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Chapter 49 Free Lunch

The campus of the University of Technology in early summer is a world of lilacs.The entire main building complex is surrounded by blooming lilacs.

In the back garden of the main building, there are young men and women talking about love everywhere.

It stands to reason that after completing the school visit, one should go home immediately.But neither of them wanted to leave.

"Time flies, we have been together for three years."

Unlike other young men and women, in Chen Quan's eyes, there is no so-called love, only a trace of reluctance.

In the eyes of others, the two parties are boyfriend and girlfriend, but to Chen Quan.Qu Yanqiu treated him as a teacher and a friend.Among them, the element of the teacher is even more.

"It's only two and a half years, less than three years."

"In the past three years, you have helped me a lot." Chen Quan thanked him from the bottom of his heart. "That's a lot."

"Actually, I can't help you anymore. My mission and task have already been completed."

The design purpose of AI only covers K12, and it will not be very useful when it comes to the high school Olympic stage.

Qu Yanqiu, Chen Quan's preparation for the international competition recently, can only be on the sidelines, playing the role of statistics and sorting out.

"I don't know. I just know that I feel at ease with you by my side."

Although Chen Quan resented being controlled in every detail, but he really lost it and couldn't bear it.

The sense of dependence formed over three years is not so easy to give up.Besides, if AI is really gone, he will have to face "Perfect Race" alone, this kind of project with great pressure and dangerous future
"Don't worry. They'll arrange it. Everything will be arranged."

Qu Yanqiu kept comforting her.

"Are you sure that they will definitely send a new AI over?"

Chen Quan thought of it suddenly. "What if they don't send anymore? What if they think it's time for me to grow up independently?"

"I don't know. This possibility is not impossible. I have tried to communicate and inquire with them, but this time there is no feedback."

It was precisely because of the sudden loss of contact with "them" that Qu Yanqiu discovered the anomaly and "guessed" the possible ending.

"If I make the application, is it possible to keep you?"

"do not know."

Qu Yanqiu shook her head. "Logically, my mission has been completed, and there is no reason to continue to stay."

For her, the future is also full of unknowns.

If it is better, she will be assigned to other players.If it came close, she would be completely destroyed.
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The two sat quietly, neither talking.

The sun is gradually setting to the west, and the shadows of the two are getting longer and longer.

The young students of the University of Technology walked around them, and the campus became lively again, and it was time for dinner.

"It's time to tell you something. You should be mentally prepared." Qu Yanqiu thought for a long time before breaking the silence, turned around, and looked at Chen Quan.

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"I appreciate a few proverbs in your world. "There is no such thing as a free lunch" "There is no love without a reason""

"What do you mean?"

"So far, [-]% of your achievements are due to the help they gave you, including me, right?"

"Well, it is."

Chen Quan did not deny it.

Although he is also very hard.But he is not arrogant enough to take all the credit on himself.

"They have helped you so much, what is the reason behind it, are you not interested? How do they expect you to repay? What do you do to repay?"

"Yes. I have suspected this question for a long time. Didn't I ask you at the beginning?"

Chen Quan immediately nodded in agreement.

As he grew older, Chen Quan became more and more aware of the value of their help to him.

Back then, many of the friends who played with me had already given up on themselves, and very few of them could continue to go to high school.Those with better grades entered vocational schools and technical schools, while those with poor grades but kept themselves safe entered factories as young workers and apprentices.

Others have entered the society and embarked on a life of no return.

There is no return here, which is the true sense of no return.

The half-grown teenagers who are not afraid of anything, heard that the trade with the Soviet Union made money, and without hesitation, they embarked on the road of international downfall.

In the beginning, they could indeed bring back enviable income and glory.

But how can I not get my shoes wet when I often walk by the river.

Among the dozen or so people who played with Chen Quan back then, two of them have already buried in the permafrost in a foreign country in the north.

You know, they are only one or two years older than Chen Quan, and they are not even close.

"Yes, you did."

Qu Yanqiu's voice interrupted Chen Quan's memory.

"I don't have an answer to this question, but you have to keep in mind the saying that free things are the most expensive."

After Qu Yanqiu finished speaking, she stood up.It's time for the two of you to go home.
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When Chen Quan was riding his bicycle on the road, it happened to catch up with the rush hour for commuting, and the road was full of bicycles again.

But this time, both of them lost the desire to catch up.Surrounded by the crowd, slowly moving forward, it took a full hour and a half to get home.

"The college students in our family are finally back."

Xia Caibin greeted him from the kitchen. "If you don't come back, your dad and I will go to find you. Look, what time is it now?"

"Walking around at the University of Technology, I forgot to look at my watch."

Chen Quan felt very tired and tired.

"What's the matter, is something wrong?"

Chen Dechun walked out. "Is there something wrong with the University of Technology?"

"It's not the University of Technology. It's us. I discussed it with Qu Yanqiu and decided on the major."

"is it?"

Xia Caibin is interested. "I heard that the welding major of the University of Technology is the most famous. In addition, Director Sun told me that he knows the director of the welding department, and he can give you some special care when the time comes."

"Don't follow blindly!"

Chen Dechun said. "Xiaoquan is an Olympic gold medalist, so he needs to be taken care of. Didn't Director Liu, who is in charge of admissions, say that no matter where he goes or what major he majors in, Chen Quan will be given special care."

"Okay. Which major did you choose in the end?"

Xia Caibin didn't care.My son has gotten better and better over the years.This gave her more hope for her son's future.

"Digital Circuit Design."

"Why did you choose such a major?" The couple are very unfamiliar with electronics majors.

"I want to produce results as soon as possible. This major is more sure." With a lot of newly stimulated memories, Chen Quan has more expectations for college life.

"To be honest, I don't understand anything about circuits at all, and none of the people around me seem to understand." Xia Caibin was setting the table. In order to wait for his son, the couple hadn't eaten yet except for their daughter.

"By the way, what major did Xiao Qu choose?"

Chen Dechun walked to the dining table, turned on the rice cooker, and filled his son with rice.

"She chose physics."

"Why did you choose physics? Isn't her physics average?"

Xia Caibin was taken aback for a moment, and stopped what he was doing. "Besides, the physics major is not easy to assign!"

……

"mom?"

After eating for a while, Chen Quan stopped the chopsticks in his hand.

"What's the matter?"

"Is there really no free lunch in this world?"

Chen Quan didn't fully understand what Qu Yanqiu said in the afternoon.

"Why not? What are you eating now?"

Xia Caibin knocked on Chen Quan's rice bowl with chopsticks. "Not only is your lunch free, but your dinner and breakfast are also free!"

"Oh, that's fine."

Chen Quan's mood suddenly relaxed, he picked up his job bowl, and pulled it into his mouth vigorously.

(End of this chapter)