A genius? I just love studying.

Chapter 114 Why hasn't he come out yet?
"So fast?"

Even though he was mentally prepared, An Chengzhang still couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw Chen Hui walking out of the examination room.

He had just sent Chen Hui in for the exam and hadn't even had a chance to go back and rest when Chen Hui came out.

Having gone through so many exams, he certainly didn't think Chen Hui had submitted a blank paper.

"Ah."

Chen Hui nodded, "Today's questions are relatively simple."

"Oh."

An Chengzhang looked towards the quiet examination room behind Chen Hui.

He now had serious doubts about Chen Hui's simple words, but none of that mattered anymore. "Let's go back and rest."

After greeting the other teachers, An Chengzhang led Chen Hui away from the examination room and headed towards the dormitory.

Ma Jingtang looked at Chen Hui, at a loss for words. He had heard about Chen Hui's early submission of his provincial competition paper before, but that was just hearsay, and the shock of witnessing it firsthand was different.

Furthermore, Chen Hui only submitted his paper two hours early in the provincial competition, but now he only took seventeen minutes!
What kind of monster is this?
Teachers from other schools in Chengdu also looked blankly at An Chengzhang as he left, their eyes filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Why weren't these outstanding students taught by them?
Such a competitive genius was not trained by a competition coach.

hateful!

Damn it!
Forget it, what's there to see here?

Members of the Chengdu Provincial Mathematical Society, along with teachers from other schools, decided to turn around and leave as well, planning to return when the exam was almost over.

"Did they skip the exam?"

Seventeen minutes was indeed too short, so short that the teachers from other provinces who had come to see the examinees off had not yet left. They watched An Chengzhang and Chen Hui leave, somewhat puzzled.

How can such an important competition as CMO be treated so lightly?
"uncertain!"

One of the teachers who recognized Chen Hui shook his head with a serious expression, "That little guy just now won the gold medal in the Algebra and Number Theory track of the finals of the Assemblies!"

Yesterday, Barbary announced the winners of the Barbary Mathematics Competition. Those who follow this story naturally noticed Chen Hui's name, or rather, even if Chen Hui's name wasn't prominently displayed, they would still make a point of looking for it.

"But isn't seventeen minutes a bit too outrageous?"

After being reminded, the teacher who had spoken earlier also learned of Chen Hui's identity, but he still couldn't quite understand it.

"Perhaps today's questions were a bit easier."

Another teacher also felt it was a bit outrageous, but after a slight hesitation, came to a reasonable conclusion.

There are quite a few teachers who share his views.

As a result, most of the teachers who were originally planning to leave stayed.

They were curious about who the second candidate would be and how long it would take him to finish the three questions.

……

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Inside the examination room, Li Zehan was inwardly laughing as he wrote the answers with lightning speed.

This year's questions were not difficult at all. At least the three questions today were not difficult. He solved the first two questions perfectly in just half an hour. Although the third question was a bit difficult, he came up with a brilliant proof in just half an hour.

"I'm a fucking genius!"

Li Zehan roared inwardly, venting his excitement.

The feeling of solving a difficult problem, especially one that makes everyone around him frown, in an elegant and simple way, is so satisfying that he can't help but let out a comfortable groan.

It was precisely because he was so engrossed in this feeling that he, such a lazy person, developed a liking for mathematics.

This kind of exhilaration is something that nothing else can give him!
And today, this feeling of exhilaration has reached its peak.

Because today he is competing against that man, who may also get a perfect score, but he is destined not to be faster than him!
Defeat that man!

Just thinking about it makes him shudder.

Perhaps it was this mindset that led to his excellent condition today, as he solved the last problem in just half an hour.

One hour, three questions!
Who else?
Li Zehan confidently handed in his paper without checking it, and walked out of the examination room with a flourish.

He learned a lesson from playing games: you should use your limited resources on a single attribute so that you can make your strengths grow infinitely.

The same goes for Blue Star OL. His time is limited, so he won't bother with the Barbary Mathematics Competition. He only needs to devote all his time to CMO, and naturally he will be invincible in CMO!

After leaving the examination room, Li Zehan cautiously looked around.

Sure enough, there were no other contestants outside the examination room.

He was the first to come out!
"But why are the teachers still waiting outside?"

Li Zehan looked at the large group of teachers outside and felt a little strange. Logically speaking, the teachers wouldn't wait outside for a four-and-a-half-hour exam; at most, they would come over early when they estimated the time was about right.

He couldn't guess the reason, but this was perfect, it was perfect for everyone to witness the heroic figure of the fastest man in this year's CMO!
"Wait a minute, why do these teachers look so grim?"

"Could it be that the student who came out wasn't one of their own?"

"Is it really necessary? Not everyone can be as good as me, so it's normal for them to lose to me!"

Li Zehan walked towards his teacher, his steps becoming lighter and lighter, as if he were about to take flight.

"Let's go back and rest."

Li Jinyan, the vice president of the Shanghai Mathematical Society, could naturally see Li Zehan's smugness, but he was too lazy to put the little guy down.

The little guy did a really good job coming out second.

But if someone finishes in just seventeen minutes, then there's nothing to celebrate about the second place that took an hour.

"I'm not leaving, I'm waiting for someone."

Li Zehan did not leave with Li Jinyan, but instead looked with great interest in the direction of the examination room.

He was waiting for Chen Hui to come out!

The thought of Chen Hui walking out of the exam hall and seeing him waiting for him outside made Li Zehan excited again.

Li Jinyan didn't know who Li Zehan was waiting for, so he didn't insist. He simply found a place to sit and waited with Li Zehan outside the examination hall.

Time ticked by, and an hour and a half after the exam began, the third candidate came out.

It was Deng Leyan with a serious expression.

He had already finished half an hour earlier, but he carefully verified his work before handing in his paper and leaving the examination room.

"Yo!"

"nice!"

"I didn't expect you to be the second to hand in your paper!"

Li Zehan strode up to Deng Leyan like a proud rooster.

Deng Leyan looked around but didn't find the figure he expected, which surprised him somewhat.

In his memory, that person had always been a prolific early finisher.

Are you sure you're the first one to hand in your paper?

Turning to look at Li Zehan, Deng Leyan asked.

"I finished in an hour. Can anyone be faster than me?"

Li Zehan looked insulted and indignant, saying, "When I came out, there wasn't a single examinee outside. These teachers can all testify to that!"

Deng Leyan looked around but didn't find his teacher.

After hesitating for a moment, he remained skeptical and did not leave immediately, but stood there looking in the direction of the examination room.

He was waiting for that person to come out. If what the chubby boy said was true, then Chen Hui probably hadn't come out yet.

Sure enough, he still spent too much time on Asai. CMO and Asai are completely different competitions.

Human energy is limited; how can one excel in two competitions at the same time?

Only he could do that!

Upon thinking of this, Deng Leyan raised his head high.

Li Jinyan looked at the two people standing outside the examination hall, looking as spirited as roosters, and couldn't help but find it amusing.

In a sense, they really are the same kind of people.

As Deng Leyan walked out of the examination room, others followed suit.

When they saw Li Zehan and the other person standing proudly outside the examination hall like roosters, they were both surprised, their eyes filled with deep horror.

Another ten minutes or so passed before Wang Xiao also walked out of the examination room.

He spotted the two roosters standing outside the examination hall at a glance and walked over without hesitation. "Where's Chen Hui?"

He understood his own level and spent a lot of time learning advanced mathematics, so it was understandable that he didn't perform as quickly as Li Zehan in his CMO work.

He knew Deng Leyan; he had met him a few times at the CMO meeting last year, so it was normal for Deng Leyan to come out before him.

But why can't I see that person?
"This is really disappointing!"

After cosplaying as a rooster for so long, Li Zehan was a bit tired and said listlessly, "Big brother still hasn't come out. Does he really have to wait until the exam is over before handing in his paper?"

Deng Leyan shook his head, "How could he waste so much time!"

"If he had finished, he would have come out long ago."

"It looks like he's in trouble."

"Can't you?"

Li Zehan also wavered a bit. If Chen Hui had handed in his paper half an hour or an hour later than him, his boasting would have been understandable.

But if Chen Hui doesn't come out until the exam is over, then his boasting will be meaningless.

"He must have finished a long time ago, he just didn't hand in the paper."

"You don't know yet, do you? Yesterday, Asai's final results came out, and he won the gold medal in the Algebra and Number Theory track."

Deng Leyan sighed softly, "There are always gains and losses."

He didn't tell the others that he had also won the silver medal in the Combinations and Probability track, and he was certain that he could win the gold medal in CMO.

For a moment, he felt a sense of loneliness, as if he were at the top of a mountain.

"what?"

"Big brother is that strong?"

Li Zehan exclaimed in surprise, reached into his pocket, and then realized that he hadn't brought his phone to the exam today.

These days they have been fully focused on preparing for the CMO and have had no time to pay attention to what is happening online. So even though Asai's results caused a huge uproar online yesterday, the campus of Yanbei University kept all the turmoil at bay.

Wang Xiao understood; no wonder that guy hadn't come out yet!
They decided to wait for Chen Hui to come out here, and then go to the farm for a meal together.

They waited for more than two hours, during which many people walked out of the examination room and left, but Chen Hui was nowhere to be seen.

Jingle Bell!
The bell rang, and the examination hall in front of us, like a giant beast awakening, made rustling noises.

A few minutes later, the crowd surged out of the examination room like a tidal wave.

"Did you guys solve the third question? What kind of questions are these? They're so weird, is this even math?"

"What? A third question? I can't even do the second one. It's over, it's over, I'm doomed this year..."

Hopefully, tomorrow's questions will be more normal.

"Luckily, the first question was easy, otherwise I would have gotten zero."

"I never expected the CMO would test the Euler legacy problem. This is such an elementary school question, it's practically a free point!"

"Yes, although the questions were slightly modified, they weren't too difficult. Getting 21 points is not bad. I hope to get another 20 or 30 points tomorrow."

"What transformation?"

"The first question didn't say that the number of medals awarded each day is the same, so it definitely can't be solved using the Euler legacy problem solution. You didn't miss that, did you?"

The air instantly cooled down, and the student who asked the question turned deathly pale.

That's bad, we won't get a single point.

Some are happy, some are sad, but most of those who just handed in their papers at this hour are not really happy.

When they saw their teacher waiting for them outside the exam hall, many students were deeply moved, realizing that true kindness still exists in the world!
Those candidates who underperformed, in particular, had tears welling up in their eyes.

Only the students from Chengdu Province looked disappointed; students from other provinces had teachers to pick them up, but they had to go back alone.

I'm so heartbroken!

The teachers waiting outside the examination hall shook their heads and sighed.

They initially thought the questions were too easy this year, but seeing their own student's lackluster performance and recalling the little guy who left the exam room in just over ten minutes...

People compare to people...

A dozen minutes later, the candidates and teachers left one after another, and even the invigilators left with the collected answer sheets. The giant beast, which had been awake for a moment, fell asleep again, and the examination room returned to its previous quiet and became empty.

Li Zehan and his two companions looked at each other, their small eyes filled with great confusion as they gazed at the now empty examination room.

They did not find Chen Hui in the crowd they had just seen.

Deng Leyan and Wang Xiao looked at Li Zehan with suspicion in their eyes.

"That's impossible! I handed in my paper in an hour. Did you finish even faster than me?"

"How is it possible for someone to finish three questions in an hour?"

Li Zehan muttered to himself, doubting himself as well.

"What are you mumbling about?"

At this moment, Li Jinyan, the vice president of the Shanghai Mathematical Society, walked over and looked at Li Zehan, saying, "What's wrong? Didn't you see the person you were waiting for?"

"Dad, did anyone hand in their exam paper before me?"

Li Zehan then realized that the teachers had been outside the classroom the whole time, so they must have known.

"Of course there is!"

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"You didn't even ask."

Li Jinyan remained calm and collected; clearly, he was doing it on purpose.

Was the person who handed in the exam paper Chen Hui?

"Yes!"

Upon receiving a positive reply, the three felt a mix of emotions, filled with frustration, but for some reason, there was also a sense of relief.

"Uncle Li, how long did it take him to hand in his paper?"

Wang Xiao also asked a question.

"Seventeen minutes!" Li Jinyan remembered this time very clearly.

"what?"

The three of them stared wide-eyed at Li Jinyan, all their emotions vanishing instantly, leaving only shock!
(End of this chapter)