Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 36: Chapter 36: Another Mathematics Test

Teacher Sun’s home visit and persuasion ended in failure.

The next day, upon returning to school and discussing it with other teachers, they felt it was a shame, but at the same time, they could understand. If it were them, they too would not be willing to let their child study or work abroad.

Studying abroad is still acceptable.

Many students in China go abroad to study with the goal of gaining experience before returning to work in China, but the prerequisite is to be able to return to work in China.

Zhao Yi is required to sign a contract with the company first, he would definitely need to work abroad after graduation.

This is different.

Studying and working abroad, settling down abroad, essentially means becoming a foreigner, and it would definitely be hard to come back in the future.

After spending some time pondering over it, no teacher tried to persuade Zhao Yi anymore.

Zhao Yi remained unaffected. He didn’t feel any regrets and was just single-mindedly working on solving problems.

Mathematics had to be improved.

Setting aside how many points mathematics would earn in the College Entrance Examination, it still remained one of the most important subjects.

For many science and engineering courses in university, mathematics was the foundation, and high school mathematics was the basis of that foundation. Doing well in maths means laying a good foundation, which is extremely important for the future.

Of course,

In the immediate present, grades are somewhat more important.

Zhao Yi had been working on problems relating to probability and sequence, pure calculations could be quite draining. Sometimes he would have to think around several corners, a small detail not considered would render all subsequent calculations futile.

Seriousness is a must for these problems.

And indeed, Zhao Yi was very serious: pondering during breaks, during Chinese class, during English class, after memorising biology experiment knowledge points, he would unknowingly continue pondering.

A hard problem took him three class breaks to think about.

By the end of the day,

He had tackled more than ten big, related questions, some of which were quite difficult, yet he managed to crack them all.

All thanks to the effect of the Causality Law.

For direct calculation problems, the Causality Law was indeed quite feeble, but Zhao Yi could utilize constructing choices to evaluate whether the process or the result was correct.

Constant calculation and constant rectification.

Even with difficult problems, those on high school level could not be too complex. Most of them just had tails not easy to figure out. Once mistakes were found with the help of the Causality Law, Zhao Yi could then continue to think and correct them.

Zhao Yi’s efforts also generated discontent among some people.

Such as the Chinese teacher.

After Chinese class, Wang Ping’s face looked gloomy, but she couldn’t bring herself to reprimand Zhao Yi.

During the pre-qualifications for the competition, Wang Ping lost a bet to Zhao Yi and had already promised to stop bothering him.

After returning to the office, Wang Ping, having seen Niu Lianhua, couldn’t help moaning, "Teacher Niu, guess what Zhao Yi was doing during my class?"

Niu Lianhua was busy grappling with math problems. Upon hearing this, she straightforwardly put down her pen, turned to Wang Ping and asked, "What did he do? Sleep?"

Some teachers straight out laughed.

It was a well-known fact that Zhao Yi would sleep during Chinese and English lessons, and the worst part was, they couldn’t even do anything about it.

He was number one in English in the entire school.

Ever since the incident in the Principal’s office, even Li Lisheng didn’t bother with it anymore.

Zhao Yi was able to communicate with foreigners, the content of which even he couldn’t understand. So, what right did he have to chastise him?

Zhao Yi’s Chinese test score was also not low. The key with the subject was that attentively listening to the lessons didn’t necessarily bring about improvement.

Even Wang Ping had to admit that getting over 120 in Chinese was extremely difficult, even improving by one point was hard.

Studying hard regularly was not as effective as having good luck in the exam.

That was just the way it was.

No matter how reality looked like, having a student not listen to lessons was frustrating.

Wang Ping nodded reluctantly, "Sleep, yes, indeed he was sleeping. When he woke up, I thought he would start listening to the lesson, right? Guess what? He put his math practice paper on the table and began doing the problems right in front of me."

"You tell me, isn’t he exasperating?" she said before laughing.

A few teachers also laughed.

A smile curved its way up Niu Lianhua’s lips. She shook her head and said, "Zhao Yi is indeed quite unique. This student... How do I put it? In short, I feel like he’s different from other students."

"You see!"

Niu Lianhua continued her analysis, "Take mathematics for example. His accuracy rate for multiple-choice questions is very high, but how exactly does he get those right? I don’t know."

"In the last examination and quiz, he got all the multiple-choice questions right."

Teacher Xue nodded along, "So did he in chemistry!"

"If you said he’s really that good, it couldn’t be! Despite getting all his multiple-choice questions right, his score barely reaches a pass."

"And also..."

"In the Principal’s office, his English was very fluent. Not as good as a native speaker, but quite impressive. A bit more practice and he might qualify as a translator."

Niu Lianhua turned to Shen Yan, "His good marks in English make sense."

Shen Yan nodded.

"And there’s the fact that he was noticed by the foreign company, there must be something we don’t know about."

Teacher Sun added, "I heard Principal Wang mention something. Seems like he’s very good with computers!"

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"So, it seems his talent doesn’t lie in studying. It’s in guessing answers, his skills in computer and English, he’s just different to most students," said Niu Lianhua.

"Mathematics is like this. Think about it. In the class test paper, the multiple-choice section is worth 60 points. He got them all correct and only just passed. It’s not clear how he’s been studying."

"That’s just stupidity!"

"He doesn’t have talent in mathematics, but he’s aware that doing math improves his scores, so he spends time on it. That’s progress at the least..."

Niu Lianhua shook her head, "I’ve been teaching for many years and have come across students like this many times. No matter how they study, they just don’t get it. They can do the same type of problem a hundred times and still get it wrong!"

"He really is a..."

"Refusing that big company, refusing going to the United States, there’ll be a time when he regrets it!"

All the teachers shook their heads as they listened.

Indeed.

Opportunities in life are hard to come by. One might not find them significant at the time, and it would be too late to regret missing them afterwards.

Niu Lianhua turned around to continue pondering on the math problem.

In fact, her mind was not focused on the mathematical problem at all. Instead, she was constantly thinking about Zhao Yi, which then led her to think about Zhao Linlin.

After all, Zhao Yi had said that the reason he rejected the overseas scholarship was ’to find a girlfriend domestically’.

Did he have someone in mind already?

What if...

What if he rejected the scholarship because he wanted to date Zhao Linlin?

That would explain it all.

After all, who didn’t give up something for the sake of their fleeting youthful love? It would be perfectly normal to give up an opportunity to study abroad for it.

Caution!

She must be cautious!

...

It was Friday, and the long-awaited three-week vacation was nearly here.

In the afternoon, there was no trace of a study atmosphere in the class. Everyone was looking forward to the holiday.

The wait for this vacation had been too long!

Extra lessons had started during the summer vacation and continued until now with no break.

Sun Liang couldn’t contain his excitement. He walked over from the back row, tugged Zhao Yi’s sleeve energetically and asked, "Zhao Yi! Zhao Yi! Internet Cafe! Internet Cafe!"

"I’m going to the internet cafe for a whole day trip tomorrow. I’m going to stay there for the entire day!"

"Your treat!"

Zhao Yi rolled his eyes, then continued burying his head in his math problems. "Not going!"

"So stingy? You’ve got a thousand yuan!" Sun Liang’s tone was full of grievances.

"I’m not addicted to the internet." Turning to Sun Liang, Zhao Yi said, "And I’ve decided to buy a computer over the weekend so that I don’t have to go to the internet cafe anymore."

"You’re in your third year of high school, will your mom agree?" Sun Liang gaped in disbelief, "Isn’t it expensive?"

Zhao Yi raised an eyebrow, "Money is to be spent when you have it!"

"Pah!"

With a hint of bitterness, Sun Liang said, "You only have enough to buy a monitor. It’s definitely Uncle Zhao who’s paying. He’s far more generous than my dad..."

Zhao Linlin snorted disdainfully, "All you guys think about during holidays is playing on the computer!"

Picking up on her disdainful tone, Sun Liang clapped back, "What do girls do during holidays then, stay home and knit sweaters?"

"You’re the one knitting sweaters!"

Zhao Linlin rolled her eyes, then said with anticipation, "Do you guys know about the Joyland they’ve built near Fuxin Bridge? It opened last month. My aunt said that since we finally have a holiday, she’ll take me there to relax."

"So extravagant!"

"Just kids’ stuff!"

"That’s wonderful!"

The responses from Sun Liang, Zhao Yi, and Lin Xiaoqing were different.

Lin Xiaoqing was envious. "I wish I could go too, but I have tutoring classes on both days of the weekend, morning and afternoon."

"What a waste!"

Sun Liang continued his commentary about extravagance. His pocket money was barely enough to afford a trip to the internet cafe, let alone Joyland.

Zhao Linlin asked them hopefully, "Will you guys go? It’s near Fuxin Bridge, just a 20-minute taxi ride away."

Sun Liang grimaced in hesitation. He really wanted to go, but for him, going to Joyland seemed way too extravagant.

He didn’t have enough pocket money!

And if we asked his parents, they would surely say no.

What a pain.

Zhao Yi was also hesitant.

Joyland?

An amusement park?

Listening to music might be ’an absorption of artistic influence’, maybe going to an amusement park could be ’pursuing exhilarating experiences’.

Well, why not give it a try!

He patted Sun Liang’s shoulder, "Let’s go together, I’ll treat you! But then you have to come to my house on Sunday to tutor me in math."

Sun Liang was suddenly excited, "Zhao Yi, you’re a real friend! Not just this Sunday, I will tutor you every single day from now on, count on me."

"Xiaoqing, are you in?"

All three of them turned to Lin Xiaoqing.

Lin Xiaoqing hesitated for a long moment before she finally gritted her teeth and said, "Alright, I’ll discuss it with my mom when I get home!"

"Yeah!"

"See you at the school gate at seven o’clock tomorrow morning!"

"By the way."

Zhao Yi thought of something and asked curiously, "Linlin, you said your aunt...is it?"

"It’s Teacher Niu!"

Lin Xiaoqing and Sun Liang answered as if it was the most normal thing in the world.

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Zhao Yi asked hesitantly after a long pause.

"No chance!" They all shouted in unison.

Teacher Niu Lianhua happened to walk into the classroom with the test papers. She saw Zhao Linlin and Zhao Yi standing together, their voices loud enough to shake the room, "Class is starting! What are you all doing?! Sit down! Sit down!"

"The last two periods are for a math test!"

"This test marks the end of the first month of school. Stop daydreaming about the holiday and focus on your tests!"

"You’re in class A, if your scores are lower than class B, do you have any dignity left to stay in class A?"

"Hand out the test papers, everyone does their own work, anyone caught cheating goes directly to class B!"

"Alas..."

The classroom was immediately filled with sighs of discontent.