Jiang Jianian agreed to Li Lizhang's request.

Considering Jiang Jianian's young age, direct hiring might cause some minor problems. Therefore, Li Lizhang planned to have Jiang Jianian go through a special procedure under the guise of the research institute's external recruitment.

Jiang Jianian agreed to cooperate with Li Lizhang, but he would not officially participate in the research project of the research institute until after the college entrance examination.

This was just a minor issue, and Li Lizhang readily agreed.

The dean's wife warmly invited Jiang Jianian to have dinner at her home. After Jiang Jianian accepted, the dean's wife immediately went to prepare the meal. Li Lizhang told Jiang Jianian to make himself at home on the sofa, as he still had a research report that he hadn't finished filling out and needed to go and complete.

Jiang Jianian was left alone in the living room, flipping through photo albums.

The boy's cool fingertips gently stroked the smiling little girl in the photo. After a long while, Jiang Jianian took out his phone.

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Li Lizhang was in a good mood when Jiang Jianian agreed to stay at the research institute. He even informed Ye Qingcheng about it in advance. Ye Qingcheng knew that Jiang Jianian was smart and talented, but he did not expect that Li Lizhang would praise him so highly. He praised her from beginning to end in a phone call.

They even used the word "genius".

However, instead of using his skills in a more useful way as Li Lizhang had hoped, this genius was currently conducting his own experiment, molecular gastronomy.

Judging from Ye Zhiwei's taste preferences, she seems to really like milk, ice cream, and strawberries. She incorporates these three elements into the making of several desserts. Therefore, Jiang Jianian is conducting a culinary experiment on how to make strawberries taste like milk ice cream.

The cooking process was directly analyzed by Jiang Jianian in a procedural and data-driven manner, and the entire production process was precisely controlled.

In just three days, when Jiang Jianian arranged the strawberries one by one for the chef to taste, the chef, who initially didn't believe in molecular gastronomy or that anything new could be made based on scientific physical and chemical changes, was indeed shocked.

Every dish and dessert in the kitchen is made using the most traditional methods of frying, boiling, baking, and roasting. But Jiang Jianian’s cooking is more like a procedural experiment. He precisely grasps the data, and all the changes in the desserts are controllable. He can also ensure that the taste of the dishes made each time is completely consistent.

This is molecular gastronomy, cooked from a microscopic perspective.

Having roughly guessed that Ye Zhiwei would like this dessert, Jiang Jianian knocked on Ye Zhiwei's door with the dessert box.

Ye Zhiwei had just finished a test paper and was slacking off, playing with her poor little rag doll.

After Ye Zhiwei caught the little Ragdoll cat, it kept meowing and rubbing against her, which inexplicably aroused Ye Zhiwei's desire to bully it, making her want to hug the little Ragdoll more fiercely and rub against it more forcefully.

Hearing Jiang Jianian knock on the door, Ye Zhiwei reluctantly let go of the little doll and went to open the door.

It's Jiang Jianian.

The little doll, who had been bullied to the point of being speechless by Ye Zhiwei, suddenly became very agile when it saw Jiang Jianian. It jumped off Ye Zhiwei's desk and circled around Jiang Jianian.

Ye Zhiwei: ...

This heartless little Ragdoll cat will always be on Jiang Jianian's side!

Ye Zhiwei ruthlessly grabbed the little doll that had run towards Jiang Jianian and pulled it back into her arms, kissing and hugging it again.

"Is this for me?" Ye Zhiwei had already noticed the snack box that Jiang Jianian was holding.

Jiang Jianian looked at Ye Zhiwei and asked in return, "What do you think?"

It's definitely for her!

Judging from the appearance of Jiang Jianian's cooking, it looks very exquisite and delicious. She is quite happy to be this guinea pig!

However, Ye Zhiwei, the little white mouse, was holding the plush cat and didn't have any extra hands to take the snack box that Jiang Jianian brought. She could only ask Jiang Jianian to come into the room with her and help put the snacks on the table.

The boy naturally entered the house.

The little ragdoll cat that Ye Zhiwei was holding, which had been buried in her arms, seemed to notice Jiang Jianian coming in, and poked its head out to look at Jiang Jianian.

Ye Zhiwei followed Jiang Jianian's gaze: she really didn't understand why, even after so long since the little doll had been tamed, it was still so attached to Jiang Jianian.

Noticing Ye Zhiwei's gaze, Jiang Jianian, who had put down the snack box, made no attempt to avoid her gaze. Instead, the boy followed Ye Zhiwei's gaze and stared at her.

Eye contact.

Ye Zhiwei's heart skipped a beat. She quickly gave in, inexplicably nervous, straightened her back, hugged her little plush cat tightly, and asked haphazardly, "Daddy said that Uncle Li from the research institute seems to have taken a liking to you and wants to invite you to the research institute. Is that true?"