In Lan Wei's lingering memories, the Zhang family seemed to see the unyielding teenager of that time, who would rack his brains for a week over a problem, only to have it solved by Wang Hao in less than five minutes, explained effortlessly, over and over again. 'Later on, I would go into the mountains every half month because the problems were getting harder to find...' Lan Wei's gaze wandered off, as if recalling himself at that time, 'But the problems I collected every half month were still no challenge for the teacher, so eventually I stopped collecting them... I went straight to college exams, to the tough problems, and brought them directly.' 'What happened then?' This time it was not Zhang Nan who spoke, but Zhang's father, whose mind seemed to picture Wang Hao completely disregarding the problems, solving whatever number was brought to him. 'Later on, as you might have guessed, the college problems were no match for a graduate level, and even some of the doctoral exam questions I found were not difficult. You can imagine, I knew the answers to these questions, but the teacher's solutions were not exactly the same as those answers, and some steps were even more simplified. In the end, I had to admit, there really are geniuses in this world, and the teacher was one of them.' As Lan Wei spoke slowly, the four of them were savoring his words, not having imagined that Wang Hao had reached such a level, solving doctoral-level problems, and that was a year ago. 'All the problems were solved within five minutes?' Zhang Xin said with a look of admiration. 'None took more than five minutes, but there were some problems I couldn't understand... That's when the teacher's explanations would take longer.'

Lan Wei's complexion turned slightly red, as if recalling the scenario where he had found the topic himself, clearly knowing the answer and the process of solving it, yet he couldn't understand it. "Lan Wei, when did you get back?" Wang Hao's voice suddenly rang out, immediately drawing the attention of the five people. It was then that they realized they had been so engrossed in the story that Wang Hao had already finished class. "Teacher, the university summer vacation started early... I came back as soon as it started," Lan Wei said, looking at Wang Hao approaching and quickly stopping to speak. Lan Wei looked at Wang Hao, who was younger than him, with emotion. The other person had taught him not just academics, but also how to be a person. Therefore, after coming back, he hadn't gone anywhere else, spending every day helping with the farm work at home. "Don't call me teacher anymore, I'm younger than you..." Wang Hao said helplessly. He couldn't see through the initial challenge, and at that time, his temper flared up too. No matter what topic the other person brought up, he accepted it without refusal and answered all of them seriously. In the end, he never expected that the other person would actually call him 'teacher' to his face. This person, who had been confronting him for nearly a year, would come to the mountain village specifically to call him 'teacher' as the college entrance examination approached. This was something he had never anticipated... And no matter how he tried to stop it, it was useless; every time they met, it was 'teacher... teacher.' "Teacher, once a teacher, always a teacher."

Lan Wei spoke earnestly. He was naturally a paranoid person; otherwise, he wouldn't have confronted Wang Hao for nearly a year. Over this year, he had learned too much from Wang Hao... and absorbed too much from him. In fact, he had long regarded the other as his mentor, in a mentor-apprentice relationship akin to that of ancient times.

At first, Lan Wei naturally had the words on the tip of his tongue but couldn't utter them. It took him three months of mental preparation before he finally called out "Teacher" as the college entrance examination drew near. After the first word, he felt that speaking was not as difficult as he had imagined.

The difficulty lay in the first utterance. As he came to understand the other better, he was increasingly awed by the profound knowledge. After nearly a year of confrontational questioning, Lan Wei became the top student at Ganzhou No. 1 Middle School and is still listed in the school's Hall of Fame. Moreover, he became the top scorer in the college entrance examination for Xijiang Province.

"As you wish..." Wang Hao smiled helplessly and turned to his parents, saying, "This is Lan Wei..." He hadn't finished speaking when Lan Wei interrupted him.

"Teacher, I've already met Uncle and Auntie. Come with me... My parents must have prepared the meal by now. Hurry back with me." After saying this, Lan Wei took Wang Hao away. ...

"Who would have thought that not far from Ganzhou City, there would be such a beautiful hilltop."

"Yes, if it weren't for the class president, we would never have discovered it."

At this moment, not far from the village where Wang Hao was located, a hilltop appeared with many people admiring the beauty of nature, the perfect combination of grasslands and forests. "Fang Bing, how did you discover such a beautiful scenery here? This is simply a paradise for campers," Ma Ling stepped on the soft grass and walked over to Fang Bing, who was gazing in one direction, and asked curiously. "I discovered it by chance..." Fang Bing smiled gently. This place was discovered when he and Wang Hao went into the mountains. All the other hilltops were covered with tall trees, only this one had a whole mountaintop of soft green grass. He had once camped here with Wang Hao, setting up camp on the grassland and sleeping comfortably at night. Indeed, as Ma Ling said, this place is a paradise for campers. "You all need to be careful. The college entrance examination is just a few days away, and no one can afford any accidents," Fang Bing thought for a moment. After all, this is wilderness camping, and it is necessary to restrain the students well. Otherwise, if an accident occurs and they miss the college entrance examination, none of them can afford the responsibility. "Don't worry... The teacher doesn't trust us and specially followed us here," Ma Ling nodded, understanding what Fang Bing meant. Fang Bing, like Wang Hao, gave her a sense of maturity, but thinking of Wang Hao, she felt somewhat annoyed. "What's wrong?"

Fang Bing noticed that something was different about Ma Ling and asked with confusion. "It's all because of that Wang Hao, I'm almost driven mad by him..." Ma Ling said, puffing with anger. "Maybe Wang Hao isn't unsociable, he really might have something on his mind..." Fang Bing tried to explain on behalf of Wang Hao, but was interrupted by Ma Ling. "Stop talking, ever since high school, I've seen through Wang Hao. He always has something to do during class activities, I really don't understand why you get along with him," Ma Ling said, then she didn't pay attention to Fang Bing anymore and went to a grassy area to start setting up the barbecue grill. It was now close to noon, according to the original plan, they were supposed to have barbecue for both lunch and dinner, get up early the next morning to watch the sunrise, then go down the mountain to have a meal together at a restaurant at the foot of the mountain. However, Fang Bing just shook his head with a wry smile as he watched Ma Ling's retreating figure and joined in to help... Wang Hao couldn't resist Lan Wei's invitation and went to Lan Wei's house, where everyone gathered around a round table. At this moment, Lan Wei's father, Uncle Zhen, was tirelessly recounting Wang Hao's past. The more Zhang's father and the others listened, the more stunned they became, occasionally glancing at Wang Hao with eyes that uniformly revealed a hint of admiration, and in the eyes of Zhang Xin and Zhang Nan, there was even a touch of worship and pride. This composed young man, who was eating his meal, had given them too much shock, even Zhang's father and mother were astonished.