The devil's path can be paved with good intentions. - The ending of the 2010 Hong Kong TVB TV series "Interpol".

(Original sentence: The road to hell is paved with good intentions.) - Friedrich. Hayek)

If you had to choose between the two labels of "cold utilitarian" and "watery sunflower", which one would you choose?

What the? Would you like to choose the third option?

Sorry, all but these two options are both.

Therefore, Xu Jingjia chose the former, because she felt that the label of "cold utilitarian" was at least a little cleaner than "water-based sunflower".

In fact, by the end of the third semester, Xu Jingjia had already heard rumors about herself.

I don't know when people thought that Xu Jingjia was a casual person about feelings, and she became the culprit for Owen dropping out of school and suffering from depression.

Xu Jingjia gradually discovered that men would also express their dissatisfaction and contempt for a woman with contemptuous and disrespectful eyes and manners.

Therefore, Xu Jingjia acted more and more carefully, for fear that if he was not careful, there would be some misunderstanding. Whenever a boy approached, Xu Jingjia hurriedly put her eyes aside and more solemnly implemented the purpose of not greeting boys outside her circle. In addition to the necessary needs of schoolwork, I no longer have any contact with the boys.

In any case, there is a large difference between the two derogatory terms "impolite" and "watery sunflower". I don't know why, boys are always prone to associate the two stereotypes of "cold" and "looking down on them", so for Xu Jingjia, the two labels of coldness and utilitarianism are sometimes like one and the other.

Vanessa always reminds Xu Jingjia that she must tell her close people what happens, otherwise no one will know if there is any misunderstanding. Vanessa has mentioned Xu Jingjia more than once, and Xu Jingjia has also thought of something. However, the details of the whole thing are broken and complicated, and they are connected to each other into a fine web, which seems to be independent but cannot become a clue.

If it is rashly mentioned, Xu Jingjia is afraid that it will become a fabrication.

Therefore, before meeting Marvin, Xu Jingjia had different expectations for Marvin. Xu Jingjia believes that Marvin is someone outside their circle, so Marvin's perception of himself may be able to prove himself to others.

This semester, there is no examination for the subject of Applied Computing, and the assessment is based on the overall score of the group report.

Most of the students in this programme have their own strengths, but few of them are good at both mathematics and computer science. Vanessa has been in the same group with George and James several times in the past three semesters, so before the class started, Xu Jingjia already knew through Vanessa that their strengths were all in mathematics and science.

Precisely, Xu Jingjia and Nina's strengths are also in mathematics and physics.

I just don't know where Marvin's strengths are.

Since most of the team members were not computer professionals, Hui Jingjia decided to start the group presentation as soon as possible before the class started.

Since the teaching content of "Applied Computing" is mainly practice-oriented, the school combines lectures and tutorials, and teaches in a small class size of three hours per week.

I first met Marvin in the first lecture of Applied Computing.

After about 15 hours of the lecture on Applied Computing, Hui Jingjia still didn't see Marvin, so she turned to ask George, who was sitting next to her, "Has Marvin contacted you?"

George replied casually, "Yes, he said he was almost there. You don't have to care, he's like that." As he spoke, he seemed to be accustomed to Marvin's tardiness.

Xu Jingjia was a little surprised, but didn't think much about it. Instead, he continued to listen intently to Professor Tong's briefing on the specific assessment criteria for the programme and group presentations.

A short time later, a boy with short chestnut brown hair embarrassedly opened the door to the computer room.

Professor Tang's words followed, and he just finished the relevant introduction. George lowered his head and whispered to Xu Jingjia, "This is Marvin."

At this time, everyone's eyes fell on Marvin. When Marvin was embarrassed by this, Professor Tong duly said, "Now that the introduction is over, you can start discussing the topic of your website."

The report of the Applied Computing sub-committee requires each sub-committee to submit a web page that can support different operations by users with different permissions, as well as the design of the database behind which the data can be accessed. At the time of submission, the database must also contain a corresponding amount of data for professors to conduct experiments.

All the students in the class formed a circle with their group members and began to discuss the topic of the page and what they wanted to cover.

Professor Tang's words indirectly relieved the embarrassed Marvin.

Marvin then ruffled the broken hair on his forehead as he approached the empty seat next to George and greeted George with a smile.

George didn't pay any attention to him, and instead looked at Xu Jingjia, Nina, and James for a brief introduction to both parties.

Xu Jingjia's first impression of Marvin was that of an ordinary big-eyed boy, and she couldn't remember seeing him in any class.

Perhaps because he was not familiar with Xu Jingjia and others, Marvin was submissive to everyone in the group, but he was able to subtly defend his opinions. During the discussion, Marvin's attitude was as if he had not heard rumors about Xu Jingjia, and there was nothing unusual about Xu Jingjia's attitude.

In the end, Hui Jingjia's group decided that the theme of the webpage was online recipes, a relatively easy topic. Subsequently, they set aside two hours a week before the lecture and would rent a study room to work together on group presentations.

When everyone replied that there was no problem, Xu Jingjia deliberately asked Marvin one more question, "Are you sure there is really no problem? If it's too early, we can move on to another time." After all, Marvin was almost half an hour late for the class that started at eleven o'clock.

Marvin was stunned for a moment, then modestly replied, "No problem."

After the two lectures, Xu Jingjia gradually discovered that the affinity between George and James was inexplicably not shown to Marvin, and Xu Jingjia inevitably had to play the role of reconciliation.

When she and Vanessa went to buy egg waffles near the school after class, Vanessa casually asked Xu Jingjia, "Did you ask Marvin if you got the phone number?"

Xu Jingjia also learned not long ago that Marvin is a friend of Vanessa's male best friend Rex, and Rex has a good relationship with Zita.

Vanessa's problem is remarkable because the team reported that it was far more convenient to communicate with another instant messaging app called MSM via Facebook message than by telephone.

Xu Jingjia vaguely guessed what Vanessa meant, so she replied with a smile, "Why do you want to take it?"

"Why don't you take it?" Vanessa said hurriedly, paused again, and explained in a slightly softened tone, "Take one more call...... Adversity...... There's always a time when it's useful."

Listening to Vanessa's tone, Xu Jingjia was even more sure that Vanessa must have listened to George and James's opinion, so she thought that Xu Jingjia was different from Marvin.

Vanessa always likes to worry about Xu Jingjia's love affairs, so Xu Jingjia thinks it is necessary to correct her, so she replied, "It's enough to have a Facebook mask and MSM, and you can use a phone there."

Vanessa wanted to encourage Xu Jingjia a little more, but the shopkeeper shouted, "Seventy-one."

It just happened to be Xu Jingjia's chip, and it also relieved Xu Jingjia's sleep.