Li Yang returned to the back row and brought his chair over.
Jiang Banxia was shocked to see this scene.
"That... that... let's switch to another stool, the chair is a bit big and might not fit."
Li Yang asked, "Is it really small?"
He originally had a stool, but unfortunately, he didn't know which classmate had secretly swapped it. Helpless, he had to spend five yuan at the second-hand market to get a chair with a backrest.
Jiang Banxia nodded, "Yeah, this one of yours won't fit."
"Oh, then just wait a moment."
After putting his chair back, Li Yang took some materials and went to Wu Tianqi's seat, grabbing Wu Tianqi's stool in one swift motion.
He came to Jiang Banxia's side and said, "Jiang Banxia, I might trouble you in a bit."
Jiang Banxia quickly said, "No trouble, no trouble."
"Thanks, if you ever need anything in the future, I will definitely do my best to help."
Jiang Banxia looked at Li Yang beside her and thought this guy was quite dashing.
He was the only boy in the whole class who bothered with his hairstyle, always keeping himself neat and clean with a faint smell of shower gel on him. Even in the midst of summer, he appeared tidy and refreshing.
The two had just walked out of the classroom when they saw Liu Dayou coming their way.
Liu Dayou was specifically checking if there were still any students in the classroom. The lights in the classroom would be out at 9:50, and the building would be locked at 10:00, so the worst fear was leaving a student or two locked in the building.
But then…
He might as well not have come!
Why all this eagerness, there were still ten or so minutes before 9:50!
He got a headache every time he saw Li Yang.
He had no liking for the guy whatsoever, and had even submitted reports several times requesting Li Yang's expulsion, but they were never approved in the end.
Seeing Liu Dayou, Jiang Banxia just wanted to leave quickly.
Yet Li Yang smiled and greeted him cheerfully, "Hello, sir, the classroom's empty now, Jiang Banxia and I were the last ones out."
Jiang Banxia thought, "This guy... is he crazy?"
What student wouldn't lower their head and hurry away immediately when they see a teacher on the road? Yet Li Yang actually greeted him?
Besides, do you really need to say that? Liu Dayou could tell with just a glance.
Liu Dayou responded with a curt 'hmm' and then saw Li Yang following Jiang Banxia's pace, slowly descending the stairs.
He overheard Li Yang asking Jiang Banxia if she would be safe returning home at night and whether he should escort her…
This made Liu Dayou frown constantly.
Li Yang, this guy, intentionally trying to annoy him.
After checking the classroom's windows to confirm there was no one inside, he glanced at the nearby classrooms and finally headed downstairs.
He was actually in a good mood because Jiang Banxia had ranked first in the school, and naturally, first in the county in the fourth mock exam for science.
In addition, Jiang Banxia was a special case; her scores had never dropped.
When she first entered high school, she was only in the top fifty of the entire school. By the second semester of her first year, she had only squeezed into the class as the thirtieth in the school.
But over the past two years, her ranking steadily rose. By the second semester of her third year, she had stabilized her position as the first in the whole school, nearly twenty points ahead of the second place.
No one else in the entire school would make it to Qingbei except for Jiang Banxia.
As long as Jiang Banxia got into Qingbei, next year he would still be the head teacher of the elite class, filled with repeaters scoring above 550 points, a source of students unparalleled in the entire school.
The thought of producing a student who got into Qingbei was worth a reward of 30,000 yuan and a luxurious seven-day trip to Sanya, making him feel particularly pleased.
Unfortunately, this feeling didn't last long.
Because when he reached the office on the first floor, he saw that guy Li Yang sitting next to Jiang Banxia.
Jiang Banxia's seat was his work desk, and unlike other students, she had a comfy ergonomic chair at a spacious spot.
But right then, she'd forcibly squeezed out a narrow spot, letting Li Yang squeeze in.
He was about to go in to pull Li Yang out when two people walked in.
He recognized the man in his twenties, it was Huang Zhigang, the math teacher for the Arts class.
The girl with him also looked familiar…
Huang Zhigang quickly approached and greeted, "Teacher Liu, sorry for the intrusion today, this is Wang Manqi from our class, whom I mentioned to you before."
Liu Dayou remembered. He had bumped into Huang Zhigang during an invigilation session yesterday, and Huang mentioned a girl in his class who was excelling in every art subject except for having a severe weakness in math. He wanted her to come study along with the science class in the extended class.
Out of courtesy, he didn't refuse, nor did he expect Huang Zhigang to actually bring her.
Was there even space in the extended class?
He felt a headache coming on, but quickly thought of Li Yang.
So he said, "Teacher Huang, you came at the right time. I've already arranged for it. Let your student sit with Jiang Banxia, and if she has any questions, she can directly ask Jiang Banxia."
Huang Zhigang's eyes lit up at those words, and Wang Manqi also seemed delighted.
After all, Jiang Banxia was the top of the grade.
Wang Manqi's goal was to improve by over ten points, which would secure her spot above the second-tier university mark.
Huang Zhigang walked over and stealthily slipped a pack of cigarettes to Liu Dayou, simultaneously asking, "Teacher Liu, where is the seat?"
Liu Dayou pointed inside and said, "It's at my work desk."
"But there's someone there, right?"
Liu Dayou squinted and said, "That student is called Li Yang, the last in our class. Teacher Huang, just ask him to come out."
Huang Zhigang glanced at Wang Manqi beside him. Although he knew it wouldn't be easy, he braced himself and went in.
Upon hearing that the office was pointed to, Wang Manqi had already seen Li Yang.
After all, Li Yang was quite standout in the entire senior year… handsome.
She didn't expect Li Yang to shamelessly cling to Jiang Banxia. A top student like her, and you think you're in the same league?
It was clear from Liu Dayou's words that he held a low opinion of Li Yang.
...
"Actually, finding the maximum and minimum values for these types of multi-term high-degree equations is quite straightforward with the AM-GM inequality. You simplify and lower the degree, then reduce further…"
Jiang Banxia patiently explained the current problem to Li Yang, who, with a clear mind, didn't get distracted, even though the cramped space occasionally caused their arms to brush.
After all, this problem was of great importance.
Having hidden over ten problems, he finally managed to bury his strategic problem among them.
First, he needed to understand how the few mysterious processes in that problem applied the AM-GM inequality, a concept he had completely forgotten.
He was about to ask Jiang Banxia about the related formulas when someone suddenly tapped on his shoulder.
He turned his head to look, seeing a man in his twenties, who didn't look like a student.
Huang Zhigang smiled and said, "Hey, classmate, there's someone already at your spot, could you kindly make room?"
Jiang Banxia was the first to react and said, "Teacher, you must be mistaken. This is our class teacher's desk. Our teacher hasn't told us about arranging other students here."
Li Yang also spoke up, "Teacher, we only have this one spot here, which I specifically came to ask Jiang Banxia for help with. The spot you mentioned...could you be referring to Jiang Banxia's spot?"
Huang Zhigang: "???"
Could he dare ask for Jiang Banxia's spot? Forget about one pack of cigarettes, even if he brought Liu Dayou a cow, he wouldn't agree.
Jiang Banxia's results meant so much for his career path and his future pension, nothing could outweigh that.
Huang Zhigang had come across Li Yang several times in class, sneaking milk tea to Wang Manqi.
But it seemed like Li Yang didn't recognize him.
Resolving himself, he directly said, "Li Yang, I had already talked with your class teacher beforehand about letting Wang Manqi follow Jiang Banxia for a while. You know her, she just struggles a bit with math, the rest of her subjects are outstanding."
Li Yang laughed upon hearing this, "And Wang Manqi's poor grades have what to do with me?"