Redemption from the Abyss: The School Beauty Insists on Pulling Me Out of the Mire

When Zhou Zixu saw Xie Wang walk in, he immediately straightened up and quickly walked over.

"Mr. Xie, you've arrived."

He lowered his voice.

"President Lu told me last night that Uncle Xie has already made the arrangements and is now familiarizing himself with the system."

Xie Wang nodded, his gaze falling on Xie Zhengyang.

The man who used to be drunk all the time is now sitting in front of the computer, his fingers flying across the keyboard, lines of code scrolling across the screen.

Zhou Zixu followed Xie Wang's gaze, his eyes showing a hint of surprise.

"Mr. Xie, your father's skills are truly impressive."

Zhou Zixu's voice was filled with undisguised shock.

"I just assigned him a few basic database maintenance tasks. I thought it would take him all morning to finish them, but he finished them all in half an hour."

Xie Wang didn't speak, he just watched quietly.

Zhou Zixu continued.

"Moreover, his code is very well written, with clear logic and extremely high efficiency, which is not at all like someone who hasn't touched a keyboard in years."

Xie Zhengyang seemed to notice the gaze behind him. He stopped what he was doing and turned around to look at him.

Eyes facing each other.

A hint of unease flashed in Xie Zhengyang's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure.

He stood up, walked up to Xie Wang, and his voice was a little hoarse.

"son."

Xie Wang looked at him.

"Are you adjusting well to your job?"

Xie Zhengyang nodded vigorously.

"I've adapted, I've adapted very well."

He paused.

"It feels great to not have worked for so many years."

His voice held a long-lost vitality, a life force that had been destroyed by alcohol and gambling for over a decade, seemingly reignited at this moment.

Zhou Zixu stood to the side, looked at Xie Wang, then at Xie Zhengyang, and suddenly realized something.

"No way, are all the members of the Xie family genius programmers?"

Zhou Zixu's voice was filled with disbelief.

"Mr. Xie, you can hack through nine layers of firewalls in three minutes, and Uncle Xie can finish a morning's worth of work in half an hour. Your genes are just too strong."

Xie Wang didn't reply, but simply turned and walked towards his office.

Lu Yi followed behind him, carrying the test paper. When she passed Xie Zhengyang, she couldn't help but glance at him a few more times.

"So this is the legendary gambling addict dad."

Lu Yi muttered to himself.

"It doesn't look like it."

Xie Wang pushed open the office door and glanced back at him.

"Come in and do your homework."

Lu Yi sighed, picked up the test paper, and went inside.

The office was quiet, with only the low hum of the air conditioner running.

Xie Wang sat behind his desk, turned on his computer, and began processing the backlog of work emails from yesterday.

Lu Yi sat on the sofa opposite, spread out the test paper, picked up a pen, and stared blankly at the first question.

Time passed by, second by second.

Lu Yi drew circles on the paper with his pen, his eyes unfocused, and he exuded an aura of utter despair.

Xie Wang looked up at him.

"Can't even answer the first question?"

Lu Yi snapped out of his daze and looked at the question.

"Yes, but I don't want to do it."

"So what do you want to do?"

"I want to go home and sleep."

Lu Yi said confidently.

Xie Wang stared at him for a few seconds, then lowered his head to continue processing emails.

"Finish this test before you go to sleep."

Lu Yi collapsed onto the sofa in despair.

"You're a demon."

Outside the office, Zhou Zixu walked back to Xie Zhengyang's workstation, looking at the completed tasks on the screen, his eyes filled with undisguised shock.

"Uncle Xie, what did you do for a living before?"

Zhou Zixu couldn't help but ask.

Xie Zhengyang stopped what he was doing and remained silent for a while.

"In the past."

His voice was somewhat unsteady.

"I used to work as a developer at a software company for a few years, but then something happened and I quit."

He didn't say what it was, and Zhou Zixu didn't press him for details.

"So how does it feel to start working again now?"

Xie Zhengyang looked at the scrolling code on the screen, a bitter smile curving his lips.

"It feels like I've come back to life."

His voice was very soft.

"For the past ten years or so, I've lived a life worse than a human being. All I do is drink and gamble every day, making myself into a monster."

He paused.

"Now that I can sit here and write code again, I feel like I'm still saved."

Zhou Zixu listened to these words and didn't know what to say, so he just patted him on the shoulder.

"Uncle Xie, keep up the good work, the company won't treat you unfairly."

Xie Zhengyang nodded and turned his gaze back to the screen.

His fingers flew across the keyboard, and the long-lost sense of focus completely immersed him.

In the office, under Xie Wang's death stare, Lu Yi finally finished writing the first question, albeit tremblingly.

He looked up at Xie Wang sitting opposite him, his eyes filled with resentment.

"Can I take a break?"

Xie Wang replied without even looking up.

"cannot."

Lu Yi slumped back onto the test paper in despair.

My phone vibrated.

Xie Wang picked it up and glanced at it; it was a message from Su Qinghe.

"What are you doing."

Xie Wang's lips curled into a slight smile as he typed a few words on the screen.

"Supervise Lu Yi as he does his math problems."

Su Qinghe replied less than ten seconds after the message was sent.

"You seem to have a lot of free time."

Xie Wang chuckled.

I miss you, Teacher Su.

Teacher Su smiled on the other side of the screen.

"Wait for me, I'll be at the company to see you right away."