Olympiad!?

When Qing Mian entered the school compound, a Maybach was coincidentally parked at the entrance.

Lu Rui was about to alight when he spotted the passing silhouette. Stunned, he stopped.

Lu Ting, who had personally sent his brother to school, failed to notice his anomaly. He spewed out the words he had held back for an entire night. "Why did you get only the third place this time?"

Lu Rui kept up his stoic expression and did not answer.

Lu Ting could not resist complaining, "You didn't relax at all during the summer, so it's impossible for you to not have done well. Did that 'princess' from the Xue family harass you on the day of the exams and so you got this result or was it that Qing girl?"

Lu Rui repressed his raging emotions and pushed open the car door in frustration. "I'm going off to school."

"Oh," Lu Ting replied, then continued asking, "Who got the first place this time? Is it Xue Xi or Qing Qin? It's fime if it's Qing Qin, you guys are engaged, so it's fine if she is first for this once."

Lu Ruihad already alighted. When he heard this, he halted and slowly turned around. Looking at his brother, he did not know why, but he said the following: "It's Qing Mian."

"Indeed, it's Qing... what?"

Lu Ting was stunned.

Lu Rui looked away, He did not understand why he was suddenly rebellious, just that he was suddenly very annoyed with his brother's nagging.

...

The first lesson was Mr. Ling's. As the civic tutor, he pointed out a few issues regarding discipline, as was his habit.

At the end, he pointed out, "Xue Xi, you can't always sleep in the class just because you are brilliant"

Xue Xu was sprawled on her desk, seeming to be unafraid of anything,"Sir, the class is just too boring"

Mr. Ling was so furious that he pointed at her for a long time. Finally, he sighed. "During the break later, you and Qing Mian should come to my office."

Upon hearing her name, Qing Mian looked up in confusion. Why am I being called?

Two periods flew by in the blink of an eye. Xue Xi was so bored that she slept during the whole lesson, and once she was done with that, she whipped out her phone and started chatting. When Mr. Ling asked her to answer a question, she would answer immediately leaving no room for him to complain about her attitude.

The literature teacher in the second period did not even glance at her.

After the first two periods, all other students went to the field for some morning exercises and stretches. Meanwhile, Qing Mian was making her way to Mr. Ling's office.

She looked at Xue Xi, whose head was still lowered and was playing games. She knocked on her table. "Aren't you going to the teacher's office?"

Xue Xi answered with a smile. "Ohhh, I forgot"

Xue Xi paused, then asked, "Then where is Mr. Liu's office?"

Qing Mian stilled upon hearing this. Seeing her lost expression, "Forget it, I'll bring you there."

Along the way, Xue Xi fully displayed her gossipy temperament. "That teacher's voice is so hypnotic and he's so handsome. He looks like a domineering CEO"

"...stop fantasizing."

The two entered the office and stopped before Mr. Ling.

He first smiled at them. "Wait just a moment."

 After that, he turned to look at them, "I called you here because I wanted to ask if you are interested in joining the Mathematical Olympiad?"

Mathematical Olympiad?

Mr. Ling continued, "The examinations portion for the Olympiad is definitely harder. Our school has structured training classes. If you take part, you will have to go for classes to learn deeper knowledge..."

Qing Mian's eyes lit up as she nodded. "Okay."

Mr. Ling passed them the registration form. "Alright, then, go fill up this registration form. In another week, there will be a non-official mathematical invitational game. You can gain some experience there. After that, every weekday afternoon during the last two self-revision periods, go to classroom 320, which is near the staircase, for the Olympiad training class."

"Alright."