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Chapter 118 The Young Men Who Are Not Full of Spirit

No matter what the three people thought in their hearts, Yu Wei still stood next to Gong Jiatao.

Yu Yongjun stood next to Qiao Yu.

Gong Jiatao selected the topic and handed it to Yu Yongjun.

Qiao Yu said directly: "There are five questions on the paper that Fatty just gave me, right? Just choose the first one."

Gong Jiatao felt that he was being looked down upon, but he just concentrated on building the game. Yu Wei silently picked up the piece of paper that Yu Yongjun had just handed to him.

……

The game begins again.

After Yu Wei finished reading the question, he watched the characters controlled by the two people fighting in the middle of the map. This time Gong Jiatao chose Miyue, and Qiao Yu chose Arthur, who was played by the fat man just now.

His judgment was correct. Qiao Yu on the opposite side had already started answering the questions, Yu Yongjun also began writing furiously, but Gong Jiatao was still controlling the character without saying a word.

Just when he was about to try to think about how to solve the problem while watching the game, Gong Jiatao suddenly said, "Read the problem again."

Yu Wei had no choice but to pick up the question and read it again.

"Speak louder." Gong Jiatao said again.

Yu Wei understood instantly, wow, this guy is not trying to answer the question at all, he is trying to disrupt the opponent's rhythm.

But it doesn't matter, he turned up the volume a little.

Sadly it seems to have no effect.

Qiao Yu was still steadily producing in the game while reporting the answers slowly and calmly.

After the first conflict, Gong Jiatao ran out of blood and returned to the city.

"Read it again."

as predicted……

However, Yu Wei did not show any impatience. Instead, he glanced at Qiao Yu and read the question again.

The first tower was knocked down...

"Read it again..."

The first time I was killed...

"Read it again."

……

Ten minutes later, the word "failure" appeared on Gong Jiatao's screen. After a while, Yu Yongjun silently handed his copied answer to Gong Jiatao.

Qiao Yu exited the game, looked at Yu Wei, and asked, "Are you ready for the questions?"

Yu Wei shook his head and said, "I abstain."

Qiao Yu was surprised and asked, "You really don't want to try?"

Yu Wei replied: "Don't play this game."

Qiao Yu thought for a moment and said, "You can change the game. How about playing CS on the computer? You can't even play a shooting game, right?"

Yu Wei replied angrily: "I'm not interested in games."

Qiao Yu was not angry, he just stretched himself and said, "Are you convinced?"

Yu Wei said nothing.

Fortunately, the other two guys had already finished checking their answers. They didn't say anything, which meant they had no doubts about the correctness of the answers.

"Okay, then I'm the dormitory leader. I think everyone has no doubts. This training camp will last for nine days in total. The three of you will be responsible for cleaning and bringing me food if I don't want to go to the cafeteria. Each person will take a day, and the cycle will be three days. Do you have any objections?"

Qiao Yu said leisurely.

None of the three said a word.

Qiao Yu didn't bother to care about the emotions of the three guys and continued, "I know you must still be unconvinced, but it doesn't matter. There are still nine days to go. In addition to exams and lectures, I also need an hour or so every day to relax my brain.

During this one hour of brain relaxation, you can continue to challenge me. You can also find external help, the rules are still the same. You can answer questions while playing games. As long as you can beat me, I will listen to you during the remaining training time. Is this reasonable? "

In fact, they probably had some opinions, but they didn't dare to say anything.

It was impossible to be completely shameless. Not to mention that the three of them were in complicated moods at the moment.

This guy called this game a brain rest? Dare he be more exaggerated?

Still no one spoke, Qiao Yu was too lazy to pay attention to the three of them, and said: "It seems that no one has any objections, so let's do this first. Gong Jiatao will start with you on the first day. Remember to bring me lunch at noon, and I won't go to the restaurant."

Gong Jiatao couldn't help but ask: "Why do you start with me?"

Qiao Yu answered confidently, "Because you were the most shameless just now."

Gong Jiatao had nothing to say.

Just now, he asked Yu Wei to read the questions over and over again, but he didn't do any of them at all. He is really a shameless person.

But he had no choice. The main reason was that Qiao Yu put too much pressure on him in the game, and it was impossible for him to concentrate on both.

As for Yu Yongjun, although the idea he came up with was shameless enough, at least he didn't really use it.

"Do you have any questions? If yes, I'll do them. Remember to bring me lunch." After saying that, Qiao Yu stretched again, sat back in his seat and started working on his paper.

"No, brother, what if it's a buffet and you're not allowed to bring anything?" Yu Yongjun couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, I can. I've asked." Qiao Yu answered without raising his head.

……

At noon, three melancholy teenagers sat together in the restaurant, and even Yu Wei began to become more sociable. He sat there silently, and did not roll his eyes at Yu Yongjun.

"I feel really hit hard." Gong Jiatao said dejectedly.

During the winter camp, he was also able to get full marks. When he went on stage with Qiao Yu, he did not think Qiao Yu was that strong. But today, he realized that the full marks they got on CMO were really different.

"We've only just started. Ask Yu Wei how badly he's been hit. He's not as depressed as you." Yu Yongjun glanced at Yu Wei, who was still not talkative, and said.

"Get out!" Yu Wei glared at the fat man as usual.

However, Gong Jiatao had already looked at Yu Wei: "Did he often attack you in the past?"

Looking at the guy who was full of energy in the morning but now looked depressed, Yu Wei thought about it and nodded silently.

Yu Yongjun beside him added without missing a beat: "But to be honest, it has never been as brutal as it is today."

Yu Wei glanced at Yu Yongjun and took the initiative to say, "In fact, it was different a month ago."

Gong Jiatao was stunned for a moment and asked, "You met a month ago?"

"In the group." Yu Wei explained concisely.

Yu Yongjun also nodded and said in agreement: "Yes, Big Brother used to provide paid problem-solving services, but he stopped charging me since then."

After saying that, he immediately realized that his mouth was faster than his brain again, and he quickly glanced at Yu Wei.

Then he met Yu Wei's inquiring gaze.

"Ahem... that..." Yu Yongjun was about to explain, but Yu Wei said directly: "I understand. The questions I posted in the group in the summer were all answered by you, who paid Qiao Yu to solve them, right?"

"Haha..." Yu Yongjun laughed dryly twice and decisively changed the subject: "Let's not talk about this. I thought about it, we can't just let Qiao Yu dampen our mentality! There are not many people who are better at solving problems than us. Among the sixty people, we can always find a few who are good at playing games, right?"

Yu Wei glared at Yu Yongjun again and stopped talking.

After all, he agreed with Fatty's words, and he really didn't want to experience this kind of blow again. But he really didn't mind everyone experiencing it.

"Yes, yes, yes. It would be best if I could barely beat Qiao Yu in the game, and experience how it feels like someone can really do two things at once and solve an Olympiad problem while playing a game. Is this still a human being? Even animals can't be this strong!"

Gong Jiatao echoed from the side.

He was actually the one who was hit the hardest today.

When watching Yu Yongjun playing, he thought that the fat guy was too weak and thought that he might be able to fight him.

Who would have thought that when I really started to operate, I couldn't think about those questions in my mind. If I thought about it for a while, my hands would become slow.

Really, Gong Jiatao felt that if he started the exam today, with his current mentality, he might fail miserably and not even make it into the top 15.

"Then find four more people to challenge Qiao Yu tomorrow. I don't believe in a round-robin battle. I will be responsible for coaxing two people from our side, and you each find one. Is that ok?" Yu Yongjun said, patting his chest.

Yu Wei shook his head and said, "I'm not familiar with the other people in Linhai, so I can't find them."

Yu Yongjun rolled his eyes, but felt relieved when he thought of Yu Wei's character.

It's normal that this guy can't find talents.

"It's okay. We have a lot of people from Beijing this time, so I will call two more!" Gong Jiatao said, patting his chest.

……

After the opening ceremony, the first phase of the training mainly focused on four things: exams, self-study, and test question analysis, with three lectures interspersed in between.

If we exclude the first day of registration and the last day of departure, the actual time for the first phase of training is only eight days. The top 60 CMO national competition champions will take four exams here.

The exams were held on the third and fourth days, and the eighth and ninth days. The three days in between were interspersed with three lectures and a three-hour test analysis session.

The first two exams can be roughly understood as a process of finding out the basics and filling in the gaps. The last two exams will select 15 people to participate in the finals and compete for the qualification to represent China in the IMO in the second stage of the training camp.

Professor Zhou Liang from the School of Mathematics of Yanbei University, the leader of the IMO team, clearly felt that something was wrong on the fourth day. Many students were in a bad state this time, which could be seen from the results of the first two exams.

Many children who had previously performed well in CMO performed poorly in these two exams.

He specifically observed everyone's spirits during self-study classes. The children whose grades had dropped seriously were clearly in a bad mood and looked visibly depressed.

This was not the first time Zhou Liang had been the leader of an IMO. It was not unusual to have one or two such students among sixty students, but it was extremely abnormal for such a large-scale problem to occur suddenly. And it seemed to have certain regional characteristics.

For example, the grades of local students in Beijing generally declined, and even Gong Jiatao, who scored full marks in CMO, was no exception.

You have to know that this is not an ordinary rocket class, but a collection of the sixty most mathematically gifted children of this age group in the whole of China. Each of them is one in a million, and their psychological adjustment ability is stronger than that of ordinary children of the same age.

In the past, if these top students said they did not do well in the exam, it was mostly just a humble statement and could not be believed. But this time, they really did not do well in the exam, and the scores of a large number of them suddenly dropped.

Whenever this problem occurs on a large scale, there must be something wrong.

So during the evening study session before Exam (2), Zhou Liang called all the children whose scores dropped significantly in the two exams into his office for a talk, including Gong Jiatao and Yu Wei.

The conversation didn't go well at first, and few people were willing to speak.

But as long as you have more patience, you can always get the truth out of the children. Once one of them starts talking, the rest will be easy to talk about.

After the chat, Professor Zhou felt numb...

No wonder they all performed poorly, it turned out they were all hit hard?
Wow... really wow, can you play it like this?
Qiao Yu, that kid, single-handedly defeated all the kids in the IMO training camp? There were actually students who were obsessed with the fact that someone could solve problems while playing games and beat him in the game?

The impact was not only on the children who challenged Qiao Yu, but even the mentality of the children who were watching the fun was affected.

There was even a dormitory where four people couldn't sleep at night and talked about this until two or three in the morning?
This is really a new way to increase the intensity of his work!

So before the evening study session, Qiao Yu was invited directly to his office.

But seeing the confused look on the child's face, Zhou Liang didn't know where to start. Tian Yanzhen has been recommending the ArXiv paper to everyone recently.

Yes, most of the mathematics professors at Yanbei University have read the paper that Qiao Yu submitted to Ann.Math.

Zhou Liang didn’t know what others thought, but after reading the paper, he was truly amazed.

A sixteen-year-old student could write such a paper. He didn't dare to imagine where this little guy's future achievements would be. After all, he had no experience of publishing an article in the top four mathematics journals.

Even Schultz, a recognized mathematical genius, did not achieve such an achievement when he was sixteen years old.

Not to mention that this guy has already started studying the geometric Langlands conjecture during self-study class, and Zhou Liang has seen it all.

Many times, he couldn't treat Qiao Yu as a student.

For example, even if he was called to his office, other students would stand there and talk to him, but when Qiao Yu came, his first words were: "Qiao Yu, you're here, sit down, um, would you like some tea?"

Qiao Yu shook his head and replied, "No, Professor Zhou, what do you want me to do?"

Zhou Liang thought for a moment and asked directly: "Okay, I won't delay your study time. Let's get straight to the point. Did you design a challenge game in your dormitory? The one where you solve problems while playing the game?"

Qiao Yu nodded and said truthfully, "Yes, it was mainly because the three guys who shared the same dormitory with me were not convinced that I was the dormitory leader, so I thought of a way to make them shut up. But they were still not convinced, so they asked their classmates to challenge me again.

But you can rest assured, they have never been specially trained in this kind of multitasking ability, and they will definitely not be able to beat me. I designed this game so that it will not bring shame to our Yanbei University. "

After this sentence, Professor Zhou fell silent again.

He originally wanted to ask Qiao Yu to give everyone some slack, so that they could win one or two games and regain some confidence. But after hearing this, he decided to give up.

"No, Qiao Yu, I'm very confident in you, really. After two exams, you performed the most stably and got full marks. But have you ever considered one thing? If you do this, it will seriously undermine the confidence of other partners.

To be honest, after these two exams, the students who competed with you and watched you challenged you did not perform well in these two exams. What you did has seriously dampened their enthusiasm for mathematics!"

Zhou Liang continued with deep emotion: "You also know that IMO is a team competition. No matter how strong you are, you can only get a perfect gold medal at most. What's important is the team's performance. If the best students lose their mentality and can't enter the next selection competition, the team's performance will be very bad, and you will be embarrassed, right?"

This time it was Qiao Yu's turn to be surprised. He said in astonishment, "No way? Their ability to withstand pressure is so poor? We have only just reached this point."

Zhou Liang curled his lips. Wow, his ability to withstand pressure is now evident.

Not to mention the students, he now feels like his whole body is numb.

After all, being a team leader also comes with performance pressure. Even if he can't take first place, he can't fall too far behind, right? If he leads the team to the worst result in the team's history, he will probably be spitted to death when he comes back.

Anyway, if it really doesn't work, he plans to go to the research center to ask Academician Tian for advice.

He had not originally planned to be the leader this year, but it was arranged by Academician Tian to lead another class. Now that his students are having fun like this, who wouldn't be stressed?
"No, Qiao Yu, you have to consider that everyone is sixteen or seventeen years old. It is normal for emotions to fluctuate greatly at this age. Not everyone has strong stress resistance. So, there are still three days before the next stage of the exam. Let's think of a way to help the students put their minds at ease first."

Zhou Liang asked directly.

Qiao Yu simply nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Zhou Liang let out a long breath and said, "Well, first of all, this game definitely cannot continue now."

Qiao Yu nodded and agreed to this request. Anyway, the three guys in the dormitory were already well behaved.

Then Zhou Liang suddenly had an idea and said excitedly: "However, when we arrive in Australia in July, our teams will generally arrive the day before the opening ceremony. There will generally be no other arrangements on the opening day. This means that there will be about two days for students from various countries to freely communicate with each other. I will help you make the contact, and you can then play a few friendly matches with members of other national teams. You can then do your best."

Qiao Yu glanced at Professor Zhou, then nodded and said, "Okay, no problem."

"Well, what games are you good at? You know that popular games in China may be different from popular games abroad. I will go and ask around later."

This question made Qiao Yu feel like he was applying for a job at a game studio. This seemed to be his original plan for life. So this world is actually a vicious circle? After going around in circles, can we always get back to our original intentions?
"Um... well... actually I'm good at any competitive game. For example, people overseas should also play CS:GO. Oh, and League of Legends... Even if it's a game I'm not familiar with, I can just practice a couple of games and get familiar with the skills."

Zhou Liang nodded, a smile on his face: "Is that so? Fine, I'll make arrangements then. Let's also organize a gaming league at this year's IMO. I believe everyone will like it. Westerners are more interested in making fun of things than we are."

Qiao Yu nodded and assured, "Don't worry, Professor Zhou, I promise not to let you down and I must bring honor to China."

……

During the training phase, the evening self-study class ended at 9:30 every day. After chatting with our team leader, Professor Zhou, it was almost 10 o'clock when I returned to the dormitory.

However, no one was sleeping in the dormitory. Everyone was sitting there chatting with sad faces. When they saw Qiao Yu come in, they all became quiet again.

"Boss..." Yu Yongjun took the initiative to greet him as usual.

Most of the time other people can't call someone "boss", but Yu Yongjun has no psychological burden in this regard at all.

Anyway, up to now, Qiao Yu has not yet found out what the bottom line of this fat man is.

But today Qiao Yu still replied: "Don't call me boss anymore, we are all classmates."

Yu Yongjun blinked, looked at Qiao Yu, and asked, "Boss, does this mean that I will definitely get the pre-admission letter from Yanbei University?"

Qiao Yu rolled his eyes and didn't bother to pay any more attention to him.

Whether you can get a pre-admission letter and which school you can get it from will ultimately depend on the interview results. Anyway, as long as you are in the top 60 and have no other plans, such as studying abroad, you can always choose between Huaqing and Yanbei.

Now Qiao Yu feels that both sides are pretty good and there is a future in choosing either side.

So after thinking about it, he suddenly suggested: "Okay, why don't we all go to bed early today and chat casually while lying on the bed?"

The three friends in the dormitory were stunned for a moment, then agreed with Qiao Yu's idea, and started to wash up and go to bed.

If it were in the past, no matter what choice Yu Yongjun and Gong Jiatao would make, at least Yu Wei would definitely ignore such a proposal, and might even say sarcastically: "What do you care when I go to bed?"

The training manual only recommends turning off the lights and going to bed at 11pm, but it's only a few minutes before 10pm.

This time, not only did he not say a word, he also quietly started to wash up with the other three people, and then climbed onto the bed. Yu Wei probably didn't realize that this was a state of submission, or maybe he had realized it but just refused to admit it.

Anyway, there are many people in this world who are soft all over but tough in words, and Yu Wei is definitely not a shortage of people like him.

Going to bed early, closing the door, and turning off the lights, this night suddenly feels different.

The surroundings are filled with all kinds of noises that only come with collective life.

If they really wanted to sleep, it would definitely cause all kinds of dissatisfaction, but fortunately, none of the four of them planned to sleep.

"Brother, what on earth are you looking at every day?" Yu Yongjun, who was responsible for closing the door and lights today and finally climbed onto the bed and got into the quilt, did not let the bedside talk prepared by Qiao Yu be dull. As soon as he found a comfortable sleeping position, he started asking.

It’s not like he didn’t peek at Qiao Yu’s things.

But Qiao Yu wrote the paper according to his own progress. It had no beginning or end and was written entirely in English. He really didn't notice it.

"I downloaded several papers from ArXiv about the geometric Langlands conjecture. I have been very interested in this research recently." Qiao Yu answered readily.

But he knew that this topic would not likely spark discussion. In fact, not to mention high school, even undergraduates would not be exposed to the Langlands Program.

There was no point in talking about this, so he continued, "My situation is different from yours, so don't compete with me. I participated in IMO mainly to complete the mission. After completing the IMO mission, even if you are directly recommended to the elite class of Yanbei University next year, we will most likely not become classmates, so there is no point in competing with me."

This is Qiao Yu's way of comforting people. He first points out the facts and makes everyone aware of the gap, so that they can generally let go of the burden. If they still can't let go, then their psychological quality is too poor, and they won't get good results in international competitions.

Yu Wei couldn't help but asked, "How is your situation different from ours?"

Qiao Yu lay flat on his back, staring at the ceiling with the faint light coming in from the window, and asked in a nonchalant tone, "You all have fathers, right?"

"Isn't this nonsense? Who doesn't have a father at home?" Gong Jiatao responded quickly, and then immediately realized something was wrong.

As expected, Qiao Yu said in a calm tone: "Yes, you all have it, but I don't. See, so we are indeed different."

"No, brother, what happened to your dad? How could he not have this?" Yu Yongjun asked.

Qiao Yu narrated calmly: "He died before I was born. Because of some things, you can understand that my mother was severely socially anxious at this stage, so she was not suitable to go out to work. After my grandfather passed away when I was in fifth grade, I decided to start supporting the family.

If I don't work hard, my mother will have to live a hard life with me, and even have trouble eating. You have never faced this kind of survival pressure, and you only need to study well, but I am different. I not only need to study well, but also be excellent enough.

This is where we are different. If you have never experienced the pressure of survival, of course you can't develop my abilities. When I was in elementary school, I was a game leveler. I played games to make money while doing homework to deal with teachers. What can you compare with me?

Don’t disbelieve me. There is a sample essay I wrote on the official account of my alma mater, Xingtie No. 1 Middle School. It is a short story about me visiting my father’s grave during the Qingming Festival. The teacher commented that the sentiments were sincere and heartfelt…”

Qiao Yu used some writing techniques here. He did not tell his three friends about the composition, so the teacher directly deleted his composition as the final O. Henry-style ending.

But the dormitory still became quiet.

In fact, everyone knows that to reach Qiao Yu's level, it is definitely not enough to just work hard, but when it comes to this point, I really don't know how to answer. Because they have never faced the pressure of survival.

At least no one needs to be responsible for supporting the family while studying. In order to ensure their studies, their families will do their best to provide them with the best resources.

As for Yu Wei, he thought more.

His mind flashed back to what Qiao Yu said when they took a short walk together that night after the exam in August when he was invited to participate in the Xiaolibaba preliminary competition. He understood what this guy meant by "sacrificing his father's life every night in exchange for his amazing talent in mathematics."

By the way, that night he also said he wanted to play Go with him for money. I felt very complicated.

If he had known this earlier, he would have agreed.

It's not that he's overly sympathetic. In fact, Yu Wei isn't the kind of person who is very emotional or can think from someone else's perspective. He simply feels that if he had lost some money to Qiao Yu at the time, this guy probably wouldn't have fought so hard, and he wouldn't have to suffer so much.

"I'm sorry." After a while, Gong Jiatao apologized softly.

The sound is not loud, but it is clear enough in the room.

"What is there to apologize for? Not having a father has its advantages. No one cared about me when I was a child, so I had a very happy childhood. All those things in your mind, such as being bullied and laughed at when you were a child, never happened.

If I want to bully someone, I will bully them! I have beaten every one of those little brats in the old neighborhood. Not only do they get beaten by me outside, but they also get beaten when they get home. It’s because I have been used to working harder than others since I was a child.

My grandfather once said that there are many people in this world who don’t have fathers. Most people would choose to blame others and use this as an excuse for failure. Only a few would use this as a motivation to themselves, working harder and striving for every success.

This is actually the reason why there are far more mediocre people than excellent people in this world. Because it is too damn easy to blame others, but it is too hard to work hard. Just like this time, you lost a game to me, and you all seemed to be ready to lie down, and you did terrible in the exams these two days.

See, this is the former's way of thinking. You just didn't beat me in the game, and then you attribute it to a blow to your self-confidence, and you can calmly accept the fact that your test scores have dropped. So don't apologize to me, apologize to yourselves. "

Qiao Yu said in one breath.

The people in other dormitories were fine, but he still recognized the strength of Yu Wei and Gong Jiatao. If the confidence of these two guys was hit too hard and they didn't even make it into the top 16, it would be a pity.

Just like what Professor Zhou said just now, IMO has always valued the team's performance more.

After these words, there was a long period of silence.

After a while, Yu Wei said, "I don't know about the two of them, but I never make excuses for failure. Besides, the goal I mentioned that day has not changed. I will definitely catch up with your achievements, it's just a matter of time."

Qiao Yu could tell that Yu Wei sounded guilty when he said this. In the past, this guy's tone would have been more resolute, with a sense of unquestionability, but this time it was obviously not the case. It was soft and completely without any strength.

But he just grinned and didn't expose it.

"No, Yu Wei, what are you talking about! Let me tell you, I will definitely get full marks in the next two exams!" Gong Jiatao muttered in dissatisfaction.

Well, actually it can be seen that Gong Jiatao doesn’t like Yu Wei very much either.

But this is normal.

With Yu Wei's personality, he will never be liked wherever he goes, but this guy probably doesn't care too much.

Everyone has their own way of living, not to mention that Yu Wei has the qualifications to be arrogant.

People who often reincarnate know that being able to reincarnate accurately has been a skill since ancient times, from home to abroad, and it is a skill that most people cannot learn in their lifetime.

"Yes, yes, yes, the four of us in the dormitory must go to Australia together. I have never been abroad in my life. If I can make it into the top six this time, I can fulfill my dream of going abroad. I have searched for videos before, and there are so many beautiful women in Australia, especially pleasing to the eyes!"

Gong Jiatao immediately agreed, "Well, this year's IMO is held in the resort city of Sunshine Coast. I searched online and found that there are a lot of beaches there. It's a pity that July is winter. It would be nice to go there in the summer. There are free bikinis to see on the beaches in the summer, hehe."

Apparently, Yu Yongjun successfully shifted the topic to a somewhat strange direction.

Greasy teenagers...

However, Qiao Yu felt relieved. Since they were already discussing bikinis, there should be no problem. So after a few casual comments, Qiao Yu shut up. After all, his knowledge in this area was really poor.

I have to say, although the two of them were not so good in other aspects, they knew so much about all sorts of things that even Qiao Yu was amazed.

For example, how to use the palm of your hand to quickly and accurately measure whether it is A, B, C, or D is a kind of unpopular knowledge that Qiao Yu has never come across before, and he has never even thought about it.

He didn't know whether what the two said was right or not, but after hearing that each of them had sufficient arguments and they seemed to be getting more and more excited as the conversation went on, Qiao Yu felt that what they said probably made some sense.

Originally, Qiao Yu had prepared to study quietly until the early morning, but unfortunately Yu Wei suddenly joined in.

"Go to sleep."

"No, Yu Wei, don't spoil the fun."

"Spoiler? I guess you two have never held a girl's hand before?"

"Don't be so humiliating. Who hasn't held a girl's hand? I did it every day when I was in kindergarten!"

"I did it every day when I was in elementary school!"

"Heh...it turns out that poor students have more stationery."

"No, you're talking like you're so great?"

"That's right, are you jealous of our rich theoretical knowledge?"

"You guys are all still virgins, right?"

"Tsk, so what? Aren't you?"

"Yes, I'm not."

Yu Wei's calm voice was not loud, and only a few short words, but at this moment it was as deafening as a bell, echoing endlessly, silencing the two guys who were discussing happily.

Even Qiao Yu couldn't help but turn sideways and take a look in the direction hidden in the darkness.

Rich second generation, it’s so shameful!

After a long while, a weak voice came out: "Well, what does it feel like?"

"The feeling is: happiness is short-lived, and troubles are long-lasting." Yu Wei said in a calm tone.

Qiao Yu turned over and closed his eyes to go to sleep. He was really tired these past few days. Most importantly, he didn't want to listen to the rich second generation's pretense. Because he felt that this answer was very real. If he hadn't experienced it, he couldn't have such a real feeling.

……

There was nothing much to say about the next few days. Everyone returned to their normal rhythm. During the three-day window without exams, Professor Zhou and teachers from various schools provided psychological counseling to these children.

This was also a rare experience for Zhou Liang - he had never had such trouble before.

Generally speaking, it is very easy to take care of children who have reached the training stage.

Because most of them have clear goals and are very clear about the direction of their efforts.

But there is no way, if you live long enough, you will always witness some strange things.

Fortunately, everyone recovered well, and the results of the next two exams three days later were in line with previous expectations. At least a few children who had been the focus of attention before did not fall so badly that they could not make it into the top 15.

At least at the closing ceremony, a result was announced that was acceptable to everyone. The good news was that Yu Yongjun once again stumbled into the top sixteen and entered the second phase of special training.

In fact, at this stage, except for less than a quarter of the contestants, everyone else has a clear understanding of their own level. They already have the answer in their minds whether they can enter the top 16. Some people even originally aimed to be in the top 60 of the national competition.

So being eliminated at this stage won’t be too frustrating.

As for Qiao Yu, his performance was as stable as ever.

No one emphasized how great it was that he scored full marks in all four exams. This was taken for granted. On the contrary, if Qiao Yu didn't get full marks, people might have suspected that there was something wrong with the questions.

Yes, after he showed off his ability to answer questions while playing games with a 100% accuracy rate, people no longer regarded him as a human being - he was just a beast!
On the last day, before parting, when they were alone, Qiao Yu asked the question that had been on his mind for days.

"Um, Yu Wei, you're really not that person anymore?"

"Which one?"

"Nonsense, don't play dumb about what you said that night!" Qiao Yu said to Yu Wei coldly.

"Oh, I lied to them that night." Yu Wei said lightly.

Qiao Yu was a little surprised and confirmed: "Did you trick them?"

"Well, the two of them are too noisy. If I didn't lie to them, it would be annoying to talk about this boring topic all night." Yu Wei explained.

Qiao Yu smacked his lips, thinking that what Yu Wei said made sense, but he still said with disdain: "You are not honest."

Yu Wei glanced at Qiao Yu and said, "It doesn't matter whether I'm honest or not. The key is the effect. As long as they believe it, that's enough."

Qiao Yu sneered: "How do you know they will believe it?"

Yu Wei said naturally: "Because people tend to be superstitious about authority. Yu Yongjun told Gong Jiatao that I was a second-generation rich man. They didn't know what the real life of a second-generation rich man was like, so they would believe whatever I said.

You are an authority now, and if you say something, they will believe it. The key is to be calm and frank when you tell lies, without any hesitation or places that people can see the flaws. "

This made a lot of sense. Qiao Yu was fascinated by it and asked, "So what is the life of a rich second generation like? Tell me when you have time."

Yu Wei turned his head and looked at Qiao Yu with an inquiring look, but said nothing.

Qiao Yu immediately explained: "I'm looking into it for my future son. You know, I'm so strong, I will definitely be a first-generation rich man, and my son will naturally be a second-generation rich man. I think it's not bad to raise a son like you in the future."

"Goodbye!" Yu Wei was silent at first, then he said these two words concisely, picked up his luggage and walked towards the stairs next to him without looking back.

"See you in Xingcheng next weekend." Qiao Yu said goodbye to Yu Wei's back in a more accurate way.

Indeed, we will meet next week, because the second phase of IMO training will begin again. The best of the fifteen will be selected, and only six will be qualified to represent China to compete in Australia and enjoy the sunny beaches that the two greasy teenagers have been longing for...

Qiao Yu was inexplicably in a good mood at this time.

After all, I will be able to return to Star City soon. I can go home to visit my mother at public expense and give her a surprise. Just thinking about it makes me excited.

　PS: The 32-word check-in was completed on the nd day!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)