Episode 3 recap: Luo Qi Qi and Zhang Jun studied "Mathematical Olympiad" together and determined to win the first place
Luo Qi Qi arrived at Hannan Elementary School and became desk mates with the little prodigy Chen Jin. Chen Jin didn't have a desk mate before because his father didn't allow him to talk to others, fearing it would affect his studies. When Luo Qi Qi learned that Chen Jin didn't even have someone to talk to, she felt a great deal of sympathy. Against the pressure, she started talking to Chen Jin, and they quickly became good friends. They even exchanged novels and read them together. Chen Jin was able to read through books at an incredible speed, which amazed Luo Qi Qi.
One day, during class, Luo Qi Qi and Chen Jin were reading extracurricular books. Luo Qi Qi remembered seeing a dead bird on the playground and asked Chen Jin if he wanted to see it. Eventually, they came up with the excuse of going to the restroom and went to the playground together to find the bird and give it a proper burial. Luo Qi Qi admired Chen Jin's ability to read quickly and asked him for help in teaching her. Chen Jin was generous and shared his methods with Luo Qi Qi, hoping that she would succeed so that they could meet again.
Chen Jin skipped a grade and went directly to the seventh grade, leaving Luo Qi Qi without a desk mate. One day, a classmate named Zhou Yun was crying uncontrollably because she had lost the fountain pen her father had bought for her in Beijing. The teacher asked the students in the class who took Zhou Yun's pen, and Liu Jun stood up and said that during the break, only Luo Qi Qi remained in the classroom instead of going out for exercises, so it must have been her who stole it. Luo Qi Qi insisted that she didn't steal it, but the teacher didn't believe her. The teacher searched Luo Qi Qi's schoolbag and found extracurricular books inside. The teacher criticized Luo Qi Qi for reading those books during class and influencing Chen Jin negatively. As a punishment, Luo Qi Qi was sent to stand at the back of the classroom.
Zhang Jun was late again today, but he had a thick skin and didn't take the teacher's criticism to heart. He obediently went to stand at the back. When Luo Qi Qi saw Zhang Jun holding a test paper with all the answers wrong, she was startled. She had never expected someone to get every question wrong. She took the opportunity to teach Zhang Jun. It was only when Zhang Jun saw the teacher's explanation that he realized how impressive Luo Qi Qi was. He had great admiration for her.
Luo Qi Qi's mother believed that she had stolen Zhou Yun's pen, which made her feel extremely embarrassed. So, her father, Junhong, bought her a pen to make her feel better. Luo Qi Qi overheard her parents' conversation and realized that her mother didn't trust her at all, which made her very sad. When no one was paying attention, she inserted the pen into a flowerpot by the door. Junhong was downstairs teaching Yuanyuan how to dance when he noticed Luo Qi Qi looking at them. He called her to come down and play for a while. Luo Qi Qi finally felt the love of her father and happily ran downstairs, only to see Yuanyuan pulling her father away, and they continued dancing without noticing her. Luo Qi Qi felt disappointed and locked herself in the closet. She took out a flashlight and started solving problems, unknowingly falling asleep.
When Luo Qi Qi woke up and opened the closet door, she realized that it was already dark outside and the house was empty. She became extremely scared and went out to look for her parents. As she walked further and further along the street, she ended up in a game arcade called Jiajia Game Hall. Her parents returned home with Yuanyuan, only to find Luo Qi Qi missing. Her mother asked her father to stay home with Yuanyuan while she went out to search for her. Luo Qi Qi was causing trouble in the game hall, and Jiajie, the owner, told her to sit on a chair. Next to the chair was Liu Xiaobo's math book, so Luo Qi Qi picked it up and immersed herself in it. When her mother found the game hall, she immediately scolded Luo Qi Qi and criticized the game hall for making money even from children like Luo Qi Qi. This made Jiajie angry and he pointed out that if they hadn't been watching over Luo Qi Qi, she could have been kidnapped by human traffickers. Despite Jiajie's defense, Luo Qi Qi's mother was still angry and took Luo Qi Qi home to give her a severe beating. She mentioned the pen in the flowerpot, saying that Luo Qi Qi should return it to Zhou Yun because it was expensive, and she warned Luo Qi Qi not to do anything that would make her sad again. In a rare show of affection, her mother asked Luo Qi Qi to sleep with them that night, and Luo Qi Qi eagerly embraced her mother, longing for affection.
Jun Ma knew that Luo Qi Qi was a smart child, so he recommended her to Gao Lao Shi, the teacher of the math Olympiad class. Gao Lao Shi tried Luo Qi Qi and found that she was really intelligent, so he invited her to join the math Olympiad class. As long as she won competitions, Luo Qi Qi would gain the approval of her parents and teacher. Luo Qi Qi agreed, and from then on, she became classmates with Jun Ma. They shared the same worries, which were that their parents had never asked them about the reasons for their conflicts with classmates. Luo Qi Qi wrote a letter to her grandfather, telling him that she was doing well in Hannan and hoped he could come and visit her during the summer vacation. However, her grandfather fell ill while feeding the ducks and collapsed on the ground.
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