Chapter 514 - Zhang Yes nationalistic youth spirit! (1/2)
Chapter 514: Zhang Ye's nationalistic youth spirit!
In the forested area.
On a platform.
”I even heard that he was a teacher?”
”It seems like he is a teacher from Peking University? The quality of teachers these days!”
”Peking University? What a disgrace!”
”Luckily the foreigners did not understand what we were talking about.”
”Dad, that person was totally shameless. Even I feel embarra.s.sed for him.”
”If using a calculator was allowed, I could do it too!”
”Ignore him. Oh, looks like the compet.i.tion is ending soon.”
Whether it was people from the mathematics world or the park visitors, all of them were pointing at Zhang Ye and talking about him. They only stopped when they saw that the compet.i.tion was about to end before heading over to the compet.i.tion area to find out about the results. They were all looking forward to the compet.i.tion results and ranking of their country's partic.i.p.ants as it was a matter of national honor.
Meanwhile, Zhang Ye, having failed to win the cellphone prize and had even gotten into a big mess with everyone staring at him with contempt, was feeling terrible. He was almost on the verge of vomiting blood as he stared at the volunteer in anger.
When the volunteer noticed, she stuck out her tongue and made a face at him, as if to show him that she was not afraid of him. She was still convinced that Zhang Ye had cheated using a calculator.
When Zhang Ye saw this, he was even more annoyed. He nearly wanted to jump on her and bite her, thinking why he even deserved this in the first place. Forget it, this bro has gotten himself a new girlfriend today and was in a good mood, so he did not take it up with her. He had to admit that Wu Zeqing held a really important place in his heart. When Old Wu came over to see what was happening, she did not say anything and that was all that Zhang Ye needed to keep himself well behaved. All she had to do was to stand there and Zhang Ye would not dare to create a scene.
After the incident had pa.s.sed, the surrounding crowd did not hang around anymore.
But when Xin Ya walked past Wu Zeqing, she said in a whisper, ”Sis Wu, why do I feel that this friend of yours is a little unreliable?”
Wu Zeqing smiled but did not speak. She was not bothered by the comments, but went over to Zhang Ye's side and said, ”You're even getting yourself involved in Math now? Aren't you a liberal arts pract.i.tioner?”
”I....sigh, let's not bring it up anymore.” Zhang Ye rolled his eyes.
A crowd had gathered outside the compet.i.tion area as the partic.i.p.ants started streaming out from the compet.i.tion grounds.
The demurely dressed Wu Zeqing looked over and said, ”Let's go take a look over there.”
Zhang Ye did not move and said, ”You go ahead, Old Wu. There's too many people there and I prefer this quiet place. It's just as well since I want to look for a toilet to have a smoke at.”
Wu Zeqing gently reminded him, ”Smoking is not allowed in this place, so bear with it.”
Zhang Ye helplessly replied, ”Alright then, I'll listen to you.”
Wu Zeqing smiled a little and said, ”I'll head over there then. For such an international event, since I'm here, it'd be inappropriate for me not to go. Stroll around by yourself for now, I will look for you later.”
”Alright, go do what you need to.” Zhang Ye said.
When Old Wu left, Zhang Ye found a spot at a big rock display at the perimeter grounds. The area was littered with soft drink can tabs and burger wrappers, which Zhang Ye picked up and threw away before sitting down. He observed the crowd at the compet.i.tion area and picked out Old Wu's figure, looking at her from behind in appreciation. He did not blink and no matter how he looked at her, he felt that he couldn't find anything that he disliked about her. This was not a sight that he would ever get tired of. Even though the pain of the loss of the cellphone prize was still embedded in his heart, it was really insignificant compared to the feelings he had for Old Wu!
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A little before 10AM.
At the compet.i.tion area below the gently sloping hill, youths from all over the world were gathered outside at the yard area. Most of them were teenagers around 15 years of age, while some of them didn't even look like they were 10. They were all geniuses in mathematics from all over the world. Each nation's team leaders and teachers also walked out with different expressions. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet! There were people of all kinds of colors!
A few young partic.i.p.ants of China's team appeared looking rather down. Amongst them was a girl who looked to be oldest, with her eyes red and tearful.
When the park visitors saw this, their hearts sank.
”Did we lose?”
”What place did we get?”
”Little girl, don't cry anymore. You all were great!”
”Yea, you all did well. Quickly wipe your tears, Auntie can't bear to see you in such a state!”
This was their home ground and most of the park visitors were Chinese citizens as well. When they saw the team in such a dejected manner, they started shouting their encouragements to the children!
A Chinese middle-aged mathematician walked into the yard area with a heavy expression and asked, ”What placing did you get?”
That girl's name was Huang Lingling and she was the eldest on the Chinese team at 17 years old. As the leader of the children, she wiped off her tears and answered with her teeth clenched, ”3rd place. I...I made a mistake.”
Behind her, a 12 year old member of the team pulled at Huang Lingling. He was Huang Leilei, Huang Lingling's brother. He said, ”Sis, it's not your fault. Don't cry anymore.”