Just turned over a new leaf and became a wise and intelligent student

Chapter 321 "Sweet Spot" and "Criminological Issues"

Xu Qingshan himself hadn't set off fireworks for a long time.

He accompanied Tong Tong in lighting the sparklers, and while watching the fireworks on the ground that looked like spark fountains, he smiled in a relaxed manner without realizing it.

The heavy past life and busy present life left Xu Qingshan with no time to enjoy this tranquility.

"Does it look good?"

Tong Tong was waving two fairy wands in her hands. The flames were so bright in the dark night, almost dazzling. Xu Qingshan was distracted for a moment as he looked at the girl holding the lit fairy wands.

"elder brother."

Tong Tong came close to Xu Qingshan, staring at his eyes with his deer eyes.

She has always been perceptive and she noticed Xu Qingshan's distraction.

She suppressed the joy in her heart and also controlled her urge to go forward. She felt that she now fully understood Xu Qingshan's thoughts.

Sometimes, being in love is like doing something you love.

Sometimes you need to be fast, sometimes you need to be slow.

Being slow when you should be fast, or being fast when you should be slow, can both lead to bad experiences and unpredictable consequences.

Under the premise that Xu Qingshan repeatedly emphasized, Tong Tong felt that if she slowed down the pace, she might still have a chance, because compared to Jiang Huanxi, she had more advantages at home.

She is more like Xu Qingshan's family member than Jiang Huanxi.

She has studied the latest games recommended by the forum friends. Although she is not white-haired and not weak and sickly, she has a more advantageous identity, that is, she has no blood relationship, and the world will not look at her strangely.

At most, people would call her a child bride if they knew that she had been living in Xu Qingshan's house for a long time.

But so what, she is happy with it!

You should know that now there are fans of Xu Qingshan’s personal support station who want to be Xu Qingshan’s girlfriend, wife, sister, and there are so many women with various identities.

In terms of popularity in choosing a partner, Xu Qingshan has more advantages than popular male stars.

He has a good image and temperament, and is also a serious idol for young people established by the government. Those who know Xu Qingshan more deeply will know that Xu Qingshan is not only a young scholar with a strong aura, but also a first-generation entrepreneur.

No matter if you are materialistic, intellectualistic, face-obsessed, or just positive, everyone will dislike him.

Compared to those people.

Tong Tong just felt that he had already won too much.

However, she was actually a little distressed.

She was troubled by her identity as a younger sister and the age difference between them, even though it was only a two-year age difference. The convenience of her innate identity also brought Xu Qingshan a psychological shackle that was difficult to break. At least in Tong Tong's feeling, Xu Qingshan never took action against her because she was young and because she had always been a younger sister. Instead, he fell in love with Jiang Huanxi.

In fact, she would rather be Xu Qingshan’s childhood sweetheart than his little sister.

Tong Tong held the two fairy wands together, and naturally held Xu Qingshan's hand with one hand, pulling his hand closer to his body. At the same time, he stuffed the two fairy wands into Xu Qingshan's hands, and held his hand with his other hand more naturally, shaking the fairy wands together.

Xu Qingshan came back to his senses, moved his lips, but couldn't say anything.

If my sister wasn't so cute, who would really want to be a scumbag?

Xu Qingshan sighed secretly in his heart.

Who can stand this?

He simply stopped thinking about anything else and stopped looking at his phone. Instead, he clasped Tong Tong's fingers with his backhand and held her in his arms.

In the villa, the adults were still watching TV at the table, chatting about the outlook for the new year and gossip about the surrounding area.

The two old sisters, Xu Qingshan's grandmother and Tong Tong's grandmother, were holding hands, patting each other on the backs of their hands and talking about something. The two old people walked two steps outside, seemed to have seen something, and turned back.

"These two kids are such a good match."

The little old lady looked dreamy and couldn't help but sigh.

When the two old ladies just walked out of the villa, they saw the figures of Xu Qingshan and the other overlapping.

"Xiaotong has always liked Qingshan as his brother, but it's a pity for our family. Alas, Qingshan is too good. To be honest, I am a little worried about Xiaotong."

There was no joy on Grandma Tong's face.

She didn't think Xu Qingshan was a bad person, but she thought Xu Qingshan was too good. Even the entire Xu family was too good to them and never cared about anything.

Grandma Tong is an honest person. She is helpless when she meets a son like that, but she is not stingy at all with her grandchildren.

She always felt sorry for Tong Tong, but to be honest, she was afraid of the gap in identity, status and family.

"don’t worry."

The little old lady clapped her old sisters’ hands.

"I'm here. I won't let the little boy get wronged. Don't worry, this guy is not the kind of utilitarian person. He values ​​feelings the most. If he didn't value feelings, I would have left in the past two years."

The old lady comforted her old sisters, but her face was full of pride as she spoke well of Xu Qingshan.

Having a good grandson like Xu Qingshan in her life makes her life worthwhile.

"Pooh, pooh, pooh! It's New Year's Day, don't say such unlucky words. It's me and my two little ones who owe you. I told Xiaotong to be sensible and to be filial to her godparents and you no matter what happens in the future. Xiaoxin is still young now, but as long as I'm alive, I will urge him to remember the kindness of his godparents."

Old Mrs. Tong has endured all the grievances over the years alone.

Although her daughter helps her out on a daily basis and helps to hold on to the mess left by Tong Lei and Zhou Lin's messy marriage, she is, after all, just an old woman in her 70s.

Now that she has met Xu Qingshan's family, her complexion has obviously improved.

"You've had a hard time these years. If Qingshan hadn't been so promising, I guess Xuejun and Ahua wouldn't have had a good ending in the end."

The old lady also sighed.

"But Xiao Tong has made great progress now. In two years, you will be able to enjoy a peaceful and comfortable life."

As the little old lady spoke, she squinted her eyes and smiled.

The two old ladies' casual chat naturally attracted no attention from others, and the two young people in the courtyard were also enjoying their time alone.

The days around the Chinese New Year always seem to go by so quickly.

A few days of leisure time passed by so quickly.

While others were still resting on the third day of the Lunar New Year, Xu Qingshan and the other two were getting together to prepare for the American Modeling Competition.

only.

The scene of the competition was different from what Tong Tong and Jiang Huanxi had imagined. It was not in a small room with Xu Qingshan sitting in the middle and the two of them fighting secretly while working.

During the few days Xu Qingshan stayed at home, he cleared out a huge empty room on the top floor of the villa as the venue for this competition.

Fortunately, Lin Chenhua was at home, he lent a hand to Xu Qingshan, and even Xu Xuejun and Lin Yuehua came to join in the fun with great interest.

This top-floor room, which had been idle and used to store sundries and cardboard boxes, was soon transformed into a space that looked like an e-sports team's base.

"Don't you want to come sit over here?"

Jiang Huanxi looked at Xu Qingshan, who was slumped on the sofa at the back and following the updates of "Yang Shen" on his mobile phone, with a somewhat depressed look, and asked.

"No, the topic will be announced soon. You guys should study it first. Today is the first day and it's definitely not my turn to write code. If you have any questions, you two can discuss them first. I won't interfere with your work in the first two days, don't worry."

Xu Qingshan leaned on the sofa with one leg on the back of the sofa. From time to time, he reached out to grab snacks from the coffee table beside him, while his eyes were fixed on the screen of his mobile phone, reading the novel intently.

Jiang Huanxi pursed her lips and turned her head to look at Tong Tong who was laughing for some reason.

She clearly came to Xu Qingshan's house happily.

You know, this is in Longjiang. I repeatedly emphasized the importance and difficulty of this competition, so I won the right to stay at Xu Qingshan's house for two nights.

You have to know how difficult it is for her to get her consent in this regard from her conservative father.

Even my mother, who had always supported me, frowned and advised me gently this time.

I finally fought for this opportunity, but ended up just staring at Tong Tong here?
Damn it!
Jiang Huanxi became even more depressed. He turned around to look at the files in the computer, and then he cheered up and made serious preparations.

Xu Qingshan had already told them in advance.

The nature of the Mathematical Modeling Competition for American College Students is actually quite different from that in China.

Domestic college students’ mathematical modeling tends to be more inclined towards grand narratives and high-tech designs, such as rocket design routes, lunar launcher trajectories, analysis of urban clusters, etc.

American mathematical modeling tends to focus on various humanities topics, such as the best point of a certain detail in a game, how to choose the material of a microphone in an entertainment or competitive industry to maximize the concert effect? ​​Or some issues related to social psychology and social criminology, such as how to monitor and prevent mass shootings to the greatest extent possible?
This is related to national conditions and the focus of national attention.

"The question is out!"

Jiang Huanxi was still thinking about the problem with divergent thoughts, and Tong Tong, who had been refreshing the webpage over there, spoke.

"What is the topic?"

"I'm still reading the questions. There are two questions. Question A, Explain the 'sweet spot' on a baseball bat, is about explaining the sweet spot on a baseball bat. It should be the best spot, right? Question B is about waiting."

Tong Tong's English grades are pretty good. She has no problem just reading the outline and key words. But when the article is long and uses more out-of-scope words or some unique words, she finds it a bit difficult to read.

Her strength is not in language, her English is at exam level.

Of course, this sufficient level is actually higher than that of most college students. After all, many people may not know what the question is about when they see this all-English question.

"Let me take a look."

The web page on Jiang Huanxi's side had not yet been refreshed, so she leaned over to look at Tong Tong's screen.

"Peter Sutcliffe? Who is this? Sentenced for involvement in thirteen murders and malicious wounding, one of the ways to narrow the search for him was to find a 'centroid' of the attack location. Why is it so different from the last question? There are so many requirements, it's completely different from pure mathematics."

Jiang Huanxi blinked.

The two girls turned their heads almost at the same time to look at Xu Qingshan, who was still slumped on the sofa, eating potato chips and pouring Coke at an angle. The way he drank Coke while lying down, he was really not afraid of choking if he poured it tilted.

"Hahaha, Hong Yi is so awesome!"

Xu Qingshan muttered happily as he turned the pages.

"Forget it, let's study it ourselves."

Tong Tong first retracted his gaze, took out paper, pen and mobile phone, and prepared to start translating and interpreting the core meaning of the question. By the way, he could also look up relevant background information about the question, so that he could better interpret the question.

Since the other team member said so.

Jiang Huanxi naturally couldn't ask for help as soon as he saw the question, so he could only turn his eyes back and continue reading the three long paragraphs of question B.

Xu Qingshan didn't notice the two girls' little dilemma at all, he was still immersed in the world of novels.

Fortunately.

After all, they are all smart little geniuses who can go to Huaqing University and Peking University.

Moreover, the questions in the American Mathematics Competition are only intimidating at first glance, because they raise a concept that is not common sense. However, the question materials will explain these concepts more objectively, and provide background and requirements. The only problem is that the requirements may be a bit too much.

"No questions from your end, right? Let's summarize the contents of questions A and B and see which one to choose?"

Even though Tong Tong was only responsible for writing the paper.

But she had an inexplicable competitive spirit in front of Jiang Huanxi. She acted very proactively, hoping to take the initiative.

Although Jiang Huanxi looks a little weak in daily life, she is actually very strong in the areas she is good at.

If Xu Qingshan's ability had not been so outstanding among people of the same age, Jiang Huanxi might not have been so obedient and dependent on Xu Qingshan in studying.

"No need to summarize. When I finished question B, I also extracted the key points of question A. Here are the core requirements and basic ideas of the two questions. After all, I am responsible for modeling, so you don't have to worry too much about these."

Jiang Huanxi said, handing his well-organized manuscript to Tong Tong.

"I have no problem with both questions. What I am considering now is which part will be easier to perform well and show our strengths and characteristics, given your English level."

Xiao Jiang is a decent person after all. She expressed her concerns but did not say anything absolute.

But Tong Tong would never lose face in front of her. His cold face turned cold, his eyebrows raised, and he said.

"Sister Xiaoxi, don't worry. It just takes some time and effort. You can choose any question you like. There will be no problem with writing. I have studied math competitions and have dabbled in other subjects. I will have the energy to help you while writing the paper."

Jiang Huanxi did not answer, but just pursed her lips and pressed her fingers on the manuscript.

"Then choose this question, Question B of Criminology."

"Then it's settled."

"Yes! It's settled!"

"Then I will start writing the paper framework and preliminary draft. If you can't solve it, feel free to call me."

"Don't worry, I'm definitely faster than you."

The two girls were already competing openly. Xu Qingshan took a sneak peek and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, I didn't say anything and point fingers.

(End of this chapter)