Late at night, several desk lamps were still on in the girls' dormitory.
Shen Zhiyi stared at the densely packed documents on the computer screen, tears welling up in her eyes.
"It's finally over!"
After typing the last line, editing the email, and sending it to her mentor, she immediately bowed to the Wenquxing (a type of Chinese dictionary) ornament on the table.
"Please, please, please let my third draft of this paper pass smoothly!"
She's been revising it for a week now.
However, she was afraid she wouldn't make it to her graduation defense.
"You're done revising?!" came the envious cry from Su Mian, my roommate next door. "I just got mine rejected, waaaaah..."
Another roommate, Liang Zaixiao, clicked the mouse while complaining, "When Qin Shi Huang unified the currency, couldn't he have standardized the online application formats on these official websites? Why are they all different? I have to change every single one I submit! I'm really at my wit's end."
She grabbed her hair in frustration, "I'm so looking for this job that I'm even considering taking the postgraduate entrance exam with Mingyue!"
"Zhiyi, how are you?"
Just as Shen Zhiyi was about to say that she hadn't heard back from her application either, her email suddenly chimed.
The three of them took a breath at the same time.
Shen Zhiyi opened her email.
"Thank you very much for your recognition of our company. We regret to inform you that..."
really.
“I was rejected…” Shen Zhiyi sighed and slumped back in her chair.
Liang Zaixiao slammed his fist on the table and stood up: "What kind of company would reject a top student like you?! Their standards are way too high!"
She stared at her computer screen, then sat down dejectedly.
"No matter what, our school is a Double First-Class university, so why is it so hard to find a job?"
Shen Zhiyi sighed.
"Absolutely! It's almost cured my decision-making anxiety."
"Because there's simply no choice!" the three exclaimed in unison, exchanging bewildered glances before bursting into laughter.
They closed their laptops at the same time.
"Never mind, let's go to sleep."
After washing up, Shen Zhiyi lay in bed, but couldn't fall asleep at all.
She applied to several well-known companies, and now one has rejected her. The others might not be interested in her either.
The thesis did not go as smoothly as I had imagined...
She anxiously turned over, deciding to stop thinking about it.
I picked up my phone, intending to set an alarm for tomorrow morning, when I suddenly saw an unfamiliar app icon on the screen.
Suspended island?
What software is this?
Shen Zhiyi frowned, unable to recall when she had downloaded it.
With memory running low, she instinctively long-pressed to delete.
After trying several times, she was surprised to find that she couldn't uninstall it at all!
Shen Zhiyi clicked on the software with some confusion.
It has three functions: a confessional, games, and a chat room.
"Hey, have you guys heard of the app called Suspended Island?" She took a screenshot of the app's name and posted it in the group chat to ask her roommates.
"What is it?" Liang Zaixiao immediately checked the online store. "I couldn't find it."
Su Mian replied, "I couldn't find it either."
"I just searched online, but I couldn't find any information about this software."
Liang Zaixiao: "Could it be a beta version? The kind that can only be downloaded by invitation only?"
She yawned. "I can't stay awake any longer, I'm going to sleep."
Su Mian also sent a goodnight message.
Shen Zhiyi opened the software, registered casually, and browsed the "Confessions" interface.
The number of publicly available posts is relatively small.
Even the latest post shows it was published two days ago.
It seems to be a very niche and quiet community.
It might actually be a beta version.
She thought about it and figured that since people she knew wouldn't see it anyway, she might as well vent here.
She clicked the post button and quickly edited a confessional post.
"I was rejected three times in job interviews: two on the spot and one by email."
The reasons are as follows:
1. The birth chart of the person in question clashes with the birth chart of the leader.
2. I am 172 cm tall, while my boss is over 150 cm tall. He said I was trying to climb the social ladder.
3. I lack two years of work experience in this industry, but in fact I haven't graduated yet.
Could life get any more outrageous?
She clicked publish.
Ten minutes later, it still showed 0 views and 0 replies.
Shen Zhiyi felt very at ease.
I edited another one.
"Every time I submit a paper, I feel like I've already sailed past thousands of mountains. But every time my supervisor rejects it, I realize that the Wumeng Mountains are connected to mountains beyond mountains."
She clicked send again.
After editing the two rants, the frustration in my heart actually dissipated a bit.
She browsed the tree hole page for a while longer, and suddenly two more posts received likes.
She jumped back and saw that it was the same person.
Username: X.
Could it be a robot?
Shen Zhiyi twitched the corner of her mouth and turned off her phone screen.
For the next few days, she treated the app as a pure confessional, posting her complaints on it every day.
That "X" always gives her a thumbs up.
She became even more convinced that it was a robot.
Until one day, she took a picture of the school's iconic statue and remarked:
"The teachers at my school are taking advantage of my lack of intelligence; I've had to revise my thesis again!"
"But I'll be released from prison soon, and I'll finally finish my studies!"
X not only liked the post, but also left a comment below.
"You're from Q University too?"
Shen Zhiyi was taken aback.
Is it a real person?
She had just replied "yes" when a private message came in the chat room.
X: "Hi senior, I'm a freshman in the Computer Science Department at Q University. I never imagined we were alumni! What a coincidence."
Shen Zhiyi was somewhat surprised.
This person is not only a real person, but also her junior from school!
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