Interview

Before leaving, Lan Xing still met Qin Wan and Yu Hua.

Qin Wan sighed deeply and hugged the child back. As the saying goes, "Even a fair judge cannot judge family affairs." She had no right to stop an irresponsible pair of parents from taking their child to a place they thought was better.

"We'll meet again eventually. Nowadays, planes and ships are so convenient. You should study hard over there."

The wind and rain stopped, the redness and swelling on Lan Xing's face faded, and Yu Hua called a car for Lan Xing to go to the hotel.

"Take good care of yourself, eat more, and don't lack nutrition."

Yu Hua's figure behind the car window became smaller and smaller, and the blue bicycle in the trunk was wiped clean with a rag.

The steamed buns and brown sugar water in my stomach were still warm, dispelling some of my aversion to future life.

That night, Yu Shu recalled the confusing things that happened in her previous life.

She didn't go into the space to study or paint today.

[Host, if you feel sad, just take a rest]

She actually met Lan Xing again later, at her university graduation ceremony. The school auditorium was very small, and although she stayed for a few days, she still didn't have the chance to go on stage to cut the tassels.

Qin Wan and Yu Hua drove over from home to pick her up. Parents and graduating students were coming and going downstairs of the girls' dormitory. The square downstairs was filled with miscellaneous items. The villagers who lived nearby and the owners of the second-hand market at the school were there as if they were in an empty space, buying goods there for zero yuan.

The weather was muggy and gloomy, with huge dark clouds about to drag down to the ground. Yu Shu was very fat at that time, stayed up late every day, had a weak constitution, and was prone to heatstroke.

She sat on a small stool, waiting for Yu Hua and Qin Wan to come back from finishing the orders with the dormitory manager.

Her glasses were thick and clear, and she could see clearly that the figure she was looking for in the crowd was the grown-up Lan Xing.

She didn't know why Lan Xing appeared here, and her first reaction was to put on her mask and get in the car.

In a daze, the car missed Lan Xing, and Yu Shu felt that she was really cowardly.

They might have met later, but Yu Shu didn't know if he could recognize her.

Anyway, she just lay there in a daze, went with the flow, and voluntarily gave up her offline life.

Qin Wan came in quietly and covered Yu Shu with a blanket.

the next day.

Zhou Zhushui went back to his hometown and came back with a big bag of fresh mushrooms.

After he was admitted to university, he would only go back to his hometown to visit graves. He didn't want to visit the grave of his gambling father who died of drunkenness.

But the fields in his hometown also bury his mother who committed suicide by drinking pesticides, and his grandmother who died of starvation due to hunger strike because she didn't want to drag him down.

He sat in front of the tomb and looked at the cattle and sheep in the distance. It was so quiet and remote here.

The wooden house was always damp, and he could not escape the fate of working, getting married early and having children.

Yu Shu's comics were in a bag of pastries. He laid out the pastries and took out the comics.

"Mom, mother-in-law, I brought this back from where I went to college. It's very sweet."

"Let me read you a comic. The protagonist is very good-looking and young. She doesn't need to have children..."

He studied biology and knew that his mother could not have children in her condition, and he also knew that there was no need to inherit inferior genes like his father's.

He hated the kind of TV shows where women had a bunch of kids, and he also hated the idea in the mountains that people had to have a child no matter what the situation was, in order to have a child to atone for their sins.

He learned about the Children's Palace from books, and learned that he earned one cent for moving ten bricks on the construction site, and that he could earn five dollars a day picking tea seeds at the oil press with his lunch included.

He was always hungry, always had to do a lot of farm work, and could never pay his tuition.

If it weren't for Teacher Qin, he would have had only two choices: one was to go to heaven in the wooden house in the heavy rain; the other was to go to the south to work when he was fourteen years old.

When people are sad, it will rain to match the mood.

He used to be very sad. Every time it rained in the mountains, many mushrooms would pop up. He would dig them up, cook them and eat them whole, which would fill him up halfway.

But this time the rain was particularly gentle, and he dug a lot of mushrooms and brought them back to Spring City.

Yu Shu slept very soundly. When she woke up, the adults in the family were already dividing the work and preparing lunch.

Qin Wan asked her to look at the white plastic bucket on the balcony.

"Xiaoyu, your brother Zhou brought back a lot of ground mushrooms from the mountains."

The ground mushroom is a translucent, light green, fat mushroom with a lot of sand and dirt. It is difficult to clean but tastes very fresh. There are many other mushrooms next to it, which Yu Shu does not recognize.

Qin Wan felt that she didn't look so sad, so she gave her seat.

"Help mom clean this."

Seeing that there were still many dishes to be prepared in the kitchen, Yu Shu nodded obediently, as she had to eat anyway.

Zhou Zhushui felt uncomfortable sitting on the sofa, so he went to the balcony to help Yu Shu wash the ground mushrooms.

He thought of some topics while washing: "Xiaoyu, send me everything you want to buy. Our group will be in Neon for half a month."

His rough hands were covered in calluses so thick that even gravel wasn't as hard. Seeing his hands like a dishwasher, Yu Shu quickly rinsed out a handful of mushrooms. She sighed inwardly at his prowess at everything he did, and replied, "I'll sort them out for you after I've looked through the official website. Some are for raffles, and you need to buy them at designated convenience stores."

Yu Shu uttered a new term. There was no relevant information about this lottery in the information Zhou Zhushui had checked before.

Yu Shu knew that Zhou Zhushui definitely didn't understand, so she patiently explained it to him one by one.

“Are there any other comics you like right now?”

Yu Shu felt that he had done a lot of research and wondered if he liked to read comics other than "Princess Syndrome".

Hearing this, Zhou Zhushui looked a little unnatural.

He had been to a local merchandise store in the capital to buy a gift for Yu Shu when he heard someone looking for merchandise featuring the manga character Tama. He looked and realized it was Tama, the chubby-faced girl from the manga Chibi Maruko-chan, who also had a happy family.

He read on with the idea of ​​spying on other people's happiness, and then he was fascinated by the stories of a group of children. In the end, in addition to buying a bunch of gifts for Yu Shu, he also added a series of Chibi Maruko comics when he checked out.

"Well, I like Chibi Maruko-chan."

A hint of youthful vigor could still be seen on his bronze face.

Yu Shu smiled, her eyes curved, and recommended other series of Chibi Maruko-chan to him.

The rice is cooked and the food smells delicious, and green leaves begin to fall randomly on the roadside.

After Yu Shu's "The Princess's Genetic Disease" reached a climax, she received an interview request from a local newspaper in Chuncheng.

The Spring City Evening News was founded in the 1960s, responding to the slogan that every city should have its own cultural media. However, the newspaper's sales have been declining in recent years. Except for some local units that still subscribe to it, the Spring City Evening News has been in obscurity for a long time.

It probably couldn't be worse than this, and their company is self-financing, so without sales there will be no salary. Starting this year, Chuncheng Evening News has focused on family mediation, local bizarre events, etc.

She remembered seeing news about No. 17 Middle School. The principal colluded with the purchasing department and bought a batch of second-hand refurbished air conditioners. The parts inside the air conditioners were completely broken and could not be turned on at all.

The students complained that they felt dizzy due to the heat, and as soon as the teacher turned on the air conditioner, it broke down.

No. 17 Middle School became famous in the newspapers, and the Chuncheng Evening News came into the sight of Chuncheng people again. The principal and a group of people went in to investigate, and only after the new principal came in did the air conditioner start to function normally.

Therefore, they pay closer attention to interesting local things, whether good or bad, or even the creation of a "genius girl" by humans, which is beneficial to them in every way.

If they want to create a local "genius girl", they must first make her famous.

The people who came to interview were a thin female reporter and a big man carrying a camera.

When reporter Xu arrived at Yu Shu's home, he was first shocked by her appearance, and then amazed by the many practice comics of different styles in her home.

What kind of genius do you like most in China?

My favorite type of genius is the one who achieves great results effortlessly. My second favorite type of genius is the one who works extremely hard.

And Yu Shu wants to be the first type.

Reporter Xu asked Yu Shu step by step: "When did you start learning to paint?"

Yu Shu barely thought about it before speaking out, "I haven't studied painting professionally, but in my spare time at school, I practice sketching from my classmates."

Qin Wan stood beside him and unconsciously puffed out her chest with pride.

It’s true that her daughter has not studied painting specifically, but her talent is indeed outstanding.

Yu Hua nodded in agreement seriously. Yes, Xiaoyu was a genius.

After studying hard in the space for so long, it’s no big deal to show off a little, right?

After Yu Shu finished speaking, she asked the system in her mind.

[Ding! (This is genius!) Mission accomplished!

Bonus Skill: Photos that never become ugly]

Yu Shu had never received any reminders about the random hidden tasks in the system tasks. Perhaps she had finally pretended enough, and now the number of people who blindly thought she was a genius had reached the requirement.

[Skills take effect immediately and are valid for life. You only need to recite them silently.]

Yu Shu smiled more calmly, and reporter Xu became more motivated when he saw the person being interviewed was so calm.

Ask prepared questions with witty remarks.

"Yushu's painting style is exceptionally beautiful, but also very time-consuming. How do you balance your studies and hobbies?"

"I heard that your grades improved from the bottom 300 to the top 300. Such a big leap. Is it due to your own hard work?"

Will you continue to create other comics?

…

Yu Shu answered a series of questions perfectly. The light-hearted feeling of a genius who had easily come to her senses and whose study, career and beauty went hand in hand made reporter Xu feel more and more powerless the more he asked.

Is it so easy to be a genius?

In the end, reporter Xu was already impressed by this girl who was ten years younger than her, and the cameraman took three beautifully composed photos.

A frontal photo of the two people being interviewed side by side, and a photo of Yu Shu facing the camera with a faint smile.

The last picture is of Yu Shu and her family of three sitting on the sofa.

Qin Wan didn't expect that there would be something to do with their parents, and she happily put on the newly bought scarf. The two of them held their daughter's hands, with Yu Shu in the middle, who was still pretending to be a "genius".

Yu Shu wore a fluffy white coat, which made her look even more ethereal. With the help of her photography skills, each photo perfectly showcased her beauty from different angles.

The Spring City Evening News was freshly published, and Yu Shu got it first.

"Yu Shu, a fourteen-year-old self-taught comics genius, vows to keep drawing as long as she lives!"

The bold and black title was particularly eye-catching. Yu Shu was very upset. Why did this interview have such a strong Hong Kong flavor?

After a quick look, the entire interview was not taken out of context, and it also included some interviews with people close to her.

Lao Yi below praised her highly.

Yu Shu's homeroom teacher: Yu Shu used to be distracted in class, but now it seems like that's how geniuses come up with ideas in their heads...

Reporter Xu also posted all three photos, and she was reluctant to give up any of them.

The photo that took up the most space was the one where Yu Shu faced the camera directly. A colleague who was reviewing the photo even asked her, "Does this student have any thoughts about entering the entertainment industry?"

Of course she didn't know, she forgot to expand on other issues, but it was not a big problem, their Spring City Evening News would keep pestering Yu Shu, and there would definitely be several more interviews in the future.

There were thousands of words in the newspaper. After Yu Shu finished reading her own, she looked at the one next to it and was so angry that she threw away the newspaper.

A woman bought a microwave oven and brought it home, but her 40-year-old parents said they could not learn how to use it no matter what they did. The woman taught them a hundred times but they still couldn't learn. She was so angry that she smashed the microwave oven.

The reporter went to the house to mediate and provided some basic knowledge about microwave ovens.

Yu Shu looked at the smashed microwave oven. It just had two simple rotary buttons. How could he not know how to do it? He was only forty years old, not eighty.

I'm afraid it's not that the parents are unwilling to bow their heads in front of their daughter...

Finally, after mediation by the Spring City Evening News, the woman smashed the refrigerator at home.

At the end, it reads: Pay attention to the Spring City Evening News, the editor will continue to track it. Spring City Evening News, your family mediator...

Yu Shu felt that this report should be more attractive than hers.

After all, she had already decided to buy the next issue of the newspaper to see if this person finally left her parents' home.