In Jiangnan City, inside an internet café.
Lin Shu set down the mouse in her hand, took an ice-cold bottle of cola from the refrigerator, and hurried over to computer number 83. After handing the cola to the young man playing a game, she ran back to the service counter and turned her attention to the computer screen.
She had been working here as a temp for several months.
Lin Shu could think of few ways to make money. The prize money from Ant Army Company's computer programming competition was her only hope.
The prize rules for Ant Army Company's computer design competition had all been released.
There would be one first prize, with a reward of two million yuan, while the purchase price of the software would be calculated separately; two second prizes, with rewards of eight hundred thousand yuan; five third prizes, with rewards of three hundred thousand yuan. Consolation prizes were worth ten thousand yuan.
She only needed to place in the top eight for a chance at prize money, enough to pay for her younger brother's treatment.
Ever since she had decided to learn the Chinese Character Programming Language, she had immersed herself in its world every day for the past few months.
There was no computer at home, so she could only work at the internet café and use its computers for free.
Because she was still a student, internet cafés had been unwilling to hire her. After pleading with several places, the owner of this internet café finally agreed to let her stay and work part-time by the hour.
It was not far from her school. Every day after class, she came here to help out. When it was busy, she topped up internet fees and delivered drinks. Whenever she had free time, she