The day before the end of this year's Golden Autumn Camp, all participants underwent a routine physical examination, including measuring height and weight, testing vision and color blindness/color weakness, X-rays, ultrasounds, blood and urine tests, and other standard procedures.
Doctor: "Shen Qi, 1.78 meters tall, 66.2 kilograms, everything is normal. Blood and urine test results will be available in a few days."
Shen Qi was happy to have grown another centimeter.
"Zhou Yu'an, 1.69 meters, 65.1 kilograms, weak color."
Zhou Yu'an: "Doctor, you must be mistaken. How could I be colorblind?"
Doctor: "I said you have color blindness, so you have color blindness. What's your specialty?"
Zhou Yu'an: "Mathematics."
Doctor: "Mathematics is not a problem, but some majors don't accept students who are colorblind or color-weak."
"Poor colorblind wretch, chemistry is forever out of your reach. If you can't even distinguish the color change of methyl orange, what's the point of life?" Yang Bo finally regained a little pleasure.
Doctor: "Yang Bo, 1.81 meters tall, 73 kilograms, has noticeable bowlegs. Of course, if you don't engage in professional sports or dance, this is not a problem."
"Little Yang, hehe, I'll just smile and not say anything." Zhou Yu'an chuckled.
Yang Bo retorted sarcastically, "A colorblind person who's not even 1.7 meters tall, haha, I'll just laugh and say nothing."
Zhou Yu'an retorted, "We're both over a meter tall, what's there to brag about?"
Yang Bo's body stiffened. "Zhou Yu'an, once I develop my Dimethyl sulfoxide inhibitor A1, I will ask you to be the first to do the trial. It will be your honor, child."
"Damn, you want to poison me? Yang Bo, you're so petty! You'd make poison to kill your classmate over a mere disagreement?"
"You're uneducated. Dimethyl sulfoxide inhibitor A1 is non-toxic, harmless, colorless, and odorless; it's a chemical inhibitor."
"What function is being suppressed?"
"Male physiological function."
"I... I'll cripple you right now, Yang Bo! Damn it, you actually want to chemically castrate me! People who work with chemistry are terrifying and evil! Shen Qi, come here quickly! There are always treacherous subjects trying to harm me, come and rid the people of this scourge!"
Shen Qi arrived on horseback, and he and Zhou Yu'an together pinned Yang Bo to the ground, then proceeded to... tickle him.
After the three boys had finished fooling around, they found seats in the medical examination room and sat down side by side.
"Shen Qi, Zhou Yu'an, so what if you guys take math to the extreme and win the Fields Medal? I'm not bragging, but if I wanted to, I could wipe out your entire Math Camp in ten minutes. I'm just one member of the biochemistry camp. If all of us in the biochemistry camp team up, hehe." Yang Bo really wanted to put on an evil smile, but unfortunately, he looked quite kind and couldn't scare anyone.
"That is a problem." Zhou Yu'an fell into deep thought. In fact, he didn't quite understand what kind of destructive power the ultimate move of mathematics would have in actual combat.
Shen Qi said, "Mathematics alone may not be able to cause any damage, but once it is combined with other disciplines, it becomes incredibly powerful, capable of destroying everything in its path. Without the support of mathematics, humanity cannot create nuclear weapons. Yang Bo, you'd better not touch mathematics for the rest of your life. This isn't the era of Nobel. Nowadays, if you don't understand mathematics, you're just a senior experimentalist."
"Nobel is such a jerk. He established so many awards, but he didn't create Nobel Math Prize. The Nobel Prize is awarded once a year, Fields Medal is awarded every four years. How many four-year periods does a human life have? I have to complain about this." Zhou Yu'an complained.
"It's said that Nobel's girlfriend was stolen away by a mathematician, and he never married," Shen Qi said.
"That's why we chemists and mathematicians are sworn enemies," Yang Bo said through gritted teeth.
"The blood and urine tests are done. We can eat now. Come on, let's go eat, I'm hungry." Shen Qi stood up and went to find something to eat.
As Shen Qi passed by the blood pressure and pulse check station, he heard the doctor say, "Ou Ye, your blood pressure and pulse are not normal. Have you had an electrocardiogram?"
Ou Ye: "Done."
Doctor: "Okay, go home and get some rest. Wait for the medical report results."
Ou Ye got up and left.
Shen Qi quickly caught up with her and asked, "Ou Ye, are you feeling unwell?"
"I'm fine." Ou Ye shook her head, then said very softly and with difficulty, "Thank you for your concern."
"Hey, you actually said thank you." Shen Qi was quite surprised, and then said, "My mom is a doctor, and my grandparents are also doctors. I'm not a doctor, but I'm good at observing. Based on my observations over the past ten days or so, Ou Ye, your complexion, health, and breathing rhythm are all different from ordinary people. There's something I'm not sure if I should ask, but have you ever had any illness?"
"Yes." Ou Ye nodded, without any hesitation.
When Zhou Yu'an first saw Ou Ye, he said that Ou Ye's skin was as pale as a zombie, and Shen Qi thought so too at the time.
Ou Ye didn't say what the illness was, and Shen Qi didn't feel comfortable asking, so he just said, "Are you still receiving treatment?"
"Under treatment."
Wishing you a speedy recovery.
"Thanks."
Parting always happens in autumn; this session of the Yenching University Golden Autumn Camp has come to an end.
Each trainee, carrying their own goals and future directions, returned home.
Shen Qi arrived in Nangang City in mid-November. Upon returning to Nangang Second High School, Shen Qi was caught off guard and faced the midterm exams.
Of course, Shen Qi didn't need to be on guard; he could just give the test casually, just for fun.
With only seven months left until the college entrance examination in June next year, the senior high school students of Nangang Second High School Middle School are taking the exams in the same way as the college entrance examination.
The first day of the midterm exams consists of Chinese and Mathematics, while the second day consists of Humanities/ Science Comprehensive Exams and English.
The college entrance examination model varies in a few provinces and cities across the country, but most provinces use the 3+humanities/ Science Comprehensive exam model.
Zhang Wanbang did not require Shen Qi to participate in the midterm exams, but Shen Qi voluntarily submitted an application. "I volunteer to participate in the Nangang Second High School Middle School, uphold the school's principles, abide by its regulations, and dedicate my life to studying hard..."
Students participate in exams voluntarily, so teachers have no reason to prevent them from taking the exams; this is against the Ministry of Education's regulations.
On the first morning, Shen Qi took a Chinese exam, and it took him two and a half hours to hand in his paper.
In the afternoon, Shen Qi took the math exam. He finished the paper in about twenty minutes and then handed it in.
On the second day, Shen Qi waited until the bell rang before handing in his papers for the Science Comprehensive and English exams.
The marking process was progressing quickly, and the results were in. Shen Qi glanced at the list:
Chinese Language 133
Mathematics 150
Science Comprehensive 290
English 142
Total score 715
Rank: First in the whole school
By the time of the senior year midterm exams, the high school curriculum is basically finished.
The next seven months were all about exams and practice questions, with mock exams every month. The goal for both teachers and students was singular: the college entrance examination.
It's called a mock exam because it's modeled after the college entrance exam.
What are the mock exam scores of senior high school students during this period? Their approximate college entrance exam scores will be similar.
Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility of a few exceptional cases of sudden, unexpected performance or serious underperformance.
Shen Qi scored 715 points in the midterm mock exam, ranking first in the entire school.
He checked the score of this year's top science student in the province: 710 points.
Last year's top science student scored 711 points.
I almost missed it the year before last. It might be because the college entrance exam that year was a bit more difficult. The top science student that year scored in the 700s.
"This..." Shen Qi stared at the report card in his hand, speechless for a long time.
"I've already been admitted to Peking University through a special admission program. I'm just taking the exam casually. That can't be right. What if I end up being the top scorer?"