Su Yunbai felt a long-lasting sadness in her heart.

If she had not been married and had not experienced a failed relationship, she might still be moved by this kind of tolerant waiting. But it was precisely because she knew what a marriage without warmth was like that she could more clearly realize how unfair it was to Ji Cheng.

Many things can be understood without knowing. Once she knew, how thick-skinned did she have to be to treat everything as before?

From now on, how could he still be just Senior Ji?

Things that you cannot give, from the beginning, should not be given to others.

The thought and time invested are a heavy cost, and every minute and second of delay is an injury to Ji Cheng.

Su Yunbai thought of this and did not dare to escape anymore.

She was indeed greedy, always thinking that she could maintain this "friendship" in a way that would not hurt each other. But in fact, this itself was unfair to Ji Cheng.

Since things cannot be done, there should be no procrastination.

Su Yunbai took a deep breath, pulled back her hand, looked up at Ji Cheng, and her expression was resolute.

Ji Cheng's heart sank.

He understood her much better than Su Yunbai thought, so before she opened her mouth, he said: "Yunbai, the New Year is coming."

Su Yunbai was stunned.

Being reminded of this, she remembered that there is a saying in C City that you can't touch mold during the New Year. Although she didn't believe this, she always respected this custom, so she couldn't help but hesitate at this moment.

Ji Cheng said softly: "I know this may be a bit sudden. So, I'll give you three months to think about it, okay?

" "Any decision should be carefully considered. You can't make a decision in just one day... This is too unfair to me."

Su Yunbai looked at Ji Cheng's serious eyes, and suddenly felt very disappointed in her heart.

She replied softly: "Okay. "

Ji Cheng is a very considerate person. He said he would give Su Yunbai time, and he really didn't push her too hard. He just talked to her on WeChat every day, maintaining a very considerate distance.

It must be said that Su Yunbai breathed a sigh of relief.

This year, she still had a slightly lonely life, but she was even somewhat grateful for this loneliness - if it really became lively, she was afraid that she would not be able to bear it.

After the New Year, Su Yunbai was busy paying New Year's greetings to the elders. Although Grandma Su had passed away, some of her old friends were still alive. As a younger generation, Su Yunbai naturally had to fulfill her due courtesy. Of course, she has to do her best.

After a busy day, it was already the fifth day of the first lunar month.

Su Yunbai set off to return to City A. She specially chose the time after dinner to pay New Year's greetings to Teacher Tan, and it took only more than half an hour.

Unexpectedly, in such a short time, she still met Huo Qinian.

Huo Qinian came when Su Yunbai was about to leave. One of them wanted to go out, and the other wanted to go in, and they happened to meet each other.

The scene was a bit awkward for a while, and even Teacher Tan was stunned.

Su Yunbai continued to say goodbye to Teacher Tan as if nothing had happened: "Teacher, don't see me off, I'm leaving now. It's getting late, you should go to bed early. "

She turned and walked out the door.

Huo Qinian turned around and followed closely behind Su Yunbai, saying without any reluctance: "I'll see you off on behalf of my aunt."

Teacher Tan opened her mouth, wanted to say something, but closed it again.

What else could she say?

Su Yunbai didn't want to embarrass Teacher Tan, so she didn't refuse and simply walked out.

After they were out of the villa's gate, Huo Qinian spoke up without Su Yunbai having to pursue the matter, "I've thought carefully about the three requests. What I said at that time was, 'As long as you want, as long as I can'..."

Su Yunbai kept walking, without even looking back, but her expression was a little sarcastic. Are you

going to go back on your word?

She didn't look back, so she didn't see Huo Qinian's ferocious and lonely expression.

He followed her footsteps and whispered, "Yunbai, can you... change your request? Don't worry, I promise not to disturb your life..."

He said it was a change of request, but in these days, how could he really disappear from her life? It was just that they didn't see each other anymore, and he changed to texting her with a different number.

Sometimes Su Yunbai was curious, why could this person really be so stubborn and not turn back, he was simply shameless.

Su Yunbai didn't care what Huo Qinian thought, at least in her case, she was unwilling to give any response.

She directly ignored Huo Qinian's words, got into the car without looking back, started it, turned around and left.

Huo Qinian watched Su Yunbai's car leave quietly, and stood in the night for a long time, until the cold temperature of the night almost froze his limbs, and Teacher Tan urged him urgently in the yard, then he turned back. house.

After the construction resumed after the New Year, Ji suddenly announced that it would enter the field of smart medical care. This news not only set off a wave in the financial sector, but also attracted attention in terms of private gossip.

In City A, the leader in the field of smart medical care is the Huo family. Although a field cannot be supported by only one company, it is well known that the Huo and Ji families have always had a close relationship and frequent cooperation, and even their business scope is mostly mutual assistance. At this moment, Ji suddenly wanted to "grab the territory" with the Huo family, which really made people think more.

Those who seriously study economics will feel that smart medical care is about to become popular, so that these two major companies have increased their investment; and those who pay attention to gossip news are talking about the tabloid rumor that was almost a sensation a few years ago.

——Mr. Ji and Mr. Huo have revealed the truth, right?

Immediately afterwards, Ji’s cooperation with University A became even closer. Su Yunbai could hear news about Ji’s in almost every meeting…it didn’t even need to be a meeting, but when her colleagues were chatting privately.

How much research funds Ji’s had provided, what field Ji’s focused on, who signed a contract with Ji’s, were Huo and Ji competing for territory…

Every time this happened, Su Yunbai always had a strange feeling of heartbeat.

She usually didn’t pay attention to those groundless rumors, but this time, she couldn’t help but be distracted. She even clicked on Weibo, which she hadn’t logged into for a long time…

There is a specific super topic for these true or false gossips in the A business circle. It was Xu Jinzhi who told her that it was full of strange acronyms and "jargon". If you are not an insider, you may not understand it.

Su Yunbai hated herself for being able to understand it, because the more she read, the more shocking it was.

Hot post in the super topic - "A detailed discussion of 'good timing'"

At first glance, this hot post seems quite serious. But as long as you click in, you will know the mystery.

Good timing = HSJ, talking about three people. The surnames H, S, and J.

The first hot comment is the poster's own message: "The code is thick, please don't blame me, you will understand if you understand. Committing crimes against the wind is exciting for thieves and scary for thieves [doge]"

Then, there are all kinds of gossip and various supplementary information.

Seniors and juniors, brothers falling out, husband and wife relationships...

Here, it seems that there is no privacy at all.

Su Yunbai was depressed, but he couldn't help but want to pay attention.

One night, Su Yunbai woke up from a nightmare and couldn't fall asleep for a while. The first thing he thought of was to take out his mobile phone to check the super topic.

The cell phone was placed on the table by her. It was a little cold. When she picked it up, she couldn't help but shiver, and she suddenly became awake.

This seemed to have frozen her brain awake.

Su Yunbai finally realized what a stupid thing she was doing - she spent so much time paying attention to some meaningless rumors, and what else could she do except mess up her life?

Since she didn't want to read these things anymore, she couldn't just sit and wait for death.

She couldn't go on like this.

Su Yunbai thought quietly for a long time in the night and made an important decision.

From that day on, Su Yunbai became extremely busy. She spent almost all of her free time in the office and laboratory, even on weekends.

After the second EIA training, she quit her job at Ji Cheng and made the laboratory her home.

She was so busy and focused that many times, even Xu Jinzhi couldn't see her, let alone Ji Cheng and Huo Qinian, who they were secretly planning to meet. In

April, the leadership of the School of Physics at A University suddenly announced that there were two professor vacancies in the school this year, and they would compete among qualified candidates and select the best to be promoted. As soon as the

news came out, many associate professors were tempted.

Universities like A University are very strict in the selection of professors, almost to the point of one radish per position. Sometimes they even have to wait until the old professors retire before they are willing to promote new professors.

There are two professor vacancies at once this year, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you miss this opportunity, you don’t know when you will have to wait.

The process of selecting professors in different schools is different. For example, University A basically requires two-way confirmation. That is, the leadership releases the news of the selection, and those who are interested begin to sign up and prepare materials. Sometimes the competition is so fierce that they even have to make a defense.

In short, because of this professor selection, the atmosphere in the college suddenly became lively and strange.

University A has reformed the selection rules. Since then, the influence factor of "pure qualifications" in the promotion of professional titles has been greatly reduced. In other words, as long as you are capable enough, even if you are only 30 years old, you can still be promoted ahead of 40-year-old associate professors.

With this rule in front of her, Su Yunbai found that the number of people secretly inquiring about her movements suddenly increased.

Not to mention those under 30, Su Yunbai is not without competitiveness among associate professors under 35 or even 40.

When it comes to publishing papers, many people pay attention to the so-called impact factor, but this is actually only said to outsiders. Magazines that are truly recognized by the industry sometimes may not have such a high impact factor.

But how to explain this to people who are not in the industry? Different fields are like different mountains. How to show yourself has become a headache art.

Su Yunbai's advantage is that in addition to talking about data such as the number of papers and citations, she has real products. TargetR is right there. As long as you collect some relevant data and put it up, anyone, whether they are in the industry or not, can understand whether the product is good or bad.

In particular, I heard recently that TargetR has even applied for US FDA certification... This means that it is ambitious to enter the overseas market.

No matter from which angle you look at it, Su Yunbai is a "fierce enemy."

Amidst the undercurrents, Su Yunbai still maintains her daily schedule. In addition to attending classes, she spends almost all her time in the laboratory. She is

so stable that even Teacher Tan is a little worried about her.

On the weekend of the second week after the announcement of the professor selection news, Teacher Tan invited Su Yunbai to his home for dinner.

She asked Su Yunbai: "What's wrong with you? Such a good opportunity, no matter whether you can be evaluated or not, you must apply! Those associate professors in the institute have reported their jobs to the leaders several times, why are you still sitting there?"

Teacher Tan was really concerned about Su Yunbai.

Professor and associate professor are two different concepts. Don't even mention the salary issue, the research funds alone are not at the same level.

Su Yunbai was unusually silent.

Looking at the teacher's kind face, she felt a little guilty in her heart, and said: "Teacher, there is something I have always wanted to tell you. Around April or May last year, I received a call from Professor Xie Pad. In November, I received another email from him..."

Teacher Tan seemed to have guessed something, and his face became a little solemn.

Su Yunbai said softly: "He has moved to a new school to be the head of the department and invited me to work there... I have already agreed."