Chapter 210: Two Choices, I’ll Come Back
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“At this hour and you’re still not going back to school? I heard the ultimate assessment is coming up soon, you don’t look like someone aiming for the national team.” Niu Chunhua toyed with her pen, sitting on the sofa, casually speaking.
Jiang Fuyue smirked, “No rush, just wait a bit longer.”
“Tsk, it’s almost eleven, and in an hour it’ll be the next day.”
“So what?”
She could wait.
“….”
At this moment, Niu Rui pushed the door open.
Under the gaze of the two women, he cleared his throat, “Someone’s here to see you.”
Niu Chunhua raised an eyebrow, “Who?”
But Jiang Fuyue smiled calmly and peacefully, as if she had already guessed.
Niu Rui: “Jiang Ke”
Niu Chunhua: “….”
Jiang Fuyue: “Let him in.”
…
Following Niu Rui upstairs, compared to the hustle and bustle of the hall, this place seemed like a different world.
Jiang Ke walked steadily, without looking sideways.
“Go in.” Niu Rui pushed the door open for him, but stayed outside himself.
Jiang Fuyue sat behind the desk, her hands clasped on the tabletop, a hint of a smile on her lips.
She asked, “You’re looking for me?”
Jiang Ke nodded, “Yeah, I’m looking for you.”
“Is something the matter?”
He smirked, blaming her for asking knowingly, her genius reaction and insight were naturally extraordinary.
“Did you do it on purpose?” he asked sternly.
Jiang Fuyue’s smile remained unchanged as she nodded, “Yeah.”
Jiang Ke: “?” She might be playing games with me.
“I have to hear it from your own mouth to feel reassured. What if I guessed wrong? Wouldn’t it be presumptuous of me?”
Jiang Ke’s expression softened slightly, murmuring quietly, “You women are trouble…”
But the next moment, “Alright, I’ll say it once. Pay attention.”
Jiang Fuyue raised an eyebrow, waiting patiently for what he had to say.
“Cough! Didn’t you say I could be at your service? Well, I thought about it seriously, and I agreed.”
She leaned forward eagerly, “Really?”
In that moment, the girl’s bright eyes and raised brows were so charming, shining like the summer sun.
“I agree. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have agreed; since I agreed, I will definitely follow through.”
Jiang Fuyue: “Don’t you want to ask what I’m asking you to do?”
Jiang Ke: “It’s not too late to ask now. What do you want me to do?”
“What can you do?”
“As long as I’m willing to learn, I can do anything.”
Very well, confidence from a genius.
“Aren’t you afraid I’ll waste your talents and have you selling vegetables to feed pigs?”
Jiang Ke chuckled, “Even if I were selling vegetables to feed pigs, I’d sell more and fatten them up better than anyone else.”
Pff— Niu Chunhua almost burst out laughing.
Jiang Fuyue twitched her lips.
“Don’t worry, you’re not fit for selling vegetables or feeding pigs, just joking.”
Jiang Ke frowned, “Have you ever seen me selling vegetables or feeding pigs? If you haven’t seen it, how do you know I’m not fit for it?”
“?”
“Drawing conclusions without factual basis is neither rigorous nor scientific.”
Jiang Fuyue: “?”
Hello? Was she just scolded?
Really?
Niu Chunhua remained composed on the surface, but internally: Hahaha…
“Two choices,” Jiang Fuyue stopped laughing suddenly, becoming serious, “Do you want to continue studying, or do you want to go out and explore?”
Jiang Ke pondered for a moment, “Campus is no longer suitable for me.”
No self-pity, no regrets, just stating the facts plainly.
Although he was only twenty, about the same age as ordinary students who finished high school and went to college, after those four years, his mindset and thoughts had advanced far beyond those of his peers.
Even if he picked up his books again, it would be difficult to integrate into the collective.
“…Besides, my face is a trouble.”
Niu Chunhua suddenly spoke up, “You can undergo cosmetic repair. Although it can’t completely restore your original appearance, it will be much better than it is now. I know some doctors I can introduce you to.”
Only then did Jiang Ke turn his head to look at the woman sitting on the sofa beside him, in a pink cheongsam with a high slit, the pearl necklace complementing her rosy complexion, making it impossible to tell her true age.
“Thank you, but no need.”
“Don’t you want to make yourself look more…?” Niu Chunhua paused for a moment, struggling for words.
Jiang Ke added, “More normal?”
“Ah… something like that.”
He shook his head, “I don’t care about appearances.”
“But others will care.”
“What I can do is make others’ concern or lack thereof merely a matter of subjective preference, which doesn’t affect objective decision-making.”
Niu Chunhua took a moment to understand what he meant.
In simple terms, it meant, “I’m ugly and that’s that. If you don’t like it, tough luck.”
It sounded satisfying, but actually achieving it would inevitably mean that the meaning represented by the name “Jiang Ke” would transcend his own self and signify something more enticing.
Such as, benefits.
Such as, power.
Only then would the other party overlook beauty or ugliness, suppress their own likes or dislikes, and strive to please.
Niu Chunhua suddenly felt that this kid was a bit sinister.
And a bit arrogant.
But…
“Since you don’t care about appearance, why did you say your face was trouble just now?”
“I’m just telling the truth. With my appearance, I wander around the school every day, scaring teachers and classmates with ghost stories at best, and frightening them unconscious at worst. Although I don’t care, if anything happens, I’ll be responsible. That’s one thing.”
“Furthermore, the campus environment is too simple, there’s no clear sense of hierarchy among students. In this situation, visible appearance becomes the criterion for judging a person’s merits and faults, which is too naive and superficial.”
The real competition only takes place on the cruel stage of life, and the criterion for judging a person is no longer appearance but other more important and realistic indicators.
Such as, wealth and status, ability and eloquence, personality and thinking, and how one conducts oneself in society.
“I’m well aware of my strengths. Why waste time going back to school?”
Niu Chunhua pursed her lips, realizing she couldn’t argue with this little brat.
So she stopped trying to argue and remained silent.
Jiang Fuyue nodded in agreement, “Actually, I don’t recommend you go back to school either.”
“So what should I do next?” How to venture into society?
In fact, he had many ideas and was eager to speak up.
As long as the other party was willing, they would definitely be able to help him financially—Jiang Ke just had this intuition for some reason.
Unfortunately, Jiang Fuyue didn’t give him the chance to speak.
She took out a plane ticket and a business card from the drawer, placing them side by side and pushing them toward him with one hand.
Jiang Ke: “?”
“Here’s a ticket for a direct flight to Linhuai in two days. After you arrive, contact the person named Liu Jinzhong on the business card. He will take you to report to Camp A.”
“Camp A?” What’s that?
“You’ll find out when you get there.”
This time, Jiang Ke remained silent for a long time. When he looked up again, his eyes became calm.
“What do I need to do after reporting?”
“You’re very talented in computer science, but your knowledge structure is still stuck five years ago and hasn’t been updated in time…”
Jiang Ke frowned, interrupting her, “When I was in the youth class, I finished undergraduate courses ahead of time and even read all the relevant papers in the field.”
Jiang Fuyue asked, “How much do you remember now?”
“Ninety-five percent.”
“Good, then let me ask you, what is the SGD source code? What are the common expressions of the POK algorithm in the field of supercomputer research?”
SGD source code?
POK algorithm?
“What’s this?”
Jiang Ke furrowed his brows, then furrowed them even tighter.
Niu Chunhua couldn’t bear to watch anymore and reminded him, “If you furrow any tighter, you’ll squeeze the mosquito to death.”
Only then did he realize and looked at Jiang Fuyue, shaking his head, “I don’t know.”
“These two concepts were proposed three years ago. Even if you remember every paper you’ve read in the past one hundred percent, you still can’t answer my question.”
“Technology is advancing, society is progressing, and you,” she emphasized each word, unafraid to strike a blow, “have fallen too far behind.”
Jiang Ke shuddered all over. “…Fine, I’ll go!”
Jiang Fuyue smirked, “That’s the spirit.” She tapped her finger lightly on the table. Under the light, her composed and radiant beauty evoked thoughts of the word “powerful.”
Yes, only powerful people can be so confident and composed, effortlessly handling everything.
“At Camp A, there are world-class algorithm enthusiasts, undefeated empire hackers, supercomputer developers, artificial intelligence developers… Trust me, you’ll learn a lot from them.”
“Okay.”
Jiang Ke grabbed the plane ticket and business card and stuffed them into his pocket.
The next moment, he suddenly looked up at the girl across from him. “I don’t know your name yet.”
“Jiang Fuyue.”
“You gave me a plane ticket, so I’ll give you a little gift too.”
She raised an eyebrow.
“No rush, I’m not ready yet. You’ll know when I give it to you.”
He was starting to learn how to keep someone in suspense from her.
He really was petty and held grudges…
“I’m leaving, Jiang Fuyue, but I’ll be back. By then, all those algorithm enthusiasts and empire hackers can retire.”
With that, he strode away, his figure disappearing into the wind.
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