Autistic genius, a flourishing era of scientific research

"Why don't they talk?"

"Should we go? Or should we leave first and come back tonight or tomorrow?"

"Jiang Yan...didn't you tell us to leave? Didn't you ask us to wait..."

Li Ming, Xu Weiran and Xia Fei sat together at the dining table on the other side of the living room. Lu Qinghuan also sat with them, but unlike his usual lively self, he didn't say much. He just stretched his neck and looked towards the sofa rest area.

Jiang Yan and Zhao Fangfang were sitting on the sofa. They hadn't said a word to each other since they came back.

They had met on the street before, and then went to the hospital together to accompany Jiang Yan to change the medicine. When they returned to the community, they met Xia Fei, Xu Weiran and Liming who were still waiting for Jiang Yan to come back at the door.

The three boys squatted at the door, as if they were home without their keys. When they saw Jiang Yan, they quickly came over. Then, when they saw the unfamiliar aunt following Jiang Yan, they behaved themselves again.

Only after entering the house did they find out that it was Jiang Yan's biological mother. Then Song Yuwei made an excuse to go to the court for Jiang Yan to get the necessary judgment documents and other information.

Song Yuwei hadn't seen Zhao Fangfang for a long time and almost didn't recognize her. As a mother, she naturally knew that Zhao Fangfang had come all the way from Canghai City, and naturally wanted to spend some time alone with her daughter and talk.

So he made this special trip to give the mother and daughter some time to spend together. Before leaving, he quietly called Lu Qinghuan and the other children together and asked them not to disturb Jiang Yan and Zhao Fangfang.

This is how the current scene came about. The people in the room were divided into two groups, each sitting in the two farthest places from the other in the living room.

"Why do I feel like Jiang Yan and her mother are acting strangely?" Xia Fei, who had a harmonious family relationship and was punished with mixed doubles for any mistakes he made, touched his chin and whispered to the other three.

Lu Qinghuan immediately glared at him, and Xia Fei didn't dare to say anything more.

Who can't see that there's something weird between Jiang Yan and Zhao Fangfang?

Because the mother and daughter sat together, they really didn't say anything, they just sat on the sofa.

Jiang Yan was there, flipping through the notebook they had given her before, and Zhao Fangfang was sitting on the sofa, watching Jiang Yan flipping through the notebook.

It's so weird that there was no other communication!

What they didn't know was that this was the most common way Zhao Fangfang and Jiang Yan got along with each other.

This is how we have been doing it for more than ten years.

At an age when other children cling to adults and cannot leave their parents, Jiang Yan is a quiet person who doesn't talk much and doesn't care about others.

She didn't change much after growing up. Fortunately, her performance in school was acceptable, so Zhao Fangfang felt at ease to send her to the school.

After entering school, Jiang Yan's condition improved, but only slightly, and she spent a little more time dealing with people.

Zhao Fangfang has long been accustomed to this kind of silent interaction with her daughter. Many times, if she doesn't tell her daughter about things that she cares about, she won't get any response.

During the previous phone call, although she said a lot and also heard some changes in Jiang Yan, Zhao Fangfang was still wondering on the way here whether Jiang Yan's personality had changed and her autism symptoms had alleviated.

When Zhao Fangfang heard her daughter speak first, she was excited, but she didn't hear Jiang Yan say anything to her afterwards.

Jiang Yan was still as indifferent as ever, but she did have a few words for her classmates - things related to study always managed to grab her attention.

As soon as Zhao Fangfang saw this situation, she knew that although Jiang Yan's running away from home had some impact, her daughter was still an autistic patient.

For her, just hearing her call for mom was enough.

She had long been accustomed to this way of mother-daughter interaction. They didn't say much, but the mother and daughter always accompanied each other.

What's more, Jiang Yan started flipping through the homework books as soon as she came back. Zhao Fangfang actually had something to say in her heart, but she would not disturb Jiang Yan when she was doing other things.

Thinking of Song Yuwei taking care of Jiang Yan here, Zhao Fangfang now wants to wait for Song Yuwei to come back and chat with her more. Maybe in the afternoon, she can also see her eldest brother's son Jiang Xiaowen.

Zhao Fangfang came back this time because she received a call from Jiang Xiaowen. She learned about Jiang Yan's situation from Jiang Xiaowen, so she hurried back.

She left in a hurry and the things she was told in Canghai City were simple, so she could only stay in Xiaoyu City for one day at most and had to leave for Canghai City tomorrow.

Although the stay is short, it will take her four days to go there and back, plus the one-day stay in the plan, that’s five days.

Most of the time is spent on the journey back and forth.

Even if Zhao Fangfang wanted to stay for two more days, it was impossible. She did bring a lot of new clothes and pearl jewelry for Jiang Yan. As soon as she got home, she put them in Jiang Yan's room while Jiang Yan was busy.

Now Jiang Yan's room has been redecorated by Zhao Fangfang, and it looks even more exquisite. Even the mirror was brought back by Zhao Fangfang. It looks like a mirror from overseas, full of foreign court style. I don't know when she bought it, but it is very eye-catching when placed on the table in the room.

As for the clothes she hung in the closet, they were in the most fashionable style of the moment.

After rearranging Jiang Yan's room with some of the things she brought back, Zhao Fangfang went to the sofa and quietly watched Jiang Yan check the homework books.

She naturally noticed the students who were secretly observing them, but she didn't pay attention to them before.

After sitting next to her daughter for a long time, almost half an hour, Zhao Fangfang finally calmed down and said the first words after arriving home:

"Yanyan, be careful with your hands. Your classmates are here to see you, right? Ask them to come and keep you company. I'll go to the kitchen and see if it's time for lunch. You haven't had your mother's cooking in a while. It's rare for you to come home today, so I'll make you a meal."

After saying that, she raised her hand and smoothed Jiang Yan's high ponytail, then asked with a smile, "Yan Yan, do you know where to get to the vegetable market nearby? If you don't know, I'll wait for your Aunt Song to come back and go with her. Just do what you like."

Lu Qinghuan had been paying attention to the situation here. When she heard what Zhao Fangfang said, she quickly raised her hand and said, "I know, I know! Anyway, we have a day off for National Day, and the teacher hasn't assigned any homework. Auntie, let me take you to buy groceries! What Yanyan and her classmates are studying is too difficult. They are all science and engineering majors, and I'm a liberal arts major. I can't learn it either. It's not fun to be alone!"

Zhao Fangfang felt that the voice was familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had heard it before. Seeing that it was a lively and pretty girl, she happily said:

"Well, you can tell me what you like to eat. I can cook a lot of dishes."

Xia Fei quickly said, "We don't need that. We'll go home for dinner later. The three of us are here to learn from Jiang Yan! Auntie, don't worry about us! Just ask Lu Qinghuan what he likes to eat. Lu Qinghuan eats with Jiang Yan every day."

Lu Qinghuan stuck out her tongue. "How can it be every day? Auntie, are we going to buy groceries now?"

Zhao Fangfang checked the time and saw it was already eleven o'clock. She immediately said, "Let's go. I'll have to trouble you to lead the way."

"Your Aunt Song should be back soon. You guys should tell her that I'm going to buy groceries with Qinghuan."

"Okay Auntie, we'll remember it!"

Xia Fei and the other two watched Lu Qinghuan skipping and dancing as he left with Zhao Fangfang, then quickly went to move the parts of the device out and assembled them to continue their research.

They had modified the mental power device several times together over the past few days, all with Jiang Yan's deliberate guidance. Jiang Yan mainly instilled in them the knowledge they had not yet learned, and incorporated this knowledge into the various calculations of the device.

Sometimes she would lead them to make random modifications just to introduce a certain knowledge point, but Xia Fei, Xu Weiran and Liming didn't know that even if they followed Jiang Yan's ideas, their modifications would still be wrong. They only knew that they gained something every time they modified it, as if they were making progress every time.

But the direction of progress seems a bit skewed. Their goal is to figure out why the iron sheet becomes soft. They learn a lot of strange things, and then they become more and more excited. However, the more they learn, the more confused they become about what is going on. They become more and more impatient and can't wait to figure it out quickly.

"Have we calculated incorrectly during this period? Why do I feel like I've learned a lot but still have no clue?" After assembling the device, Liming finally made a puzzled sound.

Although I have been learning new knowledge, I have not received any answers to the things I want to explore, and there has been no progress. This feeling is really unbearable and uncomfortable.

It's like a difficult problem that can't be solved no matter what you do.

Xia Fei and Xu Weiran nodded in agreement.

Xia Fei said, "Yes, why is that? Otherwise, let's rethink it. The softening of the iron sheet must be related to this device. Does it require some particularly advanced technology to figure it out?"

Xu Weiran nodded. "How about a different approach? Find some different pieces of iron. Or, if we don't use any iron pieces for testing, just test the device and then figure out how to calculate and study it."

"What do you think, Jiang Yan?"

They all looked at Jiang Yan at the same time. Jiang Yan returned their draft books to them, and then said:

"If you can't figure out the reason, it means you haven't learned enough."

The three people whose brains seemed to be about to explode from studying during this period: "..."