Emotional Intelligence 20: The Genius Who Created Chips
Chapter 10

Genius Little Brother Carries the Whole Family! (Seeking Reads and Collections)

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With everyone working together, by around five in the afternoon, all of Luo's belongings had been packed up.

When Luo Zhu returned home, she suddenly found that her house looked completely different.

Why was everything packed up? Were they moving?

And why hadn't anyone told her?!

If she came back any later, would the house already be gone?

"Mom, Dad, what's going on! Why is everything packed away?" Luo Zhu started talking as soon as she walked inside.

Sun Xiulan heard Luo Zhu's voice and realized she had forgotten to tell her daughter about the move, instantly feeling awkward.

"Zhu'er, you weren't home today, and I've been so busy I forgot to tell you."

"Your little brother got accepted into a university, and the school has arranged a place for our whole family. Once we're packed, we're leaving!"

Luo Zhu took a moment to digest the news before understanding what her mother meant.

"Did my brother win an award at the National Competition?" Luo Zhu recalled the competition Luo Yao had participated in and said with a delighted expression.

"Luo Yao won first prize in math, physics, and chemistry. He's the first person in the country to achieve this level, so we admissions teachers came over."

Luo Zhu looked at the speaker and realized there were strangers in the house.

"You're Luo Zhu, right? I'm Teacher Ouyang from East University of Technology, here to take your family to our school."

Luo Zhu felt a flash of joy, then confusion.

Logically, with her brother's grades, he could easily get into Tsinghua or Yan University, so why was this person saying Luo Yao was going to their school?

Luo Zhu had questions, but she didn't voice them to Teacher Ouyang. Instead, she asked with some worry, "The whole family has to move?"

"But I just found a job here."

Ouyang was taken aback. Luo Zhu had a job? That wasn't what his information said.

"Luo Zhu, you're working? Not studying?"

Luo Zhu shook her head a little sheepishly and said, "My grades are average. The school I got into was just a third-tier college. I figured even if I graduated from there, it'd be hard to find a good job, so I didn't want to waste the money."

Teacher Ouyang looked at Luo Zhu's simple, plain clothes and understood. He said, "If you go to university, the school can actually help you apply for a student loan with no interest. You only pay it back after you graduate and find a job. It's a great opportunity—it'd be a shame to waste it."

Luo Zhu nodded and said, "That's what my brother said too. But if I go to school, there's only my brother at home. If I stay, I can take care of my parents."

So that was it. It seemed Luo Zhu was a normal, filial child.

Teacher Ouyang recalled the agreement he had signed with Luo Yao and said, "I promised your brother that besides arranging jobs for your parents, we'd also solve your schooling problem."

"Based on your previous grades, if you repeat a year, our school can admit you through a targeted recruitment program."

What?!

Not only would her brother's school arrange jobs for her parents, but they'd also solve her schooling problem?

Luo Zhu had never imagined such good fortune. She said incredulously, "Teacher, is everything you said true?"

"Of course it's true. You can ask your mother. She was there when we signed the agreement with Luo Yao."

Luo Zhu turned to Sun Xiulan, who nodded repeatedly. "Of course it's true, Zhu'er. Your brother also got a school reward of five hundred thousand yuan! If you want to study now, you can go without worry!"

Sun Xiulan knew that Luo Zhu had given up on college to save money and take care of them.

Because of this, Sun Xiulan had always felt she owed Luo Zhu. Now, with Luo Yao securing a spot for her, she could fulfill her dream of going to university!

Luo Zhu was naturally happy to hear this, but she also hesitated. Could she, with her grades, really go to the same school as Luo Yao?

She knew Luo Yao's grades best, having grown up with him.

Many problems the teacher couldn't explain clearly, Luo Yao could always make her understand.

But now that her brother was going to university, who would explain things to her?

After Luo Zhu nervously explained her situation, Teacher Ouyang was also taken aback.

He hadn't expected that Luo Zhu's previous grades had relied on Luo Yao. The two siblings had almost the same DNA, so how could the gap be so big?

His expression complicated, he said, "If you really want to go to university, don't worry about your grades. Just focus on repeating the year."

"You're nineteen now, right? Repeating is still doable."

"The school will admit you with lowered scores."

After all, the admissions director had put him in full charge of Luo Yao. Now that the school had gained a genius, taking in an ordinary person shouldn't be a problem, right? Teacher Ouyang thought to himself.

Hearing Teacher Ouyang directly say they would lower the admission score for her, Luo Zhu immediately grabbed her mother and jumped for joy. She really was nineteen, and she had never imagined that with her brother's help, she would still have a chance to re-enter university!

After her excitement, Luo Zhu went to call her workplace to quit her job.

She worked at a courier station. When she called, the boss was a bit surprised.

"Luo Zhu, did you find a better job?"

Luo Zhu quickly explained, "Boss, it's not that. I'm going to repeat a year and prepare for college!"

The boss asked curiously, "Didn't you say before that you didn't want to go because you were worried about wasting your family's money?"

"This is all thanks to my younger brother. Anyway, boss, I need to start packing now. Thank you for taking care of me before!"

Although the boss had questions, he didn't say much over the phone. He agreed to send Luo Zhu her wages for this period via Weixin, then hung up.

What followed was simple. Luo Zhu returned to her room, packed her things quickly, and got ready to leave with everyone else.

There were no good cars in the small town. Teacher Xu rented two seven-seat vans and drove them to the back of the Luo Family Small Restaurant.

"Look at us, recruitment teachers who also move houses and moonlight as drivers—we're practically all-around talents!"

"What's wrong with serving a genius? Hope I can bask in Teacher Ouyang's glow and sign another prodigy next time!"

"Haha, Teacher Ouyang is our lucky charm now!"

Luo Yao sat expressionless in the front row of the car. Teacher Ouyang reminded him, "Classmate Luo, we're about to leave. Do you want to say goodbye to your friends?"

"I don't have friends." Luo Yao looked at Teacher Ouyang, puzzled by why he would say that.

Did people have to have friends?

Who said so?

Seeing Luo Yao say this with utter seriousness, Teacher Ouyang felt his mouth had run ahead again!

Right! Someone like Luo Yao—how could he possibly have friends!

Teacher Ouyang was about to change the subject, but Sun Xiulan perked up at his words.

"Teacher Ouyang, are the people at university all as smart as my son? Would it be easier to make friends there?"

There were indeed many smart people at university, but finding someone as smart as Luo Yao was extremely rare.

At least, he had never seen a student win all three first prizes in the National Competition.

"More or less. Luo Yao can take a look when he gets there." Teacher Ouyang hoped Luo Yao could make some friends at university—it would help him in life.

After all, Luo Yao couldn't stay with his family forever, could he?

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