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Chapter 52: Making a choice depends on the situation
At the same time, Qiao Yu and Xia Keke were having breakfast in the noodle shop downstairs in the community.

"Brother, how did you do in the competition? Can you make it to the finals?"

The two of them sat face to face at a small table in the breakfast shop. Xia Keke asked excitedly while picking up the steaming noodles in the bowl.

After learning that Qiao Yu had signed up for the Xiaolibaba Mathematics Competition, she went home to study the competition system. Naturally, she knew that this competition would only be meaningful if she entered the finals.

Qiao Yu replied seriously, "Do I need to ask this? If I can't make it to the finals, it would be a waste of my efforts! If you haven't participated, you won't know. The questions are very simple. It's hard not to make it to the finals."

Just then, the cell phone in his pocket vibrated, so Qiao Yu took it out and looked at it.

Coincidentally, the WeChat message sent by the good guy asked similar questions as Xia Keke.

Qiao Yu began to reply. If his answer to Xia Keke was confident, then his answer to the nice guy was appropriate.

"It was just so-so. I felt that except for the first two questions, the other questions were difficult, especially the last one. The most annoying thing was that there were no scores marked on these questions. I had no idea whether I could make it to the finals."

Obviously, although Qiao Yu's answer to Xia Keke was cocky, it was actually more sincere.

The reason was simple, after all, the two grew up together. Ever since Qiao Yu could remember, this little girl had been following him like a little tail.

When I go to kindergarten, I won’t cry as long as I’m with him.

If he couldn't go to kindergarten for various reasons, he could hear the girl crying through the door. She even said she was afraid and refused to sleep at night. No one could comfort her. He threw her into Qiao Yu's room and she fell asleep in a short while.

Really, at that time Qiao Yu asked Xia Keke to call him daddy, and the little girl did so without hesitation, without looking back, and in a particularly crisp and loud voice, without even trying to avoid people.

This is probably because the work on the railway is too busy, and Xia Keke's parents don't have much time to take care of their children. Especially during the Chinese New Year and other holidays, when other families are reunited, Xia Keke's parents have to work on the train, and they are so busy that they are dizzy.

There was no high-speed rail at that time, and once you got on the train you might stay there for several days.

So basically every time the school was on vacation, Qiao Yu and Xia Keke would dominate the community.

Qiao Yu had long been accustomed to the infinite admiration Xia Keke gave him when she was a child. Unfortunately, since she entered the sixth grade of elementary school, this girl is no longer as obedient as she was when she was a child. For example, if you ask this girl to call dad now, she will not only not call you dad, but will also think about how to punch Qiao Yu.

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"It's okay. Maybe you were too nervous because it was your first time participating in this kind of competition. And you haven't had any systematic study. Some comprehensive questions are indeed difficult. Don't be discouraged. If you can't do it this year, you will definitely be able to do it next year. But you will probably be preparing for IMO next June. Come on!"

Qiao Yu looked at the message of comfort sent by the good guy on the phone, but didn't know what to reply. From the corner of his eye, he saw Xia Keke opposite him staring at his phone, so he simply put the phone back in his pocket.

Otherwise, this girl might find another excuse to snatch the phone away.

"Who is it?"

"Good old man."

"That teacher Lan? Why did he come to you during the holidays?"

"He knew I signed up for Xiaolibaba's competition and he was asking about my results."

"Then he must be very happy to know that you can make it to the finals, right?"

Hearing this, Qiao Yu glanced at Xia Keke with disdain and said, "Only children brag to everyone they meet. Adults know that you should hide your shortcomings, understand? Hide your shortcomings! The first bird to stick its head out gets shot, understand?" "Then you just...Qiao Yu, you called me a human being! I'm going to tell Aunt Qiao!" Xia Keke was immediately angry, and all the features on her little face were wrinkled.

Qiao Yu was quite relieved. As expected of a girl who had grown up with him, she was quick to react, at least 36,000 seconds faster than Zhou Shuang. However, he still chose to refute her confidently: "Are you stupid? Am I calling you a non-human? I am emphasizing that you are one of us! Who would hide their incompetence in front of their own family?"

After saying that, Qiao Yu even rolled his eyes, but it was very useful. The little girl opposite not only stopped being angry immediately, but her cheeks even turned visibly red.

It rained again in Xingcheng yesterday, but it cleared up today. The temperature rose suddenly, and he could clearly see some small drops of water seeping out of the delicate skin on Xia Keke's forehead...

It's over. Could it be that this girl has a sensitive constitution and thinks I'm just saying sweet words?
So Qiao Yu's face turned serious and he added, "For example, do you think I would hide my incompetence in front of my mother?"

What he wanted to express was that Xia Keke treated him as a family member, but the other party seemed to have misunderstood him. She did not refute him sharply as usual, nor did she say anything. She just sipped the noodles in small sips, pretending to be a lady from a noble family.

I can't explain it any more clearly.

To be honest, Qiao Yu had no idea what was going on in that clever little head every day, and he didn't dare to look at this girl's silly look. He simply ate the noodles in big mouthfuls. After finishing it in a few bites, he took out his cell phone.

The nice guy on WeChat saw that he didn't reply and said a few more words to him.

“Don’t be discouraged, and don’t give up your pursuit of mathematics. The road of mathematics is destined to be difficult. Failure now is only to make you more stable in the future!”

"As long as you believe in your talent, you will definitely succeed in the future! I guarantee this with my nearly ten years of teaching experience."

Fortunately, Ranger did not send the third sentence, otherwise he would have been moved by the good man's spirit of loving his disciple like his own son. Really, it was a good thing that it was just a little bit short.

After careful consideration in his mind this time, Qiao Yu replied: "Don't worry, Teacher Lan, I have long-term plans. Although the Xiaoli Group Mathematics Competition questions are a bit difficult, the IMO test questions you gave me are quite simple. I will use the exercise book you gave me today to regain my confidence."

After writing this metaphor, I was still not satisfied, so I added three muscular emojis.

"Brother, I'm full."

"Oh, let's go then."

He stood up, paid the bill with his mobile phone, walked out of the noodle shop, and felt the warmth of the sun on his body. Qiao Yu stretched himself lazily, and out of the corner of his eye he saw the little girl next to him secretly looking at him. He suddenly felt refreshed.

Finally, they regained the feeling of being the king of the community with their daughter. The only pity is that those little bastards who dared to provoke them in the past are no longer wandering around the community.

Qiao Yu feels that the most fucked-up thing about this world is that the older people get, the less pure happiness they have, and the more complicated and expensive the ways to obtain happiness become.

Difficult!

"Brother, how about I also apply to Tieyi Middle School?"

Qiao Yu was shocked by these words. The high school entrance exam was just a few days away, and he didn't want Comrade Xia to rush downstairs with a knife and fight him to death this summer.

"What a joke! You're going to Tieyi Middle School? I'm going to go to Peking University or Tsinghua University in the future! Tieyi Middle School has been here for so many years, but it has never produced a student from either Tsinghua or Peking University! Oh, by the way, do you want to go to Huaqing or Yanbei in the future? You can think about it carefully during this period of time. Maybe I can help you explore the way first."

"Oh, okay!"

(End of this chapter)