Start as a top student after transmigrating.

"Dong-ge, what was your score on the math test last time? Did you even understand the questions?"

A few top students were joking around.

It's no wonder they mocked me. As a student who consistently scores in the 30s or 40s in math and never dares to tackle the challenging problems, how could I possibly understand the final question?

You dare to offer them ideas without even asking?

"It seems like it really can."

At this moment, He Jia, the math class representative who was working on the problem with Ye Wanwan, was pleasantly surprised to find after some calculations that it seemed to work.

"Really?"

The other top students were surprised and disbelieving.

"Look."

He Jia spread out the math test questions, took the draft to prove them, and then pointed to Ye Wanwan's test paper, saying, "If we follow this line of thought and look at Ye Wanwan's steps, it seems like we can really solve it."

The top students were shocked.

He was instantly drawn to He Jia's line of thought, and then looked at Ye Wanwan who was solving the problem, becoming completely absorbed in it.

"Yes, that's it."

"So that's how it can be explained."

"This question is solved!"

As Ye Wanwan solved the problem, He Jia and the others became excited, their joy at having conquered another challenging problem was palpable.

"Ye Wanwan, let me look at your other questions."

Let's check our answers.

Although Lao Yang did not strictly follow the exam standards this time, these top students were self-disciplined and treated it as an exam. Checking the answers was almost a habit for them, as they wanted to estimate how many points they could get.

Why are my answers to this problem different?

"I made a mistake in this last step."

"Oh no, I have two different answers to the multiple-choice questions than you guys."

"Ye Wanwan and I also had two different multiple-choice questions, so we must have gotten two wrong."

Although they were both top students, their answers were not entirely the same. Even He Jia and Ye Wanwan had two different multiple-choice questions and both felt that they had made mistakes.

After all, Ye Wanwan was the senior student of Class 3, ranking first by a landslide, so her answer could almost be considered the standard answer.

You got one wrong.

Standing to the side, Chen Dong, who seemed like an outsider unable to enter the world of academic elites, also curiously glanced at these academic elites' test papers. Seeing that He Jia wanted to circle two wrong options, he couldn't help but speak up.

"Brother Dong, you..."

They originally wanted to make a sarcastic remark, but when they thought about the thought process behind the final question, the top students swallowed back the words they were about to say.

Could this guy be pretending to be weak while actually being strong?

"I only got one multiple-choice question wrong?" He Jia was a little unsure.

"Yes, Xiao Yezi chose the wrong answer for the last question; your answer was correct," Chen Dong nodded.

He Jia was dumbfounded, and looked at the other top students in disbelief.

She chose the right answer, while Ye Wanwan made the wrong one.

Doesn't this mean that Chen Dong is saying Ye Wanwan did something wrong?

A top-performing student questions the answers of a top-performing student?

Isn't it backwards?

"Ye Wanwan, are you confident about this last multiple-choice question? I couldn't figure it out. I only eliminated two wrong options and guessed from the remaining two."

He Jia didn't quite trust Chen Dong.

She was indeed the math class representative, but her math scores weren't top-notch. She usually only scored around 130, rarely exceeding 140, while Ye Wanwan never scored below 140.

She believed Ye Wanwan's answer more.

"I... I only ruled out two wrong options as well," Ye Wanwan said, equally unsure.

"Being able to eliminate two wrong answers is already quite good. With the help of other methods, you can basically choose the right answer," Chen Dong said with a smile.

While math is a matter of either knowing it or not knowing it, multiple-choice questions offer a high degree of flexibility, and the process of elimination is one of the problem-solving strategies.

Even if you can't find the correct answer, as long as you eliminate the wrong answers, what's left is the correct option.

The final multiple-choice question is particularly challenging, with all four answers being extremely misleading. To pinpoint the correct answer, the process of elimination is often necessary.

"Are there any other methods?"

He Jia and the others became curious.

I was curious about the method Chen Dong mentioned, and also curious about how Chen Dong, a poor student, could know so much.

Even Ye Wanwan looked up at Chen Dong. She knew that Chen Dong had an incredible talent for learning, and if he figured out a method, it would definitely be worth learning from.

"This is a special treatment that Lao Yang gave me; it's kind of a folk remedy."

Chen Dong found an excuse and generously shared: "The four answers to the multiple-choice questions follow a pattern, basically maintaining a distribution of 2334. That is to say, out of 12 multiple-choice questions, 2 are A, 3 are B and C, and 4 are D."

"Based on this distribution, if we can eliminate two wrong answers in the final multiple-choice question, the accuracy of the final selection can be improved significantly."

This idea didn't come out of nowhere. Before the original World College Entrance Examination, math teachers proposed this method, based on past college entrance examination math samples, and the 2334 distribution accounted for more than 90%.

Of course, this method is mainly for students with average grades. If you can answer a few questions correctly, you can use this method to see which option has the most remaining options and choose that one. You will likely be able to guess a couple more questions correctly.

My math teacher back then held this idea.

As for those who are simply academically weak, even unconventional remedies won't work.

Top students can learn from this.

"Hey, that's really true."

"Following Dong Ge's method, and combining He Dairen and Ye Wanwan's answers, they really did each get one wrong."

Several top students quickly verified the results, their eyes wide with surprise as if they had discovered a new continent.

It seems unreliable, but it's quite interesting.

……

Because He Jia and the others had asked Ye Wanwan to help them solve their problems, it was already past ten o'clock when they left. It was not suitable to tutor them tonight, so Chen Dong led Ye Wanwan out of the classroom.

"Dong-ge, how about we go to the rooftop to study tomorrow night?"

Ye Wanwan felt a little guilty for not being able to tutor Chen Dong tonight. After all, Chen Dong had fallen behind a lot, and she wanted to make the most of every minute to help him catch up. She didn't want anyone else to bother her and waste her time.

"It's okay, just tutor me at noon. Besides, starting next semester, we'll have four self-study sessions in the evenings, so tutoring during this time isn't necessary," Chen Dong said with a smile.

"Oh~"

Ye Wanwan looked somewhat disappointed.

"You can make it up at other times, like Saturday night or Sunday afternoon," Chen Dong suggested.

Senior year of high school is very demanding. Except for two days of rest on the last weekend of each month, students spend the rest of the time in class. There is no self-study on Saturday nights, no early morning self-study on Sundays, and a half-day off in the afternoon.

"I'm fine."

Ye Wanwan hesitated for a moment. She had a part-time job during this period. In her first and second years of high school, she would work part-time on weekends when she had time off. Now, in her third year of high school, she could only work part-time on Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons.

But she preferred to tutor Chen Dong.

Chen Dong could see through her little scheme at a glance, but he just smiled and didn't say anything. This girl was willing to give up her part-time job to tutor him, so he certainly wouldn't let her "give" for nothing.

"Brother Dong!"

Just as Chen Dong was pushing his bicycle and Ye Wanwan out of the school gate, preparing to take her to the bus stop across the street, a voice suddenly came from the other side.

Look up, it's a girl~