Constructing a Regular Heptadecagon with Compass and Straightedge

"Shen Yu, I like you!"

After hearing Jiang Che's words, Shen Yu slowly raised her eyes, looking at him expressionlessly.

Shen Yu was not like Ye Mengyao or Qin Qiaoqiao, who were obsessed with romance. She was an extremely rational person, which meant she wouldn't be troubled by matters of love.

With mathematics, physics, and chemistry, who needs men?

"Your behavior is quite strange. You clearly desire me, but you keep beating around the bush... Is this what you men call flirting?"

"Utterly boring!"

"Or is it... that your system mission is a flirting system?"

Even though her own system had been exposed, Shen Yu didn't show any particular panic. Instead, she gradually calmed down.

Facing Shen Yu's counter-question, Jiang Che shrugged and laughed nonchalantly.

Flirting? He had simply completed the first option of his system. After all, confessing to Shen Yu would grant him a 100-person business team, and Jiang Che wasn't about to pass that up.

Soon, Jiang Yuan would hand over the company to him... and by then, Leng Ningqiu's current staff would definitely not be enough. Adding another 100 people would be perfect.

It had to be said, Shen Yu was indeed the most rational girl Jiang Che had ever met. Her eyes were only on knowledge, not men.

See? Girls need to study more to enrich themselves, so they won't be easily swayed by some smooth-talker in the future!

But what if I'm also an academic genius... How would you handle that, Miss?

......

"Heh heh~~~" Jiang Che chuckled twice.

"Shen Yu, can't you let me complete my system mission?"

Shen Yu tilted her head and looked at the young man in front of her. "Confessing to me is also part of your system mission?"

Jiang Che shrugged, his meaning clear.

Sincerity is the ultimate weapon, though it doesn't work well on a girl like Shen Yu, whose heart is as cold as cement.

"Actually... Shen Yu, I came to study and exchange ideas with you. You're so good at academics... you wouldn't refuse me, would you?"

"I don't want to study or exchange ideas with you," Shen Yu refused bluntly.

"Well, I'm afraid that's not up to you. If the school leaders and teachers start giving you trouble every day, your system mission might not be completed."

Shen Yu's heart stirred slightly—out of anger!

"Go on, I'm listening."

"I'll give you a math problem, a very simple one. You have three days to solve it. If you can solve it within three days, I'll never bother you again from today onward."

Shen Yu frowned, her gaze fixed on the smiling Jiang Che.

"I don't accept. If the problem you give me is an unsolved mathematical conjecture, my current abilities obviously wouldn't be enough to solve it."

So rational!

"No, no, no. This problem is something I came up with in my spare time when I was 17, and I solved it in just one night."

Hearing Jiang Che's words, Shen Yu narrowed her eyes slightly.

She had done some research on Jiang Che and knew that he had once been an academic underachiever. However, he had suddenly become a top student within a few months, clearly... with the help of a system.

So she didn't believe Jiang Che had any real academic prowess!

But Jiang Che's words piqued her interest.

"What problem? If you can solve it, I certainly can too."

Jiang Che's lips curved into a smile. The fish had taken the bait!

To conquer a woman like Shen Yu, you had to be even more outstanding than her!

"The problem is actually quite simple. Using only a compass and straightedge... construct a regular heptadecagon (17-sided polygon)."

After saying this, Jiang Che snapped his fingers.

That's right, he had borrowed the experience of the "Prince of Mathematics," Gauss, from his youth.

At the age of 19, Gauss had once accomplished something similar. His teacher had written a geometry problem that had stumped the mathematical world for years on the blackboard. Gauss remembered it, went home, and solved it in one night.

Although Shen Yu was incredibly talented—a girl blessed by the system—Jiang Che didn't think she was smarter than Gauss!

"Construct a regular heptadecagon using only a compass and straightedge?"

Shen Yu narrowed her eyes slightly, sensing something unusual about this problem.

"Shen Yu, no using your academic genius system for help, okay?"

Jiang Che grinned mischievously.

"Are you sure this problem has a solution?" Shen Yu asked, narrowing her eyes.

"Of course I'm sure, and I solved it entirely on my own. If you're scared... you can give up now."

"If you cheat using your system... well, I can't stop you, but I believe you won't cheat."

The proud Shen Yu would never admit defeat or give up!

"Fine, I'll give you the answer in three days."

Shen Yu's gaze grew determined. When it came to academic challenges, she was always serious!

"Here's the deal: if you solve the problem within three days, I'll never bother you again. But if you fail... there will be a penalty."

"What penalty?" Shen Yu frowned.

"Simple. You have to kiss me."

"Deal!" Shen Yu agreed without hesitation.

"Then I'll wait for your good news!" With that, Jiang Che turned and left without looking back.

Constructing a regular heptadecagon using only a compass and straightedge? He actually knew how to do it!

In his previous life, he had pursued a beautiful mathematics Ph.D. who had given him this exact problem.

Back then, Jiang Che had spent weeks cramming various mathematical concepts before finally solving it. Of course, the outcome had been wonderful—their academic discussions had turned into life discussions.

Now, he was using the same problem to win over Shen Yu. As the saying goes, "In books, there are houses of gold; in books, there are beauties like jade."

The ancients didn't lie!

Although the problem seemed simple—just using a compass and straightedge—it involved complex calculations with imaginary numbers and even Fermat primes... It wasn't something that could be solved easily.

While it was framed as a geometric construction, the underlying idea was to transform it into an algebraic equation problem.

And if Shen Yu actually solved it... Jiang Che had another trick up his sleeve.

Little girl, did you cheat using your system? Cheating isn't honest, you know!

Heh heh heh—

No matter what, Jiang Che was determined to reel in this little fish, Shen Yu!

Conquering such a supremely rational girl would be an achievement like no other!

......

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for completing the villainous choice!]

[Rewards obtained: 3 Millennium Vermilion Fruit Trees, 100 Business-Type Puppets, and a System Spirit Field.]

Ah, it's time to count the rewards again!

[Millennium Vermilion Fruit Tree: A vermilion fruit tree that has grown for nearly a thousand years, capable of producing top-tier vermilion fruits. Each tree yields about 100 fruits per year.]

Vermilion fruits were a treasure. Jiang Che had once received a box of them, which could enhance physical strength, cultivation, and improve one's aptitude for cultivation. Now, with three trees, he could enjoy vermilion fruits to his heart's content!

As for the business-type puppets, they were even more valuable. In a few months, he would take over Yuanche Pharmaceutical, and he certainly wouldn't have time to manage the company himself.

Having more hands on deck was always good, and these system puppets only required basic food and shelter. They didn't need houses or cars, making them the ultimate low-cost labor force!

Most importantly... they would never complain!