Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 21 Genius and Mediocrity

On the last Monday of October, when Wu Jin walked towards Li Yan with a smile and a notebook in his arms after the class meeting, Lin Zhiyuan was still yelling beside him:

"Master Yan, you are so lucky in love. Don't forget Li Xinyuan when you have Wu Jin~"

A pair of terrifying cold eyes frightened him so much that he sat up straight instantly. It was the intimidation from an adult in his twenties.

The fat boy suddenly felt that Li Yan in front of him had turned into some kind of young man from society, very unfamiliar.

"He shouldn't have any unpleasantness with Wu Jin, right?" Lin Zhiyuan was puzzled.

"Li Yan, Li Yan, I want to ask you how to solve this kind of problem quickly?"

"I won't."

The students around him were all stunned.

"Ah?" Wu Jin didn't expect this answer. "You don't know how to answer this question?"

"Yes, it's difficult, don't you know how to do it?"

"I..." Wu Jin's face immediately became angry, "No, don't lie to me!"

"Who lied?"

"You obviously know how to do it, why are you pretending? If you don't want to tell me, just say it directly..." Wu Jin's voice became louder and he was about to start talking.

"How do you know I can do it?" Li Yan interrupted loudly.

"You definitely will. How could you not know such a simple question?"

"You think this question is so simple, what are you asking?"

"I... Of course I can. I just want to ask Li, the best student in our class, if he has any unique solution." Wu Jin's mind came to his senses in time and he couldn't help but laugh triumphantly.

Li Yan continued to look at the Mathematical Olympiad book in her hand and waved her hand:
"I predicted your question, so I said I don't know. Because this question is too simple, there is no other solution. 1+1=2, how else do you want to solve it?"

"You..." Student Wu's face turned red with embarrassment. He couldn't utter a word for a long time. He could only shake his hands and snort.

Several classmates sitting around Li Yan couldn't help but burst into happy laughter.

"Li Yan, others are asking questions out of kindness, how can you have such an attitude?"

It was Zhang Ming's voice. It seemed that his partner had been humiliated and he had to come out and express his opinion.

Good boy... Li Yan turned around slowly and met Zhang Ming's serious expression with an indifferent look.

If you don't walk on the sunny avenue, you will have to break into the door to hell.

"When she asks questions, she comes to me for advice. I am kind enough to answer her. What do you mean by kind enough to ask questions?"

Logic is something that is extremely powerful even when one is an adult, facing a group of veterans who have been working in the business world for many years, let alone dealing with an elementary school student?

Zhang Ming's eyes became vague and he couldn't think of a way to respond.

"I didn't refuse to answer, did I? What do you mean by 'this attitude'? Wu Jin asked me how to answer those questions right away, but then she thought they were very simple. I think you should ask her what she wants to do. When asking others questions, it is a basic requirement to think through the questions yourself."

Seeing that Zhang Ming stood still like a nail, Li Yan patted his shoulder gently:

"Monitor, do you have a very simple question and want to ask if I have a special solution?"

It is a very embarrassing thing to be seen through, and it is a very painful thing to be discovered by many people.

Zhang returned to his seat dejectedly, and Li Yan continued his journey of solving Mathematical Olympiad problems. The matter seemed to have come to an end. But Li Yan knew that the main course had not yet been served.

Sure enough, after school in the afternoon, Zhang Ming walked up to Li Yan with a smug look on his face, "The head teacher wants you to go to the office."

Unfortunately, Zhang Ming didn't see what he expected. Instead of panicking, Li Yan stood up with a relaxed look on his face and skipped into the office.

"A classmate reported that she asked you for help with a question, but you were arrogant and told her not to ask you. What happened?"

"Why is it still the same?" Li Yan couldn't help but complain.

"Also? What do you mean?" Chen Wenjing's serious expression disappeared in an instant.

"Hey, Teacher Chen. Wu Jin came to ask me a simple question. How simple was it? With her grades ranking among the top 10 or 20 in the class, it was impossible for her not to know the answer. I said I didn't know. Then she let herself be known, saying how could I not know such a simple question. I said if you think it's so simple, why are you asking me? She insisted on finding another solution."

Li Yan pulled over a chair and sat down. The bell for class had already rung. At this moment, only Chen Wenjing was in the office. The other teachers were either not there or were in class. As for Li Yan's absence... they naturally turned a blind eye to it.

"Teacher Chen, let me ask you, is finding other solutions to 1+1=2 any different from finding fault?" Chen Wenjing's mind was in a mess. She had originally thought of educating Li Yan about the need to be humble as a genius, but after just two sentences, her focus went astray.

"You can't think like that. How can you interpret it as picking on someone? Li Yan, you are indeed a rare genius. The world you understand may be different from others. You also have to accept and understand that there are many ordinary people in this world. They will have many things they don't understand, and they can't understand everything with just one or two explanations."

"I accept this." Li Yan pursed her lips, "Teacher, do you think I am a patient person?"

"of course."

"Do I look down on some of my classmates because they are dumb?"

"Uh... In the teacher's impression, you wouldn't."

"So, teacher, in this matter, you should not consider me, but Wu Jin and Zhang Ming."

"Why did you mention names? This way..."

Li Yan stared at Chen Wenjing without saying anything. Teacher Chen actually read the emotion of "Do you take me for a fool?" in the eyes of this genius student, so he did not insist on finishing his words.

"Don't underestimate the bad intentions of children."

"You are still a child, saying this." Chen Wenjing felt a strange feeling that she couldn't explain. "You told me before that you were faking the exam. You can't be faking your personality, right?"

Teacher, I really suspect that you have read too many novels.

"Yes, I am also pretending."

Chen Wenjing's brain was a little overloaded, so she skipped this outrageous topic and continued:

"Anyway, next time a classmate asks you a question, answer it patiently. If your classmates don't understand, you can explain it a few more times, which can also be regarded as consolidating your knowledge."

"Teacher," Li Yan looked at Chen Wenjing innocently with her big sincere eyes, "This is your job."

The young head teacher almost choked on his tea.

"Besides, answering simple questions for them is a waste of my time. I don't need to consolidate the knowledge represented by the simple questions."

"Li Yan," Chen Wenjing finally found an outlet to vent what she had been holding back for a long time, "Although you are a genius, you still have to remain humble."

"I am very humble about everything I don't know." Li Yan refused to give in, which made Chen Wenjing a little annoyed, but she was immediately stumped by the next question:

"Teacher Chen, does Yucai Primary School cultivate geniuses or mediocre people?"

As there were too many things to consider, Chen Wenjing's thoughts became unclear. After a while, he said, "Whether it's a genius or a mediocre person, we need to cultivate talents. This is..."

"It's a teacher's duty." Li Yan sighed, "I know, just like teachers are always required not to be partial and to treat every student in the class equally. You are not speaking at the meeting, you are chatting with me, Teacher Chen. Will you treat me and He Han equally?"

"Teach students in accordance with their aptitude." said Chen Wenjing.

"For teachers, a large portion of students are objects of responsibility. But there are also some students who are objects of mutual benefit."

Chen Wenjing widened her eyes. The image of Li Yan in front of her kept changing and stretching, and it was completely impossible to correspond to the identity of a sixth-grade student.

"I am the latter. Yucai needs me, but I don't necessarily need Yucai." Li Yan put away her smile, "I know how to be grateful, Teacher Chen. But if you want me to give my all, I don't want to be bothered by some boring things."

Chen Wenjing in the office was immersed in shock for a long time, while Li Yan just turned around and walked out of the office door with a smile on her face:

Ding!
[Expression ability +1, total score 19]

The bonus points for level 3 skills are really exciting! But why is the ability to express oneself ranked as a level 3 skill? Are skills such as public speaking, negotiation, and debate included in it?
Logic: This is just a guess. It does not trigger skills such as speech, negotiation, and debate. It still needs to be verified.

Li Yan returned to the classroom cheerfully. The math teacher smiled and nodded, and he returned to his seat in everyone's sight.

Maybe Zhang Ming and Wu Jin are frantically guessing what he talked about with the teacher, and maybe everyone is curious about what he did, but there is no need to pay attention to them. What Li Yan has to do is to walk the path that belongs only to geniuses.

He opened the Olympiad Mathematics book and gave himself the task of improving his numerical skills in mathematics today, and then he was dumbfounded.

There was a pink sticky note stuck where I folded the page, with the following words clearly written on it:

Can I come to your house to study together on weekends?

——Li Xinyuan.

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