Restart life

Chapter 73 0071 [Senior, be careful, my nephew is being targeted by a bad woman!]

This year, the Spring Festival came early, and the school holiday was already on the eve of the Lunar New Year.

It will be early February in the Gregorian calendar after the Lantern Festival.

This resulted in a very short winter break, with even the senior high school students not starting school early.

Among the guys in dormitory 302, Xu Haibo was the first to arrive at school, bringing lots of New Year's snacks.

Next came Yang Hao, Li Yulin, Li Dongqiang...

They all went back to their villages and towns during the holidays, where there were no newspapers, no internet, and they were almost completely isolated from the world.

Even when visiting relatives in the city during the Spring Festival, and stopping by an internet cafe, they would only chat on QQ and play games, rarely browsing forums or portal websites.

Nobody knows what Chen Guiliang is up to!

After a holiday apart, we shared snacks and sat on the edge of the bed chatting.

It wasn't until Xie Yang arrived at the dormitory and slammed a copy of Southern Weekly on the table that things changed.

His older brother, Xie Fei, returned home from the provincial capital on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, bringing with him several newspapers.

"Master Chen has taken off!" Xie Yang solemnly announced.

Xu Haibo quickly asked, "First prize?"

Xie Yang said mysteriously, "You can read the newspaper yourselves."

Xu Haibo flipped through several pages before finally finding the article titled "Seven Steps to Enter a Prestigious University: How to Balance Special Admissions for Geniuses with Educational Fairness?"

Xu Haibo was stunned after watching half of it, muttering to himself, "Awesome."

"What?" Li Yulin also came over.

Xie Yang suddenly tossed his hair aside, brushing away the remaining strands with his hand: "You know how to compose a poem in seven steps? You can easily get into Tsinghua or Peking University!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Hao also hurried over to read the newspaper.

Just then, Liu Zhihong came into the house carrying a snakeskin bag. Seeing the scene, he joked, "Are you all gathered around reading pornographic magazines?"

Li Yulin said, "Master Chen won the first prize in the New Concept Writing Competition. His article was so well written that Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Fudan University were all vying for him on the spot. He could have chosen any of them."

"Erhu?"

Liu Zhihong also joined in.

Chen Guiliang was the sixth to return to the dormitory, and he was immediately held down by a few bastards as soon as he entered the door.

"Tell me honestly, are you going to Tsinghua or Peking University?"

"You have to treat us to dinner tonight!"

"You've already been admitted to university through the guaranteed admission program, so you don't need to attend classes this semester, right?"

"..."

Chen Guiliang was pinned to the bed and forced to answer a variety of questions. It took him quite a while to regain his freedom.

Those bastards are so envious and jealous of him.

Xu Haibo grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds and asked, "The newspaper says it's true that you can compose a poem in seven steps?"

Chen Guiliang cracked sunflower seeds and said, "What a load of rubbish. I had the staff bring me a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, and deliberately delayed for half an hour."

"That's really impressive," Li Yulin asked. "Where can I read your competition article?"

Xie Yang helped answer: "You can find it on Baidu, and those forums have reposts of it. I even went to an internet cafe to search for it after reading the newspaper."

While we were chatting, Tao Xue called again: "Nephew, I'm back at school. What about you?"

"I'm in the dorm."

"Wait here, I'm coming right away."

Less than ten minutes later, Tao Xue stormed over from the girls' dormitory, and the dormitory manager saw her but didn't stop her.

"Here, let's all eat together."

Tao Xue took out bags of snacks, such as fried dough twists, peach slices, and beef jerky.

Li Yulin winked at Chen Guiliang, clearly mocking him for having two relationships at once.

Xie Yang was incredibly envious. Master Chen made money selling private servers, got accepted into a prestigious university through his writing, and even had two beautiful women dating him. Damn, how come I haven't achieved any of that?

Chen Guiliang took out the game design document and handed it to Tao Xue, saying, "Either you take it back this weekend, or call your brother to come and get it."

"I'll call him and see when he's free," Tao Xue said.

Chen Guiliang's proposal was very rough, mainly including the overall concept of the game, the game plot, and the game system.

As for the remaining tasks such as levels, numerical values, and scripts, Tao Chenggang needs to hire people to handle them himself.

Considering Tao Chenggang's limited funds, Chen Guiliang's design was not particularly complex.

Set in a fictional ancient Chinese era, at the end of a dynasty, numerous heroes rose up, states were established, and warlords fought each other.

Through hard work, players can become not only city lords and kings, but even emperors. However, once the conditions are met and one declares oneself emperor, it will inevitably attract attacks from other forces.

There are only three initial classes: Warrior, Assassin, and Taoist.

Each profession has different directions of evolution.

For example, a warrior can grow into a general or a chivalrous hero. An assassin can choose to focus on ranged or melee attacks. A sorcerer can pursue different paths such as talismans (spells) or puppets (summoning).

Chen Guiliang was too lazy to make up the more specific details, so Tao Chenggang found someone to write them himself.

The quest system includes three types: main quests, side quests, and daily quests—all commonplace features in later versions. There are also clan quests, guild quests, and arena quests, which relate to the clan, guild, and arena systems.

During nation wars, soldiers can be recruited. The number of soldiers recruited is determined by the clan/guild level and the player's official rank.

They also threw in systems like check-in, lotteries, and rankings.

It also includes content about robbing cargo and going to jail.

Chen Guiliang filled half a notebook with his writing.

……

Tao Xue called her brother, Tao Chenggang, who said he would drive over to pick it up tomorrow.

She lingered in room 302, not wanting to make it too obvious. So she started by offering snacks, making small talk about senior year life, and chatting idly with Chen Guiliang's roommates.

As evening approached, all eight roommates arrived, and Chen Guiliang invited Tao Xue to have some stir-fry together.

Master Chen is treating us to a meal.

The shops outside the school are quite lively. With the new semester about to begin, many students are coming to buy daily necessities.

After eating only a few bites of food, Tao Xue asked, "Will the principal publicly praise my nephew during the flag-raising ceremony?"

“They definitely deserve praise,” Xu Haibo said. “They’ll even have Chen Daxia speak on behalf of the students.” Xie Yang added, “Chen Daxia’s punishment will most likely be revoked.”

Li Dongqiang lamented, "Why didn't I practice writing more before?"

"You should get 110 points on your Chinese exam first!" Liu Zhihong bluntly exposed.

Li Yulin said, "After the news spread, Master Chen will definitely be very popular. I don't know how many girls will have a crush on him!"

Upon hearing this, Tao Xue immediately became alert, as if her beloved toy had been targeted by other children.

After dinner, Chen Guiliang and the others went to the classroom, but Tao Xue called Bian Guanyue.

"Hey, senior, happy Lantern Festival."

The Lantern Festival has already passed.

"Then I'll wish you a belated Happy New Year and a happy old age."

"thank you."

"You should be careful, senior. My nephew has become famous, and some bad women might be after him. Especially the girls in your class."

"It's not my business?"

"I'm just reminding you."

"Thanks for reminding."

"Bye, that's it."

The two girls understood each other without saying a word.

Putting aside the competition between them, they had to keep the other bad women at bay.

This skill seems to be innate, requiring no learning; even naive young girls possess it.

……

Class monitor Li Rui walked into the classroom: "A few boys, come with me to get the textbooks!"

Although I've already finished the senior year courses, I still need to review the textbooks.

The boys played and joked around, ran to bring back their textbooks, and then sat in the classroom watching TV, as if it were more exciting than the shows at home.

As soon as her deskmate Qin Shanshan sat down, she asked in a low voice, "Are you planning to get into Tsinghua or Peking University through a special admission program?"

"How did you know?" Chen Guiliang asked back.

Qin Shanshan said, "My parents both work at a tobacco company, and their workplace provides free newspapers. My mom heard Teacher Liu criticize you in front of everyone at a parent-teacher meeting before, and she thought the name looked familiar when she read the newspaper. She even went home and asked me if Chen Guiliang was in our class."

Chen Guiliang said, "I haven't decided which school to go to yet."

"You're so amazing!" Qin Shanshan said, getting more and more excited. "When I told my mom you were my deskmate, she was so proud of herself. She went to her workplace and bragged about it to everyone. Now the whole tobacco company knows that Chen Guiliang is my deskmate, and he even wrote an article that got him admitted to Tsinghua or Peking University."

Chen Guiliang was both amused and exasperated.

Qin Shanshan pulled out a handful of candies: "Alps, try some."

"Thanks... uh... I can do it myself."

Qin Shanshan tore open the candy wrapper and put it right to Chen Guiliang's mouth.

Too proactive!

Qin Shanshan became confused and disliked studying in her second year of high school, and started to pay attention to makeup and dressing up, but she didn't date because her family was strict.

Her thoughts were actually quite simple: she was just incredibly bored and wanted to have some fun. Chen Guiliang had become even more handsome and was in the newspapers getting accepted into a prestigious university. So she developed feelings for him and couldn't resist the urge to pursue him—who knows, maybe she could win him over and make him her boyfriend?
That would be so prestigious.

Even if my parents found out, they probably wouldn't object.

Bian Guanyue walked into the classroom and immediately turned her gaze to Chen Guiliang's seat.

Tao Xue's phone call prepared Bian Guanyue mentally.

She walked straight to the back row, pretending not to see anything, put the little potato on the table and said, "Where's my MP3 player?"

Chen Guiliang took it out of his schoolbag: "Just changed the battery."

“Keep using it, there’s no rush to return it,” Bian Guanyue said.

Upon hearing this, Qin Shanshan couldn't help but roll her eyes.

This is a declaration of sovereignty.

Bian Guanyue simply sat down at the table in front of Chen Guiliang: "My family's steamed buns caught a mouse a couple of days ago."

Chen Guiliang laughed and said, "We've caught several pandas already."

cut!
Qin Shanshan peeled an Alpenliebe, popped it into her mouth and chewed, too lazy to pay any more attention to the two despicable people.

Li Jun entered the classroom through the back door and saw Bian Guanyue just a few steps away. A surge of joy filled him, and he deliberately took out his new iPhone 6 (which he'd bought for the New Year) and pretended to make a call: "Hello, Mom, I've arrived at school..."

Then, Li Jun held his phone out to Bian Guanyue: "I bought one too, the same model as yours. I just gave my cousin the Sony Ericsson one I had before."

Bian Guanyue didn't reply, but just gave her a look that said, "What's it to me?"

Like Chen Guiliang, she couldn't understand Li Jun's thought process.

Seeing that Bian Guanyue ignored him, Li Jun mocked Chen Guiliang again: "Chen, you great talent, what prize did you win in the New Concept Writing Competition? You didn't just get a shortlisted award, did you?"

"Don't you read the newspaper?" Chen Guiliang retorted.

Li Jun said, "I'm not a retired cadre, why would I read the newspaper?"

Chen Guiliang then asked, "Don't your family members read newspapers?"

"What's it to you?" Li Jun said impatiently.

"It's nothing," Chen Guiliang said, shutting up.

Bian Guanyue smiled, pursing her lips.

Qin Shanshan laughed too. She and Li Jun had been classmates since elementary school, and she could always find something to laugh about Li Jun.

"Return to your seats!"

The head teacher Liu Shuying walked into the classroom.

Students who were chatting idly in the hallway outside also returned to their classrooms for evening self-study.

Once all the students were seated, Liu Shuying beamed, "I received some great news before the Spring Festival. Our classmate Chen Guiliang won first prize in the New Concept Writing Competition and has been offered special admission by several prestigious universities. Let's give him a round of applause!"

Li Jun thought he had misheard, looked at the homeroom teacher, and then at Chen Guiliang.

Guan Zhiqiang put down his novel. He deliberately disgusted Li Jun by clapping his hands high and shouting, "Master Chen is awesome!"

(End of this chapter)