One Thing Subdues Another
New Jersey.
Paige's apartment.
"So, it's settled then."
Adam sensed Erica's aversion to food, so he stopped staring at Paige and turned his gaze back to her, smiling as he said, "I'll be coming with Paige. Is there anything we can help you with?"
Do you have time?
Erica asked skeptically, "If even deciding whether to participate takes time, how can we help with the preparations?"
"That's not necessarily true."
Adam smiled and said, "If you have any problems, you can contact Lisa. She'll take care of it for you. Consider it a favor from Paige and me."
"..."
Faced with the omnipotent Money Power, Erica was speechless.
"If you want to give your mom and David a romantic wedding, you can go and have a good talk with a friend of mine."
Adam laughed and said, "He is known as the Prince of Romance. He has a lot of whimsical ideas. The key is that he is also an architect. I introduced him to David before, and they have a lot in common."
Talking to him will definitely be helpful in preparing for your mother and David's romantic wedding.
"The Prince of Romance?"
Erica quipped, "Did he just give himself that title?"
"Of course not."
Adam said with amusement, "That's the name I gave him. He claims to be just an architect pursuing his soulmate, but believe me, he's Prince of Romance."
"Alright."
Erica was just over twenty years old, and seeing Adam say this, she naturally became interested in this so-called Prince of Romance: "But I have to go back with Dick tomorrow, there are still many things to do for the wedding."
"Postpone it for a few days, and I'll book you a first-class ticket then."
Adam immediately said, "I'll have someone bring you to New York tomorrow night to meet my friend Ted Mosby, and you two can have a good chat."
Helping with wedding preparations in New York is also an option.
"If you need anything then, Lisa will take care of it."
Within a few days, Erica's boyfriend Dick's facial injuries had mostly healed.
Paige is a 'boxer'.
Under Adam's training, her strength was also much greater than that of women her age.
But she's definitely not a baby- King Kong Barbie.
Its destructive power is limited.
With professional treatment, Dick's facial injury will soon heal.
By then, there will be no evidence linking it to Paige.
Dick can be released after a few threats.
Adam instructed the old policeman to keep an eye on him.
In a while.
Once he can no longer associate Adam and Paige, he will do anything improper.
Immediately, a 'kind-hearted person will discover it by accident' and call the police.
Then he will have to pay the price for his carelessness.
Everything is done according to proper procedures.
Adam had already reviewed the other party's information on his way here.
This isn't the first time he's been to the police station for all sorts of messy things.
Taking it a step further would also be reasonable.
As for Erica...
Once you spend a few more days with Ted and see what true romance and gentleness are, you'll naturally stop longing for romance and tyranny.
This is called "one thing subdues another".
Ted Mosby, a sexy architect, a womanizer, Prince of Romance, truly lives up to his reputation.
"Good."
Adam had already put it that way, Erica naturally had no reason to refuse and happily agreed.
Then we enjoyed the food and chatted.
If it's Paige as a child.
As the linchpin of the three, she will be very proactive.
Because at that time, she was a combination of Sheldon and Missy, possessing Sheldon's genius intelligence and Missy's high emotional intelligence.
When your IQ is high enough, many things become obvious. There's no such thing as not knowing; it's just a matter of whether you want to do it or not.
Emotional intelligence is also included.
For example, Sheldon.
Are there many things he really doesn't know?
No!
He simply doesn't care and isn't willing to spend even a tiny bit of time thinking about or doing it.
High intelligence leads to self-expression.
High emotional intelligence, on the other hand, requires greater attention to others.
Time is always limited.
If you focus too much on other people's needs, you'll inevitably have less time to pursue your own goals.
This is an irreconcilable contradiction.
Wisdom is the sum of IQ and EQ, and the ratio can be adjusted over time.
Most ordinary people often feel that neither is enough, and they don't even have the opportunity to adjust the ratio.
Geniuses typically choose a 7:3 ratio: 70% IQ and 30% EQ. Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, geniuses often have somewhat eccentric personalities, but they are still approachable and sociable.
Sheldon, however, chose the almost entirely rejected 9.9999:0.0001.
He only retained 0.0001% of his emotional intelligence to protect his beloved mother and grandmother, and to prevent himself from being beaten to death.
That's why he seems to lack emotional intelligence and is so blunt that it's unbearable.
Later, under the continued influence of his social circle, he became more like a human being, but like Leonard and Howard who had girlfriends, he achieved less, and at one point his mental sluggishness made him question the meaning of life.
Sheldon probably wouldn't have won the Nobel Prize in Physics if it weren't for the stroke of luck that brought him a happy ending.
Like countless other unsung Theoretical Physicist, he was a child prodigy, brimming with talent, who plunged headlong into the ocean of theory, never once making a significant impact.
Your Daoist heart is no longer pure.
Paige's high emotional intelligence as a child was a choice she made out of necessity.
She had known all along that her parents were having conflicts because of her special circumstances.
Because she cares about her parents.
So she tried her best to behave like an ordinary girl, liking dolls and being well-behaved and adorable.
This is to mend the rift in the family.
With her super genius IQ, as long as she puts in a little effort, she can achieve a 9:1 ratio of IQ to EQ and demonstrate both high intelligence and high EQ.
But when she played chess with Little Sheldon, she spoke her true feelings.
Like Sheldon, she is very proud and persistent about being the best.
When her parents were going through a divorce, she tried to become ordinary and fall into a life of mediocrity. But after being enlightened by Adam, Paige changed.
She stood firm in her convictions and made the same choice as Sheldon.
The 1 point of wisdom allocated to emotional intelligence was mostly taken back, resulting in an IQ/EQ ratio of 9.9999:0.0001.
Then.
Academically, she made rapid progress, surpassing Sheldon to become the youngest PhD and mathematician in history.
But in contrast.
She stopped playing with Missy.
He looked down on everyone else with aloof indifference.
Erica was no more important to her than Missy was to Sheldon.
In fact, if he hadn't spent so much time in deep conversation with Adam and his emotional intelligence hadn't improved a little bit, whether or not he would have thrown those two punches is another matter.
"Erica, come on, I'll take you to see my place."
With just a glance from Adam, Lisa immediately understood and invited Erica to her room.
"Lisa will help you later, you two can have a good talk."
Adam laughed.
"Uh, okay."
Erica was taken aback, but she still got up and followed.
When we got there...
Lisa repeatedly invited her to stay the night, and after she repeatedly refused, she finally revealed the truth in a veiled manner.
Then.
When Erica went back to get her clothes, she looked at Adam with a strange gaze, as if she were looking at a pervert.
In response to this.
Adam smiled and watched them leave.
To make up for the unintentional mistake he made back then when he tried to gain Paige's friendship and increase his Wisdom Points by engaging in a barrage of words that caused Paige's emotional intelligence to regress ten thousand times, he now has to work ten thousand times harder.
I don't expect to immediately restore Paige to her quirky, highly intelligent, and emotionally intelligent angelic self.
If only Paige had shown a bit more of the fiery spirit he displayed today.
Adam was satisfied.