Chapter 7: Not a single wrong question

Xu Yuan and Xie Qisheng were not in the same dormitory. Although they both participated in the school's mathematics competition class last year, they were not very close.

At least he can't be compared with Yang Bin and Wang Yongjie.

However, Wang Yongjie and Xie Qisheng were classmates in junior high school, so they had no concerns when communicating with each other.

I happened to see the other person passing by, so I asked casually.

"By the way, Qisheng, how did you do on the exam?"

"This test paper should not be difficult for you, since you are the best in math in our class." As he finished speaking, Wang Yongjie's arm was unconsciously placed on Xie Qisheng's neck.

As the only person in the school who has won the third prize in the provincial mathematics competition, his strength is recognized by everyone.

Not to mention that Wang Yongjie felt that the test paper was not difficult for Xie Qisheng, the same was true for Yang Bin next to him.

Xie Qisheng did not move Wang Yongjie's arm away. After thinking for a while, he replied, "The difficulty is within an acceptable range. I estimate that the score this time should be around 140."

As he finished speaking, Wang Yongjie didn't react.

Feels commonplace.

Yang Bin couldn't help but yelled, "How can you get 140 on such a perverted question?"

Just as he said it, he suddenly realized something. He glanced over and saw that Xu Yuan looked as usual. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and remained silent.

Xu Yuan really didn't react to this, because he didn't expect Xie Qisheng's estimated score to be only 140.

This was somewhat different from his memory of him often getting full marks in mathematics.

Is this exam really that difficult?

He thinks it's okay.

With all these thoughts in my mind, how could I express them outwardly?

Soon, after walking a few steps, Xie Qisheng turned left and went to the toilet, while Xu Yuan and the others went back to the dormitory first.

I don’t know if it was because of what they just talked about, but Yang Bin and Wang Yongjie didn’t speak again on the way.

Xu Yuan didn't like studying in a dimly lit environment, so he was often the first one to go to bed in the dormitory, even if there were others who were secretly reading under the covers and turning on flashlights at night.

The main reason is that the time available for sleep in the third year of high school is limited, so it is better to get enough rest and study efficiently during the day.

Some people may ask what is the difference between studying during the day and studying at night.

The difference is that the college entrance examination is held during the day.

What's more, it was difficult for even him to concentrate on studying while lying in bed under a blanket in such hot weather.

You can imagine how low the efficiency is.

But what he didn't know was that when the lights in the dormitory were turned off and everyone was going to sleep at night, Wang Qingtao had just returned home with the test paper.

……

"Why aren't you asleep yet? Where's Yueyue?"

Wang Qingtao pushed open the door and saw his wife still sitting in the living room. He walked towards her and asked softly.

"I just coaxed Yueyue to sleep." Lin Yilan stood up and poured a glass of water for Wang Qingtao and asked with concern: "There is still some food left in the pot. Do you want me to heat it up for a midnight snack?"

"no need."

Waving his hand to stop his wife from working for him, Wang Qingtao took out the test paper for evening study from his briefcase.

But before he could get to the study, Lin Yilan quickly reached out and pressed it down.

"It's so late today and I still have to grade papers. Let's talk about it tomorrow."

"Don't worry, I'll just read one copy."

Wang Qingtao smiled and said lovingly, "Go to bed first."

"Don't be too busy."

Lin Yilan was obviously aware of her husband's character, so she had no choice but to reply and turn around and walk towards the bedroom.

Wang Qingtao then went to his small study and after searching through it he pulled out the test paper belonging to Xu Yuan.

He didn't have any classes tomorrow morning, so he didn't need to correct all the test papers overnight. But he was too worried about Xu Yuan, and if he didn't know his score tonight, he probably wouldn't be able to sleep well.

After taking a quick look, he found that there were no empty questions, and a hint of surprise flashed across his face.

Huh?
“It’s all done!”

During evening self-study, he saw Xu Yuan working on the same big question, so he thought he was stumped and that there might be some blanks. Unexpectedly, he made a wrong judgment.

Of course, being able to finish the questions doesn’t mean anything.

What matters most is whether it is correct or not.

Thinking of this, he did not delay any further and immediately started correcting the multiple-choice questions.

As time passed, the expression on his originally calm face kept changing.

From the initial surprise to surprise, and then to shock.

The end is full of confusion.

unbelievable.

"How is this possible? There isn't a single wrong question in the entire test!"

Yes.

During the marking process, he found that all the multiple-choice questions and fill-in-the-blank questions on Xu Yuan's test paper were correct.

Even the answers to the questions at the end are impeccable.

After all, he had done this test paper himself and was very clear about the knowledge points and problem-solving ideas. He even had to admit that the method Xu Yuan used in the derivative question was more suitable than his solution.

Logically speaking, as a teacher, he should be happy that his students have excellent grades.

But it has only been a week since the last baseline test. There has been such a big improvement in such a short period of time. There must be a reasonable explanation.

You know, it may be common to improve the score from 60 to 100, but it is not easy to get a full score.

What's more, the difficulty of this test paper is higher than usual.

With his thoughts a little confused, Wang Qingtao had to carefully review Xu Yuan's test paper again from the beginning.

It was more than ten minutes later that I finally put the test paper down.

Some ideas come to mind.

"Could it be that this kid really found a teacher for tutoring during the summer vacation, or have I always underestimated his talent in mathematics..."

He leaned back in his chair, muttering to himself.

According to his analysis, Xu Yuan may have found a tutor in the provincial capital during the summer vacation, so he asked to sign up for the league with full confidence. He probably didn't answer the last test carefully at all.

But he knew very well about Xu Yuan's family situation.

Although his parents both work in the provincial capital, their wages are not high.

It is hard to imagine that one would be willing to spend a lot of money to find a teacher in the provincial capital to tutor his or her son.

If the situation is the latter, then it is his fault as a teacher for not discovering the talent of his student in time.

Of course, no matter what the reason, the test paper in front of us is the fact.

When Wang Qingtao came to this point, he calmed down gradually. He picked up a pen and wrote a score of 150 in the blank space in the middle of the test paper. He decided to take time to talk to Xu Yuan tomorrow.

"I didn't expect to get such a surprise today. I'm starting to look forward to this kid."

He raised the corners of his mouth and sighed again, then stood up, turned off the light in the study and returned to the bedroom.

Originally, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to sleep well at night, so I prioritized correcting Xu Yuan's test paper, thinking that knowing the score would give me some peace of mind, but now I'm afraid I'll toss and turn even more.

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The admission of new students finally made the playground lively in the early morning.

While the senior high school students were sitting in the classroom reciting their texts, neatly arranged class formations were passing on the concrete track, and deafening slogans could be heard from time to time.

Guyuan No. 1 High School starts a new day in this atmosphere.

(End of this chapter)