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Chapter 74 The Return of the Gold Medalist

"That Qiao Yu is sick. He might have a problem with his brain."

Yu Wei, who had walked away on the other side, also uttered the same words in a serious tone.

The coach next to him smiled and didn't respond.

It's quite interesting that a moderately obsessive-compulsive disorder patient who is extremely proud and sensitive inside says that another teenage math genius is sick.

Although this was the first time that his student took the initiative to evaluate someone, he was just a Mathematical Olympiad coach and was not very good at psychological counseling.

"No, it's not possible. There must be something wrong with his brain. He is sick!"

After walking around the guesthouse twice and preparing to return to the room, Yu Wei emphasized it again.

……

Xiaolibaba is very sincere when it comes to entertaining guests.

Although the finals have ended, the young contestants who were invited to participate in the finals do not need to rush back.

Xiaolibaba gave everyone a week of buffer time, and after arranging the itinerary, they found the contact person to book the tickets.

In other words, if there are players who really want to play in Xiaozhou for a week, Xiaolibaba will provide free food and accommodation during this period. If you want to play longer, it is not impossible. But you definitely can't think of free food and accommodation, and you have to book your own return ticket.

To be honest, this rule is very generous, equivalent to a week-long trip with food and accommodation included.

If you are still not satisfied after such a long time, then you are really ungrateful.

However, most of those who were invited to attend the finals may not have much interest in traveling.

This can be seen from the ticket booking information received by the person in charge of reception this time.

About half of the people chose to return the next day. If the day after tomorrow is counted, the number will reach 90%. By the third day, no one chose to stay in Xiaozhou.

On the one hand, they probably think it is unnecessary to take advantage of this, and on the other hand, the middle school students who can participate in the finals are very busy. In the second week of September, the Mathematics Competition League will start in various provinces. If you want to participate in the National Middle School Mathematics Winter Camp, you have to get as high a score as possible in the league.

It is no joke that every student who can represent the province in national competitions has countless corpses under his pen.

Most of the middle school students who were able to achieve something in this Xiaolibaba Mathematics Competition were aiming to be in the top 60 of the national competition. After all, as long as they could enter the national training team, regardless of whether they could stand out in March next year and become a member of the national team to participate in the world competition, at least they could be directly admitted to super universities such as Yanbei and Huaqing.

For children who participate in competitions, it is quite important not to have to take the college entrance examination.

Not everyone is a jack of all trades. Once you choose to take the path of competition, it means sacrificing a lot of time originally used to study other subjects. If you really want to take the college entrance examination, you may not necessarily have an advantage over ordinary students.

Qiao Yu was not in such a hurry.

However, after discussing with Lan Jie, he decided to return to Xingcheng tomorrow. Xiaolibaba was also very helpful, worthy of being the most famous company in Xiaozhou. Lan Jie sent a message to the other party, and ten minutes later he received the news that the ticket had been booked on his mobile phone.

They were both first-class seats and we sat in a row.

High-speed rail tickets are already in short supply during the summer vacation, and they can be booked anytime, so Qiao Yu would definitely not believe that there is no trick involved. However, this time he expressed no objection.

……

The next day, Lan Jie and Qiao Yu got up on time at seven o'clock. After washing up, they went downstairs to have breakfast. After returning to the room to rest for a while, they waited for the car to take them to the high-speed rail station.

Originally, Langjie planned to take Qiao Yu directly there by taxi, but the other party was so enthusiastic that he insisted on arranging a special car for the two of them.

After arriving at the high-speed rail station in advance, Qiao Yu pulled Lang Jie to the ticket machine and printed out the tickets for the round trip.

Ranger was speechless.

"Teacher Lan, don't be embarrassed. Principal Zhang was afraid that you would forget, so he reminded me on WeChat to collect the receipts and get them reimbursed. Four receipts, nearly three thousand yuan, almost enough for your weekly salary."

"Okay, I'll transfer it to you after I get reimbursed." Langjie expressed his opinion immediately.

Qiao Yu decisively refused: "No, I'm not the kind of person who takes advantage of small gains."

Ranji believed it.

As soon as he got in the car, Qiao Yu took out his mobile phone and found that he was bombarded with messages on WeChat.

"Boss, why are you gone already?"

"Fuck fuck fuck, didn't I send you a message yesterday, asking you to go to Xiao Lake for a tour today?"

"You finally got out here, why don't you take a day off? Are you rushing back to suffer?"

……

Qiao Yu glanced at the message sent by Yu Yongjun, and then he remembered that this guy had indeed sent him a message last night, asking him to go to Xiaohu for a day.

However, after seeing the news, he went to take a shower, and when he came out he discussed with Ranger about returning to Star City.

Naturally, Ranger hopes to return to Star City as soon as possible.

The nice guy is not used to taking advantage of others, and the school's Olympiad class will continue during the summer, so he has to go back to take charge of the situation.

There was no other way. The provincial league would start almost as soon as the school started. If he didn't maintain a certain intensity of training during the summer vacation, it would be impossible to achieve good results. He had to take responsibility for the children who trusted him.

Anyway, I have a heavy responsibility and am not in the mood to play.

Qiao Yu naturally doesn't care.

I've seen the scenery of Xiaohu Lake in the video. No matter how famous it is, it's just a lake and not very interesting.

Qiao Yu was too lazy to explain, and directly took a photo outside the window, and casually explained: "Sorry, I still prefer to see the scenery on the train."

The other party replied with an aggrieved emoticon.

Qiao Yu smiled, and then suddenly had an idea. He created a group and added Yu Wei and Yu Yongjun to the group.

Then change the group name to "2024 Xiaolibaba Gold Medalist and His Friends".

Car rides are pretty boring anyway.

The effect was very good. In less than two seconds, Yu Wei sent a message back: "?"

Yes, just a question mark.

Qiao Yu quickly replied, "Didn't you say you wanted to read my WeChat to motivate yourself? Now that you see this group name, do you feel more motivated?"

After writing it, I felt that this stimulation was not considerate enough, so I sent an emoticon of a panda head touching its head and grinning.

As soon as the two finished chatting, Yu Yongjun sent a message: "Eh? Boss, who is this Chan Buzhixue?"

Chan Buzhixue is Yu Wei’s WeChat name, and Yu Yongjun’s WeChat name is a pinyin - dayu. The two have not added each other on WeChat, so naturally they don’t know who the other is.

"Let me introduce you. Chan Buzhixue is Yu Wei, and dayu is Yu Yongjun. Those of you who have met offline should know each other, right?"

Within a second of the message being sent, dayu replied with three big exclamation marks in the group.

"!!!"

Following Yu Yongjun’s private message, it came again, and it was the kind that sent three consecutive messages with one click.

"Boss, why did you add that guy on WeChat?"

"That guy acts like he's worth millions every day. He looks like everyone owes him millions. Can you stand it?"

"Trust me, if you make friends with this guy, you will die!" Qiao Yu replied directly in the private chat: "He is a rich second generation!!!"

dayu: "What's wrong with being a rich second generation? What does it have to do with me if he is a rich second generation?"

Qiao Yu: "He is accompanied by an Olympic gold medal coach who is on call 24 hours a day. If you have questions in the future and can't find a teacher for the time being, you can ask him directly."

dayu: “can’t I just ask you?”

Qiao Yu: "I'm very expensive, not cost-effective. He's a rich second-generation, and he'll answer your questions for free."

dayu: “Expensive?”

Qiao Yu: "Yes, my principle is to pay for knowledge! So I charge for my lectures, and the entire Olympiad class of Tieyi Middle School knows it."

dayu: “!!!”

Seeing the three exclamation marks, Qiao Yu smiled and then looked at the group again.

That’s good. Yu Wei didn’t quit the group directly. Given his awkward personality, it means that he acknowledged the existence of this group.

Then Qiao Yu quit WeChat.

Next, it depends on whether these two guys who don’t like each other can get along well.

Life is boring, you have to find ways to have fun.

……

We have to thank the speed of the high-speed rail, as the journey of nearly 900 kilometers took only more than four hours.

At around one o'clock in the afternoon, Qiao Yu returned to the familiar Star City.

Although the weather in Star City is criticized, it is either too cold or too hot, and the suitable temperature is only for two or three months. Most of the time it rains every day, and clothes that are hung out to dry will get moldy.

But the moment he got off the high-speed train, Qiao Yu still felt a sense of relief.

At this moment, Qiao Yu couldn't tell whether it was because of his hometown feelings or because Qiao Xi had stayed in Xingcheng.

However, Qiao Yu carefully hid his little emotion.

This emotion carries a hint of weakness, and Qiao Yu doesn't like people thinking that he can be weak at times.

……

"Bang bang bang..."

"coming."

Qiao Xi opened the door and saw Qiao Yu, slightly puzzled: "Why did you come back after just two days? And you didn't tell me in advance? I didn't even buy any food!"

Qiao Yu walked into the room and said, "I didn't tell you this on purpose because I wanted to surprise you. I wanted to see if you secretly drank again while I was out."

After changing his shoes, Qiao Yu actually looked around the house first.

Well, it’s okay, worthy of praise. There is indeed not a bottle of wine in the house. Only then did I pick up the bag and go into the room with satisfaction.

Leaning against the door of Qiao Yu's room, with his arms crossed over his chest, he looked at Qiao Yu who was packing up in the room and asked, "How did you do in the final exam?"

"Do I even need to ask? I even went to Xiaozhou specially, so I will definitely get a gold medal! The professor who graded the papers said it himself. He said that even if the algebra track exploded this year, I could still get a gold medal with my answering skills. Do you understand? He indirectly told me that I would definitely get full marks."

In front of his mother, Qiao Yu put aside his cautiousness in public and boasted loudly.

"Oh, then congratulations, you got the prize." Qiao Xi responded casually without any pride.

"Well, what a pity. The results won't be announced until August, and the prize money probably won't be available until then. There are only 800 people's answers, and I don't know why it can't be corrected faster." Qiao Yu complained casually.

These details don't really matter.

The Qiao family wasn't so short of money that they were about to have trouble making ends meet. It was just that a certain young man was used to the petty idea of ​​just putting the money in his pocket.

"Look good! They have their own procedures, and you are so petty that you don't even think highly of the bonus given to you." Qiao Xi habitually retorted to Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu, who had just finished packing, shrugged and suddenly asked, "By the way, Mom, I always forgot to ask, what is the man's last name?"

Apparently, in the Qiao family, that man was a specific person. Qiao Xi immediately understood who Qiao Yu was talking about. He glared at his son warily and asked, "Why did you suddenly think of asking this?"

"This time when I went to Xiaozhou, I met a Professor Xue. His experience was very similar to that man's. He also went abroad to study after graduating from high school. He enrolled in Princeton International School, and then went directly to Princeton University to study for a doctorate before returning to China. But I specifically asked around and found out that he is from Linhai."

Qiao Yu explained.

Qiao Xi was relieved and said, "When he was in China, his last name was not Xue anyway, and he should have settled in the United States, so his last name must have been changed a long time ago. Besides, why ask him? Grandpa has told you so many times, just treat him as dead!"

Qiao Yu retorted, "How can that be? It was fine before, but now I am considered a member of the academic circle! Professor Lan said that I have inadvertently completed a very impressive academic research, and it is only a matter of time before I become famous.

You said before that he had good grades at that time, maybe he was also in the academic circle! If we are lucky enough to meet him, I must show my ability and help you vent your anger by stepping on him! "

"Ha..." Qiao Xi laughed, then looked at Qiao Yu carefully and said, "It's okay. If you really meet him, you should be able to recognize him. He looked quite similar to you now."

Qiao Yu was silent, then commented: "Well, although you are not very good at judging people, you still know how to appreciate external beauty."

"Heh..." Qiao Xi sneered, put down his arms, turned around and prepared to leave.

"What's your last name? Tell me. I'm already fifteen years old!" Qiao Yu surrendered in front of his mother's back and begged.

"Feng." The last syllable came out of Qiao Xi's mouth.

"Feng? The Feng with two dots of water and a horse, right?"

"What do you want to eat tonight? I'll go buy some groceries!" Qiao Xi didn't answer, but went to the door and started changing his shoes.

Qiao Yu knew that this meant that he understood correctly, so he answered honestly: "I want to eat your fried chicken legs."

"it is good!"

After saying that, Qiao Xi walked out of the house.

Listening to the sound of the door closing, Qiao Yu muttered casually: "Feng? Fortunately it's my mother's surname. Feng Yu is really ugly."

……

For Qiao Yu, the biggest gain from this trip to Xiaozhou, apart from the fact that he was certain of getting the bonus, was probably learning his father's surname from his mother.

But it has no impact on this summer vacation.

Langjie did not ask Qiao Yu to go to school and practice questions every morning like other students in the Olympiad class. So he kept his own pace and watched videos during the day to absorb knowledge and improve the breadth of his knowledge.

In the afternoon, I started to learn about the IMO exercises from previous years.

On weekends, I would sometimes be pestered by that girl Xia Keke to take me for a stroll.

To be honest, Qiao Yu felt that since he had greater ambitions, this pressure-free summer vacation began to make him feel a little bored.

　Thanks to book friend 20170114144155489 for the reward and encouragement!
　　By the way, I would like to ask for a monthly ticket again! Thank you everyone!

　　PS: Day 2 of the -word check-in! Completed!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)