Top Student at Their Peak
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80: Chapter 68 Different Manifestations of Pride (Subscribe and Vote for Monthly Tickets!)_2 80: Chapter 68 Different Manifestations of Pride (Subscribe and Vote for Monthly Tickets!)_2 Qiao Yu shook his head, ignoring the mindless robot outside babbling nonsense, and took his meal into the room.

“Already made a friend as soon as you arrived?” Lan Jie, who also heard the conversation outside, asked.

“Friend?” Qiao Yu glanced at Lan Jie, thinking this good guy is probably just suited for school.

Society is treacherous, not fit for someone so steeped in academia.

“Huh?” Lan Jie was a bit puzzled.

“Just chatted a bit, how can that be considered a friend?

But that little fatty is quite cheerful.

Oh, right, a teacher accompanied him next door, I heard him call out to Teacher Qu.” Qiao Yu replied casually.

“Teacher Qu?

Oh, then they’re probably from Shuangqing.

The math over there is strong, their basic education is strong too, and the schools are quite strict.

I remember visiting Shuangqing once for an exchange; almost all public schools require students to attend evening self-study from the first year of middle school, and there are also classes arranged on Sunday evenings.”

Lan Jie thought for a moment and said.

“Yes, I remember that name, Yu Yongjun, he ranked over 600th, and they said he’s from Shuangqing Bashan Middle School.

Wait, you said they have to make up classes every Sunday afternoon?” Qiao Yu gasped inwardly, thankful he wasn’t born in Shuangqing City.

This is too damn competitive.

It’s not just students who are competitive; even the teachers are!

They still have to attend classes on Sunday evenings, and these people don’t even resist?

“Right, schools that only have classes on Sunday evenings are considered less competitive.

The really competitive schools start scheduling classes every Sunday afternoon.”

“Are all people in Shuangqing this competitive?

Do they have no higher authorities, or do they not know how to make calls or go online to file complaints?” Qiao Yu remarked.

Lan Jie glanced at Qiao Yu and asked, “You seem quite knowledgeable about this?

What?

Have you ever complained?”

Qiao Yu smiled, took a bite of his meal, and then replied, “I haven’t complained myself; how do makeup classes concern me?

I can just take leave.

But I did encourage some classmates to complain, and it worked quite well.”

One sentence made Lan Jie laugh in exasperation, giving Qiao Yu a sideways look and saying, “What if this was arranged by the higher authorities?

The Teaching Guidance Department of schools in Shuangqing directly interfaces with the higher departments, and class schedules are directly under their guidance, understand?”

After saying this, seeing Qiao Yu’s look of incomprehension, he added.

“Even if someone did complain, it could be explained as the school first receiving some parents’ requests, so they opened the classrooms during the holidays for students to study on their own.

So, whether students attend self-study or not, it’s voluntary.

Students going are applying proactively, and the school has to review it!

At the same time, the school arranges teachers to be on duty to ensure student safety, which is quite reasonable, right?”

Qiao Yu suddenly felt a bit sorry for the little fatty next door.

In order to participate in this final, he must have worked really hard.

Imagining this guy having to rush back to school during the weekends for self-study under the teacher’s guidance, yet he still managed to gain so much weight, his mindset must be really good.

Suddenly, Qiao Yu could understand why this guy was so outgoing.

Moreover, knowing about such an interesting tidbit from Lan Jie, realizing that in the same Huaxia, there are peers living so miserably, made Qiao Yu’s appetite improve a bit.

But that being said, the boxed meals provided to the contestants by the hostel tasted surprisingly good.

On the internet, they all said Xiao Zhou is a food desert, so Qiao Yu had already planned just to eat enough to get by here, but this boxed meal surprisingly had some taste of his hometown.

Especially the stir-fried green beans with meat and the marinated chicken drumstick, they were quite appetizing.

After the two finished their dinner and cleaned up the meal boxes, there really was a knock on the door from outside.

Lan Jie gave Qiao Yu a glance but said nothing.

Qiao Yu obediently went to open the door, and sure enough, there was the pudgy guy from next door standing outside: “Big bro, I’m here.”

“Come on in.” Qiao Yu walked back into the room without further ado, too lazy to make any phony courtesies since the other seemed naturally at ease.

“Hello, teacher.” Upon entering the room and seeing Lan Jie leaning on the bed watching him, the little fatty immediately greeted him.

“Hello, have a seat.” Lan Jie nodded slightly and then pointed to the two guest chairs in the room with a raised hand.

The teacher next door didn’t come, so he conveniently didn’t have to get up and entertain.

“How did you figure out he’s the teacher?” Qiao Yu asked.

“Oh, you two don’t look alike.” The little fatty answered offhandedly.

Qiao Yu pouted and then sat next to the little fatty.

“What were you planning to say just now?” Qiao Yu asked again.

“Oh, just that yesterday there was a contestant from some Coastal City middle school, wearing glasses, tall, and happens to be my neighbor, named Yu Wei.

You really don’t know how conceited he is.” Yu Yongjun said straightforwardly.

Qiao Yu turned his head and rolled his eyes.

People who talk a lot often miss the point, just like Zhou Shuang…

But still, he casually asked, “Oh?

Did he offend you?”

“He didn’t offend me!

It’s like this: yesterday, when we toured Little Alibaba, during the afternoon when we had a break, a few of us were chatting together, and we were talking about you.

After all, among the contestants invited this time, you’re ranked the highest.”

Having said that, the little fatty looked at Qiao Yu eagerly.

Qiao Yu could only respond politely, “Just luck, just luck.”

One sentence made the little fatty grin from ear to ear.

“Exactly, that’s what I call modesty.

That hammer isn’t the same!

While we were chatting, he was sitting far away, and when we mentioned your rank, he suddenly interjected, saying he didn’t perform well in the preliminaries because the preliminary questions were too scattered!

He also mentioned hoping you would choose number theory as well.

I can’t remember his exact words, but it was like if you chose number theory, he could just beat you outright!

Overall, it was all talking big…

I’m not trying to sow discord here; everyone heard it yesterday.

If you don’t believe me, you can go ask, someone must be in the lounge on the third floor right now.”

Qiao Yu chuckled without commenting.

Such talk couldn’t stir his competitive spirit at all.

Although this is a mathematics competition, which indeed implies competition, he’s after the prize money, not the honor?

But that being said, it’s rumored that Coastal City people are quite wealthy.

If that Yu Wei guy is really rich, he could give way a little.

For example, he could let him win for twenty thousand, like taking it easy on the questions, and if the guy is really that strong, let Yu Wei win a gold medal while he takes a silver medal.

This way, the originally over twenty thousand gold medal prize could turn into a twenty thousand plus gold medal prize plus a ten million silver medal prize.

The expected wealth gain would instantly increase by fifty percent, much more profitable than any financial product!

The important thing is, the privately received twenty thousand wouldn’t need to be taxed.

The tricky part is he doesn’t even know that Yu Wei yet, nor does he understand his real capability or if he can even win the gold medal.

If he turns out to be just some blowhard who can’t even get a silver medal, it would be pointless.

Yu Yongjun at this moment could never have imagined that while he was merely recounting yesterday’s events, Qiao Yu on the opposite side had already thought through a plan of how to leverage the potential pride of a possibly wealthy peer to increase the value of the soon-to-be-acquired wealth.

If this idea were to be voiced, it would definitely make Yu Wei’s speech from yesterday seem even more incredible…

After all, what Yu Wei expressed was likely just stating that he was definitely going to be better than his peer Qiao Yu.

But Qiao Yu’s thinking had already welcomed the gold medal and prize money, the layers of consideration between them were completely different.

After all, this competition is not just about those young invitees coming to Xiao Lake University campus to compete, there are over seven hundred others scattered around the world, even grad students and teachers…

Both are proud, but their levels of pride aren’t the same.

Listening to the conversation between the two, Lan Jie could only sigh inwardly…

He suddenly felt that bringing Qiao Yu to participate in this final was a bit too harsh on these inexperienced kids; it was indeed too cruel!

It’s simply a dimensional reduction attack!