Chapter 10
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Su Yang had obtained the brick when he first moved to the neighborhood. The moment his eyes had landed on the brick, he felt like he was connected with it, so he brought it home.
17After that, the brick followed him into several ‘conquests’. Wherever Su Yang went, the brick followed. It helped him complete the missions of saving damsels in distress and even brought the evil villains to justice.
3Actually, all of that was made up in Su Yang’s mind. The brick was just a normal brick that he had picked up near a construction site.
4However, he might be able to add some intellect to the brick, similar to what had happened to the little twig monster, Gru. It was a dead twig, for God’s sake!
With that in mind, Su Yang made up his mind and added the newly acquired Random Point to the brick.
Based on his previous experience, Su Yang washed his hands with soap carefully in the bathroom. He made sure that his hands were as fragrant as a flower before he went back to his desk to pick the brick up.
1He opened the Point System and a translucent [+] icon appeared at the top right corner.
After his breakfast, Su Yang checked his timetable and realized that he had an English class in the morning. Unfortunately, it was Qu Xiaomeng’s English class. Based on what Chu Xia told him yesterday, the dorky lecturer was asking about him, so it would be better for him to attend the class.
However, the class was at 10 a.m., so he was in no hurry. He could see Old Zhou first before the class.
Su Yang tidied up his things and put the notes in his bag before he headed to campus to meet Old Zhou as planned.
Old Zhou was usually in the office of the faculty building. Unlike other lecturers, even if he did not have class in the morning, he would still go to the campus early in the morning and spend time in his office.
The girls in class even gossipped about him. They said that Old Zhou had married his wife through an arranged marriage and that they did not love each other and always argued.
The rumor was not entirely groundless either because several students had caught a glimpse of Old Zhou smoking at the entrance of his apartment before he headed home with a dismal expression as though he was going to meet his end.
3Standing outside Old Zhou’s office, Su Yang knocked on the door and Old Zhou’s firm voice came from within. “Come in.”
Su Yang opened the door and saw Old Zhou reading the Shanghai Morning newspaper with his glasses on. He greeted the lecturer, “Mr. Zhou.”
Old Zhou lowered his glasses and glanced over at him. “Oh, Su Yang, come here.”
Su Yang walked over. He opened his bag and planned to hand the notes in, but Old Zhou gestured for him to wait and he started another topic, “I heard about what you’ve been going through lately.”
Su Yang’s hand froze in his bag as a big question mark hung over his face. “Excuse me?”
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