Why Were You So Quick?

Although Wu Chen had told Min Xinrou to eat properly, he couldn't manage to eat on time himself.

He had a full schedule of classes five days a week!

Even though Wu Chen had level 1 stamina and was a robust young man,

standing at the lectern and talking nonstop for half a day, then spending the other half solving all sorts of bizarre problems, was more than his mind and body could take.

He was starving, but he didn't even have the strength to eat.

Still, the biggest benefit of having a system was that his efforts would be rewarded.

After his last class on Friday, a system notification popped up.

[Host has completed a week of teaching assignments. Awarded 40 Skill Points]

[Current Skill Points: 2.827 -> 42.827]

He'd struck it rich!

For the first time since getting the system, Wu Chen felt truly at ease. Even his exhaustion eased a little.

When completing teaching assignments and theoretical verification, he could exchange one class period or knowledge point for one Skill Point.

But if he monetized technology, it took 1,000 yuan to earn one Skill Point.

By that reckoning, his research and teaching were quite valuable.

Wu Chen hadn't yet decided exactly how to use those Skill Points, though.

First of all, there were no samples he needed to redeem.

Secondly, redeeming production line data would be useless too.

Of the three production lines, he already had the one for Little Jiang No. 2. Once Jiang Nan finished acquiring the factory this week, they could debug the line and put it into production.

The only useful one was the Dawn No. 1 computer tower.

But the problem was that he didn't have enough Skill Points, and even if he redeemed the production line, producing and assembling computers would cost far more than making cameras. For now, he couldn't afford to play that game.

Another option was to add points directly.

One Skill Point could directly raise a level 0 attribute by 1%.

In other words, with just 100 Skill Points, Wu Chen could make one of his skills leap straight from level 0 to level 1.

But his intelligence, stamina, and artificial intelligence were already at level 1, and there was no need to improve his other abilities in physics, chemistry, and engineering for the time being. It wasn't worth wasting Skill Points.

And if he wanted to directly improve a level 1 attribute, it would take 1,000 Skill Points to raise it by 1%.

Converted into money, that meant a million yuan just to raise one of his skills by 1%!

The gap between level 1 and level 0 was as wide as the gap between a human and a donkey.

Relatively speaking, doing research was easier.

After returning home, humming a little tune, Wu Chen leisurely set about making himself dinner.

But just as he was plating the food, a special notification tone rang out on QQ.

Only certain people or groups had that tone, and it generally meant something important.

He wiped his hands on his apron and sat down at the computer.

To his surprise, it was that jinx Wang Hongfa.

He had sent a message in the school's faculty and staff group chat.

"Tomorrow morning at eight thirty, all teaching assistants and lecturers are to attend a meeting in the large conference room on the fourth floor of the school building. Bring your materials for the industry-sponsored projects!"

The corner of Wu Chen's mouth twitched.

Wang Hongfa probably wanted to screw Liu Ping again, so to keep his wife from finding out, he was coming to school on Saturday under the pretext of work.

And he just had to drag the whole lot of them in as cover!

Couldn't he hold the meeting in the evening sometime from Monday to Friday? Why did it have to be Saturday?

Saturday was one thing, but why did it have to be as early as eight thirty?

Then Wang Hongfa couldn't blame him for turning into a master photographer this once.

So after dinner, Wu Chen slept soundly and arrived downstairs at the School of Computer Science building at seven the next morning.

There, he happened to run into Liu Ping, who had just arrived at school.

Liu Ping hadn't known Wu Chen during the summer break, but now that classes had been in session for a week, she naturally knew who he was.

"Mr. Wu, you're here so early?"

Liu Ping greeted him, though her smile was a little forced.

Wu Chen knew she had probably turned her husband down last night and had been waiting for a thrilling, illicit rendezvous with Wang Hongfa this morning.

She hadn't expected Wu Chen to arrive so early and nearly catch her in the act.

As for getting up early on the weekend to hook up, Liu Ping had mentioned it herself in the chat logs between the two that had been exposed in his previous life.

But Wu Chen pretended he knew nothing and put on an innocent smile.

"Dean Wang called a meeting, so naturally I had to come early and get ready."

"Mm-hmm."

Liu Ping gave a vague response.

She knew Wang Hongfa disliked Wu Chen, so she said nothing more. Basic courtesy was enough.

After the two of them reached the third-floor office in silence, Wu Chen leisurely made himself some instant coffee, while Liu Ping was beside herself with impatience.

She had planned to change into a cooler outfit in the office and give Wang Hongfa a surprise!

More than ten minutes passed, and Liu Ping finally couldn't stand it anymore.

She picked up her bag and headed out of the office, adding in a transparent attempt to cover herself, "There's still some time before the meeting. I'm going to check the lab where I'll be teaching next week and see if there are any problems with it."

"Thanks for your hard work, Ms. Liu."

Pretending not to be interested, Wu Chen gave her a perfunctory reply, his expression solemn as he played Minesweeper on the office computer.

But once Liu Ping had left the office, he immediately stood up and went to the door.

When Liu Ping's footsteps headed up toward the fourth floor, Wu Chen quietly slipped out and got ready to record.

According to the chat logs between the two that had been exposed in his previous life, they often screwed in a storage room on the fifth floor.

So Wu Chen went ahead and lay in wait in the classroom next door, placing his phone in an inconspicuous corner with its camera aimed directly at the doorway.

But after waiting ten minutes, he still saw no sign of them coming up.

Were they really here to work today?

In the end, Wu Chen decided to go downstairs and see what was going on.

But as soon as he reached the stairwell between the fifth and fourth floors, he heard the two of them approaching as they talked.

"Why were you so quick today!"

Liu Ping's voice was thick with dissatisfaction.

"I've just been too tired with the new term starting, haven't I?"

It was the first time Wu Chen had heard Wang Hongfa speak so hesitantly.

Fuck, no wonder I couldn't catch them.

Turns out those two adulterers couldn't hold back and did it downstairs!

Wu Chen started an audio recording on his phone, intending to capture whatever he could.

The two didn't seem to be planning to go into the conference room just yet, either. They stopped not far away and began chatting.

Perhaps they were too wrapped up in each other, because even though Wu Chen made a little noise as he approached, neither of them noticed.

But their conversation was perfectly ordinary, with nothing juicy in it, and listening to it made Wu Chen drowsy.

Just as he thought he was going to come away empty-handed today, however, he suddenly heard a familiar name in their conversation.

"...That Yang Yuanjing from class 0606 splashed traditional Chinese medicine all over Min Xinrou's computer back then, and now she's pretending to be depressed and threatening to hang herself. She really has no shame at all. How are you going to handle it?"

There was a trace of contempt in Liu Ping's voice.

Wang Hongfa said indifferently, "What else can I do? Recommend her for graduate school, of course."

"What you're doing isn't right. Min Xinrou is a good student, and I quite like her."

Wu Chen hadn't expected Liu Ping to have such a sense of justice.

"Whose fault is it that she's so honest and easy to bully?"

Wang Hongfa first answered lazily, then suddenly turned serious. "Around the middle of next year, our Information Engineering department is going to merge with the School of Software. I want to move up a step, so nothing can go wrong at this point!"

"Don't worry, you'll definitely be fine. Old Zhang over at the School of Software is leaving, and the others aren't as qualified or capable as you. Old Yao, the only one with even a little hope, offended that person in Shanghai. So if you don't get it, who will?"

Liu Ping analyzed the situation.

Eavesdropping nearby, Wu Chen was a little surprised.

He hadn't expected Liu Ping's professional abilities to be average, yet have such a sharp eye for personnel changes.

But what surprised him even more came next.

With a hint of jealousy, Liu Ping said, "Did you sleep with that Yang Yuanjing?"