Jiang Jianian gently pushed the fruit platter full of strawberries toward Ye Zhiwei, saying, "You can take these with you."

Ye Zhiwei felt her emotions were like a rollercoaster, plummeting to the lowest point and then soaring to the highest. She cautiously asked, "Can I really take it? Aren't you going to do an experiment?"

Jiang Jianian raised an eyebrow: "You can choose to refuse."

Ye Zhiwei instantly felt that she was being incredibly ungrateful, actually taking advantage of someone and then acting innocent. Since the male lead said he would give it to her, of course she had to take it happily right away.

So Ye Zhiwei quickly took all the strawberries, and before leaving, she popped one into her mouth, said thank you, and wisely slipped away.

The chef immediately covered his mouth and said with emotion, "My goodness, our young lady looked like a little rabbit when she ran away. She's still as cute as she was when she was a child."

Jiang Jianian leaned on the table, his emotions churning, but he could only suppress them again and again. He tapped the countertop repeatedly, staring intently at the spot where Ye Zhiwei had left: He shouldn't have let her go so easily; he should have bullied her a few more times.

*

Ye Qingcheng seemed to sense that Jiang Jianian had been relatively free during this period, and with Old Man Li from the research institute pressing him hard, he finally arranged for the two to meet in the next few days.

Dean Li immediately sent someone to pick up Jiang Jianian and take him to his home.

Dean Li dedicated his life to scientific research. Even the mansion that the country awarded him for his great achievements, apart from his usual residence, was basically turned into a small laboratory by him.

When Jiang Jianian arrived, Dean Li was finishing an experiment observing the proliferation and expression of a certain cell under a microscope.

Dean Li was quite excited when he saw Jiang Jianian.

This competition included an additional question that required participating students to write a short essay, without being strictly bound by the essay format. In fact, this was a very difficult question for students who were just participating in the competition. Many of their ideas were confined to the textbook, and they rarely had their own independent thinking, making it difficult for them to actually write anything.

Even college students find it difficult to write a paper that reflects independent thinking and their own insights.

Dean Li didn't have much hope until Jiang Jianian's competition paper was delivered to him.

After reading the book, Dean Li knew that this was a genius boy. He immediately inquired about the details and found out that the boy was actually the child of his old friend Ye Qingcheng. After learning a little about the situation, he couldn't wait to meet him. However, he had been busy with other things and had only recently finished his experiment.

Jiang Jianian was invited to the home, where Dean Li's wife was receiving guests.

This couple dedicated their lives to scientific research, but they were unable to have a child. Apart from being very strict with young people during scientific experiments, they doted on their young children in private.

Especially after learning about Jiang Jianian's situation—so young, so talented, and so good-looking—the dean's wife couldn't help but like him even more and kept asking about Jiang Jianian's situation.

After Dean Li came out, he pointed at his old lady and shook his head. "You old hag, don't think I don't know what you're up to. This child is still so young. You should keep your little scheme of arranging blind dates to yourself. Besides, he's so young and talented, and he's so good-looking. Once he goes to university and enters society, he'll have no shortage of girls. Why would he need you, an old hag, to introduce him to someone?"