Reborn not to be a beast of burden, I set the rules.

Ye Ming took it out, glanced at it, and answered the call.

Ruan Xing's clear and loud voice came from the other end of the phone: "Ye Ming! I've arrived in Huijing, just got off the train! I'll be back at school soon, where are you?"

Ye Ming said, "I'm in the computer room."

"Okay, I'll come find you right away! I brought you lots of delicious food!"

The phone hangs up.

I need to remind her again.

Xu Wei looked at him and asked, "Who is it?"

"Ruan Xing," Ye Ming put his phone back in his pocket, "my deskmate, is back from Shanghai."

Xu Wei was stunned for a moment, then blurted out, "Your deskmate? Aren't I your deskmate?"

After saying that, she realized that her words were a bit rash, and her ears turned slightly red.

Ye Ming paused for a moment: "It's an English class, yours is a large class."

What does that mean?

Forget it.

Li Yue, munching on a crispy snack beside him, said with a smile, "Ye Ming, you have quite a few deskmates."

Zhang Yuan rarely spoke, but without even looking up, he said, "Zoning management is quite scientific."

Upon hearing this, Xu Wei lowered her head and remained silent, feeling inexplicably a little wronged.

Ye Ming didn't notice the girl's little mood. He opened the copyright protection center website and began to fill out the online copyright application.

He filled in each item one by one: software name, version number, development completion date, copyright holder...

While filling out the form, I flipped through the prepared materials, occasionally stopping to check them.

Xu Wei opened the event library file next to her and began writing it line by line.

She wrote quickly, occasionally glancing up at Ye Ming.

He was still focused on filling out the soft paper and didn't notice her.

Li Yue had some free time, so she opened the game and started playing.

"Hey, there's something wrong with how this event is triggered," she suddenly said. "Too many purple equipment items are dropping."

Xu Wei leaned closer to take a look at the screen: "Is the probability set too high?"

Li Yue nodded: "That makes sense. Ye Ming, what do you think?"

Ye Ming looked up, thought for a moment, and said, "Hmm, lower it a bit, keep it around 5%."

Xu Wei opened the event library configuration file on Ye Ming's computer, found the probability line, changed the number, and saved it.

Li Yue refreshed the page and started another game. Halfway through, she slapped her thigh and exclaimed, "It's working now! It's normal!"

Xu Wei smiled and continued writing.

Not long after, Li Yue shouted again: "The text in this post is overflowing!"

Xu Wei leaned over to take a look, quickly found the problem, and made some changes to the document.

"alright."

The two worked together seamlessly; Li Yue was responsible for finding bugs, and Xu Wei was responsible for fixing them.

Li Yue praised her for "making quick changes," and Xu Wei laughed and said, "She's just learning and applying what she's learned."

The door to the server room was pushed open.

Three members of the Computer Association entered. The one walking in front was Chen Rui, the boy who had turned Ye Ming away by saying "liberal arts students can't learn programming" when he was on duty in the computer room.

They came to the computer room to use the computers, and when they saw a crowd gathered here, they came over to see what was going on.

"What game is this?" Chen Rui asked.

Li Yue didn't even turn her head: "We made it ourselves, a text simulator."

Chen Rui stared at the screen for a while, then got a little itchy to try: "Let me give it a shot?"

Li Yue glanced back at him, then looked at Ye Ming.

Ye Ming pulled a piece of paper out of his bag: "Sign a confidentiality agreement first."

Chen Rui paused for a moment, then felt a little embarrassed as he recalled his earlier words.

But he still accepted the agreement and signed it.

The other two members of the Planning Association also signed.

Li Yue gave them the mouse and stood to the side to provide commentary.

Several people took turns trying it out, occasionally letting out exclamations of amazement.

"Holy crap, this ending is too tragic."

"How did I suddenly die again?"

"There's a problem with your attribute point allocation..."

Li Yue laughed uncontrollably from the side, instructing him between laughs: "You need to increase your intelligence, otherwise you won't live long."

After playing two rounds, Chen Rui's attitude changed, and he proactively asked Ye Ming, "Was this your idea?"

Ye Ming nodded.

Chen Rui was silent for a moment, then said, "Pretty impressive."

The number of people in the computer room gradually increased.

Several more members of the Planning Association arrived and, seeing the commotion, gathered around.

Li Yue simply took out a stack of simple confidentiality agreements and put them on the table: "Those who want to play, sign the agreement first. You can't play if you don't sign."

Some people signed, while others hesitated and left.

Those who signed up gathered around the computer, taking turns trying out the game and discussing it animatedly.

Li Yue has become the "chief test engineer," leading a group of unpaid testers.

She was busy instructing this person and commenting on that person, having a great time.

"That's a good bug report, I'll write it down."

"This story is so dramatic, who wrote it?"

"Xu Wei wrote it, so what?"

"It's well-written, but it's too heart-wrenching."

Xu Wei looked up, smiled, and shook her head.

Zhang Yuan wasn't idle either; he was debugging code while answering the testers' questions.

Someone made a suggestion, he thought about it, and wrote it down in his notebook.

"That's fine, I'll add it later."

Around noon, Ye Ming finally finished filling out the last section and exported and saved the materials.

He called out to Li Yue and Zhang Yuan, "Senior, could you help me with this? It's my first time doing this, and I'm afraid I'll make a mistake."

The two of them came closer.

Li Yue picked up the application form on the screen and glanced at it: "For the software name, you wrote 'Rebirth Simulator,' but you need to add 'software' after it—the full name must be 'Rebirth Simulator Software,' otherwise it won't be approved."

Ye Ming nodded and made the changes on the computer.

Zhang Yuan checked the version number: "V1.0, no problem. Enter today for the development completion date, and tomorrow for the first release date?"

"Well, it hasn't officially launched yet anyway."

"You listed yourself as the copyright holder, and you filled in your ID number, right?"

"Filled it out."

Li Yue flipped through the electronic document Ye Ming had prepared: "Thirty pages at the beginning and thirty pages at the end of the source code, are you ready? Each page must have at least fifty lines."

"Ready? Counted," Ye Ming said. "The first thirty pages start from the first page, and the next thirty pages start from the last page and work backwards."

"What about the documentation?" Li Yue asked again. "The user manual has thirty pages at the beginning and thirty pages at the end, and each page must have at least thirty lines."

"It's all ready, I've counted it."

Li Yue nodded: "No problem, you can print it now. Don't forget to sign and put your fingerprint on the last page of the application form."

Zhang Yuan added, "Use registered mail when mailing it; regular mail is easy to lose. Write the address in Beijing: China Copyright Protection Center."

Ye Ming responded and transferred the file to the USB drive.

He checked the time: 11:40.

"I'll print it out and then mail it directly from the post office."

He said something to a few people, picked up the USB drive and the backpack containing the materials, and went out the door.

Xu Wei looked up at him, then lowered her head again to continue writing about the events.

Li Yue was still playing games with her "testing team," Zhang Yuan was debugging code, and Chen Rui was watching from the side, occasionally asking a few questions.

The computer room was filled with the sounds of keyboards clicking and discussions, creating a lively atmosphere.

Ye Ming had only been gone for less than five minutes when the door was pushed open with a bang.

A girl barged in.

The commotion was so loud that everyone looked up.

She stood in the doorway, the afternoon sun streaming in from behind her, casting a shimmering silhouette on her.

The most eye-catching thing was the pair of aviator sunglasses on her face, with large lenses and light gold frames. At this moment, she pushed them up and placed them above her forehead, nestled in her hair.

He pushed up his sunglasses, revealing his face underneath.

She has a classic oval face, delicate eyebrows and bright, sparkling eyes.

Shoulder-length straight, layered hair with slightly outward-curling ends.

He wore a black short leather jacket open, revealing a white printed T-shirt underneath, paired with light blue skinny jeans and white canvas shoes.

He was pulling a pink suitcase with his left hand and carrying several paper bags with his right.

She scanned the server room but couldn't find anyone.

Then his gaze fell on Xu Wei.

Her eyes crinkled into a smile as she walked straight over.

Where is Ye Ming?

Xu Wei looked up at her.