Fudan University, East District, Mathematics Faculty Female Dormitory.
"Chengzi ~" Si Jiayan was lying on her stomach on the top bunk bed. Her two delicate white legs were dangling as she purposely pinched her throat to lure her roommate to come over.
The air-conditioner above them was buzzing, disturbing them.
As usual, Fudan University didn't install air-conditioners for its students, but they had a cooperation with Miss Dong's Gale. This air-conditioner was rented by the four girls from the East Palace when school started. The price of 1600 RMB for 4 years wasn't expensive, but it wasn't very useful. The noise was a bit loud, and they couldn't sleep peacefully at night.
But it shouldn't be to the extent that she couldn't hear her, right?
Si Jiayan noticed that Su Cheng didn't answer, so she subconsciously raised her voice and asked again.
In the end, there was still no response.
An awkward atmosphere spread in the closed dormitory. She flew into a rage out of humiliation and climbed up from her bed. She wanted to look for Su Cheng to reason with her.
In the end, she saw that Su Cheng was wearing a black Bluetooth headset and was concentrating on revising for the final exam. She reckoned that she had turned on the noise reduction mode, so she couldn't hear what she was saying.
Si Jiayan patted her shoulder from behind.
Sure enough, Su Cheng was startled. Her whole body trembled and she almost threw the pen in her hand.
"What are you doing?" She took off her headset and asked unhappily.
"Aren't you going to watch the competition?"
Si Jiayan pointed at the tablet on her bed and invited her to sleep on the same bed, "Your partner is going to go on stage, why aren't you concerned?"
"I haven't finished revising …" Su Cheng looked at the book on real functions and functional analysis on her desk, and her attitude was somewhat hesitant.
Si Jiayan decisively pulled her over, "Your GPA is already high enough. The real functions exam is next Thursday, so you can relax for half a day!"
Since the end of June, Su Cheng spent every day in the library. She didn't even go back to her rented apartment at noon. The campus was a bit far from Tongji Garden, so a round trip would take about an hour.
She chose to eat lunch and go back to her dormitory to rest for a while. Depending on the situation, she would go to the library in the afternoon or stay in her dormitory to study.
He hadn't looked at his phone for the entire day, so his calculation paper was filled to the brim. He had flipped through the courseware and guidance books until they were almost torn apart.
Si Jiayan saw all of this and felt that this classmate of hers, who hadn't lived in the dormitory since the start of the first year, was a little too harsh on her.
"Hmm …" Su Cheng roughly flipped through the lecture notes. Her eyes lingered on the Levi's Lemma and Fatou's Lemma for a moment. After confirming that she had a good grasp of the content, she let out a sigh of relief. She felt that her efforts over the past few days had not been in vain.
Half of the exam week had already passed, and Su Cheng was only left with the real function subject next week. Her mental stress had lessened by quite a bit. In addition, the estimated scores for the previous exams were very good, and her GPA this semester was only higher than usual. There were still four days before the exams, and she could indeed relax a little.
She looked at the time on the bottom right corner of her laptop. "I remember that the finals start at four o 'clock, right?
Take a look first, I'll do two more questions. "
"Aiya!"
Si Jiayan didn't give up, "It's about time for you to go pee. We'll order milk tea and eat fried chicken in the dormitory tonight, okay?"
"Sure." Su Cheng replied. She closed her laptop and ran out with her long legs.
When she returned to the dormitory, the live broadcast signal was already connected to the Dalian Central Gymnasium.
There were only the two of them in the dormitory. The other two sisters had gone to the library to study.
Su Cheng felt that her luck was pretty good. The three roommates that she had gotten had very good personalities. Due to their different habits and hobbies, the other two girls didn't have a close relationship with her. They maintained the relationship of an ordinary roommate, but they didn't fight against each other.
In her opinion, this was already quite good.
Su Cheng climbed onto the bed. The two girls weren't considered fat, so lying side by side wasn't considered crowded.
She took out her phone and opened a takeout app while chatting with Si Jiayan. "You watch the competition every day and don't revise. How are you going to do your exams?"
Su Cheng rarely took the initiative to talk about her grades with her classmates. If she talked about her grades in front of those who weren't as good as her, they might be jealous of her. They might even think that she was showing off behind her back. It was normal for them to gossip about her. But if she talked about her grades with those who were especially good at studying, she would just be looking for trouble. Why bother?
She had always been very insightful. Girls were generally more sensitive than boys. Every time Su Cheng talked about something with her classmates, she would be careful and cautious. Especially after the S6 award ceremony and her interactions with the contestants' wives, she rarely talked about her family's situation. She was afraid of causing trouble.
But Si Jiayan was different. Mainly because the two of them were very close. Moreover, this girl had a carefree and outgoing personality, which was completely different from her soft and cute appearance.
"Exams?"
Si Jiayan took Cheng Zi's phone and ordered a cup of willow dew. "I've already gotten over it. No matter how hard I try, I won't be able to catch up to you guys. I might as well let myself fly."
The difficulty of the mathematics courses in the early stages was still okay. It wasn't much harder than high school. It was far from the stage where talent was needed. If one studied seriously and relied on rote memorization, they could still get good grades.
But starting from real functions, the later stages would become more and more nauseating. Functional analysis, algebraic topology, etc., would gradually step into the gates of mathematics.
Si Jiayan's first year and a half of studies were more difficult. When it came to real functions, she completely pulled her crotch.
Compared to those big shots who could not only keep up with the teaching progress, but also keep up with the teacher's conversation, she was already unable to keep up.
Soon, the third-year student would recognize reality and gradually evolve into an old salted fish. "I'll try my best to not fail in real functions. The other courses should be able to help me push my grades up. I just need to last until the end of my third year …"
Su Cheng casually picked a cup of fruit tea and paid for it. "End of your third year?
What does that mean? "
"Guaranteed postgraduate studies, my sister!"
Si Jiayan hugged her and desperately sniffed her roommate's citrus scent. "Drag it out until the guaranteed postgraduate studies list is released. Then I'll be free!"
"Ah?" Su Cheng's face was full of shock. "You can still get guaranteed postgraduate studies?!"
"You're courting death!"
Si Jiayan was angry. She directly lifted Su Cheng's loose black short-sleeved shirt and stretched her claws inside.
"Don't make trouble, don't make trouble …" Su Cheng blushed and hurriedly pushed the petite girl away.
In the live broadcast of the competition on the tablet, the competition hadn't started yet. The highlights of the semifinals were still being broadcasted.
"I'm serious." Si Jiayan sternly said, "I'll fight to be guaranteed to the school or the administrative department. Living here is too torturous. Every day, I'm crazily crushed by you people."
In these two years, she could be considered to have experienced the horror of the monsters in the mathematics department. She could only use the word 'terrifying' to describe them.
For people like Su Cheng who were smart and hardworking, there were a bunch of them in the school. It wasn't rare at all.
As a salted fish like Si Jiayan, every day she could only watch as the monsters in front of her chased each other and repeatedly achieved unbelievable results.
In comparison, the pressure of studying in the school's administrative department was much more relaxed.
"Oh." Su Cheng hesitated for two seconds before asking, "Can you really get guaranteed postgraduate studies?"
"Really, really!"
Si Jiayan anxiously said, "I've asked a lot of students from the previous year. Fudan's postgraduate studies guarantee is quite relaxed …"
Su Cheng had long since planned to go abroad, so she didn't have any special knowledge about postgraduate studies.
After listening to Si Jiayan's explanation, she more or less understood.
Fudan was considered a second-tier university in the country. Although its postgraduate studies guarantee rate couldn't be compared to QingBei, it was still above 30%. The mathematics department that the two were in had around 170 undergraduates. Over the years, there were around 50 undergraduates who had applied for postgraduate studies.
It must be known that among these 50 undergraduates, Su Cheng, who had firmly stepped into the postgraduate studies guarantee, applied to go abroad. Therefore, the number of people who applied for postgraduate studies would be pushed down.
Generally speaking, if you were ranked around 70 in your year, you would be eligible for postgraduate studies. Although Si Jiayan was fishing in troubled waters, her grades in the first half of her freshman and sophomore year were pretty good, so she still had some confidence.
"Ten, nine …"
Through the receiver, the two could hear the audience in the Dalian Central Stadium shouting the countdown in unison.
Today, the stadium was packed to the brim. The sound of tens of thousands of people exploding out was earth-shattering. Everyone who was watching the live broadcast online could feel their vigorous enthusiasm.
"What about you?" Si Jiayan tilted her head and looked at Su Cheng, "Are you going to go out for a walk and then enter a university?"
"Yes." Su Cheng cupped her face with her hands, covering her slightly flushed cheeks, "I'm going to get married before going abroad."
Seeing her like this, Si Jiayan wanted to tease her a bit more, but her mouth was extremely sour, as if she had just eaten a lemon.
"Three, two, one!"
The screen instantly dimmed.
When it reappeared, the first thing that could be seen was the logo of Fist Entertainment. After the special effect of shattering the glass, accompanied by the continuous sound of the stadium, the spotlights above the stage intertwined and finally focused on the center. The giant disc player that appeared in DJ Suana's skin was replicated.
The colors of the spotlights changed, and the rhythmic electronic music rang out. It was the modified version of the 2018 MSI. It sounded a bit less grand, but it did improve the atmosphere of the stadium.
The big screen in the stadium flickered, and the classic scenes from last year's Intercontinental Championship reappeared.
From YM flattening AHQ at 14: 03, to Lin Yan's Five Thunders; from WE Galio + Big Mouth's Do Whatever You Want system successfully overthrowing SKT; to RNG's successful prediction of MVP's two lane changes, taking advantage of his weak points and instantly suppressing his opponent …
When Su Cheng saw RNG crushing MVP with her amazing operational thinking, it was as if she had used her X-ray vision. She even smiled happily.
That year, when she went to Kaohsiung with the team, Su Cheng also had 13% of the credit for the strategy of MVP's lane changes after 8 minutes.
After the exciting electronic music ended, Ren Dong's figure appeared on the big screen.
He stepped onto the stage in a dark red suit. "This is Dalian, Liaoning. Welcome to the live broadcast of the 2018 Asia League Finals!"
The stadium was filled with endless cheers. The high-class venue that Winston had chosen finally came in handy today. The audience for this finals was more than the total audience of the previous three days!
"After yesterday's intense competition in the semifinals, LCK finally stands on the stage of the Asia League Finals once again. They will compete with the host, LPL, for the title of the strongest division in Asia!"
Ren Dong waved his arm. "Let us welcome the teams!"
"First of all, let us welcome the fourth seed of LCK — SKTelecom T1!"
Ren Dong dragged out his voice. Accompanied by the sound of dry ice exploding around the stage, a huge door five meters tall and three meters wide opened behind Ren Dong. The members of SKT appeared in front of everyone.
The audience applauded enthusiastically.
Line 96, especially Faker, was a towering mountain that could not be climbed over during the dark days of LPL.
Even though he was past his prime, they still gave him the necessary respect.
"Wow …" Si Jiayan exclaimed. "Bang is so handsome!"
Su Cheng took a closer look. Pei Junzhi and Li Zaiwan both had the magical law of conservation of weight. If they had slimmed down, they would have been quite handsome. However, with Bang's current physique, he could probably kill her roommate with one punch.
"Is there something wrong with your sense of beauty?" She glanced at Si Jiayan.
"Okay, okay, okay. Your husband is the most handsome, okay?" Her roommate hugged her shoulders.
"Of course." Su Cheng was proud of herself.
Next, IG, KT, RW, and other teams took the stage one by one.
The moment Ouze and the other members of RNG appeared, the royal fans in the audience could not help but express their inner excitement.
After Ouze's performance as the top ADC this spring, he had attracted quite a number of fans.
Coupled with the support of the status of the Quanhua class, it provided a home harbor for the audience who liked to raffle. RNG's current fan base was still very stable.
In this era where Lin Yan and YM were constantly plundering fans, it was already good enough that they were able to retain their own fans.
After KZ appeared, Ren Dong paused for a moment.
Of the eight teams participating in the finals, seven had already appeared.
Everyone knew the identity of the remaining Battle Team.
No one knew who started it, but the fans in the stadium started chanting YM's team name crazily, setting off a wave of sound waves in the stadium.
Seeing this, Ren Dong picked up the microphone and said loudly, "Finally, let us welcome the first seeded team of the LPL …"
“YoungMiracles！”
The huge door opened once again, revealing the six members of YM in their black and red uniforms.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the stadium was like a tsunami that swept over them.
Lin Yan stood in the center, holding the Intercontinental Championship trophy in his hands.
The six of them slowly made their way to the center of the stage.
Jack, Liu Qingsong, and Mongoose stood in the front row, while Lin Yan, Lin Weixiang, and Jin Gong, who had a height advantage, stood in the back.
"Let's welcome the representative of the 2017 Asian Matchup, Ran, to return the trophy!"
Lin Yan held the trophy with both hands, welcoming the waves of cheers in the stadium, and placed it on the stage.
The moment the trophy landed, the spotlights above their heads flickered once again, illuminating the trophy.
"Now, I announce …" Ren Dong took a deep breath. "The 2018 Asian Matchup Finals has officially begun!"
Amidst the muffled sounds of the support sticks, the camera zoomed out.
Su Cheng's phone suddenly vibrated. It turned out that the milk tea she had ordered had been delivered downstairs.
When she returned with two bags, she found that Si Jiayan's expression was not right.
"What's wrong?"
Su Cheng asked with a frown. She passed the mango dew to her, opened the fruit tea, and took a big sip.
"The first matchup is out," Si Jiayan said softly.
"And then?" Su Cheng asked as she climbed out of bed.
"YM versus SKT," Si Jiayan said slowly.