Another half hour passed. Zhou You had filled an entire sheet of scratch paper, but he still had no idea how to proceed.
"Forget it. I'll leave it for now."
The middle-aged man rejoiced inwardly. Was he finally giving up?
That half hour had been sheer torment, but at least he had made it through.
"I'll do some holiday homework to give my brain a change of pace." Zhou You took out an English test paper.
In the past, Zhou You could solve the final major math problem eight or nine times out of ten. Even when he couldn't, he generally had an idea of how to approach it; he simply ran out of time during exams and chose to leave it half-finished.
Zhou You felt that this problem might not be as difficult as he thought. It shouldn't have taken him this long without a solution. He had simply tied himself in knots, or overlooked some very simple approach. He might as well give his brain a change of pace. Perhaps he would figure it out in a while.
The middle-aged man was forced to watch Zhou You do English reading comprehension for over half an hour.
The middle-aged man had no interest whatsoever in studying. He had dropped out before finishing middle school to cultivate, taking the unorthodox path of a rogue cultivator. He had scraped and struggled his way along, finally managing to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm through crooked means.
He had thought he would never have anything to do with school again in this lifetime. Who knew another tribulation awaited him in the Azure Mysterious Grotto-Heaven?
Looking at Zhou You's English test paper was like reading a heavenly script. He couldn't understand a word.
With nothing else to do, the middle-aged man watched Zhou You