Chapter 577 - Chapter 577: 227 Who dares to speak up? The building butler saw Principal Shi_3

Chapter 577: 227 Who dares to speak up? The building butler saw Principal Shi_3

Jiangjing’s old-time eateries only serve a limited number of breakfast items on a first-come, first-serve basis every day, without the options for takeout or delivery.

He had gone there with Qi Shuyun twice before but never managed to taste their very famous crab roe soup dumplings.

Now they’ve surprisingly started to branch out into new business and begin delivery.

“Junior, why did you bring your own laptop,” Chen Hong opened the software to help Xu Wenyao verify regression results, “The school’s computers are high-end Zhongxing models, much better than our personal ones. Only the computers in the lab can run MAT software…”

This is the most commonly used software for modeling, capable of drawing many types of charts.

The software isn’t domestic and isn’t open to the public. According to international agreements, only Jiangjing University’s computer labs have the permission to use it, which is why modeling students are practically glued to the labs.

There are cracked versions outside but they don’t have all the features.

All the students from Jiangjing’s School of Engineering and Chemistry know this. Jiangjing has always had the most complete and high-end facilities, which is why so many people are desperate to get into this school.

Chen Hong turned his head and just happened to see the blue and red logo of the MAT software on Bai Lian’s laptop: “…”

A cracked version?

**

Bai Lian didn’t stay overnight in the school’s computer lab.

She left at ten o’clock.

Jiang Fulai’s car wasn’t parked under the Computer Science building but at a less crowded intersection. Today, he drove a silver sedan she had never seen before.

She got into the passenger seat, placed her computer casually on her lap, and buckled herself in.

Jiang Fulai’s hand rested lazily on the steering wheel, his slender fingers tapping rhythmically. With his other hand, he switched off his Bluetooth headset.

He didn’t start the car.

He was dressed in a white shirt, the cuffs casually rolled up to reveal a watch around his wrist.

His side profile appeared even more aloof.

Bai Lian hesitated, then chose her words carefully, “What’s wrong?”

“You chose He Wen to be the advising teacher,” Jiang Fulai spoke solemnly, tilting his gaze slightly, as his long eyelashes curled down, hiding those pale eyes underneath. The face that usually kept others at arm’s length now seemed somewhat accusatory.

Bai Lian’s hand that was pulling out draft paper paused.

Seeking He Wen was because she had communicated with him many times about the model and had worked together with him before.

Xu Wenyao and Chen Hong were about to graduate from their senior year, and Bai Lian could hardly imagine what expression she would have to wear when Xu Wenyao was being scolded by Jiang Fulai in front of her, especially since Xu Wenyao had always treated her like an elder.

What was most important was…

Even if Jiang Fulai hadn’t said it, Bai Lian knew his influence here was definitely not small.

When her name first appeared in He Wen’s papers, it caused quite a stir.

If the name of Jiang Fulai appeared on a mathematical modeling competition…

Bai Lian could not quite dare to envision the scene.

Her hand pressed on the draft paper, but her mind was racing, “The small-scale modeling competition was a bit of an underuse for you, but He Wen was just right.”

Jiang Fulai averted his eyes, grudgingly accepting the explanation, “Have you encountered any problems?”

He started the car.

“No,” with the crisis seemingly averted, Bai Lian leaned back, “but Chen Hong said the MAT software can only be used in the school lab.”

Jiang Fulai said offhandedly, “That’s the theory.”

“And in practice?”

At the red light, Jiang Fulai slowed down the car to a stop and remained silent, simply raising an eyebrow.

He had been using it for quite a while—the lab at home, his apartment in Xiangcheng, he had installed it everywhere—

Who among those people in overseas labs would dare to make a peep?

**

Time swiftly passed.

July 13th, eleven o’clock at night.

In these three days, Bai Lian and the other three members of the Xu Wenyao team had only slept less than six hours.

This session’s Problem A was difficult, and with not many people choosing it, they were pressed for time to finish the model and gather the last reception ratio. Afterwards, they only had two hours left to rush the coding.

After submission, they would have to wait two months for the evaluation.

“We two can handle these,” Chen Hong was typing as he said this; during these two days, he had been helping Bai Lian with calculations while writing the paper, “Junior, you go and rest. You’ve worked hard these three days.”

Chen Hong and Xu Wenyao were juniors, and they had plenty of experience writing papers during this period.

Glancing through the summary Chen Hong was writing at lightning speed, Bai Lian found it much better than what Wang Xu had written before. It was barely acceptable and she had no energy to help them polish it.

So, she didn’t decline, “Okay.”

Xu Wenyao was verifying the last reception ratio. Looking up and seeing Bai Lian pick up her laptop, he remembered something, “Will you go back for dinner the day after tomorrow?”

Xu Zhiyue’s celebration dinner was tomorrow.

Before knowing that Bai Lian had ranked first, the elderly lady had been delighted about Xu Zhiyue’s high score.

She had specially arranged a banquet for July 15 to entertain the Xu family and some relatives and friends. She even wanted to throw a large banquet for Bai Lian, which Bai Lian had declined.