competition, so why not Xiaoze? There are also people in Beijing who can't get into college, why don't you look at those students? You only focus on Lu Lu and An An, they are the best high school students in Beijing, and you have them in your city too!"

Xi Wang blushed and couldn't refute what Father Cen said, and she didn't want to admit that there was a gap in ability between Cen Huai Ze and Zhang Lu and Cen Huaian.

However, Father Cen and Jiang Shengnan firmly disagreed to let Cen Huai Ze and Cen Huai Xin transfer schools, and Cen Huai Ze and Cen Huai Xin were unwilling to do so. After Cen Zhengshi knew that his parents disagreed, they persuaded Xi Wang together, and she finally gave up the idea.

Xiwang felt uncomfortable, so he asked his two children to go and play with Cen Huaian and the others during the Chinese New Year and asked them what they were learning in Beijing.

Cen Huaize and Cen Huaixin didn't want to go. They only learned high school knowledge in school. What else could they learn?

Xiwang kept urging them, so they had no choice but to go.

Cen Huaian and Zhang Lu had strange looks in their eyes when they heard this question.

Zhang Lu replied directly: "Chinese, math, English, physics, chemistry, biology, and politics. Don't you learn these?"

"Yes." Cen Huaize said: "It's the same. My mother always thinks that you teach better in Beijing."

Cen Huaian said: "Whether the teaching is good or not depends on the teacher, not the city."

Every high school has teachers who are good at teaching, and teachers with average teaching level.

Cen Huai Ze: "It would be great if my mother understood this."

His tone was a little nonchalant, but the bad habits of shaking his legs and shoulders were gone. Several years of military training have been of great help to him and Cen Huai Xin, and have changed them a lot.

Cen Huaian glanced at Xi Wang and really didn't like her. He looked away and said, "You can tell her."

Cen Huai Xin sighed, "My mother won't listen."

But fortunately, this year was still peaceful. Grandpa Jiang is not in good health at the moment. If anyone dares to provoke him, the Jiang family will fight him to the death.

Xi Wang is not so stupid as to offend everyone. She is a person who knows when she can use you and will coax you very happily.

After the Chinese New Year, Xiwang asked Cen Huai Ze and Cen Huai Xin again. They were very opposed to the transfer. Moreover, Cen Huai Ze's school was about to start, and Cen's father would not help. She could only take the child and Cen Zheng Shi back.

It was after they left that Chuxia learned from Jiang Shengnan the purpose of Xiwang's return for the Chinese New Year.

She could not understand Xiwang's idea at all: "Xiao Ze's critical period is in the next semester. Isn't she afraid that Xiao Ze will get worse and worse if she wants to transfer schools now?"

If she really wanted to transfer schools, she should have decided when she was repeating last year. Even if she could really transfer, the textbooks in the two cities are different. Transferring schools will only make her unable to keep up with the studies and will not improve her grades.

Jiang Shengnan trimmed the kumquat tree on the table and said, "I don't know which relative of her family told her that. She does whatever she wants. Don't worry about her. Look at the tree I trimmed." Jiang Shengnan

didn't have any hope that her daughter-in-law would be filial. She just hoped that she would be less naughty and not come to the capital so often. Chuxia

put aside her analysis and looked west. She walked over and took a closer look and said, "I think it looks very nice after trimming."

She didn't know how to trim bouquets and arrange flowers, but from Chuxia's point of view, this tree was pleasing to the eye no matter where it was seen.

Jiang Shengnan smiled happily: "You didn't try to trick me, did you?"

"No. Mom, you can let Dad see if it looks good."

"No need." Jiang Shengnan cleaned up the fallen branches on the table and said, "I believe in your vision. Your dad is a rough guy and can't tell anything."

Cen Huaian participated in two stages of training in the training team. Like last year, the last stage announced six players who would participate in IMO.

There was Cen Huaian and Tang Song.

Tang Song can be said to be a dark horse. In the 60 to 15, he was still ranked tenth, but in the second stage of training, he made it into the top six in the first test, and improved rapidly.

Cen Huaian certainly knew how Tang Song studied. Apart from sleeping, he studied and did exercises. When he ate, he held a collection of Mathematical Olympiad problems in his hand. His efforts were amazing.

Zhang Lu said to Cen Huaian: "Tang Song must have studied crazy."

Cen Huaian: "It means his goal is not just to be the first in the country."

Zhang Lu's eyes widened: "He wants to participate in IMO?"

Cen Huaian said "hmm".

Zhang Lu was a little surprised and a little not surprised: "Tang Song is just like you, he likes to challenge himself."

Therefore, Cen Huaian felt that it was natural for Tang Song to enter IMO. He has this talent in Mathematical Olympiad, and he has put in several times more effort than ordinary people, so it is normal for him to get in.

When Tang Song heard that his name was among the players who could participate in the IMO, he let out a long breath and a happy smile appeared on his face: He did it!

The IMO competition is still in July, and July 7, 8, and 9 are the days when Cen Huaian and others take the college entrance examination.

Of course, the students who can participate in the IMO competition are all students who can be recommended, and they don’t have to take the college entrance examination

. Except for Cen Huaian and Tang Song, everyone else chose to be recommended. Cen Huaian and Tang Song are going to take the college entrance examination.

Fortunately, the IMO competition is from July 13 to July 24, and it is also possible to go to Country E to participate in the IMO competition after the exam.

The examination venues for the college entrance examination of Cen Huaian and Zhang Lu are both in Dongcheng District, but not in the same examination room, and the examination rooms for other students are also separated.

The school arranged for students to live in the dormitories where the examination halls were located. There were dormitories vacated by students who were going to other examination halls in their senior year.

Chuxia and Jiang Zhiguan discussed that the two children needed to live in a better place for the examinations. Some dormitories did not even have fans. It was too painful to live there in such a hot weather.

In the summer of No. 4 Middle School, Cen Huaian, Zhang Lu, and Jiang Weixian all lived in Yunmengze. They would wake up in sweat after sleeping in the dormitories. Chuxia

and Jiang Zhiguan looked at the nearby hotels and booked a hotel with air conditioning and advanced facilities.

Of course, the price was not cheap. Usually, only rich people lived there, not many ordinary people.

Zhang Lu saw her room and exclaimed, "Wow!" He jumped onto the big bed in surprise and sighed comfortably, "So comfortable, Mom, I love you so much!"

Cen Huaian also felt comfortable living here, and his heart was warm looking at Chu Xia.

At this time, Cen Huaian had grown quite tall, a little taller than Cen Zhengnian, and Chu Xia had to let him sit down so that she could touch his head.

"Don't be nervous about the exam, you have an IMO gold medal, and any school will want you."

"Yeah."

Cen Huaian was not nervous, compared to the Olympiad questions, the college entrance examination questions were too easy for him.

The only thing that made him feel uncomfortable was that the exam room was too hot and stuffy, and opening the window was useless. He couldn't hand in the paper before the last 15 minutes, which made him, who had finished and checked the paper several times, feel really tortured.

Chuxia and Jiang Zhiguan accompanied

An An and Zhang Lu to the exam, while Cen Zhengnian and Zhang Wei also checked into a room to accompany them. Cen Zhengnian asked Yan Hemin for leave directly. It was impossible for him to be absent from such an important event as his son's college entrance examination.

Jiang Zhiguan chased Zhang Wei away, saying that two people were not needed here, but Zhang Wei didn't listen at all.

However, the two men saved the trouble of Chuxia and Jiang Zhiguan. They could drive to Grandpa Jiang's place every day to get the meals for the college entrance examination that Jiang Shengnan and Aunt Li specially made for An An and Zhang Lu. Chuxia and Jiang Zhiguan

were afraid that the food outside might not be clean. After all, it was summer and the ingredients would go bad easily. Some businesses might use spoiled food to cook for people.

It was more reassuring to eat at home. You could eat what you usually eat now. You didn't need to eat big fish and meat, which were too greasy, otherwise it would easily cause diarrhea.

During the exam, Cen Huaian and Zhang Lu did not suffer except when they were in the exam room, as the hotel was close to the exam room and they could take a lunch break at noon. Other students envied them.

After all, it was impossible to sleep in the dormitory in the middle of the day when it was so hot. As soon as

the three-day exam was over, Cen Huaian and Tang Song did not have time to rest at home. They immediately followed the team leader and four other players and boarded a plane to Country E.

Country E is next to China, and the customs and practices here are completely different from those in China. This

was Cen Huaian's first time going abroad. He found that he had seen different cultures and his desire to go out and see the world became stronger.

Before the exam began, Cen Huaian obtained the teacher's consent to walk around the hotel and look at the scenery outside through the window.

"Isn't the scenery in our country nice?" A male voice with an accent from China suddenly sounded behind Cen Huaian.