America: A Prodigy of Stereotypes

The maximum value of each of the six individual values ​​is only 31, so it doesn't actually take too much time to max them all out.

Rather than becoming an ordinary human with full individual values, Li Qun would much rather acquire extraordinary superpowers like those of Peter Parker or mutants, which surpass ordinary people.

Since being discharged from the hospital, Liqun has never longed for a healthy body and the feeling of living a healthy life in this world.

Are you tired?

After cleaning up the mess Stan Lee had left on the table, the uncle walked over to the wheelchair and asked Li Qun with concern.

Liu Liqun nodded, and his uncle took him back to his room on the second floor and made him lie down on the bed.

Chapter 3 Old Man's Pawnshop

"Auntie, it's the weekend today. Shuangxi is home. I want to go out for a walk."

"Don't go too far, just wander around nearby. Some places are quite chaotic."

Liqun and his cousin Shuangxi went out. His aunt was very generous and gave Shuangxi a hundred-dollar bill with Franklin's head printed on it, which made his cousin very happy.

A month after being discharged from the hospital, Li Qun returned for several follow-up examinations. His recovery exceeded the attending physician's expectations, and his uncle and aunt gradually felt relieved, so much so that they allowed their mentally challenged son to take his still paralyzed cousin out.

"Cousin, there's a secondhand store that I really like. You can find anything there. Let me take you there."

"Shuangxi, I'd like to buy some books."

"Books are very expensive..."

Shuangxi's face immediately fell.

After buying the books, the remaining money wouldn't be enough for them to eat and drink well outside.

"Can I have a secondhand book?" Shuangxi asked.

"also."

My cousin Shuangxi laughed again, and on the way to the secondhand store, the two of them each bought a hot dog to eat.

Shuangxi is tall and strong, and most importantly, his cousin is only 15 years old and can still grow taller.

Liqun felt that his cousin Shuangxi had become a bit more restrained when he came out with him. One hot dog was not enough for him, so he should buy him three.

The wheelchair stopped in front of a pawn shop. Li Qun looked up at the century-old signboard covered in dust above the pawn shop's entrance, and then at the densely packed old items inside the glass windows on both sides of the door. It took him a while to realize that this was the second-hand shop his cousin had mentioned.

"Can a wheelchair get in?"

"I forgot." My cousin wanted to slap himself in the face.

"Fine, give me the crutches, fold up the wheelchair."

Willpower: 31

With an iron will, Li Qun stood up from his wheelchair using crutches. His cousin Shuangxi carefully supported him, and Shuangxi could feel his cousin's body trembling violently. Tears welled up in Shuangxi's eyes.

After Liqun regained his balance with the help of crutches, Shuangxi turned to the side and rubbed his eyes, afraid that his cousin would see him.

Liqun saw it.

It turns out that my cousin Shuangxi is a very emotional person who would cry over the smallest things. No wonder the neighbors and my uncle around the restaurant thought he was a good-for-nothing.

Shuangxi cleared a path for Liqun, and the two squeezed into the pawnshop.

The pawnshop owner was resting with his eyes closed on a rattan lounge chair behind the counter at the entrance. He opened his eyes and glanced at the door when he heard someone push it open.

"Shuangxi, who is this?"

“Old Chen, this is my cousin, his name is Liqun.”

"..."

Li Qun was stunned the moment he saw the pawnshop owner.

He wasn't in San Francisco's Chinatown, but in New York's Chinatown. How could Uncle Jackie be here?

Moreover, Uncle Long in front of me is too old, his hair is all white, but he looks quite energetic, so calling him "Dad" is appropriate.

"Renting DVDs again?" Old Man Chen asked.

"No, it's my cousin who wants to buy some books."

"You're still thinking about reading in this state?"

The old man glanced up and down at Li Qun, who was disabled but determined.

Stereotype +1...

"The old books are all over there, don't mess them up, be careful."

"Okay, Dad."

Old Man Chen pointed out the location of the old books and then closed his eyes again.

After walking around his father's pawn shop for a while, Liqun realized that he, like his cousin, had also come to like his father's "secondhand shop".

It felt like countless treasures were buried among these mountains of old things. Musical instruments, antiques, toys, clothes, books... everything imaginable was there.

After squeezing to the corner of the used bookstore, Li Qun discovered that the books were piled up all the way up the stairs to the second floor of the pawnshop. The floors above the second floor were no longer within the pawnshop's premises. Li Qun only glanced curiously at the stairs before turning back to plunge into the sea of ​​used books.

There are no bookshelves in the corner; books are piled on top of each other, so if you want to get a book from the middle, you have to carry them down one by one.

Li Qun pointed, and his cousin Shuangxi began to move books for his older cousin to get them.

After spending two hours at Old Man's Pawnshop, Li Qun left in a wheelchair with a box of secondhand books on his lap. On the way back to the restaurant, the two bought some more things at the Asian supermarket.

Old Man Chen stood behind the pawn shop counter, gazing at the street corner outside the shop window, where Liqun and Shuangxi were no longer visible.

The old man stepped out from behind the counter, picked up a stick from the dark floor, and carefully placed the dark gold golden cudgel back onto the stick holder.

"Is it him?"

"The chosen one you've been waiting for."

The old man was talking to the golden cudgel.

The golden cudgel rolled off the stand again, and the old man shook his head and smiled.

"Let's see how well he's recovered when he comes back next time," the old man said, turning back to his recliner.

……

The empty bookshelves in the room now have books to put on them. Cousin Shuangxi helped Liqun organize the bookshelves, but Shuangxi didn't recognize a single word of these books; they were all in traditional Chinese characters.

"Cousin, these books are so thick, are you really sure you can finish reading them all?"

"These are the Four Great Classical Novels, we've really struck gold!" Liqun excitedly explained to Shuangxi.

"What are the Four Great Classical Novels?" my cousin Shuangxi asked blankly.

"The four classic novels are Dream of the Red Chamber, Journey to the West, Water Margin, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

My cousin is indeed a good-for-nothing.

Li Qun shook his head inwardly.

"By the way, Shuangxi, would you like to learn Chinese?"

"No," Shuangxi immediately shook her head.

“It’s not that I don’t want to learn, it’s that I don’t have the talent. Chinese is one of the most difficult languages ​​in the world. My mom hired a tutor for me, but…” Shuangxi explained in a low voice.

"Never mind whether you can learn it or not, let me teach you first. Just to pass the time, I'm so bored right now," Li Qun said.

"Okay..." Shuangxi said helplessly.

After his uncle and aunt learned that Liqun was nearsighted by more than 600 degrees, they strictly controlled his TV watching behavior, allowing him to watch TV for entertainment for only two hours after dinner each day.

Without a cell phone or computer, but able to read any book, Liqun could feel the immense traditional Eastern parental love and care from her aunt and uncle.

Li Qun spread out "Journey to the West" on the coffee table and used it as a textbook to teach his younger cousin Chinese.

……

……

Three months later, Liqun and his uncle's family walked out of the hospital, where the doctor told them that he was fine. The doctor believed that perhaps because teenagers are in their developmental stage, they recover faster than adults after a car accident.

"Finally, you can go back to school. Life is finally starting to get back on track," the uncle said with relief.

"Is everything settled regarding school enrollment, Uncle?" Li Qun still hoped to delay going to school for a while.

“Of course, the principal and teachers at Zhongcheng High School would very much welcome you to their school,” Uncle said casually to Liqun.

“We’ll go with you to meet the principal on Wednesday, so you can experience the new school environment that day,” Auntie said.

"Is Shuangxi also at Midtown High School?"

"He's too stupid, he can't get in," the uncle said bluntly.

"Cousin, I'll be relying on you for the rest of my life," Shuangxi said with a grin.

Chapter 4 The Transfer Student on Wednesday

Midtown High School, officially known as Midtown Science and Technology High School.

Along the corridor leading to the principal's office, Li Qun saw many portraits of great figures in the scientific world hanging on both sides. From Newton to Einstein, from Michael Faraday to Nikola Tesla, from portrait paintings to modern art photographs. Each portrait of a scientific giant was accompanied by a detailed biographical introduction.

[Dr. Howard Stark...]

Dr. Bruce Banner...

Two figures who were making things difficult for Li Qun appeared before him.

Li Qun glanced at the character introduction under the profile picture and was surprised to learn that Midtown High School had received a donation from Stark Industries.

With a forced, formulaic smile, Li Qun and his aunt and uncle entered the principal's office, only to emerge half an hour later.

"Yes!"

After coming out, Uncle Huang Helou happily raised his fist at Liqun, and Liqun, following local custom, bumped fists with his uncle.

The half hour spent in the principal's office determined Liu Liqun's learning and life at Zhongcheng High School for the next two and a half years.

This was an interview conducted by Zhongcheng High School for Li Qun himself and his family. Based on the original Liu Li Qun's academic performance and other evaluations in his file, he was qualified to meet the admission requirements of Zhongcheng High School. However, due to the loss of both parents in a car accident, the school had some concerns about Li Qun's mental state.

Of course, all these concerns were put aside after the interview, and Zhongcheng Science and Technology High School welcomed Liu Liqun.