My Wife is Unbeatable in the Whole World, Touch Me If You Dare!-Chapter 75: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes

The next morning, Li Nuo clambered out of bed and unleashed three consecutive sneezes.

He wrapped himself tighter in his blanket before he started to feel a bit warmer.

The weather in Chang'an is truly fickle; just a couple of days ago it was rather hot, and today, without any warning, the temperature dropped abruptly. It was as if we went from summer directly into winter, completely bypassing autumn as if it got eaten by a dog...

Muttering a complaint to himself, Li Nuo rubbed his neck, feeling a vague pain at the back of his neck; it seemed he had slept in an awkward position last night.

After getting dressed and freshening up, he walked out into the courtyard to discover fallen leaves scattered everywhere and the ground wet and soggy.

It must have rained last night, he thought, remembering the sound of thunder at midnight...

The Song Family's maids were sweeping up the fallen leaves in the courtyard. Song Mu'er, wearing rain boots, hopped in cheerfully and upon seeing Li Nuo already up, smiled and invited, "Brother Li Nuo, come splash in the puddles with me..."

As her words fell, she had already jumped into a shallow puddle, causing water to splash everywhere. The maid, who was cleaning the courtyard, watched anxiously and quickly warned, "Miss, be careful not to fall..."

Before she could finish her warning, Song Mu'er slipped and began to topple backward.

Just as the maid let out a cry of alarm, the young girl had already completed a beautiful somersault in the air and landed steadily on her feet.

Li Nuo watched the scene with envy; if he had been the one to slip, he would certainly have had a nasty fall.

There was no need to worry about secret codes now; the one who could pull off such a difficult move was undoubtedly Mumu, because Song Ning'er feared hardship and, even with her exceptional talent in the Martial Path, she had never seriously practiced it.

Li Nuo wondered why he had never thought of it before—that to identify the two sisters, there was no need for the trouble of exchanging secret codes.

Just ask them to do a somersault on the spot; the one who couldn't do it would be Song Ning'er.

Of course, Li Nuo wouldn't be childish enough to join Song Mu'er in splashing around in puddles; he was an adult, and what would people think if they saw him acting foolish?

More importantly, it had just rained and the ground was slippery. He didn't have Mumu's deft agility. If he were to fall, he could break his old back.

In response to Mumu's invitation, Li Nuo waved his hand and said, "You play by yourself, I haven't had breakfast yet."

Planning to find something to eat in the kitchen, he had just made it to the doorway of the small courtyard when he unknowingly stepped on a wet patch. His feet slipped, and he lost his balance, looking set to crash into the stone steps at the entrance.

A fragrant breeze wafted past him, and Li Nuo felt someone lightly embrace his waist, aiding him in executing a graceful spin in mid-air, and then he was leaning against a soft and delicate body.

Song Jiaren moved one hand away from Li Nuo's waist, while the other hand supported a wooden tray, on which sat a bowl of clear porridge and two small dishes.

Li Nuo didn't like greasy food in the morning. A bowl of clear porridge with two refreshing dishes was just perfect; his wife truly understood his tastes.

After eating, Li Nuo, somewhat puzzled, asked Song Mu'er, "Why haven't I seen you with any Mathematics problems recently? Didn't Mr. Chen assign any?"

Song Mu'er replied with joy, "Mr. Chen hasn't been teaching us these past few days. He said we aren't sitting for the Imperial Examination, and what we've learned is already enough. We don't need to attend Mathematics lessons anymore..."

Mumu was quite happy, while Li Nuo was rather speechless.

He saw Mr. Chen at the Song Residence almost every day and thought he was there to teach, but it turned out he was there to learn.

Since diving into trigonometry, it was like Mr. Chen had opened the door to a new world, bombarding him daily with an unending stream of questions. Fortunately, Li Nuo had a solid foundation and hadn't been stumped by them.

Li Nuo hadn't seen Mr. Chen yesterday, and after spending half the day at home reading, he still hadn't seen him around. He wondered if something had happened; Mr. Chen used to be as punctual as clockwork, even more so than Li Nuo going to the County Magistrate's Office for work.

Meanwhile, at Qingfeng Academy.

Within a small courtyard by the lake, three piercing gazes were fixed intently on Mr. Chen.

An elder pointed at two rows of calculations on the paper and said, "How did you get from here to here? Perhaps you could clarify a bit more; we don't understand..."

Mr. Chen appeared calm on the surface, but he was sweating bullets on the inside.

He didn't actually understand the process of this particular step and had intended to ask Li Nuo about it yesterday, but since then, these three fellows had latched onto him, leaving no chance to escape.

Their gazes were firmly fixed on Mr. Chen.

At first, they had no doubts about Mr. Chen, but as time went by, they started to notice something off.

Chen Xuanli's lessons indeed covered topics they'd never understood before, belonging to new realms of Mathematics. But whenever they posed questions, he would not answer them immediately, always delaying by a day. And if they came up with new questions the same day, he would need yet another day...

That inevitably aroused their suspicions.

Having dealt with Mr. Chen for their entire lives, the three of them knew his character well.

If he had truly worked out these things himself, he would've been unable to resist showing off, not waiting until now.

Considering his previous unusual behaviors, they couldn't help but suspect that behind this old fellow, there might be an expert guiding him. The truly impressive one could be the mastermind behind him.

Mr. Chen was merely riding on the coattails of a tiger, bluffing and posturing...

Seeing Mr. Chen remaining silent, Old Man Lu asked with suspicion, "What's the matter, you don't know either?"

Mr. Chen wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Of course not, it's just that the three of you are truly dull. I have explained it so clearly, yet you still don't understand. I am wondering how I can explain it in even simpler and more common terms..."

He stood up and said, "However, there is no time left today. I still have to go to the Song Residence to tutor those two young girls. I'll answer your questions tomorrow..."

He walked out of Qingfeng Academy and stood at the academy's gate, looking around. After a moment, he tucked the booklets in his hand and quickly walked in a certain direction.

At this time, a carriage slowly drove out from Qingfeng Academy. Three elderly men were sitting in the carriage, pointing at a distant figure that was about to disappear and urging, "Quick, follow him!"

On the carriage, a middle-aged man showed a helpless expression.

In fact, he had some important matters to attend to, but before the carriage had even left the academy, it was hijacked by these three gentlemen.

Even though he was the Academy Dean, he had to maintain sufficient respect for these elderly who had dedicated their lives to the academy.

He could only look towards the coachman and say helplessly, "Do as the gentlemen say..."

Song Residence.

Li Nuo had dinner, and as the sky was almost dark, Mr. Chen finally arrived, though late.

He seemed to have gone through some vigorous exercise, panting heavily and drenched in sweat. As soon as he entered, he took out a booklet and asked Li Nuo, "Mr. Li, from here to here, how is it derived? I didn't understand, please explain it to me again..."

Li Nuo took a look and really couldn't blame Mr. Chen.

For the derivation of this formula, he had inadvertently left out a step. Although it didn't affect the conclusion, for Mr. Chen, who had just been exposed to these concepts, it was indeed a bit too abrupt...

He picked up a pen and supplemented the missing step, which when Mr. Chen saw afterwards, an expression of epiphany appeared on his old face as he murmured, "So that's how it is..."

He shook his head and sighed, "Brilliant, truly brilliant. Such a simple step, and I didn't think of it even after two days..."

As his voice fell, he suddenly noticed that Li Nuo across from him had lifted his head, looking beyond him.

Mr. Chen glanced back to see three extremely angry old faces.

"Shameless!"

"Utterly shameless!"

"In my sixty years of life, I have never seen such an impudent scoundrel!"

...

Moments later, Mr. Chen gave a wry laugh and said, "I've never claimed that I came up with these things..."

Upon hearing this, the three men were temporarily speechless.

On reflection, this shameless old fellow had never said such a thing.

Although he had never admitted it, he hadn't denied it either!

Setting aside their mathematical talents, when it came to shamelessness, no one among the three could outdo him.

The gazes of the three shifted from this impudent fellow to the young man opposite them.

Could he be the expert who had been guiding Chen Xuanli behind the scenes these days?

How is that possible?

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He looked so young, barely at the age of majority, and yet he could propose such ingenious mathematical theories.

If the expert behind Chen Xuanli was truly him, wasn't their years of life equivalent to living like dogs?

Old Man Lu pointed at Li Nuo with a shocked expression and looked at Mr. Chen in disbelief, "Those mathematical problems before, were they all solved by him? The things you've been teaching us these days, did he teach you?"

Seeing his expression, Mr. Chen huffed and said, "Lu, don't underestimate people. Although Mr. Li is young, his mathematical talents far exceed all of us old fellows put together..."

The three mathematical authorities had initially not believed what Chen Xuanli said.

If his hidden expert were a reclusive genius who devoted a lifetime to the study of mathematics, they might have been able to accept it.

But he was just a boy.

A boy who had just turned eighteen.

To have such accomplishments in mathematics at such a tender age, achievements that surpassed the four of them combined, was simply unfathomable, and they found it difficult to accept immediately.

It was not until the skeptical Old Man Lu presented some questions that had been accumulating in his mind these past days and received detailed answers right then and there, that they had to believe, whether they wanted to or not.

Thus, when Song Jiaren walked into the courtyard, she saw such a scene.

Four distinguished old men with grey hair sat on stone stools like students, their expressions serious and attentive.

And her husband appeared calm and relaxed, holding a long wooden ruler in his hand, speaking to them eloquently...