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[Genius Girlfriend]

[Episode 14]

Zhixia, let me tell you.

You've come to the right person for help picking out a new phone.

I know all the phones and models

like the back of my hand.

This one.

My idol is the spokesperson for it.

It comes in 8 colors

and has 105 breathing light effects.

You can even customize the light colors yourself.

Isn't that cool?

[AISUN; 1999 yuan]

It's so pretty but a bit expensive.

It's over my budget.

What about this one?

It's from a major brand

with a piano-finish coating,

and the price is reasonable too.

This one is pretty too.

How about this one?

This one?

I've never even heard of this brand.

-Is this some knockoff... -Sis.

You have taste.

You really have great taste.

For all these years,

I've been waiting for

someone who truly understands it.

Understands what?

The Almighty King phone.

It's about to become

the future leader of the phone industry.

Its performance is insane—blazing fast!

And the battery life is unbelievable!

Normally, you only need to charge it for 2 hours,

and you can use it nonstop for a whole week.

Plus, it's shockproof

and waterproof.

Don't believe me?

See? Waterproof.

And that's not even the best part.

Watch closely!

Have you ever seen a phone this tough?

I just want to ask you—

have you ever seen a phone this tough?

All-in-one, all-powerful.

The Almighty King phone is trustworthy.

Choosing it is the right decision!

Sir, I don't need to crack walnuts with it or anything.

I just need it to make calls and send texts.

The main thing is, the price fits my budget.

I want to buy one for my brother too.

Sis, if you buy two today,

I'll give you a discount.

Are you sure? The Almighty King?

[Emile]

What are these?

We can afford 2 of these phones within my budget.

Don't wait until after New Year's.

Let's share the good things.

These aren't...

These aren't some knockoffs, are they?

They're the Almighty King phones.

Bet you didn't know that. Not only do they have great performance,

but they're also built to last.

What you're really paying for in an expensive phone is the brand value.

I don't think that's necessary.

You really don't...

Can they be returned?

Why return them?

If you return them... you can buy a more expensive one.

One you like more.

Plus, I might get a new phone for the New Year.

I don't really need a phone that badly right now.

But I picked these colors carefully.

Gold represents autumn,

and blue represents summer.

Since you don't like it, Brother,

I'll just return it.

Okay, okay, okay. I like it. I like it.

T-This is the Almighty King phone, right?

I've heard of this phone.

It can really smash walnuts?

I'll smash it with yours then.

I-It's so sturdy.

Hello, Jiang.

Guess who this is.

Hello?

Is it Lin Zhixia?

How did you know it was me?

Didn't you ask me to guess?

I just guessed.

This is my number. Save it.

You're my best friend.

You're the first person I've told.

Let me tell you something amazing.

When I was choosing my phone number today,

I saw one

where the last digits happened to

match your birthday.

Isn't that amazing?

[Answer]

Too bad there wasn't one ending with my birthday.

That's a bit of a pity.

But it's already lucky enough, isn't it?

And this number is very easy to remember.

It's alright.

I remember other people's numbers too.

So the contacts feature on your phone

is basically useless, huh?

Lin Zhixia,

what name did you save me as?

Jiang Yubai.

Well, good friends

usually give each other nicknames—

a name that only the two of them

would know.

I'll have to think of a good one.

I gotta go.

I need to call my other friends.

Alright then, bye-bye.

Bye-bye.

[Hang up]

[Contacts: J-J-J-Jiang]

Jiang...

Son.

Look at the time.

Why aren't you asleep yet?

Mom, you're back.

Why are you home so late today?

Well, business has been busy lately,

so I've had more client dinners.

But you.

Look at you.

Studying this late every day.

You're not getting enough sleep. That's no good.

Finals are coming up.

I need to prepare well.

Your grades are already very good.

Don't push yourself so hard.

That won't do.

Everyone else is working hard.

I can't afford to slack off.

I'm hoping to beat my previous ranking.

Look at you. You're already so tall,

yet you still talk like a kid.

Other kids

need to be pushed and pushed to study.

But you?

You're the opposite.

I have to push you to rest.

Alright, alright.

I won't nag you anymore.

Go to sleep early.

Keep track of the time yourself, alright?

I know, Mom.

Jiang...

You want to study me

[The Human Observation Diary is a preliminary research review]

because I am an ordinary human?

[on ordinary humans' thinking modes.]

That's right.

I feel like half of

my competitive streak was shaped by you.

I will admit my mistakes and correct them.

I'm apologizing to you right now.

Jiang Yubai is not an ordinary human—

he's a great genius.

[Contacts; Name: No Ordinary Human]

[Contacts; Name: No Ordinary Human]

[Astronomy Club]

Jin Baihui?

Hi.

You really came.

Welcome to the astronomy club.

Feel free to look around.

What are you working on?

I'm calibrating this dome.

I want to watch

the meteor shower footage we recorded earlier.

A meteor shower?

Yeah.

Want to watch it together?

Sure.

This meteor shower happened

around 10:30 PM the night before last.

First, there was a partial lunar eclipse,

then the meteor shower reached its peak.

Have a seat.

In the end, they formed a rare phenomenon:

an eclipsed moonrise accompanied by a meteor shower.

Since this dome is a simulator,

seeing it in person would've been even more stunning.

Where is the meteor shower?

Wait a moment.

I see it.

Are you making a wish?

Why did the meteors stop moving?

Weren't you making a wish?

I paused it for you.

If there's nothing else,

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

that's all for today.

Let me say a few more things.

Put down your pens first.

Our experimental class

is the best group of students in the entire grade.

There is no doubt about it.

So you've already gotten used to

being praised as smart

and getting better grades on your report cards

than everyone else.

But...

the final exams can't be handled on autopilot.

The subjects you feel most confident in

might be where others overtake you.

The questions you think you got right

may be the very ones that drag down

your ranking.

So being in the experimental class is not a free pass.

You have to be more careful than ever.

Also, our class has the rank-based elimination system.

If the sum of your two exam scores

falls out of the top 50 in the grade, you'll automatically be transferred out.

You all know this.

When that happens, no one can help you.

So, with the holiday coming up soon,

I don't want the exam results

to ruin your New Year.

So do your best and take the exams seriously, okay?

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Louder. Okay?

Okay!

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

Do your best.

Good luck. Don't be nervous.

Brother, what's for dinner today?

Not at home?

How did this book end up with you?

Jin Baihui came over and returned this book a few days ago.

Her dad tore it up.

Why?

She didn't do well on her last monthly exam.

Her dad thought she wasn't focusing on her studies.

So giving her this book was your way of

intentionally distracting her.

What do you mean she didn't do well?

She's still in the top few in the grade

and has always studied hard.

In her parents' eyes—

actually, in many people's eyes—

if you don't come in first,

that's a failure in life.

Tearing up the book

is just an extreme way of expressing it.

Is being first really that important?

Jiang Yubai had always wanted to beat me

and come in first too.

But grades aren't everything.

Only people...

who've actually gotten first place have the right to say that.

Anyway, don't worry about it.

And don't tell Jin Baihui either.

She already feels bad about it.

Ten minutes left until the exam ends.

Please manage your time.

I did pretty well.

Yeah.

Let's go.

Let's go.

I was careless. So careless.

I should've gotten full marks on my combined science.

God knows what obscure detail cost me 2 points.

Shen,

if I hadn't made a careless mistake,

you wouldn't have caught up with me.

Then you'd better be careful next time.

After all, the same excuse

won't work twice.

By the way,

I heard

those starch sausages aren't good for your brain.

Give me a break.

Lin Zhixia actually didn't get first place?

That doesn't seem right.

Could it be that everything happening lately

distracted her?

But she shouldn't have dropped to fifth.

I'm only 4 places behind Lin Zhixia?

This is so encouraging!

What about Tang?

Our dead last, Tang Tingting.

She's always been consistent.

She dropped a few places again.

Let's go.

Go.

Congratulations.

You did great.

[Grade 10 Final Exam Rankings]

[1; Jin Baihui] [2; Jiang Yubai]

[3; Zhao Li] [4; Li Yuanyuan]

[5; Lin Zhixia] [6; Wang Xinrui]

The formula must have been written incorrectly.

Why were 2 points deducted?

Tang, you're really bad at science subjects.

Especially math.

I could score higher than you with my eyes closed.

Get lost.

I'm not in the mood to talk to you.

Lin Zhixia,

can I borrow your math paper

to check my answers?

Thanks.

So that's what the last question meant.

I didn't even understand it before.

Wait a minute.

You got all the long-answer questions right.

Then where did you lose points?

How did you get this question wrong?

Even I got it right.

And this one.

I... I... well...

I-I lost focus during the exam.

Thanks.

Lin Zhixia.

Why did you do this?

What's wrong?

Math is your strongest subject.

There's no way you'd get the first 2 multiple-choice questions wrong.

You did it on purpose, didn't you?

I didn't.

Do you think you have to hold back

for me to win?

Are you taking pity on me?

Do you think I'm stupid?

During this whole final exam period,

I studied until after midnight every day.

And yet, what I won was a fake competition.

I don't study for exam rankings...

I do!

Okay?

[Toward a Sea of Stars, Chasing Our Dreams]

[Toward a Sea of Stars, Chasing Our Dreams]

Come on. Open your books to page 67.

[A hundred-year undertaking begins with education]

What are you doing?

I'm observing you.

I'm planning to write

a Human Observation Diary about you too.

And what have you observed?

I've observed

that Lin Zhixia has

taken a little detour on her way

to becoming more emotionally intelligent.

To help her friend improve her rankings,

she deliberately held back on the exams.

But because of her clumsy tricks,

she gave herself away.

I thought I was helping Jin Baihui.

But I can't understand why she got angry.

You know what, Lin Zhixia?

Although this time

you deliberately held back so I could outrank you,

to me,

this isn't something to be happy about.

I think Jin Baihui feels the same way.

She didn't do well on the last monthly exam.

Maybe she spent this entire month studying harder than ever.

Every time she felt like she couldn't keep going,

she probably thought,

"Maybe if I try a little harder,

I can surpass Lin Zhixia."

And she'd be motivated again.

But she never saw you as an enemy,

only as an opponent.

That's a form of admiration, recognition, and respect.

Just like in a basketball game.

Whenever the ace players from both sides face off,

the audience stands and cheers

because everyone expects

a true, all-out showdown.

No matter who wins or loses,

the players exchange jerseys afterward.

It's a truly wonderful moment.

It's like...

you've prepared yourself

extremely thoroughly for a match,

but your opponent suddenly forfeits.

Would you still feel happy?

This is the latest math practice test

based on the Grade 10 curriculum,

available in bookstores.

Jin Baihui,

I'd like to invite you

to compete with me again during the lunch break.

I promise

I'll give it my all this time.

Then eat faster,

or we won't have enough time for the test.

[Pursue Knowledge, Seek Truth; Practice Diligently, Foster Innovation]

Lin Zhixia,

do your best this time.

Don't worry. I won't hold back.

[VS]

♪ The world is limitless colour puzzle ♪

♪ I have the wildest dreams; never fitting in ♪

♪ The formula in my mind is messed up and reorganized ♪

♪ Is loneliness my only talent? ♪

♪ Hide in the midsummer tree shade; what's waiting for my answer? ♪

♪ The breeze blows past my cheeks ♪

♪ How do I solve for the unexpected variables? ♪

♪ At the most splendid moment ♪

♪ Running and waiting for my exploration ♪

♪ The unknown is so fascinating ♪

♪ Young me stood on tiptoes ♪

♪ Everything is transparent; time is too light ♪

♪ Natural deduction ♪

I think I did even better than on the final exam.

Me too.

[Pursue Knowledge, Seek Truth; Practice Diligently, Foster Innovation]

Jin Baihui's score is out.

-How many points did she get? -What's her score?

No way.

148?

148.

That's 2 points higher than her final exam score.

Yeah.

So impressive.

-She only missed one fill-in-the-blank. -So impressive.

That's incredible.

What about Lin Zhixia?

Lin Zhixia's score is out too.

First place.

Baihui, you did really well this time.

Your hard work paid off.

Hard work always pays off, you know?

See?

Mom and Dad were right to stop you from

wasting time on those useless

extracurricular activities.

Otherwise, how could you have achieved such a great ranking?

I think she lost 5 points in Chinese

because of her essay.

These 4 points off in math...

Actually, I didn't get first place this time.

What do you mean?

What happened?

Lin Zhixia let me

take first place this time.

Let you take it?

Are you still happy now?

What's the point of being first anyway?

What's the point?

In this society, except for first place,

second place is no different from last place.

In a competition, the runner-up is just a loser.

Don't you understand that?

But does that mean all the effort a runner-up puts in

is just a waste?

The college entrance exam only cares about the result.

For that result,

your dad and I have kept making sacrifices.

Back then, for you...

Yes!

Back then, you gave up your jobs

to accompany me to Beijing.

When I couldn't keep up in the gifted class,

you came back with me.

I know that.

I'm very grateful.

But I gave it my absolute all back then.

I slept less than 5 hours a day

and spent the rest of my time doing test papers.

I felt like I was close to

breaking down mentally back then.

But why did you still keep pushing me?

You two are ordinary people too!

Baihui, who was pushing you?

I try my hardest every single day, every single moment.

But everyone's limit is different.

After I found out Lin Zhixia let me win,

I even competed with her again.

And the result?

I just lost.

She got a perfect score.

But so what?

At No. 1 High School, there's Lin Zhixia—

and in this world, there are

countless more people who are even better than Lin Zhixia.

When does the comparing ever stop?

Dad.

Mom.

You probably didn't even notice—

this time I scored

a full 20 points higher than last time.

Every single point

was earned with all my effort.

So from now on...

I'll only compete with myself.

[Grade 10 Math Semester 1 Required Module 1]

[Comprehensive Test; Total Mock Test; 3]

Now, I can't even remember

[Grade 10 Math Semester 1 Required Module 1]

what mindset I had back then

[Comprehensive Test; Total Mock Test; 3]

when I deliberately got 2 multiple-choice questions wrong.

I think I simply felt

that Jin Baihui was under too much pressure.

In the rematch,

she lost to me—

but that gave her more peace of mind

than winning first place would have.

It also made me understand

that true respect

[Jin Baihui] [Lin Zhixia]

is not about yielding

but going all out when facing each other.

Fortunately,

my little scheme—smart or not— finally helped

Jin Baihui let go of what had been weighing on her.

From then on,

her biggest rival

was no longer me,

but her past self.

[Contacts: L-L-L-L-Lin Zhixia]

[Contacts: High-EQ Human]

[Go All Out, Friendship Forever]