From a few lines of dialogue at the start, to now having a few minutes of screen time, has already become something other students can only dream of.

This time, he got an exceptionally good opportunity, reportedly a new shampoo commercial needed a fresh face, and his mentor recommended him.

After finishing lunch, Ruan Lei left, leaving Lu Zishu a bit down. He coaxed Jiaojiao, "Jiaojiao, since we don’t have anything this afternoon, how about we go play some badminton?"

Jiaojiao glanced at him sideways. Almost as soon as he opened his mouth, she knew what he had in mind. She teased, "And then invite Yu Rou and Xin Miao to join us?"

"Hehe." Lu Zishu rubbed his hands together, grinning rather slyly.

Jiaojiao let out a small sigh in her heart. Lu Zishu had hinted many times, but she never agreed. Perhaps today, because she found out there would be a little Xiaobai, and was in a good mood, she said yes, "I’ll see if she’s willing to come. If she’s not, you can’t blame me."

Lu Zishu nodded eagerly.

Jiaojiao picked up her phone and called Yu Rou first, who agreed without a second thought and said she’d come over right away.

After hanging up, Jiaojiao, under Lu Zishu’s hopeful gaze, called Xin Miao. Xin Miao didn’t hesitate either, and quickly agreed.

Xin Miao had very few friends, almost none, so over the years, she’d grown closer to Jiaojiao. As long as Jiaojiao invited her, she would say yes.

But this time, Jiaojiao felt a twinge of guilt and told Lu Zishu, "Brother Zishu, let’s make it clear: you can’t pester Xin Miao and make her uncomfortable. Let things happen naturally, okay?"

Lu Zishu nodded vigorously. When he went home to get his racket, he even did a running jump to tap the doorframe, landing with his head hitting the wall, yet he was still laughing, making Ruanlin mutter to herself worriedly, "Is this kid knocked silly?"

Jiaojiao laughed and agreed, "Maybe he is silly." But silly in a very cute way.

Boys at this age, when they like someone, use every bit of their energy to win even the smallest chance, as if they’ve won the whole world.

But before Yu Rou and Xin Miao arrived, the Ruan Family had another set of four visitors, the family of four next door.

Jiaojiao was chatting intermittently with Lu Zishu at that moment, and Ruanlin was sorting things in the storage room, with Zhao Li also helping out, unconsciously talking about the family of four next door.

Zhao Li, being well-informed, had figured out whatever she could find out within days, and sighed with Ruanlin, "You really can’t compare people. I heard the younger of the twins was quite unruly during the first decade or so, then suddenly got better, became exceptionally smart, and kept winning awards as if it was nothing. Fulfilling that saying, what was it again, something about mad and genius."

"There’s a fine line between genius and madness..." Jiaojiao added.

"Right, there’s a fine line between genius and madness!" Zhao Li sighed, turned, and glanced at Lu Zishu who was laughing to himself, finding even a single look eye-searing, and quickly averted her gaze.

And at this moment, the so-called mad genius was standing at the door.