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Chapter 41: Chapter 39 - Shocked Classmates (Ask for Recommendations!)_1
The next day.
Su Ziwang did not come to school.
Word is, he took a sick leave.
As for what kind of illness, no one knows.
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that Su Ziwang was retaliated against by Brother Dong’s gang.
As you would expect.
A few hooligans, disgruntled over their losses, would inevitably pick on Su Ziwang to vent their anger.
Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
One must take responsibility for their actions.
Luckily this time it was Su Ziwang, if it was a regular student, they may be laid up at home for several days.
At this critical juncture, the effect would not only be on their studies but also have a significant psychological impact on this group of students who are not yet integrated into society. It may affect their entire life.
This time, let it be a harsh lesson for Su Ziwang.
...
At this moment,
Tang Qing, who had just hit someone yesterday,
Was disciplined by the class teacher today.
Those who live by the river often end up wet.
Tang Qing’s specialized daydreaming technique was discovered by Shen Mei, the class teacher.
The reason was that Shen Mei asked a question that everybody in the class got wrong, only Tang Qing was nodding non-stop, which attracted Shen Mei’s attention. After observing Tang Qing for a few seconds, Shen Mei was even more frustrated.
This was a blatant mockery of her intelligence.
And so brazenly in class.
However, considering it was class time, she suppressed her anger.
She was well aware of Tang Qing’s uncle’s promotion, a celebrity in the city, although unaware of the details of the cracked case, further promotion was imminent.
She didn’t want to offend them too much, Qin Yugang and his wife were so busy, she didn’t want to bring them to school over this. Plus, Tang Qing didn’t disrupt the class discipline, so calling Qin Yugang over this would be overbearing.
However, she couldn’t just let it pass.
So Shen Mei came up with a plan.
She decided to give Tang Qing a proper reminder.
"Tang Qing, come and solve this problem." Shen Mei said loudly to Tang Qing.
His deskmate Wang Yan also sensed something was wrong.
She quickly elbowed Tang Qing, and he came back to his senses.
Looking at Shen Mei’s somewhat furious expression and the gaze of his classmates, he stood up bewildered, clueless to what had just happened.
Either way.
It seemed to be his turn, so he stood up first before anything else.
The clever Wang Yan immediately stood up, giving Tang Qing her seat.
Tang Qing quickly realized Shen Mei asked him to solve a problem.
He relaxed, it was just a problem solving exercise, he didn’t see what was challenging about this class, the questions were all familiar ones, at most with a twist, which was no problem for him at all.
Observing the problem on the blackboard.
Tang Qing immediately thought of three solutions.
After pondering for a few seconds, he quickly started to write on the blackboard. Thanks to the considerable effort spent on handwriting in his previous life, his script was quite beautiful, which amazed the classmates below.
They didn’t expect Tang Qing’s chalk handwriting to be so excellent.
Shen Mei was a little surprised as well.
She knew Tang Qing’s chalk handwriting, but didn’t expect it to have improved so much within such a short time.
If she knew earlier, she would have had him make the blackboard newspaper.
Wait.
She is focusing on the wrong thing.
What does it matter whether his handwriting is good or not? Shen Mei shook her head and banished the digressing thoughts.
However, in just over a minute, Tang Qing finished solving the challenging solid geometry problem, Shen Mei checked it twice and couldn’t find any errors, she had the feeling of punching cotton.
She sheepishly said,
"Hmm, correct, you can sit down now."
Of course, Shen Mei is not going to let Tang Qing off the hook so easily.
The rest of tang Qing’s lesson was a top priority to Shen Mei.
The questions got harder and harder, but all were answered by Tang Qing within minutes, which annoyed Shen Mei. Not because she felt like losing face, a teacher should be happy if a student is capable.
In the end, Shen Mei had no other option but to give an out-of-course problem.
"Tang Qing, come up and solve this."
Tang Qing reluctantly stood up.
Thinking about how Shen Mei had been rather nice to him previously, he didn’t harbor any hard feelings.
Originally, he had thought about getting a question wrong on purpose to save the teacher some face. However, knowing that his results in the upcoming Monthly Exam would certainly shock his teachers and classmates, he figured they needed a process to accept the turnaround.
Consequently, he dismissed the idea.
Since he had decided to go high-profile...
Then he would go high-profile properly.
He would make their titanium alloy eyes shine bright.
"This question is so difficult. I have no clue at all."
"Yeah, it’s beyond what we’ve learnt, isn’t it?"
"It surely is, even the top students are racking their brains."
"Let’s see how Tang Qing fares."
"I bet he will just look around and come back down. The previous questions were not difficult and had a pattern, but this one is quite baffling at the moment."
"..."
Tang Qing ascended to the podium calmly.
Picking up the chalk, he instantly began to write without a second thought.
Upon glancing at the question, Tang Qing saw its essence straight away.
Of course, the question would be difficult if solved using high school methods, and only a genius could solve it that way. But if derivatives were adopted, the problem would be readily solved in merely three to five steps and it couldn’t be simpler.
As for why Tang Qing remembered this university learning point so clearly...
It’s because when he lost concentration in class, the teacher called on him to explain this point. As he was unable to explain clearly at that time, he was punished by standing until the end of the class. As a result, Tang Qing bore down and mastered this point thoroughly.
After graduation, he reflected on it from time to time.
So his memory of it was quite strong.
He believed many people had similar experiences—they wouldn’t forget certain university knowledge even after ten years.
Watching Tang Qing solve the problem on the blackboard using the second-order partial derivative of a bivariate function...
Even Shen Mei couldn’t understand, after all, she wasn’t a university lecturer, but a high school teacher. She remembered simple calculus from university, but was vague about the more difficult parts.
The precision required for maths meant that being vague was just as good as not understanding at all.
She watched Tang Qing and the question in a bit of a daze, unsure of whether it was right or wrong.
"What is this?"
"I can’t understand at all."
"What are these ghostly symbols?"
"It seems like a derivative, yet also like a function."
"No way, this can’t be high school knowledge."
"..."
But in less than three minutes...
A conclusion was posted on the blackboard.
Shen Mei was taken aback.
She didn’t recognize the process, but she did recognize the answer, and it was absolutely correct.
She had seen the standard solution for this problem, which was very lengthy, taking up two full sheets of paper. But Tang Qing had reached the conclusion in just a few steps. Shen Mei looked at Tang Qing as if he were an alien from outer space.
Feeling uncomfortable under her gaze, Tang Qing asked, "Teacher, can I step down now?"
Shen Mei came back to her senses, closed her wide-open mouth, coughed a little and said, "Yes, Tang Qing’s answer is correct, you may step down now."
"What? Tang Qing got it right?"
"What’s going on?"
"Solved in just a few steps?"
"This is unscientific"
"..."
"Silence!"
Shen Mei loudly stopped the students’ discussion.
"Clear your throat, this question is a bit advanced. Tang Qing got the answer correct, but he used a university mathematics method, you don’t need to learn it." Shen Mei told the truth, and although her face was a bit red, she was feeling quite happy.
Her voice just died away...
And there was a buzz throughout the class.
Looking at Tang Qing, the students were filled with surprise, as if they were looking at a monkey in a zoo, which made Tang Qing feel quite uncomfortable. Even Wang Yan was covering her mouth, staring at Tang Qing wide-eyed in surprise.
As if trying to figure something out...
All the students could think about was: This guy had quietly learned university math; it was simply incredible.
The bell rang...
The end of the class bell sounded.
Shen Mei let out a sigh of relief.
If she continued, the students would ask her to explain the question, and then she would be in trouble, because she couldn’t remember this learning point at all.
"Tang Qing, come to my office."
Having said that, she packed up her teaching materials and left the room.
