The subsequent day, Grasp Fried Hair walked into Outdated Lin’s classroom with a yawn and he sat down in his chair. “Water.”

Am I your maid?

“Water.”

Zhu Yun handed a bottle of water over to him. After Li Xun had some water to replenish his thoughts, he turned on his pc.

“I would like a couple of days off,” Zhu Yun mentioned.

“For what?”

“I’ve some issues to care for.”

“What issues?”

“None of your enterprise.”

Li Xun appeared her over, after which he requested, “Is it your time of month?”

“……”

Li Xun magnanimously advised her, “Okay, I’ll provide you with a payed vacation.” The dialog appeared to have gotten alongside easily.

That night, whereas Zhu Yun was finding out the Treasure venture in her room, she acquired a name from Li Xun.

Zhu Yun had found this particularity about Prime Rating Li whereas collaborating within the seminar. When he contacted individuals, he not often texted them or used chatting apps. He felt that they lowered effectivity. So, as an alternative, he would straight name anybody he wanted to get in contact with. In case you didn’t reply his name, then you might begin planning your funeral.

Zhu Yun took a sip of water to moist her throat. “Hiya?”

“Meet me,” he mentioned in a low voice.

“Proper now?” Zhu Yun appeared outdoors. “It’s late.”

“I’m at your dorm. You’ve gotten one minute.” Then, he hung up.

I’ve to alter. One minute? Are you telling me to leap down to fulfill you?

Zhu Yun thought-about for a couple of seconds whether or not to alter her garments or make the assembly time. She ended up heading downstairs in her pajamas.

Li Xun was ready on the milk tea place subsequent to her dorm.

It was already darkish out, and the dim gentle from the milk tea store was inadequate to dispel Li Xun’s low-pressure system. Zhu Yun walked over to him. She was nonetheless 5 meters away when Boss Li began speaking, “Did your mind get smushed?” (t/n: A low strain system is related to cyclones, i.e. highly effective, imposing, and so forth. I suppose.)

“……”

Can’t you converse correctly?

The yellow haired demon and the woman in pajamas have been attracting a whole lot of consideration. Zhu Yun couldn’t bear the stares from her classmates, so she whispered to Li Xun, “Go. Let’s transfer to the facet.”

Li Xun adopted her over to the bushes. There have been no lamps there, solely the moonlight. And a few hearth… Li Xun’s cigarette glowed orange within the darkness.

“Inform me what you’re pondering,” he mentioned.

The spherical moon within the sky shined silver; it was stunning. However not brilliant sufficient.

“You’re laughing?” Li Xun glared at her. Zhu Yun rapidly shook her head and placed on a severe expression.

After he’d scolded her sufficiently, he bought to the purpose. “Did Zhang Xiaobei ask you to do one thing?” Zhu Yun nodded, however earlier than she may reply, Li Xun minimize her off.

“Withdraw.”

“…I’ve alrady signed the settlement.”

“I advised you to withdraw!” He was being impatient, however she wouldn’t give in.

“I can’t.”

“You dare disobey me?”

“……” Zhu Yun paused a second, after which she mentioned, “Li Xun.”

“Mmh?”

“I believe that perhaps you’ve misunderstood one thing…”

“What have I misunderstood?”

She kindly defined to him. “You and I… We’re classmates. You’re not my boss and I’m not your subordinate.” Zhu Yun spoke calmly. “Whereas I respect you as the pinnacle of the seminar, we’ve neither made any verbal settlement nor signed any sort of labor contract. To be trustworthy, I don’t assume that you’ve enough motive—” She checked out him. “To make me hearken to you.”

Quiet.

Silence.

Extra quiet.

Continued silence.

After awhile, Li Xun hooked his palms on his waist and mentioned, “So we’re equals?”

Zhu Yun nodded.

That’s proper. We’re equals. Lengthy reside equality.

…However are you able to cease advancing.

Li Xun wore a fitted black sports activities shirt. The collar on his shirt was up, like a knife’s blade. An apprehensive feeling overcame Zhu Yun, who felt stark bare in her gentle, yellow pajamas, standing in entrance of him, unable to assault.

He walked ahead casually, however Zhu Yun discovered she may solely retreat, till she was pressed in opposition to the roadside bushes. The branches poked into her again, like a military of troopers have been urgent their weapons to her.

He lowered his head and requested once more, “We’re equals, you mentioned?”

He was so shut that he blocked out the moonlight.

Okay…

Okay, okay.

I admit that you just’re…just a bit bit…taller than me…

After admitting defeat, she cursed him silently. Individuals who used their intercourse and peak to behave superior have been just too disgraceful.

Li Xun had extra to say, however in that second, Zhu Yun noticed somebody passing by acoss the way in which. She didn’t give Li Xun the prospect to talk once more, as she speedily shouted to the passing determine, “Juliet!”

The individuals round them, “……”

Zhu Yun pushed Li Xun away and mentioned, “Look. Juliet. Your Juliet completed class.” She pointed behind him, however Li Xun appeared on at her, expressionless.

Zhu Yun didn’t know what Li Xun’s new girlfriend’s title was. The most important impression she’d made for Zhu Yun had been whereas she was working towards her traces.

However this woman was one thing. After listening to “Juliet,” she instantly knew she was being referred to as. She jogged over.

“Li Xun!”

Whereas Li Xun turned again to look, Zhu Yun slipped away from him.

“Will you assist me observe my traces some extra?” Juliet grabbed onto Li Xun’s arm and complained, “The Romeo my trainer paired me with is just too brief. I can’t categorical the sensation!”

Zhu Yun spoke up from the facet, “Um, you two ought to go observe. I’m heading again too.”

Li Xun smiled insincerely.

Juliet hugged him and mentioned, “Okay? Let’s go.”

Zhu Yun added, “Have enjoyable.”

She walked again to the milk tea place, after which she rotated.

Their backs melted into the evening, gently and flippantly.

How did the traces go?

So, excuse me. It was the darkish evening that leaked out my deepest secret. Don’t take my promise to be unashamed frivolousness.

—

The primary time that Zhu Yun visited Zhang Xiaobei’s lab, she felt like she’d entered a sweatshop.

So long as Han Jiakang and the remainder of her analysis group weren’t finishing a particular process—for instance, shopping for issues for Zhang Xiaobei, choosing up packages, and issues like that—everybody was to stay within the lab room from 8am to… a while within the night. It was a really fastened sample, extra secure than individuals at an workplace job.

The “nice venture that was favorable to 1’s future prospects” that Zhang Xiaobei spoke so extremely of was a venture for the town’s Finance Bureau, making a system reporting fastened belongings.

When Zhang Xiaobei wasn’t round, Han Jiakang secretly advised Zhu Yun that this venture was straightforward as pie. The system had already been midway developed. The engineer at Treasure who was accountable for the venture had been transferred, and nobody else needed to choose it up.

Han Jiakang contemptuously advised her, “A authorities venture like that is principally a ploy to fish for the general public’s cash. Whether or not or not it finally ends up being profitable relies on whether or not or not the venture lead has been bribed effectively.

He advised Zhu Yun, “And it’s not that the programmers over there are too busy. It’s simply that, after the primary spherical of inspection, after they pocketed the cash, the individuals at Treasure had no extra curiosity within the venture. And since Zhang Xiaobei is at all times making an attempt to cling onto Treasure, at their command, she was left to wash up their mess.

After wanting over the past programmer’s code, Zhu Yun felt that this venture wouldn’t be too dangerous. Though it wasn’t as excellent as Li Xun’s code, it was nonetheless simply comprehensible and of first rate high quality.

Wait… Zhu Yun minimize brief her personal ideas. When had his talents develop into the usual that she measured others to?

After two days, Zhu Yun completed combing by way of and understanding the earlier programmer’s code.

Zhang Xiaobei pulled a while out of her busy schedule to test on her progress. “Let’s see your progress.”

Proper now?

Earlier than Zhu Yun realized, Zhang Xiaobei had already reached over and began this system. Then, a severe expression crossed her face. “Why are there greater than ten errors and greater than thirty warnings?”

Zhu Yun was initially going to say one thing, however after recognizing Han Jiakang signaling to her, she shut her mouth.

“Your progress isn’t ok. Work sooner. Repair your errors and warnings. We’ll speak once more once you get your program working.” Then, she left just like the wind.

Within the afternoon, she had English. Earlier than class began, Zhu Yun was scribbling on a sheet of paper.

“Significantly fucking unhappy to see.”

Zhu Yun appeared up and noticed that Grasp Li had sat down beside her.

Up till then, the 2 had solely sat subsequent to one another in Outdated Lin’s class. What was the event?

Zhu Yun closed her pocket book simply because the professor entered the room.

Li Xun had zero intent on listening to the lecture. Zhu Yun may understood that. On the primary day that she walked into the venture base, she noticed a pile of thick, worn English programming books sitting on prime of his desk. And each time he had an examination for math or English, he at all times scored full factors.

Zhu Yun silently lamented at how unfair god was. On the similar time, Li Xun requested, “What’s the matter?”

“What do you imply?”

“Will you die if you happen to don’t faux to be a idiot?”

“……”

Zhu Yun pursed her lips as Li Xun whispered, “How is it?”

“It’s fantastic.”

He frowned. Zhu Yun felt that one thing was bothering him. If he weren’t in school proper now, he would most likely have pulled out a smoke by now.

“In case you’re having any issues, simply inform me.”

“There are not any issues.”

“Do you want any assist?”

“No.”

Li Xun checked out her and Zhu Yun raised a forehead. For some motive, he scoffed after which smiled as he mentioned, “Geezus…”

Looks as if you could have a lot of ideas going by way of your thoughts as effectively, Zhu Yun thought.

Zhu Yun wasn’t making an attempt to chunk off greater than she may chew. She actually didn’t want any assist with the venture as a result of she by no means had any plans on ending that freakin’ factor.

After she requested Zhang Xiaobei some questions and confirmed that she didn’t perceive a factor in regards to the venture, Zhu Yun felt like a horse working free within the grass as she joyously began coding.

Han Jiakang had advised her that Zhang Xiaobei hated laziness. When she checked on their progress, there was one specific factor she appeared out for—the extra traces you had, the happier she was. That was what she preferred. And so, with the velocity of a rocket, Zhu Yun began submitting file after file, knocking down the once-stable system with the power of a child pulling on a teat.

She coded with totally cumbersome logic and made use of essentially the most horrific template. Three days later, the system had develop into a minefield. It appeared to run correctly, nevertheless it was crammed with traps and pits. The code had no readability and no scalability.

When Zhu Yun checked out it, she needed to vomit. However Zhang Xiaobei was glad. Zhu Yun was working quick sufficient. She was writing sufficient traces. And this system functioned. It was simply excellent.

After a couple of days of perfection, catastrophe hit. In the future, when Zhu Yun arrived on the lab, she sensed that one thing wasn’t fairly proper. Everybody was bent over decrease than regular, their heads buried deeper than regular. The room was stiller than a morgue.

Han Jiakang handed by Zhu Yun and whispered, “Zhang Xiaobei was scolded by Treasure. You—” The click of excessive heels sounded from the corridor. Han Jiakang’s face paled. Earlier than he even completed talking, he returned to his spot.

Zhang Xiaobei pushed open the lab door and walked as much as Zhu Yun. She shoved a pile of supplies for some venture or one other at her. She pointed at Zhu Yun’s nostril and, in entrance of your complete room, she shrieked, “Inform me what the hell you wrote!”