Chapter 54: Military Training Begins, Girls Change Drastically as They Mature

The next day.

It wasn't until seven in the morning that Wang Donglai finally got out of bed.

"Donglai, you're up so early. What are you doing?"

Hearing some movement, Baili Xiu poked her head over and asked curiously.

"I'm planning to go to the library to read. Do any of you want to come?"

Wang Donglai asked the three of them while washing up.

"Count me in for the library!"

Baili Xiu instantly woke up and began putting on her clothes.

"I'm going too!"

"If everyone is going, then I'm going too!"

Hearing the conversation between the two, Ma Rui and Xue Tao thought about it and started getting dressed as well.

After washing up, the four of them left the dormitory together, preparing to head to the canteen for breakfast.

While walking, Wang Donglai received two consecutive phone calls.

It was Chen Mengni and Guo Xing. The two girls said they wanted to come find him to have breakfast together and then head to the library to study.

Wang Donglai couldn't find an excuse to refuse, nor did he have a reason to, so he agreed on a meeting place.

Consequently, when Baili Xiu and the others saw Chen Mengni and Guo Xing walking toward Wang Donglai in the canteen, they were practically dripping with jealousy.

As girls grow up, they become increasingly beautiful.

At eighteen or nineteen, their faces were full of collagen and brimming with vitality.

Having just left high school, they possessed that youthful aura of a high schooler, yet because they had entered university and changed their style of dress, they had gained a touch of elegance and charm.

All these factors combined made Chen Mengni and Guo Xing look radiant.

One wore a high ponytail and sportswear.

The other had slightly wavy long hair and casual attire.

It was often said that high school girls went without makeup and didn't know how to dress up, and hadn't fully blossomed; but once they entered university and began grooming themselves, they all became beautiful.

Wang Donglai hadn't believed it before.

But seeing it with his own eyes now, he felt there was truth to it.

After the two girls greeted each other, they walked up to Wang Donglai with beaming smiles.

"Let me introduce you. These are my high school classmates, and now my fellow alumni."

"These are my roommates: Xue Tao, Baili Xiu, and Ma Rui."

Wang Donglai introduced everyone to each other, though for some reason, he did not mention the two girls' majors.

Baili Xiu and the others first greeted the two girls with smiles, then began making faces and winking at Wang Donglai.

When it came time for breakfast, they even sat apart from Wang Donglai, leaving him to sit with the two girls.

"Why didn't you tell me what your majors were?"

Wang Donglai asked casually while eating.

Silence!

The two girls did not answer.

"Forget it. There's no changing your majors now anyway. From now on, just follow me to the library to read. It'll be just like high school—whether it's Law or Accounting, you'll need to put in a lot of effort to master them. When the holidays come, I'll take you to do some internships. You need to combine the knowledge from textbooks with practical experience."

Seeing the two girls remain silent, Wang Donglai had originally wanted to ask something else, but the moment he thought about the reason behind their choice, he changed his mind.

Hearing Wang Donglai say this, a hint of a smile appeared on both girls' faces.

A second later, they exchanged a glance and quickly looked away.

...

Upon arriving at the library.

The group sat separately, just as they had in the canteen, with Guo Xing and Chen Mengni accompanying Wang Donglai.

With one girl on his left and one on his right, the sight was truly enough to make many people envious.

Wang Donglai, however, paid no mind to this and continued reading the book he hadn't finished yesterday.

Every time he finished a book, the sound of the system notification announcing the arrival of experience points was like heavenly music, leaving him addicted.

The greatness of the system lay in the fact that every time he gained experience points, the knowledge was silently memorized and understood by him.

Wang Donglai's serious and focused attitude also influenced Guo Xing and Chen Mengni.

The two girls' innate learning abilities weren't particularly strong; otherwise, their high school grades wouldn't have been so poor.

After receiving guidance from Wang Donglai, the two girls had developed their own unique study method.

Read it once quickly to get a general idea, then read it a second time to note down what they didn't understand, and then read it a third time, connecting the parts together to try and solve the difficult points themselves first. If they truly couldn't figure it out, they would ask Wang Donglai.

This method was tedious and time-consuming, making it unsuitable for students with high comprehension, but it was extremely practical for students like Chen Mengni and Guo Xing.

In one morning, the two girls barely managed to finish one book.

Wang Donglai, however, had already read five or six.

After lunch, the group returned to the library to continue reading.

The day passed just like that.

...

September 5th.

Siyuan Activity Center.

The military training mobilization assembly for Tangdu University of Technology was being held here.

Each class sat in their designated positions, waiting for the assembly to begin.

There was no long wait; the assembly started quickly.

Tangdu University of Technology took this assembly quite seriously. The university's third-in-command, Qiao Jianguo, led the team, accompanied by Vice President Cheng Ping'an, Assistant to the President Tian Yong, Colonel Li Fei (Deputy Dean of the Air Force Engineering University), as well as heads of the Student Affairs Department, Publicity Department, Academic Affairs Office, Youth League Committee, various colleges, and military training coordinators.

There were nearly four thousand freshmen in the Class of 2012, and the entire activity center could fully accommodate them, creating a vast, uniform sea of military green.

Once the university leaders and the head of military training finished their speeches, the training officially began.

Military training at Tangdu University of Technology was extremely strict. Regardless of major or individual, one had to complete military training to obtain a graduation certificate.

Even if someone was in poor health and could not participate this year, they would have to participate again with the next year's freshmen.

Therefore, even Wang Donglai could not escape it.

"All personnel, attention! At ease!"

"Dismiss!"

Under the scorching sun, the training grounds of Tangdu University of Technology instantly descended into chaos.

The once orderly ranks immediately scattered, and the sounds of sighs and groans were incessant.

Standing at attention and marching in step.

It seemed simple, but training every movement to meet the aesthetic standards was not easy.

Moreover, these college students did not have particularly strong physiques, making it even more of an ordeal.

Wang Donglai also felt tired, drenched in sweat after the drills.

However, having grown up in the countryside, he had a certain resistance to the sun and this level of physical exertion; within just two days, he had adapted.

After returning to the dormitory to shower and change, Wang Donglai met up with Chen Mengni and Guo Xing. After eating at the canteen, they headed to the library to read.

It had to be said, a good school was indeed a good school.

Students who could get into Tangdu University of Technology were all quite capable, and their attitude toward studying was indeed beyond reproach.

On the way, Wang Donglai also saw many students rushing to the library without even changing out of their military training uniforms.

The library at Tangdu University of Technology was not small, but it wasn't exactly spacious for the entire student body.

Sometimes, if you arrived at the library even slightly late, there would be no seats left.

Unlike typical universities where only graduating students go to the library to write theses or prepare for postgraduate exams, the students here walked with purpose, rushing to and fro, creating a palpable sense of urgency.

The older students knew that this was because the freshmen had just enrolled and had not yet broken their high school habits.

It would take half a year or a year of being at the school before they gradually changed.

Over these past two days, even with military training, Wang Donglai would go to the library whenever he had free time.

The massive volume of high-quality books greatly saved his time.

Every time he finished a book, experience points were credited to him.

Watching himself gradually accumulate experience points and increase his mathematics level in this way gave him a profound sense of achievement.

While Wang Donglai was frantically reading to gain experience and level up, Galaxy Technology was also getting on track.

Registration numbers were climbing steadily, and daily active user data was exploding.

Since the most difficult software development had already been completed by Wang Donglai, Zhou Rui's task was simple: maintain smooth operations.

For a programmer like Zhou Rui, who had worked at several major tech companies, this was nothing.

At the same time, under Wang Donglai's remote command, the company began recruiting and expanding.

The customer service team, operations team, audit team, and technical team were all being built up bit by bit.

Originally, according to Zhou Rui's suggestion, these functions could have been outsourced to save a large amount of capital.

However, Wang Donglai vetoed this proposal.

Wang Donglai understood that the future potential of this company was absolutely not something that could be limited to being just another national-level software.

The systems and regulations also had to be strictly enforced from the very beginning.

Although Zhou Rui didn't fully understand the vision, he strictly followed Wang Donglai's instructions and managed the company's affairs in an orderly fashion.