Rebirth begins with picking up a cold and aloof school beauty

The next day, early in the morning.

Chen Zhou got up, met up with his classmates, and then went to Xichuan University.

I had breakfast at the West University cafeteria.

Unlike before, Chen Zhou no longer roamed alone; instead, Luo Jiyao was by his side.

Chen Zhou was enjoying his breakfast, but Luo Jiyao's mind was entirely on the competition.

She sat across from Chen Zhou at the dining table, repeatedly asking, "Chen Zhou, did you really figure out all the questions I gave you yesterday?"

Chen Zhou took a sip of soy milk and nodded, "That's right."

Luo Jiyao said incredulously, "But I asked our school's computer teachers about those problems before, and they thought about them for a long time. I also looked up a lot of information myself, but I still couldn't figure it out at all."

"You figured it all out in just one night? How...how did you do that?"

Chen Zhou swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth and said casually, "It's simple. It's just a matter of practice. The more you see it, the more you'll naturally learn it."

Luo Jiyao asked curiously, "Where shall we meet?"

Chen Zhou said, "It's a tech forum."

Luo Jiyao asked, "Technical forum? You mean CSDN?"

Chen Zhou shook his head slightly, "They're not domestic, they're international, called GitHub and Stack Overflow. These two forums were just established this year."

"But it has already gathered the world's top programmers, engineers and computer scientists, making it arguably the world's most advanced technology forum."

"You can go out more often and ask more questions. The more you see, the easier it will be for you to figure out the solution to many informatics competition problems, as long as the solution techniques are not too obscure."

Luo Jiyao suddenly realized and said happily, "Oh, I see. Thank you, Chen Zhou."

Chen Zhou smiled and said, "You're welcome. I'll explain the specific problem-solving strategies for those questions to you during our self-study time this afternoon."

"Study hard. I believe that with your talent, under my guidance, you will definitely be in the top five and enter the provincial team in 12 days!" Chen Zhou said with great confidence.

Upon hearing this, Luo Jiyao's face lit up with joy, and she exclaimed in delight, "Really? I'm so grateful!"

"Chen Zhou, I feel incredibly fortunate to have met such a mentor and friend as you!"

Chen Zhou made an "uh" sound, thinking to himself that there really wasn't three lifetimes; we'd only known each other for two lifetimes at most.

And you don't need to thank me in a hurry, after all, I am a big capitalist.

Once you've mastered your craft, I'm going to really "exploit" you!

Hehehe!

Hmm... wait, why do I suddenly feel like I'm a bad guy?

The girls at the next table listened with either admiration or longing.

Some of them wanted to curry favor with Chen Zhou.

But before he could finish eating, Chen Zhou got up and left.

Luo Jiyao hurriedly grabbed her textbooks, notebooks, and two steamed buns, one of which she had in her mouth, and followed after them in a rush.

Seeing this, Jiang Yue at the next table stopped eating, got up, and chased after them.

"Chen Zhou, Luo Jiyao, wait for me!"

Jiang Yue is eager to improve!

Shen Meng and Huang Ling remained unmoved; they were the bottom-ranked winners of this year's "National First Prize".

I already knew the result: 150 people competing for 5 spots, there was no way it could be the two of them.

They came to this training camp simply to broaden their horizons.

It also adds a bit of spice to the otherwise dull and tedious senior year of high school, even though competition training is more than ten times more tiring than preparing for the college entrance examination.

Zeng Die, like Luo Jiyao and Jiang Yue, ranked high among the 150 winners of the "National First Prize" in the semi-finals.

But she is far behind Chen Zhou and Jiang Jiaqi, two top students who got perfect scores.

They will have to compete with 147 other students for the remaining 3 spots.

But last night, Zeng Die's most prized beauty was completely overshadowed by Chen Zhou's rumored girlfriend, and even utterly crushed.

The most embarrassing thing was that I was presumptuous and told Huang Ling and the others that I wanted Chen Zhou to pursue me.

This is incredibly embarrassing!!

Zeng Die lost face in front of Huang Ling and Shen Meng, and now she was too embarrassed to shamelessly go directly to Chen Zhou in front of them.

I don't even have an appetite for breakfast.

Huang Ling noticed Zeng Die's absent-mindedness and said, "Zeng Die, you're different from us. You have a chance to get into the provincial team. I suggest you try to get on Chen Zhou's good side. If you get into the provincial team, even if you don't make it into the top 50 in the finals, you can still get a bronze or silver medal, which can lower the admission scores for Tsinghua and Peking Universities to the 985 or 211 admission lines."

Shen Mengman ate her breakfast absentmindedly, then joined the conversation, saying, "Yes, Zeng Die, this could be a life-changing opportunity. You should follow Luo Jiyao and Jiang Yue and learn from Chen Zhou."

"Don't risk your future for the sake of saving face. Besides, only a few of us girls know about what happened last night, and we all laughed it off and moved on."

Hearing two newly acquainted friends so openly and honestly consider my feelings.

Zeng Die was deeply moved!

Having made up her mind, she smiled gently and said sincerely, "Huang Ling, Shen Meng, thank you both. You're right. I should cling to Chen Zhou and learn from him!"

"Alright, you guys take your time eating, I'm off." Zeng Die said, and immediately got up and chased after him out of the cafeteria.

"Chen Zhou, wait for me!"

At the entrance of the cafeteria.

Jiang Jiaqi was stunned when Zeng Die brushed past him and he saw her chasing after Chen Zhou.

envy!

envy!

My whole body feels sore!

You Chen Zhou, you've stolen all my limelight and all my girls!

Li Ya, standing nearby, exclaimed in surprise, "Wow! We're both computer science students, how come Chen Zhou is so popular?"

"Even our training camp goddess got snatched away by him?"

Jiang Jiaqi was also very confused and asked, "Why is it that Zeng Die went to find Chen Zhou but not me, even though everyone got full marks in the semi-finals?"

"I can talk to her, and I can teach her!"

Li Ya coldly retorted, "It's a matter of strength."

Jiang Jiaqi spat, "Pah! Chen Zhou may indeed have some skills, but my sword is not without its flaws!"

Li Ya feigned helplessness and shrugged: "Alright, if what you said is true, and it's not a problem with your abilities, then it can only be—a problem with your looks."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jiaqi was stunned for a moment, his eyelids twitching. "Then I'll choose strength."

·

Then, starting that morning, the official provincial team selection training camp began.

Every morning, I have to attend a bunch of theoretical classes.

The competition coaches, including Professor Pei Zhu, are responsible for the instruction, and there are occasional unified tests.

Every afternoon, we have computer programming sessions, which also include classes and tests.

However, the computer programming test not only examines the contestants' algorithm theory, but also their coding skills.

Some students, although their theoretical knowledge is good and their algorithmic thinking is correct, write code that looks like a "requested defense"!

The code won't even run!

It was a truly appalling sight!

Evenings are free time for studying.

The trainees can choose to study on their own or team up with others to learn and discuss together.

Most people combine independent self-study with group discussions.

Self-study ensures their freedom in learning, allowing them to fill in any gaps in their knowledge based on their individual circumstances.

Self-study also ensured their learning speed.

For top competition contestants like Chen Zhou and Jiang Jiaqi, finishing two competition textbooks in three days is not a problem.

Teamwork allows for quick solutions to problems that are difficult to solve on one's own, with the help of coaches or classmates, saving a great deal of time.

For example, girls like Luo Jiyao, Zeng Die, and Jiang Yue have improved their skills rapidly by clinging to Chen Zhou's coattails!

For those who teach students how to solve problems, such as Chen Zhou, they can also see all kinds of question types and gain a deeper understanding of the problem-solving techniques involved.

This is a win-win situation!

In the days that followed, Chen Zhou's small team gradually grew to include more and more people.

It started with three to five people...

Then came the dozen or so people...

Then it became twenty-odd people, thirty-odd people...

In the end, almost all the strong players in the training camp who wanted to break into the top five of the provincial team entered the circle centered around Chen Zhou.

Although these people are a group of exceptionally intelligent competition students, they are essentially still a group of seventeen or eighteen-year-old high school students.

We learn together, exchange ideas, interact more, and share more meals...

Soon, everyone became friends.

Even Jiang Jiaqi, who had always felt that Chen Zhou had stolen his thunder, gradually became familiar with Chen Zhou and became friends with him after asking him two questions.

Chen Zhou was initially unaware of Zeng Die's feelings for him, nor was he aware of the great "hostility" Jiang Jiaqi had shown him before.

But in any case, after 12 days of intensive training together.

Zeng Die, like Luo Jiyao, Jiang Yue, and other girls, all became his little fans.

The kind of heartfelt admiration!

During this time, Chen Zhou also gave Jiang Jiaqi face. During evening self-study, in front of everyone, he specifically asked him a question that only he and Jiang Jiaqi could answer.

This made him the center of attention for a while.

Now, Jiang Jiaqi has become a half-fanboy of Chen Zhou.

But in essence, Chen Zhou became friends with these students from all over the province and from all over the country.

I have some wonderful memories of my youth.

·

Twelve days later, on Sunday of the second week.

The training camp has ended.

The selection exams for provincial team members have also come to an end.

Today is the day to announce the results and also the day to announce the list of provincial team members.

In the morning, in the lecture hall.

Chen Zhou chose a seat in the middle or back row as usual and sat there playing on his phone.

I'm chatting with Xia Xiaomiao on QQ.

Chen Zhou: "I can go home after the list is announced."

"Did you miss me, Xia Xiaomiao?"

Xia Yu: "I've been thinking about it. I think about you every day."

[Expression: Well-behaved]

"Chen Zhou, I believe in you. You will definitely make it into the provincial team."

"Because you're always the best, absolutely amazing."

[Heart emoji]

"Hmm, how are you getting back later?"

Chen Zhou: "Haha, don't worry, your brother is coming to pick me up."

Xia Yu: "Oh, okay."

"Then I'll wait for you at home, Chen Zhou. What do you want to eat? I'll buy it for you."

Chen Zhou: "The stir-fry restaurant diagonally opposite the school gate is delicious."

Xia Yu: "Yeah, I like that place too. I'll go buy some at noon."

Chen Zhou: "Okay."

This girl is so well-behaved!

Chen Zhou thought to himself, "Although my Xia Xiaomiao can't cook, it doesn't stop her from being an excellent girlfriend!"

What a good wife!

Uh... it seems a bit premature to call her my wife? But, it's only a matter of time!

At this moment, sitting next to Chen Zhou were Luo Jiyao, Jiang Jiaqi, Zeng Die, and others.

Luo Jiyao asked, "Chen Zhou, are you chatting with your girlfriend?"

Chen Zhou looked up at her and said with a smile, "That's right."

"Who else could I possibly be with?"

Luo Jiyao smiled. "No wonder you're smiling so happily, you look so blissful. That's wonderful."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jiaqi exclaimed in surprise, "What? Chen Zhou, you already have a girlfriend?"

Chen Zhou glanced at him. "What? You're after this identity too?"

"I'm telling you, it's too late, there's no chance anymore," Chen Zhou said with great humor.

Luo Jiyao and Zeng Die couldn't help but chuckle, and the others around them burst into laughter.

Jiang Jiaqi was dumbfounded: "…………"

He snapped, "Get lost! Chen Zhou, I'm straight!"

Chen Zhou chuckled, "As if everyone here is a straight man?"

Behind them, a delicate-looking male student spoke up.

"I don't like playing with you boys~"

"Always like to generalize from limited information, I hate it~"

As he spoke, he patted Chen Zhou and Jiang Jiaqi on the shoulder.

The two of them immediately got goosebumps.

They turned to look at Mengte, their smiles more painful than tears.

"Heh...hehe."

It was a rare sight to see Chen Zhou and Jiang Jiaqi, two top competition champions, both suffer setbacks, so Zeng Die, Luo Jiyao, and their classmates couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Chen Zhou was deeply moved when he saw everyone bursting into laughter.

We worked hard together, struggled together, and pushed our potential to the limit together.

All for a common goal.

After their hard work, the group sat together and laughed heartily, as if they had forgotten all the troubles of the world.

This is just an ordinary scene of high school life.

But at that time... it was all in vain.

Chen Zhou thought that one cannot simultaneously possess youth and the feeling of youth.

But I was reborn, I can do it!

Chen Zhou looked at his friends with great satisfaction.

At this moment, Dean Lu Haifeng and Professor Pei Zhu walked into the lecture hall one after the other.

Professor Pei Zhu called out, "Students, please return to your seats and be quiet!"

"Next, Professor Lu has something very important to announce."

The students took their seats and waited solemnly.

Professor Lu Haifeng stood on the podium, holding a folder, and smiled kindly.

He said to everyone, "We're all science and engineering students, so let's skip the formalities and get straight to the point."

"I will announce the results directly, starting from the last person and reading them up."

"Students who did poorly on the test should not feel embarrassed. After all, this is a selection competition for provincial team members. Being ranked 150th and 6th are essentially the same."

"Just as amazing!"

"After all, the difficulty of your exam was the same as that of the national finals. You challenged yourselves and gave it your all, which is already quite remarkable."

Hearing Professor Lu say this, everyone's tense mood relaxed and they felt relieved a little.

However, everyone is still curious: who will be last?

Who will be in the top five?

Professor Lu Haifeng continued, "Alright, I will now read out the grades."

"150th place, Chen Siyuan, 151 points... Not bad, this year there hasn't been a case where the score was lower than the ranking."

"Moreover, the average score and median score are significantly higher than in previous years."

"Chen Zhou, Jiang Jiaqi, your help to our classmate is invaluable!"

Professor Lu Haifeng praised the two of them.

Chen Zhou smiled calmly, waved his hand, and said modestly, "It was just a small favor, nothing to mention."

Jiang Jiaqi had already stood up halfway, ready to say a few words.

Seeing Chen Zhou's modesty, he sat back down, smiling and mimicking him, "Yes, yes, it was nothing, just a small favor!"

Lu Haifeng smiled and continued reading the grades.

"149th place, Zhang Wenhua, 155 points..."

"148th place, Zhou Jun, 157 points..."

“…………”

"No. 100, Huang Ling, 189 points..."

"99th place, Shen Meng, 190 points..."

Huang Ling exclaimed in surprise, "My God, I actually made it into the top 100? I must be incredibly lucky!"

Shen Meng smiled, "I didn't expect that after being guided by Chen Zhou a few times, my progress would be so great!"

On the podium, Lu Haifeng read out the results for a while, finally reaching the most thrilling top ten.

Those whose names were not called included Chen Zhou, Jiang Jiaqi, Zeng Die, Jiang Yue, and others.

Each of them was more or less nervous.

Even Chen Zhou was thinking, "What if this time, I've been caught off guard and ended up losing my job?"

Everyone held their breath and concentrated!

Just then, Professor Lu Haifeng took a sip of water, suddenly looked up, and glanced in Chen Zhou's direction.

He read aloud, "10th place, cough... Chen Zhou..."

"Ahem! Number 10, Chen Zhou... cough cough!"

Professor Lu Haifeng choked on the water he had just drunk.

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes widened, their faces filled with disbelief!

What?

Chen Zhou is only ranked 10th?

That can't be right!

Good heavens, this is so unexpected! Even Professor Lu must be surprised!

So he read it twice!

Jiang Jiaqi was even more bewildered than he was when he only ranked 10th, staring at Chen Zhou with a look of astonishment.

Luo Jiyao's mouth was wide open, as if a goose egg could be stuffed inside.

Zeng Die's eyelids twitched, as if they were spasming.

Chen Zhou was dumbfounded!

Holy crap! What's going on? Even if I didn't get a perfect score, I couldn't possibly only be 10th, right?

Could it be that I don't even have 300 points? No way!

Holy crap, I really messed up!

How can I go back and face my elders in Jiangdong?

How come my little fish is going to Tsinghua and Peking University together?

Although I can still take the college entrance exam route and still have a chance, I made a boastful statement in front of Teacher Gao before.

I wanted to win the national gold medal and break into the top 50, but damn it, I didn't even make it into the provincial team!

I also made a promise with my Xia Xiaomiao that when I get into the provincial team, I'll give her a kiss when I go back!

But now, I f***ing…

But just as Chen Zhou was having an existential crisis, Lu Haifeng finally stopped coughing.

He recovered, cleared his throat, and said, "Ahem! 10th place, Chen Zhouyu, 280 points..."

What? Chen Zhouyu?

So it wasn't Chen Zhou after all!

Upon hearing the ranking and score, Chen Zhouyu stood up excitedly, exclaiming, "Wow! I'm 10th!"

Jiang Jiaqi and the other classmates: "…………"

Chen Zhou: "???"

Professor Lu, could you please stop pausing when you mention the registration number and scores?

That was terrifying!

That almost caused a huge misunderstanding!