"Rankings don't matter? Then why are you even participating?" Zhu Yanyi’s expression turned serious instantly. "You asked me to tutor you, but you don't care about the results. What is the point of me spending my energy? Since you joined, and since I am teaching you, if you don't get good grades, you are letting me down." She finished speaking, the corners of her mouth curling up slightly. "So~"
She deliberately dragged out her voice. This prolonged tone made the four people beside her shiver with goosebumps. Luo Kun rubbed her arms. "Zhu Yanyi, stop acting like that. Just say it directly. So, what do you want?"
"So." Zhu Yanyi repeated, a hint of wicked charm appearing on her face. "Congratulations, all four of you. From now on, you are entering devil training mode."
Hearing this, their hearts skipped a beat. They couldn't feel any joy; instead, a nameless fear rose within them.
"Classmate Zhu Yanyi, please don't scare us," Ma Yaya said, looking terrified. "I have a small heart. I can't handle being scared."
"I am not scaring you." Zhu Yanyi spoke very gently. But to Ma Yaya and the others, she looked like the wolf grandmother. "Since we are participating in the math competition, we must keep solving problems. Not just high school freshman problems, but also sophomore and senior problems. Sometimes, we will even solve university-level questions. So, you have no time for other things. If you want to do other things, you must wait until the math competition ends. So, for you, this is devil training. I am telling the truth."
Her pious expression made Ma Yaya and the others want to slap her. Why had they been so foolish as to let her tutor them? If she hadn't said the last six words, it might have been okay. But saying it made them feel even more terrified.
"Why do I feel like this math tutoring is actually hell?" Zheng Fei murmured.
Zhu Yanyi chuckled softly and did not answer. For those not used to solving problems, Zhu Yanyi’s method was indeed the beginning of hell.
From the day of the meeting, Zhu Yanyi began continuously training her four roommates in math knowledge. Zhu Zhibin had arranged for Peng Ming to bring some high school problems, saying they were obtained from Mr. Hua. Zhu Yanyi looked at them. Although they were high school problems, they were quite deep, reaching the level of future Olympiad math. Although China did not yet have math Olympiad competitions, these problems were clearly of that standard. If they could solve these, they would naturally solve other problems.
Zhu Yanyi copied the materials and gave them to the four, telling them to solve the problems.
Zheng Fei looked at the problems and slowly said, "I feel like I recognize every single character when separated, but I don't understand them when combined."
Ma Yaya felt the same way. "I feel the same. These problems are labeled as high school level, but I feel this high school is not on the same level as my high school."
Zhu Yanyi glanced at the two of them. "If you have time to chat, hurry up and solve the problems. I will explain them later. Put aside what you don't understand for now."
"Oh." Zheng Fei and Ma Yaya exchanged a glance, then plunged back into the sea of problems.
The five people in their dormitory went crazy solving problems. They solved problems during morning study, during meals, and during evening study. They worked until they were dizzy. Even the homeroom teacher was speechless. However, seeing their hard work, Teacher Fang, the homeroom teacher, felt very gratified.