The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 21 You are the one in a million learning genius

After finishing her tasteless breakfast, Lin Miaomiao was half-dragged and half-pulled back to the classroom by Deng Xiaoqi. As soon as she stepped into the classroom, the originally noisy classroom became quiet. Lin Miaomiao lowered her head and felt the silence. She felt like her heart was about to jump out. She was ready for the laughter that was about to come.

However, after waiting for a long while, no laughter came. Lin Miaomiao raised her head and looked at the classmates around her curiously. They were all staring at her, but there was no smile on their face. Instead, there was a bit of...admiration?

Lin Miaomiao was not sure if her feeling was so accurate. Just when she was still dazed at the door of the classroom, a familiar and annoying voice came
"Hey, isn't this Lin Miaomiao? Why are you standing at the door and not going in?"

When Wu Xianyu's voice came, Lin Miaomiao turned her head and asked him in a low voice instead of getting angry.
"I felt like there was something wrong with them, they didn't laugh at me"

Hearing this strange request, Wu Xianyu's expression began to twist, and finally he grinned.

"No, hahahaha, Lin Miaomiao, do you have any problem?"

As he spoke, Wu Xianyu pointed at his head. After he finished speaking, he walked around Lin Miaomiao and walked into the classroom. When he passed the blackboard, he glanced at the report card posted on the door. Then he suddenly realized what was going on and waved to Lin Miaomiao behind him.

"You can tell by looking at the transcript, it's a good thing."

Lin Miaomiao moved to the blackboard with doubt, and started to look for her name from the middle of the report card. After searching for several times but not seeing her name, she stretched out her hand tremblingly, pressed it on the report card, and looked for her name from the first place down.
"First place, Wu Xianyu, ugh, so unlucky"

Seeing Wu Xianyu's name, Lin Miaomiao couldn't help but curse inwardly, and then continued to search without stopping.

"Second place, Liang Yunshu, huh? Is there someone missing?"

"Third place, Qian Sanyi"

".Fifth place, Lin Miaomiao, the transcript must be wrong."

When Lin Miaomiao saw her name ranked fifth, her mind went blank and her first reaction was that there was something wrong with the transcript.

Returning to her seat, Lin Miaomiao supported her chin with her hand listlessly. Her calm look made Wu Xianyu behind her uneasy. When did this girl become so patient?

He poked Lin Miaomiao's back with his hand, and when she turned around, Wu Xianyu looked at her strangely.

"Aren't you excited? You got fifth place in the exam."

“Isn’t that the transcript wrong?”

Seeing Lin Miaomiao say this with confidence, Wu Xianyu didn't know how to refute. How long has he been oppressed?

Wu Xianyu pointed at Qian Sanyi, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot and who was reading a book with his head down, and whispered to Lin Miaomiao

"Just look at that person's expression and you'll know whether the transcript is real or fake."

Lin Miaomiao turned her head to look at Qian Sanyi and found that the man had a very bad expression and a very stinky face. Lin Miaomiao did not conceal her actions, and Qian Sanyi naturally felt it. He raised his head and looked at Lin Miaomiao. Staring at him with a murderous look, Lin Miaomiao shuddered unconsciously and turned her head away, not daring to look at him again.

Seeing Wu Xianyu's smiling face, Lin Miaomiao's eyes gradually brightened, and the arc of her mouth continued to rise.
"So, I really ranked fifth?!"

"Congratulations, your reaction speed has already predicted Alzheimer's disease."

Ignoring Wu Xianyu's venomous mouth, Lin Miaomiao felt her heart was about to jump out. She couldn't even imagine that she could get such a ranking. You know, this is the fourth-ranked high school in the country, and it's a class full of elites, and she got fifth place.

Lin Miaomiao hadn't reacted until the first class started. After Lao Zhao entered the classroom, he looked at the list of students on the blackboard and turned to look at everyone.

"Is everyone's ranking clear? There will be a parents' meeting this Friday, don't forget it."

Seeing the different expressions on everyone's faces, Lao Zhao didn't rush to start the class. He rubbed his hands and looked at the people in the audience.
"How about this, the afternoon class will be moved to this class. In these few classes, we will discuss the test results. First of all, I don't need to say that everyone should be curious about one thing."

Everyone's eyes turned to Lin Miaomiao, and Lin Miaomiao's muscles tensed up all at once. Everyone's gazes had different meanings, some envy, admiration, some suspicion, and some disdain.

Lao Zhao watched everyone's actions, pushed up his glasses and continued
"Lin Miaomiao's grades improved significantly, so much so that I couldn't believe it myself, so I checked the exam room surveillance. Several of us teachers watched all the exam surveillance in front of the computer and confirmed one thing: Lin Miaomiao's grades were completely real and valid!"

Hearing the head teacher say this, Lin Miaomiao felt her eyes a little sore, and tried to open her eyes wide to prevent her tears from falling. At this time, Lao Zhao was full of emotion on the podium.
"Lin Miaomiao, the dark horse, directly knocked all of us over. At the same time, I also want to apologize to Lin Miaomiao. I'm sorry, teacher, my first reaction was to think that you got the score by improper means. I'm very sorry."

Seeing that Lao Zhao really bowed slightly to apologize to her, Lin Miaomiao was a little flustered and quickly waved her hand to refuse.
"It's okay, it's okay, teacher. In fact, I don't believe that I did so well in the exam."

The corners of Lin Miaomiao's mouth kept rising, and she couldn't stop showing her happiness.

Liang Yunshu, who was sitting in front of the podium, saw Lin Miaomiao like this and decided to help her speak up.
"In fact, after the math test, when Lin Miaomiao came to me to discuss the answers, I was sure that she would not do badly in the test. For some questions that I was unsure about, I even felt that her answers were correct, and she was able to fully explain her solution ideas. I believe in Lin Miaomiao, she must have worked hard to achieve this result."

Seeing the monitor say this, Lao Zhao was also very pleased. He nodded and invited Lin Miaomiao to
"Come on, Lin Miaomiao, tell us how you were able to do so well in the exam."

"Uh"

Lin Miaomiao stood up, scratched her head, and said in a somewhat uncertain tone:

"Maybe. It's because of the gods?"

"Hahahahaha"

There was a burst of laughter in the classroom. Old Zhao, who heard something from the students, couldn't help laughing and gestured for everyone to be quiet.
"Well, let's let the founder of the invitation, who is also the top student in the class, tell us what happened."

After saying that, Lao Zhao was the first to applaud. Lin Miaomiao then remembered that the bad boy behind her had actually got first place in the exam.

Wu Xianyu stood up, sorted out his thoughts and spoke

"In fact, Lin Miaomiao was confused by the situation. I sat behind her and saw how she studied and prepared for the exam. She didn't eat much snacks during the days she was preparing for the exam. When she had some free time, she would take out the math problems she was not good at and look at them. She would also take the initiative to ask me questions she didn't know how to solve. As for the question of asking the gods."

After a pause to ease his urge to laugh, Wu Xianyu continued speaking.

“Actually, it’s all about keeping calm. Just like when a mobile phone gets stuck, we habitually restart it. The brain also needs to empty itself and restart. After the restart, the brain doesn’t have so many messy thoughts. It only runs the exam. Naturally, you will feel like you are inspired by God when you write. It’s like you have really invited the God to your house. Hahahaha.” Wu Xianyu couldn’t help laughing, and the others laughed too. Lin Miaomiao also giggled. It turned out that it was all his own ability. For a moment, the classroom was filled with a happy atmosphere.

Lao Zhao adjusted his expression, tried to remember some sad things, and continued to talk to Wu Xianyu.
"Now that Lin Miaomiao has finished talking, let's move on to talking about you. How did you manage to get first place in the exam?"

At this point, Wu Xianyu looked somewhat helpless. He bent down and moved four or five extracurricular exercise books to the table. They were estimated to be about five or six centimeters high. Wu Xianyu patted the books and said,
"I used the dumbest method, the sea of ​​questions. I did all the questions I learned this month four or five times. I know that my talent is not in science, and people around me know it too. After every science class, I feel like I have lost my energy and can't get up from the table for half a day. I'm not pretending. After every class, I feel like my brain is going to explode. But as a man, I have to be a little harder on myself."

After a pause, Wu Xianyu listened to the rustling low laughter and continued to speak.

"Actually, I'm just lucky. This is only the first month of high school, and I haven't learned that much yet. I can still learn it. When I learn more, there will inevitably be things I haven't considered. So, I still envy people who are gifted in learning."

After Wu Xianyu finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to Qian Sanyi. In their eyes, Qian Sanyi was definitely a person with a talent for learning.

Lao Zhao also saw it, but didn't say anything and continued the class meeting.

After class, Lin Miaomiao turned around and took out several bags of snacks and stuffed them into Wu Xianyu's pockets, while sincerely thanking him.

"Brother Xianyu, thank you. I was able to learn because I was infected by your atmosphere."

"Don't give me that crap. I'll take the food, but don't keep saying those nonsense."

After the exam, Wu Xianyu returned to his usual state, leaning back in his chair and opening a bag of snacks to eat. Lin Miaomiao also opened a bag and glanced at Qian Sanyi who was still writing something.
"Look, talented people haven't been able to beat you in the exam, yet you're still pretending to work hard."

"Ok?"

Wu Xianyu looked at Lin Miaomiao strangely

"Do you think he is the one I'm talking about who has a talent for learning?"

Lin Miaomiao was stunned
"Is not it?"

"No"

The conversation between the two also attracted the attention of many people, and they all cast their eyes over. Wu Xianyu squinted his eyes and looked at Lin Miaomiao.

"In two days, I reviewed a month's worth of high school knowledge and was able to remember most of the question types without even realizing it."

Lin Miaomiao heard who was talking and pointed at herself.

"Huh? Me?"

Seeing Wu Xianyu nod, Lin Miaomiao found it hard to believe. She, who had never been told that she was a promising student since she was a child, was actually said to be a person with talent for studying by the top student in the class.

Wu Xianyu did not hesitate and continued to explain
"You are not talented, right? Compare yourself. What were you doing when the class was studying? Were you eating snacks while looking at the questions? You didn't even write anything down. You only picked up the pen when you came to ask me about something you couldn't figure out. You even knew the answer after I just said two sentences. Not to mention your memory. Every time the teacher wanted to check recitation, you would wait until the last minute to start reciting. Then, not long after, you could recite it. You have a strong memory and flexible thinking, the two most important abilities in learning. What else is there to explain? If you don't have a talent for learning, who does? Qian Sanyi? Do you believe that he wrote more questions than any of us after he went home?"

At the end of the conversation, Wu Xianyu felt a little unbalanced. In his opinion, Lin Miaomiao was a learning genius. She could easily learn most of the knowledge without spending too much time. The time saved could be used to master that small part of the knowledge points.

After hearing Wu Xianyu's words, the people in the class looked at Lin Miaomiao with different eyes, and Sun Chuanchu even sighed directly
"There's no comparison, this guy has a cheat, how can we compare?"

Lin Miaomiao felt her face was a little hot, so she put her hands on her face to cool it down, feeling a little embarrassed.

"I'm not as good as you say. How come I didn't realize it? I feel embarrassed for what you said."

Wu Xianyu was too lazy to pay attention to Lin Miaomiao's complacent look.
"Fortunately, God has a way out for us mortals. We have a chance. You have poor self-control and are easily distracted by other things, wasting a lot of time. This gives us a chance to surpass you."

This basin of cold water came at the right time, interrupting Lin Miaomiao's happiness. Lin Miaomiao scratched her head and found that what Wu Xianyu said was right and she couldn't refute it.

Wu Xianyu knew that self-control was something that few of his peers had. They were all in adolescence, a time of great restlessness. Didn’t you see that Qian Sanyi was being led around like a dog?

After Wu Xianyu pointed out that she was a person with learning talent, Lin Miaomiao felt that her brain became much more flexible and she rarely lost focus in class.

During the break, Lin Miaomiao trotted to the phone booth and excitedly told Wang Shengnan her grades.

When Wu Xianyu was walking towards the store and passing by the phone booth, he heard Lin Miaomiao's crying voice.

"Mom, I still have a talent for learning. Today, Xianyu praised me. Woohoo, this is the first time I've been recognized like this. I'm not sad, I just want to cry. Woohoo, just let me cry for a while."

Shaking his head, thinking about how much injustice this child had suffered, Wu Xianyu bought some food for himself, thought about it, and brought one for Lin Miaomiao.

When Lin Miaomiao had almost finished crying in the phone booth, she hung up the phone. A familiar voice came from outside the phone booth.
"Are you done crying? You must be hungry now, give me..."

Lin Miaomiao looked up and saw that it was indeed Wu Xianyu. Looking at the sausage handed to her, Lin Miaomiao felt that this man was not so annoying after all.

After taking the sausage from Wu Xianyu and eating it in small bites, Wu Xianyu suddenly spoke

"Miao Miao, do you know what is more frustrating for students than having poor grades all the time?"

"What's the matter? Your grades dropped again?"

Lin Miaomiao was not on guard and looked at Wu Xianyu without stopping her words. Wu Xianyu pushed his glasses up. Lin Miaomiao seemed to see a reflection and her body shuddered.

"That is, you finally do well in an exam, but then you fail the next time, or even do worse than before."

"At that time, all the flowers and applause you received for doing well in the exam will turn into thorns and ridicule. Then, because of this one good performance, you will think for the rest of your life that you have the ability, and finally, with this unwillingness, you will become ordinary."

Lin Miaomiao suddenly felt that the sausage in her mouth was not so fragrant anymore, and was even a little hot. Looking at Wu Xianyu, she thought that this man was indeed a devil.

(End of this chapter)