Wrapping Up

Shen Qi went to the library entrance for some fresh air. A cool breeze blew by, and his mind cleared up a bit.

He ordered takeout, and it arrived at the library entrance shortly after. Shen Qi ate his lunch, holding a disposable lunchbox, leaning against the library's outer wall.

Suddenly, a woman slowly approached, carrying a bag and with her long hair tied in a ponytail.

Shen Qi, holding a lunchbox in one hand and fixing his hair with the other, greeted the woman, "Hey, Ou Ye, what a coincidence."

"I'm going to study." Ou Ye found it a bit funny that Shen Qi didn't forget his image even while carrying a lunchbox.

"You look much kinder with your hair in a ponytail, it's nice." Shen Qi finished the last piece of twice-cooked pork, threw the lunchbox into the trash can, and said, "Let's go, together."

The two entered the library. Shen Qi returned to his stall, tapped the table lightly, and gestured for Ou Ye to sit next to him and study.

Ou Ye didn't waste any words, sat down, and began to study.

Perhaps it was because he had eaten the twice-cooked pork set meal that his fighting power was significantly enhanced. Shen Qi solved four questions in two hours, and his condition was particularly valiant.

During those two hours, Ou Ye did nothing but quietly watch Shen Qi do his test questions; she was very interested in Shen Qi's test paper.

Shen Qi was so engrossed in doing his problems that the girl next to him remained silent like a statue, while Ou Ye hadn't uttered a single word since entering the library.

"Wow, that's amazing! He's really unleashed his full potential!" Shen Qi solved three more problems. In the three hours after lunch, he completed seven problems, while in the previous 24 hours he had completed a total of ten problems.

"Let me see your exercises," Ou Ye suddenly said.

"No." Shen Qi didn't even look up, his pen still moving, effortlessly finishing a vector point function problem. Problem 18 was solved, and half of the overall progress on problem 36 was completed.

"Then I'm leaving." Ou Ye packed her bag and stood up.

"No!" Shen Qi instinctively reached out and grabbed Ou Ye's hand, keeping her there. "Ou Ye, you can't leave. You're my lucky charm, with your own computing aura, giving me a mysterious but highly efficient computing buff. Look, I solved eight problems in just 3.5 hours, so you have to stay and continue to give me that buff."

Perhaps it was the first time a boy had held her hand so tightly, and a slight blush rose on Ou Ye's pale cheeks.

Shen Qi realized his lapse in composure; it was unintentional, he was just anxious because the buff machine was about to leave.

Releasing Ou Ye's hand, Shen Qi said seriously, "I didn't make any skin contact with you. What I held wasn't your hand, but Electron Cloud."

Ou Ye: "Electron Cloud?"

"Yes, Electron Cloud," Shen Qi explained. "There's an Electron Cloud between my skin and yours. Come on, sit down, be good."

"The logic is correct, but the explanation is far-fetched." Ou Ye sat down and didn't leave. She was no ordinary woman; she respected science and believed in logic.

"Here's the thing, I must complete 36 Advanced Algebra problems by noon tomorrow. As you can see, this is the test paper. Don't go anywhere, just sit here with your aura activated. There will be a big reward after you succeed," Shen Qi said.

"That logic is flawed." Ou Ye wasn't so easily fooled.

"Alright, alright, you're curious about my test paper, aren't you? Then I'll show it to you." Shen Qi pried open the staples on the test paper and handed the first 18 questions to Ou Ye: "You can look, but you can't talk, and you can't make any changes."

"Oh," Ou Ye agreed, flipping through Shen Qi's first 18 questions.

After that, the two lived in peace; the man did the questions, and the woman graded the papers.

19/36

20/36

21/36

The progress was extremely fast and the efficiency was exceptionally high; Shen Qi's inspiration flowed like a spring.

In question 23, in order to prove an equation, Shen Qi abandoned the traditional proof method and came up with a completely new one.

After proving the validity of this new proof, Shen Qi used it to prove the given equation.

Of course, the novel proof is not truly "novel" in the strictest sense. It is not a new idea or a new theory, but rather a new method under a specific mathematical context.

The term "linear" implies that the product of any two primitive units can be reduced to one of these units. After some processing, we seek a three-dimensional algebra to express the vectors in space. Shen Qi applied this new method to the proof of question 23. At least for now, this new method is valid and can achieve logical consistency within the given context.

"What a stroke of genius!" Shen Qi was extremely excited. When he was in this state while doing the problem, whether or not he got 10 credits was not important, at least not the most important thing.

Unbeknownst to him, perhaps even without Shen Qi's own awareness, he had entered a new realm, Proving the Way Through Problems.

An outsider's perspective is often clearer, Ou Ye remarked, "You've gone mad."

"Hmm?" Shen Qi glanced at Ou Ye and paused briefly.

"But there's nothing wrong with that," Ou Ye added, then took a small medicine bottle from her bag, poured out two white pills, and swallowed them.

"Really?" Shen Qi smiled. He examined Ou Ye's medicine bottle; it had no label, so he didn't know what kind of medicine it was.

"How many times a day should you take the medicine?" Shen Qi asked.

"Three times."

"Oh."

By 7 p. m., Shen Qi had completed 28 questions, which was enough to pass.

After reading Shen Qi's answers to the first 27 questions, Ou Ye also found it a learning experience.

"I should have dinner now," Ou Ye said.

"Let's go, it's my treat." Shen Qi already knew what to do; there was still a whole night left, and 10 questions remained, so it shouldn't be a problem.

"I got question 26 wrong," Ou Ye said again.

"What?" Shen Qi found question 26 and quickly checked it, "Where is the mistake?"

Ou Ye: "The modulus of x is calculated incorrectly."

"Ou Ye, do you mean we should use the commutative property of multiplication here?"

"No."

"How is that wrong?"

"It was wrong anyway."

"Alright, stop talking. Write it down for me. Write down the algorithm you think is correct on a piece of scrap paper." Shen Qi handed Ou Ye a few sheets of scrap paper.

Ou Ye picked up her pen and started writing. Half an hour later, she wrote what she considered to be the correct algorithm.

During that half hour, Shen Qi did another problem, 29/36.

Shen Qi glanced at his own algorithm, then reviewed Ou Ye's algorithm, slapped his forehead, and said, "Even the best-laid plans can have flaws. Ou Ye, you're right. I'm only human, not a god, so of course I can make mistakes."

Ou Ye: "Then I'm going to eat."

Shen Qi asked, "You've reviewed the first 27 questions, are there any other mistakes?"

"I don't understand 14 out of the first 27 questions," Ou Ye, slightly frustrated. "I can't understand your logic."

"And what about the ones you can understand?"

"Except for question 26, the rest are flawless."

"Okay, let's go eat. I'll treat you to something nice." Shen Qi led Ou Ye out of the library and they went to eat something nice off campus.

Ou Ye has a small appetite; she was full after half a plate of pasta, and she didn't touch a whole steak, which Shen Qi finished off.

Afterwards, Shen Qi escorted Ou Ye back to the girls' dormitory. He then returned to the library to revise the algorithm for problem 26 and continued tackling the remaining problems.

After staying up all night, at 2 a. m., Shen Qi finished answering all 36 questions and fell asleep on the table.

Shen Qi slept soundly and deeply until after 8 a. m. He then took the 36-question practice paper and its appendix and headed towards the Mathematics Department building.

I recommend an urban fantasy novel called "The Savior of the Literary World." It's by an established author, so the writing style and the author's character are guaranteed.