When Ze Wu stepped through the door, he happened to see Shi Wangyue standing by the window drinking water.

The morning sun at the window floated in and fell on him, casting his brows and eyes in deep shadow; his indescribably handsome face was sharply defined, with a high bridge of the nose and lips pressed together in a hint of severity, his jawline all the more clean and decisive.

He was indeed dressed in a set of fashionable new clothes: a cantaloupe-colored V‑neck inner layer with a black jacket printed with cantaloupe‑colored green leaves over it, his long legs in a pair of well‑cut black trousers, feet in gray‑green casual shoes, exposing a section of clearly jointed ankle.

A relaxed, free style, in both cut and color something he had never worn to the office before, yet on him it looked absolutely stunning.

An air of a gentleman all over him, like a green pine newly planted.

His looks were excellent, and his expression just as fine.

"Did you go shopping with Dr. Ning over the weekend?" Ze Wu walked up to Shi Wangyue and gave him a once‑over from head to toe.

Shi Wangyue said mildly, "No."

"Didn’t go shopping? Or was it..." Ze Wu asked curiously.

"Youyou went out shopping with her friends and bought these for me." Shi Wangyue explained, his tone indifferent.

If it weren’t for the clothes on him being so eye‑catching.

Just from hearing his voice, Ze Wu really would have thought the person in front of him didn’t care much about what he was wearing—

"Dr. Ning has really good taste." Once he understood, he had to lay the praise on thick.

To Ze Wu, Shi Wangyue was a marvelous person: he never fussed about fashion in his daily dress, yet he’d never once come down from the high ground of looking good.

No matter what clothes he put on, they came out elegant and high‑end on him, impossibly good‑looking.

Even if he wore the same clothes every day, his innate good looks alone could still hold up his almost divine aura.

But dressing up and not dressing up are still different.

Because of the freshness it brings, because of the subtle change in aura.

Before, he was already good‑looking enough, but the kind of good‑looking where people knew he was handsome yet didn’t dare voice a comment about his appearance.

Today’s good‑looking was the bright, flamboyant kind; the moment he stepped in front of people, the blazing radiance made it impossible for them to control their excitement.

The more he thought about it, the more Ze Wu couldn’t help but sigh, "How come she never thought of upgrading your gear before? You look so good like this. If we keep to this level, every time you go out, I bet our company’s business could double again."

Shi Wangyue’s lips pulled slightly downward. "Do you have any other business?"

Seeing he’d accidentally stepped on the other man’s landmine, Ze Wu quickly straightened his attitude; even if there was nothing, he had to dig something up. "I do. Let’s talk about Web6. I think Web6 fits the pattern of the future, because it can realize property and identity confirmation and privatization, and liberate the value layer from the internet itself, which is precisely what Web5 can’t do. Besides, Web5 is already close to saturation, it’s become a stock market. All the big companies have long fallen into an internal arms race for users’ time."

As he drank his water, Shi Wangyue asked, "What drives you to throw yourself into Web6?"

Ze Wu pressed his lips together. "I think first and foremost it’s belief—faith, really. Though saying it like that sounds a bit vague..."

...

Summer evenings hold many little surprises, like a pink sky forged by the setting sun and romantic afterglow clouds. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

The air still carried the residual heat from the strong sunlight of the day, yet people seemed to have just a little more courage to step out of their air‑conditioned rooms.

Just like the soon‑to‑graduate students at UCAS, who had long since felt how intensely competitive the domestic job market was. Much as they wanted to go on hiding away in the safety of campus, with summer vacation approaching they couldn’t help feeling more expectation, and more curiosity, about stepping into society.

"After graduation, how should we choose the first job of our lives?" After wrapping up the key points of the lecture, Ning Youguang received the first question of the class, only to find it had nothing to do with the content.

Of course, even if it had nothing to do with the content.

It was still an important question that couldn’t be turned down, because in the audience there were one or two hundred faces suddenly lit up with a burning thirst for knowledge.

"There is only one standard that matters when choosing a job, and that is—whether it can make you grow rapidly." Ning Youguang replied in a few succinct words. "I hope you can set an ambitious goal for your careers as early as possible and devote yourselves fully to pursuing it."

"How can we tell if a job will help us grow quickly?" a student asked. "And how do we know if the goal we set really fits us?"

"You can start by looking at the company you choose and the colleagues you’ll be working with. If your colleagues are all very smart and capable, if the company itself has the potential for rapid growth, and its development goals align closely with your life goals, then it’s a good choice. In the future, you must make sure you work with smart people; this is what will allow you to grow quickly." Ning Youguang first patiently answered the student’s initial question.

Then she carefully answered the student’s second question. "As your teacher, I have high expectations for you. I hope you find work that is truly meaningful in your life, that satisfies your inner self and keeps bringing you passion, because only such work can give you greater strength and firmer resolve."

"What if we can’t find such a company, and don’t come across such job opportunities?"

"In a particular period of time, the ability to learn quickly and produce results is what matters most. When you’re searching for your goal, there’s actually no such thing as a perfectly suitable opportunity. You have to proactively seize chances and create an opportunity that fits you, rather than turning things down over and over. The ability to learn is the most important trait that an outstanding talent must possess."

The audience fell silent.

Ning Youguang added, "If you’re still very confused about your goals for the future, then ask yourselves: ’If I felt no fear at all, what would I do?’ Once you find the answer, then go and do it with all your heart."