Chapter 118: Chapter 89 Perfect Succession of Coincidences (Extra Chapter 1 for Alliance Leader from the Galaxy)
Xilin's evenings in June are always most refreshing, even at the end of the month, after a day of scorching sun, it still feels pleasantly cool.
Therefore, the area around the school at night is particularly lively.
Coming out of the Xiyuan residential area and heading back to the university, you have to pass through a small street outside the west gate of the school. Although it is only a short distance of over two hundred meters, it has everything one could ask for.
Eateries, drinkeries, karaoke bars, tiny pubs, internet cafes, coffee shops, billiards rooms...
In short, it's a delightful place that makes one forget to return home.
Especially during the graduation season, the street is even livelier.
Even though it's already ten o'clock at night, there are those who are out for a late-night snack, singing karaoke, competitive drinking, and those who are already drunk, starting to pull extreme stunts...
Years later, everything that happened on this night might fade away in one's mind, but more likely, it will become the most embarrassing memory of their life.
For instance, just now, Su Mucheng and Chen Yiwen saw a senior year brother, fueled by alcohol, confess to a girl with a voice loud enough to lift off the roof, scaring the senior sister so much that she spilled all the wine she was holding...
Well, that's probably an alternative way to reject someone, right?
Today, Xilin University of Technology has one more heartbroken senior brother.
Su Mucheng felt a pang of sympathy, hoping naively that all lovers would eventually become wedded.
Chen Yiwen, on the other hand, just curled her lip, thinking that the senior brother wasn't manly enough, needing to rely on alcohol to make a confession... If it had been her, she could have confessed three times in one day, each time to a different person. As long as they looked a bit like someone, it was an act of irresponsibility towards herself.
Only Qiao Ze kept his eyes straight ahead, not looking to either side.
While most people chose a life incompatible with knowledge, Qiao Ze decided to live in a way that left no room for enjoyable living.
"Qiao Ze, I think money is still necessary. What if you want to do a project in the future and you don't have any money?" Su Mucheng suggested softly, bringing her gaze back inside.
"I won't do such projects in the future. I actually don't excel at, nor do I like programming. Just doing theoretical research doesn't really cost much. The university can provide for papers, and if I need to communicate, I'll do it through e-mail. Even if I have to go abroad, I believe the university should reimburse the travel expenses."
Chen Yiwen curled her lip again...
She had seen the code Qiao Ze typed out...
If he wasn't good at programming, then at least ninety-nine percent of programmers in the world should be out of a job.
Fortunately, she was used to it.
No matter what outrages Qiao Ze spouted, Chen Yi was able to respond with a curl of her lip.
"Qiao Ze, can you not go abroad? I read online that people like you who really go abroad may end up being kept there and not allowed to come back."
"Huh?"
"Besides, why should you go abroad to communicate with others? With your ability, it should be others who take the initiative to come to Huaxia to communicate with you. Isn't that right, Chen Yiwen?"
"Ah, yes, yes, absolutely!" Chen Yiwen nodded without hesitation.
Had it been before today, Chen Yi would not have been so shamelessly echoing Su Mucheng.
But today, Li Jiangao invited Su Lixing to the school, which confirmed that Su Mucheng was indeed the mysterious investor behind the project.
Qiao Ze didn't care about money because he had the capital to be willful. With Qiao Ze's brains, if he really wanted to make money, it would have been too easy, lacking any challenge.
But Chen Yiwen felt that she belonged to the category of ordinary people, without the capital to be willful.
Perhaps after graduation, if something came up, she would still need to turn to the lucky class president.
"See, Chen Yiwen thinks the same." Su Mucheng spoke earnestly.
"Alright, I'll definitely consider it carefully in the future." Qiao Ze nodded.
With that, Su Mucheng's face lit up with the purest of smiles, and her grip on Qiao Ze's arm tightened even more.
...
After routinely escorting Su Mucheng back to the women's dormitory, Qiao Ze and Chen Yiwen did not return to their room until ten twenty.
Just like every other day, Qiao Ze went straight to the washroom on the balcony to wash up as soon as he entered the dormitory. Chen Yi, in her usual fashion, tossed her bag onto the desk and began to brag in front of the other two roommates.
"Guess who I saw at the project group's studio today?"
The two who were reading lifted their heads in unison and looked at Chen Yiwen.
"Who? You make it sound so mysterious." Zhang Zhou asked.
It wasn't the two roommates' fault for being suck-ups; they were constantly barraged by Chen Yi's boasting and her tendency to crack jokes.
Being involved in scientific research was just too attractive for two first-year students.
"Yu Hongwei!" Chen Yiwen said with a smirk.
"Yu Hongwei? The Yu Hongwei from Youwei Group?" Gu Zhengliang repeated, surprised.
Right at that moment, the counselor Liu Hao walked in through the open dormitory door, and, hearing Gu Zhengliang's words, he quickly inquired, "What Yu Hongwei?"
He wasn't there for a routine room check.
Today, in an effort to pacify those students who wanted to switch majors, Liu Hao was going from one dormitory room to another.
To avoid any suspicion, he had visited the women's dormitories during the day and was now at the men's dormitories in the evening.
He had just finished talking to a few students in the next room and successfully dissuaded two classmates from switching majors in their second year. Thinking since he was already here, he would stop by room 408 to chat with Qiao Ze when he overheard the three discussing a business mogul.
"Reporting to the counselor, Chen Yiwen just said he saw Youwei Group's Yu Hongwei in Qiao Ze's project group studio." Zhang Zhou reported instinctively.
"Ah? What's Yu Hongwei doing in your studio?" Liu Hao asked with surprise.
"Because Youwei Group wants to collaborate with Qiao Ze to develop the Qunzhi Framework he designed." Chen Yiwen answered casually.
Not many in the university were aware of this yet.