Awakening Elementary School System in University

But to his surprise, Yunqing’s smile only grew wider when she heard this.

"That’s wonderful!" she clapped her hands happily, making the decision for Chen Lin on the spot. "Then I’ll be just like Yanyan. As soon as I graduate, I’ll become a full-time employee! It’s settled!"

"Wait, that’s not..."

Chen Lin was speechless. ’I’m pretty sure I never said you were guaranteed a permanent position, did I?’

But the words died on his lips.

Looking at Yunqing’s matter-of-fact expression, he recalled her performance on her very first day: lunch was arranged perfectly, the choice for the evening’s celebration dinner was impeccable, the entire process was flawless, and she had even taken the team members’ different tastes into account.

Combined with her terrifying social skills, Chen Lin had no doubt that within three days, she would be on great terms with everyone in the company, possibly even becoming the team’s social lubricant and source of cheer.

What reason did he have to deny a permanent position to an administrative assistant who was so competent and had such high emotional intelligence?

Chen Lin sighed to himself. ’Oh well, I’ll just take it one step at a time.’

Just as he was wrestling with his thoughts, Yunqing made another announcement.

"Oh, right, there’s something else I need to tell everyone." She wiped the corner of her mouth with a napkin and said in a serious tone, "I plan to come in and work overtime every weekend to give our office space a thorough cleaning, inside and out."

"So, from now on, when you all leave on Fridays, please remember to take your important belongings home or lock them in your cabinets. Don’t leave them on your desks, okay?"

As soon as she said this, even Sun Yu was shocked. "Assistant Yun, you don’t have to go that hard, do you? Coming all the way to the office on a weekend just to clean?"

Shen Yan also asked, a little confused, "Senior, why not just stay a bit later on Friday night to do it? That way you won’t have to make an extra trip on Saturday."

"I can’t," Yunqing said, shaking her head with a helpless look. "My band has a mandatory rehearsal every Friday night. In about six months, it’ll be our graduation year’s farewell concert. You all have to come and support me then!"

"Definitely, definitely!" Sun Yu immediately promised, patting his chest.

Huang Yiyi and Shen Yan also smiled and nodded in agreement.

The topic naturally shifted to bands and music, and everyone started chatting about everything under the sun, from their favorite singers to their favorite songs. The atmosphere was harmonious and lively.

Watching this harmonious scene, Chen Lin’s inner turmoil gradually faded.

’Whatever. I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it.’

’Why think so much? Just enjoy the moment!’

...

...

「August 27th, Wednesday.」

At eight in the morning, Chen Lin was up bright and early.

But when he left the house today, he didn’t head toward the company. Instead, he turned toward another destination he hadn’t visited in a long time—Yaoyao’s residential complex.

According to his previous tutoring schedule, Chen Lin would usually come over after one in the afternoon. But today was an exception. He had arranged with Yaoyao’s mother, Liu, to take Yaoyao to Yannan University to experience the academic atmosphere of a top institution.

Of course, just like last time, this was only an excuse.

In reality, Chen Lin just felt bad that the little girl had been cooped up at home for nearly two months and wanted to take her out for some fresh air.

"DING-DONG—"

The doorbell had barely rung once when the door was flung open from the inside.

"Brother Chen Lin!!!"

A small figure in a pink dress, like a little cannonball shot from a barrel, launched herself into Chen Lin’s arms with an excited shriek.

Chen Lin caught her steadily, and feeling the soft, dependent weight in his arms, a doting smile involuntarily spread across his face.

He hadn’t seen her in almost two months. Yaoyao was as adorable as ever, and Chen Lin felt like the little girl had grown a tiny bit taller.

"Morning, Liu," Chen Lin said, holding Yaoyao, as he greeted Liu, who was dressed in her usual housewife attire.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Chen Lin took Yaoyao’s small hand and they left her home.

When Chen Lin led Yaoyao into the huge office on the second floor of the co-working space, the little girl was instantly stunned by the spacious and bright scene before her.

"Whoa—" She tilted her little head back, her big eyes filled with amazement. "Brother Chen Lin, this place is so big!"

"This is all my company," Chen Lin said with a smile, patting her head.

Upon hearing this, Yaoyao’s admiration for Chen Lin reached its peak. She tugged on the corner of his shirt, looked up with her small face, and asked in an incredibly serious tone, "Brother, can I come work at your company when I grow up?"

"That way, I can tell my mom and dad that I’ll definitely have a job in the future, and they won’t force me to study so hard anymore!"

Chen Lin didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He squatted down, pinched Yaoyao’s chubby little cheek, and teased, "You want to work at my company? Sure. But tell me, what are you good at?"

"Good at?" Yaoyao tilted her head and thought hard for a long while. Then, her excited little face fell, and she said pitifully, "I... I don’t think I’m good at anything..."

Her adorable expression made Chen Lin burst out laughing. He took her hand and led her into the office.

First, he introduced Yaoyao to everyone in the office.

Huang Yiyi smiled gently upon seeing the cute little girl; Sun Yu, like a friendly neighborhood uncle, greeted Yaoyao enthusiastically.

When Yaoyao saw Shen Yan and Yunqing, her mouth formed an "O," and she whispered into Chen Lin’s ear, "Brother, all the big sisters at your company are so pretty!"

Everyone praised Yaoyao for being lively and cute. Yunqing, in a flood of maternal affection, pulled a pack of imported gummy bears from her drawer and stuffed it into her hands.

After the brief introductions, Chen Lin cleared a small, clean area on his own spacious desk for Yaoyao to do her summer homework right beside him.

Once Yaoyao was settled, Chen Lin could finally quiet his mind and get to his own work.

He opened his computer and pulled up his nearly completed graduation thesis.

Abstract, introduction, literature review... all the tedious writing was done. All that was left was the final appendix and some formatting adjustments.

Chen Lin estimated that this thesis, into which he had poured so much effort, would be completely finished within the week.

He took a deep breath, shook all the distracting thoughts from his mind, and refocused his gaze on the document on the screen. His ten fingers flew across the keyboard, producing a crisp, rhythmic tapping.

Before long, a set of extremely light footsteps stopped beside him.

Chen Lin knew who it was without looking up.

No one else walked as quietly as Shen Yan.

"Take a look at this."

Shen Yan’s voice was as cool and clear as ever. She gently placed a printed document on the edge of Chen Lin’s desk, her finger pointing to a circled section of text.

Chen Lin stopped typing and turned to look.

A faint, fresh scent of shampoo drifted into his nostrils as she leaned closer.

Shen Yan obviously realized they were a bit too close, and the tips of her ears turned slightly red. But she suppressed her discomfort and explained with focus, "This is a potential client I just screened. They’re in high-frequency trading. The problem they want to solve is optimizing a signal filtering model in their trading strategy. The core issue is handling the random noise in financial time series."

She pointed to a complex stochastic differential equation on the document, her elegant brows furrowed slightly. "I looked at it, and it seems to involve stochastic processes and Kalman filtering. A lot of this material is beyond the scope of what I’ve learned."

Chen Lin only glanced at the equation, and the [Little Mathematician] title automatically activated. In an instant, the optimal solution materialized in his brain.

He nodded and, with his pen, quickly jotted down a few keywords in the blank space on the document.

[Wavelet Transform Denoising], [Extended Kalman Filter (EKF)], [Particle Filter].

"Go research these three areas first," Chen Lin said concisely. "Focus on wavelet transforms. They have an advantage over traditional Fourier analysis when dealing with non-stationary signals. Once you’ve read up on them and have the basic concepts down, I’ll explain it to you in detail."

His voice wasn’t loud, but it carried a strong sense of confidence.

"Okay."

Shen Yan looked at the terms on the paper, which were still very unfamiliar to her, and a glint of light flashed in her clear eyes.

She nodded firmly, picked up the document, and walked quietly back to her workstation.

However, this entire scene was witnessed with perfect clarity by Yaoyao, who was pretending to do her homework but was actually observing everything in secret.

The little girl stopped twirling her pen. Her big, dark eyes darted back and forth between Chen Lin and Shen Yan a couple of times as she thoughtfully chewed on the end of her pen.