Qu Sen's financial difficulties were alleviated by Lady Zhou's limited supply. The price of his cigarettes quickly went from five yuan per box to twelve yuan per box.
There was another piece of good news. Qu Sen, Zhou Li, and Li Ying had performed meritorious deeds. The three of them were awarded second-class merit by the school. The reason was that they had taken care of the three robbers and saved Zheng Zerui.
Qu Sen and Li Ying's performance in the incident with the armed kidnappers was impeccable. They deserved the second-class merit. Zhou Li's presence was much weaker. Originally, the school wanted to give her third-class merit. However, when the eight people in the 510 dormitory were wrongly accused by the local gang, she used her professional knowledge to help the police recover the deleted information on the phone.
Not only did this act help the police, but it also gave the school a lot of face. In addition to Zhou Li's performance in the encounter with the kidnappers, her third-class merit became second-class merit.
In theory, receiving a reward for meritorious deeds should be celebrated with a good meal. However, Qu Sen basically did not have time to eat with Zhou Li and Li Ying. Unknowingly, the end of the semester had arrived.
Qu Sen did not feel much pressure when the entire student team was in a terrible fix. He had already finished all the public subjects in the first half of the year. At the end of the semester, he only had to face six core subjects.
However, the people around him were immersed in their revision. He could not appear to be too relaxed. At the very least, he had to look like everyone else, immersed in their books every day.
Zhou Li and Li Ying were very free during this period of time. Their supervisor, Professor Wu, was recruited into a research team for a key project. The project was very confidential and there was no shortage of assistants. Therefore, Professor Wu did not bring any of his four students with him.
Ever since Brother Zhao was attacked by Qu Sen and Zhou Li, although he later found out that Qu Sen was actually Zhou Li's "brother", he could see that Zhou Li was not interested in him at all. He did not know how she got together with Professor Wu's other student, Sister Qiao.
After Professor Wu left, the two of them ran outside all day long. According to rumors, the two of them had already rented a house outside. However, no one knew if this was true or not.
It did not matter if it was true or not. What was important was that Professor Wu's workshop was occupied by Lady Zhou and Li Ying. When they had nothing to do, they would continue to discuss how to improve the drone project. When Qu Sen was not in class, he would also mix in with his books. When Zhou Li needed him, he would be busy. When he was not needed, he would just sit there and memorize the questions.
This was the first year of courses. Most of the content was theoretical and required a lot of effort to memorize.
After two days of peace, Director Sun Limei of the 51 First School suddenly came over. This time, she directly sent over two discs. The discs were the newly patched mobile relay station simulation system and the informational command system software.
After all, the mobile relay station simulation system was a simulation, so it was needless to say. Although the information-based command system sounded like something with a high degree of secrecy, in theory, in the next few years, all the commanders and battle staff officers in the army would need to familiarize themselves with it. Moreover, the specialized training for communication commanders at all levels had been held on a large scale twice in each military region. Therefore, within the army, this software was not highly involved.
This time, Sun Limei did not purposely send the discs. She was on a business trip and happened to pass by the city where the Information Engineering University was located. It was worth mentioning that these two software were specially given to Qu Sen for testing purposes.
This time, the two systems were upgraded largely because of Qu Sen's three suggestions. Before the May 1st Institute, they encrypted the software's memory and improved the operator's identity and authority management.
The mobile relay station operating system also added a regional command recognition module. This kind of hardware recognition device was much more efficient and safer than the soft recognition Qu Sen had imagined.
The leaders of the May 1st Institute wanted Qu Sen to try again and see if he could find any loopholes in the software.
Qu Sen received the bonus from the May 1st Institute, so he could not refuse the task that they gave him. Plus, he learned a lot of programming and electronic warfare knowledge from Zhou Li and Li Ying. Although it was not a system, it was much better than before. He also had the urge to try cracking the software made by the May 1st Institute.
Sun Limei did not rush him. She only told him that the software could not be taken out of school and that it had to be tested on a special computer. After the test, the hard disk had to be formatted and all the sectors had to be covered with data before the computer could be connected to the public network. The discs had serial numbers and were not allowed to be copied. They had to be taken back after the test.
Sun Limei trusted Qu Sen a lot. Plus, Zhou Li was watching from the side. After getting Qu Sen to sign on the receipt, Sun Limei left on the train without even having the time to eat.
Qu Sen looked at the discs in his hands and was very excited. However, the problem was that he needed a computer first. Zhou Li's laptop had become the exclusive remote control for the drone. Li Ying's computer was a desktop in the girls' dorm, so he could only blink and act cute to Lady Zhou.
"Study hard. I'll go out and buy you a computer in the afternoon." Zhou Li's eyes looked at the laptop's monitor. Her hands did not stop optimizing the drone's signal transmission algorithm. She only said one sentence with her mouth and a faint tone.
Qu Sen knew that Zhou Li was bored in the workshop for a few days. She wanted to use the excuse of buying a computer to go out and get some fresh air. However, the financial power was in her hands, so he did not dare to have any objections.
After lunch, he watched as Lady Zhou and Li Ying changed into beautiful casual clothes and strolled out of the school. He knew that the two girls wanted to buy some personal items. Because of Qu Sen's "shocking" actions last time, the two decided not to bring him this time.
After Qu Sen finished his dinner, he spent more than an hour reading in the library. Only then did the two girls return from their stroll.
In addition to the small items that they bought for themselves, they also brought back an IBM laptop for Qu Sen. The price was 5,000 yuan and there were still zeros.
Qu Sen actually preferred assembled computers because it was more cost-effective. However, there was no place to put it in the dorm, so he could only choose a laptop. He looked at the price of the IBM laptop and looked at the configuration. His heart could not help but twitch. This was because the configuration of other brands of the same price was much higher.
He could not help but think in his heart, "I really can't let girls buy electronic products."
Zhou Li's explanation was, "I'm buying a laptop for you to study and work. It's not for gaming. The most important thing is the stability. Everything else has to wait."
Qu Sen's anger disappeared with one sentence. Compared to other laptops of the same price, the quality and stability of the IBM laptop was indeed better.
While Qu Sen was worried about his financial independence, Ke Lan, who had been away from school for almost a month, finally came back.
The first thing he did when he came back was to return the money that his classmates gave him.
The driver who hit Ke Lan's mother and fled was arrested a week later. The police found that the driver had drunk a lot at his friend's wedding banquet at noon before the accident, so they determined that he knew he was driving drunk and was afraid that he would be punished more severely if he was caught. However, after he was arrested, he refused to admit that he was driving drunk.
It was not important whether he was driving drunk or not. What was important was that he could not escape the charge of hit-and-run. He also had to pay a huge sum of medical fees and compensation from Ke Lan's mother.
When the driver heard that he had spent more than 400,000 yuan on his mother's treatment, his first reaction was to ask his family to transfer their assets.
However, Ke Lan's mother was a soldier's widow, and Ke Lan himself was a soldier. The local prosecutor paid the highest attention to this case and quickly obtained evidence that the driver was trying to transfer his assets. At the same time, they filed a lawsuit.
The driver and his family learned from the lawyer that the country's laws had additional protection for soldiers' families. They were scared. He quickly sold the car and one of his properties. Together with his savings, he collected a total of 500,000 yuan and sent it to Ke Lan as an advance compensation.
Ke Lan's mother saw that the medical fees problem was solved and she was fine. She also had relatives to take care of her. Therefore, she urged Ke Lan to go back to school quickly. Ke Lan's relatives also felt that it was rare for their family to have a potential military officer, so they did not dare to delay. They all persuaded her. Only then did Ke Lan return to school with 200,000 yuan in cash.
Originally, he had planned to return the school's donation and the money that his classmates had lent him. However, the school refused Ke Lan's request to return the money that had been donated by the school.
Ke Lan was also stubborn. He insisted on donating another 200,000 yuan to the school.
The school leaders even held a small meeting to discuss this matter. In the end, they decided to only ask for 100,000 yuan. This money was directly transferred to the cafeteria's account. It was considered to be from the student, and it would be returned to the student through the food.
The group of brothers in the dormitory also refused Ke Lan's request to return the money. However, Ke Lan was really anxious this time. He even said that he was cutting ties with them. Everyone could only accept it.
Qu Sen immediately became bolder with the money in his pocket. However, before he could deposit the money into his card, Zhou Li took it all away. She said, "I'm afraid that you will spend it recklessly. I'm helping you save it!"
Perhaps it was because Lady Zhou's tone was too gentle when she reached out her hand, Qu Sen gave the money to her in a daze. When he turned around and realized that he had fallen for a honey trap, it was too late for regrets.
He had a stomach full of anger but could not vent it. He could only fight with the information command system. He was thinking about how to find a few more loopholes. He could not mistreat such a large research institute. Therefore, in theory, he would definitely get a bonus.
At the same time, he swore in his heart that after he received the bonus, he would never be "cheated" by a female comrade again. He would firmly defend his right to financial freedom.
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