Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 147 I Want to Take Back the Time
Chen Zhou walked out of Dean Yang's office silently, carrying pressure that he shouldn't have to bear at his age.
Professor Mananton followed closely behind.
Yang Yiyi saw the two of them, walked over and asked softly, "Chen Zhou, what's wrong?"
Chen Zhou shook his head slightly and said nothing.
Just as Yang Yiyi was about to ask more, Professor Mananton behind Chen Zhou said, "He's fine. He's probably just trying to appreciate the breadth of our Physics Department. Um... in your sophomore year, you'll be classmates."
Hearing this, Yang Yiyi was slightly stunned, and then looked at Chen Zhou in surprise: "Did Dean Yang agree?"
"Yes." Chen Zhou nodded, glanced at Professor Mananton beside him, and said softly, "But Dean Yang has conditions."
Yang Yiyi asked: " What are the conditions?"
Chen Zhou then recounted how he took mathematics in his freshman year and physics in his sophomore year, and how he achieved excellent results in both subjects.
After listening to this, Yang Yiyi smiled softly and said, "This is a good condition for you. If you have the spare time, you can take a minor in physics..."
Chen Zhou looked at Yang Yiyi, his tense face suddenly relaxed. He smiled and said, "I also think that this condition is quite friendly..."
The looks of the two men made Manandon confused. When Dean Yang just put forward the conditions, didn't Chen Zhou look very embarrassed?
Didn’t he also say that the time was too tight, the task was too heavy, and the pressure was too great?
But looking at his appearance now, this guy is just pretending!
But that's not right. Although this guy said that he has studied one-third of the undergraduate mathematics courses.
But that was just what he said after all. Besides, learning and mastering are two different concepts, and learning and proficiently applying are two other concepts.
At least in all the years that Mananton has been teaching, he has never seen anyone in the School of Mathematics who can complete the undergraduate courses in the Department of Mathematics in one year, achieve excellent results in all of them, and then graduate from the Department of Mathematics ahead of schedule.
The same goes for the Department of Physics. He has never seen anyone complete the undergraduate course in one year.
Therefore, the conversation between Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi confused him. Could it be that there was something wrong with his understanding?
Mananton looked at the two men again and couldn't help asking, "Don't you know how difficult this condition is? As far as I know, the fastest student in the Department of Mathematics at Yan University took two years to complete the undergraduate courses in the Department of Mathematics. Then, his average score in all subjects was above 98. Now he seems to be a mathematics professor at the top ten universities in the United States. And he was able to finish so quickly because he laid a solid foundation in advance."
Chen Zhou had also heard of the student that Mananton mentioned. He was considered a top student in the Department of Mathematics at that time.
"I've heard of this person, too. It seems that he got in with an IMO gold medal." Chen Zhou nodded slightly and said seriously, "Indeed, it is very difficult to complete the mathematics courses in one year."
"Since you know all this, why do you still say that the conditions are quite friendly?" Mananton asked puzzledly.
Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi looked at each other and organized their words a little: "Because I was admitted to Yanda by repeating the year, I spent a year longer than others, and I want to make up for this time. Besides, I have a strong ability to study independently. If I don't push myself, how can I know if I can do it?"
Hearing Chen Zhou's words, Manandon was stunned. This... pushing himself to make up for the lost time?
Mananton didn't know what to say. After a pause, he slowly said, "I understand now. In fact, all of this was planned by you. You are the most thoughtful student I have ever met. I hope you can take back the time as you said."
Chen Zhou nodded slightly, said hello to Manandon, and left with Yang Yiyi.
Manandon’s last words cannot be said to be completely correct. Although all this was Chen Zhou’s plan, it was mostly a spur-of-the-moment idea.
The system tasks gave him a lot of hints.
Whether participating in competitions or minoring in physics, it is extremely interesting for Chen Zhou.
It just so happened that Yang Yiyi was asked by Dean Yang to discuss the UPC, so Chen Zhou suddenly came up with a plan to open the door to minor in physics through the UPC competition.
He had only discussed this matter with Yang Yiyi, and no one else knew about it.
As for the School of Mathematics, Wu Xiping helped by coincidence.
Walking with Yang Yiyi on the Yanda campus, Chen Zhou asked softly, "Yiyi, have you made up your mind?"
Yang Yiyi nodded: "Well, you were so handsome just now, I can't fall behind."
Chen Zhou smiled and said, "Was it handsome just now?"
Yang Yiyi nodded vigorously, coughed lightly, and imitated: "Because I was admitted to Yanda University by repeating the year, I spent one year more than others. I want to make up for this time."
Chen Zhou burst into laughter.
Yang Yiyi also smiled.
After a while, the two stopped laughing.
Yang Yiyi said softly: "Let's take back the time for retaking the course."
Chen Zhou nodded: "It's great to have an excellent girlfriend to accompany me."
Time quickly entered the twelfth lunar month, and Yanjing had already seen several snowfalls.
Every time on a snowy campus, there are always two people who follow the same route every day to go to the library, then to the cafeteria, and then back to the dormitory.
As the twelfth lunar month progresses, final exams are also underway.
Unlike the midterm exam, Chen Zhou was busy running around various examination halls.
In addition to the freshman mathematics examination room, Chen Zhou can also be seen in other senior examination rooms.
Every time, Chen Zhou would quietly walk into the examination room with a pen in hand, find a seat in the last row, and wait for the teacher to hand out the papers.
At first, no one noticed the extra person until there was an abstract algebra exam in the sophomore year.
The invigilator was a female teacher who came with enough papers to fill only one examination room.
The result was that when the tickets were distributed in the end, we found that one was missing and no one else took an extra one.
There was no other way, so in order not to delay the exam, she went to get another paper.
Then when the students were taking the exam, this person was bored and started counting the number of people.
I counted and found one more person...
Because it was a large classroom and there were not many people in the School of Mathematics, the classroom was never full for every exam.
So, she couldn’t find out who these many people were.
Just when she was about to ask everyone to stop answering the questions and pick out the extra person, another invigilator told her that there was one more person taking the exam.
After she found out the reason, she started to stroll around.
When she found the student named Chen Zhou, she began to stay by Chen Zhou's side.
Chen Zhou was concentrating on answering the questions when he suddenly noticed that there were several people standing still beside him.
He looked up in surprise and found that it was the invigilator standing next to him.
Chen Zhou smiled at her politely, and she smiled back at Chen Zhou.
Chen Zhou lowered his head and continued answering the questions.
I thought this person was leaving, but I didn't expect him to still be standing.
Chen Zhou looked up again, with some confusion in his eyes.
But she smiled at Chen Zhou again and still didn't leave.
Chen Zhou retracted his gaze and thought for a moment, maybe this young female teacher thought he was more handsome...
Focusing his attention on the test paper again, Chen Zhou began to continue with the abstract algebra exam.
It has been quite some time since he finished reading abstract algebra. Apart from a brief mention when working on Zhang Zhongyuan's project, he has basically not reviewed it at other times.
It's a good opportunity to review the relevant knowledge points and consolidate them through this exam.
The difficulty of the entire test paper is not very high, and there are no questions that are beyond the syllabus.
As a result, Chen Zhou finished the entire test paper quickly.
After finishing it, he felt that he had done well.
After checking it again, well, I feel more at ease.
After putting away the test papers, Chen Zhou looked up at the invigilator who had been standing next to him for a long time, gave a handsome smile, and then stood up and handed in the paper.
Chen Zhou left quietly, just as he came quietly.
Tidy up your clothes and don't take away any paper.
Chen Zhou took only two steps and turned back. He forgot to take the pen.
The second half of the exam still depends on it.
The invigilator was holding Chen Zhou's test paper and looking at it. Chen Zhou quietly walked past her, slowly picked up the pen, and left again.
