The Scholar's Grind: Unlocking Infinite Potential
Chapter 31

Qinghua and Shangjing University Admissions Teachers Visit

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The tense and exciting four exams, with the ringing of the final bell signaling the end of the English exam, also meant that this year's Gaokao was basically over.

The results would be out in about 20 days. During these 20 days, all students who had finished the Gaokao began to enjoy this period of relaxation. After all, whether they could still relax after the results came out was another matter. They might have to go back to school to repeat the year?

Of course, such problems did not exist for Xiao Yi at all.

After finishing the exams, Xiao Yi had nothing else to do. He couldn't possibly go back to class in Class 3 of the science stream in his sophomore year, so he left school and returned home.

As for going out to play, that was out of the question for him. After all, his friends were all still in school, entering the tough junior year. It was obviously impossible for them to come out and play with him.

If he went to ask them to hang out, it would be like eating watermelon in front of someone who was doing military training.

Moreover, he didn't have the time to go out and play.

Regarding that paper, he was expanding his knowledge while writing. This paper finally made him feel the difficulty.

He felt a sense of stagnation in various aspects.

However, this sense of stagnation did not make him give up. Instead, it stimulated his greater desire for knowledge. Thus, the problems that made him feel stagnant were gradually overcome by him.

The direction of the entire paper's derivation was also gradually understood by him.

In short, Xiao Yi was already making good progress on this paper.

Thus, time came to June 24th.

[If Ki is an open subgroup of Δi, then let V~(Ki)(E(Ki)) be the set of vertex decompositions of GYi in K(p′)i, where Yi→Xi is a finite étale cover...]

Xiao Yi was writing his paper on a Huawei laptop. This laptop was given to him by Principal Liu back then. It was a high-end, thin and light laptop worth 9999 yuan. After using it for so long, it felt quite comfortable.

While typing, he pondered the next steps.

Beside him were stacks of draft paper filled with steps, as well as various mathematics books, including Algebraic Geometry and others.

The 40 books from back then were no longer enough for him. Now he had bought more books to cope with this paper.

"Far Abel, Far Abel..."

He couldn't help but sigh, "As expected of something proposed by Grothendieck."

Alexander Grothendieck. He had heard Liu Bin introduce him. He was the father of modern algebraic geometry and was also known as the Math Emperor in the mathematics community.

During this period, in order to study this paper, he had learned about the deeds of this Math Emperor, so he understood the difficulty of this paper.

However, no matter what, since it was a topic recommended to him by Professor Liu Bin, Professor Liu must have had his reasons. Therefore, he would definitely be able to write this paper.

Perhaps this paper was carefully selected by Professor Liu, who thought it was a topic that suited his current abilities, which was why it made him feel challenged while also allowing him to make breakthroughs continuously.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yi felt even more grateful to Professor Liu and attached even greater importance to this paper.

However, at this moment, he heard a knock on the door.

Who would be visiting at this time?

Although he was puzzled, he didn't think much of it and didn't get up to open the door. This was because Xiao Yi's father and mother were not at work today. They were in the living room, watching the relevant reports about their province's Gaokao on Hui Province TV.

After all, the authorities had already announced that today was the day their province's results would be released. Thinking of the good grades Xiao Yi might have achieved, his parents naturally wanted to witness that moment with their child.

Xiao Yi soon heard footsteps in the living room. It was probably his dad going to open the door.

As the sound of the door opening rang out, Xiao Yi's father, Xiao Guohua's, voice could be heard, "Who are you looking for?"

"Is this the home of student Xiao Yi?"

Hearing the other party's question, Xiao Guohua clearly paused for a moment before replying, "Yes, may I ask who you are?"

"Haha, you must be Xiao Yi's father, Mr. Xiao Guohua, right? We are teachers from the admissions office of Shangjing University. We came specifically to congratulate you and congratulate student Xiao Yi for becoming the Top Scholar in science for our Hui Province!"

Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Yi could hear more footsteps from the living room. Clearly, his mother, Du Xin, had rushed to the door as soon as she heard "Shangjing University admissions office."

And after the "uninvited guests" at the door finished speaking, came the surprised voices of Xiao Yi's parents.

"What?"

"Is it true?"

At this moment, a voice came from the television: "...The results for this province's Gaokao show that a total of 37 science students scored above 700 points, with the highest score being 741. A total of 15 liberal arts students scored above 645 points, with the highest score being 669..."

The voice from the television reached the door. The teacher from the Shangjing University admissions office smiled and said, "See, the 741 points mentioned there is student Xiao Yi's score: Chinese 141, Mathematics 150, English 150, Science Comprehensive 300."

"The results should be announced soon, but our admissions office usually gets the news a little earlier. So, after we learned of your child's score, we rushed over immediately."

"We mainly wanted to ask if student Xiao Yi is willing to apply to our Shangjing University?"

Just then, another voice came from downstairs: "Wait, don't listen to them from Shangjing University!"

Following the sound of footsteps climbing the stairs, several more people arrived.

After a few gasps for breath, those people said, "Mr. Xiao Guohua, and Ms. Du Xin, hello to both of you. We are the admissions team from Qinghua. Um..."

"Hey, hey, hey, Old Qin, do you understand first come, first served? We agreed on this before. Are you really going to do this?" The teacher from the Shangjing University admissions office interrupted the teacher from the Qinghua admissions team, expressing his dissatisfaction first.

The Qinghua teacher immediately replied with a complete lack of knowledge, "What first come, first served? I don't know anything about that. When did I agree to anything with you?"

"You scoundrel..." The teacher from Jingda almost lost his composure. How could the prestigious Qinghua admissions team be so shameless?!

At this moment, Xiao Guohua and Du Xin finally recovered from their immense surprise and understood the scene before them.

Shangjing University and Qinghua University, the two top universities in the country, were fighting over their son.

This scene, which they had only seen in the news, was unexpectedly happening before their eyes.

For a moment, Du Xin's eyes were almost red with excitement.

The next chapter will be released at 9 AM.

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