Chapter 10

Lin Jixin quickly composed himself. Facing Zhang Zonglin, who was still nagging and criticizing him, he said, "I don't think there's anything left to learn."

"Nothing left to learn?" Zhang Zonglin hadn't even spoken, but the female teacher, Qu Yulin, couldn't hold back (although Lin Jixin's current state was far from his peak, his memory was already exceptionally good, and those who had interacted with him could easily recognize it).

Qu Yulin clearly misunderstood his meaning and spat out, "What qualifications do you have to say that? I can give you any problem, and you won't be able to solve it!"

Generally, when a teacher is educating a student, other teachers rarely interfere. However, he knew that Qu Yulin's husband was the vice-principal of the school, and she was always arrogant in front of her colleagues. Moreover, she was clearly very displeased with Lin Jixin's "peeping" on Mei Yueru, which led to his unjustified disaster.

She waved the test paper in her hand wildly, "Still nothing left to learn!"

Zhang Zonglin remained silent throughout, clearly not intending to stand up for him.

Qu Yulin, not letting up, glared at him menacingly, "What do you say? I'll decide. Solve all the problems, and you can come to school whenever you want."

Lin Jixin, who had been ignoring her, was now intrigued by her last words. He had actually considered something similar after his initial body modifications, but the process was too complicated. Given Zhang Zonglin's rigid personality, even if he scored full marks in all subjects, he doubted he would be allowed to study outside of school. This would only expose his suspicious sudden improvement in academic performance. Worried about the lack of return on his investment, he had abandoned the idea. However, now someone was offering him the opportunity—given this woman's position, she might actually be able to make it happen.

"Can I skip school if I solve them?" He kept his eyes on Zhang Zonglin, "Really? You mean it?"

He knew that ignoring her and only believing Zhang Zonglin would only fuel her anger.

Sure enough, Qu Yulin raised her voice and angrily slapped the test paper in front of him, "Solve them! I said it, if you can finish them, I'll approve it right now!"

Zhang Zonglin smiled bitterly and remained silent, implicitly agreeing.

Lin Jixin glanced at the test paper. It was a national competition paper, known for its tricky questions. Even they, who dealt with math every day, couldn't guarantee a passing score. No wonder this woman and Zhang Zonglin weren't worried about him getting all the answers right.

But, you're in for a surprise. He picked up his pen.

A week ago, the content on this paper would have been like a foreign language to Lin Jixin. He wouldn't have understood much, let alone solved the problems. These were designed to challenge the geniuses from all over the country. Now, however, the traps, twists, and hidden meanings were just like pathways to him. He needed to try different approaches to find the right one. With his current brain reaction speed, it might be an exaggeration to say he could find the correct path in the blink of an eye, but a few blinks would definitely do it.

The first question, due to his unfamiliarity, took him four to five minutes to solve. This speed, though fast, wasn't outrageous, and Qu Yulin and Zhang Zonglin's expressions improved. Despite their dissatisfaction, teachers naturally like good students, and their impression of him improved.

After solving two more questions, he felt he had a good grasp of the methods. Lin Jixin looked up and took a deep breath, feeling confident.

Directly in front of him was the stunningly beautiful face of Mei Yueru, who had come over to watch him solve the problems. He could now control his emotions and gave her a faint smile.

Mei Yueru, however, was sensitive. She frowned and turned her head away, looking displeased.

You really are keeping me at arm's length! He didn't mind and lowered his head to continue solving the problems.

This time, his speed was astonishing. He solved one problem after another without pausing, completing them in one go.

At first, Zhang Zonglin had been watching with amusement, knowing the type of test paper Qu Yulin had given. Even if Lin Jixin solved the first few questions, he and Qu Yulin remained relaxed, discussing the solutions with interest. However, as Lin Jixin continued, they became increasingly shocked.

Parallel, congruent, translation, symmetry, shapes, curves... The brilliant ideas and genius transformations were astounding. If it were any other test, they might have suspected Lin Jixin knew the answers. But this was the latest competition paper they had received just two days ago, with no standard answers. They, as math teachers, had only managed to solve about 70% of the problems, and even they didn't know the solutions to the remaining 30%.

These problems, designed to challenge the geniuses across the country, were being casually solved by this ordinary student right before their eyes. The two of them looked at each other, feeling as if they were in a dream.

Compared to them, Mei Yueru's feelings were even more indescribable. She had often been the top student in her grade since elementary school and had an absolute sense of pride in her studies. This was why Qu Yulin had specifically called her to solve the problems.

She hadn't expected that this unlikable male classmate could solve these problems so easily. What made it even more difficult for her was that at first, she could follow his thought process, but as the steps became more complex and the transformations faster, she found it increasingly hard to keep up. By the time she finally understood the previous steps, he had already written down even more. She was left far behind.

She realized that she might not be as smart as she thought.

After solving all the problems in one go, Lin Jixin smiled at Zhang Zonglin and Qu Yulin, who were still immersed in the problems, "Can I study at home now?"

Seeing Qu Yulin look to him for help, Zhang Zonglin pretended not to understand and turned away. He sneered inwardly, Why didn't you think of me when you were making big promises?

Qu Yulin helplessly said to Lin Jixin, "Student, I'm just a math teacher. You've done well in math, I admit, but there are other subjects. You need to learn those too!"

"Then the other subject teachers should test me. If I get one subject wrong by five points, I won't bring this up again." Lin Jixin, who had been prepared for this, looked steadily at Qu Yulin.

Can it really be that easy? Qu Yulin's heart sank.

Although she knew that Lin Jixin must be very confident to call in the other teachers, she had no choice but to reluctantly find them.

"Give a student a private exam? What a joke?" Lin Jixin soon heard the voice of the English teacher, who was a senior and didn't care much about Qu Yulin's background.

She had a loud voice and gave Qu Yulin no face, "You want to increase the difficulty? I didn't know we had such a genius at our school."

As they walked to the door, she pushed it open and saw Lin Jixin, "Is it him?"

Qu Yulin, whose backroom dealings had just been exposed, looked awkward and didn't dare to meet Lin Jixin's eyes.

The English teacher sneered, "What's so special about him? He doesn't have an extra eye!"

If she had just been giving Qu Yulin a hard time, Lin Jixin wouldn't have cared, but since she had also insulted him, he was very displeased.

"Although I don't have an extra eye, my eyes are different from ordinary people's." He said this casually in English.

"Your English is quite good," the English teacher looked at him with some surprise.

"You can be more casual. I'm just a student, no need for formal language." Lin Jixin smiled and reminded her in English. This teacher had the skills but clearly lacked experience in everyday conversations with foreigners. As soon as she spoke, Lin Jixin caught the flaws in her speech.

The English teacher's face turned red with embarrassment, and Qu Yulin, who had understood the gist, laughed, making her even more furious.

After a few more exchanges, she lashed out, criticizing Lin Jixin's English for being too colloquial, lacking professionalism.

Lin Jixin then coldly recited a long, rapid, and complex passage, using specialized terms and abbreviations. The professionalism was extremely high, and the teacher could only roughly understand that it was about "human survival and world peace."

More and more teachers had gathered around, watching this rare scene with interest.

Faced with Lin Jixin's expectant gaze, the English teacher didn't know how to respond, wishing she could find a hole to crawl into.

"Maybe my English isn't very good, and you find it hard to understand," Lin Jixin sighed dramatically, "Actually, I'm better at French."

He said the first part in English and the second part in French.

"Or German? Russian? Spanish..."

He switched between five or six languages, leaving the English teacher speechless and utterly defeated.

The head of the Chinese department couldn't stand it anymore. He and the English teacher had entered the school the same year and had a deep bond. He was extremely dissatisfied with Lin Jixin's lack of respect (of course, he ignored the "love for the young" part) and loudly criticized him, "Do you know how to respect your teachers?"

Lin Jixin knew that if he pursued this issue, the teachers would unite against him, ruining his plans. So he cleverly changed the topic, "Is that from the 'Book of Han'?"

The Chinese teacher, not being a master of ancient texts, couldn't say he didn't know and hesitated before answering, "Yes."

"Oh, I made a mistake. I'm really sorry. It's from the 'Book of the Later Han: Biography of Kong Xi'." Lin Jixin apologized, but his face showed no sign of embarrassment.

How could he have made a mistake when he knew which chapter it was from? The Chinese teacher, feeling defeated, wanted to punch that extremely arrogant face but lacked the courage to protest loudly. He was ashamed of his lack of skill and left the scene with a red face.

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