From child prodigy to chief scientist

After thinking for a while, Wang Ze said to Liao Qiuju:

"Teacher Liao, could you please call them both to my office when you have time? I'd like to have a talk with them personally."

"Okay, Director Wang, I'll have them come to you after class."

After class, Liao Qiuju returned to Class 1's classroom.

Even though it's recess time, many students are still studying in the classroom, and those who leave are mostly just going to the restroom.

For them, if they don't seize every moment of study time, they risk falling behind their classmates.

"Xu Xiao, Yang Dun, Director Wang needs to see you. You two should go to his office now."

"Oh, then let's go over there."

Yang Dun, who was studying a physics problem, quickly agreed, but Xu Xiao did not give any response.

With the help of focusing on the entry, Xu Xiao basically blocked out external noise, including Liao Qiuju's voice.

Seeing that Xu Xiao had no reaction at all, Liao Qiuju also seemed somewhat helpless.

She could tell that the child was completely absorbed in his studies, which made Liao Qiuju reluctant to disturb him.

Finally, Yang Dun went over and patted Xu Xiao's arm, which snapped Xu Xiao out of his reverie.

"Xu Xiao, Teacher Liao wants us to go to the director's office."

"Ah... I understand."

Xu Xiao then noticed that Liao Qiuju had appeared beside her without her noticing.

It has to be said that the effect of focusing on the entry is really strong. In the short period of time just now, Xu Xiao had entered a state of complete oblivion.

"Okay, then you can go now. It's okay if you miss your classes here."

Anyway, Xu Xiao and Yang Dun don't usually pay much attention in class, so even if they fall behind in some lessons, they are fully capable of catching up quickly.

Afterwards, Xu Xiao and Yang Dun walked together towards the director's office.

On the way, they didn't talk about why the director had called them, but instead talked about a physics problem that Yang Dun had just thought of.

Yang Dun often pondered interesting questions, not necessarily exam-type questions, which Xu Xiao found fascinating.

The two walked and talked, and soon arrived at the door of the director's office.

Xu Xiao knocked on the door a few times politely, and only after receiving permission from inside did she push the door open and go in.

"Director, we are Xu Xiao and Yang Dun. Teacher Liao said you needed to speak with us..."

After seeing the director's face clearly, Xu Xiao suddenly realized that she had actually seen this person before.

It was one of the interviewers during my own interview.

The familiar feeling of seeing acquaintances made Xu Xiao feel a little more relaxed.

However, when he saw Xu Xiao and Yang Dun coming over, Wang Ze did not smile at all.

"I heard from Teacher Liao that you two don't pay attention in class?"

Upon hearing Wang Ze's words, Xu Xiao and Yang Dun realized that Wang Ze probably wanted to cause them trouble.

Xu Xiao reacted quickly, rapidly organizing her thoughts and then replying:

"Director Wang, you misunderstand. We didn't mean to break classroom rules. We just wanted to learn some additional knowledge while ensuring we understood the main content of the lesson."

"Yeah, even if other students listen attentively in class, they still don't get as high scores as us, do they?"

Yang Dun was not as polite as Xu Xiao; even in front of Wang Ze, he acted with a self-righteous attitude.

Wang Ze naturally didn't really mean to blame the two children. Seeing their reaction, his expression quickly relaxed.

"Haha, you two are quite confident. I didn't call you here today to criticize you, I just wanted to have a good chat with you."

Xu Xiao had long guessed that Wang Ze meant no harm today, and that his words just now were merely to play along with him.

Xu Xiao had originally wanted to talk to the leaders of the children's class about learning plans, and today she had just had the opportunity.

"Director Wang, I feel that the curriculum in the children's classes is too simplistic. If possible, could I skip the junior high school stage?"

The college entrance examination is Xu Xiao's primary goal at present. In comparison, learning junior high school knowledge is of very limited help to him.

Hearing Xu Xiao say this, Wang Ze was at a loss for words.

It's already a bit of a stretch to ask these children, who should be in sixth grade, to learn junior high school material directly.

Moreover, their lectures are three times faster than those in a normal junior high school, and many students complain about the intensity of the lessons.

Under such circumstances, it's astonishing that some students still feel the school is teaching too slowly and want to skip grades to learn high school material—something Wang Ze could never have imagined before.

However, based on his understanding of Xu Xiao, Wang Ze did not think that Xu Xiao was spouting nonsense.

Xu Xiao had always given Wang Ze the impression of being quite steady, so his statement was enough to show that he might actually possess such an ability.

Subsequently, Yang Dun expressed a similar idea.

After understanding their thoughts, Wang Ze thought for a moment and said:

"I personally strongly support your desire to skip grades and learn high school material."

"However, before that, I still need to have a more detailed understanding of your current level."

"Okay, I'll find you some high school exam papers first, and see what kind of scores you can get."

"If your foundation is really good enough, I can arrange for you to audit classes in the high school section."

Seeing that Wang Ze was willing to offer such an opportunity, Xu Xiao was eager to try and would do her best to give Wang Ze a satisfactory answer.

Wang Ze found two sets of test papers, printed two copies of each, and handed them to Xu Xiao and Yang Dun respectively.

"These two sets are high school math and physics exam papers, respectively. You can take some time during your self-study period to do them. Just bring them to me when you're done."

Due to time constraints, it's unlikely that Wang Ze would have them do all the questions for all subjects.

High school math and physics are considered the two most difficult subjects. If they don't have too much trouble with these two subjects, Wang Ze will no longer doubt their abilities.

Back in the classroom with the two sets of test papers, Xu Xiao couldn't wait any longer and thought she might as well start answering them now.

Before Xu Xiao could even begin writing, Yang Dun suggested:

"Let's answer together and see who finishes first!"

Anyway, neither of them paid much attention in class, and they treated every class as a self-study period.

"No problem, let's begin."

Xu Xiao also wanted to have another good competition with Yang Dun, so they started working on the test together.