Chapter 82: Two Trees Do Not Make a Forest, There is a Heart Under the Field.

“……You rascal!”

Liang Zhirou glanced at Chen Lu who was grinning mischievously and turned away, not wanting to pay attention to him.

Why did he have to bring that up again! Wasn’t that joke already over in the previous sentences?

“Are you going to take the CET-6 exam in a few days?” Chen Lu asked.

“Yes.” The girl immediately replied.

……

In the afternoon, Chen Lu continued to be busy with “interviews,” while Liang Zhirou sat quietly beside him, memorizing English words, occasionally looking up at him.

When Chen Lu was busy, she would watch silently without disturbing him. When he wasn’t busy, she would take out a tissue to wipe his sweat, and occasionally pick up a small fan to blow air on Chen Lu.

Both the girl’s actions and her eyes were filled with endless tenderness.

Whenever Chen Lu noticed, he would grab the fan and direct the wind towards her, then she would take advantage of his inattention to continue blowing air on him. The two went back and forth, repeating this cycle.

In this field where there were many more men than women, many people, upon seeing this scene, truly wished they were dead.

They felt like they were innocent and cute little dogs walking on the street, suddenly kicked for no reason.

Why did finding a part-time job have to involve being fed dog food?!

What was wrong with this world? Did it even give single dogs a chance to survive?

Time passed minute by minute, and before they knew it, it was the last person’s turn.

Chen Lu glanced back, confirming that there was no one else, and let out a deep sigh of relief.

He was finally free. He knew he should have created a group online to screen people first.

Actually, he didn’t want to continue after half of the afternoon. The number of people who came was unexpectedly high. If you didn’t know any better, you would think it was a big company coming to the school for a campus recruitment drive.

Perhaps the name “University Student Studio Founded by Fellow Students” had a special appeal to them.

Putting the success rate aside, who didn’t have the dream of starting from scratch?

“Hello, which programming languages are you familiar with? Do you have any similar experience? Are you familiar with various games?”

Chen Lu’s voice was a little hoarse, and he asked in a very formulaic way.

As the person introduced themselves, Liang Zhirou thoughtfully handed him the bottle of water she had just bought.

Chen Lu listened while taking a large gulp of water.

“I don’t have any similar experience yet, I play all kinds of games, but the one I play the most is…”

The bespectacled boy said this and held his phone horizontally in front of him, posing like he was summoning armor, “Primitive Man, activate!”

“Pfft!”

Chen Lu sprayed all the water in his mouth to the side, choking and coughing continuously.

“Alright, alright, I’m not interested in what games you play.” Chen Lu cleared his throat, “You seem to know a lot, leave your contact information, you’ll pass after one more round of testing.”

“Okay!”

The surroundings finally became quiet again, leaving only Chen Lu and Liang Zhirou sitting under the sunshade.

“Are you tired?” Chen Lu asked with a light smile.

“Not tired.”

Liang Zhirou diligently organized her things. Being with Chen Lu made time fly by, she couldn’t feel tired.

Chen Lu stretched, yawning lazily, “You can’t just accompany me for an afternoon for nothing, I’ll treat you to dinner tonight. Do you want to eat barbecue?”

“Can we go eat at the cafeteria?”

“…”

……

That night, after discussing with Jiang Chao, Chen Lu created a small group with only twenty people.

Chen Lu created a test file and sent it to the group.

“It’s almost the end of the semester, everyone is busy reviewing, you can complete this at your leisure, of course, the sooner the better.

You can send it to me directly after finishing, the latest deadline is three days later.”

His wording was very gentle.

Jiang Chao leaned over to him, curiously asking, “Isn’t that a bit too many people?”

Chen Lu’s lips curled up into a slight smile, calmly saying, “Just the top five, the rest will be given a cup of milk tea for a good gathering and a good parting.”

“Just the top five?” Jiang Chao was stunned for a moment, then looked at the message Chen Lu sent in the group before he understood a little, “You’re really bad! You say it so casually on the surface, but you only want the five most proactive ones, right?”

He was a little ashamed, “You’re completely different when you’re doing this.”

He was usually like a gentle breeze when communicating with people, but his heart was so dark.

Chen Lu nodded slightly, “Finishing what I sent is not difficult, but it will definitely take time. The ones who can finish it the fastest are definitely more ambitious, or they truly have a dream in this field.”

“Of course, they might just be too idle.”

Chen Lu thought that at least someone would finish it tomorrow.

Unexpectedly, a boy finished it that night.

It was the neurotic guy from the last interview in the afternoon.

Peng Leyun: Senior, I finished it, please take a look.

Chen Lu: So fast?

Peng Leyun: [Pushes Glasses.jpg] Because this is my dream.

Chen Lu frowned, then smiled and tapped the screen lightly, “Alright.”

Soon, the first batch of people for this budding studio was determined.

……

Mid-June.

Liang Zhirou finished her CET-6 exam and went to the school gate early to wait for Chen Lu to come back.

Today was the day he returned from that competition, she wanted to see Chen Lu as soon as possible.

They had not seen each other for almost three days, and because Chen Lu was too busy during this period, they had not spoken much.

It was almost six o’clock, but the sun was still high in the sky, making the girl squint slightly.

There were noisy conversations all around, and the girl just stood there quietly.

She didn’t know how long it had been, but she finally saw a familiar figure in the distance.

“So much prize money, aren’t you going to share some with me?” Lin Miaomiao asked.

Jiang Chao put his arm around Chen Lu’s shoulder, his face full of smiles, “You’re amazing! How did you come up with this!”

“Just summarize the common points, even the best ideas sprout from the most ordinary soil.” Chen Lu still had that serious look on his face.

“Lin Miaomiao’s drawings are also amazing, I was really worried in my heart.” Jiang Chao was obviously the happiest among this group of people, after saying this, he gave Lin Miaomiao a thumbs up, “I never thought our group would be a complete dimensionality reduction strike among college students!”

The game they made combined card games and roguelikes, perfectly showcasing Lin Miaomiao’s talent as an artist.

“I never thought we could win first prize, it’s completely enough to apply for school funding.”

Chen Lu looked at his phone and said, too focused, he didn’t even look at the road for a while.

Sure enough, he bumped into someone head-on.

“Sorry.”

Chen Lu apologized and continued to look at his phone, but the person was still standing there, not saying a word.

He then raised his head curiously.

Then he saw a stunningly beautiful girl. She was biting her lip lightly, her long hair tied behind her, swaying gently in the wind, her clear and watery eyes were looking at him, as if there was a layer of mist on them, as if tears were about to form the next second.

“What are you doing here?” Chen Lu asked with a smile.

Liang Zhirou’s voice trembled slightly, “I missed you…”