Rebirth of a Top Student's Handbook

Zhou Min recognized the man as Teacher Gong as soon as she heard his voice.

There's no way around it; although we've only met twice, the impression I made on him was just too profound.

At that moment, Zhou Min felt that Teacher Gong's voice was like heavenly music, and even he himself seemed to grow taller.

Not wanting to get soaked any longer, Zhou Min quickly opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat.

After seeing Zhou Min get into the car, Gong Yu rolled up the window he had just lowered and then started the car and drove off.

Finally free from the rain, Zhou Min sat in the car and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Just as Zhou Min breathed a sigh of relief, she finally realized that all the water on her body was dripping onto the passenger seat and her feet!

Zhou Min awkwardly pulled her feet back. Although she couldn't see the car's logo, she could tell from the interior that the car must be expensive.

Zhou Min glanced guiltily at the car logo on the steering wheel. Oh, four rings. It's definitely not cheap!

Zhou Min glanced furtively at Teacher Gong, who was focused intently on driving, and secretly prayed that he wasn't the kind of person who loved cars more than anything.

Because of the heavy rain today, the roads were congested, and Teacher Gong's car was also forced to stop after driving only a short distance.

Looking at the motionless convoy ahead, Zhou Min took the initiative to start a conversation: "Teacher Gong, what brings you here today?"

Teacher Gong didn't say anything, but just tilted her head slightly, glanced at Zhou Min, and then looked away. She unbuckled her seatbelt, turned to the side, reached into the luggage bag in the back seat, pulled out a shirt, and threw it at Zhou Min.

After throwing it, he continued to keep his eyes fixed on the convoy ahead.

At this moment, Zhou Min finally realized that her soaked clothes clung to her body like a second skin, tight and transparent.

Zhou Min's face flushed red instantly, and she quickly put on the clothes that Teacher Gong had just thrown at her.

At this moment, the convoy in front finally started moving slowly.

Teacher Gong was focused on driving the whole time, and Zhou Min felt awkward for a moment, but finally relaxed.

Once Zhou Min relaxed, she began to feel that the silence inside the car was eerily quiet, and the atmosphere was incredibly awkward.

So Zhou Min couldn't help but try to make conversation: "Teacher Gong, how big is your car? It looks so spacious!"

Seeing that Teacher Gong still didn't speak, Zhou Min continued praising the car, "And the interior is beautiful too! Teacher Gong, you have excellent taste..."

Seeing that Zhou Min was talking nonstop, Gong Yu interrupted her directly, saying, "Have you finished modifying the program I asked you to modify?"

Zhou Min was speechless for a moment.

The program that Teacher Gong was referring to was the game cheat program that he had asked Zhou Min to submit before. Zhou Min had already written several versions and sent them to him, but each time they were rejected after many flaws were pointed out.

At first, Zhou Min diligently and stubbornly revised her work, but after several revisions, it still wasn't satisfactory. Zhou Min began to think that Teacher Gong was a petty and narrow-minded man, and that he was deliberately making her suffer by repeatedly returning her homework and making her rewrite it!

So Zhou Min completely gave up, intending to delay for a while until Teacher Gong's perverse sense of humor subsided before submitting her work.

As a result, Teacher Gong never urged her, and over time Zhou Min had forgotten about it.

Now that Teacher Gong brought it up, Zhou Min was completely embarrassed.

"Hehehe, I'm still writing, hehehe..." Zhou Min laughed guiltily.

Unfortunately, Ms. Gong didn't buy it and said mercilessly, "It's been more than two weeks since you submitted your last assignment! I'm really looking forward to your hard work this time."

Zhou Min, who hadn't written a single word, was so embarrassed that she could practically dig a three-bedroom apartment out of the car with her toes.

Zhou Min remained silent for a while, then decided she needed to defend herself.

So he mustered up his courage and said, "Teacher Gong, isn't it enough that the program works? I've tested the previous versions of the program, and all the functions work. There's no need to keep changing it, is there?"

Zhou Min noticed the glance that Teacher Gong was giving her, and the more she spoke, the more guilty she felt, and her voice grew softer and softer.

After Zhou Min finished speaking, Gong Yu slowly asked, "Have you thought about what you want to do in the future?"

Zhou Min was momentarily speechless at Teacher Gong's question; she didn't know what she wanted to do in the future. As a child, she wanted to be a scientist; as she grew older and more sensible, she wanted to be an engineer.

After I started working, I realized that being an engineer wasn't so easy. Every day I had to go to the workshop, work around large machines, and deal with the infighting between different departments.

All of this left Zhou Min, who was not good at interpersonal communication, feeling very exhausted. Later, after resigning due to marriage and childbirth, she hoped to have money. When Chen Sheng's business succeeded and she became a full-time mother, she hoped to have a career and income.

Zhou Min didn't know what she was pursuing. She always felt lost, wanting everything but unable to grasp anything.

Fortunately, Professor Gong did not need her answer.

Before she could answer, Gong Yu continued, “If you just want to be an operator on an assembly line, then of course you can write programs like this. As long as it can achieve the function you want, then it is a qualified program. If you want to be an engineer, then you have to learn how to optimize programs, how to write the most stable programs in concise and error-free programming languages, and at the same time, you have to learn to leave interfaces for it so that it can adapt to various environments.”

Professor Gong paused for a moment and then continued, "If you want to be a scientist, then you need to learn how to create new algorithms and languages."

After hearing what Teacher Gong said, Zhou Min lowered her eyes and said softly, "Being a scientist isn't that easy."

After hearing Zhou Min's words, Gong Yu turned to look at her and said, "Although not everyone can become a scientist, the spirit of exploration is something we should all possess. When you hold yourself to high standards, you will put in more effort to achieve your goals. Even if you ultimately fail to reach them, you will still have a good outcome in the future. But if you always just get by with the lowest standards, over time, you will even lose the right to pursue your dreams."

Zhou Min was completely stunned by Teacher Gong's words. Thinking about all the things she had done over the years that ended in vain and all the goals that she had abandoned halfway, Zhou Min couldn't help but lower her head in shame.

Yes, I am a lazy person. I always like to get by and demand the lowest standards of myself. No wonder my life is such a failure!

Seeing Zhou Min's silent and dejected appearance, Gong Yu took the initiative to ask, "So, when will you hand over your final version of the program to me?"