Genius Playground

Chapter 30 Friendship
Jiang Ran understood:

"That's not difficult, it's just..."

He scratched his head.

But isn't this wish a bit too small?
I feel really bad for Qin Feng over such a small matter.

After all, his original wish was to save his father, but now he has to compromise and shrink back to buying a circuit control board...

It was still because of guilt.

Jiang Ran always wanted Qin Feng to fulfill some big, meaningful wishes.

"Qin Feng, this is official business."

Cheng Mengxue is very clever:
"Modifying the positron cannon should be considered an official matter for our club."

"Since this is official business, let's not take up your personal wishing opportunity...right?"

She glanced at Jiang Ran.

"Yeah."

Jiang Ran understood and smiled slightly:
"Qin Feng, Xiao Xue is right. This wish belongs to the club, not just you. We'll make a special effort to address it later."

"Think again, do you have any personal desires that are unique to you? This is a rare opportunity... why not try to get something for yourself?"

however……

Qin Feng shrugged:

"I really can't think of anything right now. I've always had a very low desire for material things."

But he didn't want to spoil the mood:
"How about this."

He looked around at Jiang Ran and Cheng Mengxue:

"How about...give me two more days to think about it?"

"After all, if you suddenly ask me to think about it, I really can't come up with anything. Why don't you give me more time to consider it?"

"If I can think of a better wish in two days, I'll use that; if I really can't, how about we stick with the wish for the control panel?"

Jiang Ran nodded:
"can."

Qin Feng is right.

The time-space text message can be sent later; let him think about it some more.

……

night.

Cheng Mengxue went to the venue for rehearsals because the art academy was having a performance.

Only Jiang Ran and Qin Feng remained in the activity room.

Qin Feng was still tinkering with the positron cannon, while Jiang Ran sat on the sofa reading a book.

After a long time, I finished reading the book.

Jiang Ran placed the book on the coffee table and looked at Qin Feng:
What have you been fiddling with?

He had some questions:
"The positron cannon is already perfect, what are you still busy with?"

"Perfect?"

Qin Feng chuckled:
"Not at all."

He straightened up and stretched:

"Have you forgotten that the positron cannon can only run for 0.7 seconds now? In such a short time, we can barely send a text message, which is 70 characters."

"Moreover, the capacitors would burst and burn out after each run, making replacement very inconvenient."

"I'm trying to find a way to solve this problem, either by making it run for a few more seconds to increase fault tolerance, or by simply adding a self-protection function to force power off before the capacitor bursts, thus saving some trouble."

"Ok."

Jiang Ran leaned back on the sofa.

It is right to plan ahead.

Currently, the 70-character limit for text messages is more than enough and can basically solve any problem.

but if……

In the future, we really need to use longer word counts...

That means we have to let the positron cannons hold out a little longer so they can send two or even more text messages in a row.

In short, firepower coverage is something you can do without, but you can't do without it.

"But that's too difficult."

Qin Feng put down his tools:

"We dared not disassemble the core part, the picture tube, and we could only tinker with the external circuitry... but we couldn't get anything out of it."

"To be honest, I was almost ready to give up. After all, this is a legacy issue from the internal structure, and it can't be fixed by external intervention alone."

Jiang Ran nodded:
"If it really doesn't work, then forget it. Chinese is a profound language, and 70 characters are more than enough."

"Don't you dare try to take apart the [core component], okay? That thing looks like a picture tube, but who knows what it's actually made of... If you take it apart, you definitely won't be able to fix it, and you'll end up losing more than you gain." "I'm not stupid."

Qin Feng snorted:
"There's only one of these in the whole world. It's a product of chance, pieced together from various sources, so of course we have to protect it."

"Otherwise... I definitely would have taken it apart long ago."

The clock ticked away, approaching ten o'clock.

The lights in the club activity building gradually went out, and the two prepared to leave.

After packing up.

Qin Feng suddenly turned around and looked at Jiang Ran:

"Want to grab some beer?"

"Now?" Jiang Ran was somewhat surprised.

"Well, since Xiaoxue isn't here, and the weather's getting warmer, how about we go get some night market barbecue after all this time?"

have to say.

This idea is extremely tempting.

What man could resist a barbecue and two beers on a cool day?
"let's go."

Jiang Ran waved his hand, and the two left the club activity building and headed towards the school gate.

"How about we call Wang Hao?"

Jiang Ran proposed:

"The barbecue place is very close to his school, and we haven't eaten together in a long time."

"Okay."

Qin Feng agreed without hesitation:
"Shout it out, let's catch up."

……

Wang Hao was their high school class monitor, and he had recently posted a notice about a class reunion in the WeChat group.

During their two years of studying in Donghai, Jiang Ran, Qin Feng, and Wang Hao often got together for barbecues, and they had a good relationship.

Talk about it.

Jiang Ran knew Wang Hao even before she knew Qin Feng.

The two attended the same junior high school. Jiang Ran was in Class 1, and Wang Hao was in Class 3, while Cheng Mengxue happened to be in Class 3 as well.

Wang Hao was a social butterfly from a young age, getting along well with everyone and having excellent interpersonal relationships. He knew half of the boys in Jiang Ran's class and always liked to come over to play during breaks.

So, over time, Jiang Ran and Wang Hao became friends.

"Don't worry, Wang Hao is a master of eating and drinking. He'll be more eager to eat than anyone else."

Jiang Ran smiled and picked up her phone to call Wang Hao.

"No problem! Awesome! Coming right away!"

Wang Hao readily agreed.
"I'm too poor these days, so I'll take the bus and I'll be a little later than you."

"You two start drinking when you get there, and save some wine for me! I'll make up for it when I get there!"

As expected.

Wang Hao is just that kind of glutton.

They come whenever you call them, and they drink a lot whenever they drink.

After hanging up the phone, Qin Feng hailed a taxi and set off.

……

The journey takes 20 minutes.

The taxi arrived at the night market street, and Jiang Ran and Qin Feng went to their usual restaurant to order drinks and dishes.

After a few drinks, amidst the clinking of glasses and lively conversation, many heartfelt words were spoken.

"I hope you won't hate me."

Jiang Ran put down his wine glass:

“I know you’ve always been very generous, and I also know that I’ve been bringing this up over and over again, which makes me seem a bit fussy.”

"But Qin Feng... I still want to say, I hope you won't hate me because of this. I know what I did was very unethical, but—"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Qin Feng interrupted him, chuckling softly:
"How could I possibly hate you? You're my best friend for life, and I'll never hate you."

He picked up his beer glass, downed it in one gulp, and slammed it down on the table.

"Jiang Ran".

He said in a low voice:
Do you remember... how we started hanging out together?

(End of this chapter)