Chapter 120 Extra
Extra: Youth's Heart (Part 2)
During the few days I stayed at Chen's house, it seemed that some things were quietly changing.
There was one more person in the original room, and a few more storybooks next to the large desk.
That day, Shen Yuhuai came to the Shen family as usual after school. Chen Shiming and Shen Xuelan went to the tutoring class. After greeting Zhang Yazhi, he came to the room where he usually studied very familiarly. However, when he just turned into the corridor, he saw a little head popping out from the door of the room from a distance.
Shen Yuhuai paused for a moment, his eyes fixed on that head.
The little head only poked out a little bit, then quickly retracted, and you could still faintly hear tiny tapping sounds. Shen Yuhuai stopped moving, but he didn't see the child running out, so he had to walk in that direction.
The door of the room was not closed tightly, leaving a gap.
When Shen Yuhuai opened the door, he saw that the child was straightening his back and writing his homework very seriously, as if the person who was hiding at the door and peeking just now was not him.
"Brother is here!" Chen Qizhao put down his pen and ran over.
Shen Yuhuai closed the door, "Yeah."
The two returned to their seats and started doing their homework again.
Only halfway through writing, Shen Yuhuai noticed the other person's gaze and knew what the other person wanted to do, "Is there any question you don't understand?"
"Yes." Chen Qizhao asked politely, "Wait until my brother finishes his homework, can you teach me?"
Shen Yuhuai was not in a hurry to do his own test paper. After taking out the draft book, he said, “It’s okay, I’ll tell you now.”
In the past, I would just randomly open a page in the math book and the questions were easy.
But this time, most of the math booklet had been filled, with only a few questions left blank. The difficulty level was also raised to a higher level, with advanced questions that were not suitable for people of his grade. Chen Qizhao really didn't know the answer, so we asked him the blank questions.
Chen Qizhao listened very carefully, and after Shen Yuhuai finished speaking, he was able to quickly write down the answer based on the other party's ideas.
Seeing that he had finished this question, Shen Yuhuai said, “The second question is the same as this one. Try to see if you can do it. If you can’t do it, I’ll teach you.”
Chen Qizhao responded heavily, buried his head and continued to write his own questions. After finishing the question that Shen Yuhuai had just taught him, he immediately started writing the second question.
Seeing that he was working seriously, Shen Yuhuai turned his attention back to his own paper. After finishing a few questions, he noticed that the child next to him was looking at him again.
Shen Yuhuai discovered that Chen Qizhao liked to look at people, but he didn't make any sound when he looked at people.
Although he was quiet, Shen Yuhuai felt a little uncomfortable. This was the first time he had such contact with a child of this age. "What's wrong?"
"You explain better than my brother." Chen Qizhao said, "Every time I ask my brother a question, I don't understand what he says. I haven't learned the method he uses. Besides, it's very troublesome to ask him questions. He always waits until I finish my homework before he teaches me... It's already evening, and I'm sleepy."
Shen Yuhuai asked: “You can ask other uncles and aunts.”
The Chen family has a tutor at home. The advanced questions like these for Chen Qizhao were obviously not assigned by the school, but should have been taught by the tutor.
If Chen Shiming has too much homework, Chen Qizhao can actually ask other people.
The child skipped Shen Yuhuai's question and muttered, "But my brother is also very good. He used to bring me small cakes after school, but later I had a toothache and my mother wouldn't let me eat it."
Shen Yuhuai thought about Chen Shiming, but he didn’t expect that Chen Shiming would bring cake for the child.
He always felt that Chen Shiming had a cold face, so he had some topics to talk about with Shen Xuelan. "Brother Shiming has learned a lot and has many methods."
Chen Qizhao nodded: "My brother is amazing."
He then sent out another awesome card: "Brother Yu Huai is awesome too!"
Shen Yuhuai paused, “Write the questions.”
Chen Qizhao: “Okay.”
Shen Yuhuai said again: “If you don’t understand, ask me again.”
Chen Qizhao: “Yeah!”
The two of them were doing their homework quietly. Shen Yuhuai glanced to the side and found that the child was still lying on the table writing.
Chen Qizhao didn’t have much homework, and he had already written a lot while waiting for Shen Yuhuai to come over in the room.
While Shen Yuhuai was still doing his homework, Chen Qizhao had already finished his homework. After finishing his homework, he had nothing else to do, so he took the storybook and flipped through it. After reading the storybook, he ran out again. When he came back, he brought some candies to Shen Yuhuai.
His teeth had been in bad condition recently, and the housekeeper didn't allow him to eat too much candy, so he could only have a few candies a day. He kept two for himself and put the rest on Shen Yuhuai's paper.
Shen Yuhuai had a lot of homework, and since the kids around him had no problem with it, he just focused and finished the test paper. During this time, the housekeeper came in and served some snacks, but for some reason, he always felt that Uncle Zhang seemed to stare at the candy in his hand. After finishing two papers, he prepared to take a break. Just as he put the papers into his schoolbag, the child next to him came over.
"Brother, have you finished writing?" Chen Qizhao asked.
Shen Yuhuai looked at him, and didn't say whether he had finished writing or not, "What's wrong?"
Chen Qizhao pulled Shen Yuhuai’s sleeve, still holding the storybook stubbornly in one hand, “Then I’ll take my brother to play!”
Without saying where to go, Shen Yuhuai was pulled forward a few steps by him. When he arrived at the door of the room, Chen Qizhao looked down at his hands. He held the storybook in one hand and held Shen Yuhuai with the other hand. He had no free hand to open the door. He was about to speak, but Shen Yuhuai took the lead and opened the door for him.
Chen Qizhao happily led his people through the corridor, around several places, and finally came to the door of a room.
Shen Yuhuai followed him all the way, the little dinosaur slippers made a clacking sound all the way, and the child held the storybook sideways, and his furry head moved as he walked. Chen Qizhao's hair color is not that dark, and it looks fine and soft. Shen Yuhuai can't help but be attracted to that little head. Thinking of the scene when Chen Shiming rubbed Chen Qizhao's head in the living room, he thought that the feeling of rubbing it... should be very comfortable.
The door opened, revealing a lovely children's room.
"Brother, come in and play!" Chen Qizhao let go of his hand and ran in happily.
Shen Yuhuai then observed the room. This should be Chen Qizhao's room. He recognized the books placed next to the short bookshelf. Chen Qizhao had brought many of them there in the past few days. He had a good memory and wrote down the titles of all the books that Chen Qizhao brought.
After entering the room, Chen Qizhao asked him to sit down on a blanket.
Shen Yuhuai lowered his eyes and found that this small table should be the one Chen Qizhao used frequently. There were several arithmetic books on it, and there was also a study table next to it. Unlike the high table in the room just now, this desk was just right for Chen Qizhao.
As he was observing, Chen Qizhao had already brought a lot of robots.
The robots were placed on the table one by one. After Chen Qizhao finished placing them, he looked at Shen Yuhuai, "This one is called Little A, Little B..."
The names are very random, directly ABCDE. Two of them are smart toys launched on the market that will move when pressed.
Shen Yuhuai looked at these toys that he had long stopped playing with, and didn't know what to say for a while.
However, Chen Qizhao did not let the atmosphere in the room quiet down. He spoke patiently, and then he talked about the robot cartoons he watched. He also said that he wanted to be the doctor in the cartoons and create a super powerful robot.
“You need to learn a lot to build a robot,” Shen Yuhuai suddenly said.
Chen Qizhao stopped, blinked and looked at Shen Yuhuai: "What do you want to learn? I asked my mother to buy me a computer!"
"Computers alone are not enough." Shen Yuhuai explained to him seriously: "You also need to learn mathematics, physics, and English..."
Chen Qizhao had never heard so much before. In the cartoons he saw people typing on a computer, he thought that with a computer he could learn to make robots. Why did he have to learn so much? He frowned and asked, "Why do you have to learn so much?"
"It's not that easy to build a robot. You need to learn a lot."
Shen Yuhuai flipped through his math book and found several red crosses on it. "You have to learn math well, too. I heard from the teacher that you have to learn algorithms to build robots."
"I know the algorithm!" Chen Qizhao said proudly, "I can also do multiplication and division! My classmates are still learning addition!"
Shen Yuhuai didn't know how to explain to him, "It's not this algorithm, it's a more difficult one. You haven't learned it yet, you will have to learn it when you grow up, that one is very difficult."
Chen Qizhao was stunned. He had never expected that he would have to learn so much. He wrote down Shen Yuhuai’s words, “Then I’ll learn them all. I’ll tell my mother tomorrow.”
Shen Yuhuai, "Mathematics must be learned well."
Chen Qizhao ran over and took a few books on robots. "I will definitely learn it well."
Shen Yuhuai: “…”
Chen Qizhao put down the book and asked again: "My brother said that he would help his father when he grows up. Can I help him by building a robot?"
"That's different. They have to learn management and finance, and there are a lot of things to learn." Shen Yuhuai explained.
Chen Qizhao thought about it for a while, his whole face almost wrinkled into a ball, but he quickly gave up: "Then I won't help Dad. My brother is very capable and he can do it alone."
Shen Yuhuai nodded, said nothing, and looked down at Chen Qizhao’s arithmetic book.
I have learned multiplication and division well, but I just can't do the more difficult questions.
Chen Qizhao looked at Shen Yuhuai and asked curiously, "What do you want to do in the future, brother?"
Shen Yuhuai paused for a moment, looked up and saw the child's sparkling eyes, "...I think he wants to study chemistry."
"Brother can do it." Chen Qizhao said with a smile: "You are very capable, you can definitely do it."
Shen Yuhuai had never been praised like this before, and Chen Qizhao always praised him, which made him a little embarrassed, "But it's difficult."
"Mathematics is also difficult, I will definitely be able to learn it well." Chen Qizhao said: "Brother is better than me! I will definitely be able to do it!"
Shen Yuhuai’s ears turned slightly red, “Then I have to study.”
Chen Qizhao said: "I want to learn too."
Shen Yuhuai's books were still in the room over there. The two of them encouraged each other and wanted to study hard to achieve their goals. Seeing that Chen Qizhao had already opened his arithmetic book and started writing, Shen Yuhuai was about to go over there to get the test paper, but Chen Qizhao turned around and looked at him, "Brother, don't you want to study with me?"
"My book is still over there." Shen Yuhuai said, "I'll go get it."
Chen Qizhao stood up immediately and said, "I'll get it for you."
After saying that, he put on his little slippers and ran out with his short legs.
Listening to the sound of slippers getting farther and farther away, Shen Yuhuai had no choice but to sit down and flip through Chen Qizhao's arithmetic book. He found that this kid had learned a lot and did very well in some questions that were beyond the syllabus. He finished reading the pages with the most red crosses on the questions. Chen Qizhao had gone to get his schoolbag and had not returned yet. He was about to go out to take a look, but as soon as he stood up, he heard the sound of slippers.
When I looked towards the door, I found that the child was carrying his schoolbag and walking slower than before. He was even using his hands to lift the schoolbag as he walked.
Shen Yuhuai went over to help and lifted the schoolbag.
Chen Qizhao pulled his hand away from the shoulder strap, "Your schoolbag is so heavy."
"If you can't lift it, you can come and call me." Shen Yuhuai said.
Chen Qizhao said seriously: "I can take it!"
After saying that, he even wanted to grab Shen Yuhuai’s schoolbag, as if he wanted to prove himself once again.
Shen Yuhuai was amused by his actions and told him, “If you carry too much weight on your back, you won’t grow taller.”
Chen Qizhao paused and asked, "Won't my brother not grow taller in the future?"
Shen Yuhuai: “…”
He didn't know what to reply for a moment.
The two studied in the room for a while, and when it was time to eat, Shen Yuhuai left after eating.
It was like this day after day, but when he left today, Shen Yuhuai found that the child had been standing with Aunt Zhang until he got into the car, and the child was still standing by and watching.
"Yu Huai?" Shen Xuelan noticed that her brother had been looking out the window. "Did something fall?"
The car started and the scenery on both sides moved.
Shen Yuhuai glanced slightly to the side, but the car drove away and he could no longer see it.
After that day, his relationship with Chen Qizhao inexplicably became very good.
When he went to Chen's house again later, the place where they studied had inexplicably changed its location from the original room to Chen Qizhao's room. Chen Qizhao always liked to pull him to the room, or take him to the garden to play when he was resting.
Shen Yuhuai didn't feel much at first, but as he went out to play with his friends, although he didn't do as many papers as before, when he was relaxing outside, his head was empty, as if he didn't have to think about too many things. Chen Qizhao was not as noisy as other children. He knew his limits and knew that when Shen Yuhuai was studying, he always tried his best to restrain himself from disturbing him.
The small table in the room was just right for the two of them, with Shen Yuhuai sitting on one side and Chen Qizhao on the other.
He no longer dropped erasers, nor did he intentionally turn the pages of the book loudly. It was just that at the end of the lesson, Chen Qizhao would push the math book over to him and ask his questions in a lowered voice.
The longer I stayed at the Chen family, the less sense of distance I had when I first arrived there.
Maybe because of Chen Qizhao, he was more familiar with the layout of the Chen family than Shen Xuelan. He also knew that there was a puppy in the depths of the garden, and he also knew a lot of different kinds of plants. The aunt who managed the garden also taught them to recognize flowers and plants, and gave him a small potted plant, which was more vivid than the one in the picture book. Shen Yuhuai also liked these very much, and he thought about raising some himself in the future.
The time spent at Chen's house was actually only about five hours a day. Shen Yuhuai finished class earlier than his brothers and sisters. After class, he would study in class, and then go out to catch a bus at about the same time to go to Chen's house together.
But today, after class, all the classmates had left. He had finished half a paper when he suddenly heard a noise coming from outside the classroom door. He thought it was the teacher who came to the classroom to check on the situation after get off work, but he saw a round head popping up at the main door, peeking inside.
Shen Yuhuai was stunned for a moment.
The little kid saw him at once, and ran in, carrying a schoolbag on his back. The books in the backpack seemed to make noises as he ran, and he was next to Shen Yuhuai at once.
"Why are you here?" Shen Yuhuai looked up and saw the housekeeper Uncle Zhang outside the door with an apologetic smile.
Chen Qizhao stood straight, with a smile on his face, his two little canine teeth showing: "It's time to go home from school. I'm going home with my brother."
"Is my brother done with school?"
Shen Yuhuai paused, and somehow reached out to rub the child's head.
It felt soft and more comfortable than he had imagined.
He found that he didn't hate children, at least children like Chen Qizhao.
I like him very much, but I don't hate being with him either.
Shen Yuhuai put away the papers and replied, “School is over, let’s go.”
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