Chapter 122 Hello
Wei Jingjing came over and sat in front of her. She didn't tie her hair up, her long black hair was scattered behind her head, as smooth and flowing as silk, just like a beautiful idol on TV.
"This is the new star dessert of this store. Many classmates are recommending it." Gu Yu smiled and pushed a plate of beautiful dessert in front of Wei Jingjing. "Because it takes a lot of time to make one, I ordered it first. Come and eat it when you come."
Wei Jingjing stared at the dessert in front of her with curiosity. A white chocolate in the shape of a cute heart was placed on a small black plate sprinkled with a little coconut powder.
“White chocolate ice cream.”
As Gu Yu spoke, he picked up the knife and carefully cut the heart-shaped chocolate.
Wei Jingjing followed her example and cut it with a knife. After the white chocolate shell broke, the dense ice cream flowed out from inside. She scooped a spoonful and put it in her mouth. She said, "It tastes like white peach . Very sweet."
"Yes." Gu Yu looked up. There were not many opportunities to be so close to this young lady in school. She looked carefully at the beautiful girl in front of her, with a high nose bridge, long eyelashes, a perfectly soft oval face, and beautifully shaped eye sockets, almost like an exquisite doll. Even if Wei Jingjing did not have the halo of a wealthy family, she was still an eye-catching beauty. No wonder the boys in the class kept talking about this young lady from the next class.
This is really great.
"Thank you." Wei Jingjing thanked her, her voice like the sound of a plucked string, "Gu Yu, why did you treat me to dessert?"
Gu Yu looked straight at her and smiled, "Because I want to ask you something."
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Gu Yu knew from a very young age that he was different from other children.
It was when I was in kindergarten. Because of the Children's Day performance, a supplier came to the teacher to calculate the props fee for the performance. The supplier quoted the price and quantity of the props, and the teacher took the calculator and clicked on it, but before the teacher finished, Gu Yu, who was only 4 years old at the time, reported a number next to him.
The teacher looked at the numbers on the calculator and exclaimed in surprise. Then the supplier added a few more prices for the props, and Gu Yu quoted another number, while the teacher had just entered a price.
When school was over, Gu Yu's mother came to pick her up. The teacher excitedly said to her, "Gu Yu is amazing! Your daughter is definitely a genius!"
Gu Yu's mother looked at the teacher in confusion. The teacher lowered her head and said softly to Gu Yu, "The teacher will give you a few math problems. Can you solve them just like you did just now?"
Looking at the teacher's expectant eyes, Gu Yu nodded.
At that time, she didn't know what it meant to perform her talent.
Then the teacher listed several addition and subtraction operations within three digits. Without any help, Gu Yu quickly reported the answers. While reporting, the teacher showed the answers on the calculator to Gu Yu's mother. Gu Yu calculated quickly and accurately.
"Have you taught her?" the teacher asked Gu Yu's mother.
Gu Yu's mother shook her head. She was a counter salesperson and was very busy. Her education for her daughter only stopped at teaching her to recognize a few numbers. Her husband was a workshop worker and had no time to work three shifts. In fact, neither of them had time to take good care of the child. Now that I think about it, it might be that Gu Yu's mother sometimes took little Gu Yu with her when she went to work. In the complicated bargaining between customers and salespersons, Gu Yu learned simple mathematical operations without any teacher.
"Your daughter is amazing." The teacher said to Gu Yu's mother very seriously, "You must train her well."
Gu Yu's mother was holding her daughter with a happy look on her face, and she nodded very seriously.
Her daughter was a genius, an absolutely unparalleled genius. This idea was deeply engraved in Gu Yu's mother's mind.
In Gu Yu’s vague childhood memories, when she was between 4 and 5 years old, she was a little celebrity and had appeared on several TV and radio programs to perform mental arithmetic. Her mother stood proudly beside her, and whenever she gave the answer quickly and accurately, the adults around her would exclaim in amazement and praise, and her mother’s face would be filled with smiles.
"Your daughter will definitely have a great future." "Train her well." "She's a child prodigy!"
Mom smiled and nodded continuously.
At that time, whenever Gu Yu walked in the neighborhood, the neighbors would look at her with envy and politeness, and then say to their children, "Look how smart Gu Yu is." "Learn from Gu Yu."
It was from that time that Gu Yu lost the right to play with the children in the community.
"Gu Yu, come down and play!" The children she knew called her downstairs.
Gu Yu shouted back from the balcony: "No, I have to prepare for the competition!"
Every year, there is a national children's mental arithmetic competition. Gu Yu's mother believes that her daughter has this talent, so she should win a national children's mental arithmetic award to prove to the world that her daughter is indeed a genius prodigy. More importantly, Gu Yu's mother is angry with her grandmother.
Grandma thinks it is normal for children to have such talent, and they will be the same as everyone else after this age. Gu Yu's mother exploded when she heard this, and immediately scolded grandma. Grandma's tone suddenly became bad, saying that you and your husband are not very smart people, and you should educate your daughter in a down-to-earth way and not think about taking the wrong path.
The mother and daughter had a big fight. After returning home, Gu Yu's mother decided to let Gu Yu participate in the competition and win a place to show her grandmother.
Because her daughter is a genius.
After participating in the competition, Gu Yu realized that there were many children in the country who could do mental arithmetic quickly like her. Gu Yu was indeed a bit talented, but she was just one of the hundreds of children participating in the competition. At the age of 5, she was eliminated in the top 20 in the country. At the age of 6, she failed in the provincial league. At the age of 7, she lost in the last round of the city competition and lost the opportunity to participate in the provincial competition.
As she grew older, the halo of a child prodigy was fading from her. In just two years, the neighbors no longer looked at her with envy, and even laughed at Gu Yu's parents behind her back.
Gu Yu will always remember that when she was 7 years old and came home after losing a game, her mother sat in the restaurant drinking and wiping tears, while her father whispered to her mother, and her mother cried very sadly. She had never seen her mother so sad before.
In the fragments of conversation between her father and mother, Gu Yu heard some stories about her mother. Gu Yu has an aunt who is her mother's fraternal twin. The two have different looks, completely different personalities, and even completely different life paths. Her mother said that her grandmother favored her aunt since she was young because she was prettier and more cheerful. Their grandfather died early, and it was all up to their grandmother to raise the twin sisters.
When the college entrance examination came, my grandmother told my sisters that the family could only afford to send one of them to college, and the winner would be determined by the results. The one who did well in the exam would go to college, and the other one would have to find a way out on her own. Later, the results of the college entrance examination came out, and my aunt was admitted to a key national university, while my mother failed, but her score was enough to get into an ordinary undergraduate program...
So, just like my grandmother said, she only supported one person to study. My aunt went to a key university in the country, and now she is an associate professor in the university. She also found a husband who is a well-known scholar. But my mother went to a cheap college to save money, and now she is just an ordinary counter salesperson, and married a husband who is just as mediocre as her.
Gu Yu has always known that every time her aunt visits her grandmother, her grandmother smiles and holds her to talk for a long time. Every time her mother goes to her grandmother's house, she does the most housework, but never gets a good word from her. Her cousin's life is completely different from hers. Her cousin Lulu has worn beautiful skirts since she was a child, has various interest classes, and went abroad for summer camp. On her grandmother's birthday, her cousin sang an English birthday song, and her grandmother couldn't stop laughing. Her aunt showed everyone the various awards her cousin had won outside of school, playing the piano, drawing, and dancing, which attracted unanimous praise from everyone.
Gu Yu's mother, who was standing nearby, suddenly said, "Gu Yu in our family is also very good at math."
My aunt smiled and said, "Nowadays, it's all about quality education. It's not enough to just know what's in the textbooks. We attach great importance to Lulu's quality education. We plan to send Lulu to study abroad in the future. These extracurricular achievements are very important resumes."
Everyone couldn't help but nod their heads, praising their aunt for her foresight.
Gu Yu recalled the whispers between her grandmother and aunt in the room. She could not remember the details, but she heard one . Her father's face suddenly turned ugly, and he repeatedly told Gu Yu not to say this word in front of her mother.
Later, Gu Yu secretly looked up the meaning of this word. She didn't sleep well for three days after that. I may not be a genius, my talent will slowly disappear, she thought.
After repeated anxiety, she reluctantly reached the age of 7, and this time she couldn't even win the city-level competition.
Everything was like what my grandma and aunt said, "The Story of Zhongyong".
"I just don't accept it. I am willing to lose, but our daughter is not stupid at all." The drunk mother cried, "She is a genius! She will definitely make us proud!!"
Gu Yu hid at the door and looked at his crying mother, and made a secret decision.
She must prove that she is a genius.
After that, she stopped participating in mental arithmetic competitions. Her mother seemed to have lost confidence in her.
She went to primary school.
She began to study textbooks day and night, review and prepare for classwork, and do every question carefully.
She was a smart girl and elementary school homework was effortless for her.
After getting excellent grades, her teacher noticed her.
So Gu Yu began to participate in extracurricular competitions continuously, including mathematics, idiom competitions, and science competitions. As long as the school allowed her to participate, she would go.
She discovered that she not only had the ability to calculate quickly, but also the ability to read and recite quickly. Although she often couldn't understand what the book was saying, she could remember most of the meaning after just a few glances.
This is very useful for exams.
Exams, exams, and exams again and again.
Only exams can prove her ability and that she is an excellent child.
When she brought home the championship medal of the National Primary School Students' Natural Science Knowledge Competition, her mother covered her face and cried.
"Our Gu Yu may become a scientist in the future." Her mother said to her father with tears in her eyes.
"Yes, she is really a genius." Her father nodded with a big smile on his face. Then he invited all the workers in the workshop to have a drink to celebrate. It was the first time she saw her father so happy.
At school, the teacher put the trophy she won in the display room and asked, "Gu Yu, do you want to be a biologist or astronomer in the future?"
She didn't speak.
She had no interest in natural sciences, and her victory was entirely due to her constant memorization and practice.
In fact, she had no interest in any of the subjects.
All the learning seemed to be carried out for only one purpose, to prove that Gu Yu was a genius.
She is like a constantly running train, heading towards her goal. The surrounding scenery has never caught her eye.
By the time she was about to graduate from elementary school, she had already won double-digit awards in various national competitions. Her results were the best of all time.
The looks her neighbors and relatives gave her were filled with genuine admiration and envy.
Has she proven herself?
Gu Yu didn’t know.
Then she entered the Fourth Middle School.
On the first day of school, the principal shook hands with her and asked her to give a speech in front of the freshmen.
From the very beginning, she arrived at the school as the best student.
Middle school is not the same as primary school.
A strong competitor appeared in the middle school, his name was Liu Xingquan.
He firmly holds the top spot in the grade.
But Gu Yu lost the motivation to compete with him. Now, no matter where she goes, teachers and classmates will look at her with respect, saying, "Look, it's that female academic master." Her parents blush when they mention her, and everyone who knows her parents knows that they have an outstanding daughter.
Gu Yu is outstanding, Gu Yu is excellent, Gu Yu is a genius.
People are saying that.
Do I need to prove anything else?
Gu Yu felt as if a string in his head had loosened.
She has no interest in either studying or life.
She can still be among the top three in her current class in any exam. She can understand the textbooks by just reading them once, and no subject can bother her. Her classmates are attracted by her excellence. It seems that she has everything she needs.
But Gu Yu knew that beneath the glamorous appearance of a top student and genius, she was just an empty shell.
I put on this coat in the past to prove myself, but the originally poor shell is still an empty shell inside.
She had to keep a distance from her classmates, for she was afraid that if they got too close, they would discover her empty nature.
Gu Yu is a girl who is good for nothing except studying. She is so uninteresting and boring. She has nothing to do except studying. After this thought entered her mind, she began to suffer from insomnia.
At night, she lay in bed with her eyes open, but her mind was very clear, constantly denouncing her boring nature. She had to recite various formulas in her mind, trying to force herself into sleep, and then the whole night would last until dawn.
Insomnia followed her all the time. She couldn't sleep at night and felt listless during the day. She didn't know what was wrong with her.
The vitality she once was has disappeared, and now all that is left is a boring walking corpse.
The first summer vacation after the first academic year.
Gu Yu came out of the after-school tutoring class at the Children's Palace and yawned slowly. She had insomnia again last night.
Now I am like a robot without oil, she laughed at herself.At this time, two boys walked past her.
She recognized them, one was Liu Xingquan, and the other was his good friend Yan Zhen. Both boys were prominent figures in the school, one was a top student, and the other was a second-generation rich man. They were in the second class next door, but the girls in the class often talked about them because they were both very handsome, which aroused the jealousy of many boys.
Liu Xingquan said something to Yan Zhen and then left. Yan Zhen was left alone, looking very troubled.
It was strange. Whenever she saw Yan Zhen, the boy always had a smile on his face. For this reason, Gu Yu envied him. A young master like him, who came from a wealthy family, must have grown up easily without any pressure, just like her cousin Lulu. His life must be full of happiness . He never had to live to prove himself.
Yan Zhen, who was not far away, walked towards the trash can. He stood in front of the trash can for about thirty seconds, then threw something in and walked away without looking back.
Gu Yu followed him as if possessed by a ghost. She went to the trash can and took a look. It was very clean inside, with only a small game console lying inside.
As expected of a rich second generation, he can even throw his game console around randomly.
Gu Yu picked up the game console. The machine felt very good, delicate and smooth. Even if it was picked up from the trash can, the machine was very clean, as if it had just been unpacked. He really deserves to be a rich second generation.
She seldom played games, but she had some knowledge of the game consoles her classmates were playing. She had never seen a small handheld game console like this before.
She pressed the power button curiously.
The screen lit up.
【Hello】
