Study Monster Cultivation System-Chapter 285: Mom spoils the child too muChapter

In the reception room, the sound of Zhou Chenglong tapping on the keyboard did not affect Li Zheng.

The physics exam paper was clearly more oriented towards practical applications than the competition.

By practical applications, it meant avoiding topics like stellar reactions and quantum mechanics and focusing on theoretical mechanics, material mechanics, and polymer physics, which could be directly applied to production.

This was undoubtedly also where the difference between researchers and engineers lay, with the former paving the way into unknown territories, while the latter devoted all their efforts to tangible production tasks.

Therefore, this paper was more about examining the proficiency and depth of knowledge mastery rather than imagination and thinking methods.

Take the mechanics problems for example—their surface was basically a complex version of pushing carts, pulleys, and various odd frames.

The level of calculation and analysis required was undoubtedly much higher than that of high school competitions.

But the intellectual difficulty did not exceed Li Zheng’s range.

Moreover, with the bonus of 1200 hours of study in mechanical engineering, the complexity of these mechanics structures was pretty trivial to him.

As for material mechanics, he also had hundreds of hours in materials science to fall back on.

This made him grow more and more confident as he worked.

Even he felt that, compared to scientific thinking, he seemed more suited to engineering thinking.

So, everything going smoothly halfway through, Li Zheng started to worry about Lin Yujing.

She had always managed by using minimalist thinking; facing these tough engineering problems, she might find herself in deep trouble.

Well, it was time for her to face a setback.

The next issue was whether to rub shoulders or pinch feet.

Starting with pinching feet didn’t seem appropriate; it was better to go from top to bottom, step by step.

In the reception room, three people busied themselves with their own tasks, steadily passing an hour and a half.

Until Lin Yujing "uh"ed, stood up, and handed in her paper.

Zhou Chenglong had been as stable as Mount Tai, but that "uh" suddenly made him panic.

More panicked was Li Zheng, who was beside him.

This rhythm was off. He still had one major question left.

This wasn’t a competition—was there some minimalist method after all?

Lin Yujing glanced at the panicking Li Zheng and made a familiar mouth shape.

Scum Chap.

Li Zheng gritted his teeth, wiped the sweat off his forehead, and continued to work on the problem.

No no no, it’s not possible. She couldn’t possibly have learned as much content as himself.

She must have heard 55 points was the standard and then simply gave up on the difficult questions with heavy calculations.

Right right right, that’s more in line with her style.

Lin Yujing no longer paid any attention to Li Zheng and handed her paper to Zhou Chenglong.

"There’s still half an hour left, not going to check it?" Zhou Chenglong hastily closed his laptop and asked.

"I’ve checked it already," Lin Yujing nodded.

Zhou Chenglong took a deep breath, took over the paper, and first frowned, "There are two questions not done yet. Won’t you try harder?"

Lin Yujing smiled somewhat cheekily, "I don’t know how."

"This… this is pretty brazen…" Zhou Chenglong waved his hand, "Right, if you don’t know, you don’t know. Well then, I’ll wait to mark it with Li Zheng’s. You go back and sit down so as not to disturb him."

"Oh." Lin Yujing thus returned to her seat, happily preparing to do something else.

As she opened her backpack to rummage through it, suddenly there was a loud "clang" as a book accidentally fell out.

Li Zheng couldn’t help but turn his head to look.

It was "Mechanical Engineering Mathematics"!

What is this thing?

Just as Lin Yujing bent down to pick up the book.

Clang!

Another one fell.

"Exploration into Physics Exam Questions for Postgraduate Entrance Examination"!

Lin Yujing’s face twisted slightly, and in her panic, she made another loud smack.

"Ma Wenwei’s Physics Question Bank"!

"Uh..." Lin Yujing quickly placed her backpack flat on the table, hurriedly tucked away the three books, and pretended to be engrossed in her phone.

Despicable!

These two words flashed through Li Zheng’s mind.

In recent times, although she appeared to be leisurely, she was actually preparing intensely for the battle behind the scenes.

This was usually a routine strategy, but this time, she was even more despicable.

While he was diligently sticking to the basic textbooks, she was secretly making moves, going straight for the exam question banks!

She might have deliberately avoided studying together, even selfishly keeping the postgraduate textbooks from Ji Hang Library to herself just for a few pieces of fish steak,

He was still too naive, having long needed to suspect Jingguo from the most despicable perspective.

Under Li Zheng’s gaze, Lin Yujing also seemed a bit unstable.

"Didn’t we agree to share our study progress and experiences?" Li Zheng said in a deep voice, "I’ve been telling the truth every day."

"Um~~~" Lin Yujing pressed on her backpack and said, "These books... I just bought them on a whim this morning while passing the bookstore... It’s perfectly reasonable..."

"Forget it, it’s not the first time." Li Zheng laughed scornfully and picked up his pen, "Just sneaking a study, closer to ink means closer to darkness, closer to the dogs, woof woof woof."

"Shut up, Scum Chap..." Lin Yujing muttered resentfully, clutching her backpack’s zipper, "You devouring two textbooks a day... that’s not the right path... that’s the Path of the Demon! How am I supposed to catch up?"

Seeing Lin Yujing’s frustration, Li Zheng began to understand a bit.

"Hmm... Now that you mention it, it makes sense... Just three weeks, you wouldn’t stand a chance without this tactic..."

"Cough..." Zhou Chenglong suddenly coughed. "Is Li Zheng done too?"

"Not yet." Li Zheng quickly bent over his work again.

Well then.

Those who follow the righteous path don’t need these shortcuts.

A quarter-hour later, Li Zheng also handed in his paper, and both he and Lin Yujing returned to their places, ignoring each other.

At this moment, Liang Yu had also returned with meal tickets and began to open the system’s test question bank with Zhou Chenglong to score the papers.

Their expressions gradually shifted from relaxed to tight, then tense, and finally to fear.

When they finished scoring, their faces had sunk to the lowest point.

After staring at each other in silence for a while, they tacitly stood up together.

Liang Yu looked nervously at Li Zheng and Lin Yujing, her voice trembling slightly, "Um... you two take a break, we need to talk about something outside."

After saying this, she pushed Zhou Chenglong out of the reception room and firmly closed the door behind them.

Liang Yu grabbed her head, wishing to yell, but only managed to suppress her voice.

"80, 93???"

Zhou Chenglong looked down with a pained expression, "Sister Liang, I’ve already shaved off a few points..."

"What did you say before about the standard hiring, how many points were needed to pass?"

"55."

"Why not say 95!"

"Even I’m not sure I’d score 95..." Zhou Chenglong clutched the papers, his face full of grievance, "Who would have thought of this..."

"What do we do now... what now..."

"How should I know..." Zhou Chenglong was almost in tears, "You tell me, I was at a meeting with the director, nodding off, when suddenly I was dragged here. I didn’t want this..."

"Should we just say they didn’t pass?"

"No, they did the questions themselves, they know what scores they should get." Zhou Chenglong scratched his head, "Sister Liang, did you ask about that thing earlier?"

"I asked." Liang Yu nodded solemnly, "It’s the Department of Science and Technology’s connections, specifically who I don’t know, but your director should."

"Hmm... In any case, the least understandable situation has happened." Zhou Chenglong looked meaningfully at Liang Yu.

Liang Yu sighed and shook her head, "Alright, let’s not talk in riddles, I get what you mean."

"Yes, my biggest worry has come true..." Zhou Chenglong also sighed, "The leaders told us to act officially, but in secret, they had already given away the answers..."

"So… it was your Director Chen who did this?"

"Impossible, Director Chen doesn’t play those games, he would say it directly if he needed to take care of something." Zhou Chenglong retorted, "Could it be your director?"

"Our director wouldn’t need to do that either."

"Hard to say." Zhou Chenglong pondered, "Letting high school students come in for an internship is risky after all, so they choose to do it covertly without explicit instructions."

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"Oh, stop it, my head hurts." Liang Yu held her forehead, "Should we ask your director again?"

"Hmm… better not disturb him during the meeting." Zhou Chenglong rubbed his jaw, "Don’t panic, let’s first let them pass the written test by doing everything by the book, I’ll make the interview questions this afternoon, and let them get naturally eliminated then, it’s impossible they could know in advance what questions I’ll be asking… During lunch, I’ll ask Director Chen again."

Liang Yu couldn’t think of a better solution, so she agreed.

Unexpectedly, what was supposed to be an easy day tour suddenly turned into a scene filled with swords and shadows.

After they composed their emotions, they re-entered the guest room with smiles.

Zhou Chenglong smiled as he distributed the papers to them: "Lin Yujing 80, Li Zheng 93, very good scores, congratulations to you both on passing the written test."

Li Zheng frowned as he took his paper: "Still lost 7 points eh…"

Lin Yujing, however, relaxed a bit: "Good, got all that I knew correct…"

Seeing their reactions, Zhou Chenglong indeed found nothing to pick on.

On the way to the restaurant, Zhou Chenglong thought more and more that something was off, and pulled Liang Yu aside.

"Sister Liang… I thought carefully about their papers…" Zhou Chenglong pursed his lips, "The methods they used to solve the problems, their calculation processes, and the mistakes they made, are all completely different… If they had shared a standard answer sheet, it couldn’t have turned out like this, especially Lin Yujing, she used a solving method that our question bank doesn’t even have…"

"Are you saying… this is their true ability?"

"There’s a slight possibility…" Zhou Chenglong rubbed his forehead, suddenly saw Chen Hongbing at the entrance of the restaurant, quickly patted Liang Yu, "You go ahead with them to eat, I need to urgently ask Director Chen."

Zhou Chenglong then excused himself from the group and hurried to the front of the restaurant, forcibly pulled Chen Hongbing out of the group of leaders, grabbed some food quickly, and then sat down in a corner.

As soon as Chen Hongbing sat, he eagerly asked, "How is it? Any progress with the Reset?"

"No, it’s about recruiting those interns."

"Intern recruiting? What interns?" Chen Hongbing asked unconsciously, and then slapped his head, "Oh, right, now I remember."

It just wasn’t something memorable in his world.

Thinking it was for such a trivial matter that he was pulled aside, Chen Hongbing was not only disappointed but also slightly resentful.

Chen Hongbing shook his head as he scooped some indifferent dishes, and chewed forcefully, "Tell me then, I was just discussing borrowing someone from the Fifth Institute, why are you causing trouble?"

"Sorry, Director, here’s the thing…" Zhou Chenglong gesticulated, "Didn’t you say just to coordinate for the day tour? Yet both of them scored high on the written test, one got 80 and the other 93… I had to let them pass…"

"Ah?" Chen Hongbing exclaimed, "Jingjing has reached that level."

"Jingjing?"

"Oh right, I didn’t tell you." Chen Hongbing whispered, "Lin Yujing is Ting Lan’s daughter."

"Fuck…" Zhou Chenglong slapped his forehead, "I knew she looked familiar, the moment I saw her I wanted to bow my head and call her teacher."

"Alright, keep it to yourself." Chen Hongbing pursed his lips, gradually realizing the complexity of the situation, had to concentrate amidst his busy schedule, and after some thought asked, "What level? What kind of professional papers?"

"Internship masters, focused on physics, primarily materials mechanics and theoretical mechanics."

"Hmm…" Chen Hongbing then lowered his head, quickly stuffing a couple of bites of food, "High school students… no matter how exaggerated it is, they shouldn’t score like that."

"That’s what I thought too, but their problem-solving methods are totally different, and there are no signs of them having known the answers beforehand." Zhou Chenglong seized the opportunity to ask, "Do you think, maybe Teacher Shen helped them… If she intended, she could make such an exam happen."

"Impossible." Chen Hongbing waved a big arm, "Ting Lan is the least likely person to engage in such things, it must have been An Ning."

"An Ning?"

"That’s Li Zheng’s mother, from the Science Department," Chen Hongbing said, while stuffing a few more big mouthfuls of food, then wiping his mouth, stood up, "I’ll ask more about it, you continue with the regular procedures, think of some more questions quickly. If they pass again, there’s nothing we can say."

Zhou Chenglong stood up to see him off: "Go on, you hurry to see about borrowing someone from the Fifth Institute. If this keeps up, the brothers will start emulating my hairstyle, and quite a few still haven’t found partners."

"Haha, always the joker."

Chen Hongbing left the dining table but didn’t immediately join the leaders from the Fifth Institute; instead, he made a call.

"Hello, Old Deng."

"It’s like this, didn’t An Ning say to let the kids experience the harshness of aerospace, organize a day tour?"

"But they passed the written test…"

"Right, right, right, the master-level written test."

"Maybe you could find out more, what’s Director An’s attitude actually?"

"Our department is very serious, the interview this afternoon will really be strictly business."

"Yeah, I really don’t want to mess with her... Can you ask around for me?"

"Hey, take care of yourself too."

"Hahaha, why do we always seem like we’re about to be hospitalized any minute…"

It felt like a game of connecting dots, and suddenly it connected to An Ning.

At this time, An Ning was in a university cafeteria, almost spitting out his food.

"What? The written test was passed?"

"That’s impossible... Weren’t they supposed to handle it officially and properly educate those two?"

"Wait a minute..."

An Ning’s expression suddenly flickered.

He got it.

Understood.

It must be Mother Lin secretly helping out.

This Mother Lin... coddles her child too much.

A rare opportunity to let them realize the harshness of scientific research, isn’t it good?

But then again.

That’s also a mother’s kindness.

No need to expose her.

An Ning then replied.

"My stance hasn’t changed over here."

"Reduce the qualifications, but not the standards."

"During the upcoming interview, we must stick to official business, standard and fair."

Soon, the game of connection went back to the cafeteria of the first institute.

At this moment, Chen Hongbing was with Shen Tinglan.

From afar, he glanced at Li Zheng and Lin Yujing, who were eating, and explained the situation to Shen Tinglan.

Shen Tinglan was also surprised and then showed a similar expression to An Ning’s.

This Mother Li... coddles her child too much.

A rare opportunity to let them realize the harshness of aerospace, isn’t it good?

But then again.

That’s also a mother’s kindness.

No need to expose her.

"Make sure Cheng Long handles it with strictly business," Shen Tinglan said and then added, "It would be better to be even stricter."

"That’s not necessary," Chen Hongbing laughed, "We are really short-staffed, and if they truly are exceptional, having them around to help isn’t too bad."

"No way, Director," Shen Tinglan said with a trembling voice while holding his bowl, "If Jingjing and he... keep fluttering in front of my eyes... how am I supposed to work."

"Oh, this..." Chen Hongbing realized the complexity of the situation again, then glanced again at the self-assured Li Zheng and the clamorous Lin Yujing, "That guy... couldn’t possibly be... our future son-in-law, could he?"

"..." Shen Tinglan just kept silent.

"Well... that’s kind of interesting," Chen Hongbing rubbed his chin and frowned, "Think about it, your whole family working here on rockets, we could market it as ’Rocket Family’ ’Lucky Trio’ or something, could be quite effective for publicity."

"Director!!!"

"Hahaha!" Chen Hongbing laughed loudly, "It’s been so many years, and it’s the first time I’ve seen you this nervous, couldn’t help it... sorry, sorry..."

Chen Hongbing, still laughing, said, "Don’t worry, they won’t pass Cheng Long’s section. Just in case they do, I’m the last stop, and I promise I’ll properly vet our potential son-in-law for you. How many girlfriends has he had? Is he fickle? Does he treat his mother-in-law well? I’ll find out everything for you."

"Aaaaah!!!" Shen Tinglan covered his ears and ran off with his plate.

"Hahaha." Chen Hongbing laughed even more wildly.

He never thought that a woman in her forties could be more adorable than when she was in her twenties.