Chapter 99: CH 99

This year’s International Olympiad continued as usual as previous years. The three questions on the test paper increased in difficulty from the beginning to the end.

Last year, the entire Chinese team were all stumped on the last question of the first exam, which caused the total score to be lost and missed the chance to land in first place in the group.

After getting the exam paper, Jing Ci browsed it first. He set a position for each question in his mind, and after stabilizing his mood, he picked up the pen and started to calculate on the scratch paper.

The four-and-a-half-hour exam should have been long and difficult, but Jing Ci was so focused that he hardly felt the passage of time.

“My God, I was suffocated to death.” In the hotel room, Wang Qiong came out of the toilet and let out a long sigh of relief: “The moment my urine came out, I felt that my life was sublimated.”

Jing Ci didn’t want to talk to him about whether he ascended or not, because he couldn’t hold back anymore. He pushed Wang Qiong away and rushed into the toilet quickly.

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This is the first time Wang Qiong saw him in a hurry, which is inexplicably a little novel. He leaned against the wall and said loudly inside: “Hey, after thinking about what we can eat in the hotel later, I feel that I have no appetite. It’s too bad, really, I regret not bringing a bottle of Lao Gan Ma.” (T/n: a brand of chili sauce.)

Jing Ci didn’t speak.

After a while, it wasn’t until the toilet flushed that his faint voice came from the door: “Do you think it’s appropriate to discuss what to eat with me at this time?”

“What’s the matter?” Wang Qiong didn’t care at all, and said triumphantly, “I still had a piece of candy when I was using the toilet.”

Jing Ci: “…”

He finally knew how Wang Qiong’s body came to be.

Jing Ci washed his hands and opened the door: “Let’s go, you have to eat even if you don’t want to.”

“Yes.” Wang Qiong sighed and pulled out the room card: “Let’s go.”

After meeting with the other team members, several people went downstairs together. Including the team leader, everyone tacitly didn’t mention the exam, ate a meal with a smile, and then went back to their rooms to rest.

The next morning was still the exam.

But after the test this time, they were completely liberated. From the obvious relaxed expressions of the contestants after leaving the test room, it can be seen that their mental state is completely different from the first time.

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The Chinese two team leaders are very experienced. After all the exams have been completed, the results have been determined. There is absolutely no need to ask about the scores to estimate the results.

You have to study hard when you are studying, and play to your heart’s content when it is time to play.

So, for the next two and a half days, the team leaders took Jing Ci and a few people, not only to tour the local iconic attractions, but also visited several restaurants with good reputation.

Although their schedule was very rushed and everyone was tired from running, they were very happy.

“This photo is really good.” In the afternoon, Wang Qiong lay on the hotel bed, browsing the messages in the WeChat group, and said to Jing Ci, “It seems that I have lost a lot of weight.”

When going out to play, a group of people took a lot of photos with the national flag. It is too troublesome to send them to the team members one by one, so they put them all in the group.

Jing Ci lowered his head and glanced at it, it was really good. He imitated Wang Qiong, entered the group to save the photos inside, and occasionally sent interesting ones to Ying Jiao.

These days, Jing Ci and Ying Jiao don’t have much contact. As a result, the two people have a time difference of almost seven hours, and there is very little overlap of idle time. Second, Ying Jiao also started his final exams, and Jing Ci didn’t want to distract him.

At this moment, considering that Ying Jiao had almost gone home from self-study the next night, he sent a message.

“I’ll watch TV.” Wang Qiong finished chatting and said to Jing Ci, “Are you going to sleep?”

“Don’t sleep.” Jing Ci was sifting through the photos, and when he heard the words, he didn’t lift his head and said, “You can just watch.”

Wang Qiong pressed the switch, and whistles and laughter suddenly sounded in the room. Jing Ci listened carefully, it was a talk show.

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Wang Qiong frowned and changed the channel. He wanted to switch it to a show that he usually liked very much, but now he felt panicked. He turned off the TV irritably, and threw the remote control on the bed: “Don’t watch it!”

Jing Ci turned to him: “What’s wrong?”

“I’m nervous.” Wang Qiong didn’t want to say it, so as not to appear unstable. But when Jing Ci asked this, he couldn’t help but say it immediately: “The results will come out later, and I don’t know how I did in the exam.”

Last year’s competition results came out around 4:00 p.m. local time, and now it’s past 3:30.

In fact, Wang Qiong felt that he did well in the test, but as long as he didn’t see the score, he could not relax.

Jing Ci didn’t feel anything at first, but when he said that, he suddenly became nervous. He put down the phone calmly, and said calmly, “Go downstairs for a walk?”

Wang Qiong stood up abruptly, and wiped the sweat from his palm with a tissue: “Let’s go.”

The weather outside is good, not too hot or too cold. The two walked out of the hotel lobby and were about to discuss where to go when the mobile phone in Jing Ci’s pocket vibrated, it was a WeChat video invitation.

“You pick it up.” Wang Qiong said: “I’ll take a walk around.”

Jing Ci nodded, found a well-lit corner and pressed the answer button.

Ying Jiao’s face suddenly appeared on the screen, his hair was wet, and a towel was hanging around his neck: “I just took a shower, I didn’t see your message, are you outside?”

“Yes.” Jing Ci showed him the surrounding situation, and turned the camera outside: “The environment here is very good, the results are coming out soon, I… I couldn’t calm down, so I went downstairs.”

Ying Jiao laughed, and it was rare to see Jing Ci nervous because of his exam results.

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He sat down on the sofa, didn’t mention it again, and said, “Tomorrow, you’ll be fine except for the closing ceremony, right? Will you be back the day after tomorrow?”

The air tickets were all booked by the leader, and Jing Ci didn’t know the exact time at first.

“There is also a dinner party, the flight is at 3 o’clock in the afternoon the day after tomorrow, and then…” Jing Ci calculated and said, “It will land at 8 o’clock in the morning the day after tomorrow.”

“It’s a pity.” Ying Jiao said regretfully, “I would be at school at the time.” He paused and asked again, “You still have a dinner party?”

Jing Ci nodded.

“Why didn’t you tell me before?”

Jing Ci didn’t care: “It’s not a big deal.” If Ying Jiao hadn’t talked about tomorrow, he would have almost forgotten about it.

“Why not?” Ying Jiao raised his eyebrows: “What are you going to wear?”

Jing Ci was very straightforward in this regard, and he said without thinking, “Team uniforms, Wang Qiong too.”

Ying Jiao: “…”

Ying Jiao was amused by him: “Come on, baby, are you here to participate or to tear down the stage?” He picked up the towel and wiped his hair, and said, “If I had known, I would have ordered a suit for you.”

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“No.” Jing Ci really felt that it was unnecessary. He didn’t know what other countries would do. Anyway, his teammates were not so formal.

“Let’s order a set, it can always be used in the future.” Ying Jiao lowered the temperature of the air conditioner in the living room and leaned on the back of the sofa lazily: “I know your size, but I need more details to confirm it.”

Jing Ci followed his topic subconsciously: “What?”

Ying Jiao licked his lower lip and lowered his voice: “Do you put it on from the left or from the right?”

Jing Ci was a little confused by what he said, and he didn’t respond for a while: “Ah?”

“When wearing underwear,” Ying Jiao looked at Jing Ci’s eyes and said ambiguously: “How do you…wear it?”

Jing Ci’s face flushed red, he looked around awkwardly, and protested in a low voice: “Brother, I’m outside.”

“What’s going on outside?” Ying Jiao was very thick-skinned and didn’t feel anything at all: “There’s no one around you, hurry up, or do you want me to ask more?”

“No,” Jing Ci rubbed his face hard, and said with a guilty conscience, “Left, left.”

“Okay, I’ll write it down.” Ying Jiao looked at his blushing face, his heart was itching, and he deliberately played badly: “Jingshen, I know you so well, do you want to know about me too?”

Jing Ci immediately understood what he meant, but flirting with his boyfriend outside during the day was a bit too much for him. He raised his eyes and looked at Ying Jiao, showing weakness: “Brother…”

“Yeah.” Ying Jiao remained unmoved, motioning him to continue.

Jing Ci lowered his eyes, his face burning hot. After doing psychological construction for a long time, he just gritted his teeth and asked softly, “Then…then which side do you put on?”

The more obedient he was, the more Ying Jiao wanted to bully him. He raised his lips teasingly: “Won’t you know when you come back and see for yourself?”

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Jing Ci’s hand shook, and the camera moved down a few inches.

“You don’t want to see?”

Jing Ci turned his head in embarrassment, and insisted: “…No.”

Ying Jiao smiled in satisfaction and was about to say something. Wang Qiong suddenly screamed and rushed over like a cannonball.

His face was flushed and his lips were trembling. Without saying a word, he directly reached out and hugged Jing Ci.

Unprepared, Jing Ci was knocked back a few steps by him, and his phone almost fell to the ground. But he had some hunch in his heart and didn’t push Wang Qiong away.

Sure enough, before he could ask, Wang Qiong said excitedly, “We, we are number one!!!”

He grabbed Jing Ci’s shoulders, his eyes flushed: “Teacher just said in the group chat! Number one, we are really number one!” He wiped his face and tried to calm himself down: “Teacher told us to go up. “

Jing Ci’s eyes were frighteningly bright, and he managed to maintain his calm appearance.

He took a deep breath, clenched his stiff fingers, and raised the phone again: “Brother, I…”

“Congratulations.” Ying Jiao didn’t know when he had stood up from the sofa, he looked at Jing Ci without blinking, with unconcealed pride and surprise on his face.

Even if it had happened too many times, Ying Jiao was still shocked by him.

He has browsed relevant news and knows how difficult it is for the first to come out amid the unanimous bad-mouthing of people outside.

Jing Ci is really so powerful that he is unprecedented in some words, and he doesn’t even know how to praise him.

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Ying Jiao calmed down his violent heartbeat and said slowly, “You are busy, I will hang up first. You don’t have to worry about us, I will inform Teacher Liu and the others.”

Jing Ci nodded vigorously and put away his phone.

At 16:09 local time, the results of this international competition were fully announced.

After losing four consecutive years, the Chinese team slapped those arrogant foreigners with a total score of 213 and got the well-deserved first place.

Among them, Jing Ci made a great contribution to first place with a high score of 41.

Not to be outdone, the other players followed closely behind. Cen Hai played steadily, with a total score of 40. Wang Qiong, on the other hand, performed exceptionally well and scored 38 points.

The group came first with five gold medals and one silver.

So now, the Chinese team that had been embarrassed, showed the whole world what is called the return of the king with an invincible attitude.

At the closing ceremony, under the leadership of the team leader, six team members took the national flag and boarded the podium in turn.

On the giant screen above them, their personal information was clearly displayed to the audience——

People’s Republic of China

Jing Ci

Cen Hai

Wang Qiong

…………

The shutter of the on-site camera clicked, and the glory of this moment was frozen forever.

When Jing Ci and the others stepped down, they just ran into the second-place foreign team head-on.

“It’s the one who walked in the front, and has been squinting at us before.” Wang Qiong whispered in Jing Ci’s ear: “What was the result, weren’t they overwhelmed by us? Ha! Ha! Ha!”

Jing Ci raised his eyes and looked up, just to meet with the team member’s line of sight.

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He smiled provocatively, and then raised his right hand slightly, raising the flag in his hand.

(T/n: Not sure if it was JC or WQ that did that.)

The bright red flag was slowly rolled out in front of his eyes, and the foreign player’s gaze was stagnant, as if he had been stabbed, and he quickly looked away.

When the news came back to China, both the media and netizens were blown away.

They have been looking forward to being number one for four years, which is too precious to describe.

The media scrambled to report the incident. Not only were the press releases full of compliments, but even the headlines were very bold.

[International Mathematical Olympiad, the return of the king of the Chinese team! Successfully won the championship! 】

【A historic comeback! Congratulations to them for winning first in the International Mathematical Olympiad and winning the five gold medals and one silver! 】

[Who said that the Olympiad numbers in China have declined? The Chinese brain is still the same. 】

(T/n: not sure if that’s correct…)

The photos of Jing Ci and the others at the closing ceremony were not only reprinted by major media, but even on TV.

Even the state media has deliberately posted it on Weibo to celebrate the retake of the first place. So much so that this incident rushed to the hot search in one go. Although it was only in the last few places, it also attracted a lot of attention.

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Netizens were stunned. After all, they didn’t have any hope before. They always paid attention to the participants. Who knew that such a surprise was waiting for them in the end.

【Ah ah ah ah, so excited! More excited than when I was admitted to university! Really awesome! 】

【Awesome! Thumbs up for the six team members! 】

【Congratulations! These younger brothers and sisters are striving for success! 】

【Unbelievable! I just woke up and I jumped up! 】

[Suddenly discovered a terrifying thing… How come the looks of these academic tyrants are higher than each other? Especially the one in the middle, who studies better than us and looks better than us…]

[Please shut up upstairs, I don’t want to listen, thank you! 】

The provincial experiment was even more joyful, and a huge banner was hung at the school gate the next morning—

Congratulations to Jing Ci, class 7 of our school, who won the gold medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad!

Even the homepage of the campus network has been updated. The principal wrote the post himself, and put a group photo of Jing Ci and the school teacher.

On the overseas side, after the closing ceremony, everyone should go back to their room, and announce the good news to their families. And Jing Ci, because he had the highest score in this team, has to accept a personal interview.

After greeting the reporter, Jing Ci sat down at the table.

His face was as calm as usual, and he didn’t dodge or cramp up when facing the camera, as if the person taking his photo didn’t exist.

Before the interview, he asked: “Is this interview going to be a form of a press release or a video?”

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The young reporter on the opposite side didn’t know what was wrong, but he was swept over by his indifferent gaze, and a shudder from being scumbag suddenly rose in his heart, he involuntarily straightened his back, and said with a smile, “You are so handsome, video of course.”

Jing Ci nodded, indicating that he knew.

There was nothing new in the interview, it was all the same content: the feeling of winning the gold medal, his learning experience over the years, etc., until the reporter asked: “What is your hobby?”

Jing Ci said truthfully: “Mathematics.”

Reporter: “…”

The reporter thought he would talk about basketball, badminton or something, but he didn’t expect to get such an answer. Just as he was about to ask again, he heard Jing Ci say again: “Recently, I’m more interested in the limit of functions.”

The reporter vaguely remembered that he seemed to have learned this when he took the postgraduate entrance examination, but now he has forgotten all about it. He subconsciously asked: “Function limit?”

“Yes.” There was paper and pen on the table, and Jing Ci took it and quickly wrote a few words on it—

f(x)→A （x→x0）

He held up the paper, facing the camera, slightly hooked his lips: “This is it.”

The reporter laughed dryly: “As expected of a scholar, even his hobbies are so different.” Then he quickly ended the topic and continued to ask questions.

The interview lasted three minutes. Except for the function limit mentioned here, Jing Ci’s answers were very official for the rest of the time.

After the reporter went back, he edited the video and posted it on Weibo along with the press release.

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Usually, such interviews are not seen. But because of Jing Ci’s good looks, coupled with the driving force of his competition results, the number of broadcasts was surprisingly high, and in the end it also followed the hot search queue.

[Ah ah ah ah, this little brother finally smiled after he mentioned the function limit! ! it’s pretty good! ! 】

[Sure enough, he only laughs when he talks about his hobbies, the rest is cold _(:з」∠)_]

[Learning God exudes a different aura from us scumbags.】

[Hey, I don’t know what function limit is. I can’t understand it after repeatedly playing for the 18th time!】

Below, people were frantically licking the screen while discussing the difference between a scholar and a scumbag.

Only Ying Jiao quit Weibo after watching the video and opened the search engine.

On the white paper, in addition to the formula he couldn’t understand, a small identity mark was written in the upper right corner.

Did Jing Ci want to say something to him?

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He typed the function limit into the search box and looked down the page a little bit. When he saw it, his pupils shrank suddenly.

f(x)→A （x→x0) can also be written as lim f(x)=A

f(x) is indefinitely close to A, and A is the limit of f(x)

Some science students will borrow the definition of limit to express——

lim f(x)= A means lim me= you

I am infinitely close to you. You are my only limit. Even if you give me the whole world, I will only be by your side.