CHAPTER 89: CHAPTER 61: I WANT TO WORK HARD IN SECRET [REQUESTING MONTHLY VOTES]

To be honest, "Rebirth: I Am the Queen of Technology" follows a strong female lead route, and the current core isn’t just plain and ancient.

So, previously when Qin Manman accidentally deleted her senior brother’s code, it ironically helped him spot a bug during the rewriting process...

So in summary, she did help, but this kind of help easily sends people’s blood pressure skyrocketing, and usually, it’s not something the male lead can easily bear.

Yet at this moment, though he isn’t the male lead, Senior Brother Lu Ran who appears after the official start of the novel only has eyes for the delicate girl himself.

"Hu Sisi, how can you say that?"

He glared at the girl who was speaking harshly:

"We’re all classmates, why do you have to speak so harshly? What’s with saying it was just to bring food and drinks... how is that different from despising men who are stay-at-home dads?"

Lu Ran, full of righteous indignation with nowhere to vent: "There’s no job that is inherently superior or inferior! It’s just a matter of different roles."

"Whoa!"

Hu Sisi couldn’t take it anymore: "You’re really making me disgusted."

Honestly, girls in programming have grown up surrounded by doubt and skepticism. If Hu Sisi’s character weren’t strong, she would have been discouraged by the casual remarks about ’how girls are’ during high school math competitions.

So, her temper is quite tough.

Hearing Lu Ran’s unreasonable words, she laughed in anger.

"Lu Ran, I see you’re out of your mind as soon as you see her, you’re so good at shifting the topic! Then why don’t you answer, have you ever respected our achievements?"

Everyone’s been working for months, not to let some outsider who only adds chaos to take the credit.

"Really disgusting."

She snapped her laptop shut.

"I’m out, I’ll do the project on my own, anyone who wants to stay with a troublemaker can stay."

Her departure meant months of hard work were in vain, and she would have to find a new project topic. The three students behind her hesitated for a moment, then gritted their teeth and started packing up their things on the table.

— After all, they can find another topic, but if the group leader has this attitude, even if they reluctantly work on a project together later, it won’t be peaceful.

Alas, never expected this!

They spent several years together, but in the end, they couldn’t compete with one girl.

Qin Manman’s face was pale, tears welling up in her eyes.

Lu Ran was also exceedingly angry — with a bit of panic too.

He had a clear plan for his future and was the core leader among this group. But the more he valued it, the less he could tolerate mistakes. Now that the team members were gone, how was he supposed to achieve results?

"Hu Sisi!" Qin Manman stopped her.

"Do you really look down on me so much? Yes, I don’t know as much as you, nor am I as professional as you, but I have my own abilities, I just lack experience."

"I came here wanting to integrate into our team, not to break it apart. You don’t have to leave, I won’t affect everyone’s unity, nor will I affect Senior Brother’s hard work."

She looked at Lu Ran with a determined gaze:

"Senior Brother, thank you for your kindness. I won’t join this team, I’ll be cheering for you when you guys win in the competition."

Her voluntary retreat made Lu Ran feel relieved but also deeply guilty and dissatisfied with the team members.

But with the competition impending, and the teacher promising that if they produce results, they would introduce good opportunities.

So...

Now, concerning their future platform, Lu Ran gritted his teeth in frustration and could only temporarily let this episode go.

Outside the window, a little sparrow fluttered its wings and flew past.

...

Chang Geng, although busy with his tasks and future planning, didn’t forget about Chu River.

Now, having finally found someone to tidy up the villa and rearrange it according to Little He’s preferences, he had someone deliver the keys over.

The room was already equipped with a smart system, but for the first entry, Chu River needed to use the mechanical key to reset it.

The younger brother was thrilled, holding the key and couldn’t help but show it to Chu River like a treasure:

"Sis, the Pinghu Bay Villa!"

"How did you come to know someone so wealthy? Is it a gift from our collaborator?"

"The collaborator hasn’t even officially launched their new product, so what would they gift?"

She casually pressed the foot of a grey little sparrow into the socket.

Little brother: "...!!!

His scalp tingled, and before he could stop her, he saw the little sparrow blink its eyes and its neck turned mechanically, revealing a faint red glow inside.