Rebirth of a Top Student's Handbook

The next morning, when Zhou Min excitedly arrived at Room 806 of the Information Building with her self-criticism, she found that Teacher Gong was already in her office.

"Hello, Teacher Gong." After Zhou Min knocked on the door and entered, she found Teacher Gong typing without looking up, looking very busy.

Zhou Min could only listlessly survey the office's decor. It was a separate office, about thirty square meters in size, but it only had one desk belonging to Teacher Gong, which was about three meters long and one meter wide. To the left of the desk was a row of filing cabinets that stretched from floor to ceiling.

Behind the desk is a large floor-to-ceiling window, behind which are low-rise buildings, offering a very open view.

To the right of the desk is a sofa and coffee table. Behind the sofa is a row of bookshelves, and in the middle of the bookshelves is a hidden door, which should lead to a lounge.

If Zhou Min hadn't confirmed that she was at school, she would have suspected that she had entered the office of some company boss.

This was the first time she had ever seen a teacher's office so luxurious, although she hadn't been to a teacher's office many times.

Zhou Min guessed that Teacher Gong was definitely not an ordinary teacher; she didn't believe that the teachers at Capital University could have such a large office per person.

Zhou Min wanted to see what books were on the bookshelf, but because it was quite far away, she couldn't walk over. So she could only tilt her head and stare intently at the bookshelf four or five meters away with her almond-shaped eyes that had 5.3 vision.

When Teacher Gong finished her work and looked up, she saw Zhou Min looking completely bewildered.

"Ahem, please sit down." Teacher Gong coughed and gestured for Zhou Min to sit in the chair in front of her desk.

Zhou Min quickly composed herself, sat up straight, and handed over the letter of apology with a proud and eager expression.

At this moment, Zhou Min's feelings were like those of a mother wanting to show off her child—proud yet subtly reserved.

But she didn't know that Teacher Gong across from her saw right through her with just one glance.

Teacher Gong looked down at the document for about three minutes, then looked up and gave Zhou Min a deep look before looking down again to continue reading the self-criticism.

Zhou Min felt a little embarrassed when Teacher Gong glanced at her. Although Zhou Min had received a lot of praise since she was a child, she still felt a little shy every time she was praised.

Just as Zhou Min had mentally prepared herself, Teacher Gong finally put down the self-criticism in her hand and said, "It's well written. Tell me your thoughts when you wrote this article."

During the summer vacation, Zhou Min made a college plan for herself, and in terms of professional knowledge learning, she mainly referred to the article in the journal.

Because she had studied it repeatedly beforehand and translated and transcribed it again yesterday, coupled with Zhou Min's photographic memory, Zhou Min was able to dictate the contents of the document directly.

Teacher Gong leaned back in his chair and stared intently at Zhou Min, who felt a little embarrassed by his gaze.

After Zhou Min finished speaking, Teacher Gong picked up the self-criticism again, pondered for a while, and continued, "Do you still remember the structure of the game cheat you wrote yesterday?"

"Ah."

"Go back and write the code completely, then send it to my email." After saying this, Teacher Gong opened the drawer of the filing cabinet under his desk and put Zhou Min's letter of self-criticism inside. While putting things away, he also casually took out a card from the cabinet and placed it on the table.

Zhou Min glanced at it and saw that it was a work ID card, which read "Capital University, School of Computer Science, Professor, Gong Yu".

After putting her things away, Teacher Gong glanced at Zhou Min and said, "Go back now, and send me your homework next week."

"Okay." Zhou Min walked out of the office sullenly, completely lacking the enthusiasm she had when she arrived.

It's like someone sharing their most precious treasure with those around them, only to be looked down upon.

Zhou Min gritted her teeth, thinking that Mao Yating was absolutely right yesterday. Teacher Gong was just a pretty face; he was expressionless and boring, lacking even the eye to spot talent. The school had even assigned him to oversee the freshmen's studies—could he really be a good guide?

After leaving the information building, Zhou Min checked the time and saw that it was almost nine o'clock, so she hurriedly rode her newly bought electric bike to the academy.

When Zhou Min arrived at the academy, she found the square already filled with girls. Although it wasn't yet 9:30 as announced in the academy's group chat, everyone was eager to attend and didn't want to miss the school's first meeting.

This is why Zhou Min rushed back, although she could roughly guess that the main content of today's meeting was the counselor's arrangement of military training.

However, she also knew that freshmen were at their most enthusiastic during their first year of university, and if everyone arrived early and the counselor started early, she would feel like she was late.

Zhou Min didn't want to leave a bad impression on others as soon as she entered university, especially after her defeat at the college. She hoped to perform well at the academy and save face.

Zhou Min scanned the crowd several times and finally spotted Feng Pinling and the other two under the shade of a tree next to the square.

Feeling dizzy and lightheaded from the sun, Zhou Min quickly ran over.

"Is summer always this hot in the capital?" Zhou Min asked in despair.

"It's not hot, it's scorching sun." Mao Yating regretted coming down so early.

The counselor didn't arrive until 9:30, followed by a large group of male students, who were probably also freshmen.

"Everyone, line up! 20 people per line, make 10 lines, boys at the back." The person directing the line was the good-natured Teacher Sun.

Teacher Zhou and Teacher Zhao were both standing by watching, one with a smile on his face and the other with a blank expression.

Another person with facial paralysis. Zhou Min glared fiercely at Teacher Zhao. She was furious; seeing someone with facial paralysis made her angry.

Teacher Zhao, who was being stared at by Zhou Min, felt a strong gaze on him and turned his head to look at her.

Seeing Teacher Zhao's cold gaze, Zhou Min immediately lowered her head timidly. After lowering her head, Zhou Min couldn't help but despise herself for being so useless, actually being frightened by just one look from Teacher Zhao.

Zhou Min thought it was all Teacher Gong's fault. It must have been the psychological trauma he inflicted that made her afraid of aloof boys now.

After everyone lined up, Teacher Zhou began to speak.

As expected of a leader, he spoke fluently and eloquently. By the time Teacher Zhou finished his long and detailed account of the school's history, the origins of the academy, its system, and his expectations for them, more than half an hour had passed.

At this moment, Zhou Min missed the expressionless men terribly; at least they didn't talk much.

By the time Teacher Zhou finally finished explaining the precautions for military training, more than an hour had passed, and it was almost noon. Zhou Min felt like she was about to melt from the heat.

Fortunately, Teacher Zhou finally got tired of talking and gave the spotlight to Teacher Sun and Teacher Zhao. She then stood aside, picked up her cup, and started drinking water.

Zhou Min, parched with thirst, looked enviously at Teacher Zhou's water cup.

Teacher Sun was clearly in the same vein as Teacher Zhou. He repeated what Teacher Zhou had already said in a different way. At this moment, Zhou Min was really annoyed by the chatterbox.

By the time he finished, it was almost 11:30. Fortunately, Teacher Zhao finished quickly, ending his speech with just two sentences and dismissing everyone.

Zhou Min had never loved the expressionless teacher so much. As she was leaving, she overheard him complaining, "Why did you disband? I still have some things to arrange..."

Zhou Min turned around and saw that Teacher Zhao interrupted her, saying, "Let's talk about it in the group chat." After saying that, he turned around and left first.

Looking at Teacher Zhao's back, Zhou Min thought, "This man is really cool. He doesn't give his boss any face and isn't worried about being retaliated against."