Chapter Seventy-One: A Bet

  The two-hour time limit finally arrived, and the candidates reluctantly put down their pens. At this moment, most of the candidates in the examination room had not completed even half of the questions, with only a few people completing more than three questions. Liu Yuan, who had a relatively solid foundation, completed three questions and finished half of the fourth question, but was unable to complete it entirely.

  Duan Lutao's situation was even more miserable. His study of mathematics was limited to the surface, just enough to get by in his usual exams, and he could get good scores that way. But facing a competition of this nature, his flexibility and ability to think on his feet were too poor. He only managed to complete one question, and another two he only got halfway through before getting stuck.

  However, Duan Lutao immediately took a look at Zhan Fei, and it was good that this kid had also participated in the competition. With him as a foil, even if he got a low score this time, he wouldn't be laughed at too much in class. At this moment, the invigilating teachers had already started collecting the test papers.

  Soon, the examination papers on the scene were collected, and a tall and thin invigilating teacher, who was also the head of the mathematics department, Ma Wenhua, said to Zhan Fei before leaving: "Zhan Fei, come to my office for a while."

  Having heard this voice, Zhan Fei was also stunned for a moment, then said: "Hmm, okay."

  At this time, Liu Yuan walked to Zhan Fei's front and said: "Old three, you are too bold, Ma Wenhua is invigilating, you dare to sleep, this time he will settle accounts after autumn."

  Hearing Liu Yuan's words, Zhan Fei said: "What's the point of not sleeping after finishing?"

  "What? You've finished everything?"

  Liu Yuan was surprised, but at this time, Duan Lutao suddenly spoke up: "It can't be all nonsense, right? I think it's a good performance, and you've only finished three questions. When did you become so powerful?"

  Xuan Fei said: "Anyway, it's better than you."

  Zhan Fei was also inexplicably angry, wondering when he had offended this guy and why he always targeted himself. However, since he wanted to be bullied, he would bully him properly. Duan Lutao heard Zhan Fei's words and said, "Anyway, the scores will come out tomorrow, and the provincial finals are also tomorrow afternoon, do you dare to make a bet with me?"

  Zhan Fei listened and directly said: "What are you betting on?"

  Duan Lutao actually wanted to say that if you lose, don't speak to Han Qing again, but he secretly had a crush on Han Qing and didn't dare let anyone know, so naturally he couldn't say it out loud. Then Duan Lutao thought of a more vicious method: "The loser has to run naked around the playground."

  Zhan Fei listened and said: "No problem." At this time, Liu Yuandao said: "Old three, are you crazy?"

  Zhan Fei listened and said: "I'm very sober, I'll go find Director Ma first."

  Zhan Fei said, walking out of the classroom, while Liu Yuan glared at Duan Lutao, scaring him so much that his legs went weak and he had to hold onto the table to steady himself.

  A moment later, Zhan Fei arrived at the office of the department head. He knocked on the door and a gentle voice said, "Come in."

  Upon hearing this voice, Zhan Fei also let out a slight sigh of relief. With an intelligence value of 32 points, the additional effects were numerous. Not only was his thinking agile, but his ability to understand and digest information was terrifying, and he had become even more sensitive to everything around him.

  From the tone of his speech, he could tell that Director Ma was in a good mood and would not be tough on him next. Thinking so, Zhan Fei pushed open the door and entered. He saw that Ma Wenhua was sitting there with a smile on his face. Zhan Fei approached him and said, "Director Ma." Ma Wenhua heard this and smiled, saying, "Sit down."

  Zhan Fei also sat down after listening, while Ma Wenhua said: "Do you think it's boring to take this exam?"

  Zhan Fei listened and was stunned for a moment, nodded his head and said: "Indeed too simple."

  Ma Wenhua listened and said: "I didn't expect that our school would produce such a genius this year. No surprise, the champion of this provincial math competition will be you."

  "In the provincial plan, this time all students who won first prize in each province are eligible to participate in a national mathematics training session. After a period of training, they will participate in a domestic selection competition, and the best among them will represent China in the International Mathematical Olympiad. What do you think?"

  Zhan Fei listened and said: "Not attending training, is it possible?"

  Beyond the mountain there is another mountain.

  Zhan Fei listened and said, "Okay, training must have certain training requirements. As long as you meet the requirements, that's enough, right?"

  Ma Wenhua listened and said, "That's right in theory."

  Zhan Fei listened and said, "That's good." Ma Wenhua listened and said, "A genius among ordinary people is nothing. I hope you can become a genius among geniuses and bring glory to our school. By the way, there is a prize of 10,000 yuan for the champion of this provincial math competition, and our school also has a bonus of 5,000 yuan. Come on!"

  Zhan Fei listened and nodded: "I will!"

  Zhan Fei was very confident in himself, with an IQ of 132, he could be considered a genius among geniuses. This time, by participating in the math competition, he wanted to show off his abilities, make his mother happy, and let his grandfather know that his grandson was not mediocre!

  Just then, Zhan Fei left the office and returned to his dormitory. As soon as he arrived, he heard Zhou Tai say: "Old Three, you're in trouble this time!"

  Zhan Fei listened and said, "What's wrong?" "Just now the boss called you on your phone, but you didn't bring it with you. Then he called us again. He said that Duan Lutao that kid has been spreading the news about your gambling in the whole department. Whoever loses will have to go streaking. Brother, are you prepared for streaking?"

  Zhan Fei heard this and said: "I'll go ask Lao Er, you don't think highly of me, huh?"

  Zhou Tai listened and said, "Duan Lutao is the exam king, he has won more scholarships than our boss. You're just having a bad streak recently, how can you beat him?" Zhan Fei heard this and said, "Look at me, I'm so miserable, second brother, why don't you run naked for me tomorrow?"

  Zhou Tai listened and directly said: "Get out, I'll keep a distance of three meters from you when I go out in the future, so as not to become famous together." After hearing Zhou Tai's words, Zhan Fei also scolded: "Too unrighteous!"

  The next morning, Zhan Fei went to class with a broken spirit. Today was the day when the department head would announce the results of the preliminary round. When Liu Yuan and others saw Zhan Fei coming to class, they all looked worried. As for Duan Lutao, he sneered at Zhan Fei, although his performance wasn't very good either, but at least he got one question right, and the other two questions could also get 2 or 3 points.

  While Zhang Fei fell asleep within half an hour of the start, what can be done in half an hour? With the difficulty of this exam's questions, it's probably not enough time to fully understand the meaning of these few questions, so Duan Lutao is very confident.