Chapter Fifty Isn't an Enemy Doesn't Gather Together

  The vast road is surrounded by lush green grass, with rows of trees standing like sentinels on both sides of the highway. Accompanying them are creamy white streetlights that illuminate the road and trees at night, casting a warm yellow glow. During the day, the trees stand tall to greet every sunbeam.

  "Buzz!"

  A low, mournful sound of a car horn came from the entrance, and the flashing police lights on top of the cars were dazzling. The security guard at the entrance quickly raised the bar, allowing the police-escorted convoy to slowly enter the quiet campus. A fleet of milk-white buses began to move in an orderly fashion under the guidance of the police cars, driving slowly along the campus highway at a speed of about five kilometers per hour, circling around the large roundabout in the central square before slowly heading towards a specially designated parking lot on the campus, where there would be a large open space for visiting vehicles to park, including today's visitors.

  "This is the legendary Industrial University?"

  One by one, the buses slowly came to a stop at their designated parking spots. As passengers began to disembark in an orderly fashion, they may have still been savoring the coolness of the air-conditioned bus. Upon stepping out, the crowd was greeted by the surrounding trees and the distant teaching buildings that rose from the ground, creating a tranquil atmosphere that left them exclaiming: "This is what university is like!"

  "Get in line!" The team leader quickly began to organize his own team, while the two police cars that followed had completed their task and returned with flashing lights. After a series of rapid footsteps, the crowd gathered in front of a row of neatly arranged buses, ready to receive orders from the leader.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, from today on, you will undergo an eight-month training program at this university. As you are already teachers, I don't need to emphasize anything further. You should be aware of the rarity and preciousness of this learning opportunity, and I hope you make good use of the limited time to cultivate and harvest knowledge. Eight months later, we will wait for your return here, and I do not want to receive any bad news from the school when I come to pick you up in my car..." The person in charge of the Basic School Teacher Training Program in the Southeast region spoke sincerely to these "students", who had already obtained the qualifications to enter the university for further study.

  "Learning in university is students' autonomous learning, teachers' proper guidance and full use of teaching resources. In other words, teachers and schools will not give students any learning pressure, but also provide excellent hardware and software conditions to ensure the quality of students' learning. Professional courses, public courses, quality optional courses, etc. can be chosen by students themselves whether to attend classes or not. The school's library, cafeteria, stadium, medical center, dormitory, etc. are all free to use... In fact, what is most important is that students need to learn how to control themselves and how to reasonably arrange time for learning and summarizing. Experience is very important, especially the time spent in the library and asking teachers questions should be reasonably allocated..."

  "By the way, the food provided by the school is very rich, pay attention to controlling your appetite; the school's sports facilities are complete, but it can't be said that they are excessive, exercising one's body is most important, not indulging in them...... Anyway, I'm a sophomore this year, and I'm not completely familiar with these things either. If you don't understand something, you can ask that senior who is a junior, he must have more good experiences than me!!"

  They were students before, and now they have become teachers of the students. After the dissolution, they began to look for seniors. The school did not hold a grand welcoming ceremony, nor could it provide special guidance. Each student received a temporary student ID card and a short-term teacher training schedule, which was the permit to enter the university. With it, campus resources can be used at will, of course, on the premise that you study hard according to the schedule. When leaving school, they have to give an account of their learning outcomes to the school and also to the leaders. The students had to humbly ask for advice from the seniors who had gone through it before.

  "We need teaching materials, learning tools, we need accommodation and daily necessities and so on, where can we get these things?"

  "You should have been assigned a class, like us four-year undergraduate students, as soon as you entered the school, just like you, with a student ID and a course schedule for the next four years. The table records when and where each course has classes, which teacher is in charge, etc. Just follow the schedule to study. As for the required teaching materials for the course, there are enough materials available for use in the dedicated classroom for that course. And how to assess, arrange experiments, assign paper topics, etc., the teacher of this course will clearly distribute them to students. So, going to class is just knowing when and where to go to which classroom on which floor of which building, even if you have nothing, there are enough paper, pens, and textbooks available. Of course, not going is also possible, but it's a pity that you won't pass the 70% passing score at the end of the semester..."

  "Also, your accommodation allocation should be on your student ID card, which has three major uses. Firstly, it is for entering and exiting your own dormitory apartment, with which you can go to the administrator's office to receive appropriate daily necessities. The canteen, gym, and library are also the same, having it allows you to enter and exit freely and use things marked as available. Secondly, it is proof of student identity, losing it would be disastrous. If you lose it, you will be scolded by the teaching affairs department, a university student who can't even take care of a small booklet, what's the point of attending university? In short, just don't lose it, otherwise, you'll soon have nothing to eat or live in and get scolded."

  "The third use is to evaluate grades, we have various assessments arranged by teachers every semester, and after a year of study, we will receive different grade evaluations. The distribution of scholarships is based on this. Believe me, if you study hard, the university that doesn't cost you a penny can not only give you knowledge and skills but also make you earn a lot of money..."

  Several seniors were soon surrounded by more than a hundred "students", everyone was asking all kinds of questions, just short of asking what the difference between male and female toilet signs is. It wasn't until half an hour later that the crowd finally let go of those seniors who wanted to spend their day in the library.

  "As they say, it seems like there are a lot of boys in this university! Everything is co-ed, luckily the place we live isn't..."

  Among the "students" were many female teachers, and just as the seniors were about to leave, everyone was going to arrange their own university life. Although it was only a short period of eight months, it was also a rare opportunity. Of course, many female teachers were not like those fearless men, and more than a dozen sisters quickly gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

  "It seems that the days in this university are mainly spent attending classes, with self-study as a supplement. Whether or not one can learn real skills depends on the quality of the classes. To acquire more skills and make oneself successful, and to earn money, one must work twice as hard, like them, sleeping long hours in the library... Women loving wealth is always their nature. Three sentences haven't been exchanged yet, but she's already brought up a distant topic."

  "Xiao Ran, have you woken up from your dream? The system they are talking about is for undergraduate students, regular university students. We... " The speaker pointed around at everyone before continuing: "We are temporary, eight-month university students! If we hadn't worked hard to get a teaching certificate in language and literature back then, we wouldn't even be able to teach elementary school students. Entering middle school education would be a problem. This opportunity for further study is to improve our level so that we can enter middle school education in the future. It's not about whether or not we get a scholarship right now!!"

  "It's also, if we can leave here without feeling guilty, that's already the best! What's the point of talking about scholarships and stuff? Let's just go find our dorms quickly! I've been on this bus for so long, I'm a bit dizzy, I really want to find a place to sleep!" The one speaking is none other than the rumored Lei Xiaorong, if there was someone who could be called "The Queen of Changing Faces", it would be her.

  Her delicate face was slightly flushed from the scorching sun, with tiny beads of sweat on her forehead shining like pearls. Her shoulder-length black hair emitted a faint fragrance, and her white T-shirt clung to her slender figure. A pair of faded jeans tightly wrapped around her long legs, making her stand out in the crowd. Her long, pale hands were already sweating profusely as she grasped the luggage handle, but after asking for guidance from her seniors under the sun, many problems were solved. However, the scorching sun also made everyone sweat profusely, eager to wash up and rest soon.

  "What will our apartment be like? A four-person or three-person room? Will there be an independent toilet, washroom and balcony?"

  "I heard that the school's food is better than that of elementary schools, and there are many foreign teachers teaching here, so there are more varieties of food and it's more sumptuous. We're really in for a treat..."

  "Chubby girl, what did our leader just tell us? Don't you really know how to set an example for others?"

  Dozens of female students quickly dragged and carried their luggage, chattering and moving towards the girls' dormitory area, where there would be enough spare rooms for them to stay. The university, which was built in a four-year system, now has only sophomores as its highest grade level, so naturally, there are still enough spare facilities in the school to accommodate these unexpected guests.

  "Oh!"

  They had just finished registering with the dormitory administrator and received room keys, toiletries, bedding, etc. As soon as they opened the first four-person dormitory, a surprised voice came from inside. The reason for this sigh was that the conditions in the room were simply beyond their imagination.

  Four iron-framed wooden beds were divided into two groups, one on each side of the room. All four people slept in the upper bunks, while the lower bunks had been transformed, with the original beds removed and replaced by individual desks, each spotlessly clean, with a table lamp, a pencil case, an empty bookshelf, and so on. The most impressive thing was the floor, which was covered with tiles that shone like new. The room also had a large space, where there was a half-length mirror on the left wall and four tall cabinets on the right, their crimson surfaces gleaming brightly. The most thoughtful touch was that each cabinet had a lock, with three keys on one ring, one of which was still in the keyhole, meaning that the school had already prepared storage cabinets for them, complete with locks and keys.

  The outermost is a huge balcony, with ceramic tile-paved platform, sink with running water and steel rods for drying clothes upstairs. Of course, these are all they can see when they enter the door, but what's in the toilet is unknown.

  "Where is the school? It's like a hotel!" Pangu first threw her things onto the upper bunk on the left side near the door, taking up a good feng shui position. Then she started to take out her daily necessities from the big bag and placed the brand new pillow, quilt, mattress, mosquito net and so on one by one on the desk, and then began to prepare for bed.

  "It's like living in a hotel, this school is really miserable!"

  After several people tidied up the room and put everything away, they all lay in their quilts, staring blankly at the white ceiling, sighing after a while before falling asleep. There's a saying that goes "the better the conditions, the higher the demands", they themselves knew they had unfortunately been selected, the tough eight months were approaching, it was really unknown how they would get through the next few years, but for now their top priority was to have a good sleep, even if they took a comfortable air-conditioned luxury bus for nearly ten hours, it wouldn't be pleasant.

  When the first ray of sunlight in the morning passes through the glass window and shines into the room, the sleepy new students get up. From today on, they will be called freshmen instead of teachers. From today on, they will spend their unforgettable college life here. How many beautiful scenes will wander in the ivory tower? What kind of shadow will be reflected in the mirror-like lake? Everything starts from today.

  September 10, 1918, was a special day. The sun shone brightly as it did every other day, and the air on campus remained fresh. Before 10 am, three sleek black cars quietly entered the campus. Unlike other outside vehicles that had to be parked in the parking lot, they slowly drove up to an ordinary-looking experimental building.

  As soon as Zhang Yu entered the experimental building hall, he asked the old man who opened the door: "Old Lin, has Master Wang gotten up?" Of course, he didn't forget to throw a pack of cigarettes to the old man, although he himself didn't smoke, others might need them.

  "It was still lit at 1 am, I reckon they're still sleeping!" Lin Dajie said with a smile as he took the cigarette. Of course, he didn't forget to close the glass door, and the three black sedans in front of the building were still quietly waiting there, waiting for their next departure.

  Zhang Yu kicked open the temporary dormitory door of Wang Zhuo, who had always kept it closed. The quilt on the bed was still messy like a chicken's nest. The sound of washing came from the toilet. It was rare for Wang Zhuo to get up early. Zhang Yu put the buns and eggs on the small table and shouted towards the toilet: "I heard that the prototype is undergoing wind tunnel testing, so I came over to take a look! When are we departing?"

  Wang Zhu, with his hair dripping wet and foam at the corner of his mouth, jumped out wearing only a four-cornered flat-bottomed underwear. He casually wiped his face with a washcloth and then grabbed a few big buns and stuffed them into his mouth, eating several with loud gulps before answering Zhang Yu: "Give me three minutes!" After speaking, he didn't even chew the bun in his mouth properly before starting to put on his shirt, pants, and socks. The socks were nowhere to be found, so he had to find a new pair in the closet to wear. He was ready to leave in less than two minutes.

  "This is the experimental data from previous times, this time it's the last experiment in the lab! If everything goes smoothly, we will conclude the wind tunnel test...” As they went downstairs, Wang Zhuo rummaged through a large stack of files in his arms and handed a folder to Zhang Yu. "Fortunately, we took your advice back then, I'm afraid this is the first time in the world that we're using a wind tunnel to experiment with an airplane..."

  Wind tunnels are an indispensable and important part of the aviation industry, using the principle of relative motion to obtain necessary experimental data. The earliest wind tunnel was a low-speed wind tunnel, which appeared in the UK with airflow speeds below sixty kilometers per hour. In order to ensure the integrity of experimental data and the diversity of experimental projects, high-speed and hypersonic wind tunnels must be possessed. Before, there was only one wind tunnel for automobile experiments in the autonomous region. For future aircraft wind tunnel testing, a new wind tunnel test center was directly built at a certain location in the High-tech Development Zone. The three aircraft designed by Wang Zhi and his team will undergo thousands of hours of experimentation there.

  "Transport planes, bombers, fighters. The three types of aircraft designed to meet the requirements are undergoing the most rigorous testing, and we have also made psychological preparations for possible failure. Of course, so far all the data is still very ideal..." As he spoke, Wang Zhu suddenly stopped in his tracks, turned around and looked at Zhang Yu who was browsing through files, stretched out his hand to block Zhang Yu's line of sight with a file folder, and said: "When can the Ministry of Industry get a clear approval plan for the aviation power research project? Once our planes pass the test, we will have to enter into full-scale prototype or even experimental model manufacturing. Don't let it be that we only have the shell without the heart."

  "Don't worry, they're almost there!" Zhang Yu had great confidence in his subordinates. The research on automotive fuel power with more and varied models hadn't held them back, let alone the single-function aero engine, which always had one purpose - to convert chemical energy into kinetic energy using aviation kerosene, unlike cars that used both diesel and gasoline.

  "Lin Dage, we're leaving!" Before getting on the car, Zhang Yu smiled and waved at Lin Dage who was opening the door for them. However, after seeing the bulge in Lin Dage's chest pocket, he asked Wang Zhuo beside him: "This Lin Dage wouldn't be smoking in the lab building, would he? I've brought him a pack every time I came."

  "He won't, he only smokes in the toilet. How could Lin Dama let him show off comfortably everywhere? Right, next time you come, bring me one too, it's really refreshing at night... Hey, buddy, I'm talking to you, where are you looking?" Wang Zhuo spoke for half a day without any response, and only when he turned his head did he discover that Zhang Yu was staring out the window at the passing crowd.

  "Who are they? When did Gong Da have beauties?"

  "Are you looking at them? No wonder they were chatting and suddenly stopped." Wang Zhuo also leaned over, pointing at a group of girls chattering and making noise on the road, saying in a gossipy tone: "I'm not clear about the specific situation, but apparently a batch of teachers came here for further study recently. They are preparing to teach middle school in the future, so they came to our university to recharge! I guess those girls should be here for language education training!"

  "What's with that woman too?" Zhang Yu pointed at the red-clothed woman who was making the most noise, frowning and looking unhappy.

  "She? As long as the level is enough, why can't she come!" Wang Zhu said to this point, his head turned quickly and said: "How, do you know her? Looking at your expression, you should have a deep hatred for her, otherwise, let the guards help you take revenge and vent your anger?" Wang Zhu pointed at the black-clad bodyguard in front of him and said with a teasing tone.

  "Never mind, let's just go to the experimental center! I don't have the leisure to ask about other people's affairs..." Although he said this with his mouth, Zhang Yu still had a huge question in his heart: whether this girl's grandmother was already recovered or had passed away.

  The car started quickly and set off, soon leaving the temporary parking area of the experimental building and driving onto the campus highway. At this time, it was just after the first big class, and there were many students on the road, carrying books and materials to and fro, rushing to their next class location. The vehicle could only slowly make its way through the flow of students.

  "Be careful, the car is coming!" Pangu's usual habit was to look around and talk non-stop. After noticing a sedan approaching from behind, she quickly reminded her classmates who were also strolling in the middle of the road. Pangu's reminder quickly dispersed the crowd, but at this moment, a rare scene appeared.

  Li Xiao Ran retreated to the side of the road like everyone else, and also looked at what kind of car would be driving around the school at this time. Normally, there were very few cars in the campus, especially expensive sedans. But when she saw the appearance of the car and especially the eye-catching license plate, it could be described as "this girl is crazy". Because she directly stretched out her hand to signal the driver of the second sedan to stop, which was a situation that the driver had never encountered since he started driving. The car speed was not fast but the brakes were pressed heavily, almost causing Zhang Yu in the back seat to hit the front seat headrest.

  "Ah!" After complaining, Zhang Yu was about to help Wang Zhu pick up the scattered documents when a "knock knock" sound came from the car window. Zhang Yu quickly pressed the electric button to lower the window, and before he could see who it was outside, a bright smiling face appeared.

  "Excuse me, fellow student, why did you stop the car?"

  Zhang Yu was originally going to say that it would be very embarrassing for them to let him pass, but since he encountered the changing face queen, he directly nodded in agreement. However, he still carefully used his body to block Wang Zhuo on the left side, after all, she was busy sorting things out at this moment, and those things were deadly important, even if they were students from Gongda University.

  "I actually don't have much to say, I just wanted to thank you for taking care of my grandmother..."

  "It was this matter, no need to say thank you." Zhang Yu only realized after speaking that this might be the first time in recent months that he had a conversation with a girl. It's rare for someone to express gratitude towards him, and if he counted his fingers, it should be the first time he heard the words "thank you" since coming to this world. "By the way, is your grandmother recovered now?"

  "She has been laid to rest..."

  The girl's words had just come out, and Zhang Yu had seen the changing face of the queen. Just now, she was smiling with joy, but now tears were rolling in her eyes. "What a good skill!" Zhang Yu suddenly thought to himself, but he didn't dare say it out loud: "Sorry, you should also be sad and change. Of course, if you have any difficulties, the government and school will not ignore them. If there's nothing else, we should go..." After finishing speaking, Zhang Yu patted the shoulder of the guy in the front left seat. If there were no women present, he would probably punch him hard, knowing that he had a grudge against this woman yet still dared to park randomly.

  "Hmm... right, is there a way to get in touch with you?"

  "Looking for me?" Zhang Yu pointed to his own face, asking in surprise. "What do you want from me? You didn't need to thank me, and now that you have, we're even. What else do you want with me?"

  "I... " The person who was about to cry just now has a blush on his face.

  Zhang Yu felt he really couldn't take it anymore, so he quickly took out a pen from his pocket, pulled out a file folder from Wang Zhuo's arms, tore off a blank piece of paper and wrote down a phone number. He handed it to Li Xiao Ran and then kicked the back of the front seat.

  "Was that woman just now really at odds with you? I think it's a match made in heaven!" Wang Zhuo looked at his own report paper, which was missing a corner, and grinned mischievously at Zhang Yu. "By the way, whose phone number did you give him? You two aren't going to start dating or something, are you?"

  "What the hell are you yelling about! I gave her Zhang Yusheng's office phone number, if she has the guts to compare with Zhang Bapo and see who is more capable. Of course, if she can really pass Zhang Bapo's test and find me, that means she has real feelings for me and we have a fate between us, then I'll marry her!" Zhang Yu said, tightly screwing on the pen cap and putting it in his pocket.

  "Is Director Zhang really that formidable?" Wang Zhuo reorganized his files and asked Zhang Yu with a skeptical expression.

  "He loves it when beautiful women call him on their own initiative, this has been his dream all along. Anyway, this girl is too powerful, just right for him, let's make them a perfect match!" Zhang Yu said to this point and suddenly leaned forward slightly, hunching over and facing the two people who came forward: "If the good things of the general manager can be achieved, we must ask him to give us all a big red envelope. Old men meet tender women, there will be plenty of fun oh!"

  "Hooligans are not scary, what's scary is the culture of hooliganism." Wang Zhuo couldn't help but exclaim when he saw Zhang Yu's expression. "It's still too early to say who this woman will end up with, but I think you're a better bet. Because that woman has clearly taken a liking to you, a man with a kind heart, ability, and charm. A man in his 20s is like tofu dregs, while one in his 40s is like a flower; you're right in between, making you an absolutely good man. There's hope, absolutely!"

  "Right, Commander. Look at other powerful people, which one doesn't have a harem of wives and concubines? You're also at the age where you should be married with children, can't wait any longer!"

  "So I should also thank your crappy brakes?"

  "You don't have to thank me now, just give me a red envelope later."

  The car was filled with all sorts of teasing sounds, and after slowly driving out of the campus, the atmosphere inside became even more lively. With bursts of shouting, the three cars gradually accelerated and sped towards the Wind Tunnel Testing Center... leaving behind a trail of exhaust fumes in the university campus, along with a faint fragrance, and the gaze of onlookers watching the cars disappear into the distance.

  P.S: This chapter may be poorly written, forgive me!