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Cities around Jiangcheng: Qingshui City, Yipin Town, Ruxi Village.

As a key poverty-stricken town designated by the state, several villages within it were the destinations for this Jiangcheng University Going to the countryside program.

Ruxi Village was where the Computer Science Department would be heading.

On the morning of October 2, the registered students gathered at the gates of Jiangcheng University for roll call before boarding the bus to the village.

Fortunately, the village had reportedly installed a signal base station last year. Otherwise, they might not even have had an internet connection.

Even so, electricity was a great luxury to them. Most people still used old-fashioned lightbulbs for illumination and chopped firewood to boil water and cook.

Not many students from the Computer Science Department had signed up—only eight.

After all, no one wanted to sacrifice their precious vacation time for such a thankless, exhausting task.

Even with extra credits offered, few were willing.

Still, some people saw it as a valuable experience.

The teachers leading the group this time were Li Na and the Computer Science Department's counselor, Chen Xiongjian.

The two sat at the very front of the bus, responsible for everyone's safety.

Li Na glanced at Chen Xiongjian and could not help asking, "Putting me aside, Teacher Chen, why did you join an activity like this?"

Li Na was one of Jiang University's fun-loving crowd. It was perfectly normal to see her at events both large and small.

But Chen Xiongjian was practically invisible. Aside from teachers in the Computer Science Department, no one from the other departments even knew him.

Chen Xiongjian touched his face, looking bashful, as though he was embarrassed to speak.

Then he said, "Even if I hadn't come, I'd have spent National Day alone. I figured I might as well come