By the time Lin Xiaoqing returned to Zhengyang, it was already past six in the evening.

The school had organized transportation for the students and teachers.

Parents like Liu Jing, Zhao Hongjuan, and He Dabao took another minibus back. Both groups arrived at the school gate one after the other and then went their separate ways home.

Zhao Yi went straight to his room and fell asleep as soon as he got home.

He was exhausted.

Although it was just a competition, the long journey before and after the event, combined with a sleepless night and the tension of competing and then celebrating the championship, left him feeling drained.

He slept until after eight o’clock.

Groggily, he got up to find that Liu Jing had already prepared dinner and he managed to eat a few bites before returning to his room.

Stay awake!

Do exercises!

October will soon usher in the monthly test, which will determine the elite class. Those with poor scores will be eliminated, while those with good scores can stay in the class.

Zhao Yi was confident about staying in Class A, but his last ranking of 49th in the whole class was rather pitiful.

His preparation for this exam was still not sufficient, but he might be able to make it into the top ten if he conservatively estimates?

Work hard!

Zhao Yi immediately immersed himself in the comprehensive science test paper, deciding to do two sets of questions before resting and completing a test paper within an hour and a half.

Check the answers.

Final score: 238.

"It’s still not enough! I need to get at least 250, right?" Zhao Yi frowned as he summed up his performance.

All multiple-choice questions were correct.

He got quite a few of the fill-in-the-blank questions in chemistry wrong, especially the experimental ones, many of which he simply didn’t know how to do.

There were also many mistakes in biology.

For physics, he didn’t analyze two of the large questions thoroughly, which led to the subsequent problem-solving becoming extremely complex. In the middle of it, he used ’Causality Law’ to spot the problem, but finding the error wasn’t easy, and the problem-solving completely fell apart in the end.

"Maybe it’s because I didn’t get enough rest, my head’s still a bit groggy..."

Zhao Yi came up with an excuse, knowing that the real issue was that he had spent too little time reviewing physics, chemistry, and biology.

He had been focusing on math problems before, and had spent only a short amount of time on physics. He hadn’t managed to finish going through the chemistry and biology textbooks once, let alone the many experiments and knowledge points he hadn’t had time to look at.

It would take a considerable amount of time to review, memorize, and practice questions for the three subjects of physics, chemistry, and biology.

Attending class was crucial as well.

The problem-solving approaches and techniques taught by the teachers, as well as the occasional knowledge points mentioned, were all very helpful.

Zhao Yi quickly summarized his situation and decided to take a break.

Turn on the computer.

Play games!

’Leisure Coins’ needed to be earned, too. Earning a few extra study coins every day was enough to focus on studying.

As per his habit, Zhao Yi logged into the Penguin Group.

In the ’Computer Technology Exchange Group’ chat, several people had mentioned him.

Click on the group chat and find the message.

Everyday Safety Meng Ruohao: "Zhao Yi, I watched the education channel program, and you were great in it. @Zhao Yi from Thirteen Middle School."

Intelligent Technology Zhang Junlei: "What program?"

Everyday Safety Meng Ruohao: "The ’Youth Cup Competition’. I’m not sure if it’s a real or fake competition. Our little friend Zhao Yi from the group participated and completely dominated the competition, making everyone else look like amateurs."

Intelligent Technology Zhang Junlei: "I’ll check it out; it should be online."

Storyteller Zhang Zhen: "+1."

Meng Ruohao went silent afterward, not knowing what he was up to.

’Water King’ Zhang Junlei and Storyteller Zhang Zhen returned to the chat to discuss issues related to robot operating systems, mentioning Zhao Yi several times.

When Zhao Yi opened the penguin group chat, the two were discussing system design requirements.

Storyteller Zhang Zhen: "We must improve the underlying driver degree management, allowing for coordinated operation of various components, or else various bugs may occur."

Intelligent Technology Zhang Junlei: "Common functionality is more important. In practical applications, simplified code is needed to attract users."

Zhao Yi read all the messages and casually chimed in, "Developing a Robot-System, the most important thing is indeed to improve the code reuse rate."

Intelligent Technology Zhang Junlei: "Thanks for the support!"

Intelligent Technology Zhang Junlei: "Zhao Yi from Thirteen Middle School? I watched the program, and congratulations on winning the championship!"

"Thank you, thank you!"

Zhao Yi responded with a smile.

Storyteller Zhang Zhen seemed to be a tech enthusiast, continuing to talk about the development of a robot operating system.

Checking Zhang Zhen’s profile revealed why.

Storyteller Zhang Zhen was a manager at the Universe Interactive Technology Group in the capital.

He had an impression of the company, which was involved in the development of intelligent robots. In the future, the company seemed to be doing quite well, gaining international fame with their intelligent robots that supported dozens of languages for interaction.

Soon, the three of them were chatting again.

Zhang Junlei was a researcher at the Intelligent System Laboratory, while Zhang Zhen was a technical manager at the intelligent robot company.

Both of them had a lot to discuss when it came to the development of robot operating systems.

As a programmer with ten years of experience and an advantage of having memories from the next decade, Zhao Yi occasionally chimed in with some insightful comments.

They conversed for two hours.

Liu Jing entered the room with a cup of hot water, looking worried and urging him, "It’s already after eleven. Go to bed! Stop looking at the computer."

"Alright, alright, I got it."

Zhao Yi agreed and stretched, turning his head to glance at the comprehensive science test paper next to him, feeling annoyed that he had forgotten the time while chatting.

He missed doing another test paper!

He quickly typed, "It’s after eleven, time for bed. We can chat another time."

"Wait a minute, don’t go so soon."

Zhang Junlei hastily said, "Young Brother Zhao Yi, my team is preparing to develop a robot operating system, and we’re currently only working on the framework. I see that you’re quite knowledgeable in this area. Do you have time to come over and give us some guidance?"

"If you could work for us, it would be even better. We offer a starting annual salary of 200,000, five insurances and one housing fund, as well as annual leave for international travel!"

Zhao Yi stared at the message in surprise.

He typed, "I’m sorry, I don’t have time."

"Because of chatting with you guys today, I did one less set of integrated science questions."

"The school is going to have a monthly test soon! My goal is to be in the top ten."

"Bye-bye~"

...

Daily bike ride to school.

[Physical exercise, Study Coin +1.]

Entering the school gate, everything felt different. He was already used to being the center of attention. A huge banner on the playground read, "Celebrating our school’s victory in the ’Youth Cup’ extracurricular knowledge competition championship!"

The list of contestants was also listed below.

Not only was there a banner, but also ribbons and flowers.

It was like a festival in the school.

A large group of students gathered around the banner, and the flowers in the dense flowerbed nearby were almost completely picked.

"Quality!"

"Pay attention to quality!"

Sun Liang walked desolately to the flower bed and picked the last two roses before quickly handing them to Zhao Yi, "Welcome our hero!"

Zhao Yi took the flowers with a smile.

Oddly enough.

The school really splurged this time with real flowers in the nearby flowerbed. However, the school probably overestimated the overall quality since the flowers were already in a mess before the self-study class had even begun.

"Roses!"

A laugh came from the side, "Sun Liang, Zhao Yi, are you two dating? Congratulations! Lovers finally become a couple."

Lin Xiaoqing and Zhao Linlin came over, laughing together.

"Hahaha~"

Sun Liang glanced at Zhao Yi and hurriedly pretended to vomit.

Zhao Yi didn’t care and walked over to Lin Xiaoqing with a deep look in his eyes. He handed one of the roses to her, "This is for you."

Lin Xiaoqing was stunned and didn’t react.

Zhao Yi took it back with a disgusted look and handed it to Zhao Linlin, "If she doesn’t want it, I’ll give it to you."

"I’ll take it!"

Zhao Linlin grabbed it and even sniffed it at the tip of her nose.

Lin Xiaoqing snorted, "Do you think you can take our Linlin away with just a rose?"

"Dream on!"

She took Zhao Linlin to walk forward, but just a few steps later, she turned back and snatched the remaining rose from Zhao Yi’s hand.

"We are best friends, one for each!"

Zhao Yi shrugged his shoulders.

[Pick up girls, target: Lin Xiaoqing, Study Coin +2]

[Pick up girls, target: Zhao Linlin, Study Coin +1]

Goal achieved.

In class three, most students had no mood to study as they were all discussing the competition.

Zhao Yi became the focus of their conversation.

He didn’t care and just took out his textbook to read seriously.

High School Chemistry (Volume 2).

"I will finish this book today!" He set a small goal for himself.

During self-study class, Teacher Sun brought two envelopes. When he opened them, he found out they were invitations.

"What kind of letter?" Sun Liang asked, leaning in.

Lin Xiaoqing also turned around with interest.

"Jiangzhou University and Jiangzhou University of Science and Technology’s admissions offices have invited me to their winter camp."

"Winter camp? To play?" Sun Liang was a bit confused.

Lin Xiaoqing knew something, "It’s an activity held by the university’s admission office. They say if you perform well at the winter camp, you can be admitted early without taking the college entrance examination."

"So, no need for the entrance exam?"

"No need."

Sun Liang’s mouth opened wide, "Jiangzhou University is not bad either. It’s a key university, the best school in the province. Zhao Yi, aren’t you considering it? Or else, you can give me the quota... "

"I’ll give it to you!"

Zhao Yi casually threw the letter to Sun Liang.

"You’re really not going?" Lin Xiaoqing asked.

Zhao Yi shook his head, "Like I said, I don’t want to go. I definitely won’t study computer science in college! I’ve actually had a goal in mind for a while."

"What goal?"

"If I tell you, I’m afraid it might scare you." Zhao Yi laughed, "The monthly test is coming soon. My goal now is to score higher than..."

He pointed his finger at Lin Xiaoqing and Sun Liang, finally stopping at Sun Liang, "You!"

"Psh!"

Sun Liang was completely unconcerned, "If you can score higher than me, I’ll really... I’ll really... I’ll eat shit!"

"!!"

"——!"

Zhao Yi suddenly asked solemnly, "By the way, Monkey, I remember you had a crush on a girl in class six during your freshman year, right?"

"Gao Yuan? I know her." Lin Xiaoqing continued with the topic.

"No, no, don’t talk nonsense."

Sun Liang hurriedly waved his hand.

Zhao Yi nodded, "Okay, I’ll go find her after class and tell her to eat more watermelon starting tomorrow and not to spit out the seeds. She can add extra meals for you!"

As he said that, he couldn’t help but sigh, "This is so romantic!"

"What?"

Sun Liang didn’t get it.

Lin Xiaoqing giggled and almost rolled on the ground, holding her stomach.