Chapter Fourteen: Knowledge is Power

  Zhao Kai Shun immediately followed up, smiling and saying: "Yes, they're already 17 years old, and next year they'll be adults. We need to change our old way of thinking that parents know best and listen more to the kids' opinions!"

  Qiao Xiucheng couldn't help but feel a sense of frustration. Now this is getting out of hand, coming to the school herself to cause trouble?

  Lin Mingyu quietly pulled his wife Qiao Xiuzhen's sleeve, meaning: Don't say anything else, let's hurry up and go!

  Qiao Xiuchun was unwilling in her heart, but seeing her daughter's attitude so resolute and her husband not standing on her side, she had to hold back her strength and temporarily give up. However, she was also unwilling to admit defeat, and before leaving, she threw out a sentence at Chu Tianfeng: "If my daughter's score drops by one point in next month's exam, you must change your seats!"

  Chu Tianfeng smiled and thought to himself: "Is your daughter's declining grades because of me? It's normal for students' scores to fluctuate by a few points!"

  Thinking again, Qiao Xiuxin also compromised, from "capital punishment" to "suspended sentence", I hope Lin Yajing's grades will rise steadily!

  Qiao Xiuchun stormed out of the office, Lin Mingyu walked a few steps, suddenly turned his head and stared at Chu Tianfeng, asking in a low voice: "Is your father named Chu Gang?"

  Chu Tianfeng was taken aback by the words, but immediately regained his composure and nodded calmly, wondering in his heart how he knew his father.

  Lin Mingyu's eyes became very complicated, and he let out a light sigh. He turned around and gently stroked his daughter Lin Yajing's smooth hair, smiling: "Child, go back to the classroom!"

  "Um, bye Daddy, bye Mommy!" Lin Yajing blinked her lovely and charming big eyes, sweetly saying.

  Chu Tianfeng and Lin Yajing returned to the classroom, this lesson is almost over, most students have finished answering the English test questions and are reviewing them.

  "Have you finished your homework? If not, leave the questions until self-study class and I'll have them answered before sending them to me!" Chen Xuewei didn't expect the two of them to take so long, so she had to adopt a compromise.

  "Teacher, we've all finished!"

  Chu Tianfeng and Lin Yajing almost simultaneously responded with the same sentence, then they both burst out laughing. The surrounding classmates looked at each other in surprise, secretly marveling: "How did these two become more and more tacitly coordinated?"

  "Alright, let's go take a look!" Chen Xuewei smiled slightly and turned around to walk up onto the stage.

  Chu Tianfeng and Lin Yajing returned to their seats and sat for a while before the bell rang.

  English Language: The English teacher, Cheng Mei-yun, helps the teacher collect the papers, Chen Xue-wei counts them and then announces the end of class. She leaves the classroom with a light step, leaving behind an infinitely charming and fascinating back view for the students...

  As soon as the teacher left, murmurs of discussion started to rise, many students were shocked that Chu Tianfeng and Lin Yajing still sat at the same table after returning, Class Director Zhao Kaishun didn't separate them, even Lin Yajing's parents coming over was ineffective.

  "Unbelievable! What on earth happened in the office?"

  "Did Chu Tianfeng persuade Lin Yajing's parents?"

  "There's a possibility, don't forget, in the past Chu Tianfeng was also an excellent student!"

  "Lao Lin, how did you suddenly change your mind? When we were about to leave, you still agreed to swap the seats of Lin Yajing and Chu Tianfeng." Qiao Xiuzhen said discontentedly as she sat in her husband's car after leaving school.

  "Heh heh, indeed his son." Lin Mingyu's eyes flashed with a hint of brilliance, as if he hadn't heard his wife's question at all.

  "What's wrong with you? Whose son are you?" Qiao Xiuzhen asked seriously.

  "Ah, Chu Tianfeng!" Lin Mingyu turned his head to look at his wife and smiled lightly: "Xiūqín, don't worry! Chu Tianfeng doesn't seem like he'll affect our daughter's studies. He was a good student in the past too, it's just that because of some sudden changes in his family situation, his grades plummeted. If our Yajing can help him out, that'd be best."

  Qiao Xiuchun still didn't feel at ease and said with some worry, "Even if he's a good student, can you guarantee that he and Yajing won't develop any premature romantic feelings?"

  "Alas, I think you're being overly sensitive." Lin Mingyu smiled helplessly and said, "In school, boys and girls sitting at the same table is common, does that mean they'll all fall in love early? Alas, I think you've developed an occupational disease from doing disciplinary work, looking at everyone as if they have a problem, not even trusting your own daughter?"

  "Hmph, I just don't feel at ease! Old Lin, if we don't get vaccinated in advance and something happens later on, what are you going to do?" Qiao Xiuzhen said coldly.

  "Alas, even if it's really early love, our parents' constant high pressure will backfire. We must reason with them and move them with emotions! Although this is a critical year before the college entrance exam, don't be too nervous, just observe calmly!" Lin Mingyu said with a smile.

  A day of intense study has finally passed, tomorrow is a double rest day. Now the education bureau above is quite strict, and even the second year of high school doesn't dare to make up classes openly.

  However, the teachers seemed unwilling to let the students have a completely relaxing two-day break, assigning a large amount of homework and threatening a test on Monday, resulting in at least one day being spent doing homework.

  Chu Tianfeng's schedule for the next two days is quite full. On Saturday morning, he has an appointment with Tan Kai and Gao Dali to participate in a game testing activity at the "Computer Room". In the afternoon, he plans to go to the bookstore to buy some books to review. On Sunday, he will stay at home, just reading books and doing homework.

  Since discovering the brain-enhancing technique, Chu Tianfeng was no longer satisfied with just reading high school textbooks and wanted to arm himself with knowledge in all aspects. Regardless of the era, knowledge is power, knowledge is productivity, knowledge is combat effectiveness...

  Back home, he wiped the table with a handkerchief as usual, and looked at the family photo of three people. He thought of past events, feeling bittersweet and overwhelmed with emotions.

  In the photo, Father Chu Gang's smile is forever elegant and amiable. Chu Tianfeng will never believe that his father is a corrupt official who was spat upon by others.

  He thought to himself that he would go see his father in prison next week, but the prison had rules and did not allow visits on statutory holidays, so he had no choice but to take a half-day off from school.

  Suddenly, Chu Tianfeng remembered that in Zhao Kaishun's office today, Lin Yajing's father Lin Mingyu actually recognized him as Chu Gang's son. Did Lin Mingyu know his father? In the past, he had never heard his father mention knowing Lin Mingyu!

  Now, Chu Tianfeng didn't even know Lin Yajing's father's true identity, only knowing that the Lin family had a deep background, perhaps they could help him out?

  The next morning, Chu Tianfeng got up early, brushed his teeth and ate something casually. Just then, he heard someone knocking on the door outside.

  As soon as the door opened, it was their good neighbor Tan Kai.

  "Tiān fēng, chī zǎo fàn le méi yǒu?"

  Translation: "Tianfeng, have you eaten breakfast yet?"

  "Hehe, just ate!"

  "Alright, let's go! The activity starts at 8 o'clock in the morning."

  Chu Tianfeng and Tan Kai walked out of the shantytown, boarded a bus heading to the city center. They had agreed with Gao Dali last night to meet at the entrance of Municipal No. 1 Middle School first, then go to that "computer room" together.

  Half an hour later, Chu Tianfeng and Tan Kai got off the car, and from a distance, they saw Gao Dali wearing a casual T-shirt, standing at the school gate looking around.

  After the three of them converged, Tan Kai led the way and went straight to that "computer room" he mentioned.

  "The computer room" is just a colloquialism, the real name of the place is "Xinyuan Internet Cafe", with 50 machines, only five can access the internet, and the rest are all for playing games, which are the earliest single-player games. However, those dazzling graphics and new gameplay still attracted many young people who were tired of playing in game halls to come and visit.

  As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the internet cafe, I saw a crowd of people, with over 100 people gathered there to participate in the activity, and a long queue had already formed.

  This time, Xinyuan Internet Cafe and Taiwan's Softstar Entertainment Inc. are hosting a game testing competition at their Tianhai City office, mainly for the upcoming mainland release of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 98 - Tender Edition", which is also known as the Simplified Chinese version of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy Win95".

  Before the official release, a group of players will be recruited to conduct internal testing of the game, so-called "group wisdom", to find out more BUGs, and the headquarters will make urgent corrections, thereby improving the quality of the game.

  This activity has been carried out in cooperative internet cafes in major cities across the country.

  In this era, computers were not yet popular and there were few computer game players. Therefore, when Xinyuan Internet Cafe took over the activity, they spared no effort in vigorously promoting it, and today we can see that the effect is quite good.

  PS: This book has been signed by A, and from today on, there will be two updates every day at around 12pm and 8pm. I'm extremely grateful!