Chapter 545: Just keep spoiling her!
As Gu Yin approached, the car door opened, and Chu Yan stepped out, carrying a thermal lunchbox—the kind used at home for storing meals.
Gu Yin asked in surprise, "Why are you here? When did you arrive?" She thought it was Gu Qinglang who had come.
Chu Yan sighed: "I've been here for a while. I called you, but the phone was dead. When I got here, I ran into some people coming out of the lab. I asked them, and they said they knew you were still busy inside, so they waited for you outside. Are you hungry? Uncle Gu and the others made some food and put it in a thermos. It's still warm. Do you want to get in the car and eat something?"
Gu Yin took out her phone and saw that it was indeed turned off. She turned to the guards and said, "Someone is here to pick me up, so I'll go home and rest first. Are you hungry? You can keep the lunchboxes."
The guard shook his head: "We've already had a late-night snack, so you can go back now!"
Gu Yin knew that they had strict discipline, and that it was a special circumstance for them to accompany her; otherwise, it would be considered unauthorized absence from their posts. So she didn't dwell on it any longer, said goodbye, and got into the car.
After getting in the car, Chu Yan took out the insulated food container, opened it, tasted it, and nodded: "It's still warm. Are you hungry? If you are, eat something to tide you over. If you're not hungry, we can eat when we get home."
Gu Yin took it; it was indeed still warm and edible: "This is fine, I'm starving, I don't want to wait to go back."
The car lights were on, and Chu Yan didn't drive off immediately, waiting for Gu Yin to finish eating before heading back.
Are you hungry? Do you want to eat together?
Chu Yan picked up a bottle of water, opened it, placed it in front of Gu Yin, and shook his head: "I'm not hungry, you eat."
After eating for a while, Gu Yin finally felt a bit full and looked at Chu Yan: "When did you get here? Tell the truth."
Chu Yan coughed lightly: "I came over around 8 o'clock. I originally wanted to pick you up for dinner, but I sent you a message and you didn't reply. Oh, I guessed you were busy, so I went back and asked Uncle Gu and the others to prepare the meal. Then I came over around 10 o'clock."
It's past 10 o'clock! It's already past 2 a.m., and the food is still hot!
Gu Yin stopped using her chopsticks: "You didn't put the lunchbox inside your clothes to keep it warm, did you?!"
Chu Yan: "...No, your school's teachers' cafeteria is open until 12 o'clock. I went to the kitchen and asked the auntie to keep my food warm. After they closed at 12 o'clock, they gave me some hot water. I put the lunchbox in the hot water to keep it warm. Around 1 o'clock, the water got cold, so I took it out."
Gu Yin breathed a sigh of relief: "Luckily you're not stupid."
Chu Yan: "...If I did that, wouldn't you find it very touching and romantic?"
Gu Yin shook her head: "You've already driven all this way. Whether you eat out, eat at home, or heat up your food in the lab, it's a hundred times better than you using your own body heat to heat it up!" Putting aside any sentimentality or romance, she really thought the other person was silly!
Chu Yan coughed lightly: "I did have that plan before, but I thought you might find it unclean, so I didn't do it. It's alright."
Gu Yin couldn't help but laugh, looking at him seriously: "What if I hadn't come down?"
Chu Yan didn't mind: "Then let's wait until dawn, and have breakfast together!"
Gu Yin: "...Silly."
That's really silly, it seems like she's a bit love-struck.
After finishing his last bite of food, Chu Yan cleaned up the dishes and started the car to return to the Gu residence.
As long as Chu Yan was in Beijing, he spent most of his time at the Gu residence. So, Chu Xiong packed up his clothes and toiletries and sent them to the Gu residence, ostensibly to give Gu Qinglang another son to serve him!
After that, Chu Yan rarely went home unless there was something important to do. Even when he went to the company, he would pass by the Gu residence, where he now had a room.
Back at the Gu residence, the living room light was still on. Hearing the sound, Gu Qinglang came out.
"Why are you back so late? Have you had dinner?" she said, reaching out to take the insulated food container from Chu Yan's hand.
The insulated box was empty, he looked at the two of them.
Gu Yin gave an explanation.
Gu Qinglang said helplessly, "You need to take better care of yourself. What if you starve? What did you promise me? You promised to eat on time and get enough rest. Look at the time now! You're still young, so you don't think it's a big deal, but when you get older, you'll be the one suffering! You..."
Chu Yan stepped forward and stood in front of Gu Yin, saying in a deep voice, "Uncle, this was an accident. A-Yin's phone just ran out of battery. Don't worry, I'll bring her meals on time before school starts. Once school starts, I'll have Gu Shu remind her that, well, if she gets married in the future, I'll bring her meals to the lab building every day to make sure she doesn't go hungry. That's her only hobby. I know you're worried about her, so I promise I won't do it again."
Gu Qinglang: "...You, you just keep spoiling her! You'll be the one who suffers in the end! I'm not going to care about you anymore, you can figure it out yourselves!" After saying that, he turned around and went into the kitchen.
Gu Yin winked behind Chu Yan's back.
Chu Yan turned around and assured him, "Don't worry, just focus on your experiments. I'll take care of your meals and rest."
Gu Yin smiled, her eyes crinkling: "How can you be so kind! I'll leave you in my care from now on! I'm going back to my room to rest now, you should go back too, or it'll be dawn!" With that, she walked briskly back to her room.
Chu Yan's heart raced. He clutched his chest for a long time, took a deep breath, and then walked toward his room.
"This is really bad."
From then on, whether Gu Yin was in the lab or at the hospital, Chu Yan's car would always be waiting at the gate at mealtimes, and the thermos was replaced with one that could keep food warm for a long time, rain or shine.
The application for the shingles eradication vaccine has been approved for Phase III trials. Gu Yin gave all the data to the national pharmaceutical company. She stayed there for a week before leaving, until the first dose of the vaccine was produced.
After the Phase III laboratory vaccine is launched, vaccination will be based on the principle of voluntary participation by the public. There will be an observation period afterward, during which more data on the indications for the drug will need to be collected to prevent any omissions.
Gu Yin was confident in her medicine; originally, it would have taken at least two years. Gu Yin felt that her medicine might show results in just two months.
Next came the application for targeted drug research, which has already been approved. She will begin this research project after the start of the semester.
This project is very demanding and complicated, and she can't do it alone. Everyone else in the lab has their own projects to work on, and the senior students also have their own projects. Professor Cheng's schedule has become increasingly unpredictable. Du Kai and Zhao Qingqing can only do odd jobs, and they don't even have enough professional books. So Gu Yin has to recruit more people. If there aren't any at the university, she will have to recruit from outside the university.
Gu Yin had no idea at the time that, in addition to the lack of manpower, the funding she applied for was also insufficient. She had even invested all of her own savings, but it still wasn't enough! But that was a story for later.
Right now, she's at the airport seeing Chu Yan and Gu Le off.
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