From child prodigy to chief scientist

The speaker was Zhou Ziqian, Xu Xiao's deskmate and one of Xu Xiao's best friends in elementary school.

Zhou Ziqian had excellent grades, always ranking among the top two in his class, making him an insurmountable "mountain" for Xu Xiao throughout elementary school.

Xu Xiao remembers that Zhou Ziqian scored over 620 points in the college entrance examination and was admitted to Bincheng University of Science and Technology, the best university in the province.

Even so, Zhou Ziqian did not register for the entrance exam for Yucai Children's Class.

He knew that he was still a very large gap between himself and those true geniuses.

Even if they could get into the Yucai Children's Class, they simply wouldn't be able to keep up with such a fast teaching pace.

"Oh, I've been a bit busy lately, I've gone out a few times."

Xu Xiao didn't mention in detail that she had taken the exam for the Yucai Children's Class, so as not to cause Zhou Ziqian to react too strongly.

"Really... Xu Xiao, it's been a whole holiday since we last met, you seem like a completely different person!"

Zhou Ziqian could clearly sense that Xu Xiao's demeanor and tone of voice were very different from before.

Hearing Zhou Ziqian say this, Xu Xiao also realized the problem.

Although his body had turned into that of an eleven-year-old, he was still very used to his way of speaking before his rebirth.

It's not easy to consciously imitate a child's speech.

Although Zhou Ziqian sensed that something was off about Xu Xiao, he didn't think much of it and had no idea that this "Xu Xiao" was no longer the Xu Xiao he knew.

Just as everyone was having a lively conversation, Zhao Mingyuan suddenly walked in from outside.

Upon seeing Zhao Mingyuan, the students immediately fell silent.

In the students' minds, Zhao Mingyuan still wielded considerable influence.

In particular, Zhao Mingyuan's face, which suddenly appeared in front of the window, was a nightmare for many students in Class Two.

Zhao Mingyuan's gaze swept across the students' faces, finally settling on Xu Xiao.

Xu Xiao seemed to feel that Zhao Mingyuan nodded slightly to him, but he wasn't sure if it was just his imagination.

"Okay, let's begin the lesson now."

Elementary school homeroom teachers are usually responsible for both math and Chinese language courses. In this lesson, Zhao Mingyuan was teaching the fraction multiplication part of math.

This was obviously very basic stuff for Xu Xiao, and he didn't pay any attention to the lesson, instead studying on his own.

Xu Xiao's actions were quite obvious. Zhou Ziqian quickly noticed that his deskmate hadn't looked up once during the entire class.

In the past, Zhao Mingyuan would have definitely criticized this behavior of not paying attention in class.

However, Zhao Mingyuan seemed not to have noticed Xu Xiao's actions and did not criticize Xu Xiao in class.

"Xu Xiao, Teacher Zhao is here!"

Seeing Zhao Mingyuan walk down from the podium, Zhou Ziqian quickly covered his mouth and whispered a reminder to Xu Xiao.

Xu Xiao ignored Zhou Ziqian's good intentions, not even raising her head, and remained immersed in her own world.

Seeing this, Zhou Ziqian felt somewhat helpless and could only respect Xu Xiao's personal fate.

To his surprise, Zhao Mingyuan simply walked past Xu Xiao without reacting to her behavior.

"What... what exactly is going on?"

Out of curiosity, Zhou Ziqian secretly glanced at Xu Xiao.

Although he couldn't see what Xu Xiao was looking at clearly, it was obviously not elementary school knowledge.

Xu Xiao maintained the same attitude in the following classes.

When Zhou Ziqian asked Xu Xiao, Xu Xiao frankly said that she had already finished learning the sixth-grade curriculum ahead of schedule and didn't want to attend classes anymore.

During English class in the afternoon, Zhao Mingyuan suddenly knocked on the door and entered the classroom.

"Teacher Wang, excuse me. Xu Xiao, please pack your things and come out."

Although Zhao Mingyuan didn't say anything directly, Xu Xiao had already basically guessed it.

After quickly packing her things, Xu Xiao slung her backpack over her shoulder and walked out of the classroom.

Seeing this, the other students were all wondering what was going on, and some couldn't help but gossip about it among themselves.

Zhou Ziqian was a little worried. Could it be that Xu Xiao was sent home by Zhao Mingyuan because she didn't pay attention in class today?

Xu Xiao had always been a very obedient child, but I don't know why she suddenly seems like a different person this semester.

On the other hand, after calling Xu Xiao out, Zhao Mingyuan immediately told Xu Xiao the reason.

"Xu Xiao, your father just called me. Yucai School has announced that you have been accepted into their junior class."

"He'll be picking you up from school soon, so you don't need to attend classes today."

Even as he spoke of these things, Zhao Mingyuan's face still radiated joy.

After all, this is a great joy for the entire Gangdu Primary School.

Xu Xiao is the only student from Gangdu Primary School to be transferred to the Yucai Junior Class in the past three years.

Moreover, this was achieved even though Xu Xiao did not participate in the school's training camp.

However, upon hearing this news, Xu Xiao remained remarkably calm, showing no surprise whatsoever.

Accompanied by Zhao Mingyuan, Xu Xiao arrived at the school gate and soon met Xu Lang, who had come to pick her up.

"Teacher Zhao, thank you for bringing Xu Xiao over."

"Oh, no trouble at all. Xu Xiao has brought honor to our Gangdu Elementary School, so I must safely hand him over to you."

After seeing Xu Xiao off, Zhao Mingyuan returned to the teaching building.

It was right after class, and when they saw Zhao Mingyuan return, Zhou Ziqian and a few students mustered up their courage and walked towards him.

"Teacher Zhao... Could Xu Xiao have been expelled from school?"

The more Zhou Ziqian thought about it, the more something seemed off. If he was just being sent home by Zhao Mingyuan, taking the things on the table would have been enough.

But Xu Xiao took everything from the desk drawer, giving Zhou Ziqian the feeling that he would never come back.

That's why Zhou Ziqian, risking criticism, mustered the courage to ask Zhao Mingyuan about the situation.

Hearing Zhou Ziqian say this, Zhao Mingyuan felt both amused and exasperated.

Realizing that the other students probably didn't know that Xu Xiao had taken the exam for the Yucai Junior Class, Zhao Mingyuan then realized that what had just happened was indeed quite easy to misunderstand.

"You've misunderstood. It's not what you think. I'll explain everything to you in a bit."

When he said these words, Zhao Mingyuan did not have his usual serious expression.

This eased Zhou Ziqian and the others' worries considerably; it seemed there was more to Xu Xiao's story than met the eye.

During the last self-study period, Zhao Mingyuan came to the podium.

Under the watchful eyes of the students, Zhao Mingyuan began to talk about Xu Xiao.