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"Will future technology have anything to do with the Shanghai Military Region?" This question quickly spread among the onlookers.

Li Yichen ignored the noisy discussions across the street.

He looked away.

Turn around.

With one hand in his trouser pocket, he walked towards the three-star hotel across the street.

Gu Shounian and dozens of people responsible for transportation and hoisting followed behind.

The banquet hall on the second floor of the hotel.

Five large round tables were already filled with dishes.

Australian lobster. King crab. Premium abalone.

An hour ago, Li Yichen called the hotel manager.

They spent 500,000 yuan directly.

A table costs 100,000.

Gu Shounian pulled out a chair and sat down.

I glanced at the dishes on the table.

This standard is considered top-of-the-line among three-star hotels in Shanghai.

This young man is indeed meticulous in his work.

Dozens of people had been working non-stop all morning and were starving by now.

The dishes had five flavors.

It was a little after 4 p.m.

Hotel entrance.

Gu Shounian opened the car door and sat down in the passenger seat.

The car window rolled down, and he extended his right hand.

"Mr. Li, Tianhe-3 is now in your hands."

Li Yichen grasped the hand covered in calluses from the gun.

"Colonel Gu, rest assured. This supercomputer will not go to waste in my hands."

Gu Shounian nodded.

The car window slowly rolled up.

The military off-road vehicle started up, its tires rolling over the asphalt road.

The infantry fighting vehicle followed behind, its engine roaring. Five trucks filed out of the side road, and tarpaulins were once again placed over the empty flatbed trailer.

The intersections along the way were still closed. Traffic police on motorcycles led the way, and the convoy disappeared at the end of Pudong Avenue.

Ji Yanran stood half a step behind Li Yichen.

She watched the military off-road vehicle slowly drive away.

Li Yichen turned around.

"Back to the company."

Future Technology Building. First floor lobby.

The two girls at the front desk stood up at the same time.

The girl with the ponytail pressed her hand on the registration form. The short-haired girl almost poked the pen off balance again.

Li Yichen didn't look at them.

Turn directly into the high-rise-only elevator.

Ji Yanran followed behind.

The elevator doors closed. A full three seconds of silence followed inside the metal cabin.

Li Yichen turned his head away.

"Yanran. From this moment on, no one is allowed to enter the thirty-second floor."

Ji Yanran was stunned for a moment.

"Anyone?"

"Anyone".

Li Yichen's pronunciation is extremely clear.

"Including you."

Ji Yanran gripped the folder in her hand tightly.

She opened her mouth, as if to ask why.

But then the image of the private room at Dashengli Private Kitchen flashed through my mind, followed by the turret of that infantry fighting vehicle, and finally, I thought of Tianhe-3 lying on the anti-static floor of the 32nd floor.

She swallowed all her questions.

"Understood."

The elevator stopped on the 28th floor.

Ding.

The door slid open to both sides.

Li Yichen stepped out of the elevator.

In the hallway, the programmer wearing black-rimmed glasses came out of the break room with a coffee cup in his hand.

Seeing Li Yichen walking towards her, the coffee cup almost slipped through her fingers.

Quickly step aside to make way.

Li Yichen walked into the CEO's office.

Ji Yanran followed her in and closed the door behind her.

"Send a message in the company group chat right now," Li Yichen said, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. "No one is allowed to go to the 32nd floor."

Ji Yanran put down the folder.

Pick up your phone.

Open the company's main group chat.

Edit message.

My finger hovers over the send button.

The cursor on the screen is blinking.

She stared at the line of text.

"By decision of the company's management, effective immediately, the 32nd floor is designated as a restricted area. All employees and management personnel are strictly prohibited from entering. Violators will be terminated. This notice is hereby issued. Future Technology CEO Office."

send.

The phone screen went dark.

Li Yichen turned around.

"Yanran, I'll be living and eating upstairs for the next while. I won't be going back to the villa."

"When you go back later, tell Niannian and Uncle Zhou."

"Tell them not to worry."

"Don't bother me unless something major happens."

Ji Yanran put her phone in her pocket.

"it is good."

She picked up the folder and pushed open the office door.

I walked to the door.

He turned his head away.

Looking at Li Yichen's back.

The man was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, one hand in his pocket and the other hand resting on the window frame.

The office buildings in Lujiazui outside the window gleamed with a cold, hard light in the afternoon sun.

His back was straight and upright.

It exudes a kind of extremely restrained fervor.

Ji Yanran withdrew her gaze. Her high heels clicked silently on the carpet in the corridor.

Thirty-second floor.

The elevator doors slid open to both sides.

Li Yichen stepped into this forbidden area that he had personally designated.

On the anti-static floor, the Tianhe-3 supercomputer's racks stand side by side. Their silver-gray metal casings gleam matte under the cool white light. The exhaust fans of the cooling modules hum softly. Indicator lights flash densely, their green glows forming a continuous expanse.

The temperature was very low. The central air conditioning was running at full power 24 hours a day, and the cold air blowing out of the vents condensed into white mist.

Li Yichen walked up to the control terminal.

Pull out the chair.

sit down.

He took out his phone.

Swipe open the screen.

I found Xiao Yuqing in my contacts.

Click on the profile picture.

My finger types a line of text in the input box.

"I have something important to attend to right now. I won't be in touch for a while. Take care of yourself."

send.

Then I opened Liu Xiaoyu's chat window.

"Something came up at the company, so I won't be able to contact you for a while."

send.

I flipped the phone over.

Press and hold the power button.

The screen went dark.

Shut down.

It was placed face down on the corner of the table.

The computer screen lit up. The Tianhe-3 operating system started up, and a dense array of command lines scrolled across the screen. Li Yichen placed his hands on the keyboard.

Close your eyes. The complete architecture of artificial intelligence in your mind is retrieved from the bottom layer of neurons. Cognitive architecture, emotion weight matrix, self-evolving neural network topology, multimodal perception fusion algorithm. Every piece of data is clearly displayed in minute detail.

Open your eyes.

Start typing on the keyboard.

The first line of code appears on the screen.

Clang, clang, clang.

The sound of keyboards echoed in the empty space on the 32nd floor.

It blended into the hum of the exhaust fan.

fifteen days.

Fifteen days in total.

Li Yichen never left the 32nd floor.

Feeling hungry, Ji Yanran brought the lunchbox to the elevator.

Press the elevator button for the 32nd floor.

The lunchbox was placed inside the sedan chair.

The elevator is going up.

Li Yichen took out his lunchbox from the elevator, ate it in five minutes, and put the empty lunchbox back.

The elevator is going down.

When you're sleepy, the anti-static floor is your bed.

The air conditioner was too cold, so I grabbed the canvas next to me that contained cables and wrapped it around myself.

Close your eyes.

The code in my head is still running.

Architecture logic, recursive algorithms, and parallel computing scheduling strategies.

I'm typing on the keyboard even in my dreams.

The afternoon of the fifteenth day.

Ji Yanran stood at the elevator entrance on the 32nd floor, carrying a lunchbox.

The elevator doors slid open to both sides.

She stepped inside.

For those fifteen days, she delivered meals three times a day.

8:00 AM, 12:00 PM, and 6:00 PM.

I always leave it in the elevator.

I have never stepped into the thirty-second floor.

Today she decided to stop following the rules.

The elevator doors opened on the 32nd floor.

A wave of cold air hit me.

The exhaust fans in the server rack were humming.

The ground was littered with disassembled cable packaging bags, empty instant noodle buckets, and mineral water bottles.

There was an indescribable smell in the air.

The smell of sweat, the plastic smell of anti-static flooring, and the metallic smell of electronic components.

There is also a deeper, lingering sense of anxiety after prolonged, high-intensity mental work.

Li Yichen sat in front of the control terminal.

He had his back to her.

The keyboard was still clicking away.

The rhythm has remained unchanged.

Ji Yanran carried the lunchbox and took a few steps forward.

The anti-static floor makes a slight creaking sound underfoot.

She watched Li Yichen's retreating figure.

I don't know where I threw my suit jacket.

The white shirt was crumpled up, and the sleeves were rolled up to the elbows.

Two buttons were undone at the collar, and the tie hung loosely around his neck.

My hair is a mess, with strands sticking to my scalp.

The skin on the back of my neck was shiny with oil.

His chin and cheeks were covered with bluish stubble.

I haven't shaved for half a month.

She has lost a lot of weight.

The angles of the cheekbones are more defined.

But those hands resting on the keyboard.

Still knocking.

The rhythm has remained unchanged.

Clang, clang, clang.

Clang, clang, clang.

Ji Yanran stood still.

Something gently bumped into my heart inside my chest.

She had been with the company for almost two months and had never seen him like this before.

Sloppy. Disheveled. Exhausted to the point of collapse.

But that spirit is still there.

Like a quenched knife.

The more you grind, the sharper it becomes.

When the boss gets serious—he's actually quite handsome.

The thought popped into my head.

A faint blush rose to Ji Yanran's cheeks.

She quickly coughed.

"Cough cough."

The keyboard clicks stopped.

Li Yichen turned his head.

His eyes were sunken and his eyeballs were covered with bloodshot veins.

His gaze lingered on Ji Yanran's face for a full two seconds.

It felt like being pulled back to reality from another world.

"Is the food here?"

Ji Yanran handed over the lunchbox.

Li Yichen took it.

turn on.

Braised pork belly, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, and rice.

The meat juices soaked into the rice, and a layer of glistening oil floated on the surface.

He picked up his chopsticks.

He lowered his head and ate his rice.

I used my chopsticks to pick up rice and pieces of meat and put them in my mouth.

The chewing motion was fast and mechanical.

It's not about tasting food.

It's for refueling.

five minutes.

The lunchbox is empty.

Li Yichen put the lunchbox on the table.

The chopsticks were pressed against the edge of the lunchbox.

He turned around.

I have to go back to typing.

"Boss."

Ji Yanran spoke.

Li Yichen turned his head.

"Um?"

"You need to take a proper rest. Working at such a high intensity for half a month straight would take a toll even on someone made of iron."

Li Yichen waved his hand.

"It's okay. I'm not sleepy yet."

He was just about to put his fingers back on the keyboard.

Ji Yanran took a step forward.

The high heels made a very clear, crisp sound as they hit the anti-static floor.

"Boss, if you don't rest soon, I'll have the security guard downstairs come up and forcibly take you down."

Li Yichen paused.

He turned his head.

Looking at Ji Yanran.

The bloodshot eyes were still visible.

But the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

"You dare!"

Ji Yanran did not back down.

Wearing high heels, she walked up to Li Yichen, meeting his gaze.

stop.

The two were less than a fist's width apart.

She stared at Li Yichen's stubble-covered face.

His eyes were bloodshot, tired, and filled with a kind of fanaticism that was about to burn through his reason.

But he really did reach his limit.

If you keep pushing yourself like this, even the strongest person will break down.

"You'll see if I dare."

Ji Yanran snorted coldly.

"You're the company boss. If you collapse, the company is finished."

"Right now, including the headquarters and the future new energy factory, more than four thousand people are relying on you to support their families. If you go bankrupt, they will all lose their jobs."

Her voice wasn't loud.

But every word was delivered with absolute force.

Li Yichen looked at her.

This woman had absolutely no intention of backing down.

Her chin was slightly raised. Her shoulders were held level. She looked like a mother leopard protecting her cubs.

He gave up.

Raise both hands.

Spread it out.

"Fine, fine, I give up."

Li Yichen leaned back in his chair.

The chair creaked under the weight.

"You're right. I'll listen to you. But—"

He held up one finger.

"I'll finish my work in ten hours."

Ji Yanran scrutinized Li Yichen.

To determine whether this statement is the truth or just a perfunctory response.

There was silence for a moment.

"real?"

Li Yichen raised his right hand, opened his palm, and made a vow gesture.

"I swear. I'm going to lie to you—"

He paused for a moment.

"You'll never find a boyfriend."

Ji Yanran's pupils suddenly contracted.

His expression instantly switched from cold and stern to a knife-wielding mode.

"you--"

The words hadn't even left his mouth.

Li Yichen quickly withdrew his hand, his face showing a look of admitting defeat.

"Just kidding, just kidding. It's real. Just ten hours. I'm not kidding."

Ji Yanran stared at him.

Finally, he let out a cold snort through his nose.

Turn around.

Her high heels clicked on the floor as she walked away.

The elevator doors slowly closed behind her.

The metal car sank down.

She raised her hand.

I touched my burning ears.

Through the brushed stainless steel panel of the elevator car, I saw my own blurry reflection.

His face still held that cold, stern expression from before.

But her eyes completely betrayed her.

My heart was beating incredibly fast.

What's wrong with this person?

They were clearly exhausted.

He even had the mind to joke with her.

Can't find a boyfriend?

How could someone say such a thing?

The elevator stopped on the 28th floor.

She went to the tea room, poured herself a glass of cold water, and gulped it down in one go, suppressing the inexplicable heat in her chest.

Thirty-second floor.

Li Yichen wiped his face.

He brushed his chin with his fingertips.

The stubble is prickly.

He picked up his phone.

The screen displayed an extremely slovenly face.

"If I suddenly walked down the street in my current state, people would think I was crazy."

He chuckled self-deprecatingly and turned his phone upside down on the table.