As the end-of-term exams approach, students are all very nervous, taking classes much more seriously than usual, and they will also stop the teacher to ask questions if they have any that they don’t understand after class.
Fu Shen was just packing up his books when a girl with long, flowing hair walked over to him and politely asked, “Fu Shen, I don’t quite understand a question. Can I ask you about it?”
This sentence seemed familiar to Fu Shen. He raised an eyebrow in his heart and answered, “Which one?”
The girl sat down next to him and handed him a piece of scratch paper with a question written on it.
Fu Shen scanned it briefly and then explained his thoughts directly to her.
Pi Xiu and his trio were quietly observing from the side and flooding the group chat.
Pi Xiu:【She seems to be the top student in our class, right? I just glanced at her question, and it’s not that difficult.】
Li Fengyu:【Yes’ it’s not that difficult. Logically speaking, she should know how to solve it.】
Liang Chen:【Her asking for help is fake, she’s actually trying to get close to him.】
Pi Xiu:【What? What are you talking about?】
Li Fengyu: 【What A-chen’s trying to say is that she has a crush on Shen Ge.】
Pi Xiu: 【Then what’s the point of asking such a stupid question? Doesn’t it make her look stupid instead? Would Shen Ge look at a stupid girl with different eyes?】
Li Fengyu: 【If you can think of it, so can Shen Ge. This is a love strategy that’s done through using appropriate displays of weakness to evoke the other party’s pity, achieving a protective mentality towards the weak and gaining their attention. If Shen Ge accepts further development, he’ll give out a reverse signal. However, if he doesn’t accept it…】
The conversation was not over yet, when Fu Shen, who was standing by, finished explaining the problem and mercilessly said: “Classmate, there are similar examples in the book. Pay attention in class next time.”
The girl: “……”
Pi Xiu: 【Tsk, Shen Ge really can’t be merciful, even towards women.】
Li Fengyu: 【Hehehe, that depends on who the target is.】
Fu Shen: 【Heh.】
The two of them quickly put away their phones. Liang Chen walked over and supported Fu Shen as they left the classroom.
Pi Xiu muttered under his breath, “It seems like asking questions is really useless in these things, as it’ll only make you look like you don’t have enough IQ. It seems like a genius falling in love with a school scum is something that only happens in idol dramas.”
Fu Shen stiffened slightly and said in a cold voice, “Even asking questions requires skill.”
“Oh? Please, Shen Ge, teach me.” Pi Xiu said with a strange expression on his face.
Fu Shen didn’t bother with him.
The four of them left the teaching building, and Liang Chen said, “I’ll take Shen Ge back to the dormitory first. You guys go to the cafeteria for lunch—”
The last word was not finished yet when Li Fengyu exclaimed excitedly, “It’s Tang Shen!”
Liang Chen subconsciously looked at Fu Shen.
Fu Shen’s eyes looked directly at Tang Zhou, with a bright light in them, the corners of his lips were obviously rising.
“Why did you come?”
He felt that even if Tang Zhou came to pick him up, he should’ve waited in the car instead of appearing in front of his faculty building.
Tang Zhou casually said, “The professor came to me to talk about my thesis, so I came to pick you up on the way.”
He looked at Liang Chen and the others and said, “I ordered food. Let’s go together. The car is over there.”
Liang Chen shook his head firmly. “You and Shen Ge go. We’ll eat in the cafeteria.”
He guessed that Shen Ge wouldn’t welcome them three as third wheels.
Pi Xiu and Li Fengyu also refused repeatedly.
Tang Zhou had no choice but to give up.
After getting in the car, Fu Shen fastened his seatbelt and said, “Are you the graduates’ representative?”
Tang Zhou nodded. “I still need to write a speech.”
“That won’t be a problem for you.” Fu Shen didn’t doubt for a moment that Tang Zhou would drop the ball.
Tang Zhou: “Calculus problems are not a problem for you either.”
一But a straight ball did hit Fu Shen a bit confused.
He was stunned for a moment and said, “I didn’t listen carefully in a few classes.”
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Fu Shen looked at the food that clearly exceeded the amount of food the two of them would eat and was surprised, “Don’t you think you ordered too much?”
Tang Zhou: “Lu Ye and Qiao Yuan will be here later.”
As soon as the words left his mouth, Lu Ye and Qiao Yuan appeared at the door.
Lu Ye was holding a bag, while Qiao Yuan was carrying a thermos bucket.
Seeing Fu Shen sitting in the wheelchair, Qiao Yuan walked over awkwardly and handed him the thermos. “I asked my aunt to stew some soup. Would you like some?”
Fu Shen said indifferently: “Thank you.”
Lu Ye then handed over the bag. “We won the basketball game. This is the prize.”
It wasn’t a very formal competition, and there wasn’t even a trophy. The prize was a small stuffed animal that the basketball club had bought themselves. It looked very delicate.
Fu Shen didn’t quite understand why such a prize was set up, but when he saw Tang Zhou’s eyes quietly lighting up, he thought that the staff in charge of purchasing the prize had good taste.
He accepted the stuffed animal and put it on his lap to play with it.
Qiao Yuan saw that he cared more about the stuffed animal than the soup, and he asked carefully, “Fu Ge, do you like stuffed animals? If you do—”
“It’s time to eat.” Tang Zhou’s cool voice rang out.
Fu Shen lowered his head and smiled, then obediently sat down at the table.
Lu Ye took the initiative to share the soup that Qiao Yuan had brought, and after taking a sip, he praised, “Auntie’s cooking is still as good as ever.”
With his support, Qiao Yuan finally showed a smile.
During this time, he had been feeling uneasy in his heart, both worried about his mother’s emotions and feeling an inexplicable sense of guilt towards Fu Shen.
This made him always too cautious and careful when facing Fu Shen.
Tang Zhou said, “Is Aunt Sheng doing well?”
Qiao Yuan nodded honestly. “My mom was very sad before, but she’s much better now.”
“Do you have any plans to join the company during the summer vacation?”
This question seemed to be intrusive, but Tang Zhou had known Qiao Yuan for a long time and was a few years older than him, so it was not a problem to give him some advice.
“My mom told me not to stay out of these things, that she’ll handle it herself.” Qiao Yuan looked conflicted.
Lu Ye coughed, “I think the same as Tang Zhou. Auntie’s reluctance to let you take charge is out of love for you. Joining the company is also a way to share Auntie’s burden. Qiao… Qiao will always be wary of Auntie, but won’t be wary of you for the time being.”
Anyone can see that Qiao Yuan does not have the talent nor the ambition to manage a company.
Qiao Cheng’an won’t take Qiao Yuan seriously, so he won’t care whether Qiao Yuan joins the company or not.
On the other hand, if Sheng Ling wants to re-insert herself in the company’s affairs again, it will definitely arouse Qiao Cheng’an’s vigilance.
Thinking of his mother’s anxiety these days, Qiao Yuan made up his mind: “Okay, I’ll tell my mother that I want to go to the company for an internship during the summer vacation. Zhou Ge, if there’s anything I don’t understand, can I ask you?”
“You can ask me!” Lu Ye hurriedly volunteered.
After all, he had been trained as an heir for so many years, so he still had some knowledge about managing a company.
Qiao Yuan was about to nod when Tang Zhou said, “You can learn from Aunt Sheng.”
Sheng Ling’s experience is much more extensive than Lu Ye’s, and she understands the Sheng family’s businesses much more thoroughly. If she could secretly teach Qiao Yuan, it’d be much better than leaving Qiao Yuan wandering aimlessly.
“But my mom, she doesn’t want me…”
Tang Zhou: “Have you clearly expressed your desire to join the company for training?”
Qiao Yuan: “No.”
“Go back and have a serious conversation with Aunt Sheng; she won’t refuse.”
In the Sheng family, with Qiao Yuan being the only heir, if he expresses a desire for the family business, the Sheng family naturally will only do their best to support him.
Over these many years, Qiao Yuan’s temperament has been too soft, and he hasn’t shown the slightest intention of inheriting the company. The Sheng family dotes on him and thinks it’s fine if he just lives a happy life, so they haven’t pressured him.
Thinking of Qiao Yuan after returning to China in his dreams, Tang Zhou felt that people are not immutable, and that if one cannot change, it only shows that one’s determination isn’t strong enough.
Qiao Yuan seemed to have suddenly found his goal, nodding his head and saying, “Okay.”
Lu Ye felt both distressed and relieved, patting him on the head. “Don’t worry, your Zhou Ge and I won’t leave you alone.”
Hearing this, Tang Zhou subconsciously looked at Fu Shen, coincidentally, Fu Shen was looking at him too.
Their eyes met, and Fu Shen spoke first, “What’s the matter?”
Tang Zhou lowered his eyes, “Nothing.”
He was just thinking that Lu Ye was genuinely confident. If things really unfolded as in the dream, neither he nor Lu Ye could stand up to Fu Shen. Of course, Tang Zhen was dragging him down, the Lu family was dragging Lu Ye down; both of them were under constraints, which was also one of the reasons they couldn’t succeed in challenging Fu Shen.
After dinner, Lu Ye bid farewell with Qiao Yuan, who was full of fighting spirit.
Once the two of them left, Fu Shen casually picked up the small stuffed animal and handed it to Tang Zhou.
Tang Zhou raised an eyebrow, “What does this mean?”
Fu Shen looked sincerely at him, “My room doesn’t have space. Senior, could you keep it for me temporarily?”
He looked up at him with his handsome face, his eyes showing no traces of acting. If Tang Zhou hadn’t known that he was making an excuse, he probably might have ended up deceived by him.
“The plushie is very small, just stuff it in.” He refused deliberately, wanting to see what else Fu Shen could say.
Fu Shen smiled, his amber eyes reflecting Tang Zhou’s reluctant refusal, as if his heart and eyes could only be filled with the person in front of him.
“A person will be lonely, can we let it find a little companion?”
Tang Zhou couldn’t help but laugh. “I’ll accept it reluctantly.”
He took the soft plushie and went to his bedroom, placing it side by side with the little whale and the big brown bear.
The three dolls were very different in size and material, but they looked surprisingly harmonious when placed together.
Maybe it was because they were all related to the same person.
Tang Zhou gently closed the closet door and returned to the living room.
In the living room, Fu Shen was already sitting at the table, holding a few pages of draft paper in his hand. Under Tang Zhou’s meaningful gaze, he said without batting an eyelid, “Senior, are you free now?”
Tang Zhou pulled up a chair and sat down next to him. “Which ones don’t you understand?”
Fu Shen pulled out a piece of paper with a handwritten problem on it.
Tang Zhou took a glance at it and thought: Isn’t this so simple?
He felt that Fu Shen was teasing him, but when he met Fu Shen’s eager eyes, he gritted his teeth and bravely wrote down the formula, finally getting the answer of 522.. “Isn’t this a junior high school question?” Tang Zhou looked at him with an expression that said: ‘Are you insulting my intelligence?’
Fu Shen smiled. “It’s not difficult, but the number 522 is a little special.”
The light shone on his eyebrows and eyes, adding a touch of gentleness.
Tang Zhou: “Oh?”
He only knew that 520. was a bit special.
Fu Shen stared at Tang Zhou, his eyes as dark as ink.
“It’s the hexadecimal equivalent of 1314.”
Tang Zhou froze.
The living room was silent, and the only sound was his heart pounding in his ears. He was suddenly speechless, as if he had been burned by Fu Shen’s gaze. He turned his head away.
Only after a long time did he come back to his senses and said in a bad mood, “If you can’t even answer such a simple question, you should listen more carefully to lessons in the future.”
Fu Shen smiled even more. “uh-huh, I understand.”
He was gradually testing Tang Zhou’s limits bit by bit, and in the process, he was pleasantly surprised to find that Tang Zhou wasn’t daverse to it.
But he still didn’t dare to determine if Tang Zhou really didn’t dislike him, or if it was because he pitied and tolerated him.
The ambiguous atmosphere made Tang Zhou feel a little uncomfortable, so he tried to change the subject. “Fu Shen, if the project goes smoothly, how long do you estimate it will take to complete?”
Fu Shen was decisive, “Within a year.”
Tang Zhou secretly sighed. This would be two or three years ahead of schedule in the dream world.
In the dream world, after Deep Blue’s strong rise, Fu Shen began his revenge plan.
Tang Zhou couldn’t help but ask, “What are your plans after the success of the project?”
Fu Shen thought for a moment and replied, “I’ll start the next project.”
“And?”
“And…” Fu Shen’s expression was solemn. “I have to do something very important.”
Tang Zhou nodded seriously. “I’ll help you.”
If the Sheng family is still unable to deal with Qiao Cheng’an, he’ll help Fu Shen.
A moment of confusion flashed in Fu Shen’s eyes. After carefully examining Tang Zhou’s expression, he was certain that Tang Zhou must have gotten the wrong idea.
“How?” he asked tentatively.
Tang Zhou didn’t hesitate for a moment. “Whatever you need.”
Fu Shen’s heart was struck, thinking to himself: How can he be so sweet?
He was afraid that if he continued, he wouldn’t be able to stop himself from taking a bite, so he said, “That’s all for tonight, senior. I’ll go back to my room first.”
“Okay.”
After entering his room, Fu Shen’s mind was full of Tang Zhou’s expression and words from earlier. He couldn’t even concentrate on reading his book.
As he thought about it, he couldn’t help but smile.
The sound of a message prompt woke him up. Fu Shen casually picked up his phone.
Tang Zhou: 【It’s nighttime. Call me when you go take a shower.】
Fu Shen: 【I can do it myself.】
After replying, he quickly changed his nickname.
Sweet Congee: 【Oh.】
He changed it to this name because this was the nickname Tang Zhou used online to find Mi Shu to investigate him.
He thought it suited him well.
Fu Shen: 【However, I do have a favor I need your help with.】
Sweet Congee: 【Say it.】
Fu Shen: 【You know that to develop a game, you need to understand the players’ preferences. Liang Chen and I are all veteran players of Xiayuan, and our experience of playing Xiayuan can no longer be done objectively. This is causing us to hit a bottleneck in the development of the new game.】
Sweet Congee: 【So?】
Fu Shen: 【Can you help me experience the game as a new player and then talk about your impressions?】
That wasn’t true, but he was perfectly capable of finding someone else. The reason why he wanted Tang Zhou to experience it was because he wanted Tang Zhou to feel the joy of the game.
He remembered that Tang Zhou had a lot of fun playing it that one time in the dorm. Unfortunately, Tang Zhou did not take the initiative to experience it after that, but continued to be busy with his work.
He didn’t want Tang Zhou to be confined in his busy work, so much that he didn’t even have a little space for entertainment.
Sweet Congee: 【But I won’t.】
Fu Shen smiled and walked confidently to Tang Zhou’s bedroom door and knocked.
The sound of slippers hitting the ground rang out, and the door opened, revealing that handsome face.
“How?”
Fu Shen looked up at him and said, “I’ll teach you.”
[Chasing Strategy 2: Selling foolishness appropriately can certainly evoke the other person’s pity, but moderation is key. To truly win the favor of the other person, you must showcase your muscles, radiate your brilliance, and make them genuinely admire you in your professional field.]
He has already asked Tang Zhou for help with a problem. Next, of course, he must make the other person happy in his own field of expertise.
Fun
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What a flirt!
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