There was no exam the next morning. The teacher led everyone to a lecture about mathematics, in which a mathematician gave a speech to motivate the students.
Qin Li's eyes were filled with tears when he was listening to it, and his back was straightened. He loved mathematics, but he had to think about his family. To outsiders, mathematics majors seemed to be synonymous with poverty.
"It's not that you won't earn any money in mathematics, it's that you don't learn well enough." The scholar on the stage adjusted his glasses, "As long as you stand at the top of the pyramid in any industry, you will not have to worry about money. I know my words are a bit vulgar, but it's accurate for you guys. Isn't everyone working hard all day in competition problems just to get into a good university? Then choose a popular major, and finally get into society with a high salary every month."
This speech probably surprised the teachers in the audience, and they froze in their seats.
"I said this to tell you that you can learn mathematics boldly. Don't be afraid of the future, as long as you have the ability." Wang Li was wearing a pair of canvas shoes and had nothing valuable on his body. He looked just like a farmer but his aura was still proud, "Of course, if you have no talent in mathematics, don't come here. The kind of people who only rely on standard tactics will not go far in the field of mathematics."
Wang Li's speech was heartbreaking, but due to his status and reputation, no one dared to refute it.
The students below were also hit by a wave of blows, and they were silent for a long time below. Their mood that was originally high-spirited instantly withered.
Qin Li also clenched his fists, with an ugly expression on his face. Who could come here without a little talent in mathematics? And the standard tactics... Qin Li could not deny that it was their favorite routine.
Zhi Ying still kept her head up. She only heard Wang Li talking like a gun, and she didn't feel the charm of mathematics.
"It's different from what I thought." Zhi Ying turned to Qin Li and said.
Jiang Wei told her last night that there will be mathematicians telling stories about mathematics to encourage everyone to learn mathematics and develop into the field of mathematics.
Zhi Ying couldn't fall asleep much at night. She was just excited and wanted to hear what the inspiring mathematician had to say, but the result was... like this?
"Teacher, you are so scary, who will come to learn mathematics then?" Zhou Cheng gloated when he saw Wang Li coming over from the audience seats.
"Whether you love to come or not, if the people who come are like you, it's better for them to not come." Wang Li talked a lot, and ignored his apprentice.
In order to appease the hurt students below, Zhou Cheng went up and gave a short speech, reviving the heavy atmosphere made by his teacher.
When these students saw the elite who were completely inconsistent with mathematics come out, they were immediately attracted.
"Isn't that the one who scolded your mother last time?" One person from No. 1 High School said to the boy next to Qin Li.
Qin Li also looked up. The person on the stage was dressed in a suit and leather shoes. The gold eye frames were even colder under the lights on the stage. He looked more like a full-fledged businessman than a math guy.
However, Zhou Cheng did vigorously talk about mathematics on stage, which cheered up the students again.
Zhi Ying couldn't listen intently, she only cared about whether there were any difficult math problems to solve.
The exam was in the afternoon, and there were not a large number of problems. However, the difficulty was much higher compared to high school level math.
Zhi Ying started to fall into a daze after finishing in the examination room. She thought that it was not that difficult, not as evil as it was rumored on the Internet.
With her chin resting on the table, Zhi Ying stretched out one hand to turn the pen. She hadn't seen Jiang Wei for ten hours, and she also hasn't sent a single message. She was very flustered.
Zhi Ying decided to say some romantic lines to Jiang Wei tonight, she had already thought about it. Something like, I want to ask for a way, the way to your heart. I had a dream with you in it. When I woke up, I found that the dream was not in vain.
The allotted exam time was four and a half hours, and the number of problems was only a few. However many students were still stuck on the first question.
Zhi Ying's leisurely appearance was quite conspicuous.
In fact, Zhi Ying was not like this before. She would sit up straight after finishing the test papers and start to take out the questions that she hadn't done before in her mind, and directly calculate them in her mind.
Now... All she could think about was how to date Jiang Wei.
When the exam time was up, the teacher was collecting the test papers, when suddenly a student in the classroom cried out. It was very tragic.
Zhi Ying looked around the classroom in a daze, and found that besides the crying boy, there were others sitting on their seats wiping tears.
Unable to figure it out, Zhi Ying stopped thinking about it and walked out of the examination room to find Qin Li.
"How did you do?" Qin Li was still calm, "I only got to calculate half of the last question, I didn't have time for the rest of it."
"It's okay." Jiang Wei had given her the previous year's questions over the years before, and Zhi Ying felt no pressure at all after getting familiar with the question types.
Almost everyone came out, and there were quite a few students who lowered their heads and wiped their tears. Some of them almost handed in blank papers.
In the past few years, there has been a popular saying about mathematics competitions: It was not difficult to win medals at IMO, but it was rare to stand out in the training teams.
However, there was a boy who stood out in most of the crowd. Many students surrounded him, and it seemed that he was discussing the test paper just now.
Qin Li glanced at him casually and didn't rush over to join in the fun. If he wanted to ask, he could ask Zhi Ying. It would be the same. Anyway, with Zhi Ying's strength, it was impossible for her to not know.
"I'm hungry, let's go eat." Qin Li patted his empty stomach.
"Mhm." Zhi Ying lowered her head and finished fiddling with her phone, then followed Qin Li.
Jiang Wei, who was still in class at Quan City No. 1 High School, heard the vibrating sound of his phone, stopped writing and took out his phone. A text message appeared in front of his eyes: [If it's not too troublesome, can I trouble you to date me?]
Jiang Wei leaned on the chair, looked at the empty seat next to him, tore off a piece of clean white paper, wrote a word, folded it in half gently, and put it in Zhi Ying's essay composition book.
Zhi Ying would take out this book to memorize every morning, and she would definitely see this note when she came back.
After putting the book back to its original place, Jiang Wei smiled, took out his phone and replied to Zhi Ying.
Zhi Ying's phone vibrated in her pocket far away in the capital. She looked up at Qin Li, who was opposite of her, devoting himself to eating, and quietly took out her phone.
There was only one word on the reply: [Troublesome.]