I am reborn and just want to concentrate on my studies

Entering the competition pit, it was just a vague idea at first. After listening to Luo Bing's explanation, I gradually developed a concept.

After thinking for a while, Yi Yang decided to choose mathematics as the subject of the competition.

If we just talk about hobbies, I am more interested in physics, but as Luo Bing said, physics competitions are university knowledge, and the price/performance ratio is... low.

Competition, no matter which subject it is, has extremely high requirements on IQ. This is indeed a shortcut to the college entrance examination, but not everyone can take this shortcut. In fact, I have no idea whether my IQ can make it through.

I am also mentally prepared to ultimately fail on this path, so mathematics is undoubtedly the most cost-effective path. After all, the content of the mathematics competition is still based on high school mathematics as the basic framework. Even if you have no talent in the final mathematics competition and give up, it is not a waste of learning. It will be used in the college entrance examination.

Next, we need to consider two things. On the one hand, it is the question of how to learn.

In this regard, Luo Bing hesitated for a while before giving some suggestions. What we need to do well now is mainly the knowledge in textbooks.

To get started in mathematics competitions, you must study the knowledge in the textbooks in advance. Luo Bing has now been able to win the gold medal in Jiangnan Province in the high-level competition. Although he was not selected for the provincial team, his strength is terrifying compared to his peers. This almost means that with his math level, he can get high scores even if he takes the college entrance examination now. This is an enviable talent. But I don’t have such a high IQ, so I can only lay the foundation bit by bit. Let’s start with the preliminary competition, step by step, don’t rush, and lay a solid foundation. Wait until you reach the high school stage before trying the high school league.

Another aspect is how to participate in the competition. The math competition can probably be regarded as a picture-changing game for upgrading and defeating monsters.

Recall Luo Bing’s introduction.

"The most basic level is the preliminaries. Each province organizes it on its own. It is a mixed bag. Tens of thousands of people participate every year. Among those who can pass the preliminaries, there are almost thousands of people in Jiangnan Province. Next is the provincial league. This stage is considered the real entry. The provinces The competition will select the first, second and third prizes, which are what we often call provincial gold medals, silver medals and bronze medals...I am currently in this position."

"At the same time, the provincial team roster will be selected to participate in the national competition. In terms of competition, only entering the provincial team will be helpful in the college entrance examination. Whether it is a recommendation or a strong base plan, this is a stepping stone."

"The next step is the national competition, where the first, second, and third national players will be selected. The top 60 players from the 550 provincial teams will be selected to enter the national training team and be qualified for promotion..."

"Of course, it's not the end yet. I'm standing at the pinnacle of the national competition. Next, I have to compete for my country. The most valuable mathematics competition in the world is of course the International Mathematics Olympiad, or IMO for short. It symbolizes the highest level of world mathematics competition. The highest standard, the highest honor.”

"Only 6 contestants can be sent to participate. Those who have reached that stage are the real bosses. Our country's mathematics competition results have always been good, and Qingbei is also rushing to get it."

Provincial and national competitions are too far away. Those who can reach that stage must have shown amazing mathematical talent since childhood. That level is no longer something that can be achieved through hard work.

But you can still give it a try in the provincial competition.

…

The exchange student activities only lasted for two short weeks and were coming to an end soon.

Of course, I didn't expect to make any friends here or how rich the harvest would be... It was unrealistic, so I behaved very low-key during this period, and basically didn't take the initiative to interact with the people in this class. It was nothing more than Gantian came over to harass him, and he dealt with it perfunctorily. With his rank, even if it was perfunctory, no one would notice it.

Yi Yang is not an indifferent person, but when it comes to passers-by in junior high school, from his adult perspective, it is really difficult to regard them as particularly important people.

Of course, these become representatives of "cold" in the eyes of others.

Before leaving, I unexpectedly received two small notes, both with QQ numbers. The significance is self-evident. He smiled and put it in his pocket.

This was the end of his short life as an exchange student. After getting on the school minibus, he looked in the direction of the senior high school of No. 1 Middle School and remained silent.

Time is still long...

The car started slowly.

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time flies.

After returning from Hanning, several months passed in a blink of an eye.

Time has passed from early spring mixed with the coldness of late winter to summer without even realizing it. The school's landscape changes year after year. Except for the arena that was built because of Ma Dongxi, there is not much progress that can be seen with the naked eye. School life is a repetition of yesterday's life, meeting the same people, doing the same things, and immersing yourself in it. Every day is actually not boring, but when you look up, you will be surprised to find that time has passed. It's been so long...

When I was a student, the river was gurgling, and it was as fast as an arrow.

By now, I have completely adapted to this identity.

It's funny to say that it took me a whole year to fully adapt to my identity.

Ah, a whole year.

During this period, grandma got sick once, which frightened Yi Yang. Fortunately, he went to the hospital to see if there was anything wrong. This is what happens when old people get older. Even if they don't have any major problems, they will have all kinds of minor problems. This time he sent his grandma to his second uncle in the countryside no matter what. He really could no longer accept her care calmly.

So the next life became living alone without a guardian. To an adult, this is really nothing to fuss about, but of course, to outsiders it is incredible. Once, Luo Bingluo Luoyue and others were invited to play at home, and everyone showed great respect for him living alone.

I studied step by step, and it seemed that my upper limit was there. I finally reached 12th place in the midterm exam. At this level, it would be very difficult to move up one place.

This time, he surpassed Luo Luoyue and Ning Zhixin for the first time, ranking second in the class. Of course, there is also a little bit of luck involved. The reason was to start delving into math competition stuff. In Luo Bing's words, self-study is still possible at this stage, but the path of self-study will almost come to an end at the provincial competition. Later, you must find someone to guide you, such as a training institution or a teacher, etc., but you must have someone to guide you. .

He has finished learning the mathematics knowledge in junior high school and has done some competition questions. The improvement is obvious. During the last mid-term exam, he encountered a competition-oriented problem and he solved it. That is the question that made him surpass Luo. The key to Luoyue and Ning Zhixin.

Now, he is a real top student.

I can't help but feel confused.

Looking back on his life over the past year, the sweat he had put in, and the changes he had made, he knew that his life had gone to a place where he had no idea what direction it would lead to.

Luo Luoyue was indignant about the fact that he surpassed her. From that day on, she stopped reading comics. She even wouldn't take the initiative to talk to him in class for a period of time. She acted like she was bound to catch up or even surpass her. The posture...heh, she is still a girl at heart, which is quite interesting.

For now, that's all.

The study life in junior high school is always full of various small ups and downs, but as time goes by, the memory of this aspect becomes a little blurry. All that is left is continuous learning and repeating what happened yesterday.

The school has already released news that an online class will be set up next semester. The far end of the online class is the junior high school of Hanning No. 1 Middle School... which is the class where Gantian and their students belong. The final exam scores of this semester will be used as the basis for admission to online classes. The ambitious students began to take action, and Yi Yang was no exception. Right now, the most important thing is to get admitted to the online class.

This will probably be the first small fork in the road in life.

…

On this day, after playing basketball with Zhao Qiang, we sat under the basketball stand to rest and listened to him talk about some things. The setting sun stretched the shadows of the two of them very long.

Ma Siyu and Qiu Guoran bought a few bottles of drinks. When playing basketball, Ma Siyu likes to stand silently as an audience. Qiu Guoran also knows that Ma Siyu likes Yi Yang and likes it very much. He sighed slightly in his heart, silly girl.

Throwing the soda to the two of them, Yi Yang unscrewed a bottle, took a sip, and sighed: "Is this so... what do you think?"

Zhao Qiang smiled bitterly: "To be honest... I don't know what to think, so I want to hear your advice."

Recently, Zhao Qiang encountered a difficult problem in his life.

It all started when he and Yi Yang won the runner-up place in the basketball game last semester. Naturally, that game gave him great confidence, and he had a chat with Yi Yang. Although it is not clear whether he can pursue sports in the future, there is no doubt that at this moment, he is confused. In life, it is a ray of visible light.

but……

Zhao Qiang's parents don't quite understand this. His father is a driver who helps others drive, and his mother is looking for odd jobs in the county. They are not from a well-off family. In the eyes of his parents, sports are not even a path... His parents still hope that he will take the high school entrance examination and continue studying if he can pass it. In the future, he can study in any junior college or learn any trade... In short, the idea is very good Be simple and you will never starve yourself in the future.

In the eyes of Zhao Qiang's parents, what's the use of sports if you can't be an athlete? They have no idea whether Zhao Qiang has athletic talent or not.

Yi Yang knows that if history does not change, Zhao Qiang's future destiny will be to give up the path of sports, then go to an ordinary high school and disappear from the public... As for what he became in the end, he has no memory of this. .

Yi Yang said: "Do I suggest...do I suggest you listen?"

Zhao Qiang was slightly startled, "Just tell me."

Yi Yang stood up, drank up the soda, and then threw the bottle away with all his strength. Squinting his eyes and watching the bottle roll and hit the ground after it landed, he spoke...

"Let me tell you...fuck your basketball dream, what kind of basketball are you playing? You can't get ahead anyway."

Zhao Qiang was stunned.

Yi Yang did not look back, and continued to look at the sunset over there, and said: "Zhao Qiang, your grades are average... you can usually pass by, can you go to the county No. 1 middle school? No... the second middle school, well, last year's college entrance examination, the second middle school liberal arts The best score is 501 points and 497 points in science. There are more than 30 people in the school who are taking undergraduate courses. After you get in, will you be able to be in the top 30? I think it’s doubtful... So, if you don’t play basketball, you will probably go to a junior college in the future. Bar."

Zhao Qiang frowned.

"Then, go to college for three years, find a job, marry a wife and have children, and let this be the end of your life. If you choose basketball, you may become famous, or you may not be able to make a living from it. Yes, don't choose basketball , the risk is too great, anyway, the same sentence...fuck the basketball dream."

"I……"

"But have you ever thought about it, you are really talented. Do you remember that guy, Qiu Guoran's father's student, that Roger Jiu, is he more talented than you? We dragged Qiu in the second grade of junior high school Sure enough, we had a lot of back-and-forth with their team of high school students. Do you remember the trash talk you spat at him at that time? I can't see where your talent lies."

"But, he is braver than you."

"But I...Yi Yang, you don't understand, my family..."

Yi Yang shook his head: "No need to explain, I've already said it, fuck your basketball dream."

Zhao Qiang was silent. At this time, both Qiu Guoran and Ma Siyu came over and looked at the two of them strangely.

Yi Yang turned around, looked at Zhao Qiang seriously, and said, "Some things depend on you."

At this time, Yi Yang had his back to the setting sun, and the light was shining from behind. His figure was gilded, but his face could not be seen clearly.

Ma Siyu looked at Yi Yang from the side. He was so handsome at this time, so his mood was not calm, very uncool. His eyes were full of twinkling little stars, and the smile on his face was sweet, like a happy person in the hot and humid summer. Lang jelly.

Qiu Guoran glanced at Ma Siyu silently and sighed silently.

Yi Yang continued: "Why do you think what your parents said must be right? It's probably a bit offensive... What I said may not be right, but I think you should listen to your own heart on this matter. idea."

Zhao Qiang opened his mouth, and something burned in his eyes for a moment, but it passed quickly, leaving only dimness. Shaking his head, "Yi Yang, you don't understand my family's situation..."

Yi Yang sighed and said angrily, "Now that you already have the answer, why should you listen to my advice? I have no advice, just give up basketball."

"I……"

Ma Siyu and Qiu Sure enough looked at each other and were about to comfort Zhao Qiang. At this moment, Yi Yang went over to pick up the basketball, turned to Zhao Qiang and said, "Stand down under the backboard."

Zhao Qiang showed a confused expression, "What are you doing?"

Yi Yang frowned and yelled: "Just stand still, there is so much nonsense!" He, who had always been gentle after his rebirth, scolded him like this, but it turned out to be quite scary.

Zhao Qiang frowned and stood up, slowly walking under the backboard. At this moment, Yi Yang over there suddenly rushed towards here!

Zhao Qiang was slightly startled, but before he could react, Yi Yang was already in front of him, and the potential energy of the impact was transformed into an upward leaping explosive force at this moment! Following Zhao Qiang, he subconsciously protected his vital parts——

"boom!"

Zhao Qiang sat down on the ground, the basketball exploded in the basket above his head, and his ears were buzzing.

Yi Yang completed this reluctant dunk, staggered to the ground, and then sneered: "Ha... no wonder, it turns out to be so soft."

Ma Siyu and Qiu really looked at Yi Yang dumbfounded.

"Soft?" Zhao Qiang came back to his senses.

"Coward."

Zhao Qiang was angry, stood up, and silently picked up the basketball.

Yi Yang said with great interest: "Are you ready to return one?"

Zhao Qiang slowly dribbled backwards and began to accelerate, "I just want to..."

The next moment he was in front of Yi Yang to complete the ball.

"Coward." Yi Yang took a defensive stance.

"Tell you……"

"boom!"

Two slender junior high school students completed an amazing confrontation in the air, and then one of them flew out upside down, and the other hung himself on the basket with one arm.

Zhao Qiang hung on the basket and looked at Yi Yang, "This is a dunk."

Yi Yang was already lying on his back on the ground, looking at Zhao Qiang.

Eyes facing each other.

Then, Yi Yang laughed first, and then Zhao Qiang fell down and started to laugh too, and then they both laughed together.

When Ma Siyu and Qiu saw this scene, they were dumbfounded and looked at each other.

"Is this the friendship between men? It feels so cool..." Ma Siyu looked at Yi Yang and said.

"Well...it's a man's romance." Qiu Guoran said.

After laughing, Zhao Qiang went over and pulled Yi Yang up.

"You can already dunk..."

"reluctantly."

"Ah……"

"Take you to meet someone."

"Um?"

Yi Yang turned around and looked at Qiu Guoran, "Is your dad at home?"

"Huh? Yes... yes."

Yi Yang turned to Zhao Qiang and said seriously, "Let's go meet him."

Zhao Qiang was silent, showing a trace of hesitation, but then nodded.

…

Qiu Guoran's father, Qiu Shuai, commented on Zhao Qiang...

"The upper limit is to be a professional, and the lower limit is to be a basketball enthusiast, it all depends on your own attitude. The attitude I'm talking about is not about your training attitude, but whether you have the courage to move forward."

It was already ten o'clock in the evening when we came out of Qiu Shuai's place. The two of them were walking on the street together, the wind blowing the hair on their legs, like a girl's hands teasing him.

Zhao Qiang said: "Yi Yang...I have decided."

"Um."

"Yi Yang...thank you."

"Um."

"I still don't want to play basketball anymore."

"Well?"

"Haha...just kidding."

"Ah."

The two people slowly walked away under the streetlight.