Rebirth 08: Equipment God

Chapter 13 Teacher Shen Rui
Teacher Shen Rui poured a cup of tea for Zhai Da:
"Actually, seeing your expression, I knew the school was overly worried. But in order to reassure everyone, let's just treat it as a casual chat and take up a bit of your time."

There was no fatherly tone in his words that treated Zhai Da as a child, and if Zhai Da was really a rebellious high school student, this opening would be enough to eliminate a lot of resistance.

I have to say, this guy is very good at talking. Zhai Da thought he would start with some nonsense like "students should focus on their studies".

Zhai Da has always been respectful to those who respect him, so he took the hot tea with both hands.

"Thank you, Mr. Shen."

Shen Rui chuckled: "Very humorous, this is a good thing."

The unique aroma of brick tea permeates the small office.

"I read in the information that your mother worked in a woolen mill. So we are a bit similar. My mother was also an employee there."

When it comes to psychological counseling, you naturally cannot get straight to the point.

Just like a psychologist, he can’t just come up and say: You are sick, I am treating you.

First find common ground between the two parties.

Zhai Da calculated silently: "That should be the same period as my grandfather."

"Is your grandfather also from the woolen mill? Maybe they really know each other. What's his name?"

Zhai Da gave his grandfather's name: "Yu Lihua."

As for this grandfather, he actually died earlier than Zhai Da's father.

Died from "multiple cancers", that is, primary multiple cancers.

But ever since Zhai Da could remember, he had heard many stories about his grandfather from Yu Xiaoli. The house they lived in and the savings his mother had to raise him seemed to all come from his grandfather.

So in Zhai Da's heart, his grandfather is a real yet ethereal figure. His shadow is very long, long enough to shine on his grandson until he grows up.

When Shen Rui heard the name, he thought for a moment and said, "I think I really heard my mother mention it."

But I couldn't remember it for a while.

A few simple words brought them closer together, and the subsequent conversation became natural.

It lasted for a full hour.

Zhai Da was indifferent at the beginning, but later he had to be alert because the man was too quick-witted so as not to reveal any weaknesses. In the end, he actually felt that they were having a very pleasant conversation.

This is a knowledgeable, talkative and gentle teacher.

It is hard to imagine that this person, who was admitted to a top university in his previous life but only worked as an "ideological and political teacher" in a small county, became the counter-argument for some students that "study well is useless."

Then I use it to convince myself, “What’s wrong with going to the Internet cafe?”

But Zhai Da knows very well that whether a person is successful or not sometimes has nothing to do with "ability" and all he lacks is luck.

Teacher Shen Rui is a very capable person.

Shen Rui also clearly felt that this student was more mature than he had imagined.

Even if Zhai Da deliberately pretends to be young.

Shen Rui looked at his watch and said, "Let's stop here today. The evening study session is almost over. It's nice to chat with you."

Zhai Da: "Thank you, Mr. Shen. Actually, you taught our class in the first year of high school. I was deeply impressed at that time. Unfortunately, the science class never took ideological and political courses again."

Shen Rui recalled for a moment, as if he had found some fragments. He smiled and said, "I remember that because I was a substitute teacher at the time, I didn't look through the syllabus. I spent every class chatting with you about all sorts of things, which was actually a bit of a dereliction of duty."

He readily admitted that he was slacking off at the time.

"But we actually like this kind of class, where we can get in touch with something outside the textbook. Later, when Teacher Zhang came back, some people in the classroom secretly shouted, 'No one can teach as well as Teacher Shen.' Teacher Zhang's face turned green."

Shen Rui shook his head and laughed: "I remember I gave you some very outrageous homework at that time."

Zhai Da thought about it for a moment and had some impression.

“I remember you asked us to go back and think about a question.”

“Why do our mothers knit sweaters for foreign mothers in textile factories? How can we get foreign mothers to knit sweaters for us?”

As he repeated, Zhai Da actually frowned slightly.

This is just a metaphor, but Zhai Da had a deep memory of it because his mother really worked in a garment factory. Shen Rui: "So, did you figure it out later?"

After a long time, Zhai Da slowly shook his head.
Not to mention the "high school student Zhai Da" at that time, even the reborn Zhai Da...actually he hadn't figured it out.

Of course, in the long adult life, even if the content of a high school class is deeply remembered, I will not really look it up and think about it carefully.

Shen Rui chose to skip this topic: "It doesn't matter, you still have a lot of time, think about it slowly."

"According to the school's requirements, you can come and chat with me on Saturday. Of course, you are always welcome to ask any questions you have at other times."

Zhai Da stood up, shook hands with the other party, and then left the office.

When there was only one person left, Shen Rui returned to his seat, thought for a moment, took out a piece of paper, and wrote a few lines.

"This student has a mind that is beyond his peers, has strong logical ability, and is less likely to engage in extreme behavior."

"The attitude towards early love is relatively bland. People are reluctant to talk about it but are not shy about it either. However, the influence of the Hawthorne effect cannot be ruled out."

"Being a single-parent family has little impact on him. The family atmosphere is good and he has a humorous personality."

After thinking for a while, Shen Rui added:
"In terms of behavior patterns, there are significant deviations from one's own age group, which should be due to growth experiences."

"Recommendation: Emotionally stable, no need to intervene deliberately but continue to observe."

After writing it, he didn't take it too seriously. These things were just his personal habits as a psychology enthusiast, and he didn't really need to report them to the school.

Even the dean of studies may not understand it.

"You have a mature mind but you hide it. Are you afraid of not fitting in?"

"You're also very well-spoken. Maybe it's because of your grandfather's influence?"

In the subsequent conversation, he vaguely remembered who "Yu Lihua" was.
Shen Rui put the paper into a separate drawer. This was considered as a little extra work for him at school. Every student with psychological risks would be given to him for counseling.

There are quite a few similar psychological profile records in the drawer, but the total number is not large.

In this era, the "judgment threshold" for psychological problems is very high, and schools generally do not take it seriously.

If Zhai Da had not fainted in such a special place as the second mock exam room, he would not have been qualified to receive this kind of "psychological counseling".

When Shen Rui saw the piece of paper at the bottom, the girl’s situation flashed through his mind.

"What a pity. I don't know what's going on now."

The letterhead read:

"Lu Wei"

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On the way back to the classroom, when passing by the door of the experimental class, Zhai Da found that the door was open. He deliberately got very close to it and quickly scanned it with his peripheral vision, trying to find the "special equipment" that he had caught a glimpse of before.

But unfortunately there are no clues.

The judgment of this system is somewhat rigid. Special items must be "close up" and "seen with one's own eyes" to be identified.

The range of the former is roughly the distance at which Zhai Dade can clearly identify what an object is, so larger objects will react from a longer distance.

For example, the old elm tree.

The latter means that there must be no obstruction, otherwise even if the distance is very close, he will not know that the thing is in someone else's trouser pocket.

The evening self-study class is coming to an end. The English teacher occupied the first half, so everyone was a little more relaxed in the second half.

After all, the Woolen Textile Middle School is not a real key school. It is just the thicker one among the dwarfs compared to the other two high schools, and the students’ self-motivation is not strong.

In most cases, they are like sheep being driven, and they won't run away unless they are whipped.

Zhai Da remembered that in his class, the undergraduate admission rate was only 30%, and the first-class admission rate was 7%, and most of these two students were concentrated in the two key classes, Class and Class .

In the eighth class of senior year, there seemed to be only eight or nine people in the undergraduate program, including Lin Shuyao.
Huh? Why is this little girl looking at me again?

Zhai Da glared back at him, and Lin Shuyao turned his head immediately as if frightened.

(End of this chapter)