Seeing that Yan Keqing had absolutely no awareness of how serious the situation was, Qin Jiang explained:
“People and animals are different. Human sleep is continuous, not fragmented.”
“So from a medical standpoint, we recommend that everyone get their rest in one stretch, rather than sleeping just a few hours at night and then taking another nap at noon.”
“A nap can only supplement sleep — it can’t replace the effects of a full night’s rest.”
As soon as Qin Jiang said this, the viewers in the livestream all voiced their agreement.
“That’s right, I’m the best person to talk about this. When I was in college writing academic papers, I could only sleep less than four hours a day. I figured I could make up for it with a two-hour nap at noon. By the end of the school year, all my hair had turned white.”
“From a traditional Chinese medicine perspective, staying up late is really harmful to your body. To put it dramatically, staying up late is almost like eating arsenic. You only lost your hair — you should count yourself lucky.”
“Nurses on rotating shifts and doctors working night shifts have it the worst. They’re the real professionals when it comes to staying up late. Last year alone, our hospital lost three doctors and two nurses to sudden death. The mortality rate is terrifyingly high.”
In today’s world, where work pressure is generally quite high, most people have experienced staying up late at some point.
So they all knew exactly how painful sleep deprivation could be.
After hearing what Qin Jiang said, Ou Zhenhua immediately turned to Yan Keqing and said, “You heard that, right? I’ve always told you that sleep is important and that Jiaojiao needs to get enough of it. You just never listen.”
“Now even the doctor is saying it. Are you still not going to listen?”
Yan Keqing let out a cold snort.
“The doctor also told you to smoke less because it can cause lung cancer. Did you listen?”
“He told you to eat light and avoid spicy, greasy food. Did you listen?”
“He told you to exercise at least two hours a day to stay in shape. Did you listen?”
“If you listen to doctors about everything, how are you even supposed to live?”
Yan Keqing’s string of rhetorical questions left Ou Zhenhua completely speechless.
He stammered and couldn’t get a word out for quite a while.
Ou Zhenhua felt genuinely wronged in his heart.
Does anyone actually enjoy smoking from birth?
The reason he smoked was to stay alert during overtime!
If it weren’t for the stimulation of cigarettes, he wouldn’t have had any idea how to push through those long hours of extra work.
As for the greasy and spicy food — that was because of work too!
When a person feels utterly exhausted, they crave spicy and heavy food to relax.
That’s exactly why every major cuisine has its own “street-style” dishes.
And those street-style dishes are all loaded with oil and salt. Not only do they quickly replenish your energy and lost salt, but they also lift your mood.
As for exercise and fitness — that was even more ridiculous.
He stayed up late working overtime every day and didn’t even get enough sleep. Where would he find the free time to work out?
Ou Zhenhua was a typical science and engineering guy.
Even though he was a teacher, he was no match for Yan Keqing in an argument.
Seeing that Ou Zhenhua kept stammering and couldn’t get his words out, Yan Keqing’s face showed a look of disgust.
She simply stopped paying attention to Ou Zhenhua and turned to Qin Jiang, explaining, “Doctor, don’t misunderstand. I actually have great respect for doctors. It’s just that my daughter has already gotten used to this schedule. If we suddenly make her change it, I don’t think she’d be able to adapt.”
“Doctor, just help my daughter get rid of her headache. If that’s really not possible, you can just prescribe her some painkillers.”
Yan Keqing’s casual attitude left the viewers somewhat shocked.
“There are actually mothers like this? Her daughter has a headache and she doesn’t want to cure the root problem? What does she mean by ‘if that’s really not possible, just prescribe some painkillers’?”
“She’s exactly like my mom. I already know what this woman is thinking right now. She doesn’t care at all whether her daughter is sick. What she cares about most right now is still her daughter’s academic performance.”
“Damn, now that you mention it, that really does seem to be the case. She’s basically saying that as long as painkillers can stop the pain and it doesn’t affect studying, it doesn’t matter whether the illness gets cured or not? That’s terrifying!”
After figuring out what Yan Keqing really meant, the viewers in the livestream couldn’t stay calm anymore. They flooded the comments with messages accusing Yan Keqing of being cold-blooded and heartless.
Naturally, Yan Keqing couldn’t see these comments. And even if she could, she wouldn’t care.
How she raised her child was her own business. No one else had the right to interfere.
Qin Jiang didn’t directly prescribe painkillers for Yan Keqing. Instead, he asked, “Your daughter seems quite smart. Her grades must be pretty good, right?”
The moment studying was mentioned, Yan Keqing immediately perked up.
She proactively put her arm around Ou Jiaojiao’s shoulder and said proudly, “Of course! My Jiaojiao has been first in her class since she was little. From elementary school all the way to high school, she hasn’t cost us a single penny in tutoring fees.”
“Jiaojiao’s English especially has received unanimous praise from all the English teachers at her school. They say my daughter’s spoken English is just like a native speaker’s.”
Hearing Yan Keqing say this, Qin Jiang could finally understand why she had seemed so stubborn from the very beginning.
If Ou Jiaojiao had been first in her class since childhood, that was indeed impressive.
When kids study and take exams, there will inevitably be times when they’re not at their best and don’t perform well.
So getting first place once in a while isn’t hard. Even staying in the top few of the class long-term is doable.
But if she could get first place in her class on every single exam, then a child like that couldn’t even be called a top student anymore — she’d basically be a genius!
Some viewers who had just been thinking that Yan Keqing’s parenting approach was problematic suddenly fell silent. The atmosphere in the livestream shifted.
“Sorry, I admit I was speaking a bit too loudly just now.”
“Oh my god, getting first place on every single exam? What kind of absurd existence is that?”
“That means the knowledge she’s mastered has already far exceeded what someone her age should be learning.”
“It’s like if you were sent back to elementary school for a year right now, and every exam was just addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division — do you think it would be hard for you to get first place?”
The viewers’ analogy wasn’t entirely apt, but the basic idea was right.
Many problems and many situations — when you face them for the first time, you’ll find them unfamiliar and won’t know how to handle them.
But once you get past that hurdle and look back, you’ll realize that what you went through before was indeed child’s play.
Ou Jiaojiao’s impressive achievements could be explained by this same principle.
While others were still diligently previewing their textbooks, she was already solving junior-level college math problems.
So for a genius like Ou Jiaojiao, being first in her class from childhood was perfectly reasonable.
Seeing that Yan Keqing still hadn’t realized the importance of the situation, Qin Jiang spoke up: “How about this — let’s do a test. After the test is done, you’ll understand where the problem lies.”
