This star just wants to learn

In the evening, Teacher Hu kept his word and treated all the team members to a big dinner.

Their total score in Jianghuai Province ranked fourth this time, and they finally managed to squeeze into the first-tier level of several provincial capitals.

Among them, Pu Tong's contribution is undoubtedly the greatest. Without his high results, their province's results may only be in the top ten.

Team leader Hu personally toasted Pu Tong with a glass of juice and thanked him for his contribution to Jianghuai Province. After all, he has a national competition tomorrow, so he can't get drunk.

He has already thought about it. When he returns home, he will hold a banner for Pu Tong to bring honor to his hometown!

"Sorry Captain Hu, I won't go back for the time being..."

Pu Tong was inexplicably relieved. Fortunately, he was not going back, otherwise it would have been too outrageous to see his banner in the streets.

Except for Zheng Ke, the others didn't know that he was going to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, and wanted to wait for him to return to Jianghuai together.

He didn't hide it, he immediately told them that he had to attend the Spring Festival Gala while staying in Kyoto, so there was no need to wait for him.

"Spring Festival Gala?"

Several people immediately looked at each other. What shocked them most was not that Pu Tong was going to attend the Spring Festival Gala, but that when he mentioned that he was going to attend the Spring Festival Gala, his expression remained as usual?

If most people talk about their heroic deeds, they would probably have to be awesome. This guy has such a stable mentality. If he doesn't succeed, who will succeed?

They were too sensible and did not ask further questions. They just wished Pu Tong and Cheng Heng good results tomorrow. They were the only two of the entire Jianghuai team to advance to the finals.

Coincidentally, Cheng Heng happened to come from their old rival in No. 1 Middle School, the High School Affiliated to Normal University, which was the school where Vice Principal Ding Yutao worked.

Moreover, he also revealed a piece of news during the chat. Vice Principal Ding seemed to be in a much better mood during this period. He was completely different from the person who used to have a straight face every day.

Pu Tong suddenly smiled knowingly. Ding Yutao was a perfect daughter-in-law. Now that Ding Lingling is gradually becoming more cheerful because of Xie Mu, he, as a father, will definitely be pleased.

Although he didn't like Xie Mu at first, after seeing his daughter and Xie Mu so happy together, he will definitely change his view of this kid.

Pu Tong couldn't help but think of Xie Mu's promise to Grandma Xin that he would take Ding Lingling to visit her home during the New Year.

At that time, he felt that Xie Mu was a little too impulsive in doing things, but looking at it now, everything had its own destiny.

He felt quite entertained when he thought of Xie Mu traveling far away with Ding Yutao and his daughter to visit relatives.

After they returned to the dormitory, Pu Tong immediately sent a message to Xie Mu.

[Spring Festival tickets are hard to buy. ]

Ding Lingling's hometown is in Sichuan and Chongqing. It is difficult to buy such inter-provincial tickets, even if Xie Mu is a star.

After a good sleep, Pu Tong rushed to the final "battlefield" with his exam supplies early the next morning.

The national finals are divided into two halves. The first half will be from 9 to 11:30 today, and the exam lasts four and a half hours.

Tomorrow will be the second half from 9:00 to 11:30. There will be 3 questions in each half. In the end, the scores of the first and second half will be added together to get the total score.

It's not that the mathematics competition is deliberately tormenting people. Now that it's the final stage, the difficulty of the questions is naturally ridiculously high. If you don't change your mind, you may not be able to survive.

And this is the rule of the World Championship, so it is natural to prepare like this for the National Championship.

It is worth mentioning that because the exam lasts four and a half hours, contestants are allowed to bring dry food and drinks to the competition venue.

Pu Tong brought a piece of bread and a cup of coffee, mainly to refresh himself.

People say you are allowed to bring dry food, but no one should bring boxes of leeks, stinky tofu or the like...

He suddenly remembered a friend with a four-letter name. If Sakura Girl came to take an exam, she really couldn't tell what she would bring into the exam room.

Fortunately, she didn't have this opportunity, otherwise she would have been famous in the history of mathematics competitions.

After the routine inspection, the first half of the national finals began.

Pu Tong is in a particularly relaxed mood today. Being able to reach this point is enough for him, a halfway monk. The next step is the world of truly awesome bosses.

And he keenly discovered that today's invigilator did not pay as much attention to him as he did yesterday. He just smiled slightly when he looked at him, looking determined to win.

What kind of looks are they looking at? I wonder if they have some shady deal...

Pu Tong didn't think much and soon devoted himself to doing the questions. The questions were definitely more difficult than yesterday, but his sword was not at a disadvantage either!

People like the Mathematics Association challenge the candidates' bottom line, and we need to see where the candidates' limits are.

All the candidates showed off their underwear one after another, trying to hide their tickets.

Originally, Pu Tong wanted to wait until the end of the exam before leaving the examination room as before, but after three hours of the exam, all the other candidates had already left.

Originally, the questions in the National Finals rarely exceed the standard. If you know how to do it, you can run away immediately. If you don't know how, there is no point in reading it. Who wants to be tortured here?

He was the only one left with the invigilator staring at him. Pu Tong couldn't bear it anymore and finally handed in the test paper in advance.

To be honest, he was almost done with the inspection. If he continued to do it just to delay time, it would be unnecessary.

The moment he walked out of the examination room, Pu Tong felt that the depression in his chest was gone. But when he thought about having to suffer for three or four hours tomorrow, the comfort he finally felt was gone.

Although Zheng Ke and the others were eliminated, they were not in a hurry to leave. Those who came to participate in the national mathematics competition would basically stay until the award ceremony was over.

Being able to witness other people's moments of glory is the greatest recognition and respect for your opponent.

Besides, if your friends from the provincial team have the last laugh, they will also witness a miracle.

"Brother Tong, come on tomorrow and try to enter the World Championships!"

After this period of getting along, he and Pu Tong were no longer unfamiliar with each other. He did not express his age, but just out of his respect.

Pu Tong quickly waved his hand. He was satisfied enough to join the top 60 national training team. As for the world championship, he couldn't even think about it.

Being on the national team is a lifelong honor. The list is recorded by the International Mathematical Association. People of all ages can brag about it.

Of course, the bigger thing is the pressure. The pressure to represent the country is too much. If you don't perform well, there will definitely be a group of people who will stand up and become "Internet righteous people".

He is very satisfied with it now. It is better to let professionals take part in international competitions. He has no such idea anyway.

During the second half of the finals the next day, the candidate at the table next to him suddenly fainted and fell to the ground, which shocked Pu Tong.

Fainting is normal for such a difficult question, Pu Tong felt like he was about to faint...

The national finals test paper was not even a little difficult, especially today's second question. He doubted that Ding Lingling could even do it even if he was present.

When he finished the exam and went out, he saw a female candidate outside the examination room bursting into tears. The team leader couldn't stop him no matter how much he tried to persuade him. He peeked at Pu Tong and stopped talking...

It’s clear how difficult the questions this time are, and it breaks my heart. Sure enough, mathematics is still too difficult for most girls.

With this in mind, Pu Tong took his cell phone from the team leader and discovered that Ding Lingling had actually sent him a few photos at eleven o'clock, which were the answers to these three questions.

[You should be able to do the first number system question correctly, just use Cauchy's theorem. The second ellipse question is a bit difficult, but cutting a circular curve is not complicated. The last question can be solved by using the exhaustion method. You can guess it. The answer is the root of two and three...]

"Monster."

He decided to withdraw what he had just said. Who said Ding Lingling couldn't do it? Who said girls couldn't do math?

What kind of girlfriend did Xie Mu find? She would probably come up with a lot of professional jargon when going out on dates.

The more he learned about Ding Lingling, the more he felt pity for this girl. If there were no accidents, maybe she should be the one to win the trophy in the national competition...

[What's wrong? Did you do poorly in the exam? ]

When Ding Lingling saw that Pu Tong suddenly didn't reply, she thought this guy was embarrassed.

Pu Tong frowned and quickly replied, "It's okay."

It wasn't because he was good-looking, but because he really felt that his answers were pretty good. At that time, Ding Lingling studied in his notebook all the questions from the national and world competitions in recent years.

This kind of high-end strategy may be average in the preliminary provincial competition, but it still comes in handy in the national competition.

I really have to thank her. Without her, I probably wouldn’t be where I am now.

When the time comes, go back and treat them to a meal. Ding Lingling is as skinny as Ma Gan and can eat as much as she wants. When inviting them to a meal, she has to ask Xie Mu to help her eat some.

[Thank you very much, but I can only go so far for you. ]

Maybe when I got here, I was still carrying the unattainable dream of a girl...

After a long silence, Ding Lingling replied seriously.

[You have done well enough. ]