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

Ye Chen glanced around, his smile fading slightly.

"Teacher Xu, I don't intend to just coast along."

"Then tell me, where have you been this past week?"

"I took care of some personal matters."

Ye Chen didn't mention Hong Kong Island, nor did he use the company as a shield.

Entrepreneurship is not a license to skip classes.

No matter how much money you earn, you can't use it to shut your teacher up.

Xu Man closed the attendance book, her tone unwavering.

"I don't care what your private matters are, the school has its rules."

"If the absences meet the standards, warnings, notices, and disciplinary actions will be taken without exception."

Ye Chen nodded.

I admit to being absent.

"But I can guarantee that I haven't fallen behind in my major courses."

"ensure?"

Xu Man looked at him.

"What universities have in abundance is verbal promises."

"College entrance exam scores are in the past. Whether you're keeping up now or not, I only look at the courses, assignments, and assessments."

Ye Chen answered very decisively.

"Then let's take the test."

Xu Man paused for half a second, blocked by him.

"Do you think all the teachers revolve around you?"

Just as she was about to continue, she suddenly heard footsteps behind her.

Professor Zhou walked over, carrying a file folder.

"Teacher Xu, let's put the punishment aside for now."

Xu Man turned around, her brows still furrowed.

"Professor Zhou, he hasn't come to class this week."

"I know."

Professor Zhou glanced at Ye Chen, but there was no smile on his face.

"Therefore, the experimental center will retest the program he wrote yesterday today."

"program?"

Xu Man stopped flipping through the attendance book.

"He hasn't even been to the lab this week, so how could he have any procedures?"

He was in my office yesterday morning.

Professor Zhou spoke in a calm tone, as if he were talking about something completely ordinary.

"He wrote a computer room resource management program right in front of me."

Xu Man did not respond.

She turned her head and looked Ye Chen up and down again.

A freshman who had skipped classes for a whole week spent less than half a day in the professor's office and wrote a program that could be used for real-world testing.

It all sounds a bit outrageous.

Professor Zhou continued:

"Being able to run simulation data is not a skill."

"Only by connecting to real data can we know whether it's just for show."

"If the test fails, handle it as it should be; I won't speak up for him."

"But if the program can actually solve the problem, it will at least prove that he hasn't fallen behind in his major courses."

"I will submit a supplementary explanation to the college at that time. The punishment will be postponed for now."

Xu Man was quiet for a few seconds, then closed the attendance book and tucked it back into her arms.

"Can."

She looked at Ye Chen, her attitude still stern.

"However, if the test fails, the absences will be recorded without exception."

Ye Chen sighed.

"Teacher Xu, please give me some face."

"There are so many people in the hallway."

"When you skipped class, why didn't you think about saving face?"

Xu Man turned and walked towards the experimental center.

Clearly, she was also prepared to see the results for herself.

Ye Chen touched his nose and followed Professor Zhou.

The students who had been watching the commotion immediately made way for them.

Some people wanted to hear a few more words, but none of the three stopped.

The experimental center is located on the third floor of the college building.

Pushing open the door, you see a dozen workstations neatly arranged, their main unit fans emitting a low hum.

Teacher Wang, who was in charge of the retest, had already prepared the data.

He was in his early forties, his hair was neatly combed, and several printed appointment forms were spread out on the table.

Upon seeing Ye Chen enter, he first turned to ask Professor Zhou.

"He did it?"

"right."

Teacher Wang glanced at Ye Chen a couple more times.

This face looks so young.

He doesn't seem like someone who could independently create a management program.

"Just because it works in the classroom doesn't mean it will work when connected to real data."

Teacher Wang tapped on the table.

"Let's make this clear first: the data from the experimental center must not be altered during testing."

Ye Chen pulled out a chair and sat down.

"Back up the original data first."

"The entire test is read-only, with no writes to the production system."

Teacher Wang's subsequent words suddenly became useless.

He paused for a moment before opening the existing spreadsheet template in the experimental center and importing the data into the testing machine in sequence.

Three months of computer room reservation records.

More than 4,000 pieces of equipment information.

The course schedule for seventeen classes.

The table also includes the number of students and basic software requirements for the course.

After importing everything, Teacher Wang added six more classes to be rescheduled, nineteen pieces of equipment to be repaired, and eight appointment cancellation records.

After doing all that, he took a step back.

"The real environment isn't that orderly."

Ye Chen didn't argue, he just glanced at the screen.

"The more chaotic, the better."

"Let's just run."

Teacher Wang clicked "Run".

The program begins reading data.

The laboratory quickly fell silent, with only the sound of the main unit's fan spinning.

Xu Man stood at the door, the attendance book still tucked under her arm.

Professor Zhou stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze never leaving the screen.

A few seconds later, the first batch of results popped up.

All twenty-three time conflicts are marked in red.

Classes with duplicate bookings are automatically matched to other available computer labs, while courses affected by equipment maintenance are listed separately.

The program, taking into account the number of students in the class and the software requirements, provided three candidate solutions.

Each plan was followed by a note explaining the reason for the adjustments.

Teacher Wang leaned forward slightly.

"So fast?"

Before he could even touch the mouse, the results on the second page had already appeared.

Thirty-seven long-term idle devices were highlighted in red by the program.

Eleven of them did not participate in any teaching arrangements for three consecutive months.

Teacher Wang stared at the number, his brows furrowing instantly.

"impossible."

"The experimental center is always complaining about a lack of equipment, how could they possibly have thirty-seven machines idle?"

Ye Chen raised his finger and pointed to the number on the screen.

The program flags a data anomaly.

"Whether it's idle or not can be found by checking the registration records."

A teacher from the experimental center immediately pulled up the equipment file and began to check the numbers one by one.

At first, Teacher Wang stood by the table waiting for the results.

By the time they found the seventh computer, he had already moved a chair and sat down in front of the computer.

Nine devices had their serial numbers changed, but these changes were not synchronized into the reservation system.

The maintenance of all twelve units has been completed, but the system status still shows that they are out of service.

The remaining equipment is registered under the names of several server rooms that have long been closed down.

The machine was clearly placed in the experimental center.

Once logged into the system, it displayed "No such machine found".

After checking the last one, Teacher Wang didn't say anything more.

The only sound in the room was the clicking of a keyboard.

Even Professor Zhou put the file bag he had been holding onto the table.

Not a single piece of official data was changed in the program.

The original ledger was found to have a series of holes.

Teacher Wang stared at the verification results for a long time before finally uttering a sentence:

"Thirty-seven units, not one missing."

Ye Chen leaned back in his chair and opened the conflict list.

"The problem with the experimental center is not a lack of equipment."

Teacher Wang asked subconsciously:

"What is that?"

"Information is out of sync."

Ye Chen moved several abnormal records to the same page.

"If a teacher changes their schedule at the last minute, the administrator has to manually update the schedule."

"The equipment is repaired, but the status cannot be updated in a timely manner."

"Students who want to find available computer labs have to go to the office to ask."

"Every step is a step behind."

He raised his hand and tapped the thirty-seven abnormal records.

"Don't even mention the extra thirty-seven units."

"Even if we buy another batch of new equipment, the accounts will still be recorded the same way, and after a while we'll still complain that we don't have enough."