Math professor returns to routine

Chapter 476 Old Photos

Tang Wan followed her grandmother and walked deeper into the house.

The deeper they went, the more frightened Tang Wan became.

This house is so huge that it not only has rooms for living, but also many rooms for storage, collection, leisure and entertainment.

If it were placed in the urban area, it would definitely be a high-end entertainment center.

Soon, the two arrived at a closed door.

Grandma pressed the door handle and pushed the door open, followed closely by Tang Wan.

The room is very large, comparable to a high school classroom, and is connected to a small courtyard with green plants outside.

The room follows a minimalist style, with few lines and large blocks of color.

There are not many furniture inside, two large beds side by side, a small cabinet in the middle of the bed, an L-shaped wall-mounted wardrobe, a long desk, and two ergonomic chairs, that's all.

However, what surprised Tang Wan the most was that there was a desktop computer on the desk, and the computer case was quite trendy.

The matching mouse, keyboard, screen, speakers and desk mat are also available.

Will elderly people with gray hair also play e-sports?

Tang Wan's mind couldn't help but start fantasizing.

However, due to the lack of material and out of respect for her elders, Tang Wan really couldn't imagine the scene of her grandmother speaking fluently in front of the computer.

Grandma had no idea that a computer would give Tang Wan so many associations.

She walked to the desk, pressed the power button on the computer, pulled out a chair and sat down, then took the reading glasses beside her and put them on.

Tang Wan suddenly felt that the style of the painting had changed suddenly. Her grandmother's originally peaceful temperament had become more fierce and capable.

"Grandma, your glasses don't make you look ugly. You look a lot younger." Tang Wan praised.

"Really? Thank you for the compliment!" Grandma smiled and adjusted the temples of her glasses. Then she pulled another chair to her side and said, "Don't stand there anymore. Come and sit next to me."

Tang Wan did as she was told.

Grandma tapped the space bar lightly, her ten fingers moved quickly, and she skillfully entered the password, then pressed Enter, and the computer successfully entered the main page.

Tang Wan's eyes widened. This rapid and skillful typing speed was much faster than her final paper report.

"Grandma, you can actually use a computer?"

"I was one of the first people in the country to use computers for work. What's so strange about knowing how to use a computer?" Grandma said calmly.

"Excuse me, what did you do before you retired?"

Grandma recalled her past and said, "I have done a lot of things, such as investment planning, financial summary, risk assessment, market research, etc. In general, I should be in charge of money."

"Oh my!" Tang Wan clasped her hands together and said with surprise, "Isn't this a coincidence? I majored in accounting, and I'll be in charge of money after graduation!"

Grandma extended her right hand and smiled, "Would you like to have a chance to communicate?"

"Please give me your guidance." Tang Wan held her grandmother's right hand for a while, then quickly let go. "By the way, what did you bring me here to see?"

"Do you want to know what Dabao looked like when he was a child?"

Tang Wan's expression became serious, and she said seriously, "Please tell me."

Grandma manipulated the mouse and opened a folder named "Lu You".

The folder is divided into a whole page of sub-folders, all with year, month and day as the file name.

Tang Wan first looked at the folder at the beginning, which was named September 9th, nineteen years ago.

Could it be a photo of the day my husband was born?

Grandma noticed Tang Wan's gaze, so she followed her wishes and clicked on the first folder.

As Tang Wan expected, what came into view was another whole page of tightly arranged photos, and there was even a sliding bar on the right side of the window.

"Yuyin gave birth to Dabao naturally. The process was very smooth without any accidents. Dabao started crying as soon as he was born. His crying was so loud that the whole ward was filled with his crying."

After saying that, grandma clicked on the first photo, which showed a baby with eyes closed, wrapped in swaddling clothes, looking like a big meat dumpling.

"This is what he looked like right after the nurse gave him a bath. He weighed 6.2 kilograms."

Looking at the earliest version of Lu You in the photo, Tang Wan felt a little complicated.

A bald head, barren eyebrows, blistered eyelids, a protruding nose, swollen cheeks, and an unusually rosy complexion.

Just looking at the photo, it is hard to imagine that this baby will grow up to be like Lu You now. One look at him makes you want to squeeze your legs together.

Turning to the second photo, there is one more person on top.

Shen Yuyin was wearing a hospital gown and holding Lu You in her arms, with her eyes lowered and the corners of her mouth raised.

Perhaps because she had just experienced a great ordeal, Shen Yuyin's face was very haggard, but every inch of her eyes, as she looked at the baby in her arms, were filled with tenderness.

Tang Wan felt more and more uncomfortable. She was used to seeing Shen Yuyin's weirdness on weekdays, so she felt a sense of disobedience when she suddenly saw her serious look.

Grandma flipped through the photos one by one, and the characters kept changing. The only two things that remained unchanged were the baby version of Lu You, the protagonist, and the straightforward and undisguised joy on the adults' faces.

It can be seen that the Lu family is very welcoming to the birth of Lu You.

Looking at the elders in her hometown, Tang Wan spat with great disdain in her heart.

unlucky!

As the photos flashed by one by one, grandma continued to speak.

"Did you know? Actually, Dabao's original name was not what it is now. When Yuyin was pregnant, a fortune teller read Dabao's fortune and said, 'This child lacks water in the five elements, so it is best to give him a name related to water.'

At first, I didn’t believe in these weird things, but I heard that this master was very effective and helped a big shot change his fate. I thought it was better to believe it than not, so I named Dabao Lu Zeyuan. "

Not to mention, Tang Wan personally feels that Lu Zeyuan is not a bad name, and it also fits Lu You's relatively cold personality.

“Why didn’t you use it later?”

Grandma sighed and said helplessly, "Why else? Yuyin disagreed! She felt that the three characters 'Lu Zeyuan' had too many strokes and it would be troublesome to write the name in the future. She also said that she gave birth to the child and the right to name the child was in her hands, and she would not let others interfere."

Tang Wan was not surprised at all by such a bizarre reason. Instead, she felt that it was in line with Shen Yuyin's own way of life.

Grandma has a huge collection of photos, covering every age of Lu You.

Through hundreds and thousands of photos, Tang Wan seemed to have traveled across more than a decade and personally participated in Lu You's growth.

I watched him grow from a babbling to someone who could speak clearly, from a staggering gait to a brisk walk, from a chubby baby to a handsome teenager, and from being lively and active to being quiet and reserved.

From a blank slate, to mastering table tennis, badminton, tennis, skiing, skating, swimming, piano, singing and other skills.

Tang Wan's long-standing doubts were resolved: why did Lu You have so many skills? Because he had systematically studied each one.

At the same time, Tang Wan felt a sense of emotion in her heart. Compared with her colorful life with Lu You, her own life was as dull as a glass of boiled water, tasteless.

"Dabao has been a very fast learner since he was young. He rolled over, crawled, walked and talked earlier than other children. As long as it is something that interests him, he can master it in just a few seconds, even if he has never come into contact with it before."

Tang Wan deeply agreed with this.

While traveling abroad in the past two years, Tang Wan took many landscape photos. She selected a few of them and gave them to Lu You, asking him to help Photoshop them for her collection.

Lu You said he didn't know how and had never used PS software, so Tang Wan asked him to teach himself.

Two or three days later, Tang Wan asked Lu You to photoshop her pictures again. He was already able to use the PS software fluently, it was so terrifying.

"There's something you may not expect. Even though Dabao is doing very well in his studies now, winning competitions and receiving admission recommendations, his grades were always below average before high school. If he hadn't used someone's connections, he would probably have been shunted off to study at a technical college."

"Lu You mentioned it to me." Tang Wan couldn't remember exactly when he mentioned it, but she vaguely remembered that it was in the early days of their acquaintance.

"Dabao told you such a shameful thing? It seems that you two have a very good relationship!" Grandma teased.

Tang Wan pinned her hair down, her cheeks slightly hot, and said shyly, "It's not that good, just average."

Grandma was very satisfied with Tang Wan's reaction. A major characteristic of young people is that they are stubborn. Some words may be true if you listen to them the other way around.

But grandma didn't expose her thoughts, and continued: "Dabao has a variety of interests and hobbies, but he just doesn't like reading. His grandfather has advised him several times, saying that with his talent, if he puts his mind on reading, he will definitely achieve something.

I don’t know if it was because Dabao was rebellious. No matter what his grandfather said, he just wouldn’t listen, which made his grandfather very angry. The relationship between the two was at a standstill for a long time. Until the winter vacation of Dabao’s first year in high school, he suddenly ranked first in the science grade and suddenly had a girlfriend.

If you want a boy to completely change, there are only three things: ambition, family, and women. Dabao has always been a day-to-day person with no ambitions, and my Lu family has a harmonious family tradition and no major changes. One and two can be ruled out, and only three is left. "

Grandma's eyes fell on Tang Wan, gentle and grateful.

"Considering the time when you and Dabao met, I am 100% sure that you are the main reason for Dabao's transformation."

Tang Wan broke out in sweat on her forehead. Her mood at the moment was like a husky mixed with a wolf pack.

Very panicked.

"Grandma, you're too kind to me!" Tang Wan explained repeatedly, "Lu You studied hard, he figured it out on his own, it has nothing to do with me!"

Grandma patted Tang Wan on the shoulder, and her liking for her went up a notch. "Don't be modest. You are definitely the biggest contributor to getting my disobedient grandson back on the right track."

Tang Wan forced a smile but couldn't tell her grandmother the truth.

You can't tell her honestly that your grandson has merged with a soul from another world, right?

Only Tang Wan would believe such a ridiculous reason.

Moreover, it is not difficult to see from grandma's words that Lu You's personality has not changed much before and after the fusion. Even if there are slight differences, we can just assume that he has grown up and become sensible.

Since there was no way to explain it clearly, Tang Wan simply stopped wasting time and took the credit. It wasn't a loss anyway.

"Grandma, let's put aside the question of merit for now and finish looking at the photos first!"

"Alright."

(End of this chapter)