We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

"Class monitor, when did Teacher Wu make that suggestion?"

During the afternoon club class, when they were alone on the road, Li Mubai continued to ask the questions he hadn't had time to answer at noon.

"No rush. If you have any ideas, just let me know, and I'll coordinate the suggestions from both of us."

"OK."

In reality, most club classes are just a formality. Some clubs simply move the classroom to the activity room, where the club's advisor gives lectures and explains problems; some clubs turn them into self-study sessions; and some are just too permissive.

But cherish it, because senior year might become either core subjects or self-study.

Who's spying on me? Tian Yulin?

He always had a feeling of being spied on while doing his homework. He thought it was Tian Yulin, but he was sitting obediently in his seat, so it probably wasn't him.

Where is Xie Shu? He's also doing his homework.

Forget it, how about I read a book for a while and leave some homework to do during evening self-study?

Come to think of it, since joining the literary society and coming to this activity room, I haven't really looked at all the books here.

He found himself inexplicably standing in front of the shelf containing Xie Shu's works—well, actually, he was also a little curious.

He glanced at the president's seat; Xie Shu was still doing his homework.

Now is a perfect time to relax and read in the activity room; it's not unreasonable, is it? Some of my classmates are reading there too.

Li Mubai pulled the magazine out of the bookshelf; he remembered it was on page 79.

My fingers flipped through the paper quickly until I finally found it.

"Snowman, Xie Shu..." he read silently in his mind.

A hand swiftly snatched the magazine from Li Mubai's hand.

...Do you believe me, class monitor, if I say I accidentally flipped to page 79?

"Speaking of which, the literary society should also contribute articles to the school newspaper."

Xie Shu seemed not to care, and continued speaking to himself, casually flipping through the magazine in his hand.

Li Mubai nodded.

"Hmm, I'll take this magazine first and see what works it has."

Before Li Mubai could agree, Xie Shu took the publication and returned to his position as editor-in-chief.

Satisfying my curiosity is such a hassle, oh well, I guess I'll just have to read other books.

"Playing, playing, playing! I see you haven't gotten back to your normal routine! Look at this test paper you did."

During evening self-study, Teacher Chen suddenly flew into a rage, and the students looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Huang Lingling, come up here and hand out the papers. Everyone, please correct your mistakes immediately. I will call on some students to come up and explain the questions during the next evening self-study session."

Li Mubai received his test paper, which contained quite a few wrong answers. He glanced at Chen Qiuhe, who had the same problem.

He quickly corrected his mistakes, just in case he couldn't answer one of the questions and they happened to call on him during the next evening self-study session, then he'd be in big trouble.

"Correct your own mistakes; don't ask your classmates for the answers."

Seeing that a student was asking a math whiz for help, Teacher Chen immediately spoke up.

……

After an evening self-study session, Li Mubai had corrected most of his mistakes, but there were still two major questions that he couldn't figure out no matter how hard he tried.

He glanced at the podium, where Teacher Chen was calmly sipping his tea, but his gaze remained fixed on the students.

Invincible.

Li Mubai and Chen Qiuhe exchanged glances. She also had a few questions she hadn't corrected, and now she could only pray that the questions Teacher Chen pointed out were ones she knew how to answer.

"Ring ring ring".

In order not to disturb the few residents around the school, the bell for evening self-study was not very loud, but it was enough to signal the start of the sentence.

"Everyone, sit down."

Teacher Chen's voice wasn't loud, but it was incredibly authoritative, and the classroom immediately fell silent.

"The first question will be answered by Xie Shu."

…Isn't this ridiculous? It's like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Some students who hoped Xie Shu would explain the most difficult questions suddenly felt a bit awkward.

"For the first question, the domain must satisfy..., and we get..., so the answer is A."

Xie Shu finished explaining the problem in less than a minute after standing up.

"Okay, Huang Lingling will answer the second question."

The multiple-choice questions are mostly for students who are good at math; oh no, this is aimed at students who are bad at math.

"Question 13, Chen Qiuhe."

The first fill-in-the-blank question wasn't too difficult.

Chen Qiuhe fluently explained the solution steps and the answer.

……

"Question 16, Li Mubai."

The last fill-in-the-blank question was a bit difficult.

"Let..., then..., f(negative x) equals..., so the odd function f(x) equals the negative f(negative x), which is...."

After Li Mubai finished speaking, he put down the examination paper and awaited trial.

Teacher Chen pondered for a moment before speaking: "The answer is correct, but the process is wrong. Sit down and listen carefully later."

He breathed a sigh of relief, having escaped a terrible ordeal.

The people who came after them weren't so lucky; they all had to answer the big questions.

"Question 20, Yang Kun."

"For the first question, according to the problem statement... therefore, y equals..."

"For the second question, the profit w equals..., solving for x gives x, so when..."

"What did you say?" Teacher Chen asked incredulously.

"The solution is x equals x, so..." Yang Kun's voice grew softer and softer until it was almost inaudible.

"Use your brain and think about it, how did you come up with the statement 'x equals x'..."

The first victim has appeared.

When I got back to the dorm that night, all I could hear were people complaining about Teacher Chen.

"That's insane! If I could solve it, why would I need to listen to his lectures?" Yang Kun said indignantly.

"Chen Gou is coming for us. Only Wanli and Lao Bai were lucky enough to escape."

Feng Wanli belonged to the upper-middle level of mathematics, unlike Li Mubai, who only dabbled in the field.

"It was just luck," Li Mubai said modestly.

"Brother Lucky is here."

There is still a difference. Xiao Huohuo has real strength, while Li Mubai is just lucky.

Li Mubai took out his homework from his schoolbag. Both evening self-study sessions had been taken up by Teacher Chen, and he hadn't finished his homework.

There's still one page of math workbook, political science workbook, and English homework left to do; looks like I'll have to stay up late tonight.

Li Mu Bai did the easy tasks first, starting with the simple ones and moving on to the difficult ones, as he always did...

"Snapped!"

I finished my English homework and it was just after lights out; it was 11:30.

He decided to study the rest of his math problems in bed, so he bought a bedside table.

"Buzzing".

Yan Shu: "[jpg.] How do you interpret this couplet?"

Li Bubai: "Hmm—how about we talk about it tomorrow? I'm a bit busy."

Yan Shu: "What are you doing? Doing homework?"

To guess so accurately, you truly are a genius.

Li Bubai: "Yes, I still have some homework to finish."

Yan Shu: "Mathematics?"

If they could even guess that, it's terrifying to think about now. Did they really install surveillance cameras on their phones?

Li Mubai began checking his phone to make sure there was nothing wrong with it. Even if there was something wrong, he figured he wouldn't be able to tell with his limited knowledge.

Li Bubai: "It really is, just a guess?"

Yan Shu: "Well, because you're a humanities major, and math is usually the hardest subject for humanities students."

This is really...

Just as Li Mubai was about to say goodbye to Yan Shu so he could focus on finishing his homework, the other party sent him a message.

Yan Shu: "If you want to ask me about math, you can ask me. I'm pretty good at math."

Li Bubai: "Thank you, but no need. This is senior high school math; you guys probably haven't learned it yet."

Sending it over would expose me, wouldn't it?

Even though the other person is in a science class, if there's a humanities classmate, she could just ask around and find out that the so-called senior is actually just a junior.

Yan Shu didn't speak; she was probably asleep.

Li Mubai put down his phone and started doing his homework.

Math is so hard... It's almost 1 o'clock and he's only just finished.

Looking up at the other people in the dormitory, Feng Wanli and Wang Rui were already asleep, while Yang Kun and the other three were still doing their homework.

"Buzzing".

Yan Shu: "Have you finished writing?"

Li Bubai: "Finished writing? Aren't you going to sleep yet, it's so late?"

Yan Shu: "I'm reading now, time to sleep. Goodnight."

Li Bubai: "[moon emoji]"

He sent the same emoji again; the previous "goodnight" was just to comfort the other person.