Study Monster Cultivation System-Chapter 334 - 333 fish about to go into the pot, I’ll be right back.

Car.

Driving.

Jingjing was driving.

Jingjing was driving angrily.

Why was she angry?

Because Li Zheng didn’t think twice before sitting in the back with Gu Jianfeng.

Lin Xiangye naturally took the passenger seat, stuck in a loop of "Ah, ah, ah, ah."

Li Zheng didn’t sit in the back for any other reason, he was purely eager for Gu Jianfeng’s answers.

Unlike Yu Jing’s erratic thinking, Gu Jianfeng’s problem-solving had a kind of beauty that belonged only to him.

This wasn’t solely from his brain, more often it was an intuition and confidence when facing numbers.

If it had been earlier, one could only lament that a genius’s brain was unreachable for ordinary people.

But now, Li Zheng knew very well that whether it was computational training or the volume of problems, Gu Jianfeng was probably more than ten times his own.

Examining Gu Jianfeng’s answers, Li Zheng couldn’t help but slap his leg and exclaim "Brilliant" repeatedly.

This "Brilliant" and Lin Xiangye’s "Ah" intertwined rhythmlessly, like two noisy chaps, making Yu Jing’s headache worsen.

She had gone through the trouble of renting the car, setting up the whole fish feast.

Yet, Li Zheng spent the whole time lauding another man.

What about emotional intelligence!

When the car stopped at the restaurant’s entrance, she finally exploded.

"Are you obsessed with ’brilliant’?" Yu Jing unbuckled her seatbelt and yelled back, "Jian Feng’s math is indeed good, but does it need such praise?"

"Ah… Sorry, sorry…" Gu Jianfeng quickly scooted aside, giving up his space, "I honestly didn’t think it was anything special… It was just three problems, and the calculations weren’t even that extensive."

"No no no, this time it was really brilliant." Li Zheng said, leaning towards Gu Jianfeng again, pointing at the draft paper, "I have lost to Yu Jing before, but it was always by a tiny margin. Her opportunistic methods aren’t praiseworthy, but you, you are truly brilliant."

"All brilliant… all brilliant…"

"Tch." Yu Jing gritted her teeth and glared, "Get it straight, Scum Chap, I don’t compete because I can’t be bothered to compete. Occasionally giving in to let you save face, have you forgotten who’s the tiger and who’s the cat?"

"No, no." Li Zheng said earnestly, "I am a fair person, this test paper, you really didn’t do well."

"!!!" Yu Jing furiously exploded, suddenly pulling out paper and pen from her backpack, she glared at Li Zheng and said fiercely, "The honeymoon is over. From now on, you’re going to remember what it’s like to be dominated."

"Ah, ah." Lin Xiangye’s voice suddenly stopped abruptly, grabbing Yu Jing’s arm in terror, "You’re not about to do this final’s question, are you? Please don’t, Sister Jingjing… this year’s problem… it’s a nightmare…"

"Forget it, forget it." Li Zheng also tried to persuade her, "You’re pretty awesome as it is, let’s go eat fish."

"We’ll eat fish, and do the problems!" Yu Jing said, striding out of the car just like Li Zheng, ready for battle, "It’s just three problems, I can solve them while the fish stews."

The three followed her out of the car, Li Zheng being the first to try to dissuade her: "Forget it, forget it, we agreed to relax today…"

Gu Jianfeng added, "Let’s finish eating the fish first…"

Lin Xiangye went straight to hugging her arm, "Don’t take it too hard, Sister Jingjing…"

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"Enough, I’m angry." Yu Jing glared at the three, her gaze finally resting on Li Zheng, "Win you in a two-dimensional space problem, you’d never admit defeat. Duel starts now, math will decide. If I lose, I step down early; if I win, we continue for another week."

Li Zheng’s eyes widened.

"Brilliant!"

Seeing his widened eyes, Yu Jing’s frown eased.

There’s a quite incorrect saying that goes—

To catch a man, one must first catch his stomach.

But if the man is Li Zheng…

To catch him, one must… outdo him in studies!

Everything was fine just a day before, we agreed to pamper for a week.

Then upon seeing Gu Jianfeng, suddenly he couldn’t let go.

It’s all because Gu Jianfeng is good at math.

False, men’s sweet nothings and cuddling are all false.

He’s just yearning for math, physics, chemistry.

Scum Chap!

"Watch how I make you crave it!"

Lin Yujing glared at Gu Jianfeng one last time, shook off Lin Xiangye, and leaped into the fish restaurant.

Gu Jianfeng shuddered and tugged at Li Zheng, "Let’s talk less... Take extra care of her feelings."

"?" Li Zheng shook his head and snorted, "Women, you can’t spoil them."

"...But I feel really guilty..." Gu Jianfeng hung his head sorrowfully, "It just feels like I’m the other woman... Yu Jing’s eyes were full of moral scrutiny..."

"She’s just upset because her studies aren’t as good as yours."

"I don’t think it’s that simple..."

Having entered the restaurant, Gu Jianfeng dared not sit next to Li Zheng anymore, so he forcefully pushed Li Zheng to sit next to Lin Yujing while he took a seat next to Lin Xiangye on the other side.

"Feng Feng... Li Zheng might be right..." Lin Xiangye said, watching Lin Yujing seriously ordering fish, and covered his mouth earnestly, "Sister Jingjing isn’t mad at you... she’s mad that her math isn’t as good as yours..."

"So that’s still being mad at me..." Gu Jianfeng swallowed and asked, "Any good ideas? Should I calculate the bill and pretend to make a mistake to cheer her up?"

"It’s useless... You’ve already made Li Zheng call ’Brilliant’ so many times, the bridge is burned." Lin Xiangye nodded, "Now, the only way to cheer Sister Jingjing up is up to her. She doesn’t necessarily have to score higher than you on this paper, just higher than Li Zheng."

"Is that... possible?"

"That depends on Li Zheng..." Lin Xiangye looked at Li Zheng, who was reproducing the final contest questions on paper, his face full of concern, "Anyway, Sister Jing hasn’t seen the paper. If I were Li Zheng right now, I’d set three slightly easier questions, intentionally letting Sister Jing win. Some things, you lose, but actually win; you win, but have already lost."

Gu Jianfeng wiped his sweat: "Is it really so complicated to get along with women..."

"It depends on the situation. If it’s a match of equals, it can be like this." Lin Xiangye sighed, "If one side is more like me, it wouldn’t be so complicated."

"It wouldn’t be this complicated with me either..."

"!!" Lin Xiangye stared in alert, "Hey, hey, hey... you aren’t..."

"What I mean is, if a couple has shared hobbies, isn’t it double the joy to discuss and play together? Why must there always be a competition..."

"It’s just like you, Feng Feng, to view things at such an elevated level." Lin Xiangye shook his head, "But your view of love is too idealistic. In practice, it’s mostly about one side dominating. The kind of friendly scenario you described only works between men."

"Doesn’t it work between women?"

"That’s a whole different story... A more complex one."

Meanwhile, across the table.

The dishes had been ordered, and Li Zheng had just finished writing.

Lin Yujing then picked up her pen and paper, studying it seriously.

The side waiter, having taken down everything, saw they all looked like students seemingly planning to study before dining, so he asked, "Should I cook the fish now, or wait a bit longer?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Jing simply raised her hand, "Put the fish in the pot, I’ll be right back!"

"I don’t understand the latter part, but putting it in the pot is right..." Although the waiter didn’t quite grasp the details, he felt that Lin Yujing’s words were rather brash, as if she was belittling the efficiency of the place.

Considering this, when he went to the kitchen to pass the order, he added a big "Urgent" mark.

Meanwhile, Li Zheng twisted the knife, pulling out his phone to start the timer.

In less than 20 minutes, a big pot of jumbled river fish had been served.

And Lin Yujing.

Was still staring down, lost in thought, as sweat beads gradually appeared.

"Eat while it’s hot," the waiter said with a sneer, kindly reminding, "Eat first, then study."

Lin Yujing remained silent, merely raising her hand to wipe the sweat away.

Li Zheng also advised from the side, "Eat first, I’ll stop the timer."

"No, it’s, not, necessary!" Lin Yujing clenched her teeth and raised her hand, "I’m afraid of the heat, I like my fish lukewarm."

Li Zheng helplessly shook his head, then invited Lin Xiangye and Gu Jianfeng to start eating.

Eating, chatting, having a blast.

An hour passed without them realizing.

Under the prolonged heating of the alcohol lamp beneath the pot...

The fish had mostly burnt.

And Lin Yujing, had long been exasperated.

Scratching her head, pinching her pen, biting her nails, she had tried everything she could.

But from the looks of it, she had only solved one problem.

"Just eat..." Li Zheng said sympathetically from the side, "It’s all burnt."

"Move aside! Move aside!"

"..."

Another hour passed.

"No need to eat now... once you’re good, we’ll order another..."

"Move aside! Move aside!"

Another hour passed.

"How’s it going... we’ve slept already..."

"Move aside! Move aside!"

Another hour passed.

"Hmm... don’t rush... just wait a little longer for dinner."

"Move... aside... move... aside..."

Finally, the alarm went off.

Li Zheng had no choice but to solemnly announce:

"Four and a half hours have passed, the exam is over."

Lin Yujing shuddered, leaning back in her chair.

She looked at her chaotic answer sheet, her entire face trembling.

Choking up, she turned to Li Zheng, "It’s... so hard..."

"Right..."

"I’m so weak..."

"Not really..."

Struggling for a few seconds, like Lin Xiangye, Lin Yujing burst into tears, laying her head on Li Zheng’s shoulder.

"What is all this..."

"I stared for 40 minutes... couldn’t think of anything..."

"Wait... what about the fish?"

"Where’s my Jiang Tangzi!!"

"Wow..."

Li Zheng kept stroking and comforting her, looking very pained.

But actually, he was thrilled.

Hahaha!!

You have today too?????

This is what you get for not studying seriously!

"So, you’re going to take it seriously from now on, aren’t you?"

"Hmm..."

"Gu Jianfeng finished everything in two hours, isn’t that awesome?"

"Hmm..."

Soon, Gu Jianfeng had completed grading the papers.

"If we go by my standards..." Gu Jianfeng looked back and forth at their papers, "On a test worth 64 points, Li Zheng got 52 points, Lin Yujing got 47 points."

This dismal score was the last straw that broke Lin Yujing.

"Hmm..." Lin Yujing rubbed desperately against Li Zheng’s shoulder, "I don’t want to hear it, I don’t want to hear it, I don’t want to hear it..."

"You did say that the loser would have to become the subordinate early..."

"Hmm hmm hmm hmm..." Lin Yujing hit Li Zheng, saying, "Doesn’t count, doesn’t count, I’m playing dumb."

"Sigh." Li Zheng sighed, "Let’s just keep tabs then, we can continue when you’re feeling better..."

"Phew..." Lin Yujing finally felt a bit better, holding her stomach, "I’m hungry..."

Li Zheng also rubbed his stomach, "Let’s go somewhere else to eat, I’ve had enough of fish."

The other two nodded in agreement.

"Wow..."

Lin Yujing cried again.

Perhaps, this was the most unlucky day of her life.

Interestingly, although Li Zheng did not demand immediate compliance with the bet.

That day, Lin Yujing no longer boasted; she naturally became humble.

She even acknowledged Gu Jianfeng’s status, allowing Li Zheng to discuss mathematics enthusiastically with him as she silently endured without a word.

Thirty years on the east bank of the river, thirty years on the west bank.

That day, the men of the Li family, stood up.

After dinner, at Li Zheng’s strong request, Gu Jianfeng held a class.

To catch such a person and not have him systematically explain mathematics would be unacceptable.

In the room, Li Zheng sat at the head of the bed, talking and laughing with Gu Jianfeng.

Lin Yujing and Lin Xiangye huddled in a corner, shivering.

This somewhat echoed the feeling of the previous day when Lion King Li Zheng was forced to entertain.

Unfortunately, although Li Zheng pressed Gu Jianfeng for half a day, he still couldn’t extract a systematic theory or learning method.

"I really can’t think of any methods or tricks..."

"Just see the numbers, see the problem, and do it."

"Formulas?"

"No need to specifically memorize them, the ones you use often you’ll naturally remember, those you use less, treat them as if they don’t exist. When doing problems, you’ll naturally figure them out."

"Cut and try steps?"

"It’s just about observing, observation is the most important, in order to prove or solve something, each equation can extend in many directions, those that are simple and interesting naturally appeal, but they might not solve the problem, the complicated, ugly ones occasionally might directly hit the target..."

"How to choose exactly... hmm..."

"It’s like an investment, for me, I’d test a few directions superficially in my mind first, like angel investment, then depending on the feedback they offer, decide whether to invest more. If one approach goes particularly smoothly, then I go all-in, start writing it down right away, if not, enter a second round of investment. If the second round still doesn’t reveal any promising leads, then start writing for a third round, akin to going public..."

"This final’s problem?"

"Got them in the angel round..."

"Last time forced into a third round going public?"

"Hmm... two years back, doing the IMO... had a problem that took me three days without results... then I realized the data I had was wrong, couldn’t prove it at all."

Li Zheng asked for quite a while, but still didn’t lure out Academic Fortune.

Maybe he really had no Academic Fortune, or perhaps it was hidden too deeply.

Anyway, no chance this time.

So he casually asked how Lin Yujing solved mathematics.

Lin Yujing was much simpler.

Just look.

Look for 5 minutes, if an idea pops up, then there’s a solution for this problem.

If no ideas within 5 minutes, then it’s gone.

Well, this one’s even less likely to work...

Specifically for today’s final exam, she actually only spent an hour on the first two problems.

The next three and a half hours she struggled with the third problem; unlike Li Zheng, as time dragged on, her thoughts only grew more and more chaotic, ultimately plunging into a hopeless abyss.

Last, it was Lin Xiangye, either out of respect or just asking,

Lin Xiangye’s method was quite easy.

First, read the problem.

If it’s a proof, then write down "Proof:"

If it’s an answer question, then write down "Solution:"

Then, lay flat.

It’s a bit more dignified that way.