After returning to the weapons research institute, Huo Yingjie rested briefly before throwing himself into his busy work.
He has been in the lab for 72 consecutive hours without closing his eyes, constantly monitoring the experimental process.
This is a crucial day, and he cannot afford to be careless in the slightest.
Finally, at 10 a.m. on the second day, all three experiments were completed, and everyone in the laboratory cheered.
Huo Yingjie didn't stay to celebrate. Instead, he walked out of the laboratory, looked up at the bright sunlight outside, which was a bit dazzling! His steps were a little unsteady, and he felt dizzy. He had to move to the wall and lean against it.
But after taking a few steps, his body became weaker and weaker, and then everything went black before his eyes, and he lost consciousness.
"Huo Yingjie, Huo Yingjie..."
"Boss, boss..."
Huo Yingjie heard someone calling out repeatedly, the voice sounding very faint.
It gets bigger and smaller.
Sometimes far, sometimes near!
He finally heard clearly, and his eyelids weren't as heavy as before. He opened his eyes with difficulty.
"Big brother, you're finally awake?" Zhou Yuanchao asked with concern, his eyes red.
Everything was white, and there was a strong smell of disinfectant. This must be a hospital.
"Yuanchao, didn't I go to the dormitory? How did I end up in the hospital?" Huo Yingjie asked, quite puzzled. He was always in good health, and although he was a little tired, he could have just slept it off.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuanchao smiled wryly and said, "Brother, don't push yourself so hard in the future. You stay up for three days and three nights straight in the lab; even someone made of iron couldn't keep that up!"
Huo Yingjie then realized that he had fainted from exhaustion and said, "That's alright, I'm awake now, we can go back."
Just then, Chief Engineer Sun and some others arrived. Seeing that Huo Yingjie had woken up, they were very pleased and said, "Yingjie, your experiment was a great success, saving our laboratory manpower and resources. I'm very happy. However, even though you've achieved results, I still have to criticize you. Health is the foundation of everything. You can't just focus on experiments without resting. Take a few days to rest and recuperate. Afterward, I'll assign two people to help you oversee the experiment. You only need to keep an eye on the overall direction; you don't need to personally supervise the experiment anymore."
Huo Yingjie had only been at the weapons research institute for a short time and was still a junior researcher. How could he be qualified to have an assistant?
"Hehe, don't worry, the national commendation order has already been issued, and you've been promoted to head of the R&D team at today's meeting," Chief Engineer Sun said with a smile. "You're qualified to have three assistants."
"Huh?" Huo Yingjie was surprised. This treatment was much better than before. If he had an assistant, he wouldn't be so tired. "Chief Engineer Sun, isn't this inappropriate? I'm so young, and I haven't been at the research institute for very long!"
Chief Engineer Sun smiled and said, "Don't overthink it. Here, everything is based on ability. If you have ability, people will respect you. Everyone is vying to be your assistant now. I'll arrange two for you, and you can choose one yourself."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuanchao immediately patted his chest and said, "Pick me, pick me..."
Huo Yingjie nodded and said, "Then I'll choose you."
"That's great! I'll have to keep a close eye on your rest from now on," Zhou Yuanchao said with a smile. "I also hope that you can balance work and rest in the future and lead us to achieve even greater success."
“Yes, I also hope you recover soon,” Chief Engineer Sun said, looking at Huo Yingjie with kindness. In Huo Yingjie, he saw his younger self.
Just then, a doctor in a white coat came in from the corridor, holding a pen in one hand and a whiteboard in the other, with a notebook on it specifically for recording patients' clinical conditions.
"Alright, you've finished talking, now go back. The patient needs to rest," the doctor said, frowning. With so many people arriving, there wasn't any fresh air in the room.
Huo Yingjie frowned. The voice sounded familiar. He looked up and was stunned. Why was she here?
The doctor acted as if he didn't see Huo Yingjie, took out his stethoscope, and was about to examine Huo Yingjie.
Chief Engineer Sun smiled and said, "Yingjie, you should rest well. I'll come to visit you again later."
"Thank you, Chief Engineer Sun," Huo Yingjie said with a smile. "Zhou Yuanchao, go get me some food; I'm hungry."
"Okay, I'll go right now. The cafeteria has braised pork today," Zhou Yuanchao said with a smile, grabbing his lunchbox and rushing out to get his food.
Everyone else had left, and for a moment only Huo Yingjie, the doctor, remained in the room!
The doctor examined Huo Yingjie expressionlessly and said, "It's just due to overwork, nothing serious. Just be careful to balance work and rest in the future. You can go home after this bottle of glucose is finished."
"Why are you here?" Huo Yingjie couldn't help but ask. The woman's behavior and words during the New Year at his grandfather's house were still vivid in his mind and ears, making him extremely annoyed.
The female doctor then looked at Huo Yingjie properly and said, "This is my job, why can't I do it?"
"You're here. Where's Huo Yingqi?" Huo Yingjie asked. Zhou Yuanyuan and Huo Yingqi were always inseparable.
Seeing Huo Yingjie's unfriendly tone, Zhou Yuanyuan felt sullen and said, "How would I know where Yingqi went! But you, you don't take care of your health at all. I'll write to Grandpa Huo later and tell him where Grandma Huo is."
Huo Yingjie was most afraid of this; he didn't want his elders to know that he had fainted and to worry them.
“Just keep your own background to yourself. I’m a patient, and I have the right to privacy,” Huo Yingjie said. “If you talk nonsense, I will let you know that this is a breach of discipline.”
"You..." Zhou Yuanyuan finally couldn't hold back anymore, her eyes reddening, "Brother Yingjie, how could you treat me like this?"
Huo Yingjie turned his head away, not wanting to have too much to do with Zhou Yuanyuan, and said, "Since you are a doctor here, you are a colleague in the same unit. Is there anything wrong with what I said?"
If you don't like her, don't give her unrealistic fantasies!
"Brother Yingjie, I'm so..." Zhou Yuanyuan hadn't finished speaking when she heard Zhou Yuanchao rushing over.
"Big brother, big brother, dinner's ready," Zhou Yuanchao said. "It's still hot, don't dawdle."
Zhou Yuanchao helped Huo Yingjie sit up, pulled out the table on the hospital bed, and placed the food on it.
"Thank you very much," Huo Yingjie said gratefully. He was indeed hungry, and without caring that there were other people in the room, he began to eat heartily.
However, Huo Yingjie is very well-mannered; even though he eats quickly, he doesn't wolf down his food.
"Doctor, is my older brother alright?" Seeing Huo Yingjie eating with a doctor beside him, he asked carefully.
Zhou Yuanchao also noticed that the doctor seemed to be new!
Zhou Yuanyuan did not answer, turned around and left, ignoring Zhou Yuanchao.
"Ugh, this new doctor has a bit of a temper," Zhou Yuanchao muttered discontentedly. "But she's quite pretty. I wonder if she has a boyfriend." (To be continued.)
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