I am weak and friendly

Chapter 7 Pick up more next time

Tang Yiping quickly looked away.

You can't watch this, or you'll be in big trouble if you get entangled with [oxen and horses]!

"Okay." Bao Ge nodded to Ban Ge with satisfaction. "Keep up the good work, you'll definitely get an A this time."

"Thank you, Brother Bao."

Bao Ge nodded again, then picked up his bag and left without even glancing at Tang Yiping.

On the entire 8th floor, only Tang Yiping and Brother Ban remained.

Ban Ge ignored Tang Yiping and continued working with his head down.

Tang Yiping first went to his workstation, removed the battery and charged it, and then began to do what he should theoretically do every day, but hadn't done for several days because he was too busy.

Rehabilitation.

For SMA patients, daily rehabilitation is also very important. Nerve atrophy can lead to muscle atrophy, which in turn can cause scoliosis, difficulty breathing, and other conditions that can be life-threatening.

Strictly speaking, Tang Yiping has not completely lost the ability to walk; he can still control his lower limbs, but he is faster in a wheelchair.

After each injection of nusinersen, he was able to stand up again with the help of crutches for a period of time until the effects of nusinersen wore off.

However, if rehabilitation is not performed and the leg muscles atrophy, then one will truly be unable to stand up at all.

In a way, making Tang Yiping work overtime is truly an act of murder. Others might work overtime for money, but for Tang Yiping, it's about taking his life...

Tang Yiping found a workstation on the edge, grabbed the partition, and struggled to stand up from his wheelchair.

Then I started walking slowly along the edge of the workstation.

His legs, though seemingly no different from those of an ordinary person, were like mushy noodles; he could barely support his body on the ground and could only use his hands for support.

The numbness spread from his hands and feet, and the weakness came from his shoulders and thighs. After taking a few steps using his hands and feet, Tang Yiping was already panting and wanted to give up.

I really want to go rummage through the trash cans! I felt much more motivated when I was doing that than I am now!

After persevering and walking a long circle, Tang Yiping was almost completely exhausted when he returned to his wheelchair. His hands went limp, and he nearly fell to the ground.

A pair of hands supported him.

"Hirako, why are you back? When did you get back?"

Ah, the "Hide the Weak" ability is no longer working!

Helped back into his wheelchair, Tang Yiping looked at his mentor, Brother Ban.

Brother Ban's real name is Chen Jiaban. He is only 30 years old, but he already has very little hair on his head. His plaid shirt is a bit greasy, and he looks unhealthy and bloated. His eyes are puffy with dark circles under them. There are two empty coffee cups on the table, and he smells like his old clothes and something rancid.

Tang Yiping briefly recounted his ordeal, and Chen Jiaban frowned, saying, "Your laptop is broken? Give it to me so I can take a look when I have some free time."

"Brother Ban, you know how to fix computers?"

"I'm the one who maintains all the computers in our group."

Well, that's really something else.

"You should get some rest. I'll fix your computer after I finish my work."

After helping Tang Yiping to the sofa next to him, Brother Ban went back to work overtime.

"Brother Ban, why did you let Brother Bao treat you like this?" Tang Yiping asked.

"Huh?" Brother Ban opened his tired eyes and turned to look at him with some confusion. "What?"

"You're always making me work overtime, and you're just making empty promises," Tang Yiping said.

"What's the point of making empty promises? Some jobs just need to be done," said Brother Ban. "Besides, if no one does their job and the company goes bankrupt, everyone will be the one who suffers in the end, right?"

Even if they work hard, this company will still go bankrupt.

Tang Yiping sniffed; the place reeked of "corruption."

If Tang Yiping previously only had a vague feeling about the company's future, that feeling has now become concrete. "Besides... I also want to get that bonus of over 40,000 yuan. My skills aren't as good as others, so if I want to get the bonus, I can only work overtime like crazy."

Tang Yiping didn't know what to say. He didn't know whether he should tell Brother Ban that, based on what he saw of the company's current situation, it was uncertain whether they even had more than 40,000 yuan in their accounts.

But what if?
There are always all sorts of unforeseen circumstances in this world.

"Brother Ban, is it really possible to find this bug?"

"I don't know if I can find it after searching, but I definitely won't find it if I don't search," said Brother Ban.

Tang Yiping sighed. What Brother Ban said made a lot of sense, but it was of no use at all.

To be honest, Chen's team wasn't Tang Yiping's ideal mentor; his ideal mentor was Ze, the company's top tech expert.

She's beautiful, technically skilled, and practically flawless.

No, it still has its flaws...

When Tang Yiping and several other interns, Niu Ma, were discussing this privately in the group chat, half of them thought that Ze Ge should stay up less at night. They felt that it was a waste of his talent to always have dark circles under his eyes and bloodshot eyes that looked like they couldn't open them.

As for the other half, they have peculiar tastes; they just love this "classroom vibe" and find it much more appealing than office ladies...

He even went so far as to make outrageous comments: "I just love the way Brother Ze looks after working overtime, with his hair all messed up and not even able to concentrate while drinking coffee. I can never get tired of looking at him like that..."

The reason Tang Yiping applied for an internship at Linghai Technology was because he saw a "wheel"-level open-source project maintained by Ze Ge online and was amazed by it.

Unfortunately, Brother Ze is a pillar of the company and cannot mentor interns.

That's right, Li Ze, the technical expert at Linghai Technology, is female.

When Tang Yiping first arrived, he was puzzled as to why such a beautiful older woman was called "brother" by everyone. Later, he understood.

This is the true value of a full-stack technology expert.

"Ze Ge" is short for "Li Ze, you're awesome, from today onwards you're my brother".

I don't know what tricks this lousy company has up its sleeve to manage to keep a big shot like Brother Ze under its control.

In Tang Yiping's view, this lousy company is unworthy.

Unfortunately, after being here for so long, Tang Yiping and Li Ze have spoken no more than three times.

As for Brother Ban...

Apart from the interns, everyone else called him "the team," which shows his status as a "team."

Tang Yiping now felt like a disciple in a novel who joined a small sect to learn unparalleled martial arts. He originally joined because of the sect's "signboard girl," Brother Ze's, unparalleled martial arts and stunning beauty, only to find out that the unparalleled martial arts were a serendipitous encounter of the stunningly beautiful senior uncle, and were only passed on to his direct disciples. He, on the other hand, was just thrown under the outer sect elders as kindling, without even the qualification to receive the skills.

Brother Ban is this outer sect elder, and I am an outer sect disciple under this outer sect elder.

The only skill I can learn is the [Ox and Horse] technique!
Tang Yiping glanced at Ban Ge a few times, then quickly moved away.

That was close! I almost won the "Ox and Horse" combination!
Tsk, Niu Ma and his Niu Ma apprentice.

But today, Tang Yiping suddenly felt that perhaps his mentor also had benefits that others didn't know about.

But it also gives the impression of an outer sect elder, like a beast of burden, exhausting himself to repair a magical artifact for his disciple...

"Brother Ban, are you hungry?" Tang Yiping took out the bag of pastries he had picked up on his way back and handed it to Brother Ban.

"Not hungry... Hmm, okay, have something." Brother Ban took a piece of pastry, ate a couple of bites, and said, "It's pretty good. Where did you get it? Did you buy it?"

"I picked it up on the way back," Tang Yiping said.

"..." Brother Ban, "Pick up more next time."

"okay."

This can be done.

(End of this chapter)