Principal Xu had already given Qin Ran a goal: he would hold a succession ceremony in March next year.

Before this, the most direct way for Qin Ran to enter the research institute was to make achievements. Only high-level research results could convince the public.

Qin Ran is only 20 years old this year. ICNE is an important international cooperation project. This is the best route that Principal Xu has found for her according to various plans.

This project starts accepting applications in May every year. Principal Xu has a candidate for the finals because he paved the way for Qin Ran in May this year.

He spent a lot of time and effort on this heir.

After Qin Ran sent the message, Dean Jiang did not reply for a long time.

At Dean Jiang’s house, Zhou Ying, who was sitting opposite him, was holding a teacup and spoke slowly, “Qin Ran didn’t participate in the special training in the laboratory, so the professors in the research institute who are focused on research don’t know about her. When she participates in the ICNE competition next May, many teachers will be vying to take her in as their apprentice.”

Except for a small number of narrow-minded people, most of these researchers hope that their disciples can surpass them and produce truly useful research.

After Zhou Ying finished speaking, he found that Dean Jiang did not answer him, but stared at his phone in a daze.

He took a sip of tea and called out, "President Jiang?"

...

...

"Ah." Dean Jiang seemed to come back to his senses. He turned off his phone, then opened it again to take a look.

"Are you okay?" Zhou Ying asked with concern.

Dean Jiang shook his head and hesitated for a moment, "I was just chatting with Qin Ran."

“What does she want to do?” Zhou Ying thought about Qin Ran’s confusing actions and sat up straight. “She doesn’t want to compete again, does she?”

"That's not the case," Dean Jiang glanced at his phone again, and after making sure he was not mistaken, he replied, "She seemed to say that she might participate in the finals in February next year?"

Then he handed the phone to Dean Jiang and asked, "Please help me check if I saw it wrong."

Professor Zhou looked up dully: "..."

**

In the cafeteria of Beijing University, Qin Ran finally received a reply from Dean Jiang a few minutes later.

Dean Jiang: [……]

Qin Ran took a look and replied, "Thank you, Dean Jiang," before putting the phone down.

“This competition is a team competition,” Nan Huiyao asked Qin Ran curiously while still holding her chopsticks at the dinner table, “If you want to participate in the competition, have you found teammates? I have a few seniors I know…”

Qin Ran continued to eat. After hearing these words, she glanced at Nan Huiyao and the other two thoughtfully.

This type of team competition usually has 2-5 players...

But Principal Xu did not assign any team members to her.

She estimated it in her mind and did not answer immediately.

At one o'clock, the group of four finished eating and chatting.

After reading the gossip online, Chu Heng and Xing Kai confirmed that the Qin Ran on the Internet was the Qin Ran they knew. After confirmation, they returned to the dormitory, where a large group of brothers were waiting for their latest battle situation.

Nan Huiyao looked at Qin Ran and asked, "Are you going back to the lab now?"

“No,” Qin Ran shook her head. She put on the hood of her coat and put on her scarf, revealing only her eyes. Then she said slowly, “I’m going to the gate. Someone is waiting for me.”

"That's fine. I'm going to the pedestrian street." Nan Huiyao put her hand on her shoulder and smiled, "That's perfect."

The four people split into two groups, one went back to the dormitory and the other went to the school gate.

In less than twenty minutes, Nan Huiyao and Qin Ran were outside the door.

It's cold today and it's Monday, so there are far fewer people at the gate than usual.

Nan Huiyao was not in a hurry to go to the snack street, but stayed here with Qin Ran to wait for someone.

“Ranran, who are you waiting for?” Nan Huiyao pulled her scarf up.

Qin Ran stood by the road, looking casually at the one-way street. A nanny car slowly drove over and said nonchalantly, "My uncle."

“Your uncle?” Nan Huiyao nodded.

I always feel like something is wrong.

Just as they were thinking about it, the nanny car stopped not far away from them.

A man wearing a bucket down jacket and a black mask on his face came down from the back door.

Nan Huiyao looked over in confusion. She pointed in the direction of Qin Xiuchen and asked Qin Ran blankly, "Isn't this my idol, Emperor Qin?"

Following behind Qin Xiuchen, I think even the real fans wouldn't recognize Qin Xiuchen's manager: "???"

Are your eyes a microscope?

This is classmate Qin Ran. Qin Xiuchen also greeted Nan Huiyao very politely, "Hello."

Nan Huiyao: “…”

Ah, she remembered -

In "Idol 24 Hours", Qin Ran is the niece of Qin Xiuchen, so the uncle she is talking about must be Qin Xiuchen.

Ever since becoming roommates with Qin Ran, I was shocked. Qin Xiuchen could be Qin Ran's uncle, Qin Ran could enter the laboratory, and she could even reach the 20th star level...

It didn't seem particularly surprising that she could meet her idol face to face...

Five minutes later, Nan Huiyao walked into the pedestrian street in a daze with the special visa. The owner of the boutique politely asked, "What do you need?"

Nan Huiyao shuddered and finally came to her senses.

**

Outside the gate.

In Qin Xiuchen's nanny car.

Qin Ran sat in the back seat, took off her hat, took out her cell phone, found Master Wei's number, and dialed it.

The phone rang twice before being connected.

“Teacher.” Qin Ran leaned against the car window.

On the other end of the phone, Master Wei was still in Continent M. After Qin Ran reached level seven ahead of his estimate, he stopped forcing her. Music was something that most people could not learn to a medium level through hard work, but the more advanced you were, the more talent you needed. Some people would be stuck at a bottleneck for decades.

"Why did you contact me all of a sudden?" Master Wei waved his hand and asked the people around him to leave first. He stood outside the window and smiled, "Have you figured out that you want to come to Continent M?"

“That’s not the case,” Qin Ran quickly rejected it, and then said, “It’s my uncle who wants to see you.”

Master Wei has been teaching in Continent M for the past month and doesn't pay much attention to domestic news. "Uncle?"

Qin Ran glanced at Qin Xiuchen and said, "Isn't it?"

"Okay." Master Wei responded decisively.

Qin Ran hung up the phone and sent Qin Xiuchen's contact information to Master Wei.

Then report Master Wei's number to the agent.

The agent took note of it, then looked up at Qin Ran… Is that it?

A master of the hall of fame like Master Wei should have a very busy schedule every day, right? If they are not preparing for a concert, they are busy teaching others, or they are practicing...

"Are you going to Continent M tomorrow?" Qin Ran looked at Qin Xiuchen. She had heard from Tian Xiaoxiao that Qin Xiuchen had accepted a script for Continent M.

Qin Xiuchen nodded, "Yes, there is a movie over there, which is expected to take half a year."

Some well-made movies even take several years to shoot, and half a year is only the time Qin Xiuchen personally participated in. The movie is considered heroic, with multiple protagonists, and Qin Xiuchen's part took half a year.

“That’s perfect,” Qin Ran put her hat back on, “Teacher, he’s also in Continent M.”

She opened the car door and got out with her backpack.

She had no experiments in the afternoon, so she did not go to the physics laboratory, but went to the library to complete her thesis.

In the nanny car behind her, the agent silently looked at Qin Ran's back.

Then he turned his gaze to Qin Xiuchen, was silent for a moment, and sighed: "My niece's style of doing things... is deeply influenced by your old man's previous teachings."

**

Ning Qing's apartment.

Lin Wan, with a graceful look, knocked on the door.

After a while, Ning Qing opened the door, "Aunt? Please come in."

She quickly let Lin Wan in.

Lin Wan sat at the table and looked at Ning Qing. This time her smile was warmer than before. She held Ning Qing's hand affectionately and said, "You should know what happened on the Internet recently."

The smile on Ning Qing's face froze. She hadn't slept well in the past few days. She felt restless and looked increasingly tired.

Qin Ran and Emperor Qin were so popular on the Internet, how could she not know?

She never expected that Qin Hanqiu, who was originally just a bricklayer, was actually Qin Xiuchen's brother...

When Ning Qing saw the scene that broke out on the Internet, her heart was numb.

"Of course I know." Ning Qing withdrew her hand, lowered her head and poured a glass of water for Lin Wan, feeling a little bitter in her heart.

Lin Wan looked at Ning Qing and knew that Ning Qing didn't know Qin Xiuchen's identity. She picked up the cup and suppressed the regret in her heart. "Actor Qin is actually the heir of the Qin family. You may be unfamiliar with the Qin family. Not only you, but I don't know much about it. But our old man told me that although the Qin family has declined now, it is still in the middle of the pyramid in Beijing. In terms of status in Beijing, a hundred Shen families can't compare to the Qin family."

“Bang—”

The teacup in Ning Qing's hand rolled to the ground.

She stared at Lin Wan blankly.

No wonder Qin Yu said last time that Qin Hanqiu casually bought a lot of jewelry for Qin Ran. At that time, she maliciously speculated whether Qin Hanqiu had also been assimilated by reality...

**

The next day.

M continent at 4:30 p.m.

Qin Xiuchen and his agent had just left the airport and were following the director and his entourage.

The blond and blue-eyed director who led everyone solemnly instructed, "This is outside the border of Continent M. The staff has gone to handle the border documents of Continent M. Everyone should know the regulations of Continent M. Don't run around, otherwise we will be powerless if something happens."

The others nodded.

The M Continent helipad is not the domestic area. It is occupied by several forces. There are no specific rules and it is easy to get into trouble if you don’t follow the team.

In this chaotic land, even people from the four major families must abide by the rules.

Qin Xiuchen was pulling a suitcase with one hand, wearing a long, straight coat. In this place, he was not that famous, so he could do whatever he wanted without having to wear a bucket suit to avoid being recognized by fans.

After walking a few steps, a young man got out of a black car on the wide avenue outside.

"Uncle Qin," the young man walked straight towards Qin Xiuchen and bowed politely, "Hello, I'm Wang Zifeng, the junior brother of Senior Sister. Master Wei asked me to wait for you here."

Not to mention Qin Xiuchen and his agent, even the director who was following them had never seen such a situation before.

"Qin, do you know anyone in Continent M?" The director looked at Qin Xiuchen in shock.

In Continent M, unless you are a force stationed in Continent M, or some colleges or special tour groups, you dare not drive outside the border at will.

The others looked at Qin Xiuchen curiously.

Actor Qin pursed his lips, said hello to the director, made an appointment to meet at the M Continent Center, and got in the car with his agent.

"Thank you so much for your help." The agent was in awe of Wang Zifeng for daring to drive outside the border of Continent M.

He knew that Master Wei was a special guest lecturer of the M Association...

But I really didn't expect that Master Wei seemed to have a very high status in the M Association, otherwise how could his disciples dare to travel back and forth freely between the borders of M Continent and M Continent?

Because Wang Zifeng was sitting in the passenger seat and his agent was sitting in the back, he couldn't help but send a message to Emperor Qin -

[This Master Wei is incredible. No wonder you said that the Xu family benefited from him. His disciples can come and go freely in Continent M. It would be great if my niece could come here too...]

The agent couldn't help but think of Qin Ran.

At the same time, she was also a little confused. Tian Xiaoxiao said that Qin Ran was Master Wei's chief disciple, so why didn't she come to Continent M...

Four hours later, at eight o'clock in the evening, Wang Zifeng's car arrived at M Association.

After the group got off the car, Wang Zifeng asked Qin Xiuchen, "Uncle Qin, do you want to see Master Wei now, or take a rest and see him tomorrow?"

From his tone, Qin Xiuchen and his agent both heard a message: Master Wei came to meet them completely according to his own schedule.

Qin Xiuchen lowered his gaze, his doubts growing in his heart, but his face was serious and polite, "Excuse me, do you know when Master Wei is available?"

Qin Ran introduced Master Wei to him, so it was impossible for Qin Xiuchen to leave a bad impression on Master Wei.

Seeing Qin Xiuchen and his agent being cautious, Wang Zifeng waved his hands quickly and smiled, "Uncle Qin, Senior Sister is the teacher's only closed disciple. The teacher was lenient with her. She said she didn't want to come to the M Association, so the teacher didn't force her to come and gave me the M Association quota. So, we are not being falsely polite to you. Please don't talk to me like this, I..."