Chapter 374: Meeting an acquaintance at Kyoto Research Institute

Lin Qingqing heard a knock on the door and knew it was time. She opened her eyes with difficulty and felt that every cell in her body was calling her to sleep.

It's only five weeks of pregnancy, and there are still nine months to go.

I hope the morning sickness doesn’t last too long.

These symptoms during pregnancy are normal reactions of the human body. She really cannot use medication to alleviate them, as that would not be good for the fetus.

She got up, dressed, washed her face with cold water, and felt much more awake.

"Let's go." She walked into the room with her bag and came to the door. Jiang Haixia started the car while she was washing her face.

As soon as she closed the door, the car sped away.

Fortunately, this happened in an alley. If it was on the street, the car would have flown out.

At 2:59, the car stopped steadily in front of the institute.

Deputy Commander Liao's car was already at the door.

Entrance to the institute is very strict, and one needs both a special door plate and an identity card to enter the main gate.

Jiang Haixia parked the car on the side of the road and got into Deputy Commander Liao's car with Lin Qingqing. She sat in the passenger seat and Lin Qingqing sat in the back.

"Let's go." Deputy Commander Liao said to the driver.

The car drove directly into the gate of the research institute, crossed a long tree-lined avenue, and arrived at a park.

This place is more like a park than a research institute, with thick shade from trees and the fragrance of flowers.

There are several small white buildings hidden among towering trees. The surroundings are very quiet and seem a bit isolated.

Occasionally, personnel in white research uniforms passed through the green path.

All this quietness is superficial. Armed soldiers stand guard under the shade of the trees, closely spaced. Their green camouflage uniforms resemble the trees, making them easy to overlook.

The car stopped at the designated parking line at the edge of the park.

The three of them got out of the car and walked to a small building.

"I'll take you to meet the dean here. You're here today to handle the formalities. Familiarizing yourself with the layout of the institute will facilitate your future work."

"Yes." Lin Qingqing fell half a step behind, her hands hanging on the bag, and responded calmly.

When the three of them arrived at the door, the staff on duty asked Deputy Commander Liao why they were there and led them to a lounge to wait.

"The dean is supposed to end the meeting at three o'clock. If it hasn't ended yet, there must be some topics being discussed. Please take a seat."

The staff member pushed open the door and explained.

Deputy Commander Liao nodded to the staff and sat down on the bench with Lin Qingqing.

Five minutes later, the door of the adjacent conference room was pushed open with great force and slammed against the wall with a loud bang.

It seems that this meeting was not a pleasant one.

Dean Ruan strode out of a conference room angrily with a stack of documents in his hand and behind his back.

He pouted, his white beard sticking up high, and kept muttering "useless" and "useless".

When the staff on duty saw Dean Ruan come out, they were used to seeing leaders who were always as angry as pufferfish.

He walked up to the office and reminded, "Dean, the guest you asked me to pay attention to is already in the lounge."

Dean Ruan nodded slightly and walked towards the lounge.

Before entering the lounge, he suppressed his anger and put down his pout, knocked on the door as calmly as possible, and then pushed it open and went in.

"Oh, Deputy Commander Liao, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. We were just discussing..."

He strode in, saying something apologetic, but his voice got stuck in his throat.

After a two-second pause, he exclaimed.

"It's you~!"

Deputy Commander Liao didn't understand. He only saw Dean Ruan quickly walk to Lin Qingqing, with a smile and surprise in his eyes.

He pointed at Lin Qingqing and asked Deputy Commander Liao, "Is this the talent you said you would release from our research institute?"

Deputy Commander Liao: You are really good at taking things out of context.

He reiterated, "The military needs this female volunteer to develop medicine, so please lend us your research institute's space."

Dean Ruan clapped his hands and laughed, saying, "That's the same idea."

He didn't give Deputy Commander Liao a chance to explain, and turned to ask Lin Qingqing: "Girl, do you still remember me?"

Lin Qingqing nodded: "D㹐 Train Station."

At that time, she, Song Yiyuan and Xiaomei were traveling from Shaanxi to the 957th Unit. They met this old man by chance when they were changing trains at D Station and gave him a bottle of repair pills.

Oops! My identity is exposed!

The old man knew that the repair pills were made by her.

Even in such a vast sea of people, you can still encounter this.

Dean Ruan said excitedly, "Yes, yes, yes. I ran into you outside the station when I was on my way to give a lecture. You were still reading medical books, and we were chatting. I felt at the time that you had a bright future. You even gave me a bottle of repair pills, which are the emergency number 3 pills that have been distributed to military regions across the country recently."

"What is fate? Look, this is fate. How did you meet me that day out of 800 million people in China? You're destined to be with me, and with the Kyoto Research Institute. Come on, come on, let's talk in my office."

Dean Ruan spoke at length in excitement.

It was attributed to their first meeting that Lin Qingqing and he were destined to be connected with the research institute.

She took Lin Qingqing's arm and went to her office on the second floor.

Deputy Commander Liao also followed.

He was not afraid that Lin Qingqing would be snatched away by the Kyoto Research Institute. Before the old leader left, he said that Major General Lin would be in charge of the newly built research institute. The documents were all in his hands. Who could go against the old leader's wishes?

Lin Qingqing was pulled up to the second floor by Dean Ruan. When she reached the turning point of the stairs, she was blocked by several people in white coats who were holding documents and having heated discussions.

They had just come out of the conference room, and because they had different opinions and started talking, they forgot to walk and stopped here.

"Make way, make way." Dean Ruan said to several people.

Lin Qingqing was behind him and looked up.

She knows four of them.

Great-grandfather, grandpa, dad, great-grandfather, uncle, and ~Lei Li.

She had seen these people in family photos, and Raymond was someone she had seen in a handbook at the institute before.

Lin Qingqing's breathing stagnated.

Someone also turned to look at her.

It was rare for the old dean to be so affectionate with a little girl, so they found it strange.

Lin Qingqing and Lei Li's eyes met.

The latter had a kind face and a smile on his lips. He wore gold-rimmed glasses and looked like an educated person.

Thirty-something is the prime of life, no wonder he is scheming to get to the top.