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Chapter 40: Footprints can be found
"Are you sure you don't want to go?"

He looked at Lu Qing's aggrieved appearance and asked.

But when faced with her brother's questioning, the older sister hid all her grievances and waved her hands impatiently:
"Oh, don't ask me any more. This is the end of the matter. Do you hear me?"

"..."

Lu Yao was speechless.

Then I heard my mother say:

"Go take a shower. I bought a delicious watermelon today. I put it in ice water. Let's eat the watermelon after we take a shower."

Following her words, Lu Yao looked towards the kitchen.

There was a red plastic basin inside with a black shadow inside.

"it is good."

Soon, after taking a shower and changing into a T-shirt and shorts for sleeping, he ignored Lu Qing's protest as she leaned on her bedding roll to declare that the "bed" belonged to her, and picked up a piece of watermelon on the coffee table and started to eat it.

You know what...watermelon needs to be de-iced with ice water.

When he was a child, he went back to his father’s hometown, Yuzhou, and ate watermelon chilled with well water.

It actually tastes better.

Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find a well in this iron jungle of Magic City.

After eating two slices of sweet and juicy watermelon, he said to Ms. Chen:

"Mom, about Lu Qing studying abroad..."

"oops!"

Because he was sitting on a small stool next to the coffee table eating watermelon.

Lu Qing, who was leaning on the sofa, stretched out his long legs that were exactly the same as his brother's and kicked him directly:
"I said I'm not going anymore, so shut up!"

"..."

Lu Yao thought to himself that I was so cheap.

If I care about you again, I'll be a cuckold.

The topic came to an end.

Lu Yao looked at her attitude, then looked at his mother's attitude of pretending not to hear, and thought that in the end it would be his father who would have to deal with this issue.

My mother is determined.

In fact, in essence... it’s still about money.

Lu Yao thought about it, finished eating the watermelon, stood up and said:

"I'm going to check something."

"...You better be!"

Lu Qing sneered at him.

Lu Yao rolled his eyes, not bothering to pay attention to her, and walked straight into the bedroom.

Opening his old laptop, he directly looked at the World Cup schedule.

On June 6, the day when the "contract" with the rich woman ended, France played against Mexico.

He didn't have many memories of the World Cup in South Africa. He only remembered a draw in South Africa and an upset in France... and then, in his previous life, he began to enjoy the vacation after the college entrance examination.

In the end, we only knew that there was a final and Spain beat the Netherlands.

But he didn't even know what the score was.

At that time, I just took a look at the news that popped up while staying up late playing games.

For some reason, he felt a little regretful.

If I had known I would be reborn... I would have memorized the result of this competition by heart.

And now... he can only hope that the football lottery will give a higher odds for the match between France and Mexico.

Thinking of this, he started to search Baidu football website again, to see if the official would list the odds in advance so that he could have a reference.

As a result, when he typed in the keywords "football lottery, betting, official website", he saw many "football lottery betting" websites, and he was a little dazzled for a moment.

After tentatively opening the first website...

"Live broadcast of Las Vegas International Casino, beautiful dealers dealing cards online..."

"..."

Looking at the key words, Lu Yao's mouth twitched.

Then he closed it without even looking at it.

Just before closing the door, he saw the special interface of the South Africa World Cup.

But after closing it, he never opened it again.

Instead, I ignored the betting websites that Baidu approved these days and searched directly for the official football website. As a result, I found these websites again...

So he just gave up and closed the webpage.

Looking at the empty desk, Lu Yao's eyes were a little dull.

To be honest, he was quite moved.

For those websites just mentioned.

Or to be more specific, it is the gambling game of this World Cup.

Although he does not have the bad habit of gambling, he knows very well that every time there is a World Cup or a European Cup, there will be people who go to heaven or hell because of these betting games.

There is no future for gamblers.

But some people did make a lot of money.

If you want, you just need to spend some time to find a sports betting game with a dealer, whether it is a website or a small betting game... it is not difficult to find.

My neighbor has an older brother who has been working in this kind of casino for the past two years.

Then if nothing unexpected happens, he will be thrown into jail next year.

You can totally find him yourself.

Just based on France's upset, Lu Yao estimated that he could make at least 70,000 or 80,000.

But he would never do it.

As for why...

In fact, it is very simple. It is for the sake of one’s future prospects.

Although it sounds a bit mysterious, from Lu Yao's own experience, the higher a researcher goes, the more tests he will face. From the perspective of self-morality, after breaking the bottom line once, he will often break it uncontrollably many times.

This is the self level.

From a work perspective… even if he got the money, others wouldn’t know about it, but… the people from the National Security Bureau would definitely know about it.

Those who have not undergone confidential psychological testing will not understand this feeling.

In Lu Yao's previous life, when he first entered graduate school, he had to self-report every six months. They would give you a form with questions like "Do you have any connection with foreign forces?" [yes/no], "Have you clearly fulfilled your obligations as a taxpayer?"

Just fill in yes or no and submit it.

As the work progressed, after more than two years, he was put on a polygraph for the first time.

To be honest, when the cold breast sticker was placed on his chest and three fingers were wrapped around the monitoring device jokingly called a "clip", even Lu Yao, an innocent person, felt his heart uncontrollably begin to beat faster.

No one actually likes this part.

Especially...the questioners in this session, these people from the Confidentiality Department, are your colleagues who you work with day and night.

Think about it, you have to answer him honestly without reservation. It means that at least in terms of work, you have to be honest with him... This feeling is very bad.

Because after the polygraph test, you are still you, and he is still him, and you will still meet in the cafeteria, office or somewhere else. It is really bad to feel that your "affairs" are known by your colleagues.

But everyone has to do it.

This is mandatory.

I won’t go into details about the specific process... Lu Yao has seen... several people who failed polygraph tests during his career.

First of all, he is a leader.

The first lie detector test failed, but he was notified by the confidentiality department and told to take the test again the next day.

And then... Lu Yao never saw this leader again, but later learned that he had been dismissed.

Secondly, he was also the colleague who left the deepest impression on Lu Yao. Lu Yao had a very good relationship with him and they often got together after get off work.

He also failed the psychological test.

The reason given was that he stayed up late and drank alcohol last night.

But Lu Yao knew clearly that psychological tests would never make mistakes due to so-called physiological problems.

So, my colleague continued to take the test the next day, but still failed.

The test was done in the morning and the work was temporarily stopped in the afternoon, and then he was picked up by the National Security Bureau.

Lu Yao saw him again three days later.

Looking haggard, he was going through the resignation procedures.

Make an appointment with Lu Yao to have a drink in the evening.

Lu Yao agreed, but after going to the appointment in the evening, he found out why he "failed".

A supplier in the lab gave him two computers: a desktop computer, which he kept at home, and an Alienware computer worth tens of thousands of dollars, which he used to play games on business trips.

When he was tested by the confidentiality department of the institute, he failed the polygraph because he felt guilty.

But he chose to be stubborn and conceal the truth.

After being taken away by the National Security Bureau, he not only confessed everything, but also found records of him climbing over the firewall to access the Internet when he was in high school. In the records of the Internet, he once made radical remarks on a certain website.

According to his colleagues, he was just a child at the time and really didn't remember why he said those words.

But...it didn't work.

Unlike the tacit consent of the Confidentiality Department which does not trace back to the past, when the National Security Bureau investigates someone, no secrets are allowed inside or outside the person.

And it just so happens that my colleague's radical remarks are... quite outrageous.

This was the most angry and rebellious stage of my life. I made some outrageous remarks, which were then shared by about a dozen people in the comments.

After being caught, this person's future in any public service system is over.

In the end, he was ordered to return the supplier money equal to the price of the computer, and... the institute gave him a decent "voluntary resignation".

It also gives him some dignity so that he won't have any difficulty finding a job in the future.

Look...

The so-called footprints left by people for freedom are actually a series of traceable tracks.

If they really want to investigate, there is nowhere to escape.

Moreover, Lu Yao knew that the psychological tests for researchers were divided into different levels.

This level will not be disclosed to the public, but the cleaner a person is, the more high-tech research he can access.

Think about it, if a high-level research institute wants to recruit talents, as a recruiter, would you choose a person who is assessed as risky by psychological tests? Or would you give a clean and innocent person a chance?

That's it.

It is an indisputable fact that any top-secret research must make "confidentiality" the top priority.

Lu Yao didn't want to allow such a big flaw in his Taoism just for a few tens of thousands of illegal funds.

That's stupid.

If he did so, he would definitely have a flaw in the relevant questions in the polygraph. And if you can't deal with some things calmly, you will lose many opportunities.

Too bad.

To put it bluntly... as a researcher, the "bottom line" he can accept is to climb over the wall to watch some porn, and then get back as soon as possible.

Any more...it won’t work.

……

Keeping in mind the time of the France vs. Mexico match in the South Africa World Cup, he opened his "little essay" again.

Polished the text and modified a few sentences.

Fill in some gaps...

Time flies and it's already past ten o'clock.

Lu Qing walked in:

"Get lost."

"You can't talk properly, right?"

"Please get out of here, you mellow grunt."

"..."

Finally, under his sister's victorious eyes, he came to the living room and spread his bedding roll on the sofa.

The three of them returned to their beds and turned off the lights.

good night.

Lu Yao couldn't fall asleep for the time being as he was thinking about something.

Suddenly the cell phone rang.

He picked it up and saw that it was sent by Lu Qing:

"Don't ask me about studying abroad. Mom and I talked a lot today. I was indeed too willful this time. Just pretend it never happened."

Lu Yao thought about it and replied:
"What's our father's attitude?"

"Dad agreed, but Mom didn't."

"You'll need half a year to submit the application materials, right? Don't you want to try harder?"

"I have submitted all the documents... I only came back yesterday because I was busy with these things. Now I just need my passport."

"So, once you get your passport and visa, you can go to school?"

"Bullshit, I'm not going. Mom can't bear to let me go. If I leave and you go to study in another province, she will be very upset. Let's leave it at that. Don't ask me anymore. Mom almost hit me with a rolling pin when she woke up this morning. She thought I was instigating you to give her the money."

"..."

"Okay, go to bed, good night."

"OK, good night."

After recharging his phone, he stared at the ceiling in the dark without saying a word.

Then, he heard a very faint voice from Lu Qing:
"Hey, why aren't you asleep yet..."

Should he be calling Wu Nan?
Unfortunately, the sound was too soft, probably because he was beating under the quilt.

He yawned.

"Ha~~~Ah..."

Countdown, 2 days.

　The lie detector test is real. It was personally experienced by a colleague of my friend. If any of you have such signs in the future, I suggest you keep this in mind and don't ruin your bright future because of your youthful situation.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)