Chapter 12 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

After five minutes…

Old Man Tang was confused when he saw Cheng Nuo.

What was Cheng Nuo doing? Even if he did not know how to solve the problem, he should’ve pretended to attempt it for at least 20 minutes before going to him. How could Cheng Nuo admit that he was unable to do it after five minutes?

“If you cannot do it, it’s alright. This problem is too difficult for you. Go back and I shall let you off. Remember, stop thinking about cheating,” said Old Man Tang as he waved his hand.

Cheng Nuo was confused. “When did I say that I couldn’t do it? Did I lose my memory?”

“Teacher, I never said I couldn’t do the problem.”

“If you know how to do it, then why aren’t you doing it? Why are you here?” Old Man Tang took a sip of water from his thermos flask.

“Because… I have already finished it!” said Cheng Nuo.

Spit~ Old Man Tang spat the water out.

Finished it? In five minutes? This brat thought it was funny to make such a joke?!

Old Man Tang grabbed a tissue and cleaned his wet collar. He looked at Cheng Nuo suspiciously and said, “You said you finished it?”

“Yes, the answer is here.” As Cheng Nuo said that, he passed the answers to Old Man Tang. Old Man Tang frowned and took his paper.

After a minute, Old Man Tang began to look at Cheng Nuo again for the third time today. He looked extremely shocked and could not believe it.

Old Man Tang finished reading Cheng Nuo’s answers. They were all correct! Be it the steps or the final answer, there were no errors. Cheng Nuo had even provided more details and workings than the model solution.

Five minutes! Cheng Nuo had only taken five minutes to solve the problem.

Meanwhile, Old Man Tang had taken more than 30 minutes to finish the problem when he first attempted it.

Initially, Old Man Tang was happy because he was the only one in the math department who could solve this problem within an hour.

However, compared to Cheng Nuo…

He was not on the same level as him!

After pausing for a long time, Old Man Tang slowly asked, “Did you suddenly become smart?”

“Ugh… You could say that.” Cheng Nuo definitely would not tell Old Man Tang about his special power.

Old Man Tang thought that it was the most reasonable explanation. As for special powers, that was too ridiculous to be true.

“Sigh, however, it’s unfortunate.” Old Man Tang sighed. “If you had become smart earlier, you would have gotten into the math competition and won some prizes. That would’ve added some points to your Gaokao results.

“However, it is not too late. Based on your results for the other subjects, if you are able to maintain this level, there is a high chance that you can get more than 140 points!”

“Ugh… Teacher, can I interrupt?”

“Hmm, speak.” Old Man Tang finally calmed down. He began to sip his water again.

“Actually, on top of math, I suddenly became smart in physics and chemistry too…”

“You—

“Get out, get out now. Hurry up and go back to the classroom to study!”

Old Man Tang felt like he would get a heart attack if he continued to talk to Cheng Nuo. He waved his hands and asked Cheng Nuo to leave.

Cheng Nuo was happy that Old Man Tang had asked him to leave. He smiled and waved to Old Man Tang before he walked into the physics classroom next door. Then, with the confused expression on the physics teacher’s face, he managed to get hold of a few physics tests. Similarly, Cheng Nuo took a few chemistry tests.

Cheng Nuo thought about it. The most important task at hand was his Gaokao. Even though he had the special power, he was the only one he knew who had it.