Chapter 61: Raising the Pitch

  People are complex yet simple animals. Guo Xiaoyu, who had been puzzled for a long time, finally understood after listening to the conversation of a group of middle-aged men and women. After careful consideration, Guo Xiaoyu himself didn't know why he was like this, but it's always good to understand.

  That night, Guo Xiaoyu returned to the hotel and asked Liu Zhang for leave. He also told Gao Yuanyuan and Huang Haibo that he was going to be signed. Originally, Guo Xiaoyu thought they would be very surprised, but instead they were calm and collected. In their words, Guo Xiaoyu was destined to become a superstar, so signing a contract was only natural!

  Standing at the entrance of Xiangcheng Airport, Guo Xiaoyu looked at the familiar scene in front of him, but his inner feelings were completely different from before. This time back to Xiangcheng, Guo Xiaoyu didn't tell anyone, everyone only knew that Guo Xiaoyu would definitely return today because the recording of the show was tonight, but no one knew the specific time of his return. Guo Xiaoyu thought about going around to take a look, returning to his elementary school, middle school, high school, and if time allowed, he also wanted to go back to his university in Jiangcheng, these places were where he had lived an unknown life for twenty years, from the moment Guo Xiaoyu returned to Xiangcheng, it was destined that his future life would have nothing to do with being unknown.

  After wandering around, Guo Xiaoyu found that the traces of her past life had slowly disappeared.

  The elementary school was rebuilt and everything became new, but the only thing that remained unchanged was the big mom at the entrance who kept nagging.

  The playground of the middle school has become larger, and that big tree where I used to lean against and sleep is gone. The teachers at school have also changed, and the lazy character on my desk is also gone.

  High school was the closest to Guo Xiaoyu, the teaching building hadn't changed, the playground hadn't changed, and the teachers hadn't changed either. But for some reason, Guo Xiaoyu couldn't find any trace of himself anymore, as if he never belonged to this campus in the first place.

  Guo Xiaoyu found her high school class teacher Zhang in the classroom and they had a chat.

  Teacher Zhang said: "Among all the students I've taught over the years, you have left the deepest impression on me."

  "Why?" Guo Xiaoyu was really curious. In high school, she had been the kind of person who was absolutely close to being invisible in class.

  "Teacher Zhang said, "You're really strange. You play basketball very well, but you never participate in the school's basketball games; you can also play the guitar and sing, but you never take part in the school's art performances. In class, I never hear you speak, yet every time there's an exam, you manage to get average scores. And when I graded your math test that year, I found that all your basic questions were perfect, but the last two questions of each section, which required more thinking, you always left blank. One time, I intentionally put the thinking questions first and the basic ones later, and as a result, you did the thinking questions but left the basic ones blank. When I carefully reviewed your other subject tests, I found the same situation. For example, on the language test, if you got high marks on the essay, then you must have gotten low marks on the multiple-choice questions; if you got low marks on the essay, then you must have gotten high marks on the multiple-choice questions. From that time on, I realized that you were definitely pretending, intentionally not wanting to get high scores, and what's more, you could control your scores so accurately, it's clear that you understand everything."

  Mr. Zhang paused for a moment, letting Guo Xiaoyu digest what he had just said before continuing: "After that incident, I originally wanted to talk to you about it, but after calling your mother, she told me that you've always been like this since childhood and asked me not to say anything to you. They said you might have a kind of psychological guard against society, so I've been leaving you alone all along."

  "What?" Hearing Zhang's words, Guo Xiaoyu could only smile bitterly. He had always thought that his ordinary life for the past 20 years was enough, but who knew that this ordinariness was extraordinary in the eyes of those with ulterior motives. His parents had known about his situation since he was young, so they never arranged extracurricular tutoring or interest classes for him, and they fully supported whatever he did. It wasn't until he took the initiative to participate in "Where's Dad Going" that they thought he was no longer avoiding society and was willing to come out, so they asked He Laoshi and Yuanyuan Jie to help him come out.

  At this time, Teacher Zhang said again: "Xiao Yu, you've always thought that you're just an ordinary person in the class, but do you know? On the day of the graduation ceremony, not only our classmates but also girls from other classes came to ask me for your phone number. In fact, your three years of high school weren't ordinary at all; you were always the brightest star in everyone's eyes. Haven't you noticed that every day after school when you play basketball on the playground, there are especially many students watching? With your intelligence and talent, you must have known this, but why didn't you react at all? That's because you instinctively rejected all of this."

  Teacher Zhang patted Xiao Yu's shoulder and said, "Although I don't know why you're resisting all this, you need to know that your future is not here, it's over there." As he spoke, Teacher Zhang pointed towards the sky.

  "There... " Guo Xiaoyu looked up at the sky and felt a bit dizzy, but it seemed to feel pretty good.

  Guo Xiaoyu bowed to Teacher Zhang and thanked him, saying: "Teacher Zhang, thank you. I'm leaving, I want to try out that sky you were talking about."

  "Come on!" Teacher Zhang looked at Guo Xiaoyu's back, but these two words never came out. At this moment, Guo Xiaoyu no longer needed them.

  "Li Jie, I can only help you this far." Zhang Laoshi smiled and said: "Hehe...who knows, maybe one of my students will become a big star!"

  Actually, Teacher Zhang and Guo's mother had known each other for a long time. Guo's mother always thought that Guo Xiaoyu was introverted and was afraid he would be bullied at school, so she let him attend the class where Teacher Zhang taught.

  This time, Guo Xiaoyu returned to Xiangcheng and Guo's mother knew about it. As soon as Guo Xiaoyu boarded the plane, Gao Yuanyuan called Guo's mother. In fact, when Guo Xiaoyu got off the plane, Guo's mother was waiting at the airport, but she was stopped by Guo's father. Afterwards, they followed Guo Xiaoyu to elementary school, junior high school, and high school. On this side, Teacher Zhang had also made arrangements in advance. As for Teacher Zhang's words, they were truly heartfelt and sincere.

  After leaving the high school, Guo Xiaoyu took out her mobile phone and dialed Zhao Yuyun's number, saying: "Auntie Zhao, after the recording is completed, let's talk about the contract." With that, Guo Xiaoyu hung up the phone.

  Looking up at the azure sky with white clouds floating about, Guo Xiaoyu discovered for the first time that she seemed to have a thread of expectation towards her own future.

  Since heaven has destined you to be high-profile, then just be high-profile all the way - Guo Xiaoyu.

  PS: These two chapters mainly tell the story of Guo Xiaoyu's past and a kind of transformation in his heart. Starting from the next chapter, we will enter the main melody. In addition, I am now considering the transition of a plot, entangled...