"In life, you have to rely on yourself. Relying on a woman? That train is bound to wreck sooner or later," Chen Mo sneered.
It would be hilarious when Boss Su finally dumped Lin Xuan.
"Relying on a woman? Relying on yourself?" A female student looked at Chen Mo in confusion. "What are you talking about?"
"Nothing, just thinking out loud."
Chen Mo didn't dare admit he was talking about Lin Xuan.
He knew all too well how fanatical these female students were about him.
"Oh."
The girl lost interest in him and went back to excitedly discussing Lin Xuan with her friend.
"I originally thought this school project was nothing special, but now that our idol is participating, I bet it's actually a big deal. We get to be part of a major project and see our idol? We have to work hard to get selected!"
"Right, exactly! I definitely have to perform my best later."
Even the male students who didn't harbor jealousy toward Lin Xuan shared similar thoughts.
This project was clearly significant.
They were determined to do whatever it took to get involved.
Lin Xuan walked into the office.
The female students grew even more excited.
It was true!
Their idol really was going to participate in the research project.
Two professors were already waiting inside. To be a professor at Qing University required a high level of expertise; these were individuals highly respected in the academic world.
They were aware that Lin Xuan intended to research photolithography chip technology and were brimming with excitement.
As soon as they saw Lin Xuan enter, they immediately stood up to greet him.
"Hello, Student Lin Xuan. We are here to assist you with the interviews."
"Mm." Lin Xuan nodded.
He sat down in a chair.
"Hua, I've got some things to take care of at school right now. When I'm done, if it's still early, I'll come to the company to find you," Lin Xuan said into his phone.
"Okay." Su Hua nodded, her eyes curving into a smile. "Then I'll be waiting for you, Xuan."
Lin Xuan hung up the phone.
He spoke up: "Let them in."
"Alright, Student Lin Xuan," one of the professors nodded.
He stood up, went to the door, and announced loudly, "Candidate Number One, Sun Xiaoli, please come in for your interview."
Seeing that Lin Xuan hadn't come out yet, Sun Xiaoli knew he must still be inside the office. She nervously stood up from her seat and smoothed out her clothes.
She also tidied her hair.
Taking a deep breath to psyche herself up, she walked in.
The other students looked confused.
"What's going on? Sun Xiaoli is Number One, so when Lin Xuan went in just now..."
"Someone as impressive as Lin Xuan definitely has special privileges. He can probably enter the interview room to wait whenever he wants. However, there's another possibility: he isn't here to interview at all, but just came to find one of the interviewers for something."
Hearing this, disappointment washed over the girls' faces.
"If my idol isn't participating in the project, I don't want to participate either. Forget it, I'll just phone it in during the interview. I'd rather go join a corporate R&D project."
That would carry more weight on a resume anyway.
If she actually helped develop something there, she could land an important position at the company right after graduation.
As soon as Sun Xiaoli walked in, she saw Lin Xuan sitting in the lead interviewer's seat.
A look of astonishment appeared on her face.
Her idol wasn't here to be interviewed; he was here to be the interviewer...
Lin Xuan spoke, "Student Sun Xiaoli, I'm going to ask you a few questions. Just answer them."
"Oh, okay," Sun Xiaoli replied, stunned.
While Lin Xuan was conducting Sun Xiaoli's interview inside, more students arrived outside.
These were outstanding students newly selected by the teachers at the principal's request.
Lin Jingyue, the girl Chen Mo had always liked, was among them.
Seeing Lin Jingyue, he walked over excitedly.
"Student Lin, long time no see," Chen Mo said gently, suppressing the thrill in his heart.
However, Lin Jingyue didn't even glance at him. She walked right past him to talk to her best friend.
Chen Mo's expression froze.
A sense of defeat rose in his heart.
He was the heartthrob of the department, and plenty of women liked him, yet the one woman he liked wanted nothing to do with him.
"Yueyue, guess who I just saw?" her best friend, Chen Ting, said excitedly.
"Who?" Lin Jingyue asked curiously.
"Lin Xuan! I just saw Lin Xuan go into the interview room, and he hasn't come out yet. I suspect he's participating in this research project too," Chen Ting speculated.
"Really?" Lin Jingyue's face showed disbelief.
"Really!" Chen Ting replied. "Why would I lie to you? Listen, we have to perform well later and fight to stay in this project. That way, we'll have plenty of chances to see Lin Xuan in the future."
"Okay, I'll definitely do my best," Lin Jingyue nodded excitedly.
"Tingting, look at me. Is there anything wrong with my outfit?" Lin Jingyue asked nervously, straightening her clothes.
Chen Ting smiled. "No problem at all, Yueyue. Don't worry, you look elegant and poised. If Lin Xuan notices you, it will definitely leave a good impression."
"That's good." Lin Jingyue let out a small sigh of relief.
They knew that Boss Su was Lin Xuan's girlfriend, so they had no chance of being with him.
However, that didn't stop them from treating him as an idol.
Who wouldn't want to leave a good impression on their idol?
"But I heard this research is about hardware technology. Lin Xuan is a Computer Science major; are you sure he'd be participating in this kind of research?" After calming down a bit, Lin Jingyue couldn't help but ask.
"I'm not sure about that," Chen Ting shook her head. "We'll just have to wait and see. Tech projects often require computer science knowledge, so it's still very likely that Lin Xuan is involved."
Lin Jingyue shook her head and said, "Forget it, it doesn't matter. We'll find out what project my idol is working on soon enough."
"Lin Xuan rarely comes to campus, so seeing him is incredibly rare. Whether he's part of this project or not, just being able to see him today makes me so excited," Lin Jingyue said, cupping her face in her hands.
Lin Xuan was the first man she had ever liked.
It was a pity he already had a girlfriend. If he were single, she definitely would have pursued him.
Chen Mo heard their entire conversation clearly.
Thank you to Luo Mingming and the other darlings for the gifts.
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young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
