Chapter 3: Kindergartens Big Brother
"Let's wait a bit longer! Wait until Xiaohui's health improves," Huang Shujun unexpectedly insisted with determination.
After she spoke, the room fell into silence.
For the next month, Su Hao's life became more structured. He ate well, slept well, and spent the rest of his time engaging in crawling and walking exercises. His physical appearance visibly improved, and he regained the rosy complexion that a child should have.
The couple was overjoyed and brought Su Hao back to the hospital for a check-up.
"Your child is doing well now. Bring him for monthly check-ups, and if there are no issues in the next six months, there will be no need for further visits," said the doctor, a middle-aged woman with short hair, as she smiled with delight at Su Hao's improved condition.
Huang Shujun still had some concerns and asked, "Why has Xiaohui shown such a significant change this month?"
"Recently, his sleep quality has improved, and he is receiving adequate nutrition. Coupled with his strong vitality, it's normal for his recovery to be faster," the doctor patiently explained.
"Thank you, doctor!"
After expressing her gratitude, Huang Shujun left the hospital with Su Hao. As soon as they stepped outside, tears started streaming down her face.
They flowed uncontrollably.
Su Hao was at a loss, unable to understand what was happening with Huang Shujun. Could it be tears of joy? He wondered if he should wipe her tears away, but he realized his arms were too short to reach. Instead, he tightened his grip on his mother's hand.
Feeling the pressure of his fingers, Huang Shujun crouched down and hugged Su Hao, weeping bitterly. After a while, she tearfully explained the reason, "Xiaohui, Mom is sorry. Mom shouldn't have brought the bad emotions from work home, making you scared, unable to sleep well, and eat properly. Mom was wrong!"
So that's it! Su Hao suddenly realized. Everything in the world has cause and effect.
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Over the next three years, Su Hao's health improved further. He ran and played like any other four or five-year-old child.
During these three years, Huang Shujun experienced mixed emotions. She was delighted that her son's health was improving and that he displayed exceptional intelligence, even qualifying as a child prodigy.
Once, when she brought home some school assignments to grade, her son saw her looking tired and voluntarily offered to help. At first, she smiled and didn't take it seriously. But when she made a mistake, he immediately pointed out the error, which surprised her greatly. So, she gave Su Hao a simple test paper, and he answered everything correctly. She then increased the difficulty level, but he still aced it. When she asked Su Hao who taught him, he simply said, "I learned by myself from books." From that moment, Huang Shujun was convinced that her son was an extraordinary genius.
However, she worried that her son was too clingy, to the point where it made her question her life choices. She even secretly searched online multiple times with phrases like "Are five-year-old children very clingy?" If she wasn't working at school, no matter where she went, Su Hao would follow her. He would appear by her side anytime and anywhere, as long as her eyes were open. This made her suspect that her son had some strange form of autism, in addition to his genius. She didn't dare take him to a psychologist, fearing that her clever son would notice and feel insecure.
In addition, she was concerned about her son's education. There was no doubt that he was a genius, but he wasn't the kind of genius who excelled academically. This raised a question: How do you educate a child prodigy?
As an elementary school teacher, she had taught many children, but when it came to her own child, she was uncertain.
If it were someone else's child, with her professional competence, she could easily brag and praise them to no end. But when it came to her own son, she hesitated. What if she taught him the wrong things? After all, she only had one son.
In the end, she decided to ask her son's opinion.
"Xiaohui, you're of school age now. Shall we try sending you to kindergarten?"
"I'm fine with that!" Su Hao casually replied.
And so, the decision to send Su Hao to kindergarten was made.
For Su Hao, it was about finding a place to get through the most dangerous age of five. Once he surpassed that, he believed that everything would go smoothly.
The kindergarten was good, with a high level of safety. Considering the group of little rascals in the nursery, it was unlikely that they could pose any threat to him. With his current skills, he was more than capable of becoming the king of the kindergarten.
Carrying a small backpack, Su Hao entered kindergarten smoothly.
On his first day, he made all the loud talkers, the mischievous troublemakers, and the children who liked to hit others cry.
From that day on, whenever the kindergarten children saw Su Hao, they would call him "Big Brother." The atmosphere in the kindergarten became extremely harmonious, and the teacher in charge even claimed that this was the best group she had ever taught.
As for what Su Hao did in kindergarten, he wasn't playing house with the other kids. Instead, he would lie down pretending to sleep and then begin studying the space of the elastic ball.
He wanted to obtain greater survival skills and live a better life. For that, he needed a special place, and currently, the most special one was the elastic ball space that could contain his consciousness and all information.
He needed to ponder what this elastic ball space meant to him and what it could bring him.
"Is it only capable of allowing me to die without restrictions, then revive, and repeat the cycle?"
No! It should be more than that. There must be many functions that Su Hao didn't understand, waiting for him to discover and utilize.
What currently limits him is his knowledge and imagination.
After surviving the childhood crisis, Su Hao must learn everything he can at the fastest speed—physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, and various other subjects. He needed to learn about human industrial systems, information technology, hardware, software, and a wide range of knowledge. These are the most important things for him.
Because once he learns them, the elastic ball space can record them, becoming his forever.
Of course, Su Hao also considered using the recording nature of the elastic ball space to record all knowledge first and study it slowly later. However, mere recording wouldn't be useful. Only when he truly understands and comprehends the knowledge will it become his.
One afternoon, Su Hao suddenly heard noisy sounds coming from outside. His heart tightened, sensing a bad premonition.
Su Hao quickly crawled up and looked outside through the window.
He saw a man in his fifties barging in.
Su Hao immediately retreated, scanning the room, only to realize that there was no back door. The assailant was outside the entrance. If he ran out through the door, he would undoubtedly be killed. He was trapped inside.
Moreover, there was nowhere to hide here. Only a pile of miscellaneous toys was in the middle of the room.
He quickly ran towards the toy pile, grabbed two plastic boards, lifted his clothes, and inserted one in front of his chest and one behind his back.
The assailant's face was filled with excitement and arrogance, bloodshot eyes staring intensely. But when he looked up, he saw someone striking a "cool" pose standing in front of him—Su Hao.
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