"Zhu Yanyi, what book are you reading?" Her desk-mate was a boy named Zhou Haibing.
Zhu Yanyi smiled slightly. "Do you want to see?" She reached out to show her.
Zhou Haibing stretched his neck to take a look. He felt it was like a heavenly book; he didn't recognize a single symbol inside. He shook his head. "My head spins. You are reading a heavenly book, right?"
Heavenly book? Hearing such childish words, Zhu Yanyi felt a bit embarrassed. She felt as if she were bullying a little brother.
Zhu Yanyi smiled again but didn't explain. Children wouldn't understand. Some might tell the teacher, but not out of jealousy. Kids nowadays could be very lively and bold, but they weren't that precocious to feel jealousy. Zhu Yanyi remembered novels from her past life where some five- or six-year-olds were jealous of others. She thought those kids must have been geniuses. Only geniuses were that sensitive. Generally, children under ten didn't have so much jealousy. Some might feel envy, and some might play pranks, but their motive was always just for fun.
"Teacher, Zhu Yanyi isn't listening in class." Kang Li, the study commissary of Class 1-3, reported very seriously. There was no way around it; in her eyes, not studying hard was simply wrong.
Teacher Sun came over. She glanced at the high school textbook on Zhu Yanyi's desk and twitched the corner of her mouth. She smiled gently at Kang Li. "Classmate Kang Li is very responsible. However, Classmate Zhu Yanyi has already learned this content." Then she turned to Zhu Yanyi. "Classmate Zhu Yanyi, please go to the blackboard and solve the problem above."
Zhu Yanyi looked at the blackboard. Only the numbers 4, 5, and 6 were written there. The corner of her mouth twitched involuntarily. She was speechless. "Teacher Sun, you aren't asking me to go up and write numbers, are you?"
Teacher Sun also realized there was no problem on the blackboard. She chuckled, then went up and wrote several mixed addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems. "You will all learn these problems later. Classmate Zhu Yanyi, please solve them."
Zhu Yanyi didn't decline. She went up, took the chalk, and finished the three problems in less than a minute. Then she smiled and walked down. Zhu Yanyi noticed that all the classmates in the class were looking at her with incredible eyes. This look was accompanied more by admiration.
Teacher Sun said seriously from the side. "Classmate Zhu Yanyi is the youngest in our class, but she learned this knowledge at a very young age. Our school aims to cultivate all-around talents, so we allow her to read other books. Of course, if other classmates can have such knowledge, as long as they prove it, they can also read books from other courses. However, to punish Classmate Zhu Yanyi, she will be our math class representative from now on. What do you all think?"
"Good." The children didn't know much; whatever the teacher said was what it was. Zhu Yanyi shrugged. Being the math class representative wasn't a big deal. It wasn't a difficult task, so she agreed. Of course, Zhu Yanyi also planned to compete for the school student cadre position in the third grade. Although Zhu Yanyi didn't plan to enter politics, nor would she, having a record of being a class and school cadre from a young age would be a highlight on her resume.
She wanted to keep a low profile, but that didn't mean letting herself suffer grievances while doing so. Showing her talent while keeping a low profile was the best approach.
"Then Classmate Zhu Yanyi will be our math class representative from now on. If anyone has questions about math knowledge, you can ask Classmate Zhu Yanyi." Indeed, the teacher wasn't to be underestimated. The seemingly honest Teacher Sun was just as ruthless when it came to calculating people.