Chu Xingyue knew that even if she asked her mother now, she wouldn't be able to tell her, so it was better not to ask at all.

"Was it Teacher Zhang who personally mentored you?" Chu Ning held her daughter's hand, looking at Chu Xingyue with tender eyes.

"I'll follow Teacher Zhang this afternoon. The specific arrangements will depend on the teacher," Chu Xingyue replied obediently to Chu Ning.

"Yes, Teacher Zhang is a very good teacher."

...

The mother and daughter chatted, holding hands. Chu Ning would occasionally reach out and touch her daughter's cheek, sometimes tucking a strand of hair behind her ear if it fell on her face. This moment of warmth was something Chu Ning had fantasized about countless times. Now she could finally touch her daughter. Her daughter had grown up so well, just like her, or even more so. Listening to the girl's soft whispers and looking at her daughter's delicate face, Chu Ning's tears still fell uncontrollably. Chu Xingyue reached out and gently wiped away the woman's tears with her finger.

The lunch break went by especially quickly. The alarm clock on the wall rang, which meant that it was time for the afternoon and everyone had to get back to work.

Chu Ning glanced at the time; she still had work to finish.

Chu Ning is a rational yet emotional person. As long as she can still work, nothing can affect her. Now that her daughter is by her side, she feels that everything is worthwhile.

There was a knock on the door next door; it must be the teacher coming to take her there.

Xiao Lin knocked twice but received no response. He turned to look at Zhang Jianshe with a puzzled expression. Could he be sleeping too soundly to hear? But then he thought it was impossible. Just as he raised his hand, the door next door opened, and Chu Xingyue came out, followed by Chu Ning, whose eyes were red.

When Zhang Jianshe saw his apprentice come out of the student's dormitory, he looked at the student Chu Ning's red eyes, then at his apprentice who looked normal, and his face showed some doubt.

"You two know each other now?" Zhang Jianshe's eyes darted between the two students. The two students were standing together, their eyes looking at him with identical expressions. Zhang Jianshe's eyes widened slowly, and even Xiao Lin noticed that something was amiss.

Zhang Jianshe pointed at the two of them, and Chu Xingyue smiled and nodded.

"Teacher, don't you think we look alike?" Before Zhang Jianshe could nod, Xiao Lin next to him nodded unconsciously upon hearing this.

“You two both have the surname Chu, and your features are almost identical. You…” Zhang Jianshe squinted, looking back and forth between the two.

"My mother"

"My daughter"

The mother and daughter said it at the same time, and after they finished speaking, they looked at each other and laughed.

"What? What a small world! You two are mother and daughter, working at the same research institute, and your dorm rooms are even next to each other. What a coincidence!"

Even though Zhang Jianshe is usually quite calm, he lost his composure at this moment. Xiao Lin wanted to say something, but it wasn't the time for him to speak.

"Teacher, my mother and I just met, and we can't finish talking in just a few words. We'll tell you in detail after we finish our work." After the second thought popped into her head, Chu Xingyue spoke up, not wanting their arrival to delay her work.

Chu Ning agreed.

Zhang Jianshe didn't ask any more questions and nodded when he heard Chu Xingyue's words.

"Xiao Chu." Zhang Jianshe had barely uttered the words when two identical eyes stared at him from the other side, which felt rather strange.

"Teacher, please call me An'an."

Chu Xingyue spoke first.

“That’s fine. Everyone calls your mother Engineer Chu, but I’m the only one who calls her Little Chu. That’s good too.”

"Teacher, I'll go to work now," Chu Ning said to Zhang Jianshe, then turned to Chu Xingyue.

"An'an, Mom will have dinner with you tonight." Looking at her with gentle eyes, Chu Xingyue nodded in agreement without hesitation.

"Then Mom will go to work now, teacher. Please take care of my child." After saying that, she saluted Zhang Jianshe.

"Go to work with peace of mind."

Chu Ning went back to work first.

“Let’s go too,” Zhang Jianshe said to Chu Xingyue in front of him.

Chu Xingyue followed slowly behind her teacher.

Zhang Jianshe led Chu Xingyue to one of the rooms that looked like a laboratory.

The people inside had already started working, and Zhang Jianshe didn't disturb them. He led Chu Xingyue to stand behind a man who was bent over checking a formula. The man didn't know where the problem was. He had already checked the formula three times, but there was still a slight error. He rubbed his temples and suddenly saw Zhang Jianshe and Chu Xingyue standing next to him when he raised his hand.

The man tried to stand up and salute, but Zhang Jianshe pressed his shoulder down.

The two had already stood behind and watched the man's calculations from beginning to end. Zhang Jianshe turned to look at Chu Xingyue beside him.

"Did you figure it out?"

"Um"

"Then you do it once." The man looked at Zhang Jianshe's serious expression, and even though he felt something was off, he couldn't show it at the moment.

"Excuse me, may I borrow your paper and pen?" Chu Xingyue asked the man in front of her with a smile. The man reached out and took a blank sheet of paper for calculations from the side, and handed it to Chu Xingyue along with the pen. He then stood up and made way for her.

Chu Xingyue didn't stand on ceremony and sat down directly. She flipped through the set of data the man had calculated and began to write.

As Chu Xingyue wrote more and more, the man's initially calm expression turned increasingly surprised, with a hint of annoyance in his surprise.

Chu Xingyue put down her pen, stood up, and made way for him.

The man looked at the results of Chu Xingyue's calculations on the table, then turned to look at Chu Xingyue again. "This? This?"

Zhang Jianshe patted the man on the shoulder, gesturing for him to sit down.

"Do you know where you went wrong?" This question was asked of the man who had just been forced to sit down by Zhang Jianshe. Upon hearing Zhang Jianshe's words, the man tried to stand up again.

"Answer while seated."

The man shuddered at the emotionless tone of the voice. It was coming, it was coming.

"I didn't realize that the data I was calculating was wrong. The result is obvious; no matter how I calculate it, I can't get the correct result," the man replied dejectedly.

"Don't assume that the data you receive is necessarily correct; otherwise, what's the point of having you verify it?" The man dared not speak and could only lower his head to listen to Zhang Jianshe's lecture.

"It was my fault for not being careful enough. This won't happen again." The man knew that Old Zhang was speaking for his own good, and he accepted what Old Zhang said.

"This is Chu Xingyue, who just arrived today. She will be working with you from now on," Zhang Jianshe said to the man.

Upon hearing Old Zhang's words, the man stood up and gratefully extended his hand to the girl who had just helped him solve the problem.

"Hello, I am Chang Guangrong."

Chu Xingyue reached out and covered the man's outstretched hand, smiling as she said, "Hello, Engineer Chang!"

The two became acquainted; Chang Guangrong was the first colleague Chu Xingyue met after arriving at the research institute.