The 1.09W reward Zhou Xiu received was all given to her live broadcast room in the form of rewards. "YH" started smashing the luxury plane from early morning, attracting a group of night owls.
In the dead of night, netizens were still talking about this anchor. Looking at the anchor's reward list, the top-ranked "YH" had given millions of rewards. After dawn, almost the entire Internet was searching for this girl who was writing the test paper in the middle of the night.
Learning live streaming is just a niche genre and does not originally have the conditions to become a trending topic. But this year, with the country vigorously advocating science and technology and improving the ideological and moral education of minors and correct values, Zhou Xiu's video became popular.
Her video was first liked and forwarded by a well-known professor of mathematics graduate school entrance examinations, who commented that "the friction of thoughts produces brilliant sparks and makes people forget about time."
When passers-by clicked on it, they were so confused by the question that they would immediately run for their lives. There was not a single multiple-choice question on the test papers she wrote, only answerable questions. The host who was writing the test paper answered the questions with his pen tip at a constant speed. The whole process was smooth and there was hardly any mistake. One can't help but wonder if it was copied down according to the answer.
How could anyone like to write such obscure and profound test papers and keep writing until four in the morning? Is this the world of academic geniuses?
"Help, I can't understand what she's writing!"
"Why do you want me to witness the disparity between other people's seventeen years old and my seventeen years old..."
"I know this anchor. She always gets full marks in math. I was trembling with fear when I was in the same exam room with her."
After Zhou Xiu's phone returned to normal, he replied to messages from his relatives and friends one by one. Xi Shaoyuan's message was at the bottom of the unread messages. He asked, "Zhou Xiu, are you okay?"
Zhou Xiu was not in a good condition during that period and had no time to read the messages, so the unread messages remained for many days. She replied to Xi Shaoyuan, "Very good."
Just after replying, Zhou Xiu heard Lan Xin's excited voice from her phone: "Xiu Xiu, you don't know, you are on the hot search! Oh my God!"
Zhou Xiu held his forehead with his hand, feeling a bit of a headache. After she woke up, she found that there was an extra 1.09 million in her account, which meant that the system had awarded 2.18 million in rewards in the live broadcast room. Normally, a few hundred thousand in rewards would be enough to make it onto the reward list, so such a large reward would probably cause a stir.
Zhou Xiu’s trending searches increased very quickly. After discovering this, Huatang immediately contacted Huaba to suppress the trending searches so that her phone would not be bombarded with calls.
Being on the trending search is not always a good thing. Huatang knows that she must be very busy now. Zhou Xiu has been on the trending search several times before. Apart from her personal information being exposed, her agent inviting her to be a star, and her mobile phone number needing to be changed frequently, there are no more benefits.
After receiving Zhou Xiu's reply, Xu Qing quickly asked her when she would return to school to study. These days, he would glance at his phone from time to time to see if there was any reply from Zhou Xiu. It's rare for her to take such a long leave. She loves studying more than anyone else and is looking forward to the start of school before summer vacation even begins. Zhou Xiu has already entered the third year of high school and the national mathematics competition is just around the corner. She would not disappear for no reason.
Xu Qing put down his phone. He was very worried about her...
Zhou Xiu replied, "I'll be back soon."
After she checked her friend's messages, she received a call from an unfamiliar number. After the call was connected, the other party was silent for a long time, "Zhou Xiu, this is your father."
Zhou Xiu glanced at Liu Mei, stood up and went outside to answer the phone.
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After Zhou Xiu went out to answer the phone, Liu Mei handed the phone to the patient's family and asked them to help search for "Xingda". These were the words she heard from the old lady's mouth yesterday.
The patient's family member asked, "You don't even know Xingda? Is it the Xingda that produces kettles, air conditioners and refrigerators?"
Liu Mei opened the B-degree voice and listened to it over and over again. She was completely stunned. It turned out that they were such powerful people——
The richest person she could imagine was Mrs. Xi, someone like Zhou Xiu. That family turned out to be Zhou Xiu’s biological family. And they are just ordinary farmers in the mountains... Maybe if Xiu'er follows them, she won't have to fight so hard.
Liu Mei couldn't help but recall last night.
It was late at night when she arrived at the hospital and found Zhou Xiu writing a test paper in the lounge. The nurse on duty was so sleepy that she was yawning non-stop, and all the family members were fast asleep, but Zhou Xiu was still writing furiously, using up page after page of draft paper.
It was not until four in the morning that she put down the pen in her hand, with a sleepy but satisfied smile on her face.
She yawned, and fell asleep as soon as her head touched the table. There was a rut on her fair face from the pressure of the table, but she slept so soundly.
Liu Mei remembered that Zhou Xiu had been dealing with this for several nights. She felt that going home was a waste of time, and was afraid that she would not be able to see Zhou Cheng for the last time, so she often stayed in the hospital and would not leave no matter how much she was persuaded.
Now she wants to use the scholarship from the competition to pay for her father's medical treatment, so she studies hard until late at night.
Liu Mei held the phone and listened to the voice message. The scene of Zhou Xiu working at her desk all night appeared in her mind. Her nose felt sore and tears flowed down unexpectedly.
Zhou Xiu suffered a lot with them since she was a child. She started working in the fields with them when she was eight years old. When she was ten years old, she picked pine nuts all over the mountains to sell for money. When she was twelve years old, she was forced to drop out of school. So she worked during the winter and summer vacations every year to earn tuition fees, and she became very tanned.
Most of the children in the rural area are like this. Liu Mei didn't think her daughter was any different. It was only after coming to the city that she discovered that Zhou Xiu had suffered a lot. While Yingdi, Xidi and other girls were lazy and sleeping at home, Zhou Xiu was working and reading at the same time. Children of the same age acted like spoiled brats with their parents, were lazy and didn’t do their homework, but she got up at six o’clock every day to go to school. She has always been a very sensible child and never causes any worries to her parents.
Liu Mei's eyes were blurred with tears as she thought hard: If Zhou Xiu had not been born in a poor family like theirs, would she have lived a life of carefree food and clothing like her classmates and gone to the best school? If they hadn't picked her up that year, would she have had an easier life and suffered less?
She carried Zhou Xiu to the bed and covered her with a blanket. Liu Mei touched her soft hair and saw her thin body, and tears dripped onto the quilt.
Liu Mei covered her face and bit her lower lip tightly with her teeth, and turned off the voice chat with her trembling thumb.
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A week later, Zhou Cheng passed the critical period of the operation and was transferred from the intensive care unit to the general ward.
Good news also came from Liu Mei. The house was finally sold. Together with the money in Zhou Xiu's bank card, the total amount reached 1.1 million. This money gave Zhou Xiu a chance to breathe.
Zhou Xiu plans to go back to school and study hard.
She took out a small notebook and looked through it. The National Mathematics Competition, the joint examination of nine schools at the end of the semester, and the first and second mock exams in the next semester all had generous prizes. They were all part of Yude's "sky-high scholarship". If she could get these scholarships, Zhou Cheng's medical expenses would be solved. She couldn't stay in the hospital any longer.
When Zhou Xiu was leaving the hospital, Liu Mei stopped her.
When she turned around, she saw Liu Mei crying bitterly. Zhou Xiu had never seen Liu Mei cry so hard, she was surprised.
Liu Mei said in a trembling voice: "Xiu Xiu, your father has told you everything. You can go back with them..."
Zhou Xiu stopped in astonishment, thought for a long time, and said seriously: "I won't go back with them. I'm almost an adult."
Zhou Xiu had been used to being poor since she was a child, and had been looked down upon a lot. She knew what it felt like to be looked down upon. They have already gotten through the most difficult times, so there is no reason for them to bow to others. Zhou Xiu can try to earn money for her father's medical expenses, but she will never do it in this way, as that would be a humiliation to Zhou Cheng.
Zhou Xiu was no stranger to their condescending attitude. The mother of the senior who rashly confessed to her last time also had that kind of natural sense of superiority. Zhou Xiu was unwilling to deal with such people.
Liu Mei kept shaking her head, "No, no, go back with them, they can make you live a good life."
Zhou Xiu sighed softly, "Will mom be willing to let me go? I can't get involved in such a complicated family. They have no feelings for me. We don't steal or rob. We earn money with our own hands and live happily. Will mom and dad still want me?"
Liu Mei was completely shocked when she heard this, and her tears fell even harder. She nodded continuously, "Yes, yes! Xiu'er, don't go back! Mom and Dad will work to support you..."
Zhou Xiu took out a tissue and wiped away Liu Mei's tears.
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Yude Middle School.
A week is neither long nor short. For the high school students preparing for exams, it is just a blink of an eye, but for Zhou Xiu, it seems as long as a year. Only when she returned to school did she feel like she had returned to the human world.
Yude's senior year students just finished a monthly exam. Zhou Xiu was not present for this exam. Xu Qing regained the long-lost first place in the class, and Huaxu scored 600 points, ranking second in the class. As soon as Zhou Xiu returned to the classroom, the first thing she did was to ask Huaxu for her test paper.
Huaxu obediently handed his test paper to the God of Study, narrowed his crescent-shaped eyes slightly, waiting for Zhou Xiu to speak.
Zhou Xiu carefully looked through Huaxu's test paper. She got full marks in English, 121 points in Mathematics, 123 points in Chinese, and 215 points in Comprehensive Science.
The corners of her mouth curved up, "Xuxu was great this time."
The behind-the-scenes video took a look at Zhou Xiu. She had a simple ponytail, and her dark hair made her face look even thinner. Her thin shoulders could barely hold up the loose school uniform. Those eyes were still clear, and the aura on his body was calmer and quieter.
Yu Qingyan and Lan Xin asked worriedly, "Is Xiuxiu okay?"
They only knew that Zhou Xiu's father was sick and she took sick leave to take care of her father, but they didn't know that Zhou Cheng had cancer. Zhou Xiu himself had no intention of bringing up this matter and adding to their worries.
Zhou Xiu nodded, "My father's condition is stable now, don't worry. But this disease is really a headache, I need to go to the hospital more often."
Everyone looked at Zhou Xiu worriedly, sighed heavily in their hearts, and wondered how they could comfort her. But after she sat down, she started studying as usual.
After the class bell rang, Zhou Xiu began to work on math competition questions, racing against time to make the most of every minute.
Zhou Cheng's illness caught her off guard. Zhou Xiu realized that she had no time to waste, so she worked hard to acquire knowledge every day.
When she didn't have classes, she kept looking for information and literature on Zhou Cheng's disease, and she read a long list of medical books alone.
In one month, Zhou Xiu roughly browsed through the content of oncology. She had a foundation in biology competitions and had previously covered undergraduate content beyond the syllabus, so it was not difficult for her to learn. When she encountered something she didn't understand, Zhou Xiu would muster up the courage to send an email to ask the professor whose contact information she had added at the national competition, and to ask Dr. Liu.
Dr. Liu was shocked when he found out. Patients' families often like to question doctors with things they found on Baidu, which is very disturbing. But Zhou Xiu is different. She will study hard to understand Zhou Cheng's illness. This level of desperation amazed Dr. Liu.
What surprised Dr. Liu was that Zhou Xiu's level of basic academic knowledge was much better than that of the graduate students he was supervising. Now he had no doubt that she had won a gold medal in the biology competition. She was indeed very smart, and smart children learn things quickly.
Doctor Liu shook his head, but... Zhou Cheng's brain cancer is in the middle to late stages.
One month after Zhou Cheng's surgery, his wound gradually healed and Dr. Liu recommended chemotherapy. However, Zhou Cheng refused to go to City G to do BNCT no matter how his family members persuaded him. He is very persistent.
Even Zhou Xiu couldn't persuade him. Liu Mei said sadly, "You two, father and daughter, are both opinionated and as stubborn as a cow."
During the time Zhou Cheng was recovering from his injury, Zhou Xiu brought him meals to the hospital after school and took over Liu Mei's shift. People who have undergone chemotherapy feel very weak and have poor appetite. Zhou Xiu cooked a lot of his favorite foods, such as shredded chicken congee, steamed pork with rice flour, scallop vermicelli, lotus root egg custard... and breakfast dishes such as xiaolongbao, soup dumplings, beef noodle soup, and eight-treasure porridge. He cooked them in different ways. All the patients in the ward envied Zhou Cheng.
They praised Zhou Cheng for having a good wife and a good daughter who never left him and took good care of him. The depressing and heavy ward felt a little more relaxed because of such a loving wife and filial and sensible children.
Zhou Cheng was always happy to eat after every chemotherapy. He squinted his eyes, with deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and spoke in a light tone. He was as proud as a child, and praised Zhou Xiu's cooking skills while eating.
Zhou Cheng chuckled, but then he sighed heavily when he thought of something, "Xiu'er, your mother is here, study hard, okay?"
He complained, "You always come here, and I always worry about you."
Zhou Cheng was extremely worried. He was afraid that it would delay Zhou Xiu's studies. Going to places like the hospital too often would affect her mood. He was worried that Zhou Xiu would be too worried and would delay the college entrance examination. He also did not allow Liu Mei to reveal her illness to her daughter. Thinking about this matter all day long, he became visibly thinner and couldn't sleep all night.
After that incident, Zhou Xiu no longer appeared in front of Zhou Cheng. Every time she came to the hospital, she would look at him from afar through the glass window. After looking enough, she would go back to school for evening self-study. But the food Zhou Cheng ate still tasted like that cooked by Zhou Xiu.
Liu Mei likes to tell Zhou Cheng about some trivial things in the store, and Zhou Cheng listens with joy and full of energy. It was difficult for him to eat after chemotherapy. Every time Liu Mei came into the ward with a smile on her face, she couldn't stop crying when she left the ward. She didn't dare to cry in front of Zhou Cheng.
After Zhou Cheng's illness got better, he couldn't sit still. Sometimes he would go to the store to check on business. Without Zhou Cheng in charge of the restaurant, the food lacked flavor and business became much slower.
Liu Mei sold her house. One day, Zhou Cheng returned to the new house as usual and found that he could not open the door with his key, and a strange face walked out.
Zhou Cheng stared in shock, then glanced at the furnishings in the room, which had been completely changed.
After the people left, he squatted on the ground, pulling his hair and smoking in silence. He mocked softly, "Hey, I told you to keep the house, why didn't you listen to me?"
The ashes scattered sadly in the wind, and a line of water droplets wet the concrete floor.
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