“Wow, Shen Liwu is really amazing! Their match was so exciting!”
The cheers gradually died down, replaced by one amazed exclamation after another.
Jiang Cheng tried to throw Liwu with a back suplex, but to his surprise, Liwu was as heavy and immovable as a thousand-pound weight. The first attempt didn’t budge him at all, which actually gave Liwu the chance he needed.
With a sudden trip, the full weight of his body pressed down, and Liwu pinned Jiang Cheng down.
“I lost.”
Jiang Cheng admitted, feeling the unpleasant pressure of the heavy weight on him. This guy was younger, but how did he know so many moves? He seemed to have a trick for everything.
“Well played, well played. Actually, you’re pretty good too. If you hadn’t tried to suplex me just now, I might not have won so quickly,” Liwu said with a toothy grin. Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes and got up, brushing the dust off his clothes.
This little chubby guy was way too confident. What did he mean by “might not have won so quickly”? That basically meant he was sure he’d win.
“How much do you eat in one meal?” Jiang Cheng suddenly asked.
“One meal? I can eat three big bowls,” Liwu replied, happily pocketing five yuan.
“But I’m happy because I can eat even more. The food is delicious, so I can eat more,” Liwu added, now feeling like he could easily eat five big bowls.
Jiang Cheng was a bit speechless. This little chubby guy really could eat a lot.
In the past, his grandfather had told him he was too skinny and should eat more, but Jiang Cheng always thought that getting fat would make him less agile. Yet, one day he lost because of the opponent’s weight — something he never expected. He regretted not listening and eating more back then.
The trip there was by morning train, arriving at night; the return trip was the afternoon train, arriving the next morning. No one was home at Aunt Wang’s family compound, so Yang Yufen tidied up a bit, grabbed her things, and went straight to check on the children.
“Aunt Yang is back! Congratulations! Your little grandson Li Wen got second place in the math competition. With so many students from third to sixth grade participating, that’s impressive!”
“What competition?” Yang Yufen was a bit confused.
“You didn’t know?”
“I’ve been away these past few days. Second place? That’s incredible! Ah, it’s all thanks to Professor Wen. Thank you so much! Here, have some candy. This candy is different from what we have here.”
Yang Yufen happily pulled some candy from her pocket and handed it over, then quickened her pace toward Professor Wen’s house.
Coming home to such good news, how could anyone not be happy? It was just a shame the children hadn’t told her sooner, but she was still worried about Liwu not being settled yet.
“Grandma, you’re back!”
Li Wen rushed over excitedly. It was a day off today, and he had been wondering all morning when Grandma would return. To distract himself, he had studied hard all morning. Just as he was about to relax, he unexpectedly spotted Grandma’s figure downstairs from the window and immediately ran down to greet her.
“You’re back! Grandma brought lots of treats. Come on, let’s go inside and share them with your grandma and the others.”
“All good with Liwu? Is everything okay over there?”
Li Wen was still concerned about his older brother, worried that he might be too naive and get bullied.
“Pretty good, just a bit more mosquitoes biting,” Yang Yufen said.
How could it compare to home, after all?
"That's good, Grandma, I have some news to tell you."
Yang Yufen stopped in her tracks as she heard this.
"What news?"
"Grandma, I got second place in the math competition. Wang Xing took first, and I was just one point behind him."
Li Wen felt a bit shy.
"Wow, jumping a grade and doing so well in a competition—better than your dad!"
Yang Yufen praised him warmly.
"We'll make a special dinner tonight. Whatever you want to eat, Grandma will cook it for you."
With such a good child, of course, he deserved a reward.
"I'll eat whatever Grandma makes. Next time, I want to surpass Wang Xing."
"Grandma Yang."
Wang Xing called out, just catching Li Wen’s words.
From the moment the exam ended until the rankings were announced yesterday, Li Wen hadn’t stopped studying because of that one point.
"Good kids, Grandma Yang brought plenty of delicious food for you all."
"Thank you, Grandma Yang."
Hu Zhenghao and a few others gathered around.
"Where’s your grandma?"
Yang Yufen stepped inside but still hadn’t heard a word from Professor Wen.
"Grandma had to go out. It’s just us kids at home."
Hearing this, Yang Yufen first handed the food to the children, then listened as they talked about the past few days, answering their curious questions along the way.
"I heard that these kids have all been taught by Professor Wen, and their grades are excellent. The country is currently in urgent need of all kinds of talents and plans to establish a special youth class. They want to rehire you to be in charge."
The promising youngsters had been carefully selected, and the person responsible for leading them was crucial. After much discussion, the retired Professor Wen, with decades of teaching experience, was chosen.
From every angle, Professor Wen was the perfect candidate—capable of imparting knowledge and full of responsibility.
"It’s my honor."
On the reemployment letter, Professor Wen signed his name. Having accepted the position, he naturally wanted to share his thoughts and understand all sides of the situation.
When Professor Wen returned home, he could smell the aroma of food right at the door.
"Yang Yufen is back."
"Just in time! Come quickly, I learned a new way to cook seafood, try it and see how it tastes."
Yang Yufen invited Professor Wen to eat. The children had already obediently washed their hands and were serving themselves.
"Smells delicious."
After dinner, some of the kids swept the floor, others wiped the tables, and everyone pitched in to clear the dishes—all without any adult prompting.
"You hurried back early this morning. It must have been a tiring journey. How’s Li Wu settling in over there?"
"Pretty good. That kid isn’t shy at all, and the cafeteria food is quite varied."
Yang Yufen and Professor Wen sat on the sofa chatting.
"I have some good news for you."
Professor Wen pulled out a red booklet.
"This is my reemployment letter. I’ll be in charge of teaching the youth class from now on."
"That means you’ll be teaching the kids again. That’s wonderful!"
Yang Yufen was genuinely happy for Professor Wen.
"Yes, teaching the children—this special class for young prodigies was selected from the recent math competition. Although I also teach the children, my main responsibility is to arrange suitable teachers for them based on each child's strengths, rather than following the usual rigid curriculum like in regular schools."
"Not going back to teach at the university, but teaching Li Wen and the others?"
Yang Yufen finally understood.
"Exactly. From now on, they won’t attend elementary school anymore; they’ll need to move to live on campus."
Listening to Professor Wen, Yang Yufen felt a bit empty. Her eldest grandson had just been sent off, and now her second grandson had new arrangements.
"The school is right here in our capital city, inside the university town."
