Starting as an infant, with parents who are blond-haired delinquents?

Zhang Chaoqiang suddenly realized something: why was he feeling so relaxed and comfortable despite his physical weakness, answering questions as he pleased…

Hypnotized!

Startled awake, Xuan Yu opened her eyes for the third time, her curious, bright eyes examining every inch of her skin and hair. Her slender, jade-like hands with transparent, glittery nails pinched her thigh.

"oops."

Zhang Chaoqiang jumped up from the recliner, his mind full of questions: "Teacher, what's going on?"

"It's alright, Zhang Chaoqiang. I'm Xuanyu, the fourth-grade school counselor. You can call me Teacher Xuanyu from now on. I was just doing a routine check on the students' mental health, and I've finished!"

Xuan Yu gave a harmless laugh, but Zhang Chaoqiang felt like she wanted to eat him alive. Are all psychology teachers this terrifying?

"Let's go, Teacher Xuanyu will take you to eat. The cafeteria is about to close, so let's..."

"No need, Teacher Xuanyu. If there's nothing else, I'll head back to the lounge."

Thinking that Tan Yue must have brought him food, Zhang Chaoqiang abandoned the mysterious and eccentric Teacher Xuanyu and simply ran away. What a strange teacher.

As Xuanyu watched his retreating figure, her gaze shifted from clever and charming to serious and solemn as she typed on her phone.

[Zhang Chaoqiang's Key Focus Group]

SourQ: According to psychological testing, Zhang Chaoqiang has no psychological problems and is not troubled by excessive pressure or other factors.

This may not be a good thing, as it suggests that Xuan Yu is unable to resolve Zhang Chaoqiang's psychological stress issues!

Chapter 28 The Power of Growth

I came out of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangming Hospital.

Zhang Huolong and Shen Qiangwei had just gone through the registration and consultation process at several departments, including psychology, urology, pediatrics, and psychiatry.

The conclusion drawn was that Zhang Chaoqiang had indeed entered puberty and was exhibiting anxiety behaviors due to excessive pressure.

Children at this age have the most primal curiosity and playfulness about the human body.

Furthermore, based on their description, the doctor believed that Zhang Chaoqiang, who was developing in all aspects of moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education, was in a situation where he needed to release stress.

Therefore, they solemnly informed Zhang Chaoqiang's homeroom teacher, Chinese language teacher Wang Zihan, about Zhang Chaoqiang's excessive pressure.

Of course, they didn't directly mention Zhang Chaoqiang and Lu Guan.

The other party is also extremely responsible towards students, and the school's psychological counselors are much more reliable and capable than those outside.

That's how the incident just happened—Zhang Chaoqiang being taken by Teacher Xuanyu for a psychological diagnosis.

"Just now, Chinese teacher Wang Zihan called and said that Chaoqiang does not have any psychological problems or excessive pressure."

"What do you think, wife?"

"Do not believe."

"I don't believe it either. He must be hiding his true self."

Although we haven't put any pressure on him on a regular basis, and he's always been obedient since he was little, this is something we overlooked; we didn't get close enough to understand Chaoqiang's inner world..."

Zhang Huolong recalled the first time he was caught by his father at the deer enclosure. He was 12 years old at the time and was hung from the roof beam and beaten by his father for a whole night.

Then the next day, he spread the word everywhere, making Zhang Huolong the village's "Filipino Brother" for a time.

This kind of thing should never happen to my own child.

Shen Qiangwei shared the same opinion: "Let's not say it out loud, but try to hint at it to Chaoqiang. The doctor just said that adolescence is the time when children are most concerned about their image."

This is something only the two of us should know.

"Forehead…"

Zhang Huolong scratched his head and looked down at Shen Qiangwei apologetically, "Wife, I'm afraid it's not just the two of us who know..."

"When I asked for leave, I accidentally let it slip to the factory manager..."

"Um... honey, I'm afraid more than just three people know..."

"I also accidentally let it slip to the tattoo shop owner..."

"What should we do then? Should we try to avoid those two seeing Chaoqiang in the future?"

"Of course, of course..."

"We need to have a good talk with Chaoqiang when he gets back tonight. Honey, why don't you give that landlord a call?"

Zhang Chaoqiang is growing up, and it's not a long-term solution for him to sleep with us. Sigh, he's grown up and has his own world now.

"We're moving out of the lease with the landlord and buying a house!"

Zhang Huolong clenched his fist and raised it in front of him, exuding an air of enigmatic confidence.

Shen Qiangwei interrupted him: "Do you know how much savings we have at home?"

"A little over ten thousand is enough for a down payment, and you can pay the mortgage slowly each month, right?"

"Are you stupid?" Shen Qiangwei punched Zhang Huolong's thigh and took out a picture of the calculation sheet that Zhang Chaoqiang had given him last time, showing the total amount of interest he would have to pay over thirty years for a mortgage.

"Look at this, a 2 million yuan house requires a 3.5 million yuan repayment, with monthly payments of 11000 yuan over 30 years. Are you crazy? What if there's an emergency and you need the money..."

Letting her husband, Zhang Huolong, who couldn't read numbers, slowly bury himself in his research, Shen Qiangwei picked up her phone and called the landlord:

"Landlord, I'd like to move to a two-bedroom apartment. What? 1500-1700 per square meter, on the seventh or eighth floor of the building we live in now? Sure, take us up tonight to have a look."

They looked at each other helplessly. Sometimes, the relationship between parents and children is extremely close.

But there are some things that can never be said, and it is not always possible to persuade someone successfully.

Then we can only give Zhang Chaoqiang his own private space. What does it feel like to grow up? It means hoping that he can become sensible and figure out what he should and shouldn't do...

……

"Haqiu!"

Zhang Chaoqiang wrapped his school uniform jacket tighter around himself, glanced at the bleak autumn wind, and thought to himself that the weather really could change in an instant; it was 12 degrees Celsius at noon, but had already dropped to 6 degrees Celsius in the afternoon.

Luckily, Tan Yue brought me lunch, otherwise I would have been hungry.

After the first class in the afternoon, it was Tan Yue's turn to wipe the blackboard, while Zhang Chaoqiang couldn't wait to go to the fourth-grade office to retrieve his energy ring from Teacher Guan.

I just don't know why, but Teacher Guan was acting strangely today, and so was Teacher Xuanyu, whom I met for the first time. Her hypnotic abilities were so strong, and she was just as strange.

As it approached his body, the psionic ring on Zhang Chaoqiang's hand emitted a faint glow from its connecting lines, its energy exceptionally abundant.

"Thank you, Teacher Guan."

After thanking him, he ran off without looking back; he had to cherish his time!

Within the teaching building area, one cannot use psionic rings, as there is a risk of accidentally injuring others or objects.

Back in the classroom, Tan Yue and I took the initiative to take out the trash, which was a large white plastic bucket about 65 centimeters in diameter.

The two sides are hooked with thin rings, one on each side for Zhang Chaoqiang and Tan Yue.

Where is your psionic ring?

Zhang Chaoqiang did not see that Tan Yue was wearing a psionic ring.

"It's in my bag..."

Tan Yue patted the small crossbody bag around her waist; it was red and white with a checkered pattern.

Speaking of the handbag with the sewn bear I gave Tan Yue last time, I've never seen her wearing it. Could it be that she doesn't like it?

Zhang Chaoqiang didn't ask any further questions, but inquired with concern, "Can you control that bracelet now?"

"Not yet, but I can already feel it a little bit. That power is very difficult to control."

"What about you?"

Tan Yue was very much looking forward to seeing how well Zhang Chaoqiang could control the psionic ring.

Zhang Chaoqiang truthfully stated, "It can be roughly used to release some energy."

"Zhang Chaoqiang, show me!"

Tan Yue turned her head with an expectant look, adjusting the position of her shoulder bag, as if to tell Zhang Chaoqiang that she was ready to watch the performance.

“Actually, I’m already releasing energy.”

Don't you think our steps are light?

Tan Yue's pupils dilated: "!!"

Zhang Chaoqiang's hand, which was wearing the psionic ring, hung down behind his body.

At approximately a 60-degree angle to the ground, carefully release the energy contained within the psionic ring.

This gives them a strange sense of propulsion, and they take much longer strides than usual.

Repeat ten times, and the eleventh time will increase your control power by 1.

[Handling]: 11

"So fun!"

"I want to try it too..."

Tan Yue found a moment to open her plaid and striped handbag.

What Zhang Chaoqiang didn't notice was that there was another handbag inside her handbag.

That handbag was the pink bear handbag that Zhang Chaoqiang had given her.

The psionic ring is inside the bear-shaped satchel.

After trying it out, Tan Yue always felt that she was just one step away from successfully activating the energy in the demonstration.

After failing to achieve her goal, she pouted, feeling somewhat disappointed compared to Zhang Chaoqiang, and wasn't particularly happy. But then she turned her head away.

Then she discovered that Zhang Chaoqiang seemed even more depressed than she was…

The psionic ring in his hand was dim and lifeless.

Are you kidding me?

Is this some kind of power bank sold near the train station?

It runs out of power after only two uses?