Name: Zhou Feiyu. Age: 28 Gender: Male Scientific Knowledge: A. Language: LV1 (800/10000) B. Mathematics: LV0 (100/1000) C. Foreign Language: LV0 (0/1000) D. Physics: LV0 (0/1000) E. Biology: LV0 (0/1000) F. Geography: LV0 (0/1000) G. Mechanical Drawing: LV1 (400/10000) H. Structural Design: LV1 (1300/10000) I. Material Science: LV1 (2200/10000) ... Professional Skill: ① Basic Optical Film Current Points: 4800 Mission: Successfully promote Basic Optical Film and gain customer recognition (claimed). Completing any mission will earn a points reward. The number of points awarded varies according to mission difficulty, and only after completing the current mission can the next mission be unlocked. The current mission has a time limit of one month.
While studying mathematics, Zhou Feiyu checked his Knowledge Panel. Much like a character status panel in a game, he used it as a tool to constantly monitor himself.
Compared with the day before yesterday, when he had gone to Peng City, none of the other knowledge categories or descriptions had changed. But the experience for Language had risen from 200 to 800, an increase of 600—equivalent to gaining 200 experience points per day.
Zhou Feiyu did the math in his head. He would need roughly another forty-six days to accumulate 10,000 experience points, which was about a month and a half.
Without a doubt, that speed was fairly fast, even somewhat beyond his expectations.
Mathematics was the other category that had changed. He had resolved to relearn it after returning from Peng City, and in just two days, it had increased by 100—fifty experience points a day.
Compared with Language, the rate at which Mathematics experience increased was rather exhausting.
At the current pace, it seemed he would need eighteen days to reach LV1. Going from LV1 to LV2 would only take two hundred days, which also seemed fairly quick. But Zhou Feiyu was thinking about the future. Based on the pattern of the Galaxy Technology Library, LV2 to LV3 should require 100,000 points. At that rate, going from LV2 to LV3 would take two thousand days—five and a half years!
Just thinking about it made Zhou Feiyu nearly lose his motivation to level up. How long could he even live?
Unless the Galaxy Technology Library contained cultivation manuals that could grant him immortality, he probably would not be able to gain many levels in his lifetime at this pace.
"Completing missions gives rewards. I reckon that to unlock higher levels, I'll have to keep completing missions to earn points."
Zhou Feiyu had his own theory. He did not know whether it was right, but he would act first and find out later.
Obtaining the Galaxy Technology Library was already an immense blessing, like smoke rising from his ancestors' graves. He could not afford to be too greedy.
Ding-dong!
Just as he was concentrating, his phone vibrated. Someone had sent him a message.
Zhou Feiyu picked it up and saw that it was from Li Shihan.
Li Shihan said, "Little Yu Ge, I heard from my parents that they had dinner with your family at your younger aunt's house today. Did my second uncle say anything?"
"Little Yu Ge?"
Zhou Feiyu froze when he saw it, struck by an indescribable feeling. It was the first time a girl had called him that.
He replied, "We did have dinner together at my younger aunt's house. Your second uncle? He didn't say much. He just advised me to think carefully about starting a business."
Li Shihan replied with an "Oh," then said nothing further.
Zhou Feiyu immediately added, "What's wrong?"
Li Shihan said, "Little Yu Ge, don't take it to heart. My second uncle is just that kind of person—blunt and outspoken. He says whatever comes to mind without thinking too much about it, but he actually has a good heart."
"I didn't take it to heart."
Zhou Feiyu sent her a smiling emoji.
The title bar of the chat showed that Li Shihan was typing, but no message came through for quite a while.
A full five minutes later, Li Shihan's message finally arrived. "Little Yu Ge, actually, the reason my second uncle said those things was because he had also introduced someone to me. It was before your younger aunt introduced you, around the Lunar New Year. I met that man too. My second uncle brought him to my house to meet me, but it was only that one time. I rejected him afterward. He was completely unreliable, always talking nonsense. He thought having a little money made him something special, looked down on women, and believed women would like him as long as he had money."
That long message gave Zhou Feiyu a pleasant surprise.
He was surprised that Li Shihan's second uncle had moved so quickly.
He was pleased that although the person Li Shihan's second uncle had introduced had better financial conditions than him, he was not Li Shihan's type at all—and had even conveniently provided a contrast for Zhou Feiyu.
"My younger aunt told me about it."
Zhou Feiyu first admitted that he knew about it, then wrote, "It's fine. Matters of the heart depend on fate. Those destined to meet will find each other across a thousand miles; those without fate will remain strangers even face-to-face. I believe we're destined. Over the past few days, I've realized that I get along very well with you. The more we talk, the more I find myself liking you. I want to marry you and bring you home as my wife."
"We've only known each other for a few days, and you're already saying that. Looks like you're not reliable either."
Li Shihan replied, followed by a face-covering emoji.
"How could that be? I'm only telling the truth. Really, even though it's only been a short time, your cuteness, gentleness, and understanding nature have made me like you very much."
At that moment, Zhou Feiyu's mind was burning hot. Everything he said was bold, passionate as fire.
He had never imagined that one day he would say such things. And he had an inexplicable feeling that Li Shihan was not truly angry at his words. On the contrary, she probably liked hearing him say them.
"What cuteness? Where did you see that? Everyone says I'm really aloof."
Li Shihan replied, once again ending with a face-covering emoji.
"Aloof? No way. You're so gentle—how could you be aloof?"
Zhou Feiyu asked in surprise.
"I only talk more in front of people I know. I never give strangers a pleasant look. Even with some people I know, I hardly say anything. I basically treat them like strangers."
Li Shihan replied.
Zhou Feiyu did not know whether to laugh or cry. He felt that she seemed to have misunderstood the word "aloof."
However, Zhou Feiyu did not discuss the matter with Li Shihan. That would have been idiotic. He immediately said, "Then we're even more suited for each other. I'm the same as you—extremely aloof and serious. You don't know this, but at my former company, my subordinates and the other employees didn't even dare speak loudly when they saw me. They all said I was strict and were afraid of me."
Li Shihan: "Is that so? Smiley face!"
The two of them continued chatting about meaningless things, and before they knew it, an hour had passed.
At last, Li Shihan said, "Little Yu Ge, I have a surprise for you."
Zhou Feiyu wanted to ask what surprise it was, but Li Shihan did not answer. She only said he would know next week, then sent him a goodbye emoji and wished him good night.
Zhou Feiyu suddenly found himself looking forward to it—looking forward to next week's surprise.
He checked the time. It was almost eleven-thirty. Zhou Feiyu put down his book and prepared to sleep.
Before going to bed, he checked the Knowledge Panel once more.
"Hm? Why has the experience for Language increased so much? It jumped straight to 2800?"
Zhou Feiyu's eyes suddenly widened.
Name: Zhou Feiyu. Age: 28 Gender: Male Scientific Knowledge: A. Language: LV1 (2800/10000) B. Mathematics: LV0 (100/1000) C. Foreign Language: LV0 (0/1000) D. Physics: LV0 (0/1000) E. Biology: LV0 (0/1000) ...
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