My "academic genius" persona is so convincing!

Chapter 75 A Big Order from Zhejiang Province?

"Linzi, why aren't you excited?"

Xu Ce, who was standing to the side, was even excited for Xue Lin.

However, turning around, I saw the person in question leisurely scrolling through their phone.

"I'm so excited!"

Xue Lin smiled and said, "After all, we're getting closer and closer to 750."

"But it's not to the point of showing it."

He was indeed a little excited, but the excitement was offset by the fact that he had lost so many points in Chinese.

After all, his expectations were more than 740.

Or rather, it can do more.

There's nothing to get excited about if we haven't achieved it yet.

"Okay, you're right."

Xu Ce, who was standing to the side, sighed softly.

"Is this your Moyin account?"

"Gaining followers so fast? Over 80,000 followers already?"

Xue Lin nodded. "Pretty much. It hasn't risen much recently. It seems we need some other kind of buzz."

His fans are not a diverse group, at least not now; they are all there to see the handsome guy.

However, he felt that these people might discover some of his other talents, not just his good looks.

With 70,000 to 80,000 followers, surely there must be some older sisters and brothers who need home renovations?

Go find him!

And now, someone has come looking for us.

Xue Lin typed a reply.

The man wanted him to come over and see the scene.

Xue Lin thought it was a good idea, since on-site inspection is one of the essential skills in the construction industry.

"Hey bro, come with me to Zhejiang Province this Friday."

Xue Lin spoke.

Chu Ming was surprised. "Friday? Doesn't that mean I have to ask for leave?"

"Just tell them I'm not feeling well and ask them to come with me to the hospital, that's all."

Chu Ming was speechless.

After all, although he didn't study hard, he hadn't really been around people in society much yet.

He skipped classes, got into fights, and went online—except for the last one, he didn't do any of the others.

"Okay, what's up?"

"Let's go look at a villa."

"You want to buy it?"

Chu Ming's eyes widened in surprise. "Why buy it in Zhejiang Province? Don't we have any good locations in Jiangsu Province? The prices seem about the same everywhere."

"You're overthinking it."

Xue Lin rolled her eyes at him, then said, "Let's go look at some interior design."

"Oh, is this for your family?"

"No, it's for me to see, the money still goes into my pocket."

Xue Lin just smiled.

Chu Ming was speechless.

But I agreed anyway.

Xue Lin nodded. He had to attend Lin Qingning's class on Saturday and go to Jinling over the weekend, so Friday was the only option.

That is, tomorrow.

Xue Lin naturally didn't have any particular thoughts. As long as he had the money, what was wrong with going to Zhejiang Province?

He informed his mother.

"You two are going to Zhejiang Province? Won't it be dangerous?"

"There's no danger. How could someone as big as me get lost?" Xue Lin said with a smile.

He wasn't worried about anything else.

After all, Chu Ming was with him at all times.

"Okay, then you need to keep me informed of your location regularly, otherwise I won't feel at ease."

Xue Lin naturally nodded.

"Okay, that's settled then."

After talking to his mother, he went back to reading.

My Chinese language skills are not strong enough; I need to continue my reading practice.

Regular reading comprehension exercises don't test the author's feelings at the time of writing; they are merely a form of reading practice.

Train your sense of language, and also your ability to read texts.

After all, the author is dead.

Even if they are still alive, they may not be accurate when it comes to reading comprehension.

Even though you are the author, you have no idea what the author was thinking at the time.

This is true most of the time.

Literary texts are composed of many aspects.

The original text is the final, predetermined result after the author has written it.

From the author's perspective, the author must have had certain thoughts and ideas at the time, but the literary text will not develop entirely according to the author's ideas.

The moment a character is written down by an author, he/she becomes vivid and alive, capable of having his/her own behavioral logic and life trajectory.

It won't completely follow your settings and go with the flow.

Therefore, there are already some subtle differences between the author's own ideas and the text.

Then there's the reader-centric approach.

As a reader, in the process of analyzing a text, analyzing the text itself is one aspect, while analyzing the author's thoughts and ideas is another.

Not to mention that experts and scholars, in the process of reading the text, also need to integrate the influence of many factors such as the social environment and historical context at the time.

Therefore, reading comprehension is a very complex problem.

Xue Lin didn't think much of it.

Quietly working on the test paper and doing practice questions.

……

On Friday, the two boarded a high-speed train and headed to Zhejiang Province.

Zhejiang Province and Jiangsu Province are not far apart.

The high-speed rail journey takes only two hours.

By noon, after being picked up and dropped off, they had arrived at the designated location.

"This is... an orphanage?"

After getting out of the car, Chu Ming looked at the gate of the orphanage with a slight look of surprise.

Judging from the environment of this orphanage, it actually looks pretty good.

"Could it be that they're doing interior design for this orphanage?"

Chu Ming casually asked, "But wasn't it supposed to be a villa?"

Xue Lin didn't ask too many questions, he just smiled gently.

"Let's go in and take a look first."

"President Qin is already waiting for you inside."

Perhaps hearing the sound, a woman came out from the orphanage's hall.

The woman was around forty years old. She was tall, elegant, and had a gentle smile, making her very approachable.

At the same time, she also has an extremely capable demeanor.

She looks like a strong, independent woman.

"Hello, your name is Xue Lin, right? My name is Qin Xuemei."

"Hello, Mr. Qin."

"Let's go inside and talk."

Qin Xuemei smiled and led the two inside.

Her female secretary followed behind and parked the car some distance away.

Xue Lin was also looking around at his surroundings.

This is an orphanage that appears to have been expanded, located in a remote suburb, but it seems to have been renovated.

"This orphanage is not my property; it was created by an old woman decades ago."

Qin Xuemei also began her introduction with a smile.

His expression was somewhat complicated. "I don't know who my parents are. I've been in this orphanage since I can remember."

Qin Xuemei seemed to be talking about something completely unrelated, her expression calm.

Over the years, she has long since let it go.

However, these words caused both of them to look at her with surprise.

Who would have thought that this capable and beautiful woman actually came from an orphanage?

The woman looked at Xue Lin.

"I saw your style online, and then I went on to read several of your papers."

The woman smiled and said, "Your design style and design plan are very much to my liking, but I want more than just that kind of minimalism."