Chapter 37
Hearing Gu Ran's words, Li Sinan chuckled softly. She blinked playfully and said, "Hmm... if it's an unreasonable request, then you'd better not say it."
Gu Ran: "..."
"Ms. Li, you wouldn't want to see your student sad and heartbroken, would you?"
"Hahaha... I'm just kidding. Tell me, what do you need from me?"
Seeing his deflated expression, Li Sinan laughed even harder, actually letting out a goose-like cackle.
But she didn't tease him for too long. After a few laughs, she grew serious.
Gu Ran touched his nose rather shyly. "Well, Ms. Li, could you help me run a program?"
It was an industry consensus: when you had just written a program and couldn't find the bug after running it several times, you should get someone else to run it. Breaking the fixed mindset made it much easier to spot the issue.
"A program?"
Hearing the word, Li Sinan was a bit bewildered, not quite grasping Gu Ran's meaning for a moment.
"It's just... I recently wrote a piece of software. I've tested it myself a few times and noticed it has a certain chance of crashing, but I can't figure out the problem. Could you help me out, Ms. Li?"
Gu Ran felt quite embarrassed saying this, because it was purely time-consuming grunt work.
If he spent a little more time on it himself, he could definitely find the problem.
But time was tight and his workload was heavy. Not only did he have to study, but he also had to continue development. So, he was too lazy to do the tedious job of hunting down minor bugs.
After processing this for a moment, Li Sinan finally understood what the tall boy in front of her was asking for. She was immediately astonished.
"You can already develop software on your own?!"
"Uh... it's just a little game I made in my free time..."
Faced with Li Sinan's shock, Gu Ran acted very modestly.
But hearing that it was a game, Li Sinan's interest was piqued even further. She nodded in pleasant surprise, "Sure thing. Let me admire my student's masterpiece."
Sensing that she might have misunderstood something, Gu Ran felt slightly awkward. He secretly suspected that the game she was imagining was a fully formed product, complete with art and music assets, ready to play upon opening.
He wondered how she would feel when she saw that his game was just a stick figure running mindlessly forward in a blank box, with absolutely no sound...
However, he didn't dare mention it, afraid that clarifying the situation would scare off this free labor.
He hurriedly took a USB flash drive out of his pocket and, wearing a reserved smile, handed it over.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Ms. Li. Please help me find where the bugs are."
Seeing the USB drive in his hand, Li Sinan's eyelid twitched. She truly hadn't expected Gu Ran to give her the game right then and there.
Had this guy come prepared all along to put her to work?
What kind of normal student carries a USB drive to school with their own homemade game copied onto it?
Gu Ran naturally had his own answer to this. As a veteran programmer, backing up every line of code you wrote was essential, because you never knew where your next overtime location would be.
And in this era, cloud storage wasn't very user-friendly yet, and the risk of leaks was high. Thus, the value of a USB drive became apparent.
Writing code without backing it up gave him the insecure feeling of streaking naked.
"Alright then, I'll try it when I get home. But let's get one thing straight, I can't guarantee I'll be able to find it."
Looking at Gu Ran's sincere eyes, Li Sinan smiled and reached out to take the flash drive.
"No worries at all. I'm just incredibly grateful that you're willing to help, Ms. Li."
Seeing her accept the USB drive, Gu Ran's smile grew even brighter. He quickly stepped forward, took the stack of exam papers from her hands, and without leaving room for argument, helped her carry them back to the office.
Grading papers at home with nothing else to do?
Well, not anymore, because now she had something to do!
As they walked, he kept chattering away, "Life is meant to be enjoyed! Ms. Li, I have to criticize you on this point. How can you work overtime during your resting hours?"
Placing the stack of papers back onto her desk, he continued to persuade her, "Work is work, and personal time is personal time. You absolutely cannot mix the two!
Sacrificing your rest time to work comes at the cost of lowered efficiency and diminished passion for your job. Plus, it severely impacts your happiness index."
Li Sinan followed behind him with a half-smile, silently crossing her arms and quietly watching him put on his little performance.
"Stop looking at me. Go on, hurry up and go home. Play some games, relax your mind, isn't that great!"
Turning his head and seeing her leaning against the doorframe, Gu Ran quickly went over and ushered her out of the office.
Go home and play games?
Which game? The one on the USB drive he had just shoved into her hands?
Li Sinan's smile widened. She truly couldn't fathom how this guy managed to say such shameless things without even blushing or skipping a beat.
"Alright, alright, I'm leaving. You don't need to rush me."
She smiled helplessly. Being bossed around to do chores by her own student didn't annoy her; instead, she found it rather amusing.
"Okay, goodbye Ms. Li!"
Gu Ran quickly and obediently waved goodbye. Li Sinan, who was about to head downstairs, looked slightly surprised.
"Aren't you going home, Gu Ran?"
"Ah, I'm going to find a classmate in a bit. We agreed to head home together."
Gu Ran smiled shyly and answered softly.
Hearing this answer, Li Sinan suddenly recalled seeing him walking with a girl earlier. It seemed to be... the top student in their grade, Ye Zhenzhen?
How nice. Ah, youth!
Looking him up and down, a strange smile appeared on Li Sinan's face.
Although she felt that Gu Ran's intentions might not be entirely pure, she was an open-minded teacher and wouldn't forcefully interfere.
However, since the girl in question was Ye Zhenzhen, she couldn't help but add one extra piece of nagging, "You still need to focus more of your mind on your studies, Gu Ran."
Thinking she was talking about him making games, Gu Ran obediently nodded again and again. "Don't worry, Ms. Li. I definitely won't let it interfere with my studies."
Li Sinan: "..."
Won't let it interfere with his studies?
Meaning he was going to continue doing it?
She shook her head and decided not to meddle any further.
After all, she had been that age once too, and she understood the meaning behind the phrase, "You are the joy of my youth."
Bidding Li Sinan farewell with a face full of smiles, Gu Ran turned around to head upstairs, only to unexpectedly spot Ye Jinliang still waiting for him in the hallway.
Lately, the chubby boy had managed to completely ignore Gu Ran's overflowing luck with women.
Standing by the window, staring at the sky with his arms crossed, he had listened to the cheerful laughter just now, silently blocking out his senses and reciting vocabulary words in his head.
When Gu Ran approached, he turned his head and asked, "We have the afternoon off today. Do you have any plans for tonight?"
Hearing this, Gu Ran thought for a moment before replying, "I'll probably go watch the fireworks. I heard there's a New Year's Eve fireworks show at the plaza tonight."
A fireworks show?
Ye Jinliang frowned. The answer he got didn't quite match what he had in mind.
On such a great day, why wouldn't they go to the internet cafe?
His prized in-game weapon, a cannon he'd had for half a year, had been gathering dust in his inventory for over a week.
Seeing his confusion, Gu Ran offered an explanation.
"I'm planning to take Ye Zhenzhen to see it. That girl is going crazy from studying every single day. It's the perfect opportunity to take her out to clear her head."
Ye Jinliang: "..."
His chubby face instantly froze as if struck by lightning.
He suddenly felt that he shouldn't have even asked. Now, he didn't even have the mood to go to the internet cafe anymore.
He silently turned around and went back to staring out the window, repeatedly telling himself that he wasn't jealous.
Women were nothing but beautiful distractions anyway; they would only ruin his reaction speed when holding the angle at A-Long...
After trying to brainwash himself for a good while, he still couldn't help but put on a crying panda meme face.
Seriously, damn that guy!!!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
villain is the number one simp for the book's leading female protagonist, Shen Wan'er. As expected, he later becomes a tool for the main character to show off and slap faces, ultimately meeting a tragic end with his family ruined and his life in shambles. Fortunately, he awakens the [Universal Pure Love System], which allows him to earn points by performing acts of pure love. To change his fate, Gu Yan makes a decisive choice to seek warmth and companionship with the book's biggest villain—Cold Qingqiu. ........... My name is Leng Qingqiu. To find the murderer who killed my parents years ago, I deliberately blinded myself so that everyone would lower their guard around me. Just as I was secretly accumulating power and capital according to my initial plan, a man walked into my world. "Lengleng, Qingqing, Qiuqiu, which nickname do you prefer?" I don't like any of them. You'd better leave quickly! "Why aren't you saying anything? How about I call you my baby wife?" Leng Qingqiu thinks to herself, this man is truly annoying! (Stubborn pure love warrior + single female lead + true pure love + 1v1)
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
