10,000 Yuan Scholarship

Thousands of students on the playground looked up at Xiao Yi on the stage. No matter how surprised or shocked they had been before, at this moment, it all turned into admiration, and their gazes towards Xiao Yi became those of looking at a legend.

The younger students from the primary and middle school departments were full of adoration.

"Senior Xiao is so cool!"

"Senpai Xiao!"

The high school students, however, were filled with envy.

Ten thousand yuan.

Who said you couldn't make money by studying well?

Studying well really made a lot of money!

This was an immediate gain of ten thousand, and he couldn't even imagine what would happen in the future.

On the podium, another school leader next to him brought out a scholarship plaque that read "Ten Thousand Yuan," indicating it had been prepared long in advance.

Liu Songlin took the scholarship plaque, and then held one side of it with Xiao Yi. The other school leaders surrounding them also gathered around, standing on both sides for a group photo.

Afterward, Liu Songlin handed the scholarship plaque to Xiao Yi and said with a smile, "Student Xiao Yi, congratulations."

Xiao Yi nodded repeatedly, "Thank you, Principal!"

He then glanced at the other school leaders beside him, "Thank you, teachers!"

He decided to just call any unfamiliar school leaders "teacher."

The school leaders all smiled and nodded. Chen Liang, the Grade Director for the junior year, patted Xiao Yi's shoulder and said with a chuckle, "I really didn't expect you to be so amazing. After just one exam in our junior year, you've already taken the top spot in the grade. You've really discouraged all your senior classmates. What are you going to do about it?"

"Uh..."

Xiao Yi showed an embarrassed expression.

He hadn't even thought about this question before the exam.

Who could have imagined the exam would be so easy?

"Alright, don't talk nonsense here and scare Xiao Yi," the Principal next to him glared at Chen Liang. Although he knew Chen Liang was joking, if Xiao Yi got scared, he would have to be held accountable.

In any case, Xiao Yi was now his most prized possession. Anyone who offended him would be offending him.

Chen Liang quickly surrendered, "Okay, okay, I was wrong, I was wrong. Xiao Yi, feel free to discourage them in the future; it'll just stimulate them."

The junior year students: ?

Principal Liu chuckled and shook his head, then said, "Alright, let's move on to the next item. Xiao Yi, you can go back to your class now. As for this scholarship, you'll need to provide your bank account number, and the money will be transferred to your account. That's all."

"Okay."

Xiao Yi nodded and didn't linger any longer. He left the podium and returned to his class.

Of course, his classmates in the class couldn't help but shower him with praise.

"Brother Xiao, my admiration for you is like a surging river, never-ending..."

"I'm Brother Xiao's dog!"

"Brother Xiao, I love you!"

"Get lost!"

Xiao Yi pushed Chen Wei away, "I seriously suspect some of you have a tendency to become gay. For my personal safety, I've decided—"

"I won't be coming to class anymore!"

Second period.

Chen Wei looked at the empty seat beside him, a look of confusion on his face.

Where was Xiao Yi?

Was he really not coming to class anymore?

Oh no, he didn't actually think he was gay, did he?

Chen Wei immediately panicked.

This class was taught by Luo Penghua. While Luo Penghua was having them read, Chen Wei asked, "Teacher Luo, where is Xiao Yi?"

Luo Penghua smiled and said, "Principal Liu said that Xiao Yi's time will be arranged by himself from now on, so he should be in the study room for self-study right now."

"Ah?"

Chen Wei's eyes widened.

Would the Principal really agree to something like this?

A student not having to attend class anymore...

But then he snapped back to reality.

Damn it!

This must be because the Principal trusted Xiao Yi completely, which is why he was willing to agree to his terms.

He wanted to go too!

"You want to go too?"

Luo Penghua could tell what Chen Wei was thinking from his gaze.

"Yes, yes!" Chen Wei quickly nodded.

Luo Penghua said with a chuckle, "Then you can go talk to the Principal and get his approval for this."

Chen Wei shrunk his neck.

Talk to the Principal?

That was a joke. He didn't even dare to enter the Principal's office, let alone ask the Principal for favors.

"Maybe... I'll just forget about it."

Luo Penghua chuckled and shook his head, then said, "Just focus on your classes. You only got 78 in Physics on this exam, not even 80. And you're thinking about arranging your own schedule like Xiao Yi? Get your classes straight first!"

"Yes, yes, yes."

After being lectured by the Class Monitor, Chen Wei broke out in a cold sweat and quickly nodded in agreement.

Luo Penghua said no more and continued to patrol the classroom.

Chen Wei breathed a sigh of relief and looked back at the seat beside him.

Thank goodness, at least this means Xiao Yi doesn't actually think I'm gay. My reputation is safe.

But still...

He let out a long breath. Seeing how far his old friend had come, to the point where the Principal would even allow him to skip classes, while he was still stuck here.

No, I can't keep wasting my time like this.

It was time to study hard.

His gaze became resolute, he picked up his Physics textbook, and began to read it seriously.

Study Room.

The Affiliated Middle School's study room was located in the Library.

As a middle school, its study room wasn't very large, and the Library's scale was also relatively small.

After all, students' studies could be done in the classroom, so the utilization rate of the study room was relatively low. It was only on weekends or holidays that more students would come here to study.

However, this was convenient for Xiao Yi.

Looking at the spacious and quiet study room, Xiao Yi nodded in satisfaction. Such a quiet environment was perfect for studying.

After a month's time, he had finished all 40 books, and his knowledge reserve had reached an unprecedented level.

At the very least, even if a mathematics major student mastered all the undergraduate professional books, they would still be no match for him.

This was because, in addition to those professional books, his mind also contained many mathematics papers.

He had even read the paper proving Fermat's Last Theorem.

Reading this paper was naturally quite difficult for him, as the knowledge it contained required a sufficiently deep understanding of mathematics.

It was difficult for ordinary mathematics undergraduates to read this paper, and it might take several weeks or even months to read it completely.

Even for Xiao Yi, it took more than a week of intermittent reading to finish the entire paper.

Of course, after reading the paper, it brought him a lot of inspiration.

In addition to the knowledge within, he had grasped the mathematical thinking of the paper's author, Fields Medal winner Andrew Wiles.

This meant that his way of thinking about mathematics would truly begin to shift from a student's perspective to that of a mathematics master.