"Oh, I understand." Fu Mingxue nodded.

She didn't explain to Song Mingyue why she was late.

I went to my seat, turned on my computer, and started working.

After she finished organizing some materials, she turned off the computer and prepared to leave for the school's laboratory.

Just then, there was a knock on the office door.

"Enter."

As soon as Fu Mingxue said this, the door was pushed open.

"Professor Fu, I'm here to report for duty."

There was no need for introductions, because Fu Mingxue recognized them.

He is a senior student and will graduate this semester.

Fu Mingxue had even given him a lesson, so of course she remembered him.

"Li Zhengfei, come in."

Li Zhengfei immediately went inside.

"Professor Fu, thank you for choosing me."

Li Zhengfei was initially disappointed to learn that Teacher Fu had already chosen his candidate.

Unexpectedly, things took a turn for the better—someone actually declined Professor Fu's offer, and the vacant spot fell to him.

This made him extremely happy.

I don't know which lucky fool actually rejected Teacher Fu.

Doesn't that person know how formidable Teacher Fu is?

He didn't sleep a wink last night, afraid that he would wake up to find it was all a dream.

I came early this morning specifically to find Teacher Fu, but he wasn't there.

Fortunately, he's here now.

"You've come at the right time. Take a look at this. I'm going to the lab now. Come with me."

"Okay, Professor Fu."

"Just call me Professor Fu!" Calling me Professor Fu or something like that feels really awkward.

Li Zhengfei readily agreed, "Okay, Teacher Fu!"

Fu Mingxue pointed to a stack of documents on the table, which she had organized at home last night.

Many of them are notes she has taken over the past two years, as well as her new research project in the school's laboratory.

Her materials are quite valuable, since they are all books provided by the system.

Since the books in the system couldn't be taken out, all of these were handwritten excerpts by her, along with some of her own insights.

Li Zhengfei immediately picked up the documents.

Fu Mingxue walked outside.

Li Zhengfei, clutching the documents, quickly followed them out.

"I forgot to introduce her earlier. The person in my office is named Song Mingyue; she's my assistant. If I'm not at school anymore, you can contact her if you need anything. Just leave her a message. Also, please write down my home phone number—"

Fu Mingxue gave her home phone number.

She only recited it once, confident that Li Zhengfei would remember it.

Why did she choose blindly yesterday?

Why not just choose Li Zhengfei, a student we already know?

The two arrived at the laboratory.

"Familiarize yourself with these machines first. Also, you should be familiar with this cylinder compression pressure measuring device; you've taken a class on that before. We'll be measuring a different kind—"

Fu Mingxue discussed some key elements.

Li Zhengfei listened very carefully.

The morning passed by in the blink of an eye.

"I won't be at school this afternoon, so you'll have to look after things here yourself."

"Okay." Li Zhengfei nodded.

The two left the laboratory.

The reason Fu Mingxue didn't invite Yun Zhe was because their backgrounds were different.

The books she had Yunzhe read yesterday were useful to him.

Back in the office, Song Mingyue was nowhere to be seen; clearly, the girl had gone to eat.

That's good.

After quickly tidying up, she left the office and drove away from the school.

After driving out, I realized I hadn't eaten.

After thinking about it, I drove home.