Chapter 26: Tutoring Homework

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Meanwhile, in the cozy little villa.

Chen Yu and Niannian had returned home. As they stepped inside, the red indicator lights on hidden cameras throughout the villa flickered back to life, resuming the livestream that had been interrupted for the night.

[Ahhhhh! They’re finally back! I’ve been waiting all night!]
[My god, I thought they weren’t going to stream today! Program crew, I beg you to have a heart!]
[Husband and daughter are back! Let me get a fresh dose of God Yu and Niannian!]
[What actually happened last night? Why did the stream cut out? I feel like I missed a fortune!]

The comment section exploded. The popularity rating kept climbing. After all, Chen Yu and Niannian were now "star" father and daughter.

Of course, Chen Yu, inside the villa, was completely oblivious to all of this. He was watching his daughter sit on the sofa, playing on her phone.

On the screen was "Candy Crush."

Niannian, who had only just discovered the game yesterday, was already playing it with masterful skill. Her little face was filled with focus, clearing level after level with unstoppable momentum.

Chen Yu watched in amazement. He recalled that back when he played this game, it was common for him to get stuck on a single level for a week. Yet, less than ten minutes after Niannian started, a "ding" sounded, and the words "Congratulations, Level Cleared" popped up on the screen.

Then, the little girl tossed the tablet aside, puffed out her cheeks, and let out a long sigh.

"Sigh, so boring."

Chen Yu froze.

"Boring?" He couldn't believe his ears. He walked over, picked up the tablet, and took a look. His eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "My god, Niannian, you... you’ve reached level 213?!"

He remembered clearly that his own account, which he had played for several years, was still struggling somewhere in the 180s. This little thing had surpassed him in less than two days? Was this reasonable? It was absolutely unreasonable!

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Niannian tilted her little head and looked at him as if it were a matter of course. "Yeah. You just keep tapping and tapping; there’s no real technique to it. Honestly... it’s not as interesting as Sudoku."

Chen Yu: "..."

He felt his IQ had suffered a dimensionality reduction strike from his own daughter. To salvage a shred of his dignity as a father, he cleared his throat and decided to give this "little genius" a real challenge.

"Alright, alright, game time is over!" Chen Yu put on a stern expression. "Indulging in play ruins one's ambition, you know? Come on, follow Dad to the study. Let’s experience the true hardships of the human world—doing homework!"

He marched heroically, tugging Niannian’s small hand toward the study he had never used before. The room was elegantly furnished, with a wall-to-wall bookcase and a large mahogany desk.

Niannian, familiar with the routine, pulled a pink workbook from her small backpack. Chen Yu accepted it with brimming confidence, ready to enjoy the pleasure of tutoring a primary school student.

Then, he opened the workbook.

The next second, the smile on his face froze completely.

Inside the book, there were no "1+1=?" or "Look at the picture and write the character" tasks as he had expected. What met his eyes were complex geometric shapes, dense rows of numbers, and problems he couldn't grasp at all:

"[Variation of the Chicken and Rabbit Problem] There are some pheasants and rabbits in a cage. The total number of heads is 100, and the total number of feet is 280. The value of a pheasant is 120 wen, and a rabbit is 250 wen. What is the total value of the pheasants and rabbits respectively?"

"[Catch-up Problem] A and B travel toward each other from two locations 36 kilometers apart. A’s speed is 4 km/h, and B’s speed is 5 km/h. A brings a dog, whose speed is 10 km/h. The dog starts with A, turns back immediately upon meeting B, then turns back immediately upon meeting A, continuing this until A and B meet. How many kilometers did the dog run in total?"

"[Logic Puzzle] There are four people: A, B, C, and D. Their professions are teacher, doctor, lawyer, and police officer. Known: 1. A and B are not teachers. 2. C is not a lawyer. 3. B and D have watched the police officer on duty. 4. The teacher is not D. What are the professions of A, B, C, and D?"

Chen Yu: "..."

He felt like he wasn't looking at elementary school homework, but participating in a civil service aptitude test.

Is this... really something a five-year-old is supposed to do?

He silently closed the workbook and glanced at the cover, where a few words were written in a childish hand: "Advanced Olympiad Math Thinking Expansion Training (Grade 2)."

Grade 2...

He felt he wasn't even as smart as a second-grader.

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Just as he was questioning his existence, Niannian pointed her small finger at the chicken and rabbit problem, blinking her innocent, large eyes as she asked curiously:

"Dad, I don't really understand this one. Mom said I could use the assumption method or algebraic equations, but I can't figure out why setting two unknowns works to solve it. Can you explain it to me?"

The little girl paused and added, "Mom always knows how to do it."

This sentence was like a thunderclap that exploded in the livestream.

[Pfft—hahahahaha! What am I seeing? The all-powerful God Yu is actually wearing a mask of pain in front of elementary school Olympiad math!]
[Help! I can laugh at this expression for a whole year! Blank, confused, who am I, where am I...]
[This problem is way too hard! I graduated from a 985 university, and even I have to think about it for a while! Is this really for second grade? Are kids these days this intense?]
[Isn't the point that she said 'Mom always knows how to do it'?! Massive amounts of information here, friends!]
[Right! Who exactly is Niannian’s mom? She even knows this level of math? Her IQ must be insane!]
[I bet it’s Jiang Zhiyun! Only an ice-queen CEO has that kind of academic genius vibe! A domineering female CEO and an all-powerful stay-at-home dad—I’m shipping this!]
[I bet it’s Lin Wan’er! The award-winning actress looks so gentle and intellectual; she’s definitely the type to patiently explain problems to a child!]
[Stop arguing, everyone! Regardless of who the mom is, the dad clearly doesn't know it! Hahahaha!]

The comments scrolled by frantically, filled with a jovial atmosphere. Meanwhile, Chen Yu, at the center of the storm, felt so embarrassed he could dig a three-bedroom apartment into the floor with his toes.

Was his hard-earned persona as an "all-powerful dad" about to collapse today in front of a mere elementary school math problem?

No! Absolutely not!

Just as he was starting to break into a sweat, a cold, mechanical voice sounded in his mind.

[Ding! Detected that the host is facing a knowledge crisis. Emergency task issued!]
[Task Name: Fatherly Example]
[Task Content: Successfully tutor your daughter, Chen Nian, to complete her homework and ensure she thoroughly understands all the concepts.]
[Task Reward: Grandmaster-level Science Knowledge Package (includes Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science, etc.; knowledge capacity equivalent to that of a tenured honorary professor at a world-class university)!]