Chapter 82

When the class bell rang, Tong Gexiao was still staring blankly at the math equations Li Yi had written, even forgetting to collect the test papers.

"Teacher Tong, class is over," Li Yi said with a smile after finishing the last equation.

Only then did Tong Gexiao shift her attention from the scratch paper and address the class, "Pass up your test papers, class is over!"

The students began to hand in their papers. Bao Xiangxin collected the papers from each group, handed them to Tong Gexiao, and then glared fiercely at Li Yi.

What kind of magic potion did this guy give Teacher Tong, making her sit at the podium and chat with him for the entire class?

Listening to their conversation, it was all about complex planes, analytic continuation, path integrals... completely incomprehensible!

Are they really talking about math, not some fantasy novel?

Tong Gexiao ignored the usually excellent math class representative and instead stared wide-eyed at Li Yi, wanting to say something but always hesitating.

Li Yi tossed the scratch paper filled with formulas to Tong Gexiao, "I know you didn't understand it. Take it back and study it. If you don't understand, ask me. If you figure it out, you can submit it to journals like Nature or Science under your own name."

Bao Xiangxin was stunned. This guy, writing a bunch of strange symbols and telling the teacher to ask him if she doesn't understand, how arrogant can he be?

The other students also cast strange glances at the podium. Although they didn't know what Li Yi was talking about with Tong Gexiao, they all noticed Tong Gexiao's obedient and docile expression.

Teacher Tong, who was usually so strong-willed, was actually convinced by Li Yi, the worst student in the class. This was truly a miracle!

"You... how can you know so much?" Tong Gexiao asked in a low voice.

"Because I'm a genius!" Li Yi joked.

At this moment, Shao Yong walked up, "Bro, let's go, time to play basketball!"

The last class of the morning was self-study. The spring basketball tournament, which had been held for the past two weeks, occupied the self-study period, and they could go to lunch after the game.

"Teacher, our class has a basketball game, I'll go downstairs first," Li Yi waved to Tong Gexiao and then followed Shao Yong and others out of the classroom.

Tong Gexiao gazed at Li Yi's back, her mind a mess.

Scoring full marks on high school tests and math Olympiad tests, Tong Gexiao could do that, it wasn't impressive. But casually solving a Riemann geometry problem and writing out the steps to solve the Riemann hypothesis was truly unbelievable.

A student who could easily solve Riemann geometry problems seemed to have no need to study in school. But he was only sixteen years old, how could he be so amazing?

"I don't believe it, can you really prove the Riemann hypothesis?" Tong Gexiao carefully organized the scratch paper Li Yi had written and prepared to go back to the office to study it. She didn't believe that an international mathematical problem could be casually solved in half a class period.

After Li Yi and Tong Gexiao left the classroom, the class was filled with chatter.

"Affair, it must be an affair!"

"Affair my sister! Li Yi must be Teacher Tong's long-lost son!"

"Or maybe Teacher Tong owes Li Yi a lot of money!"

The worst student in the class sitting at the podium and chatting with the teacher for a whole class, and even making the teacher look stunned, was too bizarre. It was natural for everyone to be suspicious.

At this moment, another person returned to the class, Liu Tian, the second member of Class 3's notorious trio.

When Liu Tian was being lectured by Fei Rui'an, Luo Xiaoyao also called his parents. Then came the endless criticism from parents and teachers, and his father even gave him a beating and sternly warned him that if he ever got involved with other women again, he would castrate him!

After the beating and scolding, Liu Tian finally saw the light. Students having relationships with girls outside of school was not a glorious thing, and Luo Xiaoyao didn't want to make it public, so she only made Liu Tian write a self-criticism and a pledge, and read it in the class meeting.

Liu Tian was already familiar with this kind of punishment. He wouldn't write in the self-criticism that he was caught in the act and even had his condoms confiscated; he would just say he had "fallen in love early" and get it over with.

"Where's the boss?" Liu Tian, feeling the clouds part and the moon appear, sat down next to Nong Taining and asked about Li Yi.

"The boss went to play basketball, is your matter settled?" Nong Taining threw a candy from his desk to Liu Tian.

Liu Tian put the candy in his mouth and slapped the table, "Damn, he still has the mood to play basketball?"

"What happened?" Nong Taining asked.

"You don't know, the boss was so arrogant in the office, he threw the money on the ground and walked out. Now Soft Rice Fee is yelling to the principal to expel the boss!"

"Is that true?"

Before Nong Taining could answer, a group of curious classmates had already gathered around. A student fighting a teacher in the office was a big deal, regardless of whether Li Yi would be expelled, he would become famous.

"That's true, I saw it with my own eyes. You don't know the look on Soft Rice Fee's face when the boss threw him on the ground, it was like he had lost his father..." Liu Tian exaggerated the story, causing the whole class to gasp in amazement.

Bao Xiangxin listened to Liu Tian's story from a distance, initially not believing it, but with Liu Tian's firm words, she had to take it seriously.

"This guy is really despicable!" Thinking about how Li Yi had mentioned her chest, the beautiful class president clenched her teeth.

Not far behind Bao Xiangxin, Gu Xiaoyan sighed softly.

This Li Yi, always causing trouble, it was a good thing she didn't agree to be his girlfriend back then.

Compared to Li Yi, Hu Jiangbo was undoubtedly much better. He didn't cause trouble and was considerate, always buying her small gifts. However, Hu Jiangbo had one bad habit: he liked to touch her, and she felt they weren't ready for that level of intimacy yet.

The playground of No. 16 High School was large, with four basketball courts on the east side, allowing eight classes to play simultaneously.

Although the game started during class, the players arrived early during the break to practice their shots and get a feel for the game.

For such inter-class basketball games, each class would organize a cheerleading team to support their players. However, it wasn't mandatory, and if someone didn't want to watch, they could stay in the classroom for self-study.

Wu Simeng was one of those who never watched games. She didn't like basketball and didn't enjoy seeing the players collide. For someone who loved martial arts, the physical contact in basketball seemed to lack technical skill.

"Captain, come and watch the game. We're playing against Class 1 today, the top contender for the championship!"

Liu Fengyou, a member of the martial arts team and also a key player of Class 8's basketball team, tried hard to invite Wu Simeng to watch the game to show off in front of her.

"No interest," Wu Simeng shook her head.

Her mood was bad today because of the strange events in the morning. However, she kept comforting herself, telling herself that Li Yi was just a female cultivator transformed, a test given by her master, so there was no need to worry.

She lifted her head and looked at the basketball court, suddenly seeing a familiar figure, Li Yi!

"Ah!" The girl let out a cry, her eyes full of excitement.

Then she shook her head and said to herself, "Sigh, that can't be the master, the master just transformed into his appearance this morning..."

However, for some reason, Wu Simeng suddenly felt the urge to watch Li Yi's game, so she walked towards the basketball court.

Liu Fengyou thought he had convinced Wu Simeng and smiled, "Captain, this way, our class is playing on the third court."

Wu Simeng walked to the edge of Li Yi's game court and shook her head, "I won't go over, I'll just watch this game."

"Huh?" Liu Fengyou was stunned, "Captain, this is the game between Class 3 and Class 6. Class 6 is decent, with a strong inside game, but Class 3's main center, Bao Liang, is injured, and the whole team is a mess. This game will be over in five minutes, not much to see!"

Wu Simeng, of course, wasn't concerned about the game's outcome. She pointed at Li Yi, "Do you know that person?"

"That guy?" Liu Fengyou stared at Li Yi for a moment and nodded, "I know him, Kobe!"

"Kobe? His name is so strange, does he have the surname Ke?" Wu Simeng asked with interest.

"No, Kobe is a nickname!" Liu Fengyou laughed.

"Nickname? Why does he have such a strange nickname?" Wu Simeng was puzzled.

Liu Fengyou explained, "Class 3's skills aren't great, but they chose the uniform of the best NBA team, the Lakers. The guy you're talking about, even more shameless, wears number 24, ha ha!"

"What's so special about number 24?" Wu Simeng, who didn't understand basketball, was confused.

Liu Fengyou said, "The Lakers' number 24 is the most legendary NBA player, Kobe!"

"What? You mean Kobe is the most legendary player? So you call him Kobe because he's a good player?" Wu Simeng asked excitedly.

Although she didn't think Li Yi was her master from the morning, hearing that he was good at basketball made her a bit happy.

"Wrong, wrong, wrong! Captain, you're completely wrong. Everyone calls him Kobe for another reason besides the number 24."

"What?"

Liu Fengyou chuckled, "As the most legendary player, Kobe has an unmatched record: the most missed shots! He's the NBA player with the most missed shots!"

"Missed shots?" Wu Simeng was confused again.

"Missing a shot, the ball usually hits the rim and makes a 'clang' sound, which people call a 'missed shot.' This Li Yi never passes the ball, he just shoots, and he misses a lot, making the rim clang, so everyone calls him Kobe, which means 'Iron God.'"

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