After Zhao Yi returned home, he lay on the bed and thought carefully, still feeling uneasy.

There were lingering problems.

For example, Xue Pinggui’s phone issue.

And would the quirky Zhao Linlin continue to chat with Niu Lianhua?

Zhao Linlin just couldn’t be trusted!

Zhao Yi hadn’t known Zhao Linlin for very long, but he had already figured out some aspects of her personality. She was the kind of girl who seemed gentle and shy on the surface but was very rebellious deep down.

Was it because of her belated puberty?

Or perhaps her usual "well-behaved" demeanor led to a rebellious heart, always looking for something fun and exciting?

The trip to Happy Valley showed that Zhao Linlin had more courage and enjoyed herself more than anyone else. Having her control a phone that could "impersonate Xue Pinggui" and chat with Niu Lianhua was definitely a high-risk move. She might accidentally fall into the trap herself.

"I’ll solve this problem tomorrow!"

Zhao Yi decided.

...

The next day.

Zhao Yi focused more on "Connection Law" than on the little things happening around him. His own abilities mattered much more.

He kept experimenting with "Connection Law."

The "Connection Law" could be applied to proof problems.

Zhao Yi found that for ordinary proof problems, using "Connection Law" to understand the solving process did not even require consuming energy.

"Just like ’Causality Law,’ as long as it’s a problem that can be done in a short time, using it doesn’t consume energy, right?"

He thought about it.

Since it could be used for proof problems, it was time to test its effectiveness.

Zhao Yi tried it on world-class problems, and the result was as he had imagined.

It failed.

[Prove Goldbach Conjecuture!]

["Connection Law"!]

[Failure, insufficient conditions!]

[Prove Zhou’s Conjecture!]

["Connection Law"!]

[Failure, insufficient conditions!]

"Insufficient conditions? Is it because I don’t know the required formulas, theorems, or methods?"

"Quite likely!"

Ordinary undergraduate-level courses like "Advanced Mathematics," "Probability Theory," and "Linear Algebra" are certainly much deeper compared to high-school knowledge, but when it comes to solving world-class problems, they’re at most introductory levels.

Not to mention...

Zhao Yi had almost forgotten everything about those subjects.

"Try something simpler!"

Zhao Yi asked Sun Liang for a Mathematical Olympiad book to see if he could solve Olympiad-level proof problems directly and what the results would be like.

As he was reading the Olympiad book, he realized there were only five minutes left before class, so he took out a coin and started tossing it, noticing Wang Jian behind him was also tossing a coin repeatedly.

"???"

"What are you doing?"

Wang Jian caught the coin and looked up, "Tossing a coin? I’m learning from you."

"Why?"

Wang Jian excitedly explained, "Isn’t it true that you found the pattern by tossing it continuously like this? As the tossing time increases, the eyesight will also improve, and you’ll be able to see the heads or tails in an instant..."

Zhao Yi gave a big thumbs up.

If he hadn’t known how to guess the coin’s heads or tails, he would have been convinced by Wang Jian’s theory.

Brilliant!

Truly brilliant!

He turned his head and couldn’t help but sigh, "With your intelligence and determination, surpassing He Ronghua would be no problem if you focus on your studies!"

"Haha."

Wang Jian laughed at the compliment and then said firmly, "I’ll find the trick soon!"

"Keep it up!"

...

The second class of the morning was chemistry.

Teacher Xue seemed absent-minded during the class, making several mistakes while explaining an experimental procedure.

Finally.

He simply let the students study on their own.

Xiaoqing was getting worried, she frequently turned back to ask, "Did he find out?"

"Does he really know?"

"What do we do!"

"Why are you panicking?" Zhao Yi didn’t understand; in terms of involvement, he definitely ranked above Lin Xiaoqing.

He was the one providing technical support!

Lin Xiaoqing was just a sideline assistant at best.

"But..." she was so anxious she couldn’t say anything.

Zhao Yi began to understand.

Lin Xiaoqing was not good at keeping secrets, and it was obvious when she was feeling guilty.

Zhao Yi quickly reassured her, "Don’t worry, Teacher Xue definitely doesn’t know. He’s probably worried about Teacher Niu."

"So... he’s coming over!"

As Zhao Yi was speaking, he noticed Xue Pinggui approaching.

Lin Xiaoqing immediately shrank her neck.

"Zhao Yi."

Xue Pinggui didn’t notice Lin Xiaoqing, and he gently asked Zhao Yi, "You’re good with computers, right? Can you have a look at my phone?"

"Huh?"

If someone else had said that, Zhao Yi would have wanted to spit in their face.

What’s the connection between being good with computers and fixing phones?

But, Xue Pinggui.

Zhao Yi smiled warmly, "No problem, right now?"

"Let’s wait until after class!"

Asking a student to fix a phone during class time was just too outrageous. Xue Pinggui had some sense of professional ethics and wouldn’t do something so outrageous.

After class.

Xue Pinggui took Zhao Yi to the office and had him sit in his seat. He even kindly got him a glass of water.

Teacher Sun sitting nearby asked, "What’s up, Teacher Xue?"

"I asked Zhao Yi to help me check my phone. From yesterday to today, it has been constantly flashing. I don’t know what the problem is."

"Even today?"

Zhao Yi caught the key information.

"Yes, just this morning, and it flashed during the break." Xue Pinggui took out his cell phone and handed it to Zhao Yi. The screen flashed again, showing a clear sign of incoming information. But when opened, there was nothing.

Xue Pinggui pointed to the phone, "It flashes like this!"

Niu Lianhua entered the room.

She was holding her phone, looking at it with a faint smile on her face. When she saw Xue Pinggui, her expression became even stranger, seemingly a mix of blame and shyness?

Making such an expression, Niu Lianhua was really...

An eyesore!

Zhao Yi quickly opened the phone’s background to disable the app and then found the program in the background files.

Delete!

"Phew~~~"

Zhao Yi sent a text message to Zhao Linlin, "Zhao Linlin, this is Teacher Xue Pinggui. I just received the message you sent. Did you send it to the wrong person?"

"OK!"

"Solved!"

Zhao Yi carefully stared at the text message interface, making sure there were no more problems before returning the phone to Xue Pinggui.

"It’s fixed, Teacher Xue!"

"Oh, it’s all good now?" Xue Pinggui was a bit surprised.

"You just need to restart it, and it should be fine." Zhao Yi added, "Symbian 6 system often has minor issues. It’s normal since the system isn’t perfect."

He then left the office.

As Xue Pinggui restarted his phone, he told the others in the office, "That Zhao Yi really knows his stuff with computers! He can even fix phones."

Several teachers nodded in agreement.

The phone was turned on.

Xue Pinggui had just sat down when he received a message, "What’s wrong with your phone?"

From...

"Niu the Horror?"

Xue Pinggui rubbed his eyes and stared at the text message alert in shock, making sure it was labeled as ’Niu the Horror.’

Then.

He looked up at Niu Lianhua.

Niu Lianhua also happened to look up at that moment, her thick glasses hiding her cheeks, yet a shy little womanly blush flashed across her face.

At noon,

Zhao Yi went to the elite A-class classroom and began to study Mathematical Olympiad as soon as he sat down.

To do proof problems!

One, two.

Sun Liang stood by, watching Zhao Yi do the problems. He originally wanted to see Zhao Yi fail and seize the opportunity to mock him.

Of course, he wouldn’t forget to encourage him as well.

For example, "Don’t be discouraged, most people can’t solve this. Only I can."

Then. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

He was amazed to watch Zhao Yi quickly write out the answers step by step.

He had done one of the problems before and was confident that the steps were almost correct.

No!

Not just correct!

He had seen the reference answer to that question.

Zhao Yi’s proof process was even simpler than the reference answer. With a small change, he skipped several steps directly.

"How... awesome?"

Sun Liang couldn’t find the right words to describe the shock he felt.

"What’s going on?"

Lin Xiaoqing came over.

Sun Liang pointed to Zhao Yi’s scratch paper on the table, "Look! Zhao Yi is doing Mathematical Olympiad problems! He’s done two!"

"Let me see!"

Lin Xiaoqing also got interested, came over to look, and then flipped through the book to find the first problem that Zhao Yi had done, "I’ll try too!"

Her inner fire was ignited.

"If Zhao Yi can do it, there’s no reason I can’t!"

"I must do it!"

"And do it quickly!"

Ten minutes later,

Lin Xiaoqing stared at the scratch paper on the table, her face twisted. She grabbed her hair hard, completely disregarding her image and slapped her forehead forcefully.

"Smack!"

"Smack!"

Zhao Yi looked up and felt that sometimes it was necessary to stay away from Lin Xiaoqing.

Her competitive spirit was too strong.

Even a little scary, to be honest!

A cell phone appeared before his eyes, displaying a message, "Zhao Linlin, this is Teacher Xue Pinggui. I just received the message you sent. Did you send it to the wrong person?"

Zhao Yi felt something familiar.

Zhao Linlin had come over at some point, holding a physics book in her hand. After putting it down, she anxiously asked, "I’ve been worrying all morning. Do you think Teacher Xue found out? Has my aunt found out?"

Zhao Yi suddenly realized.

He didn’t say that he sent it himself, thinking it would teach Zhao Linlin a lesson. Otherwise, it’s troublesome when the little witch acts up.

He gave her a friendly suggestion, "Well, if they didn’t find out, just pretend nothing happened and don’t send any more messages."

"What if they did find out?"

"May fortune be on your side!"

Zhao Yi gave a comforting look, indicating that there was nothing he could do either.

He glanced left and right.

Quite a few people had already arrived in the classroom.

During lunchtime, not many people were focused on studying. Most of them were doing their own thing.

He Ronghua, the top student in the grade, was playing with a Rubik’s cube in his hand.

Three layers.

The simplest kind.

As Zhao Yi was about to continue doing Mathematical Olympiad questions, his eyes suddenly fixed on the Rubik’s cube. A sudden thought flashed through his mind, "Knowing the way to use a Rubik’s cube and ultimately replacing all six sides with the same color..."

"Can you use the ’Connection Law’, too?"