The man couldn’t help but take a serious look. Among the children brought here, 90% were boys. Girls were indeed very rare, practically like pandas in this place.
"You? You want to enroll?"
This child looked rather well-behaved.
"I’m applying for my brother. Here is his information; please have a look."
The man took and opened the documents. "You must already understand the enrollment rules. The fee is one aspect, but we also conduct a background check on the students’ parents. If they don’t meet our standards, then I’m sorry, we won’t accept unqualified students."
Shen You’an raised her eyebrows slightly. She seemed to understand why this middle school insisted on investigating the parents of its students.
A child who inherits bad genes from their parents is impossible to fundamentally change, no matter how they are brought up.
The administrators of this middle school clearly understood this principle. For a hopeless case, they wouldn’t waste their efforts trying to save them.
"This is the student’s father’s information."
The man leafed through it and frowned. "What about the student’s mother?"
Shen You’an said calmly.
"There must at least be a biography, right? What school did she graduate from? What work did she do? Did she have a criminal record? What was her family’s background? All these details need to be documented."
The man spoke with some impatience. "Coming here without proper preparation—what a waste of my time."
"The reason you’re demanding the students’ parents’ information is nothing more than gene screening."
Li Chun instinctively looked up. "You’re quite perceptive."
"Twenty years ago, the Human Genome Project invested billions of dollars in genetic research. One of the lead experts on the project, Professor Crag Venter, concluded that humans don’t have enough genes to fully explain psychological differences between individuals. Therefore, this theory of genetic determinism simply doesn’t hold water."
The girl’s calm voice rang out with conviction.
Li Chun let out a cold snort. "And have you heard about the Minnesota twin studies?"
Shen You’an curled the corners of her lips. "Then would my case be enough to convince you?"
"You?" Li Chun glanced at the girl, his eyes filled with disdain.
Shen You’an took out an ID from her bag and pushed it in front of Li Chun.
Initially dismissive, Li Chun cast a casual glance at it, but the large characters "Lanya Middle School" embossed on the cover immediately caught his attention.
He picked up the ID and opened it. Inside was a passport-sized photo and the student’s basic information.
Li Chun mouthed the name thoughtfully.
Flipping to the next page, his expression grew increasingly astonished as he read on.
The students who earned the Yaguang Scholarship had their student IDs engraved with a special emblem by the Lanya Group. It was a supreme honor—her ID held a total of eight consecutive emblems.
This signified that she had received the Yaguang Scholarship for eight straight years.
Something suddenly came to Li Chun’s mind. "Are you this year’s top scorer in the high school entrance exam, Shen You’an?"
The girl slightly raised her chin, an air of cool pride uniquely her own.
Li Chun tightened his grip on the student ID, looking at the girl in front of him with a complex gaze.
Lanya Group was the largest educational conglomerate in Qingzhou. Being in the field of education, he was naturally more familiar with this than the average person. Just a few days ago, at a gathering for educators, he had heard a senior teacher at Lanya Middle School talk about this year’s top scorer in the high school entrance exam—a 14-year-old girl who, from the time she started at Lanya Primary School, had repeatedly broken records and step by step created a legend.
Lanya Group had gone all out in supporting this locally nurtured top scorer, investing millions to ensure her admission to Lanya High School. They even planned to steer her towards cutting-edge scientific research in the future, hoping she would become both Lanya Group’s brightest emblem and its most vital core talent.
It was easy to imagine: as long as she maintained her current trajectory, under Lanya Group’s concentrated cultivation, her future would be beyond comprehension.
A once-in-a-century genius like her rendered any argument for genetic determinism utterly meaningless.
Li Chun immediately made a call to the principal’s office. Upon hearing that Shen You’an wanted to enroll her brother in Qingzhi Middle School, the principal immediately made an exception and quickly arranged for Zhang Tianci’s enrollment.
All the so-called "rules" were inconsequential in the face of absolute capability.
And in education, academic performance was the truest measure of capability.
The principal personally met with Shen You’an to see this legendary top scorer in person.
After she left, the principal returned to his desk, turned on his computer, and logged into the forum of Lanya Middle School.
Most of the posts on the forum’s homepage were idle chatter from students. However, one particular post, with the highest number of replies and comments, immediately caught the principal’s attention.
Digging into the scandalous family background of a certain academic god.