On the afternoon of August 13, everyone from the Computer Departnt had arrived and was called into the classroom by the instructor.
Zhou Yiyi noticed that instead of 27, there were 28 students, with indeed four girls and a whopping 24 boys, all of them looking quite tall, at least half wearing glasses. Among them, six were directly admitted for their national competition achievents and were top scorers in their provinces, including Zhou Mo.
Moreover, the four girls had the lowest scores in the class. Does that an the other 24 scored above 706 points?
To be honest, Zhou Yiyi felt crushed, and not just crushed; she even regretted choosing this major.
She thought to herself, it was lucky that Zhou Mo ca; otherwise, wouldn’t she have trouble even passing?
Her tearless expression pleased Zhou Mo, who thought it was a good thing he had followed her; otherwise, this girl wouldn’t realize how high the sky is.
He now fully suspected that this girl was admitted into the Computer Departnt by sheer luck.
Even he felt a bit intimidated. Among the six directly admitted students, he was the only one who had not participated in a national competition, whether in any subject, unlike the other five who had won awards in physics and computer competitions. From their introductions, he once again felt that those from big cities were indeed different.
The five ca from Henan Zhengzhou, Zhejiang Hangzhou, Hubei Wuhan, Nanjing, Jiangsu, and Beijing itself. All, like him, were directly admitted, but Zhou Mo was the only one who took the college entrance examination and the only one admitted for physics before switching to the Computer Departnt. Thus, he was the provincial top scorer from Henan, while one admitted student had no designated score but had won a national computer competition award. In terms of excellence, Zhou Mo felt inferior, especially since the other looked handso and clearly the type born for success.
Everyone’s introduction was like a textbook resu, incredibly dazzling. This forced Zhou Yiyi, who wasn’t fond of showing off, to ntion her mbership in the Calligrapher Association to boost her credentials; otherwise, what could she say? Was 706 points impressive? Sorry, it was the lowest score!
Her three roommates weren’t much better except for Qiao Shan, who could ntion piano and dance competitions. The other three were bookworms; besides ntioning where they were from, their age, and their college entrance scores, they had nothing else to say.
Thus, as dazzling as the boys were, the girls seed quite dull in comparison.
However, with more boys around, there were advantages for the girls, like not needing to exert themselves in carrying books. Later tasks might also be easier, like cleaning the blackboards or tidying up, and in various sports events, they would likely have an edge. Most importantly, places with more boys tended to have fewer issues.
The Computer Departnt issued quite a number of books, not as many as the dical Departnt, but still about 20 or so. Though definitely heavy, she thought she could manage to carry them back with so in her backpack and others in her arms.
"You wait here; I’ll bring the books back to the dorm and then co to pick you up."
The distance from the classroom to the dormitory wasn’t short, so Zhou Yiyi obediently nodded her head and watched her roommate leave before casually flipping through the books. Seeing titles like "University Physics," "Geotry and Algebra," "Advanced Calculus," "Single-variable Calculus," "Complex Functions," and "Circuit Theory" among the required courses and so electives, like humanities, which made up about ten percent, Zhou Yiyi distressedly slamd the books down and frantically scratched her hair, wailing.
"My God, it’s over, it’s all over. It’s so difficult; won’t I have to spend all my ti in the classroom from now on? Can I still change departnts?"
"Poof," Zhou Yiyi suddenly heard soone laughing. She looked up and saw a boy sitting diagonally in front of her, watching her and laughing.
She frowned, "What are you laughing at?"
"Changing departnts, are you silly? How many people cram and still can’t get in here, and you talk about giving up as soon as you arrive? Is that all the ambition you have?"
Zhou Yiyi recognized him as a fellow villager from Henan, also exceptionally talented and among the pinnacle of the academic elite.
"You think everyone is like you, achieving honors effortlessly that others can’t earn no matter how hard they try? There’s a difference in intelligence between a genius and an academic dreg!"
"Even for a genius, without effort, how can there be success? Moreover, do you really think you are an academic dreg? Could a dreg even enter these doors? You’re far too self-deprecating!"
The genius packed up his bag, picked up his books, walked over to Zhou Yiyi, suddenly placed the books on the desk in front of her, and then extended his hand.
"If I rember correctly, you’re Zhou Yiyi, right? An easy na to rember. Besides, you’re from Luoyang, and I’m from Zhengzhou. We’re fellow villagers, shouldn’t we get to know each other? I’m Hua Yang. From now on, we’re classmates. Please take care of ."
Being so polite, Zhou Yiyi felt embarrassed to just sit there, so she politely stood up and shook his hand lightly. The boy was very courteous and gentlemanly, only briefly touching her hand before letting go, and his smile was truly captivating!
"Hello, I’m Zhou Yiyi. Please look after too."
"Yiyi, we can go now. Are you ready?" Just then, Zhou Mo rushed in breathlessly and paused at the scene.
Hua Yang was quick to respond, "Hello Zhou Mo, I’ve heard much about you. I didn’t expect to et you at Tsinghua and be in the sa class. What a coincidence! It’s just unfortunate we’re not in the sa dormitory."
Zhou Mo politely extended his hand to et his, "Mutual feelings. Hua Yang from Zhengwai is a well-known na. If initially Yiyi and I had chosen Zhengwai, maybe we could have been classmates!"
Hua Yang smiled warmly, "Aren’t we classmates now? Please advise in the future. After all, we three are the only ones from Henan in our class. As fellow villagers, we ought to look out for each other, don’t you think?"
"That’s natural."
After Hua Yang left, Zhou Yiyi asked in surprise, "Did you two know each other before?"
"Yes, we t during a competition. I won the second prize, and he got the First Prize. I thought both he and I would go to the Physics Departnt, but, haha, it’s quite a fate,"
Hearing this, Zhou Yiyi couldn’t help but retort again, "Academic gods really are academic gods. No, you two should be called academic deities! Winning awards in both physics and chemistry and yet not choosing those departnts, but both ending up in the Computer Departnt. It seems like you guys are cut out for Yao Class. I suddenly regret choosing the Computer Departnt. Look, it’s all science subjects. How can I even pass?"
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