My subject turned into a beautiful girl

"Are you sure you're not joking with me?"

In the lobby of the administration building, a sudden loud voice attracted the attention of all the students and teachers passing by. They looked in the direction from which the sound came and found that it came from Director Qiu, who was standing by the fountain in the lobby on the first floor.

"Don't get so worked up, Teacher Qiu."

Xia Qing shrugged. "Although this might sound a bit...bizarre? But it's actually not that bad, is it?"

As the head teacher in the mathematics department, Director Qiu naturally has a private office. However, in this day and age, as an experienced teacher, for the sake of his teaching qualification, Director Qiu would certainly not choose to hold the conversation in his office, but would wait directly in the lobby of the busy administration building.

"This isn't just a slightly outlandish issue; to me, it's utterly absurd!"

Director Qiu was very excited.

He couldn't help but be excited, because the information he heard from Xia Qing about An Yi's learning process was more direct and detailed than what Crab Boss had described, and he was completely certain that there were no errors in what Crab Boss had relayed.

Sometimes, news can be completely different from the original message just by passing it on through one person. This wasn't the first time Director Qiu had experienced something like this. Therefore, when he talked to Boss Crab about it, he didn't take what he learned too seriously and followed Boss Crab's lead in guessing that "An Yi was pretending on purpose."

But now, after hearing firsthand information from Xia Qing, he finally confirmed... that this matter was actually true?

How could there possibly be a student who could perfectly master high school mathematics and the knowledge required for the National College Entrance Examination in just one evening study session and one morning, and even instinctively use mathematical induction to prove the n-dimensional Cauchy inequality without having mastered it?

Is this guy favored by the goddess of mathematics?

Director Qiu was momentarily filled with doubt about life.

"Teacher Qiu, you have to consider that An Yi's math scores were already at a passing level. This means that he has a solid grasp of most of the basic knowledge that requires time. The rest is just about tackling some medium and high difficulty knowledge points. And this part is not actually that much, it's just that it may be difficult to understand and master."

Xia Qing then proceeded to explain her analysis in detail.

"But for him, after opening up his Ren and Du meridians, this knowledge that was originally difficult might become easy. There's not much of it, and it's easy to understand and master, so it's naturally faster, right? So... it's alright, isn't it?"

It's here! Okay! It's there!

Director Qiu's eyes widened; he was practically ready to write those four words on his face with a marker.

But then he realized that the person standing in front of him was Xia Qing.

He is a genius whose mathematical talent and level are so great that he can only be compared with famous mathematicians in history!

Actually, half of the campus legend about Xia Qing is true. Not long after she entered high school, Director Qiu took an IMO exam paper to test Xia Qing's true level, and then... contrary to the legend, Xia Qing actually only took an hour.

Moreover, from the mathematical methods Xia Qing used to solve the problem, Director Qiu could tell that her mathematical knowledge was no longer at the level of an ordinary "mathematics major undergraduate or master's degree"; it was much higher... higher than his!

He was actually very excited at the time and immediately wanted to introduce Xia Qing to the patriarch so that he could be accepted as a personal disciple.

Unfortunately, both Xia Qing herself and her parents firmly rejected this idea, arguing that they wanted to live a complete and happy life rather than enter some kind of gifted youth program or start mathematical research work at an early age... Otherwise, Xia Qing could have gone straight to university a long time ago, why wait until now?

Therefore, Director Qiu had no choice but to respect the decision.

Of course, this feeling is actually very agonizing, like having a royal flush in your hand, but the royal flush tells you that it doesn't want to be played and only wants to enjoy poetry and distant places... Damn it!

If one had to give a fair assessment of Xia Qing's mathematical talent, Director Qiu could only think of two words—"prodigy."

For a prodigy like An Yi, what he accomplished was really just "okay" level!

"Okay, I... I just wanted to say that from a worldly perspective, this kind of thing is undoubtedly beyond the realm of common sense..."

Director Qiu sighed, not intending to correct Xia Qing's perception. Even if he could correct it, it would be meaningless. Let the opinions of geniuses and prodigies be seen by themselves. As an ordinary person, he just needed to know what this matter meant.

"I heard from Boss Crab that you made a bet with him. If An Yi does well on the grade-level math exam this afternoon, he won't have to keep up with the class for a while. Are you planning to provide him with some tutoring?"

"Yes, that's right, so he must have done alright on the test, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have specifically asked me about it."

"That's not just good... a perfect score! I've graded your paper, his paper, and Zhou Yingshuang's paper, and you all got a perfect score. I don't want to look at the other papers anymore; I'm going to hand them over to other teachers to grade."

Master Qiu spoke listlessly.

This is similar to how it's hard to go back to those poorly made browser games where you can kill 999 with a single hit after playing a top-tier AAA title. It's like your appreciation level has been forcibly raised, making it hard not to make comparisons, and then you suddenly find it hard to swallow.

"If nothing unexpected happens, those three spots should be yours. The National High School Games main competition is on September 11th, which is only about ten days away. How about I find you three a separate classroom or office? That way, you can avoid being disturbed by other things."

"That sounds great."

Xia Qing nodded thoughtfully. "How about I ask them for their opinions when I get back?"

"Okay, I've already prepared the venue for you. You can use it directly tomorrow."

Director Qiu quietly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling somewhat comforted.

As a competition coach, he did play a role in this matter, instead of just being a passive recipient of victory... He did want to offer some teaching assistance, but he also knew very well that with his abilities, he had absolutely no way to teach a genius!

Actually, if you really want to say something, Director Qiu would certainly be considered a math genius by the average person. But sometimes you have to compare things. He knows that compared to An Yi and Xia Qing, he is no match for them at all. At most, he is a slightly smarter monkey, but he is still a monkey after all.

It's difficult for an ordinary person to comprehend the learning speed and comprehension efficiency of a genius, and the same logic applies to the other way around. Therefore, generally speaking, highly skilled teachers are not necessarily exceptionally gifted; those who can teach ordinary people well are likely ordinary people themselves, because only ordinary people can understand the learning difficulties faced by ordinary people.

What was that saying again? Let heroes investigate heroes, let good men judge good men. Similarly—

Geniuses should teach geniuses!

The conversation didn't take long. Xia Qing glanced at the clock hanging on the wall in the lobby and jogged towards the teaching building.

When she arrived at the classroom, she saw An Yi and Zhou Yinshuang just finished talking. Zhou Yinshuang slung her backpack over her shoulder, and everything seemed perfectly normal, as if nothing unusual had happened.

"I'm back!"

So she ran over excitedly, patting An Yi on the shoulder as she did so, "You're pretty good, kid!"

"!"

An Yi visibly trembled, his face turning deathly pale for a moment. "Big...Big Brother, you're back? What...what's wrong?"

"How could this scare you? You're so scared you're stuttering."

Xia Qing glanced at An Yi with some confusion.

"Of course I'm talking about your exam scores. Teacher Qiu said you got a perfect score, so the spot is basically settled."

"Oh, oh... I've always been a coward..." In his nervousness, An Yi even started to speak recklessly.

The main problem is that this whole thing is just too coincidental. He had just heard Zhou Yingshuang talk about keeping it a secret and was still stunned by the fact that "as the younger brother, he and his sister-in-law had a secret"... Although there was absolutely no guilty conscience, his older brother just happened to pop up at this perfect moment and said, "You're something else." Anyone would be shocked in that situation. It's like he's in a situation he can't clear his name even if he jumps into the Yellow River!

Judging from his behavior, if this continued, something would definitely happen even if nothing was wrong before. Fortunately, Zhou Yinshuang took the initiative to speak up at this time.

"Let's eat," she said casually.

Compared to An Yi's barely concealed panic, she was much calmer, as if nothing had happened.

This opening resonated with Xia Qing like Bao Si's smile when she lit the beacon fires to amuse the feudal lords... instantly drawing all her attention away.

"Okay, let's go eat!"

Xia Qing immediately prepared to leave, then paused slightly, looking at An Yi, "Together?"

"No, brother, I need to go home for dinner..."

An Yi naturally took Xia Qing's invitation as just a polite remark and immediately prepared to turn around and leave.

As the younger brother, I should be sensible. The matter of having a secret with my sister-in-law hasn't been resolved yet, so how could I go and disturb my older brother and sister-in-law's mealtime? That would be too blatant... No, there wasn't a problem to begin with, was there?

"I remember your house isn't very close either, right? Don't go back for dinner today. I just need to take this opportunity to talk to you about something over dinner. Use your evening study time to study instead, so you won't waste any time."

When she said this, Xia Qing was facing An Yi and half-turned away from Zhou Yinshuang. She clearly winked and gave a meaningful look.

An Yi understood his older brother's meaning—Xia Qing felt that with him providing support, she could have more opportunities to interact with Zhou Yinshuang.

After all, the facts are there. This is the first time in two years that Zhou Yinshuang has spoken up twice in one day. To Xia Qing, this is like King You of Zhou seeing Bao Si smile twice in one day. It seems acceptable for him to light the beacon towers again because of this...

This was terrifying for An Yi, the younger brother. He thought to himself, "Big brother, you can't light the beacon towers like that. You can't rely on that method!"

But while I may think these things, I can't just say them out loud.

An Yi could only scratch his head and explain again, "The main problem is that I didn't bring any money with me, and my mom caught me going to an internet cafe yesterday. If I don't go home for dinner this afternoon, my mom will probably suspect me of sneaking off to an internet cafe again tonight..."

"That's easy! I'll treat you, and you can treat me back another time."

The older brother blinked and took out his phone.

"As for Auntie... well, you've already turned over a new leaf and are ready to take off, right? If you were to tell her about this yourself, Auntie probably wouldn't believe you, would she? I'll explain it to you, so you won't have to go through all this trouble running back and forth anymore!"

Given Xia Qing's popularity in the class, her words probably have the same effect on the parents as those of the crab boss, so it's not just arrogance.

An Yi: "???"

Wait a minute, isn't this going a little off? It's not like what he expected!

To be honest, An Yi's heartfelt words were originally intended to move his older brother, to make him realize the difficulties his younger brother was facing, and so that his brother would consider his needs and agree to let him go home for dinner.

To his surprise, his heartfelt words actually moved his elder brother, who genuinely realized the difficulties he faced as the younger brother and began to consider his needs. And then...

The elder brother chose to help his younger brother overcome his difficulties!

That's right, our boss is a typical chivalrous hero, the kind of person who'd lend a helping hand to anyone in need. And what about our underling, who plays a crucial supporting role in our boss's womanizing endeavors when things get tough? Of course, he'd be there to lend a hand!

Even though An Yi felt inexplicably guilty because of what happened with her sister-in-law earlier, she was deeply moved at this moment.

"Big brother...you're so loyal!"

"Um... wait a minute."

Xia Qing suddenly realized something and looked at Zhou Yingshuang somewhat embarrassed. She had been so caught up in the moment that she had forgotten to ask for her opinion.

"Okay." For some unknown reason, Zhou Yinshuang nodded slightly.

"Walk!"

The elder brother immediately beamed with joy, feeling that An Yi was indeed a lucky general under his command... The decision to use him to open a breakthrough was quite wise.

Things had already come to this point, leaving An Yi no room to refuse, and he was quite tempted by the offer.

The "being moved" he felt here wasn't about his older brother inviting him to dinner, but rather about his brother's upcoming phone call to their mother to explain things on his behalf. Xia Qing really hit the nail on the head. If An Yi had to say it himself, he really wouldn't know how to start the conversation, or how to convince his mother.

Having to go home for lunch and dinner is indeed quite torturous. Even though An Yi's home isn't far from school, it's far from being close. A round trip takes at least forty or fifty minutes, and with lunchtime included, there's almost no time to rest. After experiencing it once today at noon, An Yi really doesn't want to do it again.

And, to be honest...

An Yi was really looking forward to seeing how her mother would react after learning about this.

He had fantasized about similar scenarios many times, but when this moment was about to become a reality, he felt inexplicably uneasy.