Noticing that Mike and Sheldon were companions, Paige turned her head and greeted, "Hello, my name is Paige."
"Hello, I'm Mike." Mike was still happy after gaining so much intelligence at once.
Moreover, as far as Mike knew, because Paige also had extremely high emotional intelligence, she was more "sensible" and more "lonely" than Sheldon.
In this situation, it was not difficult to become her friend.
So, from the perspective of 'milking the cow', Paige might be more suitable than Sheldon.
"I know you, Mike," Paige said. "I watched your football game broadcast, and your performance was super amazing."
"Thank you." Mike immediately praised, "Your hair clip is also very pretty."
Paige was wearing an old-fashioned red dress, and the style of the hair clip she wore was also a bit outdated.
However, because the little girl was cute enough, her peculiar outfit still looked pretty good.
"Thank you, you are much more polite than your friend." Hearing the compliment, Paige's face immediately broke into a smile.
It was clear that her smile this time was much purer than before.
Meanwhile, Sheldon, seeing Mike and Paige chatting more and more happily, slammed the materials he brought onto the table to express his dissatisfaction.
Mike shook his head speechlessly at Sheldon's childish behavior.
In his opinion, whether in terms of IQ or EQ, Sheldon was suppressed by Paige, and it would be very difficult for him to turn the tables.
Just as Sheldon was sulking, Dr. Sturgis walked into the classroom with a chuckle.
He went straight to Sheldon and said, "Hi, Sheldon. Have you met Paige over there?"
Still in a fit of pique, Sheldon asked in a slightly questioning tone, "Why didn't you say that there would be a new auditing student coming to this class?"
"It seems you two have already met." Dr. Sturgis smiled indifferently and continued, "I thought it would be a surprise for you."
Yes, Dr. Sturgis thought that two child prodigies around ten years old would be happy to become friends.
However, the disheartened Sheldon did not think so. He retorted, "No, I don't like this kind of surprise."
"Well, I don't like it either." The somewhat eccentric Dr. Sturgis actually understood Sheldon's thoughts at that moment.
"Then why did you do it?" Sheldon pressed.
"Perhaps, someone likes this surprise..." Dr. Sturgis looked at the little girl not far away who was smiling brightly.
"Yes, I really like this surprise." After Paige finished speaking, she intentionally or unintentionally glanced at the handsome Mike next to her.
Afterward, Mike saw Dr. Sturgis turn his gaze to him, so he also smiled and expressed that he was happy to see Paige here.
After all, in this class, only the three of them had special identities.
"It seems my decision was correct, with a success rate of sixty-six percent." Dr. Sturgis raised his arms, celebrating his correct decision with a small gesture.
After that, he received a look of disdain from Sheldon.
"Alright, let's start class." Dr. Sturgis awkwardly lowered his arms and walked to the podium.
In the time that followed, Dr. Sturgis lectured on the stage, while Paige quietly picked up her notebook, turned sideways, and asked Mike about other physics knowledge.
Of course, the difficulty of her questions this time was several levels lower than when she previously questioned Sheldon.
However, as the difficulty of their discussions increased, and Mike could still answer fluently, the little girl's face unconsciously showed a satisfied expression.
Clearly, as a super genius, Paige also had her pride. Her actions were more about testing Mike's IQ.
From the results, Mike basically passed her IQ test.
It should be known that if two people with vastly different IQs are forced to be friends, it will make both feel very tired.
This situation can probably also explain why Sheldon had few friends at school.
Birds of a feather flock together, and this theory is also very applicable to geniuses.
Paige was happy in class, but Sheldon's mood became even more depressed after discovering the small actions of the two people next to him.
He felt as if his friend had been snatched away. And this feeling continued until class ended.
It wasn't until the bell rang for class dismissal that Sheldon realized he had been so focused on being angry that he had wasted a valuable afternoon of study time.
This discovery also made his mood even worse.
...
"See you next Friday, Mike." At the entrance of the University of Texas, Paige smiled and bid farewell to Mike. Then, she walked lightly towards her mother who came to pick her up.
But halfway there, she turned around again, a mischievous smile rising on her face, and waved to Sheldon who was beside Mike: "Sheldon, I hope next time we meet, you've already figured out what 'quantum chromodynamics' is."
"Quantum physics is nothing special. I'll catch up soon..." After Sheldon's arrogant remark, he immediately got into Connie's car.
He was almost allergic to Paige's smile now.
On the other side, after Mike waved to Paige again, he also got into Connie's car.
In the car, Connie waited until Paige had walked away before smiling and saying, "She looks very cute, is she your new friend?"
"Yes..." "No..."
Mike and Sheldon answered simultaneously.
"Haha, it seems this little girl is very interesting." Connie laughed happily.
No matter what, her grandson being able to get to know more people his age already made her very happy.
Moreover, Connie had also heard Dr. Sturgis mention that the new auditing student, the little girl, was a very smart child prodigy.
"She's not my friend—" Sheldon, seeing Connie's smiling face, emphasized his stance again.
"Okay, okay, Grandma knows, Moonpie." Connie soothed her grandson in a coaxing tone, then drove home.
However, after driving more than halfway, Connie noticed in the rearview mirror that her grandson was still looking unhappy.
"What's wrong, Moonpie? Is something bothering you?" Connie asked.
"Nothing. I'm just experiencing some emotions I'm not familiar with." Sheldon said, intentionally glancing at Mike sitting next to him.
His eyes revealed a hint of resentment, as if accusing Mike of "betraying" him.
Seeing this, Connie realized that something must have happened in the university class today. So, she asked, "Mike, do you know what's wrong with Sheldon?"
"Perhaps Sheldon is experiencing jealousy because he found out there's another peer who is even smarter than him," Mike analyzed.
"No, I'm not jealous. And she's not smarter than me." Sheldon immediately retorted, then explained, "She just knows a little more than me, just like you, Mike. Although you have a broad range of knowledge, I'm sure you're not as smart as me."
Well, the disheartened Sheldon was now full of aggression. Mike was almost accidentally injured.