In Amro University, skipping grades wasn't an easy thing to do. This matter could even be described as "extremely complicated". It could be seen from the high failure rate of the mecha major that Amro, as the number one institution of higher learning in the Galaxy, had always been extraordinarily strict in terms of grades.
Even though the school had a grade-skipping policy since its establishment, Duan Hengye's impression was that no one would take the risk to attempt this.
After Lan Jingchi sent the news, Duan Hengye used his authority to check Amro University's backend. Immediately after, he found out that in the past ten years, there were only nine people from all the majors in the school who had applied to skip grades, and five of them had succeeded. And out of the five who had successfully applied, only two of them had successfully graduated with their senior year.
This probability was so low that it was a little scary — it was almost like buying a lottery ticket.
To the outside world, every major in Amro University was ranked at the top of the Galaxy. However, within the school, there was still the so-called "ace major". Other than the mecha design major that Duan Hengye was currently in, pharmaceutics was also considered one of Amro's ace majors.
From the records he had just checked, it could be seen that in the past ten years, no one from the mecha or pharmaceutics majors had applied to skip grades, which showed how difficult this task was.
Seeing this, Duan Hengye couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. Because while he was looking for information, he also saw that Amro's intranet clearly stated that any student who applied to skip grades not only had to maintain their ranking in the top one percent of their major, but their grades had to be above ninety points. Not only that, the amount of experiments and classes they had to take was several times more than normal students.
Duan Hengye felt that for Lan Jingchi, meeting the first requirement wasn't difficult. But the second requirement, "Grades above ninety points", wasn't easy at all. Although Duan Hengye didn't know the specifics of the Pharmacy Department for the time being, if he remembered correctly, the first place in his Mecha Department last semester was only 83 points.
Amro hadn't officially started classes yet, so no one knew that Lan Jingchi had chosen to skip a grade apart from the teachers.
After closing Amro University's intranet and reading Lan Jingchi's message, Duan Hengye finally replied.
"Duan Hengye:
Don't be in a hurry to decide on the matter of skipping a grade. The Mecha Department will open before the Pharmacy Department. When the time comes, come find me in advance. "
In the past, Lan Jingchi's replies had always been very timely. It could even be said that he was enthusiastic. But this time, a long time after Duan Hengye sent the message, Lan Jingchi slowly replied with an unusually simple "Okay."
Duan Hengye had been a teacher for almost a year, but today was perhaps the first time he had experienced the exhaustion of this profession...
Just as Duan Hengye had said in his reply to Lan Jingchi, his Mecha Department would start classes a few days earlier than Lan Jingchi's Pharmacy Department. Duan Hengye's original intention had been to tell Lan Jingchi to come a bit earlier, but unexpectedly, as soon as Duan Hengye had arrived at Amro, before the starship had even landed, Lan Jingchi's message had already been received on the optical supercomputer.
The new semester hadn't started yet, so Duan Hengye's class schedule couldn't be found on the official website. He didn't know how Lan Jingchi had managed to get here on time.
"Lan Jingchi:
Professor Duan, I've arrived at the starship docking area. "
After seeing Lan Jingchi's message, Duan Hengye hesitated for a moment. Then he said to his assistant, Ye Pu, "Help me tell Amro to postpone my visit to the multi-purpose building today."
Because of the previous incident, Duan Hengye had originally planned to meet with Amro's school leaders today. But after receiving Lan Jingchi's message, he decided to postpone the event.
"Okay, Professor Duan." Even though he didn't quite understand, as soon as the starship landed, Ye Pu notified Duan Hengye of the change in schedule. Then he looked up again and asked, "Professor Duan, do you have any new arrangements?"
"Yes," Duan Hengye nodded and said, "I'm going to see Lan Jingchi."
"... Lan Jingchi?" Ye Pu was very familiar with this name. But the reason he was familiar with this name wasn't because of the award Lan Jingchi won a while ago, but because Meng Jinhuai had specifically told him to pay attention to this name.
So after hearing Duan Hengye's words, Ye Pu's nerves immediately tensed up. He glanced at Duan Hengye and asked a little nervously, "Professor Duan, is the meeting location on the starship? Or do we need to arrange something else? Even though Amro University has already gone through a security check during the holidays, we still don't recommend you to choose a meeting location on the spot. "
Ye Pu was usually a very calm person. Duan Hengye rarely saw him this anxious, but after the incident last time, Duan Hengye could understand why he was so worried. So after hearing his assistant's words, Duan Hengye thought for a moment and said, "No need, let's meet on the starship." After saying that, he picked up the optical supercomputer and sent a message to Lan Jingchi again.
Long before Duan Hengye arrived, Lan Jingchi was already waiting on the mecha dock. A few minutes after receiving the message, Duan Hengye heard a notification in his ear. Lan Jingchi had already boarded the starship.
This starship that belonged to the military was very large. After receiving the notification, Duan Hengye walked towards the door. When he got there, he saw that Lan Jingchi was already standing in front of the robots on the starship, performing a security check.
Compared to the reply from the optical supercomputer, Lan Jingchi's tone was much colder. After seeing Duan Hengye come over, Lan Jingchi immediately smiled at him. From Duan Hengye's point of view, this smile didn't seem any different from before, but there was something strange about it that he couldn't quite put his finger on.
After seeing Lan Jingchi, Duan Hengye couldn't help but stop in his tracks, then slowly walked over. At this time, the security check was also over. After confirming that Lan Jingchi didn't have any dangerous items on him, Ye Pu and a few other military personnel around him bowed slightly to Duan Hengye, then left.
It was undeniable that earlier on, Duan Hengye did help Lan Jingchi get out of trouble for the antidote. But now, after interacting with him for so long, Duan Hengye had gradually begun to treat Lan Jingchi as his own younger brother. So now that he received the message from Lan Jingchi, and saw that Lan Jingchi obviously didn't care about skipping grades, Duan Hengye finally felt a little disappointed that Lan Jingchi didn't live up to his expectations.
After seeing Lan Jingchi, Duan Hengye couldn't help but sigh softly, then he said to him, "Come with me." After saying that, Duan Hengye turned around and walked towards the corridor first. Probably because he could tell that Duan Hengye wasn't in a good mood, Lan Jingchi didn't say anything along the way. It wasn't until Duan Hengye brought him into his own lounge that Lan Jingchi finally opened his mouth and said, "Professor Duan, that decision I …"
Before Lan Jingchi finished speaking, Duan Hengye interrupted him and said, "Take a seat first." Then a robot came over with a drink.
After hearing Duan Hengye's words, Lan Jingchi nodded, then quietly sat down on the sofa next to Duan Hengye. He picked up the drink, then lowered his head and looked at the light orange liquid in the cup without saying a word.
For some reason, seeing Lan Jingchi like this, Duan Hengye finally let out a sigh of relief.
"Although I'm not your teacher, Amro's grade-skipping policy is the same for every major. So just because you're Amro's professor, I don't recommend you to make this choice. "Duan Hengye came straight to the point. While speaking, Duan Hengye looked straight into Lan Jingchi's eyes. His eyebrows couldn't help but slightly frown. He had a very sincere look on his face.
After hearing Duan Hengye's words, Lan Jingchi finally moved his gaze away from the cup. He looked at Duan Hengye and said, "Professor Duan, don't worry, I've successfully passed the exam."
Hearing this, Duan Hengye couldn't help but shake his head. Then he continued to say to Lan Jingchi, "Passing the exam is only the first step." Duan Hengye paused for a moment before continuing, "I just checked. In the past ten years, there have only been nine people in the entire school who applied to skip a grade. Five of them successfully applied. In the end, there were only two people who successfully graduated with the seniors. Also, none of these people were from the pharmacy major. "
After Duan Hengye finished speaking, Lan Jingchi didn't speak for a long time. After a long time, he finally smiled at Duan Hengye and said, "Thank you, Professor Duan, for caring about me. Actually, I didn't even think about checking the data myself." Listening to Lan Jingchi's tone, he actually sounded very happy.
But … the main point of his words seemed to have been completely skipped by Lan Jingchi.
"Although your identity is just a normal Amro student, because of the award last time, a lot of people in the Galaxy are paying attention to your future performance."
Duan Hengye couldn't help but reach out his hand to massage his forehead. Then he continued to say to Lan Jingchi, "In the eyes of most people, you already have the label of 'genius'. So, under these conditions, no matter what you achieve, in the eyes of others, it's only natural. But if something unexpected happens, the people who once praised you will also be the ones who will not hesitate to belittle you. "
Duan Hengye was the youngest in his family. Even though his family didn't have to worry about his studies, he had an introverted personality. However, because of his slightly introverted personality and his EQ, which could not catch up with his IQ, he was often asked to go away for small meetings by his elders since he was young. But now, after Duan Hangye finished speaking, he suddenly realized that his identity had changed from an educator to an educator at some point in time.
After hearing Duan Hengye's words, Lan Jingchi gently shook his head and said, "No one has successfully skipped a grade before, but that doesn't mean I can't." Then he finally put down the drink in his hand, looked straight into Duan Hengye's eyes, and said in an extremely serious tone, "Just like Professor Duan, you've done a lot of things that ordinary people wouldn't even dare to think about. Please believe me, one day I can do it too."
Even though Lan Jingchi didn't finish his sentence, Duan Hengye knew that Lan Jingchi wanted to say that one day he could also stand in the same position as him.
If this sentence was said outside, probably not many people would believe it, but Duan Hengye knew that Lan Jingchi's words were definitely not empty words.
Compared to his absent-minded performance just now, Lan Jingchi was like a completely different person. If Duan Hengye was confused by Lan Jingchi's harmless appearance, after he said these words, Duan Hengye finally remembered that in the story "Toppling the Stars", Lan Jingchi was originally a genius who was fearless.
Even though his words just now seemed to be for Lan Jingchi's sake, wasn't it also a form of distrust towards him?
Duan Hengye suddenly shook his head gently, then said to Lan Jingchi in a gentle tone, "… Sorry, it's not that I don't trust you. If you really think about it, then maybe it's not a bad thing to persevere — whether it's for you or for the entire pharmaceutical field. "
After saying this, Duan Hengye paused again, then said to Lan Jingchi slowly, "But you have to know, this path isn't easy at all. I'm not just talking about the matter of 'skipping grades', but you have to understand that after making this decision, the shackles of the so-called 'genius' will firmly bind you. "Duan Hengye was probably the most suitable person in the galaxy to say these words.
After hearing Duan Hengye's words, Lan Jingchi, who had a serious expression just now, suddenly widened his eyes in disbelief. In fact, before Duan Hengye, his own professors had already talked to Lan Jingchi many times.
Duan Hengye's words had been repeatedly repeated by many people, and after the conversation ended and they were firmly denied, those people would all say to Lan Jingchi: Who is Duan Hengye? Who are you? What he could do, how many people in the galaxy could do it?
Although they didn't say it explicitly, the words "overconfident" were written all over the faces of those familiar teachers.
Lan Jingchi didn't expect that the first person to believe in his ability would be Duan Hengye. But this wasn't the main point. Like most people in the world, in Lan Jingchi's heart, Duan Hengye's image was incomparably high. Especially in his field of expertise, Duan Hengye was almost omnipotent. But just now, from Duan Hengye's words, Lan Jingchi heard his true opinion on the halo around him for the first time.
Hearing this, Lan Jingchi smiled at Duan Hengye again and said, "Professor Duan, don't worry, I've already thought about it."
After hearing Lan Jingchi's words, Duan Hengye knew that the other party probably wouldn't go back on his decision. He glanced at the time on the photon computer and said to Lan Jingchi, "Okay, it's getting late. I have to go see some of the leaders of Amro." After saying that, Duan Hengye stood up from the sofa.
After hearing Duan Hengye's words, Lan Jingchi also stood up at the same time. At this time, Duan Hengye finally realized that Lan Jingchi, who used to be a little shorter than him, had actually grown so tall — at least after standing up, he couldn't smoothly look at him at the same level.
Duan Hengye raised his hand and gently patted Lan Jingchi's shoulder, then said to him, "Okay, then I'll wait for the day you become the head of the Pharmaceutical Research Institute." Duan Hengye didn't say it directly, but the meaning of his words was — — I'll wait for the day you stand on the same level as me.
Lan Jingchi, who was standing there, froze for a moment, then suddenly stepped forward and gave Duan Hengye a short hug, saying, "I will." This hug came quickly and ended quickly. Before Duan Hengye could react, Lan Jingchi had already returned to his original position.
"Okay." Duan Hengye said.
At this time, Duan Hengye still didn't know that he had unintentionally changed the plot of a part of the novel. At least before Duan Hengye said this, Lan Jingchi had never thought of going to the Pharmaceutical Research Institute of the Yetian Empire. He had even almost been like the original novel, dropping out early and entering the gray area of the Interstellar.
But after today, Lan Jingchi's goal changed.
In fact, it wasn't just the leaders of Amro University who had been very nervous before, even the students felt that Duan Hengye probably wouldn't continue teaching them.
Even though Duan Hengye's reply had been posted on the official website, it didn't say whether or not he would return to the school. As for the next semester's teaching plan — — Amro obviously wouldn't put this kind of core teaching document on it. So even now, the students still didn't know that Duan Hengye was coming back.
On the day of the new semester of the Mecha Specialization, the atmosphere in the classroom was particularly stifling. In the past, even though everyone wouldn't make a ruckus before class, there would still be whispers. But this time, when Duan Hengye arrived at the lounge, he couldn't hear a single sound coming from the classroom.
He was puzzled at first, but then he understood the reason.
"Professor Duan, our security personnel are in place." Just as Duan Hengye was about to go to the classroom as usual, Ye Pu suddenly came over and whispered this into his ear. Duan Hengye nodded and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work."
Even though the classroom had been refurbished during the holidays, the security measures in the classroom were now very complete. Not only was the entrance detection system upgraded to the same level as the House of the Marshal's, but there were also automatic laser weapons on the podium. Even so, the military still arranged for a few special "students" in this thousand-person classroom.
Duan Hengye glanced at the seating chart on Ye Pu's screen and said, "Okay, I got it." Actually, he didn't really want to spend so much manpower around him, but the reality was — — his identity was sensitive and special. This kind of tight security was not only responsible for himself, but also for the students and the entire Interstellar.
However, because of the security check, Duan Hengye was delayed by a minute. He didn't know how torturous this minute was for the people in the classroom …
"What time is it? Has class started already? " After a student saw the time on his optical computer, he couldn't help but break the silence. If he remembered correctly, Duan Hengye would always arrive at the classroom on time. If there was any delay, he would always notify in advance.
Because the classroom was too quiet, even though he deliberately lowered his voice, the people around him still looked over. The person who was asked looked at his screen and said, "It's already past the time … Do you guys think Professor Duan won't come?"
"Actually, I don't think he'll come either. The incident last semester had a bad impact," said the people around him.
"That's right, I was sitting in the fourth row during that class last semester. It's not an exaggeration to say that the scene in that class that day was scarier than a galactic movie. If it weren't for Professor Duan's skills, he would've definitely gotten into an accident. "After saying this, he couldn't help but sigh heavily.
As he spoke, the atmosphere around him became more and more tense. Even though they hadn't received an official notice, everyone had already accepted the fact that they wouldn't see Duan Hengye in class anymore.
At the same time, after confirming with Ye Pu, Duan Hengye finally walked into the classroom. After a short while, he once again appeared at the familiar lectern.
Unlike the calm Duan Hengye, the students in the classroom continued to remain silent after seeing this familiar figure. However, their expressions and eyes betrayed them — — everyone was shocked by Duan Hengye's appearance.
Of course, Duan Hengye knew what the students were thinking. The man standing on the lectern habitually opened the mecha model in the middle of the classroom. After a while, under everyone's expectant and nervous gazes, Duan Hengye finally turned to the students and said, "Alright, cheer up. Don't worry, I'll send you all to graduation. "
Of course, Duan Hengye could feel the strange atmosphere in the classroom. On one hand, he said this to reassure the students, but on the other hand, he wanted to ease everyone's tension — — after all, everyone in the classroom had personally experienced the attack.
However, Duan Hengye didn't expect that his words would be even more effective than he expected. As soon as he finished speaking, the students couldn't help but start clapping.
The atmosphere on Planet Duguang was lively. Duan Hengye, who was in the middle of his lecture, put his optical supercomputer aside and turned off the normal notifications for the time being. Thus, Professor Duan didn't know that the Marshal had suddenly appeared at the Imperial Mecha Research Institute while he was lecturing the students.
— — Although he had been there many times before, Duan Hengye had always been there. Meng Jinhuai would go straight to him as soon as he arrived.
Today was different. Since Duan Hengye wasn't at the research institute, Meng Jinhuai used his authority as the Marshal to wander around. In an instant, the entire staff of the research institute was on alert.
"Su Mingge:
Professor Duan, are you on Planet Duguang??? "
"Su Mingge:
That's scary. Why is the Marshal suddenly here?? "
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