Becoming a life winner from infancy

Chapter 106: What are you going to do at 104!

Fang You asked Xia Nuo to find a spot in the children's service area while he went to return the books.

"How to Become an Ordinary Person in the Eyes of the Public," this book was actually written for those who are misfits in social circles, and didn't have a direct and inevitable connection to a beloved little genius like Fang You.

But, Fang You indeed learned something from this book.

Fang You had a clear self-awareness of himself.

He couldn't intentionally stir up trouble to anger others for the sake of collecting Emotional Energy, thereby bringing physical security threats and hindrances to himself and those around him.

However, being completely low-profile would cause his growth level to stagnate, and he wouldn't be able to accumulate progress by harvesting Emotional Energy, which would lead to a split in his behavior.

So what Fang You needed to do was—

to balance humility and ostentation, to let people generate emotions because of his excellence, not because he was annoying or out of place.

In one sentence: Invisible swagger is the deadliest!

This was also the most useful knowledge Fang You learned from the book.

Of course, class representative Fang You also summarized and synthesized these knowledge points.

First: maintain a certain degree of humility.

Avoid overly showy words, actions, and attire, choosing clothes that are in line with the public aesthetic, simple and elegant.

The current Fang You is dressed as a well-behaved, good child—similar to the style worn by Conan Edogawa.

But Fang You was more low-profile than Conan, because he didn't have conspicuously pointed hair, didn't style long bangs, didn't show up at crime scenes, and didn't have a red bowtie.

Great, Emperor Youyou has already transformed into little You You on the outside!

The second point that Fang You insisted on was actively integrating into mainstream culture;

The most popular topics amongst second-grade boys this year were "Leo the Wild Man of Light," "New Star Knight—Masked Rider," and "Ultimate King's Squad," all of which Fang You had taken the time to understand and watch.

As for the hottest game "Paru GO," Fang You couldn't join in the conversation.

After all, the packaging boxes of the Paru console everyone bought still had Fang You and Xia Nuo's faces on them.

What a miscalculation, having signed a three-year portrait rights agency contract!

Even though he looked very different from before, it was still not suitable to blend into this topic.

In case the classmates discovered that the best student in class was also endorsing their favorite Paru console, it would seem too ostentatious!

The third point, to actively demonstrate empathy and a spirit of cooperation:

To show understanding and care towards others, to listen to other people's views and stories, to avoid too strong a tendency of individualism, be considerate of the other party's actions, and think more about their future and prospects.

Fang You also did this very well, when interacting with the elementary school children around him, he always tried to discard his own thoughts, speak less, or not at all, respecting the children's wrong answers and opinions.

However, when he was with his dad, it was a different story.

Fang You always hoped that his father could become a person more useful to his work unit, and even to the whole country, and had been urging his father to make progress over the past two years.

Then you might ask:

What benefit does this bring to our Emperor Youyou?

In this way, even if he performs very impressively or achieves terrifyingly excellent results, the other party could sardonically say,

"Hmph, isn't it just because his dad's an influential bureau chief who pulled strings, what's so great about relying on his dad?"

Thus, the aggressions towards Fang You would shift to his dad, Fang Guanghui, and the chances of being scrutinized would greatly decrease!

But now, there was a glitch in Fang You's grand plan at a certain step:

His dad, Fang Guanghui, had very little desire for progress.

Despite doing his job very well, he was always extremely modest, readily giving opportunities for advancement to those around him.

Fang Guanghui had been working in his unit for seven or eight years but was still a fourth-grade chief clerk.

As for comrade Fang Guanghui, he held his own beliefs.

He thought: having such an outstanding son was the greatest fortune of his life.

Now, with Fang You's help, he lived without worrying about food and clothing, so he focused all his attention on his family, working just on time without indulging in overtime, taking his wife out every day in the MiTime Porsche for drives and to see musicals, living a romantic life.

The father and son held different aspirations, and Fang You was helpless about this.

Educating his father to succeed was not as easy as everyone imagined, such matters probably couldn't be forced.

Let it rain if the skies will, let dad lie back if he wishes.

Let him be!

The fourth point to appear more like an ordinary person: maintain a stable life trajectory.

Stable academic performance (always ranking first), stable social relationships (best friends in class with the most popular girl, Xia Nuo), stable daily habits (reading, studying), these were all things Fang You maintained consistently.

But these aspects, despite being accomplished quite well, actually became a source of irritation for people around him.

Fang You was not adept at deliberately controlling scores or maintaining a certain distance from the popular Nuo Nuo in school.

He thought such deliberate behavior was unnecessary, considering this type of "humility" to appear twisted, and overall, it was difficult to assess.

Of course, the consequence of doing so was quite obvious.

As emotional energy continued to overflow, it indirectly led to the birth of the hidden talent "The Child of Someone Else's Family."

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Isn't that great!

"The Child of Someone Else's Family" significantly increased the accumulation speed of emotional energy.

In this manner, Fang You worked on achieving growth targets, and his growth level progress increased day by day, gradually catching up to the growth target of "Reading."

But recently, an unexpected problem occurred with Fang You's Life Winner System.

Fang You's growth level was now lv7, but the energy bar was locked, stuck at 70,000/100,000 progress.

Neither the growth energy nor the emotional energy could continue to accumulate level progress, so Fang You had to use the excess emotional energy to enter lotteries for other rewards.

Perhaps the system itself hadn't anticipated that he would accumulate energy so quickly, which led to this inconsistency between the actual situation and the task flow prompts.

In simple terms: The speed of leveling up was so fast that it seemed to hit a barrier.

Based on Fang You's guess, there were two possibilities:

1. His own age might also be a hidden condition for unlocking the growth progress bar, but since this had not happened before and the locked level energy showed no pattern, this possibility seemed smaller.

2. A more likely cause: The locked thirty thousand points of energy progress might be related to the upcoming growth target "Path Through the Book Mountain."

After all, the previous growth target "Mind Catcher" generated emotional energy, and "Path Through the Book Mountain" might also create a new type of energy system.

For it to fill the gap of the last thirty thousand points of energy seemed like the best explanation for the current situation.

Fortunately, there were just a few hundred thousand words left to read in the book, which was something that could be achieved in a matter of days, allowing Fang You's speculation to be tested soon.

Fang You made a small farewell to the book "How to Become an Ordinary Person in the Eyes of the Public" and then returned to the children's service area. As he was searching for Xia Nuo's whereabouts, someone suddenly took off his glasses from behind.

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It was the mischievous Xia Nuo!

Xia Nuo took Fang You's glasses and then put them on herself.

Nuo Nuo appeared to become a quiet little girl; her lively temperament instantly became more reserved!

She pushed up the glasses, held her hands behind her back, tiptoed forward, pouted at Fang You, and whispered,

"What were you up to! I've been waiting for a long time."

Although her tone was soft and gentle, Fang You could sense she was growing a bit impatient.

Just like in the past, such an impatient bad kid...

"I took the opportunity to look for other interesting books."

Xia Nuo tapped Fang You's nose, "You promised me earlier today to accompany me in reading, no backing out."

"I didn't forget, did you find 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'?"

"Mhm, I found it."

Xia Nuo led Fang You to her reserved seat, picked up the books on the spot, and gestured for Fang You to sit down.

Then, she quietly moved her stool closer, snuggling up to Fang You's elbow.

Fang You tried to take off the glasses Xia Nuo was wearing to cover up his remarkable beauty, but Xia Nuo dodged and started to frolic with Fang You.

You You, being a child, had to keep a low profile, not making overly dramatic expressions or gestures, so he let the carefree Xia Nuo take the initiative.

When Xia Nuo grew tired of playing, the minor punishment for Fang You finally ceased.

Xia Nuo leaned in on her own, letting Fang You reach out to remove her glasses.

She stared at Fang You, then asked curiously.

"Do I look good with glasses?"

"You look good," replied Fang You succinctly.

"Hm... So You You, despite not being nearsighted, also wears glasses just to look good?"

"Mhm." Fang You nodded, "I like to try different styles."

"I see... I'll also ask my dad to buy me a pair. What brand are your glasses? Let's get a best friends edition."

"You look better without glasses normally."

"Aw, come on... tell me, tell me!"

"Even if you don't say it, your mom will tell me, it's not that troublesome."

Xia Nuo tried to slip her hand into Fang You's clothes to tickle her good friend, but the well-tempered Fang You wasn't going to be subdued by such torment!

He didn't even let out a laugh, and he still had the presence of mind to make a 'silence' gesture, terrifying indeed!

Very soon, the powerful Fang You attracted the attention of a boy who was reading books in the next seat.

[Xu Zhiqiang is very dissatisfied with your public display of affection in the library, emotional energy +50!]