At night.
At Zhang Ye's parents' house.
Zhang Ye and Wu Zeqing brought Sisi over.
When his mother came up to them, she held her hand over her son's forehead.
Zhang Ye said, "What are you doing, Mom?"
His mother said, "I'm checking to see if you have a fever."
Zhang Ye said, "Why would I have a fever?"
His mother asked, "So it's true then, what they said on the news?"
His father also said in dismay, "You're really trying to get the Nobel Prize?"
"Yeah," Zhang Ye replied in a casual tone.
His mother said in a speechless manner, "Rascal, is something wrong with you?"
Sisi tilted her head in response and said, "Daddy is awesome!"
His mother rolled her eyes and said, "Your daddy might be awesome, but that's the Nobel Prize. No Chinese person has ever gotten it before. All the online news articles are calling your daddy arrogant for wanting to get it."
Sisi was having none of it. "They're all baddies!"
