Monday, Yanshi No. 1 Middle School.
On the flag-raising platform, a boy in a plaid shirt was giving a speech: "I am honored to receive an invitation from my alma mater to give a speech to my juniors..."
"…An incident that happened this morning made me deeply appreciate the enthusiasm and kindness of our students at Yanyi Middle School. When I rode my bike to school this morning, I felt dizzy due to a cold and almost rode against the flow. If it weren't for an enthusiastic junior who stopped my bike in time to remind me, I might have had unpredictable consequences. I mentioned this incident to remind everyone that you need to stay awake when doing anything, especially studying…"
"You have so much to say about falling asleep on a bicycle. I'm impressed." Chen Xu rolled his eyes and approached Jiang Chen and said, "What do you think Lao Fu wants you to do? He even pulled you to the front."
Jiang Chen was thinking about the email he received in the morning. He hesitated for a few seconds before coming back to his senses after hearing Shen Xu's words: "What?"
"I mean, the guy on the bike you held down this morning kept grumbling non-stop, and he cursed more than M2 and I. After he finishes speaking, the new vice-president will give a speech. I don't know how long you will have to stand there, and Mr. Fu will pull you to the front..." Chen Xu was complaining when he saw Jiang Chen lowering his eyes and looking distracted. He stopped and said, "Jiang Zi, why are you distracted since this morning? Did you not sleep well?"
Jiang Chen: "No, I'm thinking about something."
Chen Xu became interested: "What's the matter?"
"The little boy who had a car accident in the second year of junior high school."
"What do you want him to do?"
Jiang Chen did not answer, but a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes. This morning he received an email from the private detective he hired some time ago. It contained information about what had happened to He Qianjian since he was a child. Among them, there was one event that concerned him deeply: He Qianjian and He Qianmin had been in a car accident together.
The timing of the car accident was very coincidental, it was during the second semester of his second year in junior high school, and the location was also the place where he called the police and an ambulance. What he cared about was not whether he had saved He Qianmin at that time, nor whether He Qianjian noticed him and sent someone to follow him because he saved He Qianmin.
What he cared about was that he had seen He Qianjian before the car accident, but after the accident, the position he was sitting in was obviously wrong.
After seeing the email and the pictures of the car accident scene attached to the file, Jiang Chen instantly found this long-forgotten memory in his mind.
That day was Mrs. Yang's birthday, and as usual, it was not a happy one. He left the Yang family early on the pretext of going home to review for the final exams. Because he was in a bad mood at the time, he did not take the nearby bus directly, but chose to walk a few stops before taking the bus.
There were few people and cars on the suburban roads, and the empty road was very quiet. In the afternoon near dusk, the afterglow sprinkled on the ground, as if he was the only one on the road. Jiang Chen noticed the car at that time, not only because it was the first oncoming car since Jiang Chen walked on this road, but also because he felt a gaze on him. He seemed to have sensed something, and when he turned his head, he saw a boy in the car looking at him. He didn't care at the time, and when he was about to look away, he heard a sharp whistle and the sound of brakes.
The entire car flipped over in a matter of seconds. When Jiang Chen turned around to look, all that was left in his ears was the silence and buzzing sound after the loud noise. There were no other pedestrians on the roadside. Both cars that collided were leaking oil. If people were not rescued in time, the situation would be critical.
Jiang Chen took out his cell phone without thinking, called the police and an ambulance, then immediately ran to the car and rescued everyone in it.
The first one was the teenager with the least injuries, the second one was the unconscious driver, and the third one was a little boy covered in blood and his face could not be seen clearly. The first two were relatively easy to rescue, but the last little boy had his car door broken, so Jiang Chen spent a lot of time trying to find a way to rescue him.
The little boy was still somewhat conscious at the time, perhaps out of fear and as if wanting to say something, he clutched the corner of his clothes tightly. He held the boy and was about to say a few words to comfort him, but suddenly he received a call from his mother in a crying voice. Thinking that his mother might have been wronged again in the Yang family, Jiang Chen became anxious instantly. An adult happened to pass by, so he handed the little boy to the adult and quickly returned to the Yang family.
The quarrel and unhappy breakup at the Yang family later made Jiang Chen unable to pay attention to the car accident in the evening.
If Huo Bo hadn't brought up this past event again yesterday, coupled with the email this morning, Jiang Chen might never have thought of it again. However, it was such a coincidence that the same past event was brought up for two consecutive days, and there were also photos of that time.
Almost at the moment when Jiang Chen saw the photo, that memory and the doubts that flashed through his mind but he never pursued emerged in his mind:
——Before the car accident, he saw He Qianjian in the same position where he rescued He Qianmin after the car accident. And in the car accident, the most seriously hit seat besides the driver's seat was He Qianjian's original seat.
The details were linked together, and Jiang Chen got the answer almost in a flash: He Qianjian must have used the system in his mind to switch his position with He Qianmin at the critical moment, allowing himself to sit in the relatively safe right rear of the driver's seat.
The reason why He Qianmin held on to him tightly and was so scared was probably not only because of the car accident itself, but also because of the time when he was awake and his position was swapped, and he had to face the huge panic brought about by life and death and betrayal by his loved ones.
Jiang Chen's eyelashes trembled slightly. He remembered He Qianmin's attitude when he mentioned He Qianjian, and the incident when He Qianjian tried to steal his blood but failed, but He Qianmin was cut by a knife. He thought of the self-deprecating and pretended indifference on He Qianmin's face when he said that no one believed him... The fingers on his side curled up and gradually formed a fist.
"Jiang Zi? Jiang Zi!" Shen Xu bumped into Jiang Chen's shoulder, and when he saw him come back to his senses, he asked worriedly, "What's wrong with you? Why do you look so bad?"
Jiang Chen restrained the expression in his eyes, raised his eyes and was about to speak, when Fu Jinyu came over, patted Jiang Chen on the shoulder and said, "Follow me."
Jiang Chen nodded to Shen Xu and followed Fu Jinyu back to the teaching building.
In the office of the second grade group, the boy who had just been giving a speech on the stage was sitting at his desk, dozing off with his head propped up.
Fu Jinyu knocked on the door. The boy sat up with a start. When he saw the person at the door, he breathed a sigh of relief. He rubbed his eyes and said, "Old Fu, is it necessary for you to scare me? I thought it was Teacher He."
"I'm afraid he'll dare to doze off in his seat."
"I'm graduating now, aren't I?" The boy yawned and said, "I have to make up for it and balance myself. I was so excited last night that I didn't go to bed until three or four. I got up at six this morning just to give the speech. Otherwise, I would have almost... Hey? Aren't you the enthusiastic and kind-hearted junior brother?"
Jiang Chen nodded slightly: "Hello, senior."
Fu Jinyu was a little surprised, but also very happy: "You know each other? That's good, Jiang Chen, didn't you say before that you wanted to study computer science? Mo Xi, your senior, is a junior student majoring in computer science at Yanda University. He was also one of the six people who participated in IMO at that time. You can communicate with him."
Mo Xi smiled and said, "Hello, junior."
"You two can chat here." Fu Jinyu said to Mo Xi, "Tell him about your experience in the national league."
"League?" Mo Xi hesitated for a moment, then quickly reacted and said with a smile, "Okay."
Fu Jinyu glanced at Jiang Chen, a hint of sadness flashed across his eyes, he nodded to the two of them and walked out.
When there were only two people left in the office, Mo Xi stretched and leaned back in his chair. Seeing Jiang Chen looking at him, he propped up his head weakly and said, "Please understand. I, your senior, was hit by a pie yesterday and couldn't sleep all night. Now I'm sitting in a familiar place and I can't help feeling sleepy."
Jiang Chen smiled slightly and said calmly: "I don't mind."
Mo Xi asked, "This is the first time that Lao Fu asked me to help him teach students. I thought you would be the person to realize his dream of training a math master. I didn't expect that you wanted to take the computer science exam. By the way, I haven't asked you your name yet, junior brother, why do you want to study computer science?"
"My name is Jiang Chen." Jiang Chen said, "I studied computer science in order to specialize in this field in the future."
"Specialize in research?" Mo Xi sat up straight: "What aspect? Theory, system or..."
"ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE."
"AI..." Mo Xi thought for a moment, organized his words, and then said sincerely: "Junior brother, forgive me for being frank, if you plan to apply to a domestic university and do not plan to study abroad for a PhD, I suggest you change your direction. But then again, if you want to study AI, you should prepare for graduate school. In this case, it would be suitable for you to apply for my major in undergraduate studies."
"What is your major, senior?"
"Computer system architecture." Mo Xi said with a smile, "Will you be my apprentice?"
Jiang Chen smiled but said nothing. Mo Xi continued, "But if you are interested in this field, it's the same if you choose applied mathematics. Besides, Lao Fu will definitely be happy. It's rare for me to see him care so much about a student. He didn't do that to me back then..." Halfway through his words, he put his index finger and thumb together, leaving a little distance between them, and said with a conflicted expression, "I don't know if I should ask, but I do have some confusion..."
"Please go ahead."
"Why are you participating in the league this year? Given how much Lao Fu cares about you, he should have asked you to participate in the competition in your first year of high school. According to the time calculation, you should have returned from the training team by now and prepared for the IMO in October."
Jiang Chen smiled and said, "I also participated in the competition in my freshman year, but it was in physics. Due to some family reasons, I was unable to attend the winter camp and training, so I only participated in the math competition this semester."
"What about IMO?"
Jiang Chen smiled and said, "I only participate in the October league."
"Then why is Lao Fu so concerned about you?" Mo Xi touched his chin, pulled out a piece of paper from the table, picked up a pen and quickly wrote a question, pushed it to Jiang Chen, and said, "Try it?"
Jiang Chen took the pen and quickly wrote down the steps and answers without thinking.
Mo Xi raised his eyes slightly. The numbers he gave were not ones that could be quickly calculated in the brain: "Mental arithmetic? Wait, do another one."
After Jiang Chen quickly gave the step-by-step answers again, Mo Xi continued to ask a few questions in disbelief, and later he even wrote down the homework he had not completed this week.
Seeing Jiang Chen quickly finish his homework for him, Mo Xi blinked his eyes wide open, swallowed his saliva, pretended to casually fold up the draft paper and put it in his pocket, then coughed and said, "Junior brother, I don't have much to teach you about competitions, but as for computers, I guarantee you will benefit a lot, no matter what you want to know, I will tell you everything I know."
Jiang Chen thought for a moment and said, "I want to know the current status of several major game development companies in China."
"Why do you want to know this?" Mo Xi smiled. "But you've asked the right person. I just sold a small game a while ago, and I got a big deal yesterday. I got lucky - no, I should say I got lucky with a great guy. This great guy is a top figure in the hacker world. In two weeks..."
He cleared his throat with great interest and wanted to tell the whole story about his luck, but he caught a glimpse of Jiang Chen who showed no interest or admiration for the "great god" he mentioned. Thinking of the two pages of homework, he could only regretfully suppress the desire to show off, shook his head and sighed, "Forget it, you are still young, this field is too advanced for you, I will tell you after you learn programming, now let me tell you about the game company you want to know..."
The author has something to say: Regarding computer majors and various professional knowledge, although Dakuan has looked up information, he is not a professional after all, and many of them can only be made up. However, if there are any mistakes, computer professional experts are welcome to point them out in the article, and Dakuan will definitely make changes after seeing them!
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