Is not being able to do as you please also called rebirth?

Chapter 116 An Encounter with Yan Jin (3K)

At a roadside barbecue stall on Suzhou Street outside Peking University, Jiang Xun and Song Ziyan were each enjoying a skewer of grilled chicken wings.

"Sorry, junior, I'm poor, this is all I can eat. I'm sorry to have to make do with this." Song Ziyan stuck out her pink tongue and licked the chili oil from the corner of her mouth, looking at Jiang Xun with a grin.

Her unintentional action made the boys at the next table who were secretly watching her swallow hard.

Jiang Xun finished the chicken wing in his hand, put down the bamboo skewer, and then said with a smile:

"It's obvious that my senior doesn't know me. I come from a rural area in the mountainous region of Guizhou Province. I'm a genuine country person, and I've never been particular about what I eat."

After saying that, he casually picked up a lamb skewer and started eating it. With his physique, it would be a bit difficult for him to go seven or eight hours without eating.

Song Ziyan's mouth gaped slightly in surprise, as if she could hardly believe it. She knew that Jiang Xun came from a small county in Guizhou Province, but she didn't know that his family was from the countryside.

In her subconscious, a boy as outstanding and well-rounded as Jiang Xun should come from a well-off family, if not extremely wealthy.

"You're amazing!" Song Ziyan exclaimed sincerely.

Indeed, a boy from a rural area showed remarkable talents and abilities while still in high school, earned a huge fortune through his own efforts, and even became the top scorer in the national college entrance examination.

This isn't just a case of a poor family producing a noble son; this is an emperor emerging from among the common people!

Looking at it this way, it seems that dating several girlfriends at the same time isn't too outrageous, right?

"Pah, what am I thinking again!" Song Ziyan felt ashamed of the random thoughts that popped into her head, and her cheeks flushed.

At this moment, Jiang Xun asked, "Did you come to see me specifically for something, senior?"

He checked his QQ on his phone and saw that Song Ziyan had sent him a message before contacting him, so it was clearly not a chance encounter.

"You, you don't even look at your phone when you go to the library? I even had to ask your roommates to find you." Song Ziyan rolled her eyes and said reproachfully.

Jiang Xun smiled sheepishly, revealing a set of bright white teeth. His handsome face, paired with those deep eyes that seemed to gaze affectionately at even a dog, was almost unfair.

Song Ziyan's eyes glazed over for a moment, lingering on his face for several seconds before she hurriedly lowered her head to drink water.

She unconsciously ran her right hand through a strand of hair near her ear, revealing her slightly flushed earlobe, and said casually:

"Isn't it because you're too famous? The forum is full of posts about you. I'm afraid you'll feel bad if you see them. As your tutor, of course I have to give you some advice."

After saying that, she smiled sweetly, "But now it seems that I was overthinking it. You don't seem to have been affected at all."

Jiang Xun chuckled and shook his head: "There's nothing inherently wrong in the world; it's just that mediocre people create their own troubles."

Song Ziyan gave him a charmingly disdainful look. "So, from what you're saying, senior sister has become mediocre?"

"My senior is just concerned about me; that's called being understanding and considerate," Jiang Xun said with a smile.

"Pah! Who's being considerate to you?" Song Ziyan spat, her face flushed. She felt that Jiang Xun's words were a bit off; this guy didn't seem honest at all.

Jiang Xun smiled but didn't say anything, continuing to focus on eating.

Song Ziyan's beauty is absolutely top-notch in Yuanpei College, and she is a rare beauty in the entire Peking University, but she is also known for having extremely high standards.

It is said that a rich and handsome law student once pursued her for two years, from the time she entered university to the end of her sophomore year.

This senior student not only has a Beijing hukou (household registration), but also owns a car and a house, and both his parents work at the court.

Moreover, he is tall and handsome, and an outstanding law student; he is indeed exceptional in every aspect.

However, he never accepted any flowers or gifts he bought for Song Ziyan, and he was always directly rejected when he confessed his feelings to her in public.

He once asked Song Ziyan face-to-face what he was lacking, and she replied with just three words—'I don't feel anything'.

Adults know that "not having feelings" just means not being attracted to someone, which made many people feel indignant on behalf of that law school senior, most of whom were, of course, girls.

Some say Song Ziyan is pretentious, some say she doesn't know what's good for her, and others say she's ambitious but unlucky.

No matter how much they said, Song Ziyan, who didn't like them, wouldn't like them either.

It's said that the law school senior later found an art student from the art school, who was quite pretty, and some people even went to the forum to post mocking Song Ziyan.

Unfortunately, Song Ziyan was busy with part-time jobs and completing her studies, and didn't pay attention to these things at all.

"I think you're from Suzhou, senior?" Jiang Xun suddenly asked.

"Hmm, how did you know? Did you peek at my profile?" Song Ziyan looked at Jiang Xun with a smile, as if to say, 'What are you up to, kid?'

"Didn't you say that when you introduced yourself?" Jiang Xun blinked at her, looking completely innocent.

"Really?" Song Ziyan asked, blushing, pretending to tilt her head to recall and cover up her embarrassment.

At this moment, Jiang Xun said with a smile, "Suzhou is great. There's a saying, 'It has everything above and everything below...'"

"Above there is heaven, below there are Suzhou and Hangzhou." Song Ziyan rolled her eyes at him. "And you call yourself the top scorer in the country? You don't even know that?"

“No.” Jiang Xun shook his head and chuckled, “It should be ‘Above is a celestial being, below is Ziyan.’” “Yue, you’re so glib!” Song Ziyan pretended to 'hiccup', blushed and glared at Jiang Xun, her heart inexplicably racing.

After finishing a late-night snack, the two had become much more familiar with each other, and it was impossible to tell that they were senior and junior who had only known each other for two days.

When they returned to school together, it was already past nine o'clock. Song Ziyan went back to her dormitory, while Jiang Xun went to the library.

Kyoto University has multiple libraries, including the main library, the medical library, and more than thirty other branch libraries.

The main library was originally the library of the Imperial University of Peking. This library was one of the largest in all of Asia, with an astonishing collection of millions of books.

Jiang Xun swiped his card to enter the library, found the section containing computer-related books, and began searching for books that would be useful to him.

With his current advanced computer skills and 94% experience, most computer-related books are no longer of much use to him; he can only look for more in-depth or less popular books.

After searching for a long time, I only found a few books: "The Art of Unix Programming", "Principles and Practice: In-Depth Exploration", and "Programming Pearls".

However, Jiang Xun also knew that the highest level of academic achievement was top-level academic papers, and in the recognition of the highest academic achievements, papers were superior to monographs.

For example, publishing papers in SCI and SSCI journals are the most valuable, even more so than monographs.

Publishing papers in journals of this level is more difficult than publishing monographs.

However, some top journal papers are not easy to understand. Jiang Xun once looked at some SCI papers and found that they were still somewhat obscure and difficult to understand.

Of course, his computer skills and experience weren't as high back then as they are now.

He decided that once he finished reading the books he had, he would directly include the papers in top journals.

It was still early, so Jiang Xun wasn't in a hurry to go back to her dorm. She simply found a quiet area and started collecting the books in her hands.

These books are all in English. There were translations available, but his current English level means he can understand them without them.

As the books were added, his advanced computer skills gradually improved, 94.5%...95%...95.3%...

Although the improvement is slow, as long as there is progress, that's fine.

Unbeknownst to him, although he tried to be as silent as possible while turning the pages, his frequent movements still attracted the attention of a figure diagonally opposite him.

She was wearing a dark pink dress, her hair casually tied back, giving her a somewhat languid and carefree look.

She was intently looking at her laptop screen when she turned her head to look at Jiang Xun across from her, lingered on him for a moment, and then turned back to continue her work.

Around 10:30, a light footstep approached Jiang Xun and stopped beside him.

Jiang Xun, who was focused on collecting books, looked up with some confusion and saw a beautiful, mature face.

She had almond-shaped eyes like autumn water, and dark blue eyebrows like distant mountains, with a few strands of hair curled up at her temples.

It made her look both aloof and elegant.

"Teacher Yan." Jiang Xun was a little surprised, but still stood up politely and spoke.

The exceptionally tall and beautiful woman in front of him was none other than Professor Yan Jin. However, Jiang Xun clearly hadn't expected to run into her at the library so late.

"You can understand all these books?" Yan Jin looked away from the books in Jiang Xun's hands and looked into Jiang Xun's eyes.

"It's alright, there are just a few parts I don't quite understand," Jiang Xun replied modestly.

In reality, there was nothing he couldn't understand, since it was directly incorporated into his own knowledge.

Yan Jin was certain he wasn't lying. The eyes are the windows to the soul, and a liar's eyes could never be so calm and clear.

She nodded slightly and then asked in a somewhat indifferent tone, "Have you decided which mentor you want?"

"Not yet," Jiang Xun answered honestly, as he hadn't even had time to find out which mentors were available.

What he didn't know was that even if he chose one, it wouldn't necessarily be successful. The professor would select a few students from the applicants, and the rest would have to apply to other professors.

Yan Jin was silent for a moment, then said:

"Leave me your email address and I'll introduce you to someone. You can go and talk to him and see if he's still accepting new students."

"Thank you, Teacher Yan." Jiang Xun's eyes lit up, and he quickly gave her his QQ email address.

The teachers Professor Yan recommends are definitely better than those he randomly chooses himself.

After writing down his email address on her phone, Yan Jin said, "But don't get your hopes up too high; he has very high standards for his students."

After speaking, she nodded to Jiang Xun and left, leaving Jiang Xun with only her tall and aloof back view.

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