A genius? I just love studying.

Chapter 149 Overcoming a Sea of ​​Questions
Outside a hotel near Saclay University, a brown-haired girl stood under a streetlamp, holding a book, her long hair tousled by the wind.

Her blue eyes were fixed on the hotel entrance, as if she were waiting for someone.

After an unknown amount of time, a sound finally came from the gate.

Participants who came to participate in the IMO walked out of the hotel one after another.

The awards ceremony is over, and the hotel expenses will not be reimbursed. Although some people chose to stay and play for a few more days, most people chose to go home.

Many people noticed the French girl, attracted by her delicate, porcelain-doll-like face. These young high school students turned around frequently, their hearts filled with joy.

Suddenly, a bright light shone in the girl's blue eyes. She saw the person she was waiting for at the hotel entrance.

"Hello there!"

She walked up to the person and greeted him in a strange tone, but it was indeed standard Chinese.

"Hello?"

Chen Hui, dragging his luggage, responded politely, but was somewhat puzzled. He vaguely remembered the young lady, but the two didn't seem to have any interaction.

"Which university in China will you be attending?"

Next, of course, is English. Even a genius would find it difficult to fully understand Chinese in just a few days, but these few days are enough for her to learn about some aspects of China.

Li Zehan glanced at Chen Hui, then at the porcelain doll-like girl in front of him, and a surge of excitement welled up inside him. Before Chen Hui could speak, he blurted out, "Jiangcheng University!"

"Thank you!"

The girl gave Li Zehan a grateful look, which made Li Zehan very happy and he couldn't help but smile like an aunt.

However, the girl didn't see the bright smile. Instead, she turned to Chen Hui again and said, "I'll graduate with my master's degree next year. I'm going to Jiangcheng University to pursue my doctorate. We'll meet again then!"

Chen Hui, who had passed Chinese, understood what the girl meant, but he didn't reciprocate her feelings. He simply nodded and said, "Okay."

“My name is Chloé, or you can call me Chloé in your Chinese language.”

The girl smiled radiantly at Chen Hui.

"Hello, Chloe, my name is Chen Hui."

Chen Hui responded politely, then looked at the team leader Xu Zhiyuan ahead, "Excuse me, my companions are still waiting for me, I have to go now, bye-bye."

"Bye!"

Chloe watched Chen Hui's retreating figure, her sweet smile filling the air with a sweetness. Only after Chen Hui and the others had gone far away did Chloe carry her books and head towards Sackley University. She was determined to study hard. Although they had a great advantage in getting into universities in China, she couldn't afford to lose.

"Why don't you say a few more words? We're not in a hurry."

After catching up with the others, Xu Zhiyuan came to Chen Hui's side with a smile and said teasingly, "We Chinese are still very open-minded. If you bring a foreign wife back with you, I don't know about others, but your teacher certainly won't object."

Chen Hui shook his head and did not reply.

"The boss is awesome!"

"Can I know exactly what happened that day?"

Li Zehan leaned closer to Chen Hui and asked with great interest, "I noticed that day that you were sitting with that girl. Tell me honestly, did you go to class with her?"

"No wonder you haven't been hanging out with us these past few days. Have you been out having a secret rendezvous with some girl?"

"Ouch, why are you pinching me?"

Li Zehan, who was asking questions incessantly, suddenly cried out in pain and turned to look at Chen Ling'er beside him, his eyes full of grievance, clearly indicating that the pinch was quite forceful.

"Can you shut up? My ears are never at peace when you're around."

Chen Ling'er glared at him, and Li Zehan immediately quieted down, and the air finally became still.

Seeing this, Chen Ling'er's lips curled up slightly. In Parisian weather, he was only wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt, and with his chubby arms, it had to be said that they felt pretty good to pinch.

Chen Hui, dragging his heavy suitcase, walked ahead, letting the two of them joke around.

Besides his thick dissertation, his suitcase also contained a large amount of local specialties he had bought in Paris, such as macarons and foie gras.

After returning to Jiangcheng, he will send it home. After the IMO ends, his student status will be transferred to Jiangcheng University, where he will begin his freshman year.

The freshmen should have already been in military training for more than a week. When he goes back, he won't have to participate in military training anymore, but he still has to attend classes. At least, before he actually attends any classes, Chen Hui feels that university students' classes are still very worthwhile.

It's a pity I can't go home, but Rui Rui should like macarons!
Imagining Rui Rui's excited expression as she tasted the macarons, Chen Hui also smiled happily.

I just don't know if my aunt and uncle are used to eating foie gras.

As for Li Hai, he'll probably be bragging to the class the next day—"I tried foie gras from Paris yesterday, and it was just so-so. My assessment is, it's not as good as Lao Gan Ma chili sauce..."

……

Jiangcheng Tianhe Airport,

After another ten-plus hours of flying, it feels so good to be back on solid ground!

Upon exiting the airport, the university had already sent a bus to pick them up. After a bus ride of more than an hour, the group returned to Jiangcheng University.

Deng Leyan, Wang Xiao, and others will return to their respective schools from Jiangcheng, while Chen Hui, Li Zehan, and Chen Ling'er will stay at Jiangcheng University as freshmen.

As soon as I stepped into the school gate, a vibrant middle-aged man greeted me, "Hello, Chen Hui!"

Wang Qiming laughed heartily and said, "Chen Hui, do you still remember me?"

"Your student status has been transferred to Jiangcheng University, and your dormitory has been arranged. Xiao Zhang will take you to complete the enrollment procedures later."

"Originally, I was going to ask for your opinion and arrange a single room for you, but your teacher said it would be best for you to experience dormitory life. Geniuses are always lonely, and it's good to have more friends. If you're not used to it, you can come to me anytime and I'll arrange it for you."

"If you encounter any difficulties in your studies or life in the future, you can come to me."

Xu Zhiyuan curled his lips. "The Duke of Zhou spits out his food to welcome the world's hearts." These administrative people like to play this game. However, he was too lazy to expose him. As the vice dean, the fact that he came in person already said a lot. If he didn't really value him, would a vice dean like him need to come and welcome a freshman?

"I have something to do, so I'll be leaving now!"

After a brief chat, Wang Qiming left in a hurry. As the vice dean, he was indeed very busy and had to rush to the airport to fly to Guangzhou to attend the closing ceremony of the China Geometric Analysis Academic Conference.

"Chen Hui, come with me."

After Wang Qiming left, a round-faced girl who looked even younger than Chen Hui said to Chen Hui, "This must be the Xiao Zhang that Wang Qiming mentioned."

"My name is Zhang Lei, and I am the counselor for the first class of theoretical mathematics. If you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to me first. If I can't handle it, then you can go to the dean."

As Zhang Lei spoke, she reached out to take Chen Hui's suitcase.

Chen Hui stepped back, "It's a bit heavy, I'll do it myself." "I'm still very strong. I can carry my own suitcase. My suitcase is huge, bigger than me."

Zhang Lei smiled shyly and said, "Girls just have more stuff."

Even so, she did not continue to fight over the suitcase, but instead led the way forward.

"I graduated with a master's degree in mathematics from Jiangcheng University. After graduating this year, I chose to stay at the university as a counselor. Speaking of which, you are the first class I have ever taught."

Zhang Lei looked at Chen Hui and the other two with some curiosity. She knew that the three of them were genius teenagers who had participated in the IMO and won gold medals, but even so, it didn't seem like they deserved the dean to personally greet them at the school gate.
The dean only greeted Chen Hui, so it's obvious who this special person is.

He is handsome, but there's nothing particularly special about him.

Thoughts jumped around as they walked. Zhang Lei first helped Chen Ling'er complete the enrollment and check-in procedures, and then took Chen Hui and the others to the boys' dormitory after they received their campus cards and other materials.

When the dormitory supervisor saw that the counselor was personally bringing the students to complete the procedures, and since the dean had already given prior notice, everything went smoothly.

As for why students are still coming to register even though school has been in session for several days, that's not something a dormitory supervisor like her should be concerned with.

After completing all the formalities and adding each other on WeChat, Zhang Lei left the boys' dormitory.

Of course, before leaving, she also made a quick visit to the dormitories of her students, based on the experience shared with her by the senior counselors in the office.

Unfortunately, the freshmen were still undergoing military training, and the dormitory doors were closed, so her arrival was ill-timed.

After being turned away twice, Zhang Lei rubbed her forehead and remembered what had happened.

Chen Hui and Li Zehan shared a dorm room, 908, which was the innermost room on the ninth floor. It was an end room, so it could enjoy sunlight from two sides and had a wide view.

It was almost midnight when the two finished making their beds. Just as they were deciding where to eat, a commotion broke out in the hallway, followed by the sound of a dormitory door opening.

The noise subsided, leaving only the sound of two footsteps getting closer and closer. Finally, the dormitory door opened, and two boys wearing grass-green military training uniforms walked in, fanning themselves with their hats.

When the two carrying lunch boxes saw Chen Hui and his companion, they instinctively left the dormitory. After glancing at the dormitory nameplate, they suddenly realized something. "You two must be the two classmates who went to participate in the IMO, right? You're finally back!"

The burly boy stepped forward with a happy expression. "I am Yin Hao, the class monitor of Theoretical Mathematics Class 1, and also the dormitory head. Of course, the dormitory head was decided by the two of us. Now that you are back, we can vote again. It doesn't matter."

"You guys need to log on to the School of Mathematics website and do some practice problems. Our class is currently at the bottom of the rankings, and the situation is not looking good!"

"Yes, yes, hurry up and do the questions!"

Another classmate quickly stepped forward and chimed in, "This is crucial, as it relates to how much class funds our class can get. It's a matter of great importance, both of you! We're counting on you!"

Problem solving, ranking, class funds!

Connecting these words together, Chen Hui roughly understood what was going on.

"This is also my roommate, Zhang Xia."

Yin Hao then remembered to introduce himself.

"Chen Hui."

"Li Zehan".

Chen Hui and his companion introduced themselves, asking, "What do you mean by 'doing practice problems'?"

"Oh, I was just confused in my haste."

Yin Hao clenched his thick fingers into a fist and slammed his fist on his forehead with a loud thud. "It's like this, every year at the start of the semester, our School of Mathematics has a class fund prize pool, which is given to the freshmen as start-up capital to be used for dinner parties or activities."

"However, these prizes are not distributed equally, but according to the ranking: first place gets 10,000 yuan, second place gets 8,000 yuan, third place gets 5,000 yuan, fourth place gets 3,000 yuan, and fifth place gets 1,000 yuan."

"There are 28 people in our class. With a budget of 1,000 yuan, that's about 30 yuan per person. We even have to pay a class fee for a meal, let alone organize any activities."

Zhang Xia nodded in agreement again, "That's right, the opening ceremony is extremely important. If we can meet a girl during the ceremony, that would be wonderful, as it concerns the happiness of our brothers for the next four years!"

"Ok?"

Li Zehan's small eyes widened in surprise. "What? There are girls in our class?"

As everyone knows, the mathematics department is like a Buddhist temple, let alone the classes of theoretical mathematics.

“There is one in our class. Our advisor said her name is Chen Ling’er. You should know her, right? Apparently, she went to the IMO with you.”

Yin Hao spoke up.

Li Zehan was immediately disappointed; to him, there were still no girls in the class.

"That's not important. As long as we have enough funding, we can have joint activities with other classes, such as those from the School of Foreign Languages ​​or the School of Finance... Jiangcheng University is a big university!"

Yin Hao waved his hand and began to imagine a bright future, "You guys who do competitions, you must be a bit better at solving problems than us, right?"

"If you can all conquer the second sea of ​​questions, our class ranking will rise one place, from fifth to fourth, and the class fund will increase by two thousand!"

"This is a huge responsibility, please take care of it!"

Chen Hui was both amused and exasperated. Looking at Yin Hao's solemn expression, anyone who didn't know better would think he was entrusting his son to someone on his deathbed.

"If that's the case, then I won't hold back!"

Upon hearing the name of the School of Foreign Languages, Li Zehan's eyes lit up. He eagerly sat down in his seat, turned on his computer, and logged onto the official website of the School of Mathematics at Jiangcheng University.

There is a rotating cover announcement on the official website homepage; clicking on it will take you directly to the quiz challenge.

The term "sea of ​​questions" is easy to understand; it refers to a pool of many math problems. Each candidate will randomly select three questions from the sea of ​​questions. In the first pool, one point is awarded for each question answered correctly. After answering all three questions correctly, the candidate moves on to the next pool of questions and continues the process, but each question is now worth 2 points, until all three questions can no longer be answered correctly.

Yin Hao and Zhang Xia stopped eating and came up behind Li Zehan, watching him intently as he did his homework.

Since Li Zehan dared to make such outrageous remarks, he must have some ability. In addition, given his reputation from participating in the IMO, the two of them still had high expectations for him.

After adjusting the camera and microphone, Li Zehan entered the question-and-answer interface.

Upon seeing the question, Li Zehan's expression turned serious. The very first question in this sea of ​​questions was as difficult as one of the last few major questions in the college entrance examination. It was foreseeable that the difficulty of navigating this sea of ​​questions would be considerable.

However, this was still too easy for Li Zehan, who scored a perfect score in the IMO.

Soon, after answering the three questions, Li Zehan moved on to the second sea of ​​questions.

The second section of the exam already presents questions of the difficulty level of the final, most challenging questions in the college entrance examination.

But it didn't hold Li Zehan for long.

The third set of problems consisted of advanced mathematics problems. Li Zehan began to study advanced mathematics on his own after becoming CMO, so this was naturally no challenge for him.

They surged forward with unstoppable momentum, heading straight into the fourth section of the sea of ​​questions!
Standing behind Li Zehan, Yin Hao and Zhang Xia couldn't help but be overjoyed. They had managed to get on Li Zehan's good side!
(End of this chapter)