“Wanshi, go chat with Director Zhao for a bit.”
“Your Uncle Zhao and I have some things to discuss.”
Nong Wanshi obediently nodded to Grandpa Zhao, then turned and went outside to catch some fresh air.
The person at the school gate just now was Xu Xintong, right?
What was wrong with her? She looked so lost.
Was it because of the agreement?
Nong Wanshi had no idea why she suddenly thought of the incident at the school gate earlier.
“What are you thinking about?”
Suddenly interrupted, Nong Wanshi turned around, confused.
She bumped into a grinning Zhao Yue, who was holding two glasses of drink.
“Have a drink.”
“No thanks.”
A brief exchange, and he could tell that Nong Wanshi wasn’t very interested in entertaining him right now.
However, he had to talk to her.
“Uncle Nong should have already told you, right?”
“About the two of us.”
As Zhao Yue spoke, he also released a bit of pheromone, trying to test the other’s reaction.
“Mm, I’ll do as he said.”
Her tone was flat, making the matter seem completely unrelated to her.
Zhao Yue was somewhat surprised and unconsciously released a bit more pheromone.
“You.”
“Please respect yourself!”
Nong Wanshi didn’t know why this person suddenly released pheromones, but she wouldn’t let him run wild.
She turned to leave right after speaking.
“Please wait.”
The scent of the pheromones faded; he didn’t release any more.
“I’m sorry.”
“It seems your rank is still so high, but why does it feel like your pheromone sensitivity symptoms?”
“At first, I released enough pheromones to trigger your sensitivity, why didn’t you react until I unconsciously increased them later?”
“How can that be.”
Watching Zhao Yue talk to himself, she didn’t want to stay any longer.
“You, are you.”
Zhao Yue looked up, only to find that she had already gotten into a car and left.
“Not even a goodbye.”
He knew he was in the wrong and shouldn’t have acted impulsively toward her.
He had come today intending to talk about the plan properly. What a pity.
He hadn’t even had the chance to bring it up.
Nong Wanshi thought of what Zhao Yue had just said, combined with what Uncle Bai had told her about her current physical condition.
It seemed Xu Xintong really had helped her a lot.
The moment she looked up information on Xu Xintong, she had been shocked by the pheromone match rate between the two of them.
No one had ever matched her pheromones by even seventy percent, yet Xu Xintong actually hit ninety percent.
Of course, their extremely high match rate could not only improve her pheromone sensitivity symptoms, but Xu Xintong’s Alpha rank would also certainly increase significantly.
Only, she couldn’t figure it out.
Why could that girl help her? Their level difference was clearly huge, and no breakthrough had been found after years of treatment.
Could it really just be a coincidence?
“Ahhh! This is so hard! Why are questions from so many years ago still this difficult?”
“Teacher Diudiu, I understood everything you taught.”
“But why, as soon as I pick up a pen, I get it wrong?”
Biology was a lifelong hurdle for Xu Xintong.
Her math, physics, and chemistry were all pretty good, but biology alone, with those complex ABO systems, completely blew her mind.
There were still too many differences between the physiological courses of Alphas and Omegas, causing Xu Xintong to essentially start learning from scratch.
Her brain capacity was already insufficient, and now she had to make space for brand-new knowledge.
“If only Nong Wanshi were here.”
In her past life, no matter how much she zoned out in class or how inattentive she was, Nong Wanshi would always tutor her and teach her until she knew how to solve the problems.
Nong Wanshi had the potential of an exceptional teacher.
As Xu Xintong thought this, she was interrupted by Diudiu.
“Yi Bao, I can teach you just as well without Nong Wanshi’s help!”
“I am the Source Universe’s newest system, after all!”
“I don’t need the help of an ordinary human girl at all.”
Diudiu refused to be looked down upon; the functions it was programmed with could not be buried.
It spoke in a proud tone, unfortunately used on teaching Xu Xintong.
“Diudiu, you’re so fickle. Before its functions were unlocked, you kept telling me to spend more time with her.”
“Yi Bao, when did I ever say that? I never said such a thing.”
Seeing that Diudiu seemed even more clueless than her, Xu Xintong felt puzzled.
“Just earlier, you went into sleep mode right after saying it.”
Diudiu had no memory of this whatsoever.
“Sigh, whatever, whatever. I need to keep working hard.”
“I still have to write a business plan later.”
After a brief rest, Xu Xintong refueled with boundless energy and immediately buried herself back in her work.
The awakened soul of a corporate drone emerged, and packed with comprehensive content, the task was finally completed.
After revising the business plan across several versions, the technical solution was finally finalized.
Xu Xintong felt like a harsh investor, unsatisfied with her own labor no matter how she looked at it.
“Diudiu, help me improve these two documents. I honestly can’t find anything else to fix.”
Some things looked fine to her after staring at them for too long, but a fresh perspective helps, especially with a capable assistant like Diudiu.
Soon, Diudiu presented two brand-new reports.
Sure enough, deleting and revising certain parts made a world of difference.
The next step was to launch it onto the market.
While developing her research outcomes, she submitted these two proposals to major companies.
To see which company would favor them.
Xu Xintong knew her single, meager strength couldn’t shake the status of the top hundred corporations, so she needed to produce tangible results to convince them.
Once immersed in work, Xu Xintong became relentlessly and obsessively absorbed.
In less than three days, she used even less time than in her past life.
This time, with Diudiu as her new assistant, she didn’t have to run around to various small and medium-sized enterprises to conduct on-site research on their document management pain points, allowing her to grasp market demands much faster and more clearly.
This wasn’t an idealistic attempt, but a battle for survival.
No carelessness was allowed; a single data point or a single sentence could not afford errors.
Looking at the dense code on the computer and the dynamic, demonstrable product model.
The core algorithm that once required two weeks to complete, and which her company was still debugging after a month, ultimately had to be whittled down to simplified features amidst the hustle and bustle.
However, the simplified version completely lost its core competitiveness.
This time, she managed to design the highest-version product model without any errors in the core algorithm, and Xu Xintong felt a great deal more at ease.
Only, her current funds were still not enough.
Even if she barely used some secondhand servers to demonstrate the product, the performance would be unstable, and errors would inevitably occur.
What should she do?
“Ding.”
A message notification came in.
Xu Xintong picked up her phone and saw a message that changed everything.
“Our company is very interested in your business concept. Would you be available to chat?”
Xu Xintong arrived at the agreed-upon location, a café.
Actually, she was a bit nervous. Why would a listed company invite her to a café instead of their corporate office?
She didn’t get it, must be the hobby of rich people.
Xu Xintong didn’t think too much about it.
Clack, clack, clack.
The crisp, pleasant sound of high heels striking the floor.
Taking a seat, a woman of extraordinary bearing entered, dressed in a sharp business suit, radiating the aura of a top-tier elite.
“Hello, I am the project general manager of Zhezhi Company.”
“First time meeting, I am Ning He.”
“Hello, hello!”
“My name is Xu Xintong. I’ve long admired your reputation.”
Wait, the name Ning He!
She remembered it now; this was the boss of one of the top five companies in the world!
However, given the current timeline, she wasn’t that powerful yet.
She was still just trailing at the bottom of the top hundred listed companies.
Through a fortuitous coincidence, Ning He would seize a business opportunity, forging her company into an impregnable fortress that never fell from its top five pedestal.
Goodness! This couldn’t even be described as shocking anymore.
Xu Xintong suppressed her inner emotions, deciding it was best to have a proper conversation about work with the other party.
After all, who wouldn’t want to secure a brilliant, forward-looking investor?
Feeling slightly nervous as she looked at the calm face before her, Xu Xintong nevertheless began presenting her product vividly, perfectly demonstrating the algorithms and models using her computer.
The woman sat upright in her chair, her fingertips resting lightly against the rim of the bone china teacup, neither rushing to sip nor appearing overly reserved.
Sunlight slanted through the window, falling across her profile and outlining a soft silhouette.
She merely lowered her gaze slightly, a subtle, elusive smile playing on her lips, as if the worldly hustle and bustle could not touch her eyes.
“Very good. A truly wonderful concept.”
“We can cooperate.”
“Ah!?”
So straightforward?
Xu Xintong was caught somewhat off guard. Did she just hit the jackpot?
“My assistant will send you the contract tomorrow.”
“After that, you will officially join our company.”
“Um.”
“Please wait a moment.”
“Let’s wait until the college entrance exams are over.”
Ning He realized the other party was still a high school student, and the appreciation in her eyes grew even stronger.
“Okay.”
“Then, I wish you success in the exams.”
A smile curved Ning He’s lips. She had unearthed another treasure this time.
Xu Xintong felt like she was dreaming the entire way home, never expecting her entrepreneurial journey to go this smoothly.
She patted herself, still feeling like she was in a dream.
“Yi Bao, be full of confidence.”
“The business plan and technical strategy you wrote are both flawless, and the product model is outstanding.”
“It can be successfully launched on the market.”
Diudiu didn’t offer comforting platitudes; it spoke strictly from truth.
Although it hadn’t interacted with other hosts, it felt that its host was simply the best, the most formidable and brilliant human being it had ever witnessed.
“Thank you, Diudiu.”
Thinking about how her hard work over the past week hadn’t been in vain, and spared the mockery and contempt of company superiors she faced in her past life.
She was very happy; her hard work had paid off, a true blessing.
Xu Xintong didn’t let herself get carried away either, as the college entrance exams were looming close.
The tense atmosphere drove her forward; even though she had already experienced the exams once, the slackness of her past life needed to be redeemed in this one.
Studying day and night, immersing herself in an ocean of knowledge, was a joy Xu Xintong had never experienced in her previous life.
“Wanshi, are you certain you want to take the college entrance exams?”
“You don’t have to.”
“Mm.”
Fine.
Nong Yufeng gazed blankly at the girl; she had already grown up this much.
“Then go abroad first.”
“Your mother is there.”
“Come back to take the exams when the time comes.”
After saying this, the man before her turned to gaze out the window of his own accord.
She understood and left.
The college entrance exams will be our last time meeting.
Nong Wanshi blankly looked at the rustling maple leaves outside the window; everything was passing by so quickly.
Soon enough, time slipped away in a flash, and another summer arrived.
The June sunlight baked the concrete ground outside the school gates, heat waves shimmering in the air.
The atmosphere was a mixture of sweat, sunscreen, and the scent of street food pancakes.
Warning tape had been strung up outside the school gates, and security guards and police paced back and forth, occasionally shouting to the crowd, “Parents, please don’t crowd! Keep your distance!”
Parents blocked the school gates like a tide, mentally cheering on their children and hoping to pass on good luck to the kids inside.
The bell rang abruptly, and the school gates slowly closed.
In an instant, the noisy crowd seemed as though someone had hit the pause button, everyone holding their breath with their gazes fixed squarely on the teaching building.
You can do it! Believe in yourself, you’ll do great!
Xu Xintong silently cheered herself on in her heart.
“Good luck, Xu Xintong.”
A breeze drifted past, carrying a refreshing scent of pine.
Xu Xintong froze in place. It was her.
Nong Wanshi walked past her naturally, pausing for just a single moment to utter those words.
At that moment, Chen Linming also walked over and patted Xu Xintong on the shoulder.
“Let’s go, time for the exams.”
“Are you nervous, Yi Bao?”
Suddenly pulled back into banter, Xu Xintong snapped out of her daze.
The days of the college entrance exams passed smoothly, and all the high school seniors were finally “liberated” as desired.
Tears welled up in the eyes of many students as they prepared to leave the place that had accompanied them for three years.
There was emotion, reluctance, and lingering attachment, but even more so, anticipation for their future lives.
Everyone was beginning to plan their futures, and every parting now was meant for a better reunion down the road.