The True Prodigy

Deng Stinky Treasure was three years old.

He grew very slowly. Other children had all reached a meter in height, but he was only eighty centimeters tall, obviously a head shorter.

His mother, Deng Zixin, said he was "all brains and no height."

At first, Deng Stinky Treasure was sent to an elite kindergarten somewhere in Shanghai. Its daily tuition cost four figures, and it claimed to have international teaching experience, capable of developing children's intelligence and cultivating all kinds of abilities. Moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and practical education in every respect.

The principal was very proud. At the first parent-teacher meeting, he stood with his hands on his hips and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen! Esteemed parents! Once your children come to our kindergarten, they'll win right at the starting line! Other children run, but yours ride motorcycles! No matter what kind of genius your child is, we can maximize their potential!"

The principal pounded his chest in guarantee, but he was proven wrong soon enough.

During an intelligence development class, the kindergarten teacher smiled as she brought out a Gomoku board and taught the children how to play.

When the other children played, the teacher would secretly go easy on them, letting them lose one round before winning two, then praising them for being smart enough to defeat the teacher so quickly. The children usually cried after losing the first game, then giggled when they won.

When it was Deng Stinky Treasure's turn, he sat across from the board with a blank expression.

"I watched you play with them just now. You went way too easy on them. Let's play properly, okay?" Deng Stinky Treasure said. "Not to brag, but I've been playing chess for a long time too. My mom can't beat me anymore."

The teacher was