Top Student at Their Peak
Chapter 97 - 74 It’s Time to Unveil the Mystery

Chapter 97: Chapter 74 It’s Time to Unveil the Mystery

"My thought is that you should go home."

"You’re really bold! Today, my mom specifically asked me to come down and congratulate you!"

"You’ve already congratulated me! Principal Zhang just called me, I have to go to school first thing tomorrow morning to be interviewed by the Star City Morning News. I need to quickly write a draft, otherwise I’ll talk nonsense tomorrow, and how can the reporter capture my greatness, right?"

"I see! Okay, I’ll head home first, but tomorrow when you get back, you have to tell me..."

"Tell you what, I’ll buy ten copies of the morning news when the exclusive interview is published and give them to you! You can distribute them throughout the neighborhood, don’t miss a single household."

"Haha... alright, I’m leaving, goodbye, aunty."

"Goodbye, Keke."

...

After much effort, Qiao Yu finally coaxed that Xia Keke girl to go home, closed the door, and plopped onto the sofa, staring at Qiao Xi, he said, "You are acting very strange today!"

Qiao Xi glared at Qiao Yu and said, "I’m your mom. You better watch your words and tone when talking to me. What do you mean I’m acting strange?!"

Qiao Yu remained unfazed and firmly said, "You are acting weird! When Keke barged into my room just now, the way you looked at me from the doorway made me feel uneasy!"

Qiao Xi remained silent.

But Qiao Yu did not give up; he kept staring at his mother, slightly raising his voice, "Hey, we are the closest people in the world. If you have something to say, won’t you tell me, rather than keep it to yourself till you’re in the grave talking to grandpa?"

Qiao Xi let out a cold laugh, "Ha..."

Qiao Yu seriously said, "I’m in my rebellious phase right now! Do you understand rebellion? I’m telling you, if I truly rebel, even I would be scared! If you have something, you’d better not hide it from me! Don’t pretend to be distracted, speak up!"

Qiao Xi raised her head, glared at Qiao Yu again, and then answered softly, "Qiao Yu, after Keke showed me that ranking, I suddenly started to believe in fate."

"Hmm? What do you mean." Qiao Yu was a bit surprised, probably not expecting Qiao Xi to suddenly say something like that. Grandpa was a staunch materialist; this was a family legacy, how could it break in just one generation?

Perhaps the words had already been spoken, Qiao Xi no longer hid anything and directly said, "That man went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology back then. He applied to two schools at the time, one was Harvard, the other was Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Harvard did not want to promise a scholarship in advance, so he chose the latter."

Qiao Yu instantly understood.

No wonder Qiao Xi looked at him so strangely just now; my God, he just pressed Massachusetts Institute of Technology under him, and still two at once.

Thinking about it, Qiao Yu curiously asked, "Wait, didn’t grandpa say that after he left with his family, you never contacted him again? How do you know so much?"

Qiao Xi leaned back on the sofa, staring at the living room ceiling, and explained, "He probably sent me a message on QQ before leaving, which I saw later. I didn’t reply, nor did I mention it to your grandpa."

Qiao Yu pressed on, "What about that QQ account then? I’ve never seen you log into QQ."

Qiao Xi withdrew her gaze from the ceiling, sternly said to Qiao Yu, "I haven’t used it in over ten years, it was retracted by the system long ago."

"Oh..." Qiao Yu replied, finding this explanation quite reasonable.

For a son, his mom’s explanation had to be reasonable.

But one thing Qiao Yu was certain of was that Qiao Xi hadn’t used QQ in at least the past three years.

There was only one computer at home, and QQ hadn’t been installed on it.

Of the two cell phones they often mixed up using, one did have mobile QQ installed, but it was only logged into a new QQ account that Qiao Yu himself registered. This was due to his class teacher’s requirement back in first grade.

Back then, everyone was not familiar with each other, so only a QQ group was created. Many assignments would be distributed in the QQ group.

As for Qiao Xi’s usual communication, both WeChat and calls were somewhat redundant, as there were only a few people to contact. It’s just that during Lunar New Year, she’d greet a few cousins or second cousins.

Qiao Xi was an only child, without relatives on the father’s side, and after that incident, Qiao Xi basically cut off contact with old classmates, simplifying her social life.

So it was possible that Qiao Xi’s QQ account applied for long ago was indeed reclaimed. If that QQ number happened to be a fancy number or a birthday number, that would make it even more certain.

"Massachusetts Institute of Technology, huh." Qiao Yu subconsciously stroked his chin.

The clues were rapidly accumulating, going abroad in 2009, last name Feng, studying at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Later, he could check which city across the ocean Massachusetts Institute of Technology is located in.

But it didn’t seem quite necessary.

After all, that family had settled overseas; could he possibly go all the way there to drag them out for a beating?

The most important thing was, right now he seemed not so successful.

"Wait, did you ever tell him my name?" Qiao Yu suddenly asked.

Qiao Xi glared at Qiao Yu, saying, "I told you, after reading that message, I didn’t pay attention to him. At that time, you hadn’t even been born, and your name was given by your grandpa after you were born. How was I supposed to tell him your name?"

"Got it!" Qiao Yu nodded, suddenly feeling a sense of fate as well.

Look at this, the Little Alibaba International Mathematics Competition final divided into five tracks.

He happened to learn from a good guy about this competition just before this year’s competition, managed to successfully register right at the deadline, chose Algebra and Number Theory, and happened that the two silver medals in this track both went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology.