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[Genius Girlfriend]

[Episode 2]

Now I'll call roll in student ID order.

Let's all get to know each other,

okay?

-Okay. -Okay!

Lin Zhixia.

[Constantly Strive to Become Stronger; Strive to Be Number One]

Here.

So you're Lin Zhixia.

Okay.

Jiang Yubai.

[Constantly Strive to Become Stronger; Strive to Be Number One]

Jiang Yubai?

Not here?

Chen Zhenghao.

Here.

Wang Qingyu.

Here.

Excuse me.

Late on the very first day?

What's your name?

Jiang Yubai.

[Constantly Strive to Become Stronger; Strive to Be Number One]

Take the seat next to Lin Zhixia.

[Reading Corner]

[Reading Corner]

It's been a long time.

Yeah, it's been a long time.

Hello.

My name is J-J-J-J-Jiang

Yubai.

J-J-J-J-Jiang Yubai?

Then call me L-L-L-L-Lin Zhixia.

You've... gotten so tall.

Yeah, I-I grew up.

Five yuan.

Bro,

those are some pretty niche shoes.

You've got good taste.

Nah, I just threw them on.

I forgot to introduce myself.

I'm Duan Qiyan.

We're in the same class.

Aren't you Jiang Yubai—

the second-best student in our class?

Well, if you don't count Lin Zhixia,

you'd be first in our class.

How can we just leave Lin Zhixia out?

She's the top student.

Still, it's different.

Her mind works on a whole different level.

Not necessarily.

There's always someone better out there.

You're the first person I've met

who dares to challenge Lin Zhixia.

Just giving it a try.

I just noticed how tall you are.

Do you play basketball?

Yeah.

Me too.

Let's play a game after school.

Sure.

Awesome.

Let's meet at the court after school.

Jiang Yubai.

I heard you transferred here from a school in Singapore.

Yeah.

So, is school in Singapore

very different from ours?

Are there lots of foreigners there?

Actually, most of them are ethnic Chinese.

I heard littering is illegal in Singapore—

is that true?

Really?

Maybe.

I've never broken the law, so I'm not sure.

I read in a book

that Singapore is known as the Garden City.

Behind those strict regulations

lies a kind of social contract.

Citizens give up a degree of freedom

in exchange

for an exceptionally clean and orderly environment.

It's a city-state

built through extraordinary planning

under conditions of

extreme resource scarcity.

Why do you sound like a robot answering questions?

Jiang Yubai!

Isn't it wild that we keep

running into each other?

Well, what are you doing tonight?

I...

I was wondering if you'd like to come over tonight.

We can watch

the Lakers vs. Celtics replay together.

It's the game of the century.

What are you looking at?

Come on, let's go.

I've got tons of snacks

and a huge sneaker collection.

We can check them out together.

Sure.

Let's go.

What do you like to do in your free time?

Do you like playing soccer,

video games,

or...

Jiang Yubai...

Why do I feel like something's off with him?

It's been a long time.

Yeah, it's been a long time.

Then what did you eat in Singapore?

Just food.

Why did I ask something like that?

Would he think I'm weird?

[Jiang Yubai]

I got into No. 1 High School's experimental class.

We're going to be classmates again.

Jiang Yubai,

I couldn't sleep,

so I got up to leave you a message.

Honestly,

I've imagined

our reunion countless times.

But today's

was way more awkward than I expected.

Maybe it was because we couldn't keep in touch,

or maybe we'd been apart for so long

that seeing each other again felt unfamiliar.

Anyway, I want to be honest with you—

things felt off between us today.

Actually, I felt the same way.

[Lin Zhixia]

I even bought strawberry milk after class today,

but I've been too shy to give it to you.

[Jiang Yubai]

I can't let something weigh on my mind overnight.

It's so much easier to just say it out loud.

[Lin Zhixia]

Otherwise, overthinking is just inefficient.

Haha.

That's so you.

Why do you think

we have no trouble talking on QQ?

That's weird.

Maybe we're just used to it.

Anyway, I'll do my best to get over it tomorrow.

Me too.

Let's ease into it.

There's one more thing I need to fix.

Today, when you asked what I ate to get so tall,

I just blurted out, "Food."

It was a pretty stupid answer.

I've been regretting it all day.

[Haha. Then answer me again.]

Then answer me again.

Actually, I was shorter than you when we were kids.

That was a real blow to my pride.

So when I was abroad,

I made sure to sleep by 8 or 9 every night.

I worked really hard to grow taller.

A little too hard.

You've overshot the mark.

What are you doing?

I saw you were asleep,

so I didn't wake you up.

Who were you just chatting with?

I had something urgent to confirm, Brother.

What was so urgent that it had you grinning like that?

Let me see who you were chatting with.

It's the middle of the night.

Who was it? Let me see.

What are you doing?

I want to see who you were chatting with.

-You can't invade my privacy. -Let go.

Let go. Let me see.

The computer might break if you just shut it down like that.

-It's fragile. It's... -You...

-It might break... -You're the one who insists on looking.

-It could break like that. -Keep your voice down.

I'm going to bed.

It's broken. It's broken.

You can't just shut it down like that...

Lin Zhixia!

J-J-J-J-Jiang Yubai.

L-L-L-L-Lin Zhixia.

Morning.

Morning.

Ignoring air resistance

and friction,

suppose a car

is traveling at 30 meters per second.

The driver notices a hazard ahead

and takes 0.5 seconds to react

before hitting the brakes.

If the hazard is 60 meters away

from the car's initial position,

will an accident occur?

Tang Tingting.

You answer. Will there be an accident?

Will the car crash...

Yes.

It will definitely crash.

Alright, you can sit down.

You,

what's your name?

I'm Lin Zhixia.

Lin Zhixia,

don't think I can't see you.

From the podium,

I can see every little thing you do.

Were you even listening?

And yet you fed her the answer?

Go on, explain it.

Why will there be an accident?

The car won't come to a stop

until it's traveled 105 meters.

Since 105 is greater than 60,

an accident is inevitable.

Ma'am, I was listening.

Alright, fine, you calculated fast.

But you've been reading something unrelated to class this whole time.

Did you think I wouldn't notice?

What were you reading? Take it out.

You were reading this?

I've already studied 10th-grade physics,

so I wanted to read about things I haven't learned yet.

Well...

even so, you still can't read it during class, right?

This still counts as outside reading.

That's all for today's class.

Class dismissed.

If you're going to do outside reading in class,

you should...

at least do it like this.

You should be considerate of the teacher's feelings, you know.

Does this really count as outside reading?

Let me see.

[Introduction to Modern Physics]

Yesterday, your Chinese teacher told me

[Class Meeting]

that you guys have been a bit disengaged in class lately.

[Class Meeting]

I understand.

Students in the experimental classes have always

tended to focus more on the science subjects.

[Class Meeting]

Your logical thinking skills are quite strong.

So you're very used to

the instant feedback that comes

the moment you solve a problem.

But students,

don't ever overlook

[Class Meeting]

the gradual development of expression

and depth of thought that studying Chinese brings.

There's a tradition in every class I teach.

[Class Meeting]

At the start of each school year,

I organize a Reading Corner activity.

You can each bring a book you'd recommend

for the class reading corner,

and then we can all borrow and share them.

We can learn and grow together.

So you can start thinking now

about the books you'd like to bring.

Do you still like drinking this?

What are you doing? Let's go.

For the reading corner, which book are you bringing?

I haven't decided yet.

I'm sure I'll recognize your pick

the moment I see it.

That confident?

Then I'm sure I'll recognize yours, too.

You're still as competitive as you were as a kid.

What?

How did you suddenly get so tall?

When we were little, you were only this high.

Sorry,

but that's never happening again.

This is so great.

We're much more comfortable around each other than we were yesterday.

Yeah.

Thanks to you—you always just say

what's on your mind.

I held that in all day yesterday.

That was really unlike me.

You know,

I don't have many friends.

After you left,

I tried making new ones.

So I tried really hard to start conversations

and ask people to go to the bathroom together.

But after trying for a while, I realized

people just have their limits.

I'm just not very good at making friends.

Like-minded people naturally find each other,

so there's no need to force it.

See? Didn't we end up meeting again?

I think you've changed.

How so?

I can't quite put it into words,

but you just have.

What about me? Have I changed?

Your hair is a bit longer.

Other than that...

not much.

Actually, I've been wanting to ask you.

Why did you come back this time?

Because of you.

♪ The moment our eyes met, my world came alive with color ♪

♪ Could this be how love begins? ♪

I mean...

♪ These unspoken feelings are so hard to figure out ♪

just like iron carbide, whose hardness

♪ Hidden deep within your gaze ♪

is 5 times that of ordinary iron,

but ordinary iron

only turns into iron carbide at high temperatures.

♪ Sometimes, I imagine drifting beyond the skies with you ♪

If I were ordinary iron,

you would be the high temperature.

♪ Shimmering light dances over the flower in bloom ♪

I really came back because of you.

♪ After all we've been through, our fates remain intertwined ♪

Because I feel like I'm a better person

♪ Perhaps fate favors me now ♪

when I'm with you.

Where are you going?

This way, I'm taller than you.

Now that you're back, will you leave again?

♪ The moment our eyes met, my world was filled with hope ♪

Definitely not while I'm in high school.

And

♪ Dim tender touches turn out to be love ♪

we can go to college together.

Okay.

♪ Unsettling thoughts at last unfold ♪

♪ I return the moment you glance back ♪

♪ If reunion is fated ♪

♪ Wish upon that dust speck amid flowing light ♪

♪ After all we've been through, our fates remain intertwined ♪

♪ If only time could stand still ♪

My computer really is broken.

I'll tell Dad in a bit.

My old back pain is acting up again these days.

Once you finish eating,

take some food to your mom at the supermarket.

I'll go.

Zhixia,

how's the start of the new school year?

Everything else is pretty good.

But I don't know why.

Zeqiu won't let me say we're siblings at school.

Lin Zhixia!

You brat.

Is that how you act as a brother?

You won't even let her call you her brother?

She's playing the victim.

Last night,

she sneaked into my room to use the internet

and broke my computer.

I didn't sneak in.

I just didn't want to wake you up.

Then who were you chatting with in the middle of the night?

Who?

Who was it, Zhixia?

Jiang Yubai.

Jiang Yubai?

Your deskmate from when you were little?

He's my deskmate again now.

So what?

Everyone has a deskmate.

Alright, stop arguing.

Finish eating quickly and bring food to your mom.

Dad, she won't let me eat.

I did not.

You two...

You're back, Mom.

Yubai.

You cooked for yourself? What are you eating?

Just whipped up something simple.

Are you getting used to the new company?

It's just the beginning.

I'm unfamiliar with the work, but it'll get better.

What about your colleagues?

What are they like?

They are all quite nice.

That's good.

I was supposed to ask you these yesterday.

But look at you.

You ended up asking me everything first.

How about you?

Are you getting used to the new school?

Very well. I'm very used to it.

It's way better than Singapore.

It seems you are very satisfied with high school life.

Your dad even said before

that the divorce was between the adults,

so there was no need to transfer you back to China.

I told him

that you definitely wanted to come back.

Your good friends are all here, right?

Besides,

you didn't like it there anyway.

Right, my good friends are all here, too.

What does "always arguing back" mean?

You say one thing, and Tang Tingting fires back with nine.

Your daughter is here.

Mom, time to eat.

Coming.

You are so sweet.

Bringing food to your mom?

Hello, Auntie.

Good girl.

Right, I wanted to ask you, sweetie.

Does your class

assign seats based on grades?

Well...

Since you two are at opposite ends of the rankings,

shouldn't you be deskmates?

We aren't assigned like that.

That's a real pity.

That's okay, though.

Even though you've never been in the same class,

you grew up together.

So you're best friends.

You need to keep an eye on her.

She doesn't take studying seriously.

You have to help her.

Got it.

I'm leaving, Mom.

-Okay. -Good girl.

And one more thing,

what is your favorite food?

♪ Say hi ♪

♪ We have different colors ♪

♪ To me, say hi ♪

♪ We share the same dream ♪

♪ How lucky I am to have you ♪

Tingting.

Sweetie.

Mom.

Look what I bought you.

Take a break.

You bought these?

Have some snacks.

Strawberry milk,

strawberry cookies and strawberry candy—

Which supermarket had a big sale?

I-I don't like sweets.

Sweets make me break out.

I asked Lin Zhixia about this.

Lin Zhixia told you to buy this?

No.

Here's the thing.

I-I asked her very carefully.

She told me

she eats these almost every day.

I was thinking,

she's so smart,

and it must have something to do with her diet.

Are you saying her smart brain

comes from eating these?

Well, what if it works?

Let's give it a try.

Just eat this one, okay?

Mom, you're being ridiculous.

Your ignorance could make the local news.

Are you going to eat it or not?

I don't like sweets.

I'm not eating it.

Your MP3,

your phone,

and all other electronics...

I'll eat it. I'll eat it. I'll eat it.

Well...

That's more like it.

It's food, not poison.

Take a big bite. Why are you eating it like medicine?

Hurry, drink this.

Wash it down with it. Hurry.

Tastes good, right?

Good girl.

I'll buy you more when you finish.

Eat it all. Eat it all.

It tastes so bad.

I'll definitely break out tomorrow.

About my book...

Do you need a hint?

[Natural Philosophy]

This one.

It's on the reading list I gave you before.

[Jiang Yubai]

Have you decided what to read then?

I've read them all.

How many books have you actually read?

I've read all the science ones.

How about this one?

I've only heard of it but haven't read it.

Jin Baihui has put that one in.

Right, Jin Baihui?

Jin Baihui, you read novels, too?

I thought

you'd put a study guide in here.

It's the only non-academic book at home.

I don't know when it was bought.

[I blew the exam today. I got one fill-in-the-blank math question wrong]

[and only scored 118. But my parents said not getting a perfect score]

blew the exam today.

[is the same as failing completely. They even said I'm good for nothing.]

I got one fill-in-the-blank math question wrong

[I've really tried my best.]

and only scored 118.

[I'm so tired. I want to run away. But where should I go?]

Whose book is this?

Isn't it yours?

No.

That's impossible.

You should be the only one in the class who thinks

a freshman in high school

should read this kind of book.

-This train of thought... -Sir.

Hold on,

let me check.

Let me check.

You should consider

taking university-level math qualification exams.

If you pass, you can go straight to university.

Actually, I haven't decided yet

whether I need to enter university this early.

All right.

Go back and discuss it with your parents.

Off you go.

All right, that's all from me.

Ms. Kong,

can I take the math qualification exams?

You just started your first year of high school.

Let's take it one step at a time.

Isn't Lin Zhixia also in her first year of high school?

Here, look.

Although you also got a perfect score in math,

Lin Zhixia solved the hardest bonus problem

and even came up with two different solutions.

In a while,

there will be a provincial youth math contest.

If you get a good ranking

in it,

we'll talk about what comes next.

[Nanhai Province Star of Hope Math Contest

[Contest Information]

Oh no.

Sorry, I'm late.

The little genius finally remembered her cleaning duty.

Ms. Kong just called for me,

so I was held up for a bit.

It's fine. We're almost done here.

You guys go home.

I'll take care of the rest.

You immortals should stick to solving the mysteries of the universe.

Leave small things like cleaning

to us mortals.

Tang Tingting,

every time you call me an immortal,

it really makes me uncomfortable.

Could you just call me by my name?

You're already out of touch with reality anyway.

Isn't that what an immortal is?

Is there anything else in your head

besides studying?

Stop meddling in us mortals' business.

If you have any problem with me,

you can just say it.

Look,

I got these two big pimples on my face,

all thanks to you.

Can you stop telling my mom

all that nonsense?

This is...

Zhixia,

what is your favorite food?

If strawberry cake could improve intelligence,

why not apply for a patent?

Please tell my mom directly

that your intelligence is genetic,

and it can't be intervened.

Tell her to stop making me eat strawberry candies!

That's not true.

IQ heritability

is around 40 to 60 percent.

Genes have a strong influence,

but it's not 100 percent.

Oh my god.

Now you're talking about this?

Your mom asked me what I like to eat,

but I didn't know she would buy it and force you to eat it.

The pimples on your face

aren't necessarily from strawberry cake.

It could be clogged pores caused

by excess oil during puberty and improper cleansing.

Are you saying I don't wash my face?

I...

Wait.

Tang,

it's about time.

We should go home.

You don't need to smooth things over.

Doesn't your dad often compare you to her, too?

It's fine. It doesn't bother me.

Oh, so I'm the only one with a problem?

Don't be like her.

Stop pretending.

Why are you yelling at me?

Let's go.

She already said

she'd handle the rest.

Might as well let her.

Let's go.

Thank you, immortal.

Thank you, Lin Zhixia.

Let's go.

[Class Challenge Leaderboard]

I can solve problems that others can't,

[Gödel, Escher, Bach]

but I can't figure out

why I'm always

an isolated solution,

never part of anyone else's solution set.

♪ With every breath, the shadows creep ♪

♪ The devil in disguise ♪

♪ Talking the sweetest lies ♪

♪ It tries to drown me in my sleep ♪

♪ And comes like a tide ♪

♪ It hurts, but I'm too tired to hide ♪

♪ Please hold me, help me walk out of this endless night ♪

Growing taller

♪ Lost the light and power ♪

is of some use after all.

♪ Lost my will to fight ♪

I find you always show up right on time.

♪ Can you stay by my side ♪

It's as if it was meant to be.

♪ Be my light knight ♪

What?

I'm going to update my Human Observation Diary.

♪ Let's run away ♪

♪ Towards the light ♪

♪ With you, I'll win this fight ♪

Let's make up for all the years it stopped being updated.

♪ Let's run away ♪

How?

Tell me what happened there.

I'll record it.

♪ No turn to black ♪

♪ Your love will carry us through the night ♪

♪ Let's run away ♪

♪ Towards the light ♪

It turns out some understanding

♪ With you, I'll win this fight ♪

doesn't need to be rebuilt,

even after years apart.

♪ Let's run away ♪

Just like after a system reboot,

you are still my

default setting.

♪ No turn to black ♪

♪ Your love will carry us through the night ♪

♪ You and I ♪

♪ Long last night ♪

♪ You and I ♪