Super God-Level Top Student

"Passed."

Qiao Ze spoke quietly to Li Jiangao, only after they'd walked out of the conference center into the quiet surroundings, devoid of others.

Li Jiangao nodded, unsurprised and without excitement. It was plain and simple—the title of Jieqing was likely to land on his head now.

Ever since Qiao Ze had started to vie for this expert qualification and succeeded, Li Jiangao knew his chance of being Jieqing was pretty much secured without incident.

It didn't matter whether Qiao Ze was an evaluating expert or not.

In order to keep Qiao Ze from causing trouble, he had already backed down this far. The committee would definitely have to consider the attitude of this young man by his side.

All of a sudden, the phrase "when one man gains the Tao, even his pets ascend to heaven" popped into Li Jiangao's head.

One could only say that his luck was really quite good.

"Director Yu, let's just head back to Xilin today," Li Jiangao suggested as they were about to enter the hotel.

Qiao Ze wasn't quite used to the climate in the Capital, better to head back earlier.

"Ah? Not attending the closing ceremony?" Yu Chenggong asked.

"Let's skip it, it's just a formality anyway," Li Jiangao remarked with a sigh.

It was a complex emotion.

In the past, he would never have been so capricious, but after having interacted with Qiao Ze over time, he gained a deeper understanding of formalism.

After all, his student was strong enough to allow him to disregard some rules.

Yu Chenggong glanced at Qiao Ze and then immediately took out his phone to start booking tickets.

Although Qiao Ze didn't express his opinion, his very presence was already a statement.

Not to mention, he didn't want to stay in the Capital anymore either.

Each extra day spent here meant worrying about what tricks his peers in the Capital might come up with, trying to persuade Qiao Ze and Li Jiangao.

Fortunately, November wasn't peak season, and with Yu Chenggong's years of hustling across the country, he had privilege when it came to booking tickets. In a short time, he booked two business class tickets and two first-class seats.

It wasn't about saving money for the university.

Yu Chenggong would have preferred to book all business class seats, but there were only two available on the next available high-speed train they could take.

After paying, Yu Chenggong smiled and said, "The train is at 12:38 PM, but there's only two business class seats left. Professor Li, we'll have to settle for first class."

"No problem, first class is pretty good," Li Jiangao nodded and smiled in reply. "If I were traveling alone, I would only be willing to buy second class. It's thanks to Qiao Ze that I got to experience business class on the way here. It was indeed comfortable."

Qiao Ze did not refuse.

His nature was always simple and direct. Moreover, bringing Yu Chenggong along meant not having to worry about any other mess.

...

When word spread that the group had returned to Xilin, people from top to bottom at Xilin University of Technology breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, many viewed this trip as akin to lambs walking into a tiger's den.

Their non-interference was simply because everyone knew it was impossible to truly keep Qiao Ze confined to Xilin without going anywhere else.

Of course, the university was also prepared to go to court against the two universities in the Capital if need be.

Just like Xu Changshu at the beginning didn't easily switch from Yanbei to Xilin University of Technology, if Qiao Ze really decided to leave, he would have a slew of issues to handle.

School registration, archives, various relationships – all were now under Xilin University of Technology, including Lu Xiuxiu.
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As long as the work was done solidly, there would always be a way to keep someone.

On a personal level, the university seemed truly considerate to Lu Xiuxiu. Not only was the university always looking for ways to award her bonuses, but the leadership even hinted to her to submit a work report, to nominate her for an end-of-year model individual award.

This made Lu Xiuxiu somewhat apprehensive at first.

After all, she was new to the university, and if she were to earn the model individual award, how would her colleagues view her?

Unfortunately, as soon as she showed reluctance, her immediate superior became anxious.

"Xiu Xiu, aren't you worrying over nothing? Do you think if you don't apply, those few model individual spots would still fall to our department? Forget our department, even the entire logistic department might not get one in a few years. Just submit your application quickly, whether it'll work out is another matter," the leader said.

Although that's what the leader said, Lu Xiuxiu had the feeling that if she applied, she would likely get it.

She even called Qiao Ze to ask if she should submit the materials to compete for the spot.

The child's reply was simple: "I know, just say you've asked me."

Many times, Lu Xiuxiu didn't really understand her own child, but she could grasp the meaning behind the brief words and instantly made sense of it.

Whether she was advanced or not had little to do with her work, nor did it relate to whether she submitted a work report, so she promptly put the matter out of her mind.

Sure enough, the next day when the leader urged her again, Lu Xiuxiu replied that she had already asked Qiao Ze, and the leader nodded with a smile, saying no more.

Fortunately, by noon, Lu Xiuxiu also received a message from Su Mucheng, knowing that Director Yu had already booked tickets for the return trip at midday, and they would arrive at Xilin by evening, which completely settled her mind.

How to put it...

Lu Xiuxiu was nothing like Qiao Ze, she was truly one of those people who couldn't turn down any bit of kindness from others.

Using the current online slang, she was a classic ordinary good person—naive, without much of an opinion, too easily swayed, seldom online, and her favorite pastime was scrolling through short videos on her phone. Feeling too much goodwill from others, she might not immediately offer her heart and soul, but she would always carry a slight sense of guilt.

But now, with Qiao Ze as her pillar of support, that was enough.