The Urban Dao Child

Yang Dao held his forehead in his palm and said, “Can you people all stop for a second? What are you all planning to share? A senior year final thesis? Who came up with this revolutionary idea in the first place?” his tone was helpless and exasperated.

Icarus dumbly asked, “What did you say the punishment is?”

“Final project thesis with Senior year student, Frieda Foster.” said Yang Dao.

All of a sudden everyone took two steps back from him as if they saw a ghost. A topper of the class asked, “Repeat the name of the senior you mentioned again.”

Yang Dao gazed at everyone with a strange expression on his face and said, “Frieda Foster.”

Icarus shook his head and said, “You are on your own. I will not share this punishment. You must suffer sometimes.” his tone changed so quickly that Yang Dao even doubted if he was the same guy just ten seconds ago.

He asked, “What do you guys mean?”

Sasha came forward and asked, “Do you really not know Frieda Foster?”

Yang Dao shook his head. Donnie came forward and said, “I wish you luck, student Dao.” then he patted the former on the shoulder and left. The others also followed the same action. Sasha, Kiya, and Icarus were left for the last. Icarus sighed again and again.

Finally, he said, “Brother, we will meet again if you survive.” then he left. Sasha shook her head and left after a casual greeting. Kiya came to him and suddenly hugged him.

Yang Dao did not expect this and froze. When has he ever hugged a girl so tight, except for Kylie Dew? That too was not proper as the two were sitting and they still had some gap due to the angle, but this time, he had no leeways.

He asked in a stutter, “Ki…Kiya… What happened?”

The girl parted after a few seconds and said, “I did not ask anything that day in front of your sister and the teacher, but are you really fine?” her eyes were a brimming concern and care.

Yang Dao felt warm in his heart but he did not know how to react to this. He just gave her a flustered smile and said, “Yes, yes. I am totally fine. Now I need to rush to meet senior Frieda. Okay. I will talk to you later.”  he just turned around and was about to leave when Kiya said, “You take care of yourself. I have still not received my meal payment.”

The boy replied, “Yes, soon. I will cook for you soon.” and with that, he ran away. Kiya shook her head and mumbled, “Am I the girl? or him?” as she walked back to the classroom.

Yang Dao was embarrassed and flustered by the sudden display of affection by Kiya. He almost ran out as he did when Kylie Dew kissed him. Shaking his head he calmed down and ran to the specialization wing of the Computer Operations Department. His face gathered a lot of gazes and pointing fingers from the people in the corridors. The boy was undisturbed, he was the talk of the campus after that brawl and now he even launched two amazing products in the market.

He quickly came to the classroom for students specializing in robotics. He peeked inside from the door and saw that an old professor was now picking up his notes. The classroom had only a handful of students. The lecture seemed to have just ended. Yang Dao knocked on the door and asked, “professor, may I come in?”

His crisp voice attracted attention instantly. The old professor raised his head and nodded to the boy to come in. Yang Dao walked in and the old professor asked, “Who are you?”

The boy replied, “My name is Yang Dao, a freshman in computer operations, class A.” his words made the professor’s eyes shine. He exclaimed, “The national treasure. What do you come looking for?”

Yang Dao scratched his head and said, ‘You glorify me, professor. I cam here by the order of the principal, to find senior Frieda Foster.”

The Old man cast his gaze to the back of the classroom, the students all cast a look in the back too. Then they all shook their heads. The professor said, “There she is, Frieda Foster. The topper of the Robotic Science department. You can talk to her on your own. All the best.” then with a pat on his shoulders the man left the class holding his notes in his hand.

The rest of the students also slowly poured out of the class. Yang Dao smiled at them all. Then he walked over to the desk where he found a girl who seemed to have fallen asleep on the desk. His gaze fell on a few notebooks, as he watched the content, the cogs in his brain started to move at a fast speed. ρꪖꪕᦔꪖꪕꪫꪣꫀ​ꪶ​

Silently he turned a few pages and figured out the ups and downs of the stuff written on the pages. The information recorded on the pages was about the configuration of a robot design. What Shocked Yang Dao was that the design was humanoid. He could not help but knock on the desk hard to wake up the sleeping beauty.

TAP TAP TAP

Loud and continuous rapping woke up Frieda from slumber. She found a young boy looking at her with shining eyes. She flinched back in surprise, looked around her and found that she was still inside th classroom but she did not know this guy. She wanted to ask him who he was, but the boy cut her off and asked, “Do you want to make a humanoid robot? This design is very good but it lacks in some points. Such as the power source and the body construction material can be much better. Also, the neural schematics. They can also be much better…”

Frieda was shocked as Yang Dao went on and on about the stuff. he did not seem to even breathe. Frieda’s gaze became sharper as she listened to him talk. After a few seconds, the two people started to converse and make notes on a new notebook. They only stopped after an hour when Yang Dao’s phone buzzed.

The boy apologized to Frieda and picked up the call. He asked, “What is it?” his tone was a bit grumpy.

Icarus said, “Young Master Feng, get your ass to the cycling club. We have a calamity.” the guy sounded troubled.

Yang Dao sighed and said, “Okay. I will be there in a few minutes.” then he disconnected the call, turning back he said to the girl, “Senior Frieda, how about we exchange contacts? I will find you after college?”

Frieda nodded and exchanged phone numbers with him. Yang Dao was about to leave when she asked, “Hey, what is your name? and Who are you?” her voice was very soothing.

Yang Dao turned back, and only now did he properly look at the girl. Fair skin, blue eyes, shielded by a delicate spectacle. Long golden hair, and a face that always seemed to be smiling. He replied with a smile, “Yang Dao, your thesis, assistant.” with that said, he left the class.

…

Yang Dao came to the cycling club and found the atmosphere was a bit tense. He saw that the third years were all sitting with sullen faces. He asked, “What happened and where is senior Ayaka?”

Thomas said, “In the hospital with the second years.” his tone was angry and helpless.

Yang Dao was surprised and asked, “What happened?”

Icarus said, “Tim was practicing with senior Felix when senior overtook him. That bastard, god knows what came over him and accelerated on the turn. The bike slipped and he fell at a speed of 50 kph. When we all reached he was unconscious and his leg seemed to have been hurt seriously.”

Yang Dao muttered, “Shit. Now what? There is not much time before the inter Uni cup. Will he be fine by then?”

Thomas shook his head and said, “No. Senior Ayaka just called in. The doctor put a cast on his leg. His leg has three hairline fractures, and the fall caused two of his ribs to crack as well. Eugene, cannot race as well, because he was on a team with Tim. Alone his skill set is not up to the mark.”

Eugene was also listening to this but his face showed no change. He sighed and said, “Captian, you can take Icarus and Dao to the tournament with you. These guys are strong enough to make the others run for their money.”

Ray said, “Yeah, I agree to it. We now have four months before the summer vacation, when the tournament is held. and two months before our training camp. These two can definitely train to meet the requirement.”

The rest of the people also nodded and expressed their agreement. Thomas finally sighed and said, “Dao, Icarus, you guys make your choice.”

The two boys gazed at each other and said, “I Agree.”