Connie was very happy to see Sheldon and Paige arrive.
After learning the purpose of their visit, Connie first prepared some snacks and tea for them, and then went to wake up Mike.
Mike was a bit grumpy from being woken up on his day off. But when he groggily walked out and saw the two people sitting in the living room, he immediately perked up.
"Hey, Sheldon, Paige, welcome to my home," Mike said with a smile, greeting them.
Then, he picked up three [Intelligence Attribute +1] light clusters from them, two from Sheldon and one from Paige.
Although he didn't know what had happened before, it was clear that when Sheldon, this little genius, was with Paige, this even more talented little girl, useful light clusters were more likely to appear.
After understanding the purpose of their visit, Mike decisively canceled his plan to go out and play with Cady and the other girls, choosing instead to stay home and accompany these two super little geniuses.
After all, dumplings could be eaten anytime, but intelligence attributes weren't picked up every day.
"Sheldon, you take Paige and look around first, I'm going to wash up," Mike said, then walked towards the bathroom with his messy hair.
Paige, on the other hand, was not displeased by Mike's "sloppy" appearance; she found it quite amusing.
Of course, that also depended on the person. Although Mike had a messy head of hair, it still didn't detract from his handsomeness; instead, it had a kind of disheveled beauty.
"Can you take me to Mike's room?" Paige asked, interested.
"This… that might not be good," Sheldon said, a bit troubled.
In his mind, he knew that a personal room was a very private place, and bringing an outsider in without the owner's explicit permission was very impolite.
Connie, who was nearby, saw the expressions of the two little ones and said, "It's alright, Shelly. Since Mike told you to take Paige to look around, that naturally includes his room."
When Connie had nothing to do, she would also help Mike clean his room. So she knew there was nothing unusual in his room.
"Is that so?" Hearing Grandma's words, Sheldon thought back for a moment.
He quickly realized that Mike hadn't explicitly said that his room couldn't be visited.
So, Sheldon took the curious little girl to Mike's room.
"It's tidier than I imagined~" Paige walked around the room once and nodded with satisfaction.
Although Paige didn't know what a typical high school boy's room looked like, she had an older sister in eighth grade of high school.
Her sister's messy room had left a very deep impression on her.
Compared to her sister's awful room, Mike's room could be described as clean and tidy.
"We've already seen Mike's room, can we go now?" Sheldon urged.
Although he had agreed to bring Paige to see Mike's room, deep down, Sheldon still felt that bringing a girl to see another boy's room was very inappropriate behavior.
Therefore, he now seemed a bit guilty.
"Alright, let's go out and look around," Paige, having satisfied her curiosity, didn't make things difficult for him anymore.
Next, Sheldon took Paige on a tour of Connie's house.
"Mike actually bought his own computer, how cool~" In the living room partition, Paige stopped in front of Mike's computer.
One must know that most high school students don't have a source of income, and a computer worth around five thousand dollars was already equivalent to a regular family's net income for half a year.
However, Sheldon didn't feel anything about the computer's price. He casually said, "Mike rarely uses the computer; most of the time, he lends it to Meemaw and me…"
Actually, Mike wasn't that he didn't like playing on the computer; it was just that the current computer configurations couldn't fully satisfy his need for entertainment.
Wouldn't it be more fun to spend that time with Cady and the other girls?
On the contrary, Connie had been addicted for quite some time after Mike taught her how to play games on the computer.
Here, Sheldon continued, "The internet function of the computer is very useful. Yesterday, I already looked up knowledge about 'Quantum Chromodynamics' on it. It's actually not that difficult."
Yes, after being stumped yesterday, Sheldon came back and thoroughly researched the relevant knowledge using the computer.
"Is that so? Then did you see my research report on 'Quantum Chromodynamics in High-Temperature States'?" Paige's lips curled slightly as she asked with a smile.
Sheldon had, of course, seen that report, but he didn't want to be outdone by her in this area. So, he said, "Actually, Mike and I also have research published. It's about rocket launches, and you can find it on the NASA official website."
"Interesting, can I see it?" Paige asked.
Sheldon, having regained some ground, quickly opened the computer and navigated to the NASA official website.
"'Rocket Launch 2.0,' a very interesting topic..." Knowing that the other party hadn't lied, Paige's expression became a bit more serious, and then she sat down and patiently began to read the material.
The Multistage Rocket Booster and Booster Recovery plan in this rocket launch report were both very forward-thinking. Paige, as a super little genius, obviously also discovered this.
"Very good research." Paige, who quickly finished reading the report, showed a look of admiration on her face.
This situation made Sheldon, who thought he had won a round, slightly lift his chin.
"Can you tell me specifically, who proposed the Multistage Rocket Booster and Booster Recovery plan, you or Mike?" Paige asked.
"That was proposed by Mike…" Sheldon truthfully said, "He helped me a lot in completing this report."
In Sheldon's view, Mike had only proposed two theories. However, the vast amount of data calculation and information integration in this report were all completed independently by him.
Therefore, Sheldon, who had done over eighty percent of the work, had reason to believe that in this report, he was more useful than Mike.
However, Paige didn't think so; she clearly valued Mike's advanced theories more.
And looking at Sheldon's proud and smug expression, Paige's eyes twinkled, and she said with a smile, "So you're just riding on Mike's coattails. Did you get the right to be credited because you were helping him?"
Seeing his hard work dismissed, Sheldon was furious. He forcefully pointed out, "Didn't you see that all the data here was calculated by me…"
"So what?" Paige showed a provocative expression and said, "That doesn't prove that you're more useful than Mike in this report. Besides, he looks smarter than you."
"How is that possible!" When his intelligence was questioned, Sheldon finally couldn't hold back.
In other areas, Sheldon might take a step back, but when it came to intelligence, he would never admit that he was inferior to others.
Moreover, based on his long-term observation, he had also found that Mike wasn't actually that "smart."