Teacher Tan was silent for a while, then said, "Is there something wrong with your current job? Don't worry, just tell me what you think."

Su Yunbai shook her head, "No, everything is fine at work. The main thing is... Teacher, I'm still a while away from turning 40, and this is a rare opportunity."

She was not a person who was used to loudly expressing her ambitions, so she spoke very implicitly.

But they were all in the scientific research community, especially Teacher Tan, who was one of the best. Su Yunbai just said "40 years old", and she had some guesses.

Teacher Tan's eyes flickered.

In the field of natural or engineering technology, there are two long-standing and prestigious plans, one is the Thousand Talents Plan of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, commonly known as the "Great Thousand Talents"; the other is the "Thousand Young Talents", both of which are plans for introducing high-level overseas talents.

These two plans have certain requirements for the introduction of talents. In terms of age, the "Great Thousand Talents" requires under 55 years old, and the "Thousand Young Talents" requires under 40 years old.

In addition, these two plans also require candidates to have overseas doctoral status, work experience in overseas universities, etc.

The domestic scientific research environment, so far, is still "foreign monks are better at chanting scriptures". The scientific research talents introduced into the country through these two plans, and the supporting treatment and scientific research funds, can be said to be a step-by-step superiority.

Treatment is only one aspect. The most important thing is that these talents are often highly valued. If one's own strength is stronger, after a few years, perhaps one academic leader after another, the so-called "industry tycoon", will emerge, and his influence will be significant.

The application for these two major plans is generally based on major universities. In order to compete for talents, the conditions offered by major universities are naturally superior. Generally speaking, in addition to the funds allocated by the state, universities will also offer their own treatment. If the reputation of the school itself is a little worse, the treatment and scientific research funds will be heavily increased.

To put it bluntly, a school that can recruit thousands of people, or a step back, thousands of young people, needs to have a certain strength itself. This is a game that only high-level talents and high-level institutions can afford to play.

Dr. Su Yunbai returned to China after graduation. Although she had a solid academic background, she had no experience working overseas and her reputation was mediocre. So at the beginning, she signed an ordinary associate professor contract with University A.

Although she has developed well in recent years and has been able to apply for projects, her salary level is completely different from those who entered through the Thousand Talents Program.

She is an ambitious person, and she is still young. If she doesn't save "capital" now, when will she?

Su Yunbai said, looking at Teacher Tan humbly, "I know my ideas may be too utilitarian... I'm sorry."

People of Teacher Tan's generation are more concerned with feelings and dedication. But Su Yunbai knows her own business. Although she is passionate, she is still a down-to-earth person. So she would try hard to "gild" herself so that she could get better treatment and higher level of attention.

But on the other hand, she felt that she was a little sorry for Teacher Tan's teachings by taking advantage of the rules, and she felt a little uncomfortable.

Teacher Tan laughed: "What's there to be sorry about? What era is this? It won't last long if you don't talk about treatment but only about dedication.

"Besides, you have to recruit people anyway. You are no worse than them. Why can't there be one of you among these people?

"Comparatively, I'm glad that you are not thinking of never coming back once you leave."

Teacher Tan was really relieved.

Su Yunbai shook her head, "I will definitely come back."

It's hard to leave one's hometown. She has never forgotten where her roots are, otherwise how can she live up to the teachings of Grandma Su?

Teacher Tan is no longer worried.

People without ambitions will not go far in the industry. Su Yunbai has the ability and ambition to match her ability. Now she only lacks a more shining "background"...

She wants to make up for this background, and Teacher Tan naturally supports her.

She really felt relieved: "I thought at first that you were trying to avoid Qi Nian... I thought, my sin is really big."

Teacher Tan sighed softly.

Su Yunbai thought for a moment and said, "I don't deny that I don't like my current life very much, but this is only a small part of the reason. If I really want to escape from my current life, I can just move to another city.

"But I still decided to go abroad. After all, this is my own life. I can't make a decision against my will because of others, otherwise it would be irresponsible to myself.

"Of course, in addition to this, I do have other selfish motives..."

Su Yunbai paused here, but still said firmly: "Teacher, can you not tell others about my decision to go abroad for the time being? After I leave, if someone asks, please tell him for me that since I have left, I will not come back."

This meaning...

Teacher Tan was stunned.

She subconsciously looked at Su Yunbai, only to see her calm and determined expression.

Teacher Tan had a complicated expression, and after a long while, she sighed heavily.

She understood what Su Yunbai meant. She really had no attachment, and was even willing to use this method to decisively break up with Huo Qinian.

Teacher Tan said: "I know what you mean. Actually... there are some things about Qinian that I have been hesitating whether to say more, but since you have made up your mind, why not listen to me talk?"

Su Yunbai thought about it and did not refuse.

Teacher Tan said: "Qinian is 32 years old this year. Most of those who get along well with him, such as Ji Cheng and others, are two years older than him. But they are students in the same grade. Do you know why?"

Su Yunbai really didn't care about this.

She thought for a moment, "They got along well since they were young, so when their friends all went to school, did he follow them?"

Teacher Tan shook her head, "Children also have their own circles. The difference of one or two years is actually quite a big difference. It was only after he started school that Qi Nian started playing with his group of friends.

"He did start school early. It’s not because he was very smart since he was young - he was smart, but he didn’t start school too early...

"The main reason is that his father didn’t want to take care of him."

Teacher Tan said this with a complicated look on his face, "My younger sister’s mother is almost a generation younger than me. My mother was already very old when she gave birth to my sister... In short, my sister was a premature baby and was weak since she was young. Because of this, everyone in our family was very tolerant of her and spoiled her...

"My sister has been raised to be naive and has always been like this, even after she got married, she is still like this.

"The Huo family has been prominent for generations, and even in that special era, it was not affected much. Therefore, Qinian's father's conditions are very good, at least much better than our family.

"But Qinian's father still fell in love with my sister at first sight. To put it in today's fashionable words, he fell in love with my sister at first sight."

"My brother-in-law..." Teacher Tan sighed, "Before him, I never knew that a grown man could be so good to his wife. To put it bluntly, our family has been accommodating and pampering my sister enough, but in front of my brother-in-law, we all feel inferior.

"He is very good to my sister, so good that... my sister is relatively weak, so he is unwilling to let my sister have children.

"As a family, we naturally have to consider my sister more. But each era has its own ideas. At least in that era, DINK was a rebellious thing, especially since Qi Nian's father was an only son...

"But my brother-in-law insisted. He took on all the pressure alone, but he missed one point: my sister wanted to have a child.

"I don't know how the couple negotiated. Anyway, after several quarrels, my sister got pregnant. She was pregnant for ten months and gave birth to Qi Nian with great difficulty."

Teacher Tan suddenly sighed when she said this.

She looked at Su Yunbai, "Have you heard the story about the relationship between Wu Jiang and Duke Zhuang of Zheng?"

Wu Jiang was the wife of Duke Wu of Zheng in the Spring and Autumn Period, and Duke Zhuang of Zheng was her eldest son. When Wu Jiang gave birth to Duke Zhuang of Zheng, she had a difficult birth, so she particularly disliked Duke Zhuang of Zheng. There was even a story about the two of them that "they would not see each other until they met in the underworld".

Teacher Tan suddenly mentioned this. Could it be that...

Su Yunbai was surprised.

Teacher Tan said, "It's almost as you think, but with a slight change. My sister is weak and had a difficult birth. Although she was still worried, she didn't alienate Qi Nian because of this. But my brother-in-law became 'Wu Jiang' and was angry with Qi Nian.

"He really didn't like Qi Nian and only focused on my sister. And my sister... to put it nicely, she is naive, to put it bluntly, she is just a child and is far from being able to be a responsible mother. Especially when my brother-in-law was always trying every means to distract her attention, and when my brother-in-law said over and over again that there was a nanny who could take care of Qi Nian...she was really relieved to let go.

"Later, I didn't know where I saw a joke, saying 'Parents love each other very much, and the child is an accident.' Maybe for my sister and brother-in-law, Qi Nian was that accident.

"To be honest, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes later, I wouldn't have believed it. How is it possible, right? How can parents not like their own children?

"But in the case of Qi Nian, that's the case.

"He has been smart since he was a child, and smart people like to nitpick. Especially since he is not only smart, but also a real troublemaker.

"He knew very early that he was not liked by his father, but he did not develop a flattering and submissive character because of this. Instead, he was unexpectedly tough and arrogant, and he didn't care about his father anymore.

"Not only that, he also found ways to go against his father. The more his father encouraged and valued something, the more he would disdain it...

"So, the father thought his son was unruly and lawless, and the son thought his father was unworthy of being a father and his love brain was confused...

"This father and son were born like enemies, and it is still the same today. "

Su Yunbai's expression was a little complicated.

She had always known that Mr. Huo and Huo Qinian had a bad relationship, but she had never thought that this bad relationship would have started since childhood.

Teacher Tan continued: "Because of the influence of his parents, Qinian developed a serious rebellious psychology. Since his teenage years, he has hated love-mindedness - he has always felt that his parents are love-minded.

"He was good-looking since he was young, and his family conditions were also good, so many girls chased after him... The more girls chased after him, the more he would ridicule them. At the worst time, he even ridiculed the girls so much that they had psychological trauma and even hated studying... Of course, he was beaten by his father later..."

Teacher Tan couldn't help but sigh when he said this, "I actually didn't know about these things until Qi Nian was in high school, then I realized that something was wrong.

"When he was in high school, my sister was seriously ill. When she was ill, my brother-in-law became even more angry with Qi Nian... I don't know what my brother-in-law's logic is, but Qi Nian took his angry words more or less seriously. He really thought that he was the culprit for his mother's serious illness...

"Such an accusation is too heavy for an adolescent child! Qinian was very rebellious during that period, almost giving up, fighting, and being violent...

"Do you remember there was a faint mole on the side of Qinian's nose? It was right here."

Teacher Tan pointed.

Su Yunbai nodded.

The mole on the side of Huo Qinian's nose was actually a bit like a spot, very faint, and you couldn't see it at all if you didn't look closely.

Teacher Tan said: "It's actually not a mole at all, it's a scar left after the injury. It took me a lot of effort to get him back to this state...

"When he was in high school, he got into a fight with someone, and one time the fight was so severe that his head and face were covered in blood. I held him down to treat the wound, and then I discovered that a piece of broken glass had hit the side of his nose, and the wound was quite deep...

"I broke out in a cold sweat. If it was a little further away, it would have been his eye.

"I was so angry that I wanted to hit him with a feather baton, but thinking of the injuries all over his body, I couldn't bring

myself to do it. I was in a dilemma, anxious and angry... "I was young at the time, and it was the first time I met such a difficult child. I even cried - I was really scared at the time. What if such a good child becomes a social scum?

"Qinian was stunned when he saw me crying. Do you know what he said to me? He said it was the first time a relative cried for him since he grew up, and that he would definitely stop hanging around and should listen to me...

" I was so sad to hear that.

"From then on, he really stopped hanging around and was willing to listen to me.

"Later, my sister passed away, and their relationship became even more strained. After graduating from high school, he went abroad to study for his undergraduate degree. I don't know what he experienced abroad, but after returning home, he looked quite serious. He wore a suit and tie, and was quite intimidating.

"He no longer makes fun of the little girls who chase after him. But the bad thing is that he seems to have gone to the other extreme. He hangs out every day and there are always girls vying for his favor...

"I can't bear to see this. I want him to find a good girl and have a stable relationship with her.

"Do you know how he answered me? He said those girls looked at him as if he were Tang Monk's flesh, and he didn't know who would take advantage of whom when he talked to them. He said he couldn't take such a big loss...

" "Listen to what nonsense this is!"

Teacher Tan sighed, "I know, he has never walked out of the shadow of his parents. Over the years, he has learned how to play with women. Everyone thinks he is a playboy, but in fact, I'm afraid he has never been in a serious relationship with a girl. "

Su Yunbai pursed her lips.

She actually believed what was said. Every woman is very sensitive to matters related to the person she likes, and can almost turn into a detective. Things like "love history" must be thoroughly investigated.

Su Yunbai can't do things like checking mobile phones, chat records, and interrogating childhood friends, but she will pay attention to things that should be paid attention to. Although the tabloids report on Huo Qinian's affairs every day, in fact, the only one who really caught her attention was Qu Qingyin.

When Teacher Tan said this, he looked at Su Yunbai, "When you were with him at the time, I was really worried and surprised. I was surprised because... Qinian was a bad boy, but he was a filial child and would never do anything wrong when it came to matters related to me. You are my student, and since he wants to be with you, it means he is serious..."

Su Yunbai lowered his eyes.

Teacher Tan continued: "But I am also worried. No matter what, Qinian's temper is really not good. No matter how much I favor him, I have to admit that being with him is not an easy thing.

"Over the years, I have been looking for an opportunity to tell you about these past events. But I am afraid that if I really tell you, you will leak a little bit when you are with Qinian. With his bad temper, it is hard to say how he will react then..."

"I think you young people can solve your own problems... Don't be stupid or deaf, and don't be a household lord.

"Later, your relationship wasn't so good, so it was even harder for me to talk about these things. I was afraid that you would think that I was standing on his side and making excuses for him, and then I would hurt you again..."

Su Yunbai's mood couldn't help but drop: "It's us who made the teacher worry."

Teacher Tan let out a long breath and patted Su Yunbai's hand: "I'm telling you all this now, not to influence any of your decisions, but to tell you that everything has its reasons. It's not that you didn't do well enough, but..."

"In short, don't be too hard on yourself, and don't lose confidence in love from now on. You are still young. If you meet the right person, no matter who it is, the teacher wishes you the best..."

The teacher and the student talked for more than two hours, until the nanny urged them again and again, saying that the food was too late to leave, and then they got up to eat.

The dining table was placed outside the kitchen. While Su Yunbai and Teacher Tan were eating, the nanny was watching TV in the living room.

Coincidentally, when she changed the channel, she switched to a financial column, and the person who appeared on the TV screen was Huo Qinian in a suit and tie.

The nanny exclaimed: "Teacher Tan, Qinian is on TV again! That's strange, why haven't I heard about him before?"

The female host's voice was very enthusiastic: "Okay, now it's our online interaction session. We draw the message from the audience's 'Little Princess on the Run Today'. She wants to ask Mr. Huo, what is your view on choosing a partner?

The female host smiled and said, "This audience is obviously more interested in Mr. Huo himself. Although this is not our topic today, it is an interactive link. I wonder if Mr. Huo would be convenient to tell us a little bit?"