This top-tier academic genius

Before I knew it, an hour of tutoring had passed.

Seeing that the conversation was almost over, Sun Yutong prepared to leave.

"Okay, that's enough for today."

"Oh, you're leaving already?"

Lin Yanxin said that she still had a lot of questions to ask, so let's chat for another five yuan.

"Well, it's getting late. I think you probably don't need my tutoring, so I won't come next time."

"No, senior, you have to come. I've only caught up on math; I need to catch up on the other subjects too."

It's rare to find someone who can help organize the knowledge structure, so Lin Yan doesn't want to let this opportunity slip by immediately; she wants to at least "squeeze out" all the value from it.

"Oh? Are your other subject scores real?"

"Well, my physics should be alright now, right?"

"..."

That's alright, so there's no problem then.

Sun Yutong was speechless again. The most difficult subjects in high school are math and physics. Now you have no problem with the two most difficult subjects, but the other subjects are still a problem?

For Chinese, you have to rely on yourself. For English and biology, you can just memorize. Chemistry is a bit more difficult, but if you memorize chemical formulas and equations, you won't do too badly.

She believed that if Lin Yan's math and physics scores improved, his intelligence and talent wouldn't be too bad. It was probably just that he hadn't studied hard enough before. As long as he was willing to spend time learning on his own, he wouldn't need a tutor at all.

"How about this, you add me on WeChat, and you can ask me if you encounter any problems in the future."

"Okay, thank you, senior."

After the two added each other on WeChat, Sun Yutong got up to say goodbye.

Upon seeing this, Wang Lanyin quickly brought over 150 yuan.

"Teacher Sun, you've worked hard. Here, this is your reward."

"Aunt Wang, I can't accept this money. I didn't teach anything today. I won't come here again."

"Oh, why? Is it because Lin Yan isn't studying hard enough? Or do you think he's too stupid to learn?"

Wang Lanyin was getting anxious. She had just seen him doing fine, so why was he suddenly stopping teaching him?

Sun Yutong quickly explained, "Aunt Wang, you've misunderstood. Lin Yan is very smart and doesn't need tutoring. He can improve his grades through self-study; it just takes some time. Besides, you'll see how amazing he is in a while."

She kept it a secret, not mentioning that Lin Yan was going to participate in a math competition.

Based on her current understanding, she felt that Lin Yan's preliminary results should be pretty good.

At the same time, she wondered what kind of expressions Aunt Wang and her husband would have when they found out how capable their son was.

In the end, Wang Lanyin saw Sun Yutong to the door. She still couldn't understand why the other party suddenly said that she wouldn't come next time. Could it be that her son did something to upset her?

Looking at her son, who has such an upright face, he doesn't seem like it at all.

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Saturday arrived in the blink of an eye.

These past few days, Lin Yan hasn't been livestreaming; he spends his evenings working through math Olympiad problem sets to reinforce various knowledge points.

Mathematics slowly increased, and finally reached [Mathematics: LV0 (400/1000)].

Meanwhile, the points slowly increased, and the total points successfully reached 10125.

Most of these points are accumulated through studying, with at least ten hours of studying every day, resulting in a steady increase of two thousand points. However, the number of fans gained from the increase in followers is not as high, indicating that the influence of the singing videos was limited.

At 8:30 in the morning, Lin Yan got ready, slung her bag over her shoulder, and headed to the station.

"Hello, Teacher Qin, I've already set off. Okay, let's meet in the station hall."

Today is National Day, and the high-speed rail station is packed with people. Lin Yan finally found his queue in a corner of the hall after much effort.

In this mathematics competition, Xincheng No.1 Middle School had a total of 7 students participating: 3 from Grade 10, 2 from Grade 11, and 2 from Grade 12. The team was led by teachers Qin Zhengyan and another teacher.

"Sorry, the traffic was terrible, I'm late." Lin Yan was the last to arrive.

Qin Zhengyan glanced at the time and reassured her, "It's not late, there are still more than ten minutes before the agreed meeting time."

The other six students knew each other; they had participated in the training camp before, but they didn't know Lin Yan.

They looked at the new student who had joined the competition team with some curiosity. It was the first time they had seen Lin Yan, and they had only recently learned that a new person had been added to the team.

Unexpectedly, the newcomer Lin Yan was quite handsome, and seemed more like he was there to gain experience than to take the exam, leading everyone to doubt his abilities.

Seeing the group looking him up and down, Lin Yan greeted them first: "Hello everyone, I am Lin Yan from Class 2, Grade 12."

"Hello senior, I am Xu Han from Class 5, Grade 11."

"Hello, senior, I am..."

Three first-year high school students introduced themselves first. Although they were also outstanding math students, they went there more to gain experience and prepare for next year's competition.

The only girl nodded and smiled at Lin Yan, "Hello, senior, I'm Li Jia, from Class 8 of the second year of high school."

The thin boy on the left, who was holding an Olympiad problem and looking at it, looked up and shyly introduced himself: "Wang Mingchao, also from Class 8."

Both of them were promising students in the second-year elite class.

The last boy, with his hands in his pockets, simply nodded symbolically without introducing himself.

Qin Zhengyan, who was standing next to him, added, "He's from Class 5 of Senior Three, Zhou Yuelin."

Lin Yan nodded. He had heard Qin Zhengyan mention before that there were three seeded players from Xincheng No. 1 Middle School.

Li Jia and Wang Mingchao, both from the second-year elite class, are excellent students in both character and academics; while the other one is Zhou Yuelin from the third-year class 5. Unlike others, he fights and skips classes, but his math scores are consistently among the top five in the grade. He is a typical talent who specializes in one subject but not the other.

With half an hour to go before the bullet train arrives, everyone waited here.

"Teacher Qin, I didn't expect you to be leading the team this time."

A group of people walked over, and the man in the lead greeted Qin Zhengyan.

"Director Gong, hello, hello. It's a coincidence that your No. 2 Middle School is also setting off at this time."

The visitors were the team from Xincheng No. 2 Middle School participating in the competition. The team consisted of eight people: six students and two teachers, led personally by Gong Luosheng, the office director.

"That's quite a coincidence. Our train is at 10:15, what about yours?"

"Me too, looks like we're on the same train, what a coincidence, haha. Director Gong is personally leading the team this time, looks like he's determined to win this competition."

"How can we compare to your No. 1 High School, with its abundance of talented people..."

"Your No. 2 High School's experimental class is truly amazing..."

The teachers exchanged pleasantries and compliments, while the students from both schools sized each other up.

Wei Chuan stood in the crowd, sizing up the competitors from No. 1 Middle School.

[Hmm, these three look young, I don't recognize them, they must be high school freshmen...]

[I know these two; they're from the gifted class in their second year of high school. They're quite capable, but probably a bit less so than me...]

Oh, none of the senior year gifted students are here...

[Zhou Yuelin is here too, that's interesting...]

[Wait, it's him... what's he doing here?]

Wei Chuan was surprised to find a familiar face in the group from No. 1 Middle School, the person he had met once in the library.

He was deeply impressed by Lin Yan, not because of the other's appearance, but because of the solution to the problem he saw on the draft paper that day.

At the time, he didn't understand the second solution. After going back and asking his teacher, he learned that the solution used Taylor expansion, which was part of the first-year calculus course.

Suddenly, he remembered what his teacher had said: Xincheng No. 1 Middle School had added a spot for the competition. Could it be him?