Chapter 11: You Still Want to Enter the Final Round?

"Mom, look, these deposit records are all from this company. I'll search it for you to see; it's a legitimate company, a platform specifically for code crowdsourcing. It's just like an intermediary. I take on tasks on their website, help other companies or individuals with programming, and design the programs they want, and then I get a commission. This money is all legal task commission."

Zhang Chunhua was completely put at ease.

"That's good, our Xiaoxin is truly amazing!"

While she felt gratified, there was also a faint trace of loss in her heart; the son she had always protected seemed to no longer need her in the future, but could live independently and soar freely.

Seeming to sense his mother's mood, Su Xin walked over, wrapped an arm around her shoulders, and laughed:

"Mom, when I earn more money, I'll let our whole family live in a big house, and you and Dad won't have to work so hard anymore."

The loss in Zhang Chunhua's heart instantly dissipated, and she laughed happily: "As long as Xiaoxin has this heart, that's enough!"

At this moment, Su Xin said again:

"By the way, Mom, let me tell you, the champion prize for the Programming Competition is one million, and I can also be specially admitted to the five top universities like Qing University and Jing University, and be recruited into the genius program by Longwei Group."

"However, the latter two conditions don't mean much to me. Anyway, with my grades, I can easily get into the five top universities on my own."

"Good, good, good!"

In her excitement, Zhang Chunhua didn't know what to say, only nodding repeatedly, her eyes welling up with crystalline tears for some reason.

……

After finishing the meal, Su Xin headed to the largest Longwei specialty store in the city center, spent eleven thousand to buy a high-spec laptop, and also bought a mobile phone and a high-speed wireless internet card.

After this trip of spending, the balance in his card was only left with a little over one thousand yuan.

However, since Su Xin was now earning money like flowing water, he didn't care about such a small expense.

Using the computer bag gifted by the specialty store to carry everything, Su Xin took a taxi back to his rented room, bought a computer desk at a nearby furniture mall to place by the bed, and finished setting up the fiber-optic internet cable.

By the time all this was finished, it was near evening.

Su Xin downloaded the disguised files from his personal cloud drive and began to continue editing.

With the new computer, his work efficiency improved significantly. It wasn't just because the new computer had higher specs and ran more smoothly; more importantly, it was his own computer, so he didn't have to worry about its lifespan at all and could completely increase the speed multiplier.

"Godspeed! Threefold Speed!"

Su Xin's gaze sharpened, and the surrounding space-time instantly became even slower.

Under the threefold Godspeed, his movements were faster, but every keystroke was equivalent to a ninefold-force strike, which would severely affect the laptop's lifespan.

But for the sake of efficiency, he couldn't worry about that much.

Compared to the previous twofold speed, although it only increased by fifty percent, the overall efficiency almost doubled.

A mere ten thousand yuan was simply not worth mentioning in the face of such an efficiency gap.

Not long after he started working, Zhang Chunhua returned. Seeing Su Xin busy in the room, she didn't say anything and silently went to the kitchen to start cooking.

……

The next morning.

Su Xin arrived at the classroom after a long absence.

Some classmates he was on good terms with immediately surrounded him, asking questions all at once.

"Su Xin, are you alright?"

"I heard from the teacher that you have some matters and need to take leave for over two months, only returning before the college entrance exam?"

"What exactly happened?"

Su Xin laughed: "Thanks everyone for your concern, I'm fine, and I will participate in the college entrance exam as normal."

After some pleasantries, the crowd dispersed.

His good friend Li Tongtian then leaned over and whispered: "You didn't run into any difficulties, did you? If that's really the case, tell me, I should be able to help you solve it. After all, you know my family's situation; as long as I ask my family, coming up with a million or so isn't a problem."

Su Xin waved his hand with a smile: "No difficulties, don't worry."

"If you delay the college entrance exam because of life matters, you might regret it for the rest of your life. At a time like this, you must not try to be brave!"

"Don't worry, there really are no difficulties. On the contrary, it's a good thing. However, it's not convenient to disclose it right now; you'll know when the time comes."

Li Tongtian stared with wide eyes, scrutinized Su Xin for a few moments, and suddenly said:

"You kid, you didn't get married, did you?"

Hearing this, Su Xin was stunned for a moment: "Where did you get such a bizarre guess?"

"You must be indulging in a bed of gentleness, being lovey-dovey with your wife every day, which is why you took two months off and don't even want to attend school. Let me tell you, you can't be so degenerate!"

"That's complete nonsense! You can't even get a marriage certificate at eighteen."

"So you got married first and then get the certificate later? Tell me, who is the girl? Do I know her?"

As he spoke, Li Tongtian suddenly muttered to himself: "Right, I can investigate and see who else in school took long leave, and the truth will come out. I can even hire someone to follow you."

Su Xin held his forehead with one hand and sighed helplessly: "Fine, I'll tell you."

"I'm preparing to participate in the Programming Competition, and I'm practicing at home during this time."

"The Qianlong Cup?"

"That's right, have you heard of it?"

"Of course, that's the top-tier programming competition in the country. I follow it almost every year."

"Then why aren't you planning to give it a try?"

"I signed up."

"What a coincidence? That's perfect, then we'll meet in the final round and win glory for the school."

"You still want to enter the final round?"

Li Tongtian looked at him in surprise.

"Why wouldn't I?"

Su Xin also looked at the other person in surprise.

Li Tongtian gave a light cough to cover his embarrassment and said with a guilty conscience: "Alright then, I'll wait for you in the final round."

At this moment, the homeroom teacher walked into the classroom carrying a stack of test papers, gave a light cough, and said sternly, "Alright, everyone quiet, it's time to start the test."

Everyone sat back in their own seats one after another.

The test papers were handed out quickly.

Su Xin picked up his pen and began writing away with a swish-swish sound.

Ten-odd minutes later, the test paper was finished.

In this kind of grade-wide unified test, he felt it wouldn't be good to hand in his paper early, so as to avoid affecting others.

However, the test time was one hundred minutes, two class periods plus the ten-minute break between them, which meant there was still over an hour left until the test ended!

Thinking of this, for the first time, Su Xin felt that being too fast wasn't necessarily a good thing.

"I can't just sit here the whole time, right? Not only is it a waste of time, but it's also too hard to endure."

Su Xin gave a helpless, bitter smile.

At this moment, his eyes suddenly flickered as he thought of his Godspeed Ability.

Although this ability was strong and had been as easy to use as his own arm since the day it awakened, he had never been able to control it with great precision.

This was like tapping a tabletop with one's hand; for any normal person, this action was as easy as instinct, but wanting to control every tap to have the exact same force was not that easy.

The Godspeed Ability was the same.

He could activate it with a thought and pause it with a thought, but wanting to perfectly control the specific multiplier of the acceleration required spending time to train.