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Chapter 187: Worried He’ll Suffer a Setback

"No, no way." Li Tiantian immediately refused.

"Even though Wei Chuan’s grades are excellent, I still don’t think he should participate in things like this."

Su Zhaozhao couldn’t help but feel puzzled. "Why not?"

"He’s someone who has incredibly high standards for himself, and his mental state isn’t very stable right now. Honestly, I’m worried it would hurt him. What if he fails the competition and can’t accept the outcome?"

Li Tiantian felt that Li Weichuan’s personality had become a bit strange. He was also too proud. Their family was always walking on eggshells around him. Sometimes, if he did poorly on a test, they would have to try their best to console him, worried that he would be triggered.

In truth, they knew Li Weichuan loved to study and solve problems. His math scores, in particular, were outstanding.

In the past, teachers from his school had also asked if Li Weichuan could participate in competitions, but they had always refused.

If this was the thing he loved most, what if Li Weichuan failed? Wouldn’t he be unable to handle the blow?

It was better to just let things be, to let him keep solving problems and scoring first place at school.

"You’re all protecting him too carefully." Su Zhaozhao sighed upon hearing Li Tiantian’s concerns. "That’s precisely why his personality is becoming more and more withdrawn."

"It’s a good thing that he has something he’s passionate about. I think that after everything he’s been through, the fact that he can still have something he loves shows he has a zeal for life. If you don’t know how to help him move forward, you should try letting go and allowing him to do what he wants. It would be a great help for his condition."

Su Zhaozhao had often used this method before. Li Weichuan’s condition was both serious and not serious at the same time.

At the very least, he had something he loved. Starting from that point and helping him amplify it, she believed, Li Weichuan would get better soon.

"Will that really work?" Li Tiantian considered it seriously. "I think I need to go ask my parents."

"You should consider it. That’s just my opinion. After all, this is a passion he has finally found, and it’s the driving force that keeps him trying to live his life. You could let him explore his potential in this area."

Su Zhaozhao knew that having something to love was the motivation a person needed to survive in this world.

So, in this regard, she naturally hoped Li Weichuan could fulfill his wish.

Li Tiantian nodded. "Zhaozhao, what you said makes a lot of sense."

After leaving the Li family’s home, Su Zhaozhao decided to go to the market to buy some ingredients.

She wanted to make something delicious for Xie Huaizheng for lunch.

So, Su Zhaozhao bought carrots, green beans, some chicken, and some Chinese sausage.

An idea had already formed in her mind. ’I’ll just make a savory pot rice for lunch.’

’Simple and delicious.’

On her way back, Su Zhaozhao ran into Fu Yuling.

There was another girl with Fu Yuling, probably her friend.

She wasn’t wearing her hospital uniform. She had on a light purple short-sleeved shirt and black trousers.

’Looks like she’s off today and out having fun.’

When she saw Su Zhaozhao, she immediately greeted her. "Zhaozhao, long time no see! Why’d you run off right after dropping off the wedding candy last time? You didn’t even stay to chat."

"I was afraid of disturbing your work. Are you two heading out to have some fun?"

Fu Yuling nodded. "Yeah, Xiao Lan and I are about to head downtown to do some shopping. Want to come with us?"

"I can’t, I still have to go back and cook." Su Zhaozhao politely declined their offer with a smile.

Fu Yuling smiled. "Oh well, then. But Zhaozhao, I’m quite curious about your skills. You must be a great cook, right?"

"If you’re free sometime, you should come over to my place for a meal," Su Zhaozhao told her.

Having just moved into a new home, Su Zhaozhao was feeling very warm and hospitable. Besides, she considered Fu Yuling a friend.

"Okay, okay!" Fu Yuling immediately agreed. "Well, I’m off to go shopping with Xiao Lan then. I won’t keep you."

At this point, Fu Yuling seemed to remember something. She said to Su Zhaozhao, "Oh, right, Zhaozhao, you know Lin Shumo’s childhood friend? That woman!"

Thinking about the things Gu Qingran had said that day, Fu Yuling felt very annoyed.

’How could she spread such vicious rumors?’

"I know her. What’s wrong?"

"You should stay away from her. She’s not a good person. She was bad-mouthing you the other day."

Su Zhaozhao froze. "Bad-mouthing me? In front of you guys?"

"Yeah. But neither Doctor Lin nor I believed a word she said. It’s so weird, isn’t it? Doctor Lin is such a nice person, so how could his childhood friend be like that? You know what they say, ’birds of a feather flock together.’ Since he’s so close with a woman like her, it makes me wonder if there’s something wrong with Doctor Lin too."

Su Zhaozhao burst out laughing. She hadn’t expected Fu Yuling to be so direct. "Thank you for telling me this," she said, "but don’t worry, Doctor Lin is still a very good person. You can’t blame him for someone else’s problems."

’In the novel, Gu Qingran was actually a good person, too. It’s just that now, we have a conflict of interest, so it’s normal that she doesn’t like me.’

And seeing that Xie Huaizheng wasn’t interested in her now, Su Zhaozhao felt a little more at ease.

’As for Lin Shumo, though, he seems just as good as he was in the novel. I haven’t seen any signs of him turning evil yet.’

"Zhaozhao, you’re so magnanimous," Fu Yuling said.

After they parted ways, Su Zhaozhao took her things home and started to prepare the meal.

There were no electric rice cookers at this time, so she used a pressure cooker.

First, she washed the rice, then added her pre-mixed sauce, and finally put all the ingredients into the pressure cooker, closed the lid, and that was that.

This method really was much simpler.

Su Zhaozhao then found a pen and paper and wrote down a simple analysis of Li Weichuan’s condition.

’Intelligent, stubborn, has his own ideas, and can see right through people.’

A kid like that actually made Su Zhaozhao’s heart ache a little.

Especially since the one thing he loved was constantly denied to him by his family, who used the excuse that they were worried he’d be crushed by failure.

Su Zhaozhao felt that Li Weichuan wasn’t the type to be devastated by failing one competition.

On the contrary, he would most likely just work even harder.

’How could he possibly give up on math when he loves it so much?’

Unfortunately, she wasn’t very good at math herself. She had studied liberal arts, so she couldn’t really offer Li Weichuan any advice.

At most, she could take out some workbooks from her "space" for him to look at.

’Hey, that’s actually a great idea.’

Su Zhaozhao immediately entered her space. It was getting more and more filled with things, and there was even a study now.

The study was filled with all sorts of books.

Su Zhaozhao found a Math Olympiad workbook. She saw that the print inside was plain and unadorned, with no color. She simply tore off the cover, made a new one, and handwrote the title "Math Workbook" on it.

Now it looked like a product of this era.

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