Chapter 1: Returning to Sijiu City

Not far from Nanluogu Lane, a donkey cart was slowly traveling along the road.

Chen Tian, sitting in the back of the cart, looked at the scenery around him—both strange and familiar—and felt a sense of helplessness in his heart.

"Long live the Chairman!"

"The people of the whole country are united together!"

One could see that on every wall, exciting slogans were written in red ink.

At that very next moment, the donkey cart passed an intersection, and a factory with a style full of the old era revealed itself.

"Finally, I've arrived at this place."

Chen Tian looked at the rolling mill from his memories, sighing silently to himself.

He was wearing an old cotton-padded jacket, carrying a military green canteen on his back, and beside his seat were large and small bags, densely packed with his daily necessities.

"I didn't expect that after all this turning and twisting, the final destination would still be this Red Star Sihe Academy."

Thinking of all the situations that had occurred along the way, he couldn't help but feel that fate was somewhat fickle.

He did not belong to this era; he was what is often called a transmigrator, having transmigrated his soul into the body of a child.

After figuring out his situation, he realized he had entered the parallel world of this "Poultry-Filled Sihe Academy."

And his father was a high-level engineer.

In order to respond to the country's propaganda, he had volunteered to join the development of the Great Northern Wilderness.

Young Chen Tian had followed his parents to that place, growing up in the remote and desolate countryside.

Before they set off, the office there had guaranteed them that if they returned to the city in the future, there would still be a place for them.

Having been reborn with such difficulty, Chen Tian did not want to live a mediocre life.

With such a rare opportunity, he naturally had to accomplish something.

Therefore, relying on the knowledge and experience he had accumulated in his previous life, he successfully entered a key school and leaped to become a university student.

Originally, he had planned to find a good unit based on his degree after graduating from university.

At least after settling himself down, he could then realize his ambitions.

However, heaven did not grant his wish; when he was admitted to university, his father passed away due to an accident.

Yet Chen Tian did not fall into depravity because of this; on the contrary, he worked even harder, absorbing knowledge about engineering all day long.

Coupled with his already excellent grades and outstanding personal ability, he had the opportunity to apply for an engineer position.

By the time his university studies were nearing their end, he already possessed a Level 3 Engineer certificate.

Not long after, Chen Tian's mother also passed away early, having succumbed to illness due to overwork.

Originally, the higher-ups intended for him to remain in the Great Northern Wilderness to continue scientific research and development, but considering his parents were both excellent and advanced elements, they transferred him back to work at the rolling mill.

To carry out steelmaking affairs in this factory and make more excellent contributions to the country!

Although the Red Star Rolling Mill was the largest factory in BJ City, with ordinary workers numbering ten to twenty thousand alone.

But there were very few ordinary engineers inside, let alone a high-level engineer like Chen Tian.

Therefore, his transfer was a great honor for the entire factory and even the whole of Sijiu City; given time, he believed he could also become a leader among them.

The Chen family's house was still in the city, so the higher-ups did not make other arrangements, only sending a few letters to explain the situation to the representative figures here in advance.

They were required to ensure Chen Tian's personal needs and allow him to settle down in Sijiu City.

……

"Whoa..."

Just as Chen Tian was still reminiscing, the donkey cart slowly stopped at the entrance of a hutong.

After getting off the cart, Chen Tian followed the few memories in his mind and found the office inside.

After he knocked on the door, Director Wang of the office immediately welcomed him out.

"Little Tian, you've finally arrived."

"I didn't expect you to have grown into such a handsome young man."

Chen Tian's family used to have a good personal relationship with this Director Wang, but since their family went to the Great Northern Wilderness, they had not been in contact for a long time.

Seeing the little chubby boy who used to cry and wail now grown into a handsome young man, Director Wang was quite gratified.

If nothing else, Chen Tian's appearance was indeed impressive.

He had handsome features, fair and clean skin, and a straight back; although he was wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket on the outside, it still couldn't hide his sunny, handsome, and tall stature.

Ever since Chen Tian entered the office, the two young girls inside had been pointing at him and whispering to each other, clearly quite interested in him.

After exchanging greetings, Chen Tian handed the introduction letter to Director Wang.

"Level 3?!"

"Little Tian, no, no, I should call you Master Chen; it really is true that 'after three days of separation, one should look at another with new eyes'!"

"So young and already with a university degree, and even a Level 3 Engineer!"

"You have to know that in the entire factory, only those old workers are ordinary engineers!"

"It's truly rare to see someone of your age like this!"

After Director Wang took the introduction letter, she was shocked again and again by the content.

After confirming there were no problems, her attitude changed from the joy of a long-awaited reunion to a respect that came from the bottom of her heart.

"You two, hurry up and pour a glass of water for our engineer, Master Chen."

At this moment, Director Wang's tone couldn't help but become respectful.

If nothing else, just the identity of an engineer in his early twenties was enough to suppress everyone in this office.

Moreover, this young man was the son of her close friend; if she were to show him off, wouldn't that make those old friends of hers envious to death?!

The two young girls on the side heard this and became even more fascinated as they looked at Chen Tian's handsome face.

"Aunt Wang, you don't need to be so polite; I'm a newcomer here, and I'll have to rely on your help in the future."

Although the other party's status was indeed astonishing, he was still quite respectful to her as an elder; looking at it from this point, the young man's schooling hadn't gone to waste.

"Alright, alright, then I won't be polite with you, Auntie will still call you Little Tian in private."

"Your Aunt Wang will put it to you straight: as long as you have something to come to me for, Aunt Wang will definitely solve it for you."

As she said this, she searched for the key to Chen Tian's house in the desk in front of her.

"Little Tian, this is the key to your house; you go back and tidy up first, and after I get off work later, I'll go over to help you buy some things."

Chen Tian was not polite either; he took the key directly, talked with Director Wang for a while longer, and then left directly.

Behind him, Director Wang watched his retreating back, still muttering to herself.

"Old Chen, it seems that this brat of yours has truly made something of himself!"

……

Standing at the main gate of the Red Star Sihe Academy, Chen Tian was suddenly filled with emotion.

"I originally thought I could stay away from these animals, who would have thought I'd return to this ghost place again." ===== CHAPTER 2 =====