As the videos of thirty-two contestants were being played one by one, the backstage staff chose to play them randomly. To the audience's disappointment, the video displayed on the large screen was not Tongtong's.
Instead, it was Song Yicheng's video. Many people had a deep impression of Song Yicheng.
He was one of the few contestants who had answered all three questions correctly, and he was also the youngest high school student.
Not yet ten years old, he was already in his third year of high school.
This showed that his intelligence was extraordinarily high, truly earning him the title of genius.
Just as everyone eagerly watched to see how Song Yicheng studied and lived his life.
When they saw that Song Yicheng was not polite at all to the special guest Yun Duo'er, the smiles on everyone's faces gradually faded.
In their words, what was the point of the child being smart if he lacked basic respect?
If their children behaved like that, they would surely beat them to death.
Yet, Song Yicheng's mother kept urging the staff not to disturb Song Yicheng's studies.
This was completely treating the child as a learning tool. He spent the entire morning doing homework and taking online classes, which made the viewers feel depressed.
Song Yicheng seemed completely unaware of how to resist, only knowing how to study by himself without stopping for a moment.
When the director and Yun Duo'er asked her to let the child rest before doing homework, she directly refused.
She said that the child's time was very precious and could not be wasted.
Seeing this, everyone strongly rejected this kind of parenting.
While studying was important, happy studying was even more important, not treating the child like an emotionless learning tool.
Besides good grades, what was the use of lacking basic politeness?
Yet, seeing her son's video on the big screen, Mother Song was extremely proud.
She even stood up, looked at the audience behind her, smiled, and waved, as if afraid others wouldn't know that Song Yicheng was her son.
Little did she know that when people saw Song Yicheng was her son, they couldn't help but want to complain about her.
They felt even more sorrow for Song Yicheng for being her child.
If geniuses were forced to be this way, they would rather have ordinary sons.
This child would have no place in society.
Especially when they saw that Song Yicheng was still being fed bite by bite while eating.
Everyone was dumbfounded. A nine-year-old child still being fed bite by bite, throwing tantrums if things weren't to his liking, shouting and kicking at his own mother, showing no upbringing at all.
Even so, he didn't forget to read while eating, truly dedicating all his time to studying.
Isn't this what people call a bookworm? Lacking any common sense, truly having their brains dulled by studying.
No matter how good he was at answering questions, with no emotional intelligence and no self-care skills, they would rather not have such a genius son.
Also, what were those dishes on the table? They were unappetizing. No wonder the special guest preferred to eat plain rice without picking any dishes.
They didn't know if Mother Song's cooking was genuinely bad or if she was deliberately trying to prevent the special guest from eating.
In any case, seeing this video overturned their understanding of geniuses.
At the same time, they were relieved that their children were not like this, otherwise, they would have nowhere to cry.
Yet, Mother Song still had that proud demeanor.
They truly wondered if this woman had issues with her brain or not.
Who among normal people would educate their children like this?
While studying was important, making a child lose basic physiological abilities and the principles of dealing with people for the sake of studying was truly putting the cart before the horse.
They had originally intended to learn how geniuses studied by watching the videos and then apply it to teach their own sons. Now, it seemed unnecessary.
If the other videos featured these genius contestants in the same way, they felt the show was not worth watching.
Mother Song did not know that her educational methods were not only not recognized but also strongly resisted by everyone.
At this moment, she was beaming with pride.
The parents of the other contestants realized that their children had truly come here based on their innate talents.
Although they would also discipline their children in their studies, it had never reached such an extreme where even eating required studying.
Song Yicheng had lived in such a learning environment since he was young; his resilience was truly remarkable to not have gone mad.
If it were other children, they would have gone crazy long ago.
Similarly, other contestants showed sympathetic expressions when they saw Song Yicheng's living conditions.
"Tongtong, look at this big brother, he's constantly studying every day. It looks so tiring.
When I stayed at your house for a few days, your dad never made you study. Your time was entirely yours to control. Don't you suddenly feel very happy?" Xia Qianqian asked as Tongtong kept watching the video.
Tongtong immediately replied, "It's not that I suddenly feel happy, I've always been happy."
After speaking, he looked at Song Yicheng again, his eyes dimming, lost in thought.
The video was still playing, and the host had already received the list of contestants who had advanced in the competition.
As everyone was commenting on the video, the host walked onto the stage and said, "Thank you for your anxious wait. The three rounds of competition have concluded. After tabulation by our backstage staff, a list of advancing contestants has been compiled.
Now, I officially announce the list of contestants who have advanced to the next round!"
With that, the video on the big screen was turned off, and everyone looked at the host in silence.
They had waited for this moment for a long time.
In reality, it had only been about ten minutes, but the video had made them feel so suppressed that every moment felt like an eternity. They couldn't bear to watch for another minute.
The contestants who had made mistakes in the competition nervously clenched their fists, as they were very likely to enter the elimination round.
Entering the elimination round meant that they might be eliminated today.
Being eliminated on the first day of the competition would be extremely embarrassing for them.
But competition was like that; there were winners and losers, and not everyone could advance.
Only the contestants who had won three consecutive rounds felt no pressure. Even without the announcement of the results, they already knew the outcome.
However, the host still had to read out the names one by one: "The sixteen contestants who have successfully advanced to the next round are Gu Li, Bai Ziqing... Song Yicheng... Christopher... Tian Tian... Tongtong!"
Let us congratulate these sixteen contestants for successfully advancing.
After the host finished speaking, everyone applauded, and the contestants whose names were called showed smiles...