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[Breakthrough achieved in synaptic regeneration experiments, with a current success rate of 38%.]

Shi Heng rubbed the number with his fingertips. It was still 12 percentage points away from the target.

There are still two days left.

…

It was already 11 o'clock in the evening when Gu Youran returned to his villa in Beijing.

She put down her luggage and went straight to the study on the second floor. She opened her laptop and typed three keywords into the search bar:

Anderson, Chen Mingyuan, Neuroscience

A large number of academic papers and research reports immediately popped up on the screen.

After careful inspection, Gu Youran discovered that their recent research directions were all about memory reorganization.

She clicked on a news article about the Pujiang Center's research project, which clearly stated:

"Professor Chen Mingyuan's team specializes in memory encoding and reorganization technology. This project has received support from a major national scientific research project..."

At this time, the mobile phone screen lit up, and it was Shi Heng's video invitation.

After pressing the answer button, Shi Heng's face immediately appeared on the screen.

"Youbao, are you home yet?"

"Just arrived a while ago. You look busy over there?"

"It's okay, just some routine work, data analysis in the laboratory."

Gu Youran decided to get straight to the point. "I happened to be reading the research papers of Professor Anderson and Chen Mingyuan. Their memory reconstruction technology is very interesting."

"Why are you checking this suddenly?" His voice remained steady, but Gu Youran keenly noticed that his Adam's apple rolled.

"I'm just curious. You said before that Si Wenjie invested to please Sister Yining, but does Sister Yining also research memory reconstruction?"

After a few seconds of silence, Shi Heng suddenly laughed, "You're really thoughtful. Actually... this project does have other commercial uses."

"What's the purpose?" Gu Youran asked.

Shi Heng blinked, a playful smile on his face. "It's a business secret. I'll tell you when we succeed, okay?"

Gu Youran's heart seemed to be grasped by an invisible hand.

She was very familiar with this expression; it was always the same when Shi Heng wanted to avoid a question.

"Heng," she looked directly into the man's eyes on the screen, "Are you hiding something from me?"

Shi Heng was obviously stunned.

After a long silence, he sighed, "Youbao, some things are complicated to explain now. But I promise you, when the time is right, I will tell you everything."

"Is it related to my memory?" Gu Youran went straight to the point.

Shi Heng's pupils suddenly contracted, and his entire sitting posture became stiff. "Why do you ask that?"

"I guessed." Gu Youran laughed bitterly. "If it wasn't for memory modification, why did you invite the top experts in the field of memory reconstruction? If it wasn't for me, why were you so nervous just now?"

There was a long silence at both ends of the video.

Finally, Shi Heng said seriously: "Youbao, trust me, okay?"

After hanging up the video, Gu Youran stood in front of the window in a daze.

The back garden is full of various gentian flowers.

That was transplanted specially for her by Shi Heng, and it took a lot of effort.

She breathed a sigh of relief and decided to trust Shi Heng.

After all, this man had never done anything to hurt her.

…

At two o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, Gu Youran pushed open the door of Studio No. 3 and ran into Xiao Wang, the lighting technician who was debugging the equipment.

"Teacher Gu is here!" Xiao Wang quickly made way for her. "Director Cen is already waiting for you."

Gu Youran nodded and walked through the busy crowd.

The props team is making the final adjustments to the details of the attic set. Someone is sprinkling sawdust on the floor to make it look old, while others are deliberately creating cracks on the wallpaper.

"Leisurely!"

Director Cen poked his head out from behind the monitor and waved his hands vigorously, "Come over here and try your positioning! This is your last scene, and it's also the climax of the movie."

Gu Youran walked over quickly, stood in the center of the setting, looked around, and couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly.

The attic set was a near replica of the real attic in her adoptive parents’ home, even the wear and tear on the window frames was almost identical.

"Teacher Gu, how is it? Is the restoration degree okay?"

The art director came over, holding a distressed rendering in his hand. "We've even recreated that crooked bookshelf based on the photo you provided."

Gu Youran said gratefully, "It's really good. Thank you for your hard work."

She walked to the corner where a natural-wood guitar was placed.

He squatted down and gently stroked the small words engraved on the neck of the guitar:

【The fourth birthday gift for Xianyin】

"Even this detail is included." Gu Youran said in surprise.

"Of course," Xiao Zhang from the props team proudly interjected, "We specially found a veteran craftsman to hand-carve it. It's even more detailed than the original!"

The script supervisor took to the loudspeaker and began to call out, "Attention all departments! Final confirmation of the filming content. 25-year-old Jiang Xianyin returned to her adoptive parents' former home and completed her adoptive father's last work, 'The Unfinished Gift,' in the attic."

In the dressing room, makeup artist Kobayashi is preparing a special "tear mark makeup".

"Teacher Gu, we're going to use a slightly heavier makeup effect today," Xiao Lin explained as she applied makeup. "Director Cen said we want to highlight the feeling of 'crying but still strong.'"

Gu Youran closed his eyes and let her do it. "Okay, it's okay. I'll do as you say."

Ten minutes later, Xiaolin stepped back and looked at his work. "Do you like it?"

Gu Youran in the mirror had a faint blush under her eyes, and her eyelashes looked a little wet, as if she had just cried.

At this time, Director Cen pushed the door open and came in. "How are the preparations going?"

She studied Gu Youran's face carefully. "Perfect, this is exactly what I want."

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