She became a heartthrob among internet celebrities.

Jiang Lai and Li Xiangyue took the college mathematics competition together. As long as you register, you can take the exam. The exam rooms are arranged uniformly, and the two of them took the exam in the same building.

"Ah Jiang!" Li Xiangyue ran over, "Have you been waiting long?"

"It's alright! I handed in my paper and came out as soon as I finished. It's fine to play on my phone outside, and you came out quickly too!"

"I found it a bit difficult. If I really couldn't solve the later problems, I just gave up. Math is something you just can't do if you don't know it." Li Xiangyue took it in stride and wasn't discouraged by the fact that she hadn't done some of the questions.

"How about we go out to eat before going back to school? Let's treat ourselves," Jiang Lai suggested.

"no problem!"

The two found a shop in the mall outside and chatted while eating.

"Did you find today's questions difficult?" Li Xiangyue asked.

"The beginning was okay, but some of the later questions were quite difficult."

"Right! I think so too. It's completely beyond the scope of undergraduate studies!!! Is it really not made for professors?" Li Xiangyue swished her tripe and said vaguely, "Anyway, I've come to terms with it, so be it!"

"It's okay, I believe in you. We're not talking about winning a gold medal, but a bronze medal shouldn't be a problem!" Jiang Lai really had confidence in Li Xiangyue. She was always very serious about her studies and always did well on exams.

"Don't talk about me, you definitely did better than me on the test, you test-taking king."

"Nonsense, I'll slack off whenever I can."

"Then why do you always do your homework in your dorm room?"

"I was developing my mathematical aura."

Li Xiangyue thought she was joking and laughed, saying, "It's a pity that the jewel in the crown of mathematics has already been taken off, otherwise you would definitely be taking off the jewel instead of wiping the halo?"

"That's not as bad as laughing out loud."

The two chatted for a while, and then they went back to school.

-

The exam results came out quickly. Li Xiangyue indeed won an award, and Jiang Lai also received a silver medal. This math competition was open to university students nationwide, and the awards were selected based on the percentage of students ranked by their scores. The top 1% of students received a gold medal, 3% received a silver medal, 5% received a bronze medal, and the remaining 5% received an award for hard work.

The certificate is electronic and can be downloaded directly from the official website.

"Just as I expected, it really was a bronze medal." Li Xiangyue shrugged. "Ah Jiang, your score was about what I guessed too."

Jiang Lai: "It's alright, I'm satisfied."

001: "If you work harder and spend more time and energy on math, your buffs will be developed faster and your potential will be unleashed."

Jiang Lai: "A great system."

001: "If we're going to roll it up, let's roll it up to the end!"

Jiang Lai: "Understood!"

Meanwhile, the Mathematics Challenge also began. It is a mathematics competition organized by university teams. Unlike the voluntary college student mathematics competitions, this challenge is more prestigious and has more difficult questions. Many famous universities organize teams to participate.

The forum of Imperial Capital University.

The math competition is about to begin this year. Selections are being held within the university, with teams of five competing. There are separate groups for undergraduates and graduate students. Those interested should register as soon as possible!

The mathematics department stated that this was a mandatory task, and everyone had to participate.

—I laughed so hard I almost threw up. The math department is so miserable.

I can learn about love if I don't understand it, but I can't learn math even if I try.

—This is really just what they deserved. They just finished the National Undergraduate Mathematics Competition and now the Challenge is here. Is the math team this busy this year?

Ask the teaching and research group, not the college students.

—Here I must nominate someone, our math department's darling, Fang Ya. Small in stature, but with a big head, she was unparalleled in mathematics, truly unmatched. It's a pity she's already graduated.

—Our side is absolutely awesome!!!

—It's always the same people, let's see if there are any good prospects this year! There are some new students in the first and second years!

There's a pretty good sophomore in the math department, a genius-level student.

—I know you're talking about Song Jun

—Is Song Jun famous for his math skills? No! It's his face and his half-rimmed glasses. He was originally supposed to be in the recruitment video, but he refused because he felt it was a waste of time.

—How arrogant! Are all math students this arrogant?

—The top students are pretty arrogant; the rest of us math students just yell "Teacher, you're so bad!" during finals.

—That's what a poor student is like, just passing is all that matters.

……

"Ah Jiang! Xiang Yue! Teacher Yu wants to see you in the office!" As soon as Zhao Ying entered the classroom, she quickly went to her two roommates and told them the news.

"Teacher Yu called us?" Jiang Lai and Li Xiangyue exchanged a glance, then stood up. "What is it?"

"Then I don't know." Zhao Ying thought for a moment and said, "It shouldn't be a bad thing. I think Teacher Yu is in a good mood."

"Alright then," Jiang Lai replied, and then walked out of the classroom with Xiang Yue.

"What do you think Teacher Yu wanted to talk to us about?" she asked.

"It's hard to say. There's been a lot going on at school lately. It could also be a scholarship issue?"

“Maybe?”

The two walked to the door of the finance department office and knocked. "Professor Yu?"

"You're here! Come in!" Teacher Yu greeted them. "Have a seat. All the other teachers have gone to class; I'm the only one in the office."

The two obediently found chairs and sat down. "Teacher, did you need something from us?"

"Oh, right, didn't you two participate in the math competition before? And you even won an award, right? I'm not surprised by that. We finance people are always more sensitive to numbers, and advanced mathematics is a required course. You two have good grades, so it's only natural that you won an award."

Jiang Lai and Li Xiangyue quickly said that it was all thanks to the teacher's excellent teaching.

"Stop flattering me." Teacher Yu laughed happily. "There's a math challenge coming up soon, are you interested?"

“I saw this notice before, but this also involves selection, right?” Jiang Lai asked.

Lee Sang-yeol also said, "Are the people who participated in the past not participating this time?"

Teacher Yu replied, "Those who participated before have already graduated and cannot participate again. As for the others who haven't graduated yet, they haven't won any awards before. This year, the school's policy is that freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors who are interested can sign up, and then a selection process will be conducted. Basically, teams of five people will be chosen to participate."

"The school prefers to select from sophomores. Seniors are busy with their graduation theses, juniors are doing internships, and freshmen have just entered the school and haven't learned as much as others. Sophomores are the most suitable."

“That’s true.” Jiang Lai nodded in agreement.

“Besides the math department, everyone has to sign up. In our business school, the school leaders also have quotas. A lot of people have to participate, but most of them will just go through the motions. I know you two participated in the math competition and won an award. If you go to the selection exam, you shouldn’t have any problem. If you do some training on the competition questions the day after tomorrow, I think it’s not impossible for you to win an award.”

Li Xiangyue said, "So, Teacher Yu called us here just so we could participate well in the selection competition?"

"Yes! Don't underestimate this competition. It's quite challenging, and the prizes are very prestigious. If you're lucky, you might even meet a top-notch mentor."

Upon hearing this, Li Xiangyue quickly replied, "I'm willing to participate."

"And what about you?" Hearing Li Xiangyue's words, Teacher Yu was very happy and turned to ask Jiang Lai, "Are you with her?"

Thinking of what 001 had said, Jiang Lai felt that participating in the selection could also be considered as training, so she agreed.

"That's good. The competition schedule is quite tight. The school's selection competition is this Saturday. I'll submit your names first, and then you can join a group chat where someone will be in charge of the follow-up."

"Okay, thank you teacher!"

Teacher Yu smiled and nodded, watching the two of them leave the office.

"So it was just a call for us to participate in the school's selection process. I thought we had done something wrong!" Li Xiangyue was the type who buried herself in her studies and didn't really want to interact with the teachers.

"Don't worry, it's a small problem."

-

Li Xiangyue found past math challenge exam papers, and she and Jiang Lai would go to the library to practice whenever they had free time.

Mathematics, besides requiring aptitude, also requires a lot of practice. After all, practice makes perfect, and the more you do, the more you'll recognize the patterns in some problems at a glance.

On Saturday, all students who had registered for the school-wide selection competition were assigned to exam rooms, including those from the mathematics department.

Jiang Lai and Li Xiangyue were placed in a large lecture hall, with three seats between each person, making it difficult to cheat.

Behind Jiang Lai was a boy. As soon as he saw that Jiang Lai was sitting in front of her, he excitedly went up to her and said, "Jiang Lai, I'm your fan. I'll study with you during your live streams! I really love watching your videos!"

Because it was an exam room, the boy spoke softly, but Jiang Lai, who was sitting in front of him, could hear him clearly.

She smiled politely and said, "Thank you!"

Soon, the proctor and the exam bell saved Jiang Lai.

Jiang Lai passed the exam paper to the back, and the senior behind him gave him a creepy smile and said, "Good luck!"

Jiang Lai: "Senior too!"

After the exam started, Jiang Lai worked quite quickly. There were a lot of questions on the paper, with multiple-choice questions at the beginning, followed by fill-in-the-blank questions and essay questions. She basically skimmed through the multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions, and the essay questions went relatively smoothly as well. Jiang Lai carefully wrote out each step to ensure that her paper was clear and neat, so that even if she made a mistake in any step, she wouldn't get zero points.

The senior behind him was a math major, but he couldn't be considered a top student. He was just there to make up the numbers. While he was scratching his head trying to figure out formulas and theorems, Jiang Lai in front of him had already turned the page.

"Holy crap!" the senior student cursed inwardly. "Is she even human?" The junior student was terrifyingly powerful!! A top student is truly incomparable to ordinary people!

When the final bell rang and everyone handed in their papers, the senior student kept passing the papers around while glancing at Jiang Lai's desk. Her draft paper was covered with drawings, but not of calculations; instead, it was a simple sketch of the proctor's head.

"Junior girl!" he exclaimed in surprise.

"Your drawing is even more impressive than your math!" Just look at the proctor's terrified expression! It's incredibly lifelike!!