Chapter 185 Chapter 185 [Jinjiang exclusive, human relations...
Half a month had passed since the failed date on New Year's Day, and the relationship between Lin Yimu and He Xiuji had made greater progress.
After He Xiuji got the answer that Lin Yimu was willing to marry him, he had been very excited these days. He would call his assistant from time to time to urge him to speed up the process and arrangement of the engagement ceremony.
Lin Yimu threw himself into his own drug research again, but this time he did not use the laboratory of Peking University, but a place temporarily borrowed from He Xiuji.
Originally, Lin Yimu's first wish was to cooperate with the National Research Institute, but when Zhang Hechang came to pick him up to go to the institute two days ago, he became hesitant about this idea.
At the beginning, Lin Yimu was very confident that he could answer the various doubts and questions in his thesis.
And at the beginning, there were indeed no problems and everything went smoothly.
But as things progressed, some researchers asked increasingly tricky and critical questions.
In fact, these are nothing. Lin Yimu wrote down all the data in his own paper by himself.
Even those who were specifically pointed out for questions, and whose data were obviously only used to assist in linking and understanding, were unreasonably pointed out for questions.
This made Lin Yimu very confused.
After all, those sitting here are basically researchers with some achievements in scientific research institutes, and there are even some big names at the level of old professors sitting in the front row.
However, these people did not stop such questions, and even remained silent from beginning to end. This atmosphere made Lin Yimu very uncomfortable.
However, out of respect for the big guys, responsibility for my own paper, and trust in the National Research Institute, I answered everyone's questions patiently and good-temperedly.
After answering everyone's questions, Lin Yimu thought he would get a reply soon. After all, he had already answered all of their questions, and from the existing information, it could be seen that his project was very promising.
Apart from those researchers who raised difficult questions, the old professors who really had a say did not show any lack of support.
But the result disappointed him.
After Lin Yimu answered everyone's questions, an old professor told him to go back and wait for news, and he would get a reply as soon as possible.
In fact, Lin Yimu was a little disappointed after hearing this answer. He thought he could get an answer on the spot.
Well, he admitted, he was spoiled.
Since his rebirth, except for the failure in the system tasks at the beginning, he has basically not failed in anything.
Although he knew very well that a large part of his success was given by the system, every success gave him great confidence, but it also inevitably made him a little proud.
So after not hearing the answer he wanted immediately, Lin Yimu was a little disappointed. However, thinking that this was a research institute and that the achievements of each of these big guys had made huge contributions to the country and were better than himself, he suppressed his disappointment and went home obediently.
On the way home, Lin Yimu also reflected on his mentality.
The moment he felt disappointed, he found that his mentality had changed. He thought that he might have really been spoiled, by his parents, the system in his mind, by his teacher who was sharp-tongued but always responsive to his requests, by the professors of various subjects who were kind to him and appreciated his abilities, and even... He Xiu Ji!
However, although he was aware of his changes, Lin Yimu did not intend to change. At most, he would suppress the pride in his heart and treat academics and professors with a humble attitude again.
But the discomfort in his heart was real.
So, after waiting for a week without receiving any notification, Lin Yimu got angry and went straight to He Xiuji to borrow a laboratory.
Now, half a month has passed since that day when his doubts were answered, and his experiments have made some breakthroughs, but there is still no response from the research institute.
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“Buzz…Buzz…Buzz…”
Suddenly, the sound of a cell phone vibrating frequently interrupted Lin Yimu who was immersed in his research.
Lin Yimu frowned and took out his cell phone. After taking a look at the caller, his brows relaxed and he answered the call.
"Xiao Mu, have you finished your experiment? It's lunch time now, don't forget to eat."
He Xiuji's deep, cello-like voice came clearly from the phone.
"Okay, got it. I'm almost done with my work. I'll go eat after I'm done. Don't just blame me. You should also not just focus on work and not eat on time." Lin Yimu turned on the speakerphone of his phone and replied while continuing with the work in his hands.
He Xiuji on the other end of the phone chuckled and said, "Okay, I'll ask my assistant to buy food now. Since you haven't eaten yet, I'll have someone send you one. Don't always eat fast food, which is not nutritionally complete."
"good."
Lin Yimu listened to the words coming from the phone and did not object to He Xiuji's request to order food for him.
Ever since their relationship heated up, He Xiuji began to invade his life in a domineering manner.
From the dinner when he gets home every day, to the phone calls at noon to remind him to eat lunch on time, to the daily clothing matching, all of these are now taken care of by He Xiuji. If the two of them didn't work in a similar way, He Xiuji would have wanted to pick him up and drop him off to get off work every day.
The two chatted for a while, and were busy with their work from time to time, but they tacitly did not hang up the call. They just said a few words occasionally in the busy intervals. Although it was a little silent, it did not seem awkward, but instead there was a sense of warmth.
The two maintained this atmosphere until Lin Yimu's lunch was delivered. With the idea of asking the other to have a good meal, they gave each other a few more words of advice and then hung up.
Lin Yimu was speechless for a moment as he looked at the two four-layer high food boxes that were delivered to him.
Sending so many here, are you treating him like a pig to be fed?
Even though he complained in his heart, Lin Yimu still opened the lunch box. However, the scene after opening the lunch box was different from what he had imagined.
Although there were indeed a lot of dishes in the food box, they were only beautifully presented and the portions were not much, just enough for a few bites.
Looking at the exquisite dishes in the food boxes, Lin Yimu opened all the food boxes with peace of mind.
The two food boxes together had a total of eight layers. After Lin Yimu took out all the food, he still felt overwhelmed when looking at the table full of dishes.
This is too much! Eight dishes, one soup, fruits and various desserts filled the cafeteria table in front of him, which was very shocking to look at.
It is also very eye-catching.
Originally, he thought that He Xiuji would just order him a hearty meal of three dishes and a soup, but when he went downstairs to pick up the food, he saw the two large food boxes in the delivery man's hands and knew that he had to find a bigger place to eat, otherwise, in the laboratory environment filled with materials, there might be no place to put the food in the food boxes.
But now, looking at the rectangular dining table full of food, Lin Yimu began to worry again.
I can’t finish it. I simply can’t finish it. How can I solve this problem?
Sighing silently in his heart, Lin Yimu took out his mobile phone, took a photo of the dining table in front of him, then opened VX and clicked to send.
On the other side, in the He Group building, He Xiuji, who had just finished his meal and was processing urgent documents, immediately picked up his phone after hearing the special message alert tone.
After seeing the picture sent by Lin Yimu, he replied, "Be good and eat well. What do you want to eat tonight?" I'll make it for you when I get back. 】
After receiving the reply, Lin Yimu looked at the message from the other party and was speechless.
He hasn't even started lunch yet, but he's already asking about dinner. Does he really look that delicious?
He was muttering to himself, but his hands were replying to messages quite quickly.
[I want to eat beef brisket stewed with tomatoes in the evening. 】
After replying to He Xiuji's words, Lin Yimu looked up at the full plate of dishes in front of him. The portions were small but the quantity was large. He couldn't finish them all by himself.
Thinking of this, Lin Yimu also sent a message.
Then I thought, why not pack up some of the food and send it to He Xiuji at the company?
When this thought came to his mind, he thought it was a good idea and immediately stood up to put half of the dishes into the lunch box.
But before he could do anything, the phone on the table vibrated and a message from He Xiuji came.
[It’s okay. If you can’t finish it, you can share it with your colleagues. This will help you get closer to them. 】
Looking at the message sent by He Xiuji, Lin Yimu retracted his hand that was originally stretched out to take the dishes and sat back in his chair.
After hesitating for a long time, deleting and typing for a long time, he finally replied with the word "OK".
Lin Yimu put down his phone, looked at the table full of dishes and thought. He had been here for more than a week, and it seemed that he had not had much communication with other researchers in this laboratory building.
He usually goes to the cafeteria, the laboratory, or the material room. His daily routine of going between these three places rarely allows him to communicate with other researchers.
Only when I go to the materials room to get experimental materials will I occasionally run into researchers who are also going there to get materials, but we are just nodding acquaintances.
Lin Yimu could actually clearly feel that these researchers actually looked down on him, because he was brought in by President He himself through the back door, and was in charge of an independent project as soon as he arrived. To people who didn't know the truth, he was just a person with connections who had no ability but was still trying to steal resources.
Besides, he is really too young, and you can tell at a glance that he is immature.
According to most people's habitual thinking, people of his age haven't even graduated from college and it's impossible for them to have any real talent.
So basically, people who meet Lin Yimu have a bad attitude. It’s not the kind of bad attitude that is obvious, but a kind of silent rejection and indifference.
However, Lin Yimu himself didn't care much about it. He could understand the pride of these researchers. If he were them, he probably wouldn't treat those with connections well either.
It was as if in his previous life, he had no systematic help and was just an ordinary person. Every time the opportunity he fought for was snatched away by the company or people with connections, he was more than unhappy and displeased.
Now, in the scientific research community, there is zero tolerance for people who use backdoors. It is a high level of quality that these researchers did not confront him in person.
After all, these people are either well-known professors in the medical industry, or have worked hard for several years or even decades to achieve something. Of course, they look down on those who use backdoors.
These prejudices cannot be eliminated by He Xiuji personally bringing him to meet people. Only when he shows his true talents and knowledge can such prejudices be eliminated.
So now, He Xiuji asked him to share the food with his colleagues, but he didn't know who to share it with.
From the moment he took out the food from the lunch box, people's eyes kept looking over at him, but no one came forward to ask questions. Lin Yimi didn't know how to start the conversation for a moment.
"I shouldn't have agreed if I had known." Lin Yimu poked the rice in the bowl with chopsticks and muttered in annoyance.
"Xiao Lin, why are you eating here alone?"
Just when Lin Yimu was secretly regretting his mistake, a somewhat old voice came from above his head and asked.
Hearing this, Lin Yimu raised his head abruptly, and saw a woman in her 60s standing in front of him, with her silver hair neatly combed behind her head. The smile on her face was kind and warm, and the look she gave him was also very gentle. The whole person standing there gave people a kind of quiet and restrained beauty that came from the accumulation of years.
But Lin Yimu did not recognize the old woman in front of him. On the day when He Xiuji brought him to meet her, he had never seen this old lady with outstanding temperament. For a moment, he didn't know how to address her, but he still politely asked her to sit down.
The woman seemed to see Lin Yimu's embarrassment. After sitting down, she took the initiative to introduce herself, "Xiao Lin, just call me Professor Shao or Teacher Shao. I am the director of the research department here and a professor at Beijing University."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yimu obediently called out, "Professor Shao."
After calling the person, Lin Yimu suddenly realized who the other person was.
Isn’t this the person he learned about when he was looking up information for his paper? She is the only female professor of medicine at Peking University and a doctoral supervisor. She has even presided over many national projects and published a large number of academic papers.
When he was writing his previous cancer paper, he also referred to data from the other party's paper on active cell research.
But she was so focused on the paper at that time that she just glanced at the scholar's name at the end. Moreover, the signatures of papers published in SCI are all in pinyin or English, so she really didn't connect him with the person in front of her.
After learning about the other party's identity, Lin Yimu was excited.
Although he sometimes attended classes at Peking University, the medical courses were strictly controlled, so he was able to attend very few classes. Especially for a highly respected professor like Professor Shao, he basically did not give open classes, so he had only heard of him but had never met him in person.
When he suddenly saw someone, he didn't know what to say for a moment. For the first time, he was secretly annoyed at himself for being so tongue-tied at the critical moment!
Just as he was secretly feeling annoyed, Lin Yimu's eyes inadvertently swept across the table full of dishes in front of him. His eyes lit up, and after thinking for a while, he invited him, "Professor Shao, have you eaten? Do you want to eat something together?"
Professor Shao, who was looking at Lin Yimu, subtly withdrew his gaze and looked back at the dining table when he heard his words.
I was a little surprised when I saw it. I was just busy looking at this talented student who was highly praised by the professors in the school. I didn't pay attention to his lunch. I didn't expect it to be so rich.
"Xiao Lin, do you have such a big appetite?" Professor Shao asked in surprise, and then, without waiting for Lin Yimu to answer, he nodded in agreement and said, "Young man, you are growing up, so it's better to eat more. Being able to eat is a blessing."
Listening to Professor Shao's words, Lin Yimu waved his hands in embarrassment and explained: "No, no, my appetite is pretty normal. My partner ordered all these meals for me today. He wanted me to eat with my colleagues to ease the relationship..."
Lin Yimu's voice gradually lowered towards the end, and he felt a little embarrassed to tell the old professor in front of him, whom he had a good impression of, about how to arrange these interpersonal relationships.
After listening to this, Professor Shao nodded in understanding, and he also had an idea of the relationship between Lin Yimu and the researchers in the laboratory building.
Because she was feeling unwell, her students and researchers persuaded her to go home and rest for a while, so the two did not meet when Lin Yimu came on the first day.
But before that, He Xiuji called her specifically and asked her to take good care of Lin Yimu.
As a professor at the University of Tokyo, she had always been curious about Lin Yimu, the acclaimed genius, but she had never seen this student who loved to sneak into her class, so she had been curious for a long time.
When she received Xiao He's call this time, she agreed immediately. However, her family was worried about her health and insisted that she stay at home to recuperate, so she didn't meet him until today.
Professor Shao smiled and said, "Don't worry. I believe that with your ability, you will be recognized by everyone sooner or later. But you also need to communicate more with everyone. Otherwise, how can everyone know your ability if they are not familiar with each other?"
As he spoke, Professor Shao picked up the disposable bamboo chopsticks placed in front of him, picked up a piece of food in front of him, and said, "Just like this table of food, isn't it a good opportunity to break the ice?"
After saying that, Professor Shao put the dish into his mouth and chewed it slowly.
After listening to the professor's words, Lin Yimu's excitement calmed down a little, but he still didn't know how to take the initiative to make friends with others.
Because he didn't know anyone in the cafeteria, he didn't even remember the names of some of them. He opened and closed his mouth for a long time but no sound came out. He didn't know who to call.
Seeing his entangled look, Professor Shao pointed at him with some regret and said, "You. Young people can't be so shy. It's easy to suffer losses. Especially for those of us who do research, we can't just wait for others to come to you. You have to take the initiative to break the shackles."
After that, he said with some confusion, "I remember you weren't like this in school before?"
Lin Yimu looked a little embarrassed and didn't know how to explain.
He is indeed a slow-warm person, and this was even more so after his rebirth. In that year of high school, the two good friends he met were the ones who actually spoke to him first, and then they slowly became familiar with each other.
When he went to university, he became even busier due to system tasks. All the people he met were because of their studies or research projects, and there was actually no more communication.
Even after living on campus for a year, several people in the same dormitory had very few common topics except for a few words exchanged when they were in the dormitory. After moving out of the dormitory, they lost contact.
Up to now, the only classmates and friends with whom he has kept in touch are Yuan Mingxu and Huang Minglei, with whom he participated in competitions in high school.
However, as his workload became heavier, the communication among the three of them became less and less, except for Yuan Mingxu, whose relationship did not become distant but closer because of He Xiuji.
While Lin Yimu was silent, Professor Shao had already put down his chopsticks and waved in the other direction of the cafeteria.
As she waved, the originally bustling cafeteria became quiet for a moment, and four people, three men and one woman, walked over to Lin Yimu and the others.
"tutor."
"professor."
The four people walked up to Professor Shao and called out to him. It was this call that brought Lin Yimu back to his senses and he looked at them in confusion.
Professor Shao nodded to them gently, then turned to Lin Yimu and said, "Xiao Lin, they are my students and researchers. You can get to know each other."
As he spoke, he introduced four people to Lin Yimu. Among them were two young men and women. The boy was named Minghao and the girl was named Ye Qingyan. They were Professor Shao's doctoral students and were about to graduate and came with Professor Shao to help and study at the same time.
The other two men looked older and wore glasses, probably in their thirties. One was called Sun Nanhe and the other was called Wu Jinjiang. They were both researchers who had followed Professor Shao in the past and also came to He's this time.
After Lin Yimu greeted everyone one by one, he said to them, "As for Xiao Lin, I don't think I need to introduce him, right? You should all know him these days."
Minghao, one of the four, stepped forward with a smile and replied, "Teacher, we know about Lin, but we don't know the specific situation."
"How can we understand each other without getting to know each other? We can't just look at the surface of anything. Only after we have a deep understanding can we have the right to speak." Professor Shao started to point out a few people.
Then he looked at Lin Yimu and said, "Xiao Lin, do you mind if I call a few people to help you share the food on the table?"
Lin Yimu waved his hands and said, "No problem, no problem. Senior brothers and sisters, Brother Sun and Brother Wu, please take a seat. I was just thinking about how to deal with the dishes on the table. I can't finish them all by myself. Sorry to bother you."
The four people who were called over immediately understood what Professor Shao meant when they heard it. After looking at each other, Minghao spoke up, "You don't have to be so polite, Lin. Your table of food doesn't look cheap. To be honest, we were just discussing it. Now that we're invited to dine together, we're taking advantage."
As they spoke, the four of them sat down in their seats.
Professor Shao saw that the others were slowly chatting, so he also left on the pretext of doing an experiment. Before leaving, he said to Lin Yimu, "Xiao Lin, I heard that you helped with experiments at Old Zheng's place before. Do you have time to come and help me for a while?"
Lin Yimu was stunned for a moment when he heard what the other party said. After realizing what the other party was saying, he immediately stood up excitedly and said with shining eyes: "Professor, can I really come to study with you? Will it be inconvenient?"
"No, I just happen to be short of people. I heard that you are working on a project, but now you have reached a bottleneck. Moreover, Mr. Zheng, Mr. Jiang and even other teachers have praised you highly. I also want to see if you are really worthy of the reputation. Come and help me, maybe you will gain something." Professor Shao said seriously.
"Okay, Professor Shao, I'm free anytime." After hearing what Professor Shao said, Lin Yimu didn't say anything to refuse and agreed directly.
He didn't want the other party to think that he was not worthy of the reputation. Since the other party had asked, and he didn't have any urgent experiments at the moment, there was nothing wrong in agreeing. Maybe he could really learn something new, and it might even be helpful for his own experiment.
Afterwards, Professor Shao told Lin Yimu that if he did not have any experiments to do, he should follow the four people to the laboratory to find her in the afternoon, and she would make arrangements for him then. After that, she left the cafeteria.
Lin Yimu watched the other party come and go, which took less than ten minutes in total. They only said a few words and didn't even eat much. He understood in his heart why the other party came.
The other party came specifically to help him, but he didn't know whether he was sent by He Xiuji or what the situation was.
But now is not the time to think about this, because the four people in front of him were so shocked that they were stunned in their seats after hearing his conversation with Professor Shao.
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