Brainoid

Qi Mi and Ji Lian didn't stay in the brain-like body for too long because the parent-teacher meeting ended quickly.

After receiving the brain-like body, Ji Lian graciously offered to take Qi Mi to the door of her school by bicycle. Before entering the school, Qi Mi made an appointment with him: "When do you think I will go to the brain-like body next time?"

"You can come if you want." Ji Lian said, "My mother most likely doesn't care about me anyway." He thought for a while and then said, "But I'd better come on the weekend. There are many people online during the day on weekends, so it's still the case today. It’s quite dangerous, but luckily I met Qiu Harvest and the others.”

"I think this is too coincidental." Qi Mi said.

"Hey, what's the point?" Ji Lian waved his hand, "The inner circle is just such a big place. The zombies will go wherever the autumn harvest gathers. It won't be surprising if we happen to run into them."

This is true. And just as Ji Lian said before, Autumn Harvest will "steal" the zombies that others are hunting, so he might have been squatting there waiting.

"Then I'll go this Saturday." Qi Mi said, "I have to think of a way to fool my mother."

"Just say you have to do group homework." Ji Lian shrugged.

makes sense. Qi Mi suddenly thought that because of the dangers of attending virtual elementary school on a brain-like body, she almost never participated in any class activities alone. Having said that, there are actually advantages to going to a physical school, at least because the real world is less dangerous and she has full freedom.

And from the looks of it, her brain-like body is actually not that dangerous. It seemed that as long as she didn't arouse strong emotions, nothing would happen.

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When Qi Mi returned to school, she saw her grandparents looking for her all over the school, and even asked the grade director. When he saw Qi Mi appearing at the top of the stairs, the grade director breathed a sigh of relief: "Qi Mi, where have you been? Your parents are looking for you."

"I...went to the library..." Qi Mi said nonchalantly, "to return the books."

In this era, not many people read paper books anymore, but as a brick-and-mortar school where sentiment plays a major role, "nostalgic" places like the library are still open.

"Hey, this kid, why didn't you say anything first?" Ms. Zhu Shaoqiong said reproachfully, but her tone was not angry at all.

Going to the library to return books is really not a big deal, because Qi Mi did well in the midterm exam, and the grade director's attitude towards her is inevitably better than that of ordinary students: "Okay, pay attention in the future." Then he said to Ms. Zhu Shaoqiong and Qi Zhiguang The teacher said, "Qimi's grades have always been very good. You don't have to worry about your feet. There are other alternatives for those unsuitable items in physical education class."

"Well, thank you, Teacher He." Ms. Zhu Shaoqiong nodded to the grade director, and patted Qi Mi's shoulder gently, "Mimi, goodbye teacher."

Ms. Zhu Shaoqiong treated Qi Mi like a child, which made Qi Mi feel a little embarrassed. However, she thought in her heart that her grandparents were really good to her and even flew back to hold a parent-teacher conference for her. Even though it was a bit embarrassing for her to treat her as a child, she should still be grateful.

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When Anton came to pick up Qi Mi, he was very surprised to find that Ms. Zhu Shaoqiong and Mr. Qi Zhiguang, who were supposed to be on vacation in Beihai, were also there.

After hearing about the parent-teacher meeting, he instantly understood that Mimi had gone to find his grandma and grandpa directly without telling them. But in front of his grandparents, he still said calmly: "We have never gone to parent-teacher conferences because we are still afraid that their teachers and classmates will know about Mimi's relationship with the brain-like body company. I didn't expect that the teacher would insist on asking to go this time, so this is the only way. ."

"Oh, it's okay, we just want to come back." Mr. Qi Zhiguang said lightly, "We are not used to eating in Beihai."

Ever since they learned about Anton's poor life experience, the old couple treated him like a son. Moreover, since the commercialization of brain-like bodies, Qi Min has become a successful person beyond ordinary people's imagination. The old couple knew that their daughter no longer had to worry about anyone else, so they began to care more about Anton, their "godson".

"Send Lele a WeChat message and ask her to go out and buy some green leafy vegetables." Ms. Zhu Shaoqiong also said, "She is staying at home and indulging in games now, right?"

Qi Min is indeed in the brain-like body with an ordinary player's account, and he cannot work as an ordinary player. But Anton still said: "No, she hadn't gotten off work yet when I came out."

Ms. Zhu Shaoqiong also knew that her daughter never got off work past six o'clock, but there was no need to expose Anton's cover for her. Who makes Qi Min the inventor of brain-like bodies? Those who have made great contributions will naturally have "privileges" - to a certain extent, this is also a kind of alienation.

However, alienation is a common thing in today's capitalist society, and even Qi Mi is dissatisfied with the lack of "alienation". According to the literary works of the old era, the rich people in the upper class should have "air". The meaning of their existence is to be the managers of the world, and the second generation of rich people like herself should also study hard and take over in the future. "Datong" maintains the stable operation of the business empire.

From a more succinct perspective, her idea can be summarized as “the alienation of the bourgeoisie into the verbal minions of capital.” It's just that Qi Mi doesn't understand what "capital" is and what "bourgeoisie" is, so he can only come up with this idea similar to "the king is the king and the ministers are the ministers, the father is the son, the father is the son."

(Note: "Monarch, minister, minister, father, father, son" here mainly refers to the clear distinction between superiors and subordinates, emphasizing the order between different classes, while "alienation" emphasizes the replacement of inner personality with a single attribute of class)

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Anton sent a message to Qi Min while he was stuck in traffic, asking her to come out of the brain-like body to "greet" the old couple who came back from vacation. So when they arrived at the door of their home, they saw Qi Min standing in the yard outside with a coat on, pretending to sweep the floor.

Although it can be seen that her lazy daughter is just faking it, Ms. Zhu Shaoqiong can't help but feel satisfied: at least her daughter's mind has not been corrupted by money, and she still knows that "labor is glorious."

To be honest, when there was no brain-like body company, Ms. Zhu Shaoqiong was almost heartbroken when she learned that Qi Min had been "parasitizing" with Anton when he was studying for a Ph.D. She thought her daughter had really become a loser who was too lazy to even cook and clean the house, and could only keep living.

But now it seems that although Qi Min is still addicted to games and only occasionally gets up to show off, she really got lucky and created such a thing as a brain-like body. This probability is no less than winning 10 million in lottery tickets, right? But she really caught up with him.

Therefore, whether a person is successful or not may not really depend entirely on talent and hard work. Achieving a class jump in this era is as difficult as changing one's fate against the odds. It mostly depends on luck.