We agreed not to date, so why are you crying now that I've become the richest man?

After taking a shower, Ye Chen collapsed onto the bed and quickly fell silent.

He stayed glued to the futures trading screen for several days in a row, sleeping only two or three hours a day, his mind never relaxed.

The moment my head hit the pillow, I completely lost my senses.

Less than half a minute later, snoring began.

The next morning, Ye Chen was forcibly woken up by Sun Haoyu.

"It's 7:40!"

Sun Haoyu threw his clothes at him, his voice almost splitting into two.

"Professor Zhou's class is at eight o'clock! If you're late again today, that old man Zhou might just bury me and you together!"

Ye Chen opened his eyes and sat on the bed for a few seconds to recover.

Only after he regained full consciousness did he wipe his face.

"How much longer?"

"Stop studying for so long, get started!"

Ye Chen rolled over and got out of bed.

Wash up, get dressed, and grab a book.

In less than five minutes, the four students from dormitory 417 rushed out of the dormitory building.

Finally, they entered the classroom as the school bell rang.

Professor Zhou was already standing in front of the podium.

He looked up at Ye Chen, but didn't call on him or say anything. He simply opened his lesson plan and continued teaching.

The more this happened, the more uncertain Sun Haoyu felt.

This lesson covers arrays and pointers.

The content is already quite challenging for first-year students who are just starting out with programming.

Professor Zhou didn't deliberately slow down; after explaining one point, he called on several people to answer questions.

The atmosphere in the classroom remained tense.

Ye Chen sat in the back row and listened for more than ten minutes.

These contents were not difficult for him, but he still opened the textbook and made two marks on the important parts.

He was in the wrong for missing class.

Now that you're back, you should at least show your best attitude in class.

Sun Haoyu kept glancing at the podium and asked in a low voice:

"Why isn't there any sound at all?"

Listen attentively in class.

"I'm just afraid he'll hold it in for too long."

Ye Chen glanced at him.

"If you say another word, he'll immediately target you."

Sun Haoyu's body trembled, and he immediately sat up straight.

After the two classes ended, Professor Zhou closed his lesson plan, took the attendance sheet, and left the classroom.

He never mentioned Ye Chen's name from beginning to end.

Sun Haoyu breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's stable, looks like everything's alright."

You're overthinking it.

Lu Wenbo gestured towards the front of the classroom with his lip.

Class monitor Lin Xiaozheng walked over carrying a stack of homework.

When she reached Ye Chen's desk, she put down her homework.

Professor Zhou wants you to go to his office immediately.

Sun Haoyu's heart, which had just settled down, instantly jumped into his throat again.

"Class monitor, what was Professor Zhou's tone like?"

Lin Xiao glanced at him.

What do you think?

How serious is it?

Lin Xiao remained silent for two seconds.

"When I delivered the assignment just now, I saw the college's disciplinary record form on his desk."

"Ye Chen's name has been written down."

Sun Haoyu gasped.

"Missing a few classes shouldn't warrant a direct disciplinary action, right?"

"Is what you call missing a few classes?"

Lin Xiao glanced at Ye Chen.

"He kept missing classes and had someone else answer for him. Professor Zhou hates this kind of thing the most."

She paused, then looked at Sun Haoyu and the others.

"You'd better not make things worse."

Sun Haoyu shrank his neck.

Those few "yes"s seemed to have been in vain.

Ye Chen stood up and stuffed the textbooks into his bag.

Thanks.

"Go quickly."

Lin Xiao stepped aside and reminded him:

"Be nicer, don't argue with Professor Zhou."

"He actually values ​​you quite a bit. The program you wrote in class last time, he even used to teach another class later."

"understood."

Ye Chen nodded and walked out of the classroom alone.

The teachers' office building is located behind the teaching building.

The office door was open.

Professor Zhou sat in front of his computer grading assignments, and sure enough, there was a disciplinary record form on his desk.

Ye Chen stood at the door and knocked twice.

"Professor Zhou, you wanted to see me?"

"Come in and close the door."

Professor Zhou didn't even look up.

Ye Chen closed the door and walked to his desk.

Half a minute later, Professor Zhou put down the red pen.

"You're willing to come back?"

"If I don't come back soon, the guys in my dorm who answered the questions for me will almost lose their voices."

"You seem quite proud of yourself?"

"no."

Ye Chen said in a very serious tone:

"I mainly feel sorry for them."

Professor Zhou's stern face twitched, and he almost lost his composure.

He picked up the disciplinary record form on the table and tapped it twice with his finger.

"Ye Chen, you did very well on the last class test."

"Thank you, Professor."

"I haven't finished praising you yet."

Professor Zhou looked up at him.

"Your thinking, foundation, and programming habits don't seem like those of a freshman who has just entered university."

Having talent doesn't mean you can ignore classroom discipline.

Ye Chen stopped smiling.

"This absence is my fault."

"I didn't ask for leave in advance, nor did I contact the counselor in a timely manner. I accept whatever the consequences may be."

Professor Zhou had prepared a long lecture.

As a result, Ye Chen admitted his mistake so readily that it shut down much of what Ye Chen was about to say.

He stared at Ye Chen for a few seconds, opened the folder next to him, pulled out three pages of paper, and pushed them to the side of the table.

Anyone can admit their mistakes.

"I look at both attitude and ability."

"This is a course design, originally intended for second-year students."

Professor Zhou pointed to the three pages of requirements.

"Develop a data center resource management program that can input equipment, allocate usage time slots, and also record faults."

He then pointed to the computer on the table.

"I won't listen to your excuses, just keep doing it here."

"I can do it. I'll consider missing class later."

"If you can't do it, your grade will be zero, but you'll still have to submit the disciplinary record form as usual."

Ye Chen picked up the three pages and quickly scanned them.

The requirements aren't difficult.

It's nothing more than data entry, querying, scheduling, and fault statistics, plus some basic conflict detection.

For second-year students, this is a course design.

For Ye Chen, this was just a warm-up.

"Can I borrow your computer?"

"Can."

Professor Zhou stood up to make way for him and glanced at the clock on the wall.

"Other teachers will be using the office this afternoon, so make the most of your time."

Ye Chen sat down at the computer and opened the programming tool.

Professor Zhou stood to the side, originally wanting to see how he planned to break down the requirements.

As a result, Ye Chen didn't even take a draft paper.

After a brief moment of thought, the sound of keyboard clicks began to fill the air.

First, build the data structure.

Further steps were taken to include device entry, time slot allocation, and conflict detection.

The entire process was uninterrupted and involved no back-and-forth revisions.

In less than ten minutes, all the basic functions required by the problem had been successfully implemented.

Professor Zhou was originally standing to the side with his arms crossed.

Seeing this, he slowly lowered his arm.

Ye Chen did not stop.

After completing the basic functions, he added a page of usage statistics.

The page clearly shows which time period has the highest occupancy rate, which device is idle for a long time, and which device has frequent malfunctions.

When the system reallocates devices, it also adjusts the order based on these records.

Equipment that has been idle for a long time should be given priority for opening.

Equipment with a high failure rate is automatically prioritized.

Prompts have been added for duplicate applications, equipment malfunctions, and incorrect data formats.

Finally, Ye Chen added a simple user interface.

This is just a course demo; the amount of data is small, but the functionality has already formed a complete closed loop.

Nineteen minutes later, Ye Chen typed the last line and pressed the run button.

"Professor, it's done."

Professor Zhou returned carrying a teacup, his steps noticeably quicker.

"So fast?"

He sat down at the computer, first entered the data for twenty devices, and then deliberately created several time conflicts.

The program immediately popped up a prompt and recommended off-peak hours.

Professor Zhou didn't say anything, and then revised a few more sets of data.

Then, he deliberately entered a string of incorrect characters into the device number field.

The page did not freeze.

The incorrect locations were instead marked one by one.

Professor Zhou picked up his teacup, then slowly put it down.

"What is this adjustment function?"

Ye Chen pointed to the statistics page.

"Dynamically allocated based on historical usage frequency."

"Equipment that has been idle for a long time should be given priority for use, while equipment with a high failure rate should be de-listed."

"If there is a conflict during peak hours, we will reschedule the courses based on course priority and past usage time."

Professor Zhou glanced at him.

"The question didn't require these things."

"Not twenty minutes have passed yet."

Ye Chen spoke casually.

"I finished it while I was at it."

Professor Zhou did not respond.

He brought up the code again and started looking at it from the first line.

The further he turned the pages, the more serious his expression became.

The code structure is clean, each function is independent, and there are even reserved interfaces later.

With continued improvements, it can be integrated into the school's existing computer lab management system.

This is no longer a regular course assignment.

With slight modifications, it can be applied to laboratory equipment management, library equipment borrowing, and even classroom scheduling.

Professor Zhou was leaning back in his chair.

As he looked behind him, he unconsciously sat up straight.

He pulled the code back to the beginning and looked at it again.

A few minutes later, Professor Zhou opened the drawer and took out a portable hard drive.

Just as he was about to plug in the computer, Ye Chen reached out and pressed down on the portable hard drive.