Happy times always go by quickly.

The five-day vacation slipped through my fingers in the blink of an eye.

The struggling high school students returned to their classrooms and began a seven-day dark purgatory.

Although, on weekdays, they are also at school every day, but on weekends, they study on their own, and they can still find time to fish.

But if it is a class, under the speed of the rocket class teacher's lecture like flying an airplane, let alone fishing, if you bow your head and pick up a pen, you may not be able to keep up with the train of thought again.

And so it was May 12th, the third class on Friday afternoon.

The continuous and rapid bell rang, and the almost suffocating Devil's Seven Days Course officially came to an end.

Li Yu turned into a lump of mud on the spot and collapsed on the table.

"Ahh

If he could choose, he would rather take two days off than go to seven days of class, pure torture.

Lu You, who was at the same table, didn't feel much.

For him, no matter how many days a week he attended, he only listened to three things: Chinese, chemistry, and biology. The teacher doesn't necessarily understand the others.

Just as everyone was about to leave, the head teacher Liang Jie hurriedly walked onto the podium.

"Students, delay your time, I'll say a few words, just five minutes."

Everyone had no choice but to sit back in their seats, and even two of them walked out of the door with their schoolbags on their backs, so they had to obediently turn back.

"That's right, the city's Olympiad selection is about to start this month. In the past, we would not have participated. To put it mildly, I don't deserve to participate. The source of students is too bad than that in the city, and it is basically impossible to choose. ”

The crowd did not refute. Because they all knew that before the previous year, Chunhua had not spent money to poach people and wantonly robbed the source of life, and the level at that time was more than a cut worse than that in the city.

"But this year is different, you are all admitted to our Chunhua with the best results in the city, and you can completely compete with the city's middle school board. That's why our leadership decided to run a school-wide exam this weekend. ”

As soon as the words ended, there was a wail in the classroom.

Isn't it fatal to have classes for seven days in a row and to schedule exams on weekends?

Liang Jie slapped the table hard, and the complaining crowd had to be quiet.

"I haven't finished my sentence yet, what a noise! This exam will only test one subject, starting on Saturday morning, and will not take away from your break. ”

The atmosphere in the class has only then relaxed, and as long as it does not take up the rest time, everyone can still reluctantly accept it.

"Candidates will be selected based on the results of the mid-term exams and weekend exams. Of course, the Olympiad is not only a subject of mathematics, but also physics, chemistry, and biology, and if you want to participate, you can also come to the office and ask me to sign up. ”

At this time, a boy raised his hand and asked, "Teacher Liang, what are the benefits of participating in the Olympiad, and will the school give out money?" ”

"Yes. First of all, it can broaden your learning horizons and have certain benefits for solving college entrance examination questions. And then, if you pass the test and advance all the way to the national team, many institutions of higher learning in our country will open their doors for you, which is commonly known as escort. ”

When everyone heard the latter two words, the mood of the participants immediately increased.

Escort means that you don't have to take the college entrance examination, who doesn't want this?

What's more, they are all teenagers with excellent grades and think that they will not lose to others.

However, Lu You's expression did not change much.

Osaya is all too familiar. In his previous life, he was on this road. And successfully reached the top on the final international stage.

Together with several domestic geniuses, he won the first place in the team's total score and successfully defeated Emmelica and the Fighting Nation.

Li Yu poked Lu You's arm, turned sideways, and whispered, "Eh, Lu You, why don't we go together?" If you enter the national team, you can go home in the third year of high school. ”

Lu You pushed him away and hit him mercilessly: "I suggest you go to bed early tonight, you have everything in your dreams." ”

Compared with the college entrance examination, the guaranteed quota of the Olympiad is undoubtedly more demanding, and it belongs to the real single-plank bridge crossed by thousands of troops.

First, the provincial team was selected, and then 60 people were selected from many provinces across the country to enter the national team.

This process, if you are not really talented, it is basically impossible to pass. Math solving is not about luck, and if you can't, you won't.

As for the final IMO, it is even more out of reach. If you don't even make it to the national team, there's no point in discussing that.

After the teacher finished speaking, he stopped procrastinating and turned to leave.

Everyone in the class immediately set off a heated discussion.

"There is a guarantee! Want to try it out? ”

"I think you can have it, it doesn't cost money anyway, so it's okay to try."

Lu You didn't choose to insert into other people's discussions. It's man-made, maybe after systematic training, a small universe will explode, and it will really enter the national team?

To be a human being, there are still some unrealistic dreams, for example, he once wanted to wear to the world of cultivating immortals and use mathematical theories to cultivate immortals.

At this time, the two women in front of them packed up the table, turned around together, and faced their respective sweethearts.

"Lu You, wait for the four of us to go to Shaxian County to eat steamed dumplings together, right?"

"Dog things, don't refuse."

The two boys looked at each other silently, and replied in unison, "No problem, listen to you." ”

……

Inside the Shaxian Hotel.

The belated four found a corner spot, where men and women sat opposite each other.

After they ordered the dishes, Tang Wan mentioned the Olympiad that the head teacher had said earlier.

"I'm planning to sprint to the Math Olympiad every year, what about you two, what do you think?"

Li Yu took the lead and said: "I'll try my best to take the test, I'm quite greedy for the guaranteed quota, what if the pie falls on my head one day?" ”

Then the eyes of the three fell on Lu You, who had not yet spoken.

He is one of the few, and arguably the best in math in the entire first year of high school.

For the big guy's speech, they are still looking forward to it.

Lu You glanced at the three of them and asked rhetorically, "Let's not talk about whether I take the test or not, have you understood the process of the Math Olympiad?" ”

The three shook their heads in unison. Although they have heard of the Olympiad, they have not understood the specific process, so they really don't know.

"Then I'll tell you about it. In the beginning, the school sent people to participate in small-scale competitions in the city and selected students to participate in the provincial competition. The next step is to compete in the cities of the province and divide the first, second and third prizes. ”

Hearing this, Li Yu thought he was finished, and said with some excitement: "That's it, isn't it quite simple?" I don't believe we're going to lose to students from other cities. ”

"It's a beautiful thought."

Lu You poured a basin of cold water on his head, and said without emotion: "The provincial competition is the first official threshold of the Olympiad. There will be more than 100 people for the first prize, and the provincial team will only select more than 20 of these 100 people to participate in the national competition held at the end of the year.

Finally, more than 600 players from all provinces across the country competed. At this time, it is called the national first prize. Only the top 60 people in the first national ranking can enter the national training team. So do you understand how the guaranteed quota came about? ”

Suddenly, the enthusiasm of the three of them was extinguished by Lu You's words.

They have the self-confidence to compete with the people of the city, but when they rise to the provincial or even national level, they are a little intimidated.

Lu You supported his head with his left hand, quietly waiting for the three of them to digest the information they said.

It wasn't until the waiter brought steamed dumplings and wonton noodles that the silent atmosphere was broken by Tang Wan.

"Lu You, if you go to participate, where do you feel you can go?"

"Me?"

Lu You chuckled, his eyes full of calm and confidence.

"Where the end is, I can go."

He went to the Olympiad, but he did not have any difficulty in going through the road to the top again.

After all, the Olympiad is not limited by the syllabus, and with his current knowledge reserve, he will only be stronger than his underage self at that time.

"Your cup is really big enough."

Li Yu didn't believe Lu You's words. Maybe he is indeed the top one in Chunhua, but there are tens of millions of high school students across the country, and there are always more geniuses.

"Don't believe it."

Lu You took apart two pairs of disposable chopsticks and placed one pair in front of Tang Wan.

"I'm just stating a necessary fact, and there's no need to prove anything to you. Besides, I don't plan to leave Tang Wan to participate in the Olympiad, it's boring. ”

On the day the results of the high school entrance examination came out, he decided to take the road of the college entrance examination and rose steadily.

Especially after being with Tang Wan, he didn't want to compete anymore.

After entering the provincial stage, the pressure of brushing questions is not lower than that of the college entrance examination.

And it takes up to half a year to enter the national training team until the end of the IMO. In the past half a year, it is very likely that I will go to other provinces for training, not locally.

Lu You doesn't want to be in a long-distance relationship with his girlfriend. The case of his uncle is in front of him, and two people in different time and space are too prone to problems.

In case he won the gold medal and returned with honor, his girlfriend was pried away, and there was no place to cry.

Moreover, even if there is no competition, with the college entrance examination, he can still enter the highest universities in China, why should he be tired and tired, to squeeze that narrow road, and he can't improve his mathematical ability.

However, when Tang Wan heard his words, her body stiffened, her eyes slowly drooped, and the fingertips of the chopsticks holding her hard hand turned slightly white.

Lu You, who was sitting opposite, clearly sensed that his girlfriend's emotions were falling rapidly, and immediately asked worriedly: "Tang Wan, what's wrong, are you uncomfortable?" ”

Tang Wan shook her head, squeezed out a little smile, and said reluctantly: "I'm fine, let's have dinner first." ”

Lu You frowned, she was like this, it was obvious that she was in trouble but deliberately pretended to be fine.

"Is it really okay? Don't bear it, you have to say anything wrong, we are all here, maybe we can help you solve it. ”

Tang Wan lowered her head, ate two wontons without saying a word, and then stopped her chopsticks.

"I suddenly remembered that the head teacher had something to do with me, you eat slowly, I'll go back first."

Without waiting for the others to speak, she strode away.

"Don't go so fast, wait for me!"

Lu You also immediately dropped his chopsticks and chased in the direction she left.

For a while, there were only two people left at the table of four people who didn't dare to say half a sentence.

Li Yu bit his chopsticks and thought back to what they had said, but he really couldn't think of the slightest clue.

"What's wrong with them, why are they suddenly at odds?"

Xu Nian shrugged his shoulders and said, "How do I know about them? I never asked. ”

"But aren't you a girl, shouldn't you understand what Tang Wan is thinking?"

"According to that, you are still a boy, you shouldn't know best what Lu You is thinking?"

The two confronted each other silently for a while, and Li Yu chose to surrender and took the initiative to change the topic.

"Well, let's not talk about them. Let's divide the labor and cooperate, you eat Tang Wan's rest, and I will be in charge of Lu You's, is it okay? ”

"No problem."

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