Shen Nuo Fei

Biodata

Background / History

Shen Nuo Fei is the daughter of scientists Shen Qi and Ou Ye. As an infant, she spent time at her father’s mathematical and physical research center, where she became a favorite of the staff. By seven months old, she had learned to say “Mama” 485 500 502.

At two, Nuo Fei resisted going to kindergarten. Her parents took her to Xicheng Weihua Kindergarten under the pretense of visiting an amusement park; once she realized where they were going, she held back her tears and agreed to enter. She soon adapted and, before turning three, moved from the toddler class to the middle class for more advanced instruction 564 568 577.

Nuo Fei entered Second Experimental Primary School a year early, at five. She remained in Class 1(2) for ordinary lessons while receiving separate instruction in the Pomegranate Math Class. When her father later considered moving her out of Class 1(2), she asked to stay because her best friend, Xu Silin, was there. Her parents agreed 649 671 675 713.

Appearance

Nuo Fei has large, bright eyes and features resembling her father’s. As a young child, she is described as plump; at five years and four months old, she measures 1.2 meters tall 569 650 694 711.

• She wears a pink hair clip at her primary-school entrance interview and a red one on her first day of school 650 671.

Personality

Nuo Fei is curious and quick to learn, but also stubborn about what she wants. She initially refuses kindergarten, insists on being carried even after learning to walk, and bargains with her father over watching television. She enjoys food and praise, yet is generous with friends: she shares snacks at kindergarten and offers her handkerchief to a crying Xu Silin 537 552 577 593 650 695.

Her friendship with Xu Silin matters to her as much as academic advancement. She asks whether Xu can join the Pomegranate Math Class and later resists leaving their shared homeroom 675 713.

Abilities & Skills

Mathematics

• On her first day of primary school, she solves addition problems beyond the class’s current lessons. A subsequent assessment places her overall math knowledge in the latter half of fourth grade, with mental and speed-calculation ability approaching that of fifth- or sixth-graders 672 674.
• Under Teacher Liu, she learns linear equations and advances to fifth-grade-level problems 682 683.
• While still in first grade, she earns a perfect score in the fifth-grade preliminary round of the Spring Festival Cup Math Competition 694 695.

Music and other studies

• She studies piano with Teacher Qi at kindergarten and demonstrates her playing at her primary-school entrance assessment 621 651.
• Her singing in music class moves Teacher Ouyang to tears 700.
• She is comfortable in advanced science lessons, but finds that her reading background leaves her less confident in the advanced literature class. This prompts her to begin reading Five Thousand Years of Chinese History 715 716.

Relationships

• Shen Qi — Father; teaches and encourages her, though they clash over discipline and schooling 537 553 675 713.
• Ou Ye — Mother; teaches her mathematics and supports her developing interests 616 716.
• Shen Zhishan — Paternal grandfather; dotes on her and spends time taking her to kindergarten 569.
• Xu Silin — Best friend and Class 1(2) desk mate; their friendship begins when Nuo Fei comforts her at the entrance interview 650 672.
• Teacher Liu — Pomegranate Math Class instructor; guides her advanced mathematics and helps her understand why ordinary lessons feel slow 682 714.