3 Happy

Ma Ran's look was one of surprise.

Though he hadn't said a word, Su Qiangwei understood what he was thinking: With your intelligence, you can actually understand this?

The moment she realized this, Su Qiangwei exploded. "What kind of look is that?"

Who are you looking down on?

Just as the top female student was about to have a serious talk with Ma Ran, Teacher Zhu decisively pulled her away and took her into the corridor.

No one knew what the two of them had said, but when Su Qiangwei returned to the classroom, her gaze at Ma Ran had become somewhat complicated.

After listening to Teacher Zhu, Su Qiangwei had originally planned to get along well with Ma Ran and ask him for help with some difficult problems in the future. But when the words reached her lips, they were tinged with heavy sourness. "Genius, aren't you going to keep solving the problem?"

Ma Ran didn't take offense. He raised his head and said calmly, "That's how it is."

A century-old problem like the N-S equations required an enormous amount of computation and was far too complicated. It consumed a tremendous number of brain cells. To truly solve it, one had to fight a long and arduous battle.

Su Qiangwei said she could understand that.

But whenever she thought of what Teacher Zhu had said, she simply couldn't suppress her emotions. The words not happy were practically written across her little face.

Teacher Zhu's words were still buzzing in her mind.

"We're witnessing history. Do you know that?"

"In the future, perhaps no one will remember the name of the richest person in our era!"

"But Ma Ran's name is bound to go down in history and be recorded in textbooks!"

"Just like Zu Chongzhi, Shen Kuo, and Gauss!"

The moment those slightly sour words left her mouth, Su Qiangwei immediately realized that she seemed to have behaved terribly.

Her parents had taught her that when she met someone more outstanding than herself, she shouldn't be jealous. She should approach that person with kindness and learn their strengths and virtues, so that she could improve and become more perfect.

Su Qiangwei had always believed that she had taken her parents' words to heart and had even done a very good job. She thought of herself as broad-minded.

The perennial second- and third-place students in her grade tried to defeat her at every major exam, despite not knowing their own limits.

But she had never taken such provocations to heart. She had even magnanimously shared her study materials and notes with them without reservation.

Only now did Su Qiangwei suddenly realize that she had never been broad-minded at all. The reason she had been able to maintain a calm state of mind in the past was that, subconsciously, she had believed herself to be the strongest and that no one could compare with her!

Ma Ran's appearance had disrupted Su Qiangwei's state of mind and caused her to experience an emotion she had never felt before—jealousy.

Teacher Zhu, who was standing nearby, was even more excited beyond words.

His student might become a world-famous top mathematician, and might even win the Fields Medal and the Wolf Prize!

What did it mean to share in someone's glory?

This was what it meant to share in someone's glory!

Teacher Zhu didn't even feel like teaching anymore. He was planning to take Ma Ran to see the principal.

But Ma Ran merely spun his pen lightly and gave him a faint glance. Teacher Zhu immediately felt his whole body stiffen and abandoned the idea.

Geniuses were lonely. If he casually arranged Ma Ran's schedule and happened to interrupt his train of thought, wouldn't he become a sinner remembered for all eternity in the mathematics world?

No!

Absolutely not!

Teacher Zhu even considered asking for several days of leave for Ma Ran first, allowing him to remain low-profile and focus on solving the N-S equations.

That was what he thought, and that was what he did.

Giving a student time off didn't even require notifying the principal. He only needed to inform the homeroom teacher.

The missed lessons could easily be made up!

But once inspiration was gone, there was truly nothing left!

As for whether Ma Ran would be unable to keep up with the curriculum...

Teacher Zhu wasn't worried about that in the slightest.

After all, Ma Ran was someone capable of beginning to solve the N-S equations!

Regardless of whether Ma Ran's final proof was correct or flawless, it didn't matter!

As for someone like him falling behind in high school coursework, Teacher Zhu felt that would be an insult to his intelligence!

Things went more smoothly than expected.

With the homeroom teacher and Teacher Zhu accompanying him, Ma Ran returned home. Faced with his parents' questions, he performed perfectly, successfully playing the part of a "precocious genius."

Which parent in the world didn't hope their son would become a dragon and their daughter a phoenix?

The saying "As long as the child is safe and healthy" merely came from parental love and their unwillingness to place too much pressure on their children.

In reality, Ma Ran didn't even need to put on an act.

The homeroom teacher and Teacher Zhu's words were highly credible in the parents' ears.

The moment they began speaking, Ma Ran's parents immediately believed them. They even sent the two teachers large red envelopes through WeChat right away.

The teachers naturally didn't accept the red envelopes, but unable to refuse their hosts' warmth, the homeroom teacher and Teacher Zhu still stayed at Ma Ran's house for a meal.

His parents personally went into the kitchen and quickly prepared a tableful of dishes.

Shredded Pork with Green Pepper, stir-fried cabbage with vinegar, spicy lettuce, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, braised pig's trotters, and lotus root and pork rib soup.

Four dishes and two small hotpots filled the air with fragrance. Ma Ran almost couldn't keep his expression under control and silently swallowed his saliva.

In the future, he would enjoy countless delicacies, but he hadn't tasted the flavor of home in many years.

At the dinner table, Teacher Zhu spoke eloquently, explaining the importance of the N-S equations in simple and understandable terms.

"To be able to teach a student like Ma Ran, I'll say this without modesty: my life has been worth it!"

"Once he organizes his method of solving the problem and publishes it in AOM or IM..."

Teacher Zhu munched on peanuts. Though he was drinking low-alcohol Snow beer, his face was so red it looked as if blood might drip from it. Like Guan Erye, he had a voice like a booming bell that shook the neighbors upstairs and downstairs into poking their heads out from their balconies to look. "Tsk!"

"When that time comes, among all the people across the country who teach mathematics, I'll be the most impressive!"

As he spoke, he gave his chest a thumbs-up.

Seeing the baffled expressions on Ma Ran's parents' faces, Teacher Zhu hurriedly explained, "They're the world's top mathematics journals! Don't worry, he's qualified!"

The saying that alcohol didn't make people drunk but that people got drunk on their own delight probably referred to situations like this.

Cups clinked, and everyone had a wonderful time.

Before leaving, the two teachers repeatedly urged his parents to act exactly as they usually did and never interrupt Ma Ran's train of thought. Thus, the two elders said nothing more and competed to wash the dishes and chopsticks.

After watching his parents' backs for a while, Ma Ran silently closed the bedroom door, but the corners of his lips kept rising. Even pressing them down with his fingers didn't work.

There was no need for a reason, nor any need for an explanation.

He was happy!

He was delighted!

After learning that their son was incredibly talented, Ma Ran's parents had held themselves back for half a day, thinking that they should avoid jinxing things by celebrating too early. They planned to wait until their son truly obtained that honor before showing off to their friends and relatives.

But vanity was truly difficult to defeat.

In less than a day, all of Ma Ran's aunts, uncles, and other relatives had seen the post "My son is a great mathematician" in their WeChat Moments.

After Teacher Zhu and the homeroom teacher reported the situation, Principal Zhao of Qingquan First High School immediately attached great importance to it and ordered that the relevant news be temporarily sealed.

Ma Ran's parents were now filled with the thought that "my son is the best," and couldn't wait to let the whole world know.

But Principal Zhao's thoughts were completely different...

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