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Chapter 398 Extreme Squeezing Method
Grass!
Pan Yu was sitting on the lower bunk, still catching her breath, when she saw Chen Luyang's big face coming up from the upper bunk.

It was only because there were many people in the room and the lights were bright that it was possible.

Otherwise, if it's late at night,
Pan Yu estimated that while she was terrified and cursing wildly, she would instinctively use her iron hands to pull Chen Luyang off the upper bunk and throw her to the ground!

"When did you get back? Why didn't you say anything!" Pan Yu touched her pounding heart, her eyes almost rolling back in fright.

"I've been back for a little over an hour. I'll take a nap on the kang (heated brick bed) if I'm sleepy." After saying that, Chen Luyang asked curiously again:
"What's going on? How did this get involved with the drama club?"

Tao Runze suppressed his anger: "Don't even mention it! You were just called away, and then the drama club people showed up and said they were going to do a stage rehearsal and were going to kick us out!"

Chen Luyang immediately sat up in bed: "Are you kicking us out?"

"We applied for and registered the activity room with the school beforehand, so why are they kicking us out?"

Wu Dechen's face darkened as he replied, "They have special permission."

Chen Luyang laughed angrily: "A drama club at school... special approval??"

"A shabby activity room deserves special approval?! Are you out of your mind?!"

Zhang Dongliang also cursed, "Who the hell says it isn't! In all my years, this is the first time I've ever seen something specially approved for use in this kind of situation!"

As Chen Luyang listened, he finally understood.

It turns out that the National Day holiday is almost here.

To celebrate National Day, universities across the country generally organize commemorative performances, and Peking University is no exception.

In order to present a gift to the school-level performance, the school art troupe assigned the task of having student clubs produce "high-quality works".

The school drama club didn't know who had obtained the "special approval" from the school's Youth League Committee.
Today, the economics department was rehearsing in the classroom when they pushed open the door and, using excuses such as "special approval and important plays, school-level tasks, and priority use rights," came in and chased everyone away.

In fact, if they had talked things out amicably and made things clear,
Tao Runze and his classmates simply moved to another location.

The problem is that the vice president of the drama club said some really awful things!

They kept saying things like "We have special approval" and "We are a key project at the university level," and they would occasionally throw in a few words of English.

This completely enraged the 421 brothers.

These people are usually the undisputed leaders in their respective fields, so how come they can be bullied by students at school?
Now, the whole country is advocating "reasoning and rules".

Although Tao Runze and others were either commune secretaries or directors of policy research offices, each of them possessed a strong sense of fairness.

When things happen, reason and emotion should prevail.
But when it comes to head-to-head confrontations, they are absolutely serious!
Moreover, they were following the proper procedures, having applied for the venue and completed the venue registration.

Unfortunately, a group of people showed up, acting like they had some important authority and speaking in a very arrogant tone.

That's really... they've really messed up!
"So in the end? Who won?" Chen Luyang was more concerned about the result.

"Nobody won," Wu Dechen said. "The circuit breaker tripped in the activity building, and the whole building lost power."

Chen Luyang listened with a mix of surprises: "The activity building can lose power?!"

Pan Yu has something to say about this.

“Our light boxes were already installed in the activity building, and the drama club brought in illegally connected lights. The circuit was overloaded and the fuse blew out. If they don’t cut off the power, who will?”

Chen Luyang looked at Lao Pan, who had thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a righteous expression, with surprise.

"you know?"

Pan Yu snorted coldly: "What don't I know! What do I do for a living!"

"They can't even use it when the power's out!"

Chen Luyang gave a thumbs up: "Awesome!"

But then, Chen Luyang asked again, "The school didn't find out, did they?"

Pan Yu glanced at him: "They've already hidden it. If the school scolds them, they'll scold them!"

Comfortable...!
Chen Luyang then felt that the anger in her heart had subsided considerably.

In the end, nobody really benefited.
But when everyone is suffering, sometimes that's actually a good thing.

"But let's find a place to rehearse outdoors from now on," Chen Luyang pondered.

The number of activity rooms in the school is limited, and there are many people vying for them.

Now another person with special privileges has come along, so reservations for the activity room probably won't count anymore.

If you miss a perfectly good rehearsal opportunity, won't you just be wasting your own time in the end?

"Outdoor installations mean there's nowhere to put the lightboxes, so the effect is a bit worse."

Pan Yu frowned slightly, then returned to normal.

"Our show has a lot of performers, and the activity room is limited in space. It's really not as spacious as the outdoor area."

"I agree with Xiao Chen's opinion. We will rehearse on the playground from now on."

Tao Runze raised his hand as if by reflex: "I agree too."

Wu Dechen reflexively followed up: "I agree too."

Jiang Feng reflexively and seriously followed suit: "I agree."

Nicholas Teo reflexively and solemnly concluded, "I agree."

After he finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to Chen Luyang.

goodong...

Chen Luyang swallowed hard in fear.

what happened?

How did our perfectly good dorm life suddenly turn into a nightmare of democratic centralism?!
"pass?"

Chen Luyang lay on the kang (a heated brick bed) on the upper bunk, looking completely bewildered, and spoke in a low voice.

The moment those words were spoken, the tense and serious atmosphere in the dormitory instantly relaxed.

Everyone should fetch water or change clothes.

Chen Luyang was left lying on the top bunk, completely bewildered.

"By the way, Xiao Chen, what did the teacher want to talk to you about?" Zhang Dongliang asked as he carried a basin of hot water into the room, sitting down to soak his feet.

Chen Luyang looked bitter and let out a soft sigh.

"Why are you sighing?" Jiang Feng asked curiously, casting a glance at him.

Chen Luyang said quietly, "The department said they want to add a 'Public Course on the Introduction to Original Works in Economics' and asked me to be the weekly lecturer as an 'Academic Committee Member'."

pat...

Some of Zhang Dongliang's foot-washing water splashed onto the ground.

Wu Dechen also turned the volume down on the radio in his hand with a "whoosh".

"This is a good thing! Why are you making such a face!" Tao Runze was in a good mood and even happily tossed a washed fruit to Chen Luyang.

Chen Luyang took a bite of the small fruit, chewing and saying as she chewed:
"It's not easy! Before each lecture, I have to write lecture notes and submit them to the department for review. I can only lecture after they are approved. I can no longer just go up to the podium with a book like before."

"That's a good thing! I'll write some lecture notes if I want." Tao Runze was still very happy.

Chen Luyang took another bite of the small fruit, looking miserable.

"There's a second thing."

Tao Runze asked with a smile, "What's up?"

As he spoke, Tao Runze noticed that Chen Luyang had left some fruit pits uneaten, and without any disgust, he reached out to help him throw them away.

I haven't even received it yet.
Then Chen Luyang said dejectedly, "The Philosophy Department gave me a certificate to audit classes, so I can go to their department and attend their classes."

"I haven't even figured out my major courses yet, and I still have to attend classes with them... I have to prepare lecture notes and attend other classes, where am I supposed to find the time!"

Tao Runze's outstretched hand froze in mid-air.

Nicholas Teo's foot bath water splashed out in a large area.

Jiang Feng raised his head as he revised the lyrics for the clapper talk.

The radio in Wu Dechen's hand suddenly emitted a crackling electrical sound.

The dormitory was quiet.

Only the sound of Chen Luyang chewing the small fruit was particularly jarring!
"Brother Tao, here you go."

Without any hesitation, Chen Luyang placed the leftover fruit pits into Tao Runze's hand.

"Thank you, brother!"

……

With a "thud," the fruit pit was thrown into the house by the door, and the green fruit was smashed into a pulp.

"The Philosophy Department is letting you audit their classes?" Tao Runze asked incredulously.

"Yeah, I'm completely lost. It's better not to go. So I've chosen to audit a few third-year courses."

Before Chen Luyang could finish speaking, Zhang Dongliang suddenly pulled his feet out of the foot bath, splashing water all over the floor.

"You chose a third-year course?" Zhang Dongliang, a former section chief in the Education Department, looked as if he had seen a ghost.

Chen Luyang said dejectedly, "Brother Zhang, you didn't see the class schedule."

"The classes in the first and second years of college are really boring, too general."

"The classes in the third year are alright..."

"..."

The five roommates watched as Chen Luyang, sitting on the top bunk, chattered away, one sentence after another.

I felt an indescribable envy and jealousy!

How could I not be jealous?!
We all went to university together as students.

He not only got the department to add a course specifically for him, but he also got an auditing pass from another department!

Those are for observers only!!!

Although everyone can audit the classes, auditors don't actually have many human rights.

Not only should students sit at the back of the classroom to leave seats for students in their major,

Forget about asking or answering questions in class.

But if you have an auditor's pass, you're practically a student in that department.

They not only have all the rights of a normal student, but they can also take the final exam!

hate it!

Tao Runze and the others looked at Chen Luyang.

For some reason, the drama club members who were fighting with them for the classroom seemed much cuter and more approachable than Chen Luyang.

After finishing the small fruit, Chen Luyang was lying flat on the kang (a heated brick bed) savoring the taste.

They were completely unaware of the complicated, conflicted gazes of several people, filled with a mixture of love and hate.

"Brother, these little fruits are delicious. I'll get some next time."

After Chen Luyang finished speaking, she rolled over gracefully with her big buttocks, picked up the advanced mathematics book, and lay on her side facing the wall to read it.

"..."

Me!

The older brothers forcibly suppressed the urge to kick that guy's butt.

They then each sighed inwardly.

Then those who were supposed to listen to the radio listened to the radio, and those who were supposed to read books started reading.

It focuses on self-cultivation.

……

The next morning, we had advanced mathematics class.

Yes!

The worst of all... Advanced Mathematics!
The thought of advanced mathematics made Chen Luyang lose interest in even the steamed buns in the cafeteria.

can't read……

He spent all night looking at it, but he really couldn't understand it.

I practically forced myself to go to the classroom with my roommate from room 421.

While the teacher was away, Chen Luyang picked up a piece of chalk and drew a box in the lower left corner of the blackboard, writing:

"At 3:30 PM, in the professional classroom, the Economics Department's 'Academic Research Group' will hold an activity on supplementing the chapters of 'Producer Behavior Theory' and clarifying translation terminology. Moderator: Chen Luyang."

A curious economics student in the classroom asked, "Wenwei, when did our department establish an academic research group?"

As Chen Luyang quickly stepped down from the podium, she said:

"It was established yesterday! Everyone's free this afternoon, come over!"

no way……

In order to make his lectures more standardized, reasonable and procedural.

The Department of Economics specially set up an 'Academic Research Group' and appointed Chen Luyang as an 'Academic Committee Member'.

However, academic research groups are not just empty words; once established, they must organize activities.

So, Chen Luyang decided to take advantage of the fact that she had no classes this afternoon and get this matter sorted out first.

To avoid being accused of fraud later.

Chen Luyang had just run off the stage when Zhang Dongliang immediately went up next to her.

He also picked up the chalk and added another line below Chen Luyang's handwriting.

"After the academic research group activities, we will rehearse the program for the welcome party. Please participate actively and do not be absent."

no way……

Although Chen Luyang is a member of the Cultural Committee

However, in the "Big Fast-Paced Talk" program, Zhang Dongliang is responsible for the rhythm, flow, organization, and arrangement.

Yesterday, because members of the drama club were taking over the space, we didn't get to rehearse.

Since we have some free time this afternoon, we should at least finalize the formation and positioning.

"Xiaolin~ Don't you think our literature committee member and academic committee member seem a bit stubborn?"

A girl leaned close to Gao Xiaolin and whispered:
"The Cultural Committee organizes study sessions, the Academic Committee organizes activities..."

Gao Xiaolin whispered, "Who wouldn't say that!"

"I don't know what the homeroom teacher was thinking back then. These two people are completely reversed."

They were chatting.
Teacher Zhou sauntered in, carrying her textbooks with a cheerful smile.

Chen Luyang looked at Teacher Zhou as if he were her mortal enemy, then resignedly unscrewed the pen and prepared to start taking notes!
to be frank,
He was completely confused in the last class and didn't understand anything at all.

Although the chubby boy later gave himself a crash course and explained the limits clearly.

But damn it, understanding the concept of this stuff is a completely different matter from whether you can solve the problems!

He still can't do the problems in the textbook.

But it's okay...!
If you didn't understand the last lesson, that's a problem from the last lesson!

Just understand this lesson and that's it!
Chen Luyang consoled himself with a burst of revolutionary optimism, then widened his eyes like saucers and listened to Teacher Zhou's lesson.

very good……!
He kept up for the first ten minutes!

Just as Chen Luyang was diligently taking notes with Teacher Zhou, the turning point arrived!

"Class, let's now look at the differentiability of a function at a certain point and discuss the condition that its left and right derivatives are the same."

As Teacher Zhou spoke, he wrote a series of formulas on the blackboard.

Chen Luyang frantically copied formulas into his notebook.
After finally waiting for him to finish copying the formula, just as he was about to catch his breath and recall "what the continuity of a function at a certain point means,"
Teacher Zhou, however, started a different version and went straight into the example problem calculation.

Holy crap?!
How did we suddenly switch to discussing the problem?
Chen Luyang quickly went to look at the example problems with Teacher Zhou. Before she could even understand the problems, she heard Teacher Zhou say:
"Students, pay attention, this is an application of the extreme squeeze method."

"The 'squeeze-in' method? What is the 'squeeze-in' method?"

Chen Luyang's eyes widened, and she immediately looked down and quickly flipped through the book.

But the chapter on "Limits" lists four methods and two definitions in the table of contents, and there's no "squeezing method" at all!
"Duang!!!"

The sound of an evil blackboard eraser hitting the blackboard came from behind the screen.

"Why are you reading? Do you think you can understand what you're reading anyway?"

"Look at me!!"

Teacher Zhou roared from his dantian.

"You don't understand and you're not even listening properly...!"

(End of this chapter)