Jin Yue's eyes widened suddenly as he looked at Chen Ke, his joy barely contained. "...Congratulations! Congratulations, Engineer Chen!" But after a long moment of excitement, he could only manage to utter "Congratulations."

Chen Ke's lips curled up, and he silently breathed a sigh of relief while also spurring himself on. This was just the beginning; our country had a long way to go, and there were still many places where he was needed.

As the three were talking, they heard footsteps in the corridor, and three anxious faces appeared at the door.

"Big brother, are you alright?"

"Big brother, big brother... what's wrong?" These were the anxious, choked voices of Chen Zhi and Chen Yu.

"Chen Ke, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me!" This was Wang Jingjiang's terrified voice, as if the sky were about to fall.

Chen Ke: ""

He really just took a nap, why did everyone think he was about to die?

Before Chen Ke could speak, Jin Yue and Li Guangpei hurriedly welcomed Chen Zhi and Chen Yu in. "You must be his younger brother and sister, right? Come in, come in and tell us, who is this...?" The two looked at Wang Jingjiang.

Wang Jingjiang: "Oh, I'm his buddy, the closest kind."

Jin Yue and Li Guangpei gave Wang Jingjiang a strange look, but there was no need to explain it so clearly.

After the three of them came in and sat down, Jin Yue explained, "Engineer Chen just did research for too long and didn't get enough rest, which is why he slept for so long. There's nothing wrong with his health."

The three of them breathed a sigh of relief, but Chen Yu was genuinely frightened. Even though she knew Chen Ke was alright, her eyes were still red. "Big brother, you really scared us to death! Do you know how scared I was when I got the news at school? You're doing your research, why didn't you get some rest?"

Chen Ke raised his hand, paused for a moment, and then slowly touched Chen Yu's head. He guessed that the two younger ones were probably so frightened because they were thinking about the deaths of their parents. He said gently, "I'm sorry, big brother made you worry."

Chen Yu was prone to crying, and had been suppressing it all along. But upon hearing the long-awaited words of comfort, she could no longer hold back and burst into tears, sobbing, "Waaaaah, big brother, waaaaah, please don't scare me anymore, waaaaah..."

Chen Zhi sniffled away from people, patted Chen Yu on the back, and said in a muffled voice, "Alright, big brother is fine, don't cry so much and make a fool of yourself."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yu wiped away her tears and glared fiercely at Chen Zhi. She was about to say that she was shameful, that she had to cry loudly so that the people at the research institute wouldn't dare to "exploit" her older brother. What was that all about? Her older brother was perfectly fine when he was a textile worker, but now he was so exhausted from working at the research institute that he ended up in the hospital. Was that even reasonable?

But Chen Yugang was lucky, and suddenly a big snot bubble came out of his nose.

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The air suddenly became still.

Three seconds later.

Li Guangpei and Jin Yue immediately turned their eyes away, pretending they hadn't seen anything, but their chests were heaving, clearly trying to suppress their laughter.

Chen Zhi realized what was happening and secretly glanced back. When he saw that the two people behind him had already turned around, he quickly pointed at Chen Yubao and told her to quickly take out a handkerchief to wipe it off.

Chen Yu was completely stunned.

Seeing this, Chen Ke was both amused and exasperated. He searched around to see if there was any paper, hoping that this scene wouldn't leave any psychological trauma on Chen Yu.

Almost everyone present was silently trying to save the little girl's face, except for Wang Jingjiang, who first froze, then burst out laughing, "Hahahaha... Hahahaha... What a huge snot bubble! Hahahaha—"

Jin Yue and Li Guangpei looked at Wang Jingjiang in shock.

Chen Zhi also looked at him with some reproach.

Wang Jingjiang's laughter stopped abruptly.

He paused, then quickly pulled a tissue from his pocket and handed it to Chen Yu. But as luck would have it, the snot bubble suddenly popped again.

Wang Jingjiang: ······

He swore he had really thought through all the sad things in his life.

But I really couldn't help it.

"Pfft... Pfft... Hahaha... Sorry... Hahahaha, I didn't mean to... Sorry, it just wouldn't stop." Wang Jingjiang laughed uncontrollably while cursing the people behind him. Damn it, were these two trained as spies? How could they hold back their laughter?

Chen Yu: ""

Chen Yu angrily took the paper from Wang Jingjiang's hand and wiped her nose in a very unladylike manner.

The scene became awkward at one point.

Later, Jin Yue and Li Guangpei made an excuse to go get some porridge for Chen Ke and left first. Only Wang Jingjiang, after finally stopping laughing, stood there blankly without any intention of leaving.

Chen Zhi and Chen Yu were concerned about Chen Ke, asking him what exactly he did at the research institute and why he was so exhausted that he ended up in the hospital.

Wang Jingjiang spoke up from the side: "You two, stop asking. It's all state secrets. We're not allowed to talk about it."

Chen Zhi and Chen Yu: ""

The two people behind him stopped asking about that and started asking Chen Ke about his daily life, whether he was living well, and whether he was eating well.

Wang Jingjiang: "The one-bedroom apartment I stayed in was quite nice, and the food... the food was also good, there were even chicken legs."

Chen Zhi and Chen Yu: ""

Ignoring the two children's speechless surprise, Chen Ke asked Wang Jingjiang, "How did you know what we eat in the cafeteria?"

Wang Jingjiang: "Oh, my dad knows the cafeteria chef at your research institute. I overheard him say something when they were eating at my house."

Chen Ke: ······

Your information network is truly extensive.

Later, Chen Zhi and Chen Yu had to leave after sitting for a while because they had to go to work and class. After the two left, only Wang Jingjiang was left.

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