Wang Neng: Yu Shu, I'll Curse You Too

Bang~

The door opened.

Yu Shu could no longer hold back and shoved the door open as he entered.

"Professor Wang, what's wrong with Xu Yi's thesis? I want to know why you won't let him pass."

Wang Neng glanced at Yu Shu. "Who are you?"

"I'm his uncle."

"Isn't Xu Yi an orphan?"

"A distant uncle."

"And what do you do?"

"I work construction."

The moment he finished speaking, Wang Neng immediately changed his expression. "Which one of us is the teacher here, the parent or me? Say one more word, and Xu Yi won't be allowed to graduate."

Yu Shu: "???"

Thud~

Outside the door, the principal could no longer hold himself up and collapsed onto the floor.

He was getting old; his heart could not handle this kind of excitement.

Yu Shu said, "A teacher like you has the authority to stop a student from graduating?"

"Just watch and see whether I do. Even if the principal came, he'd tacitly approve."

Principal: "Haha~ We're screwed, totally screwed."

Wang Neng gave a disdainful laugh. "Your kid's thesis is terrible. Who can you blame for that?

Sometimes, you should look for the reasons in yourself. Have your grades improved over the years? Have you listened carefully in class and studied hard? Teachers have it tough too."

All right, so he was quoting famous sayings now, was he?

Yu Shu's face darkened frighteningly. Even an idiot could tell that Wang Neng was deliberately targeting Xu Yi.

But Wang Neng sounded so righteous at the moment that Yu Shu had no chance to take him down.

Just as Yu Shu was considering how to deal with this, a student pushed the door open and walked in.

Wang Neng immediately broke into a bright smile. "Xiao Sun, you're here. Your teacher doesn't accept gifts, you know~"

"I understand, Professor. I came to ask about my thesis."

"It passed."

"Really? That's great... Thank you, Professor. I thought it wouldn't pass since I used AI to write it."

"AI is at a higher level. Besides, you know how to look things up, so the plagiarism rate is very low."

"Okay, thank you, Professor."

The student left happily.

Yu Shu's voice turned icy. "Why can that student pass with an AI-written thesis?"

"Can Xu Yi compare to AI?"

Yu Shu: "..."

There was no refuting that.

"Then we'll use AI too."

"Bold of you! If you use AI to write a thesis, I'll have the principal expel Xu Yi immediately. The school has repeatedly forbidden the use of AI."

Yu Shu laughed in anger.

He was not even pretending anymore. He was openly targeting Xu Yi, wasn't he?

"Professor Wang, I just want to ask: what will it take for Xu Yi's thesis to pass? Do we need to give you a gift?" Yu Shu asked bluntly.

"I don't accept gifts. I'm not that shallow. And with Xu Yi's circumstances, I wouldn't care for his gift anyway."

"You!"

Yu Shu was furious, but he could only endure it.

"Then what does he need to do to graduate?"

"It's simple. Go to the job I recommended for him. Once he gets an internship certificate from that company, he can graduate smoothly."

"I've told him about this many times, but he refuses to go to work. Is there really such a lazy student?"

Yu Shu calmed down. At last, he understood where the problem lay.

The reason Wang Neng was targeting Xu Yi was that Xu Yi would not go to work.

What kind of logic was that?

The Streamer Friends were also discussing it heatedly.

This teacher was way too overbearing. He was targeting him over something so minor?

So what if he didn't want to work?

I wouldn't want to either. He hasn't even entered society yet. Who wants to become a corporate slave that early?

Meanwhile, the principal, who had been eavesdropping outside, let out a long sigh of relief.

He had found the reason. It was just such a small matter.

He had thought Xu Yi was being targeted because he had not given a gift.

It had nearly scared him to death.

Wang Neng continued, "A child can't keep hiding in a safe harbor forever, can he? Sooner or later, he has to enter society.

Going to work now is also a way to train himself in advance.

A lot of students nowadays don't fail to find jobs after graduation because there are no jobs; they're simply lazy."

Yu Shu frowned slightly after hearing that. He deeply disliked that kind of rhetoric.

Not being able to find work was because they were lazy?

That was nothing but shirking responsibility.

In his eyes, students nowadays were kind, polite, and responsible.

They were far better than the previous generation.

But he did not argue further. Instead, he looked at Xu Yi. "Xiao Yi, tell Uncle, why don't you want to do an internship?"

Xu Yi shook his head. "I still have a lot of part-time jobs to do at school."

Wang Neng said, "Hehe~ An excuse. You're obviously just lazy."

At that moment, the principal pushed the door open and entered as well.

The first thing he said was a typically Chinese lecture. "Xu Yi, an internship is a good thing for you.

Professor Wang is doing this for your own good too. Everyone has to enter society eventually."

When Wang Neng saw the principal enter, a trace of tension flashed through his eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

Then he revealed a mocking smile. "Xu Yi, did you hear that? Even the principal has spoken.

As long as you intern at that company, I'll let your thesis pass."

Xu Yi still shook his head. "I don't want to go there. It's too exhausting. I only want to work part-time."

All the leaders shook their heads. Even Yu Shu's eyes flashed with a hint of disappointment.

"But working there will definitely earn you more than your part-time jobs. How much can you make selling Instant Noodles?" the principal patiently persuaded him.

Xu Yi lowered his head and said nothing.

Wang Neng said smugly, "Principal, you've seen it too. This isn't my problem. Xu Yi is just too lazy. His circumstances are already bad, yet he still doesn't know how to work hard.

If you have no money, don't copy others and slack off. Be careful, or you'll slack off so hard you'll never be able to turn your life around."

The principal shot him a reproachful look. Why was he blurting everything out?

You're lovesick.

Yu Shu sighed, and the disappointment in his eyes became even more apparent.

He decided that once this matter was settled, he would leave immediately.

He would not interfere any further. He would leave it to those above to handle.

He made one final attempt and continued asking, "Can you tell me why you're unwilling to do the internship?"

Xu Yi saw that the emotions had been built up enough and knew it was time to say it.

Why had he not said anything earlier?

Because everyone had still been on his side, and the Emotion Points he could get from exposing it then would have been very few.

Only contrast could earn him more Emotion Points.

Xu Yi raised his face, a deep loneliness flashing across it. "My lungs aren't very good, so I've always had concerns. Since all the leaders want me to go, then I'll go."

"Ah, that's more like it... Wait! What does bad lungs have to do with an internship?"

"I read online that when mining coal, a lot of dust gets into your windpipe."

Everyone: "???"

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Wait!

Mining coal?

Everyone turned to look at Wang Neng in unison.

Wang Neng immediately took two nervous steps back.

Xu Yi continued speaking to himself. "Yes, mining coal. Professor Wang wanted me to go to a cave kiln in another province to mine coal.

I looked up that place. You have to work fifteen hours a day, which would be exhausting. And there's also the risk of cave-ins."

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Everyone stared at Wang Neng in bafflement.

No, you were sending a college student to mine coal.

And making him work fifteen hours a day. Were you out of your mind?

Feeling Yu Shu's furious gaze, the principal was drenched in sweat, cold sweat pouring down his back.

"Wang Neng! How could you send a student to mine coal?"

Although Wang Neng was nervous, he still pretended to be calm. "What's wrong with mining coal? It's labor too. There's nothing shameful about it!"