Chapter 2 Part 1
Translator: Rya
At the dining table, Chu Xiaoxiao showed a great interest in her new student and eagerly wanted to talk to Han Ya. At this moment, Chu Jiadong brought the chicken soup to the table. He diverted his daughter’s attention from the guest and said, “Xiao Xiao, you go with your granduncle, ask your grandma to have dinner.”
When Chu Xiaoxiao received the task, she got distracted and temporarily forgot Han Ya, and did not continue teaching to the other party. She walked slowly to the bedroom and went to invite her grandma, Chu Zhen, for dinner with her granduncle, Chu Qingfeng.
Only after Chu Xiaoxiao had left did Chu Jiadong looked at Han Ya and said with a smile, "Isn't she hard to handle, just like a little brat?"
Han Ya politely said, "No, no, Xiao Xiao was taught well."
Chu Jiadong: "She is very temperamental in this regard. If you don't follow her will, she can toss you all day long!"
Xiao Bi: "Isn’t this because you were used to indulge her at the beginning. Playing the class game with her every day..."
Han Ya earnestly said: "Parent-child plays are one of the best ways to inspire talent. This may be an extremely important part of Xiao Xiao’s growth."
"From preliminary observations, I find Xiao Xiao's ability to speak and interpersonal communication are remarkable, especially the latter. To be honest, I have also seen many prodigies with linguistic talent, but I rarely come across anyone who has a stronger affinity than Xiao Xiao. In fact, there is none."
Han Ya did not encounter too many prodigies, many of whom were famous, such as ‘the youngest Mensa member’ and so on, but there were few of Chu Xiaoxiao’s type.
Chu Jiadong looked surprised: "Is interpersonal communication still a special ability? Doesn't everyone have it?"
Han Ya couldn't come out with the academic terms and arguments. She could only explain it in layman’s terms and easy-to-understand words: "It is not appropriate to simply talk about interpersonal communication. It should be said that Xiao Xiao’s empathy and communication skills are very strong. She can accurately perceive other people’s attitudes and establish communication with them... In other words, if she wants to please someone, it would be very easy."
Many gifted children with eccentric personalities are often unable to communicate well with their peers. They find it difficult to integrate into normal life. Nevertheless, this is the first time Han Ya has seen a prodigy who works the opposite way and is very good at interacting with people.
Chu Jiadong touched his face narcissistically, and said solemnly, "Then don't I have a special ability? I think I'm quite friendly."
Xiao Bi unable to tolerate her husband's complacency, reached out and patted him on the arm, frowning and said to restrain him: "All right."
Han Ya was amused by Chu Jiadong, and said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, you teach well, so Xiao Xiao can have this talent..."
Xiao Bi glanced at Han Ya helplessly and sighed: "Don't flatter him. He is just like Xiao Xiao. The more you praise, the more haughty he becomes. I think Xiao Xiao is just like you, it makes people misunderstand you easily. In kindergarten, she was upset with her teacher and she doesn't seem to like the teacher at all."
Han Ya was taken aback: "It shouldn't be, right?" In her opinion, Chu Xiaoxiao's ability to look into people is at the highest level, and it doesn't make sense to make teachers hate her.
Xiao Bi shook his head and said: "You don't know how much mischief she has done that her teacher has reported."
Han Ya showed a thoughtful look, and she felt that her judgment was correct. Chu Xiaoxiao's bad relationship with the kindergarten teacher doesn't mean that she is not good at communicating. But it was more likely she acted against her deliberately. Although Han Ya interacted with Chu Xiaoxiao just for a short time, she was sure that the other party was not a naive child, and there were probably some reasons behind it.
While everyone was talking, Chu Xiaoxiao and her granduncle had already helped Grandma Chu Zhen out. Granduncle walked in-arms with grandma. Chu Xiaoxiao was not tall enough, she could only walk around on her feet. Grandma Chu Zhen's eyes gave a blank stare. She sat at the table in a daze, looking around for a moment, not knowing what to do.
Chu Xiaoxiao climbed into her chair, stuffed the spoon into her grandma's hand, and said softly, "Grandma, eat!"
Han Ya wanted to say hello to the old lady, but Chu Zhen didn't respond to her voice. Xiao Bi explained: "The old lady is too old already and has Alzheimer's disease. She can't remember anyone now, and she can't hear anything due to hearing impairment."
Han Ya seemed to have realized that the old lady was insensitive to her voice and had to get in front of the other party and wave her hand. Chu Xiaoxiao was sitting next to her grandmother, and she moved around from time to time, wanting to attract the other person's attention.
Grandma looked at Chu Xiaoxiao in confusion and struggled to open her mouth. Her voice was a little hoarse, like a broken bellow. She said in a long tune, “Xiao—Xiao—"
Chu Jiadong said with joy when he saw his mother speak. “Xiao Xiao, grandma is calling you!"
The old lady is now in her nineties. She seldom speaks because of her gradual loss of language ability due to her hearing impairment. She couldn't even recognize her own son, Chu Jiadong, let alone call out the names of other people.
Chu Xiaoxiao, who had just been teasing her grandmother vigorously, lowered her head in silence and began to pick the rice in the bowl.
Chu Jiadong can be described as a model filial son. He can usually tolerate his daughter's many faults, but he can't accept her ignoring her elders. He recalled in a low voice: "Xiao Xiao, grandma is talking to you, so you have to respond to grandma."
Chu Xiaoxiao buried her head in the bowl and muttered something.
Chu Jiadong didn't hear it clearly: "What did you say?" he frowned slightly.
Chu Xiaoxiao put down her rice bowl and raised her voice: "I said Grandma didn't talk to me.”
"What?"
"I don't know who she's calling, but she's not calling me anyway!" Chu Xiaoxiao was a little temperamental, she simply finished the meal in a few mouthfuls, put her rice bowl down abruptly, and ran back into the room sullenly.
Chu Xiaoxiao used to think that her grandmother was calling to her, but she gradually discovered something wrong, that grandma couldn't remember her. Grandma has gradually become confused, unable to remember the people and things in front of her, only remembering the past. Grandma's time is different from everyone else's. Normal people live in the present, but Grandma lives in the past.
Chu Xiaoxiao didn't know who grandma was calling, but she was sure that she wasn’t calling herself. She tried hard to make her grandma remember herself, but she was repeatedly frustrated and annoyed with the outcome.
"Xiao—" Grandma still sat at the table and said breathlessly.
No one else expected the little girl’s sudden burst of emotions. Han Ya listened carefully for a moment, and was uncertain: "Teacher Xiao, is the old lady calling her Xiao Yi?"
The old lady has some accents from her hometown, which weren't standard in Mandarin. Besides, she was struggled to speak, and she often couldn't pronounce ‘Yi’ clearly. Hence, it was easy to be misunderstood as saying ‘Xiao Xiao’.
"It seems to be true?" Chu Jiadong was awakened by the words and suddenly realized, "Mom did spend a lot of time with Xiao Yi, so I guess she took Xiao Xiao as him. Xiao Xiao really..., Xiao Yi isn't at home, and she can still be angry..."
Xiao Bi heard what was wrong and asked, "Have you told Xiao Xiao about her brother?"
After Xiao Bi finished maternity leave, she returned to school and took over the senior third class. She was being rushed her feet off and didn't have time to care about family affairs. Chu Jiadong always vowed to manage everything to make up for Xiao Bi's past efforts in the family. In addition, Chu Xiaoyi was also a workaholic, so she didn't bother the father and son too much.
However, what Chu Xiaoxiao said just now revealed a slight anomaly, which made Xiao Bi feel that some details were missed.
Chu Jiadong: "Of course, there are so many endorsement products of Xiao Yi in the house, can she still not know?"
Xiao Bi: "???" What does this have to do with the endorsement products?
Xiao Bi was shocked: "Have you told Xiao Xiao that she actually has a biological brother?"
Chu Jiadong was shocked by his wife’s serious face, his eyes drifted, and his tone suddenly weakened: "Let me think about it, let me think, I'm suddenly a little unsure...."
Xiao Bi: "Didn’t they talk on the phone!?"
Chu Jiadong: "How can Xiao Yi have time to call in recent years..."
Xiao Bi's lips were tightly pressed and trying to suppress her anger. So, she didn't yell at her husband in front of the guest and planned to have a fit with Chu Jiadong after dinner. She still remembered that she seemed to have mentioned Chu Xiaoyi to her daughter, but Chu Xiaoxiao was still in her infancy at the time, and she would say nothing if she did remember anything.
Feeling that the atmosphere at the dinner table was not right, Han Ya immediately quailed her head finishing the meal. After the meal, Han Ya asked Chu Xiaoxiao to finish the examination questions and then left with the completed questions, ready to go back to study the results.
Xiao Bi laughed helplessly while her mind wandered: "I really let you see a joke."
Han Ya comforted: "Why? Children don't remember people they haven't met. Xiao Yi has also been busy with work in recent years, so it's good to wait for the two of them to meet each other!"
Xiao Bi smiled reluctantly. She was most afraid that the brother and sister would not know each other, and it would be very awkward to meet. Chu Jiadong was definitely the culprit of this oolong incident, and she was angry when she thought of it.
After Han Ya left, Chu Jiadong suddenly felt the calm before the storm, Granduncle and his wife ran away first to shelter from the storm. Granduncle Chu Qingfeng ran to the kitchen to wash the dishes, while his wife, Grandaunt Song Chun, helped Grandma Chu Zhen back to the room.
Xiao Bi looked at her husband coldly. Feeling the heavy pressure, Chu Jiadong hurriedly called his little daughter to testify: "I think Xiao Xiao should know!”
Chu Xiaoxiao was called out from the bedroom. She was watching Peppa Pig on the iPad, but looking up, only to find her mother had a mood swing.
T/N If you want to know what is Peppa Pig. ^^
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