Chapter 18 Zhou Yuan
Rong Yuan ignored his deskmate who was so different in appearance and character. The girls in the school often had a crush on Jin Yang and fantasized about the "two or three things that must be said" between the two of them. Most of them were jokes, and no one really wanted to turn the two of them into a couple. So Rong Yuan and Jin Yang always ignored such things.
Rong Yuan was thinking about the girl in the photo just now.
She was pushed and stood by the window, her body was covered with dirt, her arms and legs had a few scratches, and her clothes were torn. She covered her torn school uniform with her hands, her expression was dazed and numb, her hair and body were covered with pencil shavings, tissues, chewing gum and other things, as if someone had covered her head with a trash can.
There were many people around her, all laughing, mocking, disdainful, angry, and some throwing debris at . In the tense, dull and suffocating high school life, everyone seemed to be enjoying a carnival feast, venting their anger and depression on her, and no one considered the pain and humiliation that girl was going through in this environment.
In the last few photos, Jin Yang squeezed through the crowd, took off his school uniform jacket and covered the girl with it, protecting her as she left.
Rong Yuan frowned.
He put his left fist in front of his lips and asked in a low voice: "Wadou, if this girl commits suicide, will my merit points be deducted?"
"From the perspective of responsibility, although she released oxytocin because of you, and then developed a specific emotion called 'love', this was not initiated by you; the series of events that happened this morning also had nothing to do with you directly. Ten minutes ago, I was sure that whether she was alive or dead, it had nothing to do with you." Pea's small voice had a mechanical texture, "But now that you have a certain understanding of this matter, you can't say that it has nothing to do with you. If she committed suicide because of this, I'm not sure whether your merit points will be affected."
“So, there’s no one definitive answer?”
Pea said, "Yes. But even if it is counted as your responsibility, considering that you owe 178.5 million in debt, the impact of this girl's death is minimal. So my suggestion is that in order to provide a credible reference for future actions, you should observe the development of the situation. If it can lead to the display of new rules in the Merit Book, even if points are deducted for this, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages."
Rong Yuan nodded, he thought so too.
There are so many people on earth, one more or one less will have no effect at all. In contrast, the rules that are not shown in the "Book of Merit" are like a sword hanging over one's head. If Rong Yuan does not dig out all the rules and figure them out, it will be difficult for him to believe in the "Book of Merit".
"Xiaoyuan," Jin Yang blocked the teacher's view with a book, turned around and whispered to Rong Yuan, "During the break, can you come with me to the infirmary?"
"What are you going to do?" Rong Yuan's mind was still on figuring out the rules of the "Book of Merits".
"Let's go see Zhou Yuan... Oh, Zhou Yuan is that girl." Jin Yang said worriedly, "After this incident came out, I'm worried that she will have a hard time in this school. Let's go and see her and take care of her, maybe she will feel better."
"Is she someone you know?"
Jin Yang shook his head and said, "We just met this morning. Is that okay?"
Rong Yuan looked at him, nodded indifferently, and said, "Okay."
Jin Yang laughed when he heard that.
Rong Yuan turned his head away, clenched his fist and whispered, "Wadou, is that girl still in the infirmary?"
"Yes." Wandou had already controlled all the cameras near Rongyuan.
"Monitor her behavior. If she shows suicidal tendencies, issue a warning immediately," Rong Yuan ordered.
Pea paused and said, "I don't understand, Contractor. Going back on your words is not a character trait of yours. Why did you change your mind?"
"…Just do as I tell you." Rong Yuan couldn't bring himself to say this in order to prevent Jin Yang from changing his mind out of self-blame and disappointment.
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In order to explain the test paper, the English teacher simply taught two classes in a row, and only allowed a few students who were in a hurry to go to the toilet to leave during the break. Therefore, Rong Yuan and Jin Yang's visit plan had to be postponed to the next break.
Not long into the second period, Wandou sounded the alarm: "The monitored subject Zhou Yuan's mood has changed dramatically, and his will to survive has dropped to 20 percentage points, and is still declining rapidly."
"What happened?" Rong Yuan asked, "...and how did you measure the will to survive?"
"Thirty-seven minutes ago, Zhou Yuan's head teacher Zhang Mei entered the infirmary ward and talked to Zhou Yuan, but Zhou Yuan remained silent." The optical brain had invaded all the computers in the school early in the morning, including departments and institutions such as the Academic Affairs Office, the Teaching and Research Section, and the Archives Room. Naturally, Wandou knew the information of all the teachers and students in the school.
"Fifteen minutes ago, a middle-aged man and woman entered the ward. A search revealed that the man was Zhou Yuan's stepfather Zhou Chengjun, and the woman was Zhou Yuan's biological mother Kong Yuhong. Zhou Chengjun slapped Zhou Yuan and used verbal violence for five minutes and thirty-two seconds. Kong Yuhong cried and made accusatory remarks."
"Seven minutes ago, Luo Jun, Jin Kai, Fu Jiajun, Shi Weirui, and He Feifei, who were in the same class as Zhou Yuan, entered the infirmary. Two minutes later, they had a verbal and physical altercation with Zhou Chengjun and Kong Yuhong."
"Finally, the will to survive is not measured by me, but by the software 'Interpreting Intelligent Life' on the optical computer. It can interpret a person's emotional changes, personality traits, combat effectiveness, will to survive, etc. by calculating and analyzing factors such as human expressions, movements, tone of voice, and pulse, and can also predict their behavior."
After answering Rong Yuan's questions one by one, Wandou added, "In addition, Zhou Yuan has already run out of the infirmary and is climbing the second staircase on the left side of the second floor of the teaching building. His will to survive has dropped to three. According to analysis, 70% of these three points of will to survive are due to you, and 30% are due to Jin Yang."
"And the possibility that she now wants to commit suicide by jumping off the building is more than 97.89%."
"Teacher!" Rong Yuan suddenly stood up. The English teacher was startled by him and asked, "What...what's the matter?"
"Going to the toilet." Rong Yuan answered concisely and neatly.
"Oh, go ahead." Seeing his anxious look, the English teacher thought he could not hold it any longer and quickly let him go.
The first and second grade students of No. 1 Middle School are not in the same building, but the third and fourth floors are connected to the administration building, which is also the tallest building in No. 1 Middle School, with a total of eight floors. The other teaching buildings, experimental buildings, art buildings, etc. are only four stories high, and the shortest is only two stories high. So if Zhou Yuan is determined to die, she will probably go around to the administration building and jump down.
Therefore, Rong Yuan did not take the long route to the first floor, but walked to the rooftop of the administrative building at a leisurely pace. After waiting for a while, he heard the small door on the rooftop being pushed open with a creaking sound.
