Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 26: Chapter 26: Look, I have reinforcements!

What’s it like to be a star?

Zhao Yi had lived for over thirty years, all he could do was to imagine it in his mind, being surrounded, flattered, pursued... It seems pretty nice, right?

But now...

He felt as if he has found a job at the zoo, only, he was in the cage.

So frustrating!

Unknown figures always appeared at the entrance of the classroom, they continued looking inside the classroom and discussed when they noticed Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi simply focused on reading his book, ignoring the discussions.

His frustration lasted until noon, only then did the situation slightly improve. Curiosity is limited, only a few students dared to gather around Class Three’s door, driven by interest and courage.

Noon.

Zhao Yi and Lin Xiaoqing went to the office on the fourth floor together. Teacher Wang Ping was already waiting there. The look in her eyes was complicated when she saw Zhao Yi.

How did he get a full score!

This student is going to be impossible to manage in the future!

In her heart, Wang Ping was somewhat hopeful. She was the team leader for the competition. After entering the finals, she would continue to act as a guide and team leader, watching the screen with the students. freёweɓnovel.com

Frankly speaking, she was about to appear on television!

For ordinary people and ordinary teachers, it’s challenging to get to appear on television. Those who do manage to do so are considered ’successful’ and ’capable’ by the people around them.

Wang Ping, usually gentle and kind-hearted, would unconsciously lift her head when talking about the competition.

"You’re all here!"

He Ronghua and Sun Li walked in. Wang Ping greeted them with a smile and then started talking about the finals.

The finals would be held in the large conference room of the Provincial Department of Education.

"At that time, there will be a television crew filming and there will be hosts and audience members. You all need to be mentally prepared." Wang Ping said in a calm tone, but she clenched her teeth after she finished saying.

She felt nervous.

After adjusting her mood, Wang Ping took out a few books and some materials.

The materials were the rules, schedules, etc., for the ’Youth Cup’ extracurricular knowledge competition finals.

"These few books I found at the library. Read them when you have time. They might show up in the finals."

Wang Ping was somewhat uncertain.

The ’Youth Cup’ extracurricular knowledge competition does not have specific reference books. The questions are proposed by professors from several universities within the province. The scope of the questions covers Chinese, Politics, History, even Computer Science, Movies, or international events, news, and so on.

So whether you can score well in the competition depends entirely on your usual accumulations.

"There’s one more thing...."

Wang Ping said, "The rules for the finals are different from the preliminaries. A school should send out six people to participate in the competition, five official members and one substitute. You got to the finals by your own merit, so who the other two spots should go to is something you all have to decide together."

The four of them nodded in agreement.

He Ronghua took the books, picked one and started browsing through it.

Sun Li looked down at the competition rules.

Lin Xiaoqing asked curiously, "Teacher Wang, do we have scores from the preliminaries?" She was referring to He Ronghua, Sun Li, and herself.

Zhao Yi glanced at Lin Xiaoqing.

No matter when, Lin Xiaoqing never lacks a competitive spirit!

Teacher Wang seemed a bit strange, she hesitated and asked, "Do you really want to know?"

He Ronghua and Sun Li also looked up.

"Alright!"

Wang Ping sighed, "Among the three of you, Lin Xiaoqing scored the highest."

"Yeah!"

Lin Xiaoqing excitedly made a victory sign, but immediately wilted when she heard the next sentence, "81 points!"

"Only 81 points?"

"That’s not bad!"

Wang Ping made a straightforward comment, "Sun Li, you scored 69 points."

"He Ronghua...."

Wang Ping hesitated for quite a while before she finally said forcefully, "48 points."

The three looked at He Ronghua.

"48 points? If I didn’t do the math wrong, 200 divided by four equals 50?!" Sun Li exclaimed dramatically.

"Impressive!"

Zhao Yi gave He Ronghua a thumbs-up.

Lin Xiaoqing laughed out loud while holding her stomach.

Sun Li pointed at He Ronghua without any regard, "You’re too bad! If it weren’t for Zhao Yi, we’d have no chance of making it to the finals!"

He Ronghua’s face turned red, he couldn’t help but retort, "You only scored 69!"

"Still much better than you!"

Upon leaving the office, the rest were much calmer. They looked at each other and sighed.

Lin Xiaoqing still couldn’t help but feel frustrated. "Zhao Yi, how did you manage to get all the answers right!"

"I just know the answers when I look at the questions!"

"Tsk~~"

Lin Xiaoqing pouted.

He Ronghua’s score was indeed unacceptable, but Sun Li and Lin Xiaoqing weren’t much better. They had only answered a small number of questions correctly, and most of them were just guesswork.

It’s like the pot calling the kettle black.

This makes no sense!

"By the way, the new members, who do you think are suitable?" Lin Xiaoqing asked, "We have to find two, it’s so troublesome!"

"I have no objections!"

Sun Li said, "Let’s let Zhao Yi decide! Teacher Wang did say whoever contributed the most gets to make the decision, and Zhao Yi contributed the most among us!"

Lin Xiaoqing also turned to Zhao Yi.

"Alright!"

Zhao Yi agreed with a laugh, "If I play favorites, none of you can object."

"Whatever."

Now only He Ronghua was left to express his opinion.

He Ronghua shrank his neck, speaking resentfully in a low voice, "I only scored 48 points, do I still have a say in this?"

"No!"

Lin Xiaoqing and Sun Li looked at each other and answered in unison.

The afternoon.

There was another math class for the elite class.

Demon King Niu arrived in the classroom a few minutes early.

Zhao Yi felt the severe gaze being cast at him, making him feel incredibly uncomfortable all over. He simply moved back to sit next to Sun Liang, "Monkey boy, help me out."

"What?"

Sun Liang lifted his brow in confusion.

"Like this, after Demon King Niu finishes his lecture, if there’s self-study time, ask him questions. Try to ask only difficult questions, the super challenging kind, no matter whether you can solve them."

"No way!"

Sun Liang rejected him very decisively, "I cannot solve them, Demon King Niu certainly cannot as well, isn’t it just a waste of time? If I could...why would I even need to ask?"

"Monkey boy, we’re brothers!" Zhao Yi began to appeal to him emotionally.

"Tsk~"

Sun Liang made a dismissive face.

Zhao Yi took a fancy little object with earphones attached out of his pocket and laughed, "Take a look at this, would it be ample compensation?"

Sun Liang’s eyes lit up, "MP3? Sony? It’s over a thousand, right?"

"One thousand seven!"

Zhao Yi laughed, "So, how about it? If you do this in every math class from now on, this is yours to use."

"Really?"

"Don’t trust me, huh?"

Sun Liang grabbed the MP3 player and started fiddling with it, not even bothering to lift his head, "Deal!"

Zhao Yi sat back down, relieved.

After the math class, there was still a bit over ten minutes for self-study.

Zhao Linlin clustered around him again.

Zhao Yi knew she wasn’t really here to ask questions, but was intentionally ’getting close to him’ in front of Niu Lianhua.

Zhao Yi switched into questioning mode, "Why are you doing this?"

"I really don’t know!"

"You could ask Lin Xiaoqing, she’s really good at math!"

"I want to ask you!" Zhao Linlin stared at Zhao Yi, batting her eyelashes at him, her serious expression was...

Thought-provoking!

"Right, that love letter you gave me... it was on purpose, wasn’t it?"

"I..."

Zhao Linlin shyly whispered, "Everything written in it was true."

"What if I agreed?"

"Agreed to what?"

"I mean... us... going out?" Zhao Yi asked tentatively.

"Lin Xiaoqing won’t agree."

"What?"

"You two are an item, anyone can see that." Zhao Linlin laughed, covering her mouth.

Zhao Yi glanced at Lin Xiaoqing and couldn’t help but snigger, "I’m worried... about domestic violence!"

"Pfft!"

Zhao Linlin couldn’t hold back her laughter.

Lin Xiaoqing turned her head and gave Zhao Yi a fierce glare. Meanwhile, Niu Lianhua stormed towards them, her bulging eyes looking rather intimidating.

"Teacher Niu!"

Sun Liang suddenly raised his hand and said, "Teacher Niu, I don’t understand a problem, can you help me take a look?"

Niu Lianhua paused and walked over to Sun Liang, "You have a problem you don’t understand? Which problem?"

"This one!"

Sun Liang pointed to the book on the table.

Niu Lianhua looked at the cover, on which were a few big characters--

"Olympics Mathematics Exam Comprehensive Solutions."

Niu Lianhua immediately made a bitter face, but still started studying the question with Sun Liang.

Sun Liang subtly flashed a victory sign.

Zhao Yi got the message, and turned his head to Zhao Linlin, "See, I have reinforcements!"

"Boy, you’re brilliant!"

Zhao Linlin chuckled and sat down again.

Zhao Yi glanced at Lin Xiaoqing, who had turned her head, then back at Zhao Linlin, who was reading her book. For some reason, he suddenly felt the atmosphere getting a bit weird.