Real-World Computer Whiz

Wang Yue was taken aback when Brother Yan said he was playing games. Wasn't that ruining his reputation? Sure, he was a little laid-back, but he never slacked off on unrelated things during work hours, okay?!

"The computer's too laggy. I need to clean it up." Wang Yue did not bother explaining. This kind of thing was impossible to explain clearly to laymen, and it would only make people think he was bragging.

After studying for an entire world, Wang Yue had not become particularly proficient at anything besides hacking, but he had learned how to put on a good show.

The highest level of showing off was to let the facts speak instead of spouting nonsense. Wang Yue clattered away at the keyboard for a while before pressing Enter. Lines of code began flashing across the black computer screen.

Before long, the screen lit up again. The computer did not seem any different, and the few people watching curled their lips before returning to their own work.

Wang Yue resumed drawing. Sure enough, it was much smoother now. He constantly switched between the design software and several other supporting tools, while the blueprint on the design interface steadily took shape. In less than half the original time, he finished drawing a component.

For a moment, Wang Yue was immersed in it. Work makes me happy, work makes me... He could not think of the next line. In any case, although Wang Yue had not done mechanical design work for three years and maintained a cool, aloof posture, anyone could see that he was having a pretty Happy time at work.

Xu Jing, the office's resident beauty seated next to him, had been observing him for quite a while. With a woman's natural sensitivity, she felt that there was something strange about Wang Yue. He had clearly changed a great deal.

"Engineer Wang, I noticed that when you open a webpage, it loads instantly without even the slightest lag. It wasn't like this before!" When Xu Jing saw Wang Yue opening webpages to look up information without the familiar stuttering, she found it completely at odds with the company's usual state of affairs. "How about fixing mine too?"

"This? Easy! Move aside, and I'll get it done in minutes!" Wang Yue did not keep it to himself. He fixed it in no time, then patted his backside and prepared to stroll gracefully back to his own seat.

But before he could leave, the other colleagues heard how capable Wang Yue was and began inviting him over one after another.

Wang Yue was helpless. He could not bring himself to refuse, so he could only help them one by one. By the time he finished, it was already quitting time, while his own work had barely made any progress.

The moment Wang Yue saw it was time to get off work, he shut his computer, cut the power, and slipped out of the company without another word.

While waiting for the bus downstairs, Wang Yue sighed to himself. He had been careless. He should not have shown off at the office.

Seeing Bus 22 approaching the stop, Wang Yue swayed his way onto it. It was not that he wanted to sway around; there were simply too many people during rush hour, squeezing him so hard that he had no choice but to rock from side to side.

When he returned to his rented room and looked at the empty studio apartment, he suddenly remembered the dormitory in Wei Wei World. He picked up his phone, opened the university dorm group chat, and prepared to send everyone a message.

"What are you all doing?!"

Wang Yue sent the message to the group, but after waiting for a long time, not a single person replied.

Wang Yue thought to himself, I refuse to believe I can't smoke you lurkers out. So, without hesitation, he sent a twenty-yuan red packet to the group.

Sure enough, the entire red packet was snatched up in less than five seconds.

"I thought you were all so busy that you didn't even have time to grab red packets!" Wang Yue was utterly speechless at his buddies.

"Fourth Brother, you have to understand us older brothers. We all have wives and children now. We're not as free as we used to be!" Li Jing, the dorm's Boss, felt no shame at all and even twisted the knife.

Second Brother Feng Xiangyang also chimed in, "We introduced you to several girls too, but you didn't like a single one. You're nearly thirty and still single!"

"Yeah, Fourth Brother. What's your situation now? Do you have a girlfriend? When are you getting married? We're worried sick about you!" Third Brother Yu Er'biao added another stab, completely without mercy.

"Oh, come on. Other than Second Brother, all of you met your wives through blind dates. Even my sisters-in-law had to go on blind dates themselves. You all know what kind of girls they introduced to me!" The moment Wang Yue heard them bring up matchmaking, he was rendered speechless.

It was not that the girls his sisters-in-law introduced were all bad. It was just that the good ones did not fancy a laid-back guy like Wang Yue, while Wang Yue found the less desirable ones lacking.

A man needed to marry to have clothes and food; that had been the rule since ancient times. Unless you were so handsome that heaven and earth were shaken and ghosts wept, no one could escape it.

After spending some time with a laid-back guy like Wang Yue, women could easily tell what life would be like if they ended up together. Why would they keep wasting time on him? They were not seventeen or eighteen anymore, with endless time to enjoy themselves.

"Fourth Brother, we don't like hearing that. The girls we introduced to you would all have been campus belles in our department, yet you failed to win over every single one of them. Can you blame anyone else?" Boss Li Jing was also at a loss for words over this dorm brother of theirs.

"Fourth Brother, your lying-flat attitude toward life has never changed from college until now. If you keep this up, I think you'll spend the rest of your life with only your left and right hands!" Third Brother Yu Er'biao continued rubbing salt in the wound with absolute certainty.

"Exactly! Fourth Brother, you had decent prospects in college, but after graduation, think about it. What woman would be willing to live with you?" As the only one who had found a girlfriend himself and actually made it work, Second Brother Feng Xiangyang had plenty of confidence when lecturing Fourth Brother, this Single Dog.

"Speaking of which, Fourth Brother, I don't know about the others, but I did see your message just now. Still, your older brothers here all have wives, children, and warm beds waiting for us. We were afraid of upsetting you." Li Jing changed the subject and asked, "What do you need this time? But let me make this clear first: don't even bring up being introduced to someone. Because of you, I've worn out a whole case of instant noodles kneeling on them!"

"Me too!" Yu Er'biao said.

"Same here!" Feng Xiangyang said.

"It's nothing. We just haven't gotten together in a long time. When should we hang out?" Wang Yue knew there would be no result from arguing over that topic, so he stopped bullshitting with his brothers about it.

"Hang out for what? Your sister-in-law said that if you don't settle down, we're not allowed to hang around with you!" Boss Li Jing said.

"Yeah, your sister-in-law is afraid that if we spend too much time with you, we'll start smelling like salted fish too!" Second Brother Feng Xiangyang said.

"I could go! But it'd be boring with just the two of us, so hurry up and find yourself a girlfriend!" Third Brother Yu Er'biao was not foolish at all!

Wang Yue looked at the messages on his phone and no longer missed them in the slightest. His earlier urge to get together with them must have been an illusion.

Wang Yue felt that he never should have messaged them. He scrolled down, found the three-person family group with his parents, and prepared to send a message. But after thinking it over, he decided to make a call instead. After all, he had not heard Mom nagging him in more than three years.

As soon as Wang Yue made the call, it was answered before long. After exchanging a few words with Dad, Mom took the phone. At first, she asked after him with warmth and concern, making Wang Yue feel all warm inside. There truly was no one better than a mother in this world!

But only a few minutes later, his mother changed her tone. "Little Yue, your mom is about to retire! I'll be free, so I can help you look after the children. Isn't it about time you got married? If there's no suitable girl where you are, I can ask some of my old sisters from the factory to look for one for you..."

Wang Yue did not even hear what she said after that. All he knew was that his head was starting to ache. He was not even thirty yet—this life was impossible to live!