Chapter 208 Extra
Qin Huai is gone, but as a prominent figure in this school, he still left behind many legends. At least during the period just after he left, people still talked about him hotly. This also led to the fact that even though Qin Huai was gone, his influence on Jiang Xuan still existed.
However, the impact this time was not as convenient as before as he was the only close friend of Qin Huai. Instead, because of this relationship, he was plunged into the abyss of public opinion.
After the joint entrance examination in April, all senior high school students entered the final sprint. Jiang Xuan should be thankful that although his school has experimental classes and ordinary classes, in order not to cause too much psychological pressure on students, starting from senior high school, the rule of not reaching a certain score line to enter the ordinary class is no longer adopted. Therefore, Jiang Xuan, who can't even reach the first-class score line, is still in the experimental elite class.
But because of this, he is under more pressure, because in terms of class ranking, he is now the last. Even if he is the last one in an ordinary class, he can still beat many people. But he was too arrogant in the past. Although he did not show it, in his heart he looked down on those ordinary classmates who were struggling to meet the score line.
Now he is in the top class, ranked last, and is under so much pressure every day that his hair is falling out in clumps.
The day the results came out, that was the first time his father hit him. That hard slap almost shattered all his pride, and even made him feel uncontrollably hateful.
Is his father concerned about his studies? No, his mother might be genuinely worried that he won’t be able to get into a good university and find a good job in the future, but his father is just doing it for the sake of face.
Everyone in his area knew that he had excellent grades, had been admitted to a key high school, and even ranked high in that key high school. Although his father was always humble in front of outsiders, he was also proud and complacent because he could bring honor to him and make him the one that others envied no matter if they were at work or chatting in the community.
Now that his grades have dropped, what his father can't accept the most is the shame.
With red and swollen cheeks, Jiang Xuan looked at the photo of blue sky and white clouds sent by Mu Nan. He could no longer control the hatred in his heart. He hated everyone.
However, this matter is not over yet. It is unknown from when on that people in their class, and even in other classes, began to spread news about him. Jiang Xuan also saw an anonymous post in the school forum. Although it was anonymous, jx was basically the same as a nickname using his ID number, and it did not even need to be decoded.
The content of the post was that his grades were all obtained with the help of Qin Huai, and he made a well-reasoned analysis: [I used to think that they had a good relationship, but now I think that is not necessarily the case. Ever since the academic god was busy going abroad and taking his younger brother abroad, he spent less and less time in school, and JX almost became alone. Since then, his grades have been declining all the way, from falling out of the top 20 in the grade at the beginning, and in this joint examination, not to mention the whole grade, but just his class, he is now the last one. If you say there is nothing wrong with this, I absolutely don’t believe it! ]
[If you don’t understand, just ask. What can this mean? ]
[I heard that the academic god's younger brother's grades were not very good, and he was able to get into No. 4 Middle School because the academic god gave him some questions before the high school entrance examination. He had to solve several big questions to bring his scores up. So JX's previous grades might have been led by the academic god. The academic god was busy with his own things and had no time to lead him, so naturally, he failed.]
[I second this. I also find it amazing. The entire senior year was spent reviewing, with almost no new knowledge. If his previous grades were solid, he wouldn't have dropped so many points no matter how distracted he was. Look at how he scored over 670 in his sophomore year. Now he dropped 170. It's hard to imagine.]
[If that's the case, then I think jx is good. There was a rumor before that the academic god has a cold and arrogant personality, and he looks down on others and is superior to others, so he doesn't have many friends. Except for jx who has been with him for more than ten years of friendship, otherwise the academic god would be completely alone in school. Someone asked jx indirectly, and he acquiesced! ]
[I can testify that the school god is neither cold nor arrogant, he is just a bit introverted. When he goes out to play, he brings souvenirs to our whole class, and he is extremely gentle to his younger brother. How can such a person be cold and arrogant? On the contrary, I have never liked JX. He smiles at everyone, but that feels fake.]
[You guys analyzed so much just because their grades dropped. Could it be that they just collapsed because they couldn't handle the pressure at the end?]
[Even if his grades were improved by the genius student, so what? Is it necessary to post this in the forum?]
[The results are not the point, the point is that he looks down on others even though he has no ability! ]
[Experience proves this! One time I sent cookies to the school god (yes, it was a love affair!) but JX stopped me. I will never forget the way he looked at me as if I was trash! I asked him why! Maybe he spread the rumors that the school god was hard to get along with and hard to get close to, just to keep him all to himself! ]
Jiang Xuan looked at the layers of comments on the forum and was so angry that he couldn't control himself and was shaking. He couldn't understand why all the hard work and sweat he put in behind the scenes and how he worked so hard for so long could be wiped out with just a few words.
Ever since he read the anonymous post, he always felt as if everyone was looking at him in school and in class. But when he looked up to find the source of their gazes, everyone was looking down to do their homework. This inexplicable feeling of suffocation made him want to escape. No matter what method he used, he wanted to escape this invisible suffocation.
The pressure from his parents made him have no desire to confide in others. Looking back now, he couldn't find anyone to talk to. He never felt that he had no friends, because he had a good relationship with his classmates. He always felt that the one who really had no friends was Qin Huai. No one else could do it except himself who had the patience and perseverance to stay with Qin Huai.
He always felt that if he gave up on Qin Huai one day, Qin Huai would be completely alone in this school. He always thought that it was his existence that gave Qin Huai companionship, but now that Qin Huai is gone, he realized that he didn't even have someone he could confide in, while Qin Huai at least had Mu Nan.
Everything around him made Jiang Xuan feel suffocated. He had no one to talk to and could only turn to Qin Huai.
But how could Qin Huai pay attention to him? Even when he saw the message sent by Jiang Xuan, he ignored it.
Even though he was not in China, he had expected Jiang Xuan's collapse. If he could calm down and repeat a year, what he had endured for half a year would be a complete transformation. But Qin Huai, who had been reborn, had deeply analyzed Jiang Xuan. He was proud and conceited, hypocritical and face-saving, so it was impossible for him to repeat a year.
A failed college entrance examination and a second-rate university, if it were someone else, they might have just gotten by, but Jiang Xuan is not someone else, especially as long as he does not cut off contact with himself, this contrast and gap will always be there and will always torment him.
Death is never the best revenge for a person.
Without waiting for Qin Huai's response, Jiang Xuan saw their updates abroad on Mu Nan's account.
A small villa with a garden. A large room connected to the small garden is Mu Nan's studio. A room equipped with a huge projector is Mu Nan's game room. The plush carpet under the floor-to-ceiling windows, the simple and refreshing modern style architecture, and even the hanging rocking chair under the big tree in the small garden, Jiang Xuan found it very dazzling.
There has been no activity on Qin Huai's account, but Mu Nan would often post some circles, about his school, his paintings, dining out with Qin Huai, or some new gifts he had received. It was obvious that they were living very well abroad, and had even adapted to everything there in such a short time.
Mu Nan has indeed adapted to the situation. Apart from the fact that Qin Huai is a bit busy, he has gradually adjusted to the pace of life abroad. As for the language, his poor English allows him to go out without being completely unable to do so. At least he can still read the road signs. However, Qin Huai has been helping him cram in spoken English. Now at home, Qin Huai doesn't even allow him to speak Chinese, which is a bit miserable.
If there is one thing that Mu Nan likes most in foreign countries, it is definitely shopping in supermarkets. There is a very large supermarket here, but it takes half an hour to drive there every time because they live a bit far away. It seems that the living environment here is almost the same, and the residential area and the work area are not together.
The house they live in is rented. It is not expensive and is big, with three floors upstairs and downstairs. If they rent an apartment in the city at this price, they may only be able to rent a small studio. Probably because of the distance, the supermarkets here have a huge amount of things, and everything is in bulk. Any breakfast cereal is a huge box.
Unfortunately, the recipes are different, so the tastes of some things are still very different. However, when Mu Nan encounters something that suits his taste, he will stock up in large quantities. Anyway, people here buy things in cartloads, so it is normal for him to buy more.
Qin Huai used his future foresight technology in intelligent defense to successfully join Professor Mars' project team. Because he was very busy, he paid special attention to Mu Nan's language skills, for fear that he might be so busy in the future that he could only go home once every three to five days, and Mu Nan would suffer a lot of inconveniences here because he couldn't speak the language.
Safety in foreign countries is also a focus, so Qin Huai also enrolled him in many classes to learn fighting and shooting. However, since they had just arrived, they could not apply for a gun license yet. But there was no rush. Qin Huai had experience working abroad in his previous life, and he knew a lot about channels that could not be disclosed to the outside world.
Mu Nan hardly feels the pressure of schoolwork here, especially since he originally studied art. Although he is at high school age, he does not have the pressure of high school. He finishes school at three or four o'clock every afternoon. He is as happy as a free bird every day. He even made some new friends, but his new friends are all Asian, some of them are Asian, and some are international students.
Mu Nan, who lived an ordinary high school life, had no idea that his good brother Qin Huai had secretly done something so terrible.
One reason why Qin Huai wanted to join Professor Mars' project was that he was indeed good at it. When he returned to China in the future, he would need a resume and identity that was truly worthy of his title and become a top talent that the country needed. Only when he was needed could he bring Mu Nan to rely on this big tree. Without a strong background, he would create one himself.
Another thing, he knew that there was a supercomputer in Professor Mars' project team. There were only a few computers of this level in the world. There was one thing, he needed such a computer to cover himself. This plan was implemented almost the day he confirmed his rebirth.
Finally, the opportunity came. Qin Huai hid a secret file in the system program he made. Taking advantage of the opportunity that required supercomputer calculations, he sent the things back to China.
Under the watchful eyes of the public, a set of data with a built-in destruction program was transmitted. This set of data was the real intelligent core developed by Qin Huai. As long as it was started normally, it could operate on its own to break through the defense. After achieving the set purpose, it could self-destruct without leaving any trace.
Looking at the densely packed characters sliding on the huge screen and the countdown data bar on the side, Qin Huai breathed a sigh of relief when it reached 100%. Several members of the same project team beside him were cheering. The success of the calculation results indicated a gratifying progress in the project they were developing and that they would receive a large bonus, so they were happily congratulating each other and discussing where to go to celebrate.
One of the curly-haired white men patted Qin Huai on the shoulder and said happily: "You are the biggest contributor. You can't say you want to go back to accompany your brother today. If your child is willing, you can bring him along!"
Qin Huai smiled and said, "No, but today is indeed worth celebrating."
At this time in the country, a clear screenshot of the surveillance video was placed in front of several bigwigs with military badges on their shoulders. This was the text left after the security system was attacked, but the attack program self-destructed after only one second. It indicated the start of this year, with specific months and even dates, which were similar to the prophecy of events, but the more you read, the more unbelievable it becomes.
Someone came in with an investigation report, but shook his head as he found nothing. The other party was too cunning. It seemed that their purpose was just to pass on such a message, and their technical means were very powerful, so their anti-tracking program did not even have time to start. The key was to destroy it without a trace.
The matter was temporarily sealed by the higher-ups, who set up a team to investigate, while waiting to see if the other party would take a second action, until the first incident recorded above actually came true.
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