I am weak and friendly

Chapter 407 No way, I'm not going to receive my own homework, am I?
Initially, he only planned to do a simple assignment and try to get closer to the big shot.

At first, he felt as happy as if he had been chosen as a concubine to enter the palace, and his rise to prominence was just around the corner.

But at first, it was only at first.

Now, he felt like a eunuch who had been castrated and sent to the palace.

He discovered that this big shot, Hirako, had an obsessive pursuit of aesthetics.

No, it's just a console program. The interface is just a black command line. Why do you expect the interface to look nice?

No, no, no, how could you slander such a big shot like that? It must be that the big shot's teacher had too high expectations.

Zhou Siyuan convinced himself of this.

For a long time afterward, Zhou Siyuan went through all the printf commands in the code, and then, as requested by the expert, added various ANSI escape codes to adjust the final output format, layout, and color.

Then... make further modifications.

Revised again and again.

He kept muttering to himself as he revised it.

Who is this great deity, or which bodhisattva is this?

It's just a summer assignment from university, why are the requirements so high?

Teaching such a lousy lesson and you've developed a sense of superiority, huh? Acting like you're above everyone else, aren't you? I really want to see who this guy is; I want to spit in his face!
But as he continued to modify it, he discovered that Pingzi, the expert, didn't seem to be very familiar with this CLI interface, and he seemed to be figuring it out himself.

But Hirako's progress was astonishingly fast. He quickly established the overall tone, and then the entire interface was completely refreshed.

By the time the big boss finally said it was okay, more than an hour had passed.

But you know what? After the big boss made these demands for changes, the entire interface really did look completely different.

Simple color adjustments, indentation, and blank lines surprisingly gave the entire interface a modern feel.

He never imagined that the dark, black CLI (command line interface) could look so good.

He could only sigh.

A true master is a master; he's flawless in every aspect!

He remembered that some people had complained that the software the expert had open-sourced was too ugly. Now it seemed that the expert was just busy developing the main modules and improving the functions, so he didn't have time to pay attention to these minor details.

Otherwise, how can we explain that the expert is just doing an assignment, yet has such high aesthetic standards and such a high level of completion?

This is what it means to strive for perfection!

Niubi!

But seriously, ugh, you big shot's teacher, I spit in your face!
Such talent, why not use it on something else? Why waste it on such a terrible assignment?

After sending the final version, he received a message from the expert Pingzi:
"Thank you so much! You're amazing, you saved my life!"

Although he was quite tired and the work was rather tedious over the past hour, he still felt completely refreshed after receiving Pingzi's thanks.

“I learned a lot there too,” he said.

After an hour of being immersed in this style, he wondered if he could also revise his previous writings according to the master's model.
"I'm sorry to have troubled you, thank you again!" The big boss was very polite.

"You're welcome, you're welcome. It's my pleasure. I have quite a bit of experience with university assignments. If you ever need any assignments in the future that you can't finish in time, you can always come to me."

Damn it, how could I have made such a promise and agreed to it?
As expected, you only helped the big shot with such a small favor, so you were too embarrassed to ask for their help, right...?

"Really? That's wonderful! Thank you so much, you've saved my life! I might really need your help in the future!"

"You're welcome, it's my pleasure!"

Hahahaha, the big boss said I saved his life!
Zhou Siyuan's mouth was stretched all the way to his ears.

……

On the other side, Tang Yiping finally submitted his assignment and breathed a sigh of relief.

Great! I'll go to the company tomorrow to get an internship certificate, and then my summer vacation will be over.

Tomorrow, I'll be going back to school.

At the dinner table, Chef Tang and Old Zhang discussed the start of the school year.

Sister Gao said, "Pingzi is starting school tomorrow, and he must have a lot of stuff. Lao Zhang, why don't you drive Pingzi back and help him move his things?"

"Okay, I'll take a day off tomorrow." Old Zhang readily agreed. Although he was very busy, he was worried that he couldn't compete with his department head, Wang Xiqiang, if he asked for leave to see Tang off.

Maybe tomorrow it will be two people seeing someone off...

"No need, I can take the subway back," Tang Yiping said.

Hailing City and Chuanling City, where Tang Yiping went to university, belong to the same metropolitan area. The center of the two cities is only about 70 kilometers apart, making it very convenient not only with high-speed rail but also with seamless subway transfers. It's just that the travel time is a bit long.

But it doesn't matter, Tang Yiping is in a wheelchair no matter where he is, it makes no difference.

“Anyway, once school starts, I’ll definitely still have to travel back and forth,” Tang Yiping said.

“Well… Pingzi, you’ve been discharged from the hospital and started school, so Brother Tang should go back too. I’ll take Brother Tang home,” Old Zhang said.

“My dad gets people to give him gifts too,” Tang Yiping said. “He has a wide circle of friends now, so if you want to give him a gift, you’ll have to wait in line.”

Old Zhang felt very bad and felt he had to do something about it. He hesitated for a while before finally giving up.

While the group was pulling at each other, Tang Yiping's gaze fell on his "Survival Guide for the Weak".

This "Survival Guide for the Weak" also has a CLI-style command prompt interface, and it's red and green, which looks really ugly now.

Could you please change this interface as well?

That said, my "Survival Guide for the Weak" is missing a lot of things, and I don't know how to add back features like the points wallet.

Moreover, after I barely survived from LV1 to LV2 and was barely able to make ends meet, the [Survival Guide for the Weak] rewarded me with something, saying it was sent to my [Inbox].

The problem is, I don't even have this "Inbox" feature myself!

My own "Survival Guide for the Weak" seems to have been hacked and corrupted by another system; it's an abridged version, so many features are missing.

This shows that the "Survival Guide for the Weak" can be hacked.

Moreover, this hacking is ongoing. Upgrading the [Corruption Hunter] or triggering the Terrorist Elimination Team multiple times are all due to this system hidden beneath the [Survival Guide for the Weak]. Even the current recruitment interface for the [Terrorist Elimination Team] is the work of this hidden system.

So... how can one hack into the "Survival Guide for the Weak"?

Whether or not the features are added back is another matter, but this interface is really ugly.

Too ugly.

I really want to change it!
No, I can't take it anymore!

Tang Yiping stared at his "Survival Guide for the Weak," then his gaze shifted to the line below the "Elimination Team" recruitment notice: "New system port discovered, currently being cracked..."

Various ideas surfaced in his mind.

……

Zhou Siyuan stayed in his lab until 11 p.m., reviewing the code he had revised twice more.

It was just a small but big assignment, but looking at the beautiful interface, he felt a strange sense of accomplishment.

When he realized it was really too late and his family had to urge him twice, he finally packed up and went home.

After washing up, just as Zhou Siyuan was about to go to sleep, he received a message from his first disciple, Gu Wenzhou:

"The last major assignment is finally submitted. Students these days are so procrastinating. But you know what, it's really well-written, and the interface is beautiful. I just wonder if it was copied..."

"Need you even ask? He definitely copied. These days, it's impossible to expect a student not to copy their homework. But now that you mention it, he's quite good at it..."

Just then, he suddenly sensed something was wrong and asked, "Wait, what's this student's name?"

"I think his name is Ping," Gu Wenzhou said.

What level?
No way, no way, I'm not going to receive my own homework, am I?

Could it be that Hirako is my student?

Zhou Siyuan hurriedly typed: "Quickly send me this assignment to take a look!"

There was no further news from that side.

Zhou Siyuan sent several messages in a row, but no one replied.

He called, but no one answered.

Zhou Siyuan was furious.

Gu Wenzhou, you're only 30 years old! It's only 1 a.m., how can you turn off your phone and go to sleep?
With your attitude towards research, when will you be promoted to associate professor?

Get up!
Get up!
Zhou Siyuan made 20 calls but no one answered, and he was almost at his wit's end.

Zhou Siyuan couldn't sleep that night.

His heart was in turmoil; even if he woke up in the middle of the night, he would sit up and say:
Gu Wenzhou, you should give me a straight answer!

What should I do now?!

No way!
Really?!
(End of this chapter)