Study Monster Cultivation System

Chapter 140 - 139 The opposition of gravity

The next morning, Li Yi unexpectedly didn’t go to work, but instead got up early to prepare a meal and personally drove his son to Ji University.

On the way, he used his own understanding to provide a brief overview of the situation at various universities and the future development of various majors, while also reminding Li Zheng to be cautious if he received any contracts, as many contain exclusivity clauses.

Of course, in the end, it still depended on what Li Zheng’s goals were.

Amidst the laughter and conversation, the car entered Zhongguancun Street, with just one kilometer left to go.

Li Yi gripped the steering wheel, his expression calm.

It was as if he wasn’t talking to someone else but was conversing with himself.

"That’s the situation in our country."

"If one wants to stand out and make a lot of money, naturally, they should choose a major with strong market demand."

"If one doesn’t care about all that and rejects measuring their worth by money, but instead pursues the values they believe in their heart, then they should follow their heart."

"Two paths, either one can bring rewards, and both will have their regrets."

"Indeed there is a progression in history, and industries will have their booms and busts."

"Even your understanding of the world will change, perhaps what you wager your life on today will just be a joke tomorrow."

"All your mom and I can do is to give you a wider range of choices."

"As for how to choose, that’s up to you."

As the car gradually slowed down and finally came to a stop at the side of the road, Li Yi turned his head.

"Dad can only take you this far," Li Yi sighed deeply and smiled as he stroked Li Zheng’s hair, "Go on your own path, son."

Li Zheng just waved his hand, gritted his teeth while feeling goosebumps, and opened the car door, "Don’t mess up my hair."

"Hey, why don’t you shave it back to a buzz cut?" Li Yi joked with a naive laugh, "Caring so much about appearance, are you trying to pursue everything at once?"

"What are you talking about?!"

"Heh heh~"

Li Zheng took his luggage and watched Old Li leave before he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Through his previous studies in liberal arts, he had his own understanding of Old Li’s words.

Standing out is equivalent to accepting society’s judgment on a person’s value, measuring it by money and status, finding fulfillment in success through the recognition of others.

To realize a dream is to adhere to one’s own value judgment, believing that everything one does is worthwhile is enough.

The troubling part is that due to society’s strong pull and the individual’s relative insignificance, as a person grows, these two paths will gradually merge into one.

To set "personal ideals" as "standing out."

To view earning money as my personal dream.

It’s like the gravity of everything, akin to the consumption by a black hole, a result that even from a physics perspective, is consistent.

It even has a hint of fate.

Unless.

A person, whose idealistic pull is strong enough to resist the whole world.

His talent is innate, his efforts a hundredfold.

He strictly maintains the order of his heart.

Unyielding even in the face of a black hole.

He refutes all laws with an abnormal brute force, tearing the immense entity of standing out onto the orbit of his ideals.

Dad, Mom.

Thank you.

You’ve given me the entire Milky Way.

As for that black hole.

I will face it alone.

From the beginning to the end.

…

Li Zheng snapped back to reality with about 20 minutes left until the gathering time.

Looking around, he realized there were quite a few parents’ cars parked nearby.

At the same time, families kept emerging from taxis and walking over from the subway.

This training camp had called together about a class’s worth of people, from which 13 would be selected for the provincial team.

Doubtless, most families harbored this hope but lacked the confidence.

With these twenty minutes, parents were anxiously giving their children all sorts of instructions and advice.

Li Zheng even overheard a father passing by giving his son tips on how to ingratiate himself with the teachers.

That was really overthinking it.

To win over the teachers, there was only one way—

Good grades.

That parent was really teaching nonsense.

While Li Zheng was spacing out on the street, suddenly, the sound of an expensive engine approached, and he instinctively stepped aside as a flashy blue Porsche pulled smoothly into the parking spot Old Li had just vacated.

Li Zheng’s brows tensed.

The majority of the cars driven by parents here were on the modest side, the most expensive being vehicles around four or five hundred thousand.

After all, these were families that prioritized learning over flashy displays of wealth.

But this one, it must’ve cost a million.

In front of Ji University’s sacred gates, to flaunt wealth in this vulgar manner was utterly disgraceful.

He really wanted to key it.

At that moment, the passenger-side window slid down, and the bespectacled man in the driver’s seat leaned out and asked with flair, "Friend, have you seen Wu Shu?"

Li Zheng glared, "Ou-ou-ou..."

"Save your ’ous,’ just get in and play along with me to see if we can park inside the Chemical Institute," Ou Xingzhuo beckoned.

"But..." Li Zheng glowered, "how can a high school student drive a car?"

"Buddy, I’m almost 19," Ou Xingzhuo said as he lifted his hand to show his driver’s license, "any more doubts?"

Li Zheng hesitated for a moment before replying, "It’s not that I want to ride; it’s you asking me to."

Ou Xingzhuo smiled, flicked a switch on the dashboard, and with a clunk, both the trunk and the passenger-side lock popped open.

After loading up and getting in the car, Li Zheng realized that Ou Xingzhuo hadn’t changed his clothes at all, still in a grey shirt and black trousers, looking every bit the forced young talent.

"Need to think of an excuse to get in..." Ou Xingzhuo grasped the steering wheel with his right hand and rested his left on the window, inching towards the gate of the Chemical Institute.

"Stop the nonsense, hold the steering wheel with both hands," Li Zheng instructed, holding on to the overhead handle on his side.

Ou Xingzhuo shook his head with a laugh, steadying the wheel with both hands and asked, "Didn’t catch sight of Wu Shu?"

"No," Li Zheng replied, "Why are you asking me about your classmate?"

"Eh, we’re not that close," Ou Xingzhuo said as he continued to scan around.

After pondering for a moment, Li Zheng suddenly felt a surge of revulsion.

"You wouldn’t be trying to... show off in front of girls with this fancy car, would you?" Li Zheng shook his head in disgust, "Let me out, you’ve lost all your swagger with me here."

"No... no, I was just asking," Ou Xingzhuo hurriedly steered the car and pulled up to the gate of the Chemical Institute, "Don’t get the wrong idea, I’m just trying to help a fellow load some luggage."

Once the car was parked, the security guard quickly approached, signaling with his hand, "Sorry, parents, but outside cars can’t enter."

"Not a parent," Ou Xingzhuo rolled down the window, said casually, "Dean Zhou invited me to give a lecture at the camp."

"Dean Zhou invited you?" The guard hesitated, scrutinizing Ou Xingzhuo.

He looked far too young.

But his confidence was imposing.

The guard steadied himself and, deciding not to risk offense, asked politely, "Well then... could you please give Dean Zhou a call?"

"Oh," Ou Xingzhuo replied nonchalantly, taking out his phone. Seeing that the guard had turned his attention to another car, he suddenly turned to Li Zheng, his face twitching, his body tensing with nervousness, "So... what do we do now?"