After Zhang Lei finished speaking, Yu Yi and the girl looked at Jiang Chen. The girl's eyes lit up, with a hint of anticipation in them. She wanted to say something immediately, but after all, she was not familiar with Jiang Chen, so she moved the corners of her mouth but was still embarrassed to ask him for help.
Yu Yi didn't know the relationship between Jiang Chen and Shi Fengyue. When she heard Zhang Lei say that, she didn't think that her friend's research might be saved. Instead, she questioned whether Shi Fengyue really had such a close relationship with someone that he would help her whenever he asked. She was a few years older than Shi Fengyue, but she graduated a few years later than him. When Shi Fengyue submitted his patent, she was in college. She entered the research institute after Shi Fengyue went abroad. Logically, they were two people who had no intersection.
However, her graduate supervisor was a student of Mr. Xiang. She had heard about Shi Fengyue from her supervisor several times. After entering the research institute, she also heard a lot about his deeds. Later, by chance, she met Shi Fengyue, so she had some understanding of Shi Fengyue.
How could a man who is so cold and doesn't care about his former teacher or his own achievements come here just because someone asks for help? It's simply a dream.
"Yi Yi." The girl looked at Yu Yi, hoping that she could say something for her.
Yu Yi frowned slightly, glanced at her friend soothingly, and turned to Zhang Lei with a more aggressive tone: "The navigation team's affairs are handled by the navigation team, and Jiang Chen's interpersonal relationships are also Jiang Chen's own affairs. Why are you in charge of things that have nothing to do with you? And you arranged it very clearly. Don't you think you are meddling too much?"
Zhang Lei didn't expect Yu Yi to be angry. Seeing that she embarrassed him as soon as she opened her mouth, a trace of annoyance flashed in his eyes. But after all, they have been colleagues for many years. Although he was targeting Jiang Chen and didn't obey him, he didn't want to damage the relationship with other colleagues. So his tone was more familiar and joking than the sarcasm when he spoke to Jiang Chen before: "That's not what I meant. Isn't it that the navigation team is anxious? Such a big project has been going on for so long. We researchers know how uncomfortable it feels to have our hard work suddenly ruined. We are all colleagues. Since Jiang Chen has a way, let him help."
"Then how can you be sure that Jiang Chen and Shi Fengyue are familiar with each other?" Yu Yi knew Zhang Lei's little thoughts, which was why she didn't believe what Zhang Lei said at the beginning. Since Jiang Chen took over the project team, Zhang Lei has done countless things openly and secretly. If Jiang Chen hadn't taken it seriously and his behavior didn't slow down the research progress, she would have said it long ago.
She didn't say it before, but now she said: "We have been in the same team for so long, and you have been looking for trouble with Jiang Chen. Can you be more open-minded? Even if he is younger than you, he is more capable than you. If you are a man, you should be more blatant when you are jealous. Why do you have to do these things to squeeze others in private?"
Researchers come and go in the cafeteria, not just ordinary researchers but also the heads of various laboratories or project leaders and the leaders of the institute. Even if there are a lot of people, it is not noisy at ordinary times, so even if you speak at a normal volume, people at the next table can still hear a few words.
Yu Yi did not control the volume when she spoke just now, and her voice was not loud. However, the noise here had already attracted the attention of the two tables next to her. When she spoke, people at the next table looked over.
The environment in the research institute is simpler and less complicated than in society. Everyone has their own projects, and they work in the country's top research institute. Everything depends on strength, and there is not much competition even in the same group. Such a peaceful environment is inherently lacking in gossip. It is for this reason that Shi Fengyue, a person who has only been to the research institute a few times, is mentioned repeatedly, because apart from academic discussions, there is no next hot gossip topic for them to chat about.
At this time, smelling the scent of gossip, the people at the nearby table pretended to be eating seriously, but in fact they moved their butts away, secretly preparing to join in the fight.
"I'm bullying him?" Zhang Lei didn't expect Yu Yi to be so ruthless to him. He had just taken a step back and given her a way out, but she not only didn't appreciate it, but even went further: "Which eye of mine saw me bullying him? And you're jealous? It's a joke. Why should I be jealous of him? Jealous that he's good-looking?" At the end, he sneered to express his disdain.
Jiang Chen didn't say a word from beginning to end, but as the protagonist at the center of the topic, he could feel the gazes from people around him.
"You know what you are jealous of." Yu Yi retracted her gaze, looked at Jiang Chen, and comforted him, "Don't worry about it."
"It's okay." Jiang Chen knew that Zhang Lei was dissatisfied with him, but he didn't take his dissatisfaction to heart. In his previous life, when he was in the Imperial Research Institute, he was the thorn in the eyes of countless people. He was even offered a reward for assassination because of his research projects and the situation with the authorities. Zhang Lei, who only complained a few words and would not deliberately make mistakes at work, was a colleague he could get along with in his opinion.
However, when working in a project team, it is always inappropriate to always maintain such a collaboration that is tinged with hostility.
Jiang Chen thought for a moment, then said to the girl next to Yu Yi, "I'll ask Shi Fengyue for you, but I can't be sure if he will help, is that okay?"
The girl was stunned and nodded repeatedly: "Sure, of course, thank you for your help."
"It's okay." Jiang Chen put down his chopsticks, picked up the tray and said, "I'm done eating. I'll tell you the result this afternoon."
"Thanks."
Looking at Jiang Chen's back as he walked away, Zhang Lei snorted coldly: "He's young, but he's so arrogant."
Yu Yi was already used to Zhang Lei's habit of finding faults in everything, and finding faults even when there were none. She ignored him and turned around to see her friend, whose expression had calmed down a lot. She sighed slightly in her heart. If Shi Fengyue was easy to please, how could the navigation department make such slow progress? It seemed that her friend was destined to be disappointed.
When Jiang Chen called Shi Fengyue, Shi Fengyue had just finished performing an operation.
His voice sounded a little sleepy, as if he hadn't drunk water for a long time, and his voice was a little hoarse: "What's wrong?"
Knowing that Shi Fengyue might not have rested yet, Jiang Chen said straight to the point: "I want to ask you for a favor."
"What can I help you with?" Shi Fengyue's voice was lazy and a little vague, probably because he was sleepy. Even so, he did not forget to fight for his rights: "How many meals?"
Jiang Chen thought of how many meals he still owed Shi Fengyue. He paused, then suddenly sneered. It is always better to have too many debts. Since he already owed so much, he might as well meet him and pay him back first.
"When will you take a break?"
"There will be no surgery tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
"I want to talk to you about something."
"when?"
"You decide."
"It doesn't matter, as long as it's in the afternoon." There was the sound of fine fabric rubbing against each other, and Shi Fengyue seemed to be curled up in the sofa, and then his voice became even lazier: "I need to catch up on my sleep in the morning."
"Then let's do it tomorrow afternoon." Jiang Chen thought for a moment, and before hanging up the phone, he said, "Remember to eat before going to bed."
Shi Fengyue seemed to laugh, "Got it."
next day
The place Jiang Chen and Shi Fengyue agreed to meet was a club run by Li Nanfeng. Shi Fengyue had a suite here that belonged to him alone, and he slept here last night. Since Jiang Chen had greeted the owner, he was led directly to the door of Shi Fengyue's suite as soon as he entered.
He knocked on the door. After about a minute, the man with his hair casually draped over his eyebrows and a sleepy look on his face opened the door. He casually moved aside to let him in, poured himself a glass of water, drank it, and his eyes became a little more sober.
"What to drink?"
"Not thirsty." Jiang Chen looked at him. Whether it was the fluffy hair or the soft cotton pajamas, Shi Fengyue didn't seem to have the aggression he had when he was awake. His handsome face, without the cover of his sharp temperament, became particularly eye-catching. "What time did you go to bed yesterday?"
"I forgot." Shi Fengyue yawned and drank the hot water in the cup, as if he was still asleep. His long eyelashes were half drooped, and the mist was curling up. He unexpectedly looked a bit well-behaved and boyish, and his temperament was a bit softer. After slowly drinking a glass of water, he seemed to wake up with the hot water. When he raised his eyes, the light in his eyes became different. "The research institute is so busy, but you still come to me. What do you want me to do for you?"
"You should know the navigation team of our institute." Jiang Chen also threw away the strange feeling just now and talked about business seriously. After recounting the navigation team's affairs, he said: "They hope you can go over and help analyze where the problem is."
Shi Fengyue refused without even thinking: "No."
Jiang Chen was not surprised. In his impression, Shi Fengyue was not someone who would easily agree to other people's requests. However, he still asked, "Why?"
"They asked me to come over to help, why did they ask you to come and talk?" Shi Fengyue put down his cup and sat down opposite Jiang Chen. "I remember you are not from the navigation team."
"There is a member of our group who has a good relationship with a researcher in their group, so we would like to ask you for help."
"Male or female?"
"Ah?" Jiang Chen followed Feng Yue's sudden change of topic: "They are all women."
"From your group." Shi Fengyue thought for a moment and then asked, "Yu Yi?"
"Yes." Jiang Chen nodded subconsciously, then asked belatedly, "Do you know her?"
Shi Fengyue: "I met Mr. Xiang's student's student once."
The first time Jiang Chen heard Shi Fengyue mention Mr. Xiang, he looked up at him, and Shi Fengyue said, "I'm free tomorrow, I can go and see him."
This was unexpected. Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows: "Didn't you say you wouldn't go before? Why are you suddenly ready to go?"
"I changed my mind." Shi Fengyue didn't show any embarrassment for changing his mind so suddenly, and even said confidently: "You owe me so many meals, when will you pay me back?"
Jiang Chen looked around and said, "How about I treat you to a meal at this club?"
Shi Fengyue sneered: "You are so perfunctory."
"How can we avoid being perfunctory?"
“Can you cook?”
Jiang Chen told the truth: "Yes."
Shi Fengyue looked at him in surprise: "You can do it?"
Jiang Chen smiled and nodded. If it was him at this time in his previous life, he would definitely not do that. Even though his family had undergone tremendous changes, his parents never let him worry about food and clothing. And then for a long time afterwards, without a home, he could only rely on rubbing and searching for the taste of his parents' home-cooked meals to find a little sense of home.
Doing this for two lifetimes would be thirty years.
So, of course it will.
Shi Fengyue stood up and made the decision, not giving Jiang Chen any chance to refuse: "Let's go buy some groceries."
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