Chapter 64: Broken Hand

The meat on Yao Yi’s chopsticks slipped and ‘splashed’ onto the plate. The broth inside splashed onto Qin Li’s who was eating vegetables opposite of her.

Qin Li raised his head stiffly and sent his own death stare, but Yao Yi didn’t notice it at all. She was only focused on the word on the screen.

Yao Yi put down her right hand, trying to ask Fu Chuan why, but Qin Li had already started knocking on the table.

“Yao Yi, what are you doing, not eating properly?” Qin Li waited for her to look up, and then showed Yao Yi the ‘criminal evidence’ in his hand.

“I heard that you are also a genius.” An immature male voice came from behind Qin Li.

Qin Li and Yao looked over together. It was the little boy from before, probably seven or eight years younger than them.

The child was not tall but he was rather arrogant, with his head held high and his chest pushed out. It was as if he was wishing he could look at people with his chin.

Yao Yi looked around, and finally found that the child’s eyes fell on her. She pointed at herself hesitantly: “Me?”

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Yao Yi was sitting on a stool, and the child was only a little taller than her when he was standing.

She raised her hand and patted the child’s head, and comforted perfunctorily, “Mhm, I’m not a genius, you are a genius, a genius!”

The child exploded completely, his eyes were red, and he looked like he was about to shed tears. He rubbed his red eyes with his hands, and whimpered: “You aren’t originally even a genius. How can there be a genius at your age, you are already so old, how can you be a genius? Even so, the teacher is talking about you all day long.”

Yao Yi, who was still in her youth, was told by a ten-year-old child that she was old. It seemed…that there was no problem?

Qin Li held back his laughter until his face turned red. He wheezed for a long time, and finally carried his plate away from this place of trouble.

Anyway, this kid’s fighting power was too weak to be able to properly bully others.

“That’s right, that’s right, I’m not a genius.” Yao Yi continued to respond with her perfunctory method, “A youthful youngster like you is a genius. Your teacher made a mistake.”

The child wiped away his tears and muttered: “You even said that you are not a genius. When I get back, I will tell the teacher that you are an idiot.”

“Yeah, I’m an idiot.” Yao Yi was quite perfunctory. She glanced at the table, picked up the chopsticks and quickly stuffed a few mouthfuls of white rice into her mouth. She added a piece of green vegetables, and finally said vaguely, “You’re done eating. Come on, go back and rest, you will become bald if you overuse your brain.”

Yao Yi swallowed the food in her mouth, stood up and slipped away speedily.

The child stared wide-eyed, looked at her back, touched his not-so-thick hair, and his eyes became red again.

After Yao Yi returned to the dormitory, she ended up not calling Fu Chuan. She calculated the time and found that it was probably self-study time for No. 1 High School.

Touching her own hair, which was not very thick either, Yao Yi felt a sense of crisis: She was afraid that she would end up bald too! She hasn’t even dated Fu Chuan yet!

Originally slumped on her seat, Yao Yi immediately got up to wash up, and then laid back down on the bed to sleep.

She didn’t bring any books with her this time. Originally, she thought that the questions at this winter camp would be quite difficult. The result was that there was no surprise. It was no different from the usual exams. Yao Yi simply regarded coming here as a vacation.

Her roommate had probably just finished talking with some people from the same province. When she came in, she saw a bulge on the opposite bed, and only a little bit of black hair could be seen.

 “…” There are still such big-hearted people in the winter camp?

Pursing her lips, the roommate had already decided in her heart that Yao Yi had broken the jar (TLN: breaking the jar means to have given up).

The next day had the same routine. A morning of entertainment and an afternoon exam.

In the morning, the teacher took everyone to experience the northern winter, skating on the frozen river.

Several teachers in the crowd stood behind and looked at the group of students. One of them was the leader who had been in charge of these students: “The shortest and youngest child right there, he is also the youngest in the group, but he got the highest grade yesterday.”

“Isn’t there another one?” Zhou Cheng raised his eyebrows and asked.

The team leader nodded, pointing to a group of people squatting, and said: “Yao Yi, that one.”

The simple four words clearly showed the team leader’s opinion of Yao Yi. He thought of Yao Yi as a thorn.

Wang Li obviously valued that child more. He felt that the young age meant talent, and it showed a high malleability. Most of these high school students of normal age probably only had a bunch of standard tactics. Although they were a bit talented, they were just normal.

“I haven’t heard much about her, tell me more.” Zhou Cheng was interested in the rare girl, especially when the team leader teacher mentioned her with an unhappy look.

“Student from Yan City, I heard that she used to be first place all the time, but then after getting into high school, she has always been second place.” The team leader scowled.

Zhou Cheng frowned: “She has always been the second when she got into high school?” You can get first place just by doing your best, but always getting second place, I’m afraid it’s not an easy thing. She would have to calculate the difficulty of the test, and then calculate a particular score.

Seeing Zhou Cheng’s expression, the team leader knew that he thought wrong, and explained: “The first place has always been occupied by another student.”

“Oh, that’s the case.” The interest that Zhou Cheng had just raised dropped again.

The attention of the group once again fell on the child in the distance.

After all, the child was not very old. The other high school students aged 17 or 18 were having fun, and he was also smiling brightly. Especially since he was not under a lot of exam pressure.

Yao Yi walked slowly on the ice, stopping from time to time to let others pass by. She was not in the mood to play around, and just wanted the winter camp to end quickly so she could go back to find Fu Chuan.

“Hey! You compete with me.” The child slid in front of Yao Yi and stomped his feet nimbly.

Yao Yi looked down, not interested. Seeing that the child was still looking up at her, Yao Yi simply bent down and picked him up with both hands, making him turn around: “Play by yourself, be good.”

After completing this set of movements smoothly, Yao Yi continued to move forward slowly, leaving the child behind with a dazed face.

It took the child a long time to react. He sniffled his nose, held back his tears, and rushed towards Yao Yi for an explanation.

Angry children couldn’t be provoked, Yao Yi was knocked over and overturned, and a child was crushed over her. She suddenly saw random white dots of light.

Qin Li, who was nearby, slid over immediately and lifted the child off Yao Yi: “Yao Yi, are you alright?”

“…” Yao Yi sat on the ice in silence for a long time, then asked slowly, “Can you call an ambulance for me? I think my hand is broken.”

The team leader on the opposite side also rushed over, dispersed the surrounding students, knelt down and asked Yao Yi, “Can you still stand up? I’ll help you up.”

Yao Yi was helped up by several teachers, her right hand was bent at a strange angle.

“Send her to the hospital!” The team leader also panicked. It was the first time he took the students out for an activity and encountered such a thing.

“I drove my car here and it’s nearby. I’ll take her there.” Zhou Cheng approached and supported Yao Yi, “You take the students back first.”

Overwhelmed by the crowd, the child was also petrified, crying silently beside.

“What’s the use of crying now?” Qin Li yelled at the child impatiently, “Going to provoke Yao Yi randomly, did she provoke you?”

“I, I didn’t mean it.” The child was like a firecracker being ignited, and began to cry loudly, crying till he was out of breath while trying to speak.

The team leader was worried about Yao Yi’s accident and had to take care of the group of students. Hearing the child cry loudly: “Why is Liu Min crying? What’s wrong?”

“I just wanted to compare her.” Liu Min kept sobbing, “My teacher always said that she is the best, and that I can’t compare with her, woo woo woo, I didn’t knock her down on purpose.”

Yao Yi was sitting in the back seat of the car, and a female teacher next to her kept comforting her: “If it hurts, you can cry. Teacher won’t laugh at you.”

The condition of Yao Yi’s right hand was so bad that the female teacher did not dare look at her hand.

Zhou Cheng was driving in the front seat, and looked at the pale Yao Yi through the interior rearview mirror: “We will be at the hospital soon, I will contact your family later.”

Yao Yi frowned and didn’t look at the place where she was injured: “No, don’t call them.”

At that time, her parents would definitely rush over. Yao Yi thought that she was no longer a child, not to mention that she has been used to being independent since she was a child.

“It’s not up to you, it depends on what the doctor says.” After Zhou Cheng finished speaking, he focused on driving to the hospital.

The doctor was very quick to apply the bone setting film. Yao Yi didn’t shout or cry, but was sweating coldly. She finally came out of the hospital with a plaster cast on.

“Teacher, I’ll tell them myself.” Yao Yi followed behind Zhou Cheng, and he was calling Father and Mother Yao.

“Mhm, okay, I’ll let her talk to you.” Zhou Cheng handed the phone to Yao Yi.

“Yiyi, are you uncomfortable? Your dad and I will go and pick you up right away.” Lin Xiuyu paced back and forth in her house, and Father Yao next to her was also very anxious.

“I already have a plaster cast, so don’t come here.” Yao Yi remembered Lao Han’s look of anticipation before, “Mom and Dad, I want to go back after attending this winter camp, don’t worry.”

“How can you participate, your hand is broken!” Father Yao exclaimed anxiously, “Mom and Dad will take you back home to recuperate.”

“No, I want to stay here.” Yao Yi replied stubbornly, “Don’t come, I’ll hang up.”

After she finished speaking, she hung up the phone and returned Zhou Cheng’s phone to him.

On the other side, Father and Mother Yao were stunned when they heard the sound of ‘beep’. This was the second time that Yao Yi hung up on them since she grew up.

Yao Yi usually looked casual, doing whatever she was asked to do. It was as if she was very obedient. But if she was really stubborn, then everyone in the family would be afraid.

Father and Mother Yao looked at each other, and Mother Yao picked up the phone and dialed Yao Yi’s phone number again.

The phone in her pocket vibrated, Yao Yi fumbled with difficulty, and finally the female teacher on the side helped her take it out.

“Mom, is there anything else?” Yao Yi answered the phone.

“Alright, alright, don’t make trouble, we won’t go. However, you have to take good care of yourself.” Mother Yao was also from the capital and knew what the weather was like there, “Don’t take a shower these days, and we will wait for you at the airport when you come back, okay?”