Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 129 - 84: It Might Be Rigorous to Say Joint First_3

There’s no scientific basis; it’s purely intuition.

But as everyone knows, those who study mathematics mostly believe in intuition.

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"Let me tell you, someone was supposed to treat me to a big meal this noon. But because of you, the meal got canceled."

"No worries, I’ll treat you to a big meal instead! How about I take you out for barbecue?"

"Don’t be silly, since when does a daughter treat her dad? Barbecue, right? Lead the way, I’m already hungry."

Just now in the exam break room, they only had a few biscuits, which is clearly not enough for teenagers aged fifteen or sixteen who are still growing.

Although Qiao Yu spoke bluntly, Xia Keke clearly didn’t focus on the first half: "Hungry, huh? Let’s have some fried rice then. I know a place nearby that makes particularly delicious fried rice."

"Do you even know what a big meal is?" A hungry Qiao Yu couldn’t help but get a bit irritable.

But evidently, Keke wasn’t afraid at all, and immediately retorted: "Do you even know what hunger is?"

Qiao Yu suddenly realized Keke was right; when hungry, fried rice is definitely faster than barbecue, and it’s cheaper too.

"Okay, hurry up, let’s go for fried rice!"

...

When Qiao Yu was having his big meal, Lan Jie had managed to gather all four.

"How did it go? One by one, Zhang Luo."

On the way out of the school, Lan Jie patiently asked.

He could see that the four of them were not in a good mood, but he had no choice; he still needed to ask.

If Qiao Yu hadn’t shown up, Zhang Luo would have been the student he was most optimistic about this year, aiming for provincial second, and hoping to push for provincial first.

Plus, Zhang Luo participated in the league last year and only got provincial third.

This year, being in the third year of high school, if he can’t make provincial first, he’ll have no chance in the future.

Zhang Luo frowned and said somewhat dejectedly, "Today the test felt super hard, especially the first test, it felt harder than last year. In the second test, I only did one problem, and I don’t even know if it’s right."

"Oh? The difficulty of the first test increased this year?" Lan Jie furrowed his brows and glanced at the others.

Zhang Luo nodded. The other three were participating in the Olympic Competition for the first time, so they naturally didn’t know if it was harder than last year, but they could feel the difficulty of the problems.

"I felt it was really hard too. There were some problems that felt like ones we had talked about before, but when actually doing them, they felt completely different, really awkward." Ma Yufei also spoke up.

Lan Jie felt a bit overwhelmed.

For a non-prestigious school like Railway First Middle School, organizing a competition class also requires skill, especially for the league, the main scoring focus is in the first test.

Based on past experience, if you can score around 100 points in the Xingnan Province league, you have a chance of making provincial third.

The first test score itself is 120 points. Put simply, if you can score full marks in the first test, getting provincial second isn’t a big problem. Of course, many competition gurus don’t dare to say they’ll definitely get 100 points in the first test.

As for the second test, Lan Jie didn’t have high expectations for these kids. If they could understand one problem and randomly get some process points, that would be enough.

No choice, the student quality is evident.

The second test covers a wide range and is more uncertain. It’s really only those with extraordinary talent who could hope for high scores.

Turns out this year the first test got tougher...

Luckily, Qiao Yu showed up, otherwise this year would likely have been a complete loss.

"Alright, everyone don’t be downcast. Zhang Hao has already gotten provincial third once. As for the other students, you have another chance next year. This year is just practice. Cheer up, let’s go back."

"Huh, Teacher Lan, where’s Qiao Yu?"

"Oh, Qiao Yu has something to do this afternoon, so he won’t be joining us."

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