The Reincarnated OP Protagonist Is Now A 3rd Grade Student (Patreon)

Chapter 40: The Infinite Potential of Elementary School Students

On the bed, a small table was set up, and the two elementary school students sat facing each other seriously.

On one end of the small table, Chen An was rubbing his chin, looking at Lu Li, who was becoming uneasy under his gaze.

Although the two had been sitting together for a while, Chen An had only focused on Lu Li's actions of planting bombs everywhere and her strict family environment. He had never paid attention to how well Lu Li was doing academically.

Of course, he didn't need to pay attention to know that this girl's English scores were definitely terrible. Translating "two cars" into "卡卡" - these basic mistakes were rarely made by elementary school students.

"Our final exam is actually quite simple, after all, we're only in the third grade."

Chen An grabbed his school bag, searching for the prepared materials: "Yijing and Bazi," "Complete Astrology," "Tarot Cards," and other review materials.

"Chinese is mainly Pinyin fill-in-the-blanks, recognizing polyphonic characters and homophones, as well as various phrase constructions. The most challenging part is a 400 to 600-word essay, but as long as you diligently read various selected essays, there shouldn't be much difficulty. For English... well, with Lu Li's foundation, it's really impossible to tackle it in a short time."

"So, what do we do?"

Lu Li anxiously looked at Chen An. "The final excam only covers Chinese, Math, and English. If my English isn't good, won't I be unable to move up to the next grade?"

"Don't worry, everyone actually doesn't understand it very well, and they all dislike English."

Chen An gave Lu Li a thumbs-up. "But for the English paper, even if you can't understand a single word, it's still possible to pass. Just remember one thing - choose the short one in 'three long, one short,' and choose the long one in 'three short, one long.' The rest, we'll rely on these mystical books and leave it to fate."

"So, it's a gamble?"

Lu Li confidently raised her chest. "I have no problem with luck in this regard."

"Just hope that your inexplicable confidence can rub off on me a bit."

Chen An sighed and shook his head. "After all, I hate situations where luck determines the outcome."

"But my luck has been really good lately, unbelievably good."

Lu Li blinked her eyes, looking at Chen An with a smile. "Don't you think so too, Chen An?"

"I don't think my recent luck has been good at all. Climbing onto a rooftop to defuse a bomb at such a young age? Even the freest manga artist wouldn't adopt such an exaggerated setting."

Saying that, Chen An rummaged through his school bag and took out a stack of white papers, rolling them into five sheets.

"Since Chinese isn't very difficult and English is a matter of fate, let me test your math level. There are five bosses here; you can choose one to be your opponent."

Lu Li nervously looked at the five sheets in front of her and said, "Can you pick the easiest one for me?"

"But in my opinion, they're all equally simple. The difficulty is pretty much the same."

Chen An arranged the five sheets in front of Lu Li and introduced them one by one.

"First, this one is a big brother who deliberately walks slowly to school, waiting for his younger brother to catch up from behind, panting."

"Then there's the swimming pool manager who intentionally drains and fills the pool at the same time, presumably a relative of the boss."

"Next, there's a farmer who has no common sense. He put chickens and rabbits together in a cage."

"Then there's Li Hua's good friend, Xiao Hong's partner, Xiao Ming, who didn't pass the high school entrance exam. This time, he spilled ink and covered part of the test paper."

"Finally, there's a group of pampered elementary school students who want you to use a knife to cut a cake for them, and it must be the kind where everyone gets an equal share."

Looking at the five bosses laid out in front of her, Lu Li fell into contemplation. Should she choose the brother who teases his younger brother, the pool manager who has connections, the ignorant farmer, or Xiao Ming, who didn't pass the high school entrance exam? It wouldn't be appropriate to help a group of pampered elementary school students cut a cake.

However, after carefully examining the questions, Lu Li decisively chose what she thought was the simplest task—helping the elementary school students cut the cake.

"In fact, this question is not easy at all."

Chen An estimated Lu Li's math skills quickly while handing her a pen.

In the third grade, elementary school math had begun to involve simple multiplication and division. Memorizing the multiplication table was a daily task, and during this period, students would develop the ability to perform mental calculations at the forefront globally.

That is, when calculating complex problems, they would subconsciously generate a horizontal line in their minds. Then, they would place an 'X' on the left side of the line and arrange the numbers to be calculated above the line, obtaining the results below the line.

As long as Lu Li could be trained to develop this subconscious mental calculation ability, her math scores had a high probability of entering the top class in the fourth grade.

"Now you have fifteen elementary school students in front of you, but there's only one piece of cake. You must ensure that each person gets an equal share, but you can only make a maximum of eight cuts. Show me your skills."

Chen An eagerly watched Lu Li, who picked up the pen. She didn't think too long and directly used the pen as a knife, cutting straight across the fifteen elementary school students, leaving only one standing.

Then Lu Li confidently raised her head and looked at Chen An, who was in a daze.

"I said, 'Show me your math skills,' not ‘let me see your sociophobic nature.' "

Chen An covered his forehead.

"Um, did I mess up?"

Lu Li, discerning from Chen An's expression, lowered her head in disappointment. "I really am stupid, aren't I?"

"No, those who think you're stupid are the ones with short-sightedness. What you did was not just a show; it's outstanding to the point of being outrageous."

Chen An said with great certainty, without a hint of sarcasm in his words, purely admiring her to the point of complete submission.

Perhaps in the eyes of some people, Lu Li, who could make mistakes in a math problem of this level, was a pretty dumb child. However, people couldn't stay as children forever.

Lu Li would grow up, and the grown-up Lu Li would be not only a beautiful woman with a dignified appearance but also rich. She would love super robots and giants of light, and she would still be a fool!

This combination of attributes was too overpowering for attracting males! This girl, at such a young age, already displayed the potential to roll over a large number of her peers. If she continued to grow up with this "Fool's Stone" ability that could make people lose their wits, how terrifying could she become?