Chapter 14 Huang Nai

After Chen Qinzhu caused such a commotion, Song Li lay in bed at home for a whole day before she woke up. What she should be thankful for most was that He Qian temporarily went on a business trip to M City.

As long as He Qian is not around, no one in Qiliang will care about her existence. It should be said that no one dares to ask about it. After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that only He Qian can order her around.

Song Li barely managed to fill his stomach and put a plaster on his knee. In this cold winter, no matter how thickly he wore, he could not withstand the biting wind.

Just as she was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with her thoughts in confusion, her cell phone suddenly rang. It was Du Zhanrong.

He said he would ask her out for dinner and had a surprise for her.

Before Song Li had time to care about his injuries, he could hear that he was unable to contain his happiness.

As she felt guilty towards Du Zhanrong and the drug research data was still unclear, she packed herself up and went out to keep the appointment.

Unexpectedly, when I entered the restaurant, I saw Du Zhanrong and Huang Nai sitting together.

Huang Nai was dressed casually, wearing black-framed glasses and had his hair combed back. He crossed his legs and leaned back in a big chair with a cup of light tea. His serious facial features and a pinch of stubble on his chin made him look more mature and steady. When he saw Song Li walking towards him, he was obviously surprised.

As Song Li walked towards them, he felt conflicted. He didn't know how to talk to Huang Nai, whom he hadn't seen for almost ten years.

This corner is quiet and spacious. There are no other guests in the surrounding area. Only the sound of the piano in the restaurant lobby can be heard. To be precise, this area has been taken care of.

Du Zhanrong stood up, holding the arm strap in one hand and pulling the chair away for her with the other.

Huang Nai's eyes never left her from the moment she appeared until they sat face to face, and he chewed on the bitter taste that kept spreading in his mouth.

"Senior Brother." After Song Li sat down firmly, he still called out an appropriate title.

"Do you know each other?" Du Zhanrong was just about to introduce himself.

"Long time no see." Huang Nai was a little embarrassed, but he didn't show too much surprise. "I didn't expect that Mr. Du would invite you..."

Song Li's face darkened slightly, and he couldn't ignore the palpitations of seeing each other again after a long separation. He organized his words in his mind for a long time before pretending to be calm and said, "I didn't expect that Mr. Du would ask you out."

Du Zhanrong noticed her absent-mindedness and motioned the waiter over. "You call him Senior Brother? What kind of connection?"

"She didn't call me Senior Brother before." Huang Nai quickly suppressed his bad mood, "When we were at Yuan University, she called me by my first name."

Song Li's eyes flickered with embarrassment, and she smiled faintly. In college, he was two years her senior, and since they were in the same major, they often met in analytical classes. Later, at the Fuhua Biopharmaceutical Laboratory, she would call him "Brother Xiaonai" because Tao Fuhua called him Xiaonai. But now, he was a towering authority in the pharmaceutical research world, and almost everyone called him Director Huang or Professor Huang.

The waiter came over with the menu, and Song Li just ordered a glass of lemonade and a soufflé.

"You are still classmates!" Du Zhanrong looked happy.

"Song Li is my direct junior." Huang Nai took a sip of tea. "Because she is so outstanding, many professors allow her to attend classes in a different grade, so we meet quite often."

"That's great. I'll have another way to get to know you in the future!" Du Zhanrong said half-jokingly. He actually saw that Song Li seemed quite interested in the matter of drug research mentioned before, so he asked Huang Nai to come out for dinner together.

Huang Nai looked at her evasive eyes. Recently, he had heard that Du Zhanrong was pursuing a young secretary, a young man who had just returned from China. Everyone once thought that he was just looking for novelty, but after meeting Du Zhanrong a few times, they felt that this person did not seem like a playboy. And the person he was dating was actually Song Li, which was really a bit surprising.

Song Li was grateful that Du Zhanrong didn't ask her why she didn't work in pharmaceutical research. "Is your hand feeling better? You called me out so urgently, didn't you, just to eat?"

"I feel much better today. I went to the hospital this morning to change my medicine. If there is no problem during the follow-up check tomorrow, I don't want to be on the hook anymore. It's troublesome."

"Didn't they say it would take a week? It's only the fourth day, and I can't even touch it. When I was discharged from the hospital, the doctor said I needed to wear it for a few more days to recover better."

"It looks like a hero saving a beauty?" Huang Nai looked back and forth at the two of them several times. Song Li is not the kind of person who cares about everyone.

"I fell down by myself." Du Zhanrong said with a sly smile on his face.

Huang Nai understood. As they talked to each other, he thought of too many things...

Du Zhanrong's tone darkened as he said, "After you left Fenghua Manor that day, I wanted to go out and look for you, but my mother stopped me. I'm sorry, Song Li, I couldn't stop her. Did you bump your knee?"

"The pants are thick, it's okay." Song Li said it was a lie that he didn't mind, but he was not the one who hit the man, and he was also injured because of his sister. "You don't have to take it to heart."

"So, this is the main reason why I asked you out!" Du Zhanrong said impatiently, "My mom wants me to take over the launch of the P-n58. As long as I complete this task, she won't stop me from being with you."

P-n58...Song Li was shocked.

Du Zhanrong continued, "My mom asked me to hand over some data to Huang Nai so I can study it. If you have any questions, you can ask him. I heard you mentioned it last time and you seemed interested, so I asked you to come out as well."

Huang Nai looked at Song Li and said, "I am here to help you!"

"It just so happens that you are in the same major. I don't know much about pharmaceutical research, so I can ask you if I don't understand anything!" Du Zhanrong was slightly annoyed. It turned out that Song Li was also a pharmaceutical research major. No wonder she had a topic to talk about when P-n58 was mentioned last time. She had been indifferent before.

Huang Nai was silent for a moment, then adjusted his glasses and glanced at Song Li. "Mr. Du is so sincere in sharing such a confidential document just because you're interested in it! Alright, let's get started..."

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Every time Song Li was looked at by him, she felt uncomfortable all over. Why? Because Huang Nai was the only person besides her family who knew why she was "willingly" staying with He Qian!

Huang Nai also witnessed the fire in the laboratory twelve years ago, as well as the deaths of Tao Fuhua and Qin Xiang. Later, He Qian even forced Song Li to personally admit to arson and murder, and forced her father to death on the rooftop!

He Qian was furious that day, and Huang Nai was trying to persuade him anxiously. Her father Song Qian was carried to the ninth-floor rooftop, and Huang Nai followed him up to try to save him, but in the end she had to watch Song Qian jump down by himself!

Later, He Qian continued to threaten her with the lives of her family, leaving her powerless to resist. Later, He Qian's father announced the disbanding of his laboratory and retired to the countryside. Huang Nai then went to work at Chen Pharmaceuticals, and gradually lost contact with her.

The past events were vivid in their minds. Huang Nai and Song Li were both trying to control the ups and downs of their chests. They understood it without having to explain it clearly.

Afternoon tea and dinner took almost five hours. Song Li felt that her mind could no longer hold anything else. On the way back to Ciyun Pavilion, she was still thinking carefully about the analysis data that Du Zhanrong and Huang Nai had shown her, thinking about it over and over again...

As soon as she returned to Ciyun Pavilion, she immediately turned on her computer, not waiting even a second, and wrote down everything in her mind...

She didn't have a photographic memory, but at least the data that was imprinted in her memory within a short period of time could still be restored 100% for her.

There are still ten days left before the P-n58 launch conference, and time is running out. She couldn't guess why He Qian wanted the research and development data at this last minute. If he wanted to deal with Chen Pharmaceutical and stop this press conference, he wouldn't take action so late. Moreover, relying on her to get close to Du Zhanrong is not a sure thing!

You have to know that Chen Pharmaceutical spent more than three years on research and development, testing, clinical trials, analysis, and application... and Du Zhanrong never participated in it once.

But she vaguely felt that He Qian's use of the information in this R&D database was just the beginning.