The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 286: Can we summon Voldemort by gathering Fang Sijin, Su Mingyu, and Liu Wenjing?
Qiao Jingjing's words left Bei Weiwei stunned on the spot.

Even Yang Muyi, who was engrossed in eating, looked up.

"You mean she just works part-time in our school cafeteria and uses her breaks to audit some courses that interest her?"

After Bei Weiwei finished speaking, she added:
"She didn't get into university?"

She passed the exam, but her family wouldn't let her study.

Qiao Jingjing sighed and continued, "Senior Fang's hometown is a remote mountain village. Last year, she was admitted to our school's business administration program."

Hearing this, Bei Weiwei couldn't help but nudge Yang Muye beside her with her elbow.

We have the same major.

At this moment, Yang Muye was thinking that business administration truly lived up to its reputation as a "dead end" major.

Is there anything truly valuable in management science?
Have!
But that knowledge is something that ordinary people will never need in their lifetime.

Especially for students from impoverished or underprivileged backgrounds who choose this major, their four years of university will only get them a diploma; otherwise, it's really not very useful.

"And then?" Bei Weiwei asked curiously.

“Her family couldn’t afford to send her to university, so her mother tore up her acceptance letter and locked her at home. It wasn’t until more than a month into the semester that she managed to escape with her grandfather’s help.”

Qiao Jingjing glanced at Fang Sijin, who was still busy at the food serving window, and continued:

"She finally arrived at the school, but the teacher in the academic affairs office said that she had registered late and that she had been treated as having automatically forfeited her admission."

Bei Weiwei was furious after hearing this: "How could the Academic Affairs Office do this? It's so inhumane."

Qiao Jingjing explained helplessly that it's not just Dongda University; almost all universities have such regulations.

Failure to register on time and failure to proactively request leave from the school to explain the situation will be considered as automatically forfeiting the admission qualification.

Furthermore, the teachers from the academic affairs office called Fang Sijin's family, and her mother clearly stated that she would give up on enrolling her in school.

"But shouldn't special cases be handled differently in this situation? Her personal freedom is being restricted by her family, which should be considered a legitimate reason of force majeure, right?"

"How can she prove she was locked up at home? Call the police and have them arrest her own parents?"

Looking at Bei Weiwei's wide-eyed expression, Qiao Jingjing shrugged: "I asked the same question as you back then. These are Fang Xuejie's exact words."

Even so, Bei Weiwei still couldn't understand it.

Why didn't Fang Sijin call the police when her mother treated her like this?

"That's why Lu Xun said that human joys and sorrows are not shared."

Qiao Jingjing summarized with a single sentence.

Bei Weiwei wanted to turn her head to look at Fang Sijin, who was busy at the food serving window, but Qiao Jingjing called out to her.

How embarrassing would it be if Fang Sijin found out?

Fang Sijin had specifically instructed Qiao Jingjing not to talk about it with others.

Seeing this, Bei Weiwei had no choice but to nudge Yang Muye, who was standing to the side, with her elbow.

"Mr. Yang, this senior student, Ms. Fang, has such a pitiful background. Is there any way to help her?"

"No."

Yang Muye answered directly.

First of all, there is nothing wrong with the actions taken by the Academic Affairs Office of the University of Tokyo.

Failure to register by the deadline is considered as automatic withdrawal from enrollment, as stipulated by the Ministry of Education.

Furthermore, more than a year has passed since the incident, and the school has arranged a job for Fang Sijin in the cafeteria. Although the salary is not high, it includes meals and accommodation.

That's already more than enough.

Even if we assume that Fang Sijin is able to return to school and complete her four-year university degree, she will still be burdened with tens of thousands of yuan in student loans.

In a big city like Shanghai, to be honest, without the support of one's family, it's really hard to establish oneself on one's own efforts alone.

Not to mention that academic qualifications become increasingly devalued over time.

Given Fang Sijin's situation, she might as well wait until she reaches graduation age, get a fake certificate, and then find a job that doesn't really care about academic qualifications.

For example, sales.

Anyway, Fang Sijin did indeed attend university and even took classes, so she usually won't give herself away.

Of course, this also falls into the category of bad ideas.

Yang Muye only thought this to himself and had no intention of mentioning it to Qiao Jingjing and Bei Weiwei.

After lunch, Yang Muye returned to his apartment for a nap and ran into Hu Yifei at the entrance of the residential complex.

While riding the elevator upstairs together, Yang Muyi casually asked about Fang Sijin.

"Fang Sijin?"

Hu Yifei was stunned for a moment.

"You mean Fang Sijing? It seems to be because she was the fourth child in her family, and there was a well in the house, so she was given that name."

"is it?"

Yang Muye may have looked shocked, but in his heart he felt that this made sense.

How could a poor family in a mountain village, so poor that they would rather tear up their daughter's college acceptance letter than let her go to school, possibly name her Fang Sijin?

Hu Yifei shrugged: "If my family had given me such a name, I would have tried to change it when I went to college."

Although the name is fake, Fang Sijin's story is real.

"The academic affairs office can't do anything about it, because that's how the school rules are."

As Hu Yifei spoke, she secretly glanced at Yang Muye.

After all, not everyone can be like Yang Muye, who was able to enroll as an exchange student even though the semester had been going on for more than a month.

“In Fang Sijin’s case, the school suggested that she repeat the year and retake the exam. The teachers in the academic affairs office even helped her apply for a part-time job in the school cafeteria. But for some reason, she did not take the college entrance examination this year.”

At this point, Hu Yifei suddenly remembered something.

Wasn't Yang Muye going to have Liu Wenjing livestream her college entrance exam preparation?

Since it's all advertising for Zuoyebang anyway, why not let Fang Sijin try it out too?

Fang Sijin's background is similar to that of Su Mingyu, who was forced by her mother to change her college application, and Liu Wenjing, who was forced by her family to get married. They all suffered because of their original families.

Yang Muye actually wanted to criticize Hu Yifei's suggestion.

With Liu Wenjing, Su Mingyu, and Fang Sijin, this is no longer a college entrance exam review livestream; it should just be renamed the "College Entrance Exam Misery Comparison Livestream."

However, seeing Hu Yifei's enthusiastic expression, Yang Muye ultimately gave up the idea of ​​pouring cold water on her enthusiasm.

"Yes, if Fang Sijin is willing to take the college entrance examination again, Zuoyebang can provide her with this opportunity."

Hu Yifei is an impatient person. After learning that Yang Muye had no classes in the afternoon, she immediately dragged Yang Muye back to the school cafeteria to find Fang Sijin.

When the two arrived at the cafeteria, it was already past 1 p.m. The students who had eaten had mostly left, leaving only a few cafeteria staff mopping the floor and wiping the tables.

Fang Sijin was among them.

Hu Yifei walked straight over.

Hearing footsteps, Fang Sijin looked up.

Hu Yifei only became a teaching assistant in the Academic Affairs Office this year after being admitted to graduate school, and Fang Sijin did not know her.

He was about to ask Hu Yifei what was wrong.

Hu Yifei's voice rang out first.

"Are you Fang Sijin?"

Before Fang Sijin could recover from her daze, Hu Yifei offered her her hand.

"Hello, I am Hu Yifei, an assistant in the Academic Affairs Office."

Fang Sijin's expression changed, and she hurriedly took off her gloves and handed over her hand.

"Hello, Teacher Hu!"

Her tone was very polite, even a little nervous. Her current job was applied for by the academic affairs office from the school. Although it wasn't specified how many years she could stay, the teachers in the academic affairs office hoped that she could work part-time while studying and retake the college entrance examination.

Could it be that she didn't take the college entrance exam this year, and the academic affairs office sent Hu Yifei to interrogate her?

"Don't be nervous, I just came to ask you about the situation... Are you free now?"

"I'll be done cleaning right away, Ms. Hu, please wait a moment."

As Fang Sijin spoke, she put her gloves back on and began to diligently wipe the table.

Take this opportunity to calm yourself down.

Hu Yifei found a seat nearby and called Yang Muye over as well.

Soon, all the other cafeteria staff who were cleaning left.

Fang Sijin also took off her gloves and apron and walked over to the table where Hu Yifei and Yang Muye were sitting.

"Teacher Hu, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

"It's alright, sit down and we'll talk slowly."

Fang Sijin sat down opposite Hu Yifei, while secretly glancing at Yang Muye sitting next to Hu Yifei.

I was startled when I finished.

It's him!
Just because the wrong card was issued, this boy went to the academic affairs office to complain. Isn't that too petty?
Wait a minute, something's not right—

Even if you want to file a complaint, you should go to the school's administrative office, not the academic affairs office.

Just as I was lost in thought, Hu Yifei's voice rang out from the other end.

"Xiao Fang, it's like this, didn't the teachers in the academic affairs office suggest you retake the college entrance exam? What, you didn't take it this year?"

Fang Sijin hesitated for a moment before raising her head.

"Teacher Hu, I don't want to take the exam anymore."

Abandoning the exam?

Hu Yifei was stunned.

"Why?" she immediately pressed.

"because--"

Fang Sijin hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.

"Is it because your family is objecting and won't let you register?"

Hu Yifei asked again.

A hint of hesitation and struggle flashed in Fang Sijin's eyes.

While this factor certainly played a role, in reality, if she were truly determined to register for the college entrance examination, she could have found a way to keep it a secret from her family.

Even now, her family still believes that she ran away to work.

Fang Sijin secretly sent money home several times with the salary she had saved over the past year.

This money is for my grandfather.

If it weren't for her grandfather protecting her, Fang Sijin would have been thrown into a well by her mother after she was born.

Parents prefer boys; raising another girl would be a burden on the family.

If it weren't for her grandfather's insistence, Fang Sijin wouldn't even have had the chance to attend high school.

Finally, Fang Sijin gritted her teeth and told the truth.

"It's because I don't want to take the exam anymore."

what?
Hu Yifei was greatly surprised.

He had just convinced Yang Muye to "sponsor" Fang Sijin's college entrance exam, but now Fang Sijin wasn't going to take it?

"Xiao Fang, why didn't you take the exam? Was it because you didn't have enough time to study, or were you worried about the tuition fees after you got in? Actually, you don't need to worry about that, because the school—"

"Teacher Hu, I know that you and the teachers in the Academic Affairs Office really want to help me, so let me tell you the truth."

Fang Sijin seemed to have made a huge decision, looking up at Hu Yifei, whose face was full of astonishment.

"During the year I worked in the school cafeteria, I also audited some courses during my breaks. I don't know about other majors, but for business and management majors, I wonder if the knowledge I learn in class will really be useful after graduation?"

Hu Yifei was speechless for a moment.

As a graduate student majoring in Marxist philosophy, Hu Yifei should have been most skilled at ideological work, but Fang Sijin in front of her had completely stumped her.

University courses, especially humanities courses, are already severely out of touch with society.

Even Hu Yifei herself was confused during her senior year of college. She didn't know what else she could do besides pursuing a master's or doctoral degree.

You can't exactly tell Fang Sijin that at least she can get a diploma after four years of university.

And a diploma is the key to entering the workforce and finding a job.

This might be true for students who get into university through normal means, but for special students like Fang Sijin, is it really worth wasting another year studying for the college entrance exam to gamble on an increasingly devalued diploma and an uncertain future?

"I admit that university courses are not very useful for future jobs, but a diploma is a threshold when looking for a job. If you can't cross this threshold, you will lose many opportunities in the future."

Hu Yifei thought for a long time before coming up with these two sentences.

Fang Sijin's answer was straightforward: she planned to stay at school to work part-time and study, and audit some courses that interested her to "recharge."

After graduating from school in two years, I can do jobs that don't require a high level of education.

It's just a little more work.

Anyway, she has always endured hardship like this since she was a child.

Just as Hu Yifei was at a loss for words, Yang Muyi, who was playing on his phone, suddenly spoke up.

"Senior Fang, if I'm not mistaken, you don't not want a diploma, but you're planning to get one through other means, right?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Yifei and Fang Sijin were both stunned.

Hu Yifei didn't understand what Yang Muye meant.

Another way to get a diploma.

Is it for adult self-study exams?

Those kinds of diplomas are practically useless when you're looking for a job.

Fang Sijin stared wide-eyed, her face filled with disbelief.

She does intend to obtain a diploma through another means, but not through adult self-study.

Instead, I just bought a... fake certificate!
Fang Sijin learned this method from a conversation she overheard between two boys while serving food at the window last semester.

Those two boys must be seniors. They failed their courses and couldn't retake them, so they didn't have enough credits to graduate.

One of the boys thought of buying a fake certificate, at least to fool his family first.

Employers might check the authenticity of the diploma, but parents certainly wouldn't make a point of checking it.

The speaker is unintentional and the listener is interested.

Inspired by this, Fang Sijin realized that instead of retaking the college entrance exam, she should buy a fake certificate.

Because some employers don't really bother to check the authenticity of graduation certificates.

Especially those companies that recruit directly from schools.

The only drawback of this method is that you need to stay in school for two more years.

You have to wait until the age on your ID card reaches the normal graduation age before the fake ID card will be less likely to be exposed.

Although Fang Sijin secretly called people who make fake certificates, she never revealed this plan to anyone.

How did Yang Muye know all this?
Because you did the same thing in your past life, and in the end, your most trusted boss used it to blackmail you.

Looking at Fang Sijin's shocked face, Yang Muye silently answered in his heart.

(End of this chapter)