"I was wondering why you were so indifferent to Chief Engineer Zheng's daughter. I thought Zheng Jie was pretty, a real beauty at Feigong, and she was deeply affectionate towards you, but you didn't appreciate it. Today I realized she's far inferior to you."
"I knew that our Chief Engineer Bai has good taste."
Seeing their teasing becoming increasingly outrageous, Bai Xiunian hurriedly called out in a low voice, "Engineer Liang, Engineer Lu!"
His brows furrowed, trying to explain himself before Dai Li heard him. "Don't talk nonsense. She's just my friend, not the kind of relationship you imagine."
However, Dai Li did not walk over after getting off the car. She heard them handing over the work progress in the car, and their work content was highly confidential. It would not be good if she walked over and heard it.
She stood at a distance with her hands folded, waiting for them to finish their greetings.
As a result, Bai Xiunian's colleagues didn't say a word, but were all looking at her curiously.
She couldn't just sit there and do nothing, so she raised the corners of her mouth slightly and nodded at them.
Seeing Dai Li smiling at them, these people were speechless, and then looked at each other tacitly.
It seemed as if they both saw the subtext in each other's eyes.
Such a pretty girl, who looks even prettier when she smiles, and we're still just friends.
"Are we really just friends?"
Bai Xiunian warned them seriously, "We're just friends, so don't make jokes like this in the future. It won't be good if others hear it."
"Don't worry, she didn't come over. She's a very considerate girl."
Bai Xiunian's embarrassment was slightly relieved, but he also felt relieved.
Engineer Liang turned around, his back to Dai Li, and placed his hand on Bai Xiunian's shoulder. He whispered in his ear, "Speaking of which, you need to work harder. Such a beautiful girl is not easy to find. It doesn't matter if we're just friends now. You should take the initiative and make this beautiful girl your girlfriend sooner rather than later."
Bai Xiu was already old, and said helplessly and with a headache: "Engineer Liang, I don't mean that."
Liang Gong: "Not at all?"
Bai Xiunian pursed his lips and replied stiffly, "Not at all."
Liang Gong: "No way, you let her get in your car even though you have no interest in her. I remember last time Zheng Jie wanted to take your car back home, but you refused, saying it was unsafe for her to go the same way with you. You insisted on calling a car for her alone."
The other colleagues present laughed and joked, "Yeah, how come just because you meet a beautiful woman, your car is safe and you can give her a ride?"
Bai Xiunian sighed, "You all know why I don't want to send Zheng Jie off. Don't tease me about her in the future. It's not a good influence on a girl, and it's also a bad influence on Chief Engineer Zheng."
Engineer Lu: "We all know what Zheng Jie is thinking. She's not afraid of influencing her, so how can we influence her?"
Engineer Liang patted his shoulder sympathetically and said, "I think Zheng Jie will only give up if you get married. Otherwise, you and Chief Engineer Zheng will see each other so often that I think he'll almost think of you as his future son-in-law."
"That's right. According to Chief Engineer Zheng, it's going to be hard for Xiu Nian to find someone better than his daughter right now. He practically thinks Xiu Nian is just a piece of cake for them."
"So, with such a beautiful woman in front of you, you must seize this opportunity. If you wait for Zheng Jie to promote it for a while, people will take your visit seriously, and then you will be in trouble if you don't marry her."
Zheng Jie's behavior is not a problem for Bai Xiunian. No matter how much Zheng Jie pesters him, he has no feelings for her and will not be with her. No external pressure can force him to do something he doesn't want to do.
On the contrary, their current attitude towards him and Dai Li made him feel difficult and embarrassed.
Bai Xiunian: "Let's end this topic here. Please stop making random guesses. I invited Miss Dai to ride in my car today because I have something important to do at my house. It's definitely not some gossip you want to hear."
His explanation did not completely dispel the suspicions of his colleagues, but instead made them even more suspicious.
You come all the way home to discuss serious matters. Why must we discuss it at home?
"What kind of serious business is this that requires us to go to your house to discuss it?" someone teased.
"We're both in our early thirties now, and personal issues are serious matters. Why can't we discuss serious matters at home?"
"Right, right, right, Liang Gong is still very ideologically conscious."
These people are usually very serious at work, but Bai Xiunian only now realizes that they actually say anything in private.
Seeing that Bai Xiunian was about to be forced into a corner by them, a few people decided to stop while they were ahead.
"Alright, alright, let's not disturb Xiunian from talking about business, or he'll get angry with us soon."
"Remember what I just said to you, be more proactive, and keep going." Engineer Liang patted him on the shoulder twice before leaving.
A few people left, and before leaving they nodded and greeted Dai Li enthusiastically. At a glance, they saw a row of big white teeth.
After they left, Dai Li walked towards Bai Xiunian.
"Mr. Bai, your colleagues are quite enthusiastic."
We didn’t know each other, so we just said hello at the beginning and even said hello again before leaving.
"What did they do?" Bai Xiunian suddenly became alert, worried that they had done something unnecessary and embarrassed Dai Li.
Dai Li didn't understand why he suddenly became nervous, and replied in confusion: "I didn't do anything, just..."
She glanced in the direction where Bai Xiunian's colleagues left and found that all of them turned around, looked at her, and waved to her.
"He's still looking at us and waving hello to us."
Still looking at them?
Bai Xiunian pursed his lips tightly and said with a serious face, "Don't worry about them, let's go quickly."
He didn't even bother to wait for Xu Qiang to help him, and just groped his way forward.
But he moved too quickly, and his injured leg suddenly felt a sharp pain, causing his injured leg to be unable to bear the force. He took a breath in pain and fell forward.
"Mr. Bai, please be careful." Dai Li, who was standing next to him, quickly reached out to help him.
Xu Qiang also rushed over immediately to support him.
Even though he was wearing thick clothes, it wouldn't make any difference who held his arm.
But when he thought about Dai Li's hand on one side and recalled the teasing from his colleagues before, he still felt a little uncomfortable.
Bai Xiunian was so busy dodging that he couldn't even speak clearly: "No, no, Miss Dai, there's no need to bother you."
After he finished speaking, he realized that his dodging action could easily be misunderstood, and his tone had become a little cold and hard. He hurriedly explained, "I meant that Xu Qiang could hold me up. I'm not light, and it's easy for you, Miss Dai, to get hurt."
Dai Li was not unhappy because she knew that some people really did not like close contact with the opposite sex.
Judging from his reaction just now, he should also be a person who wants to maintain a certain social distance from the opposite sex.
After that, she paid attention to the distance between herself and Bai Xiunian, following them neither too far nor too close, and entered the dormitory building together.
A few people in the distance withdrew their gaze and shook their heads in disappointment as they walked away.
"I was just about to say that Xiu Nian used this move well. He took my words to heart and fell down very naturally. There was no sign of acting at all."
"What a pity, he is still too thin-skinned to let go."
"He's not in a hurry now, but he'll be anxious after a while."
"You know what, the two of them look quite good together."
"That's right, a talented man and a beautiful woman. If Chief Engineer Bai hadn't had that accident that year, they would have been an even better match."
When the accident in Country Y was mentioned, the atmosphere naturally became heavy.
Engineer Liang said nonchalantly, "What's the big deal? Even if Xiunian had an unfortunate accident, he's still the director of our aircraft industry. Does anyone have any objections?"
Engineer Lu: "Who dares to object to this? Not to mention our institute. He went back to the research base last time. After he left, a group of young women there asked me about him. Even after learning about his situation, they were still very enthusiastic. If it weren't for Zheng Jie's reputation and her support, someone would have come after him long ago."
"Speaking of which, Zheng Jie also helped him fend off quite a few suitors."
"So we still have to have some confidence in our Chief Engineer Bai. Who knows, he might have a plan."
Bai Xiunian wanted to sneeze, but fortunately he pressed the philtrum under his nose in time to avoid any indecent behavior.
The place he lived in was much newer than Mr. Zou’s house, at least he didn’t have to climb stairs anymore.
Dai Li discovered that he pressed all the elevator buttons himself without asking Xu Qiang for help at all.
Instead of relying on the Braille recognition on the elevator, he used his own method to calculate the position of the button for his floor. After touching the button, he would check whether it was correct by looking at the Braille on it.
His movements were very smooth, and he found the position of the key almost immediately. His fingertips lightly touched the Braille and read out the information on it.
If people didn't know that he was blind, his actions alone would make one mistakenly think he was a sighted person.
Dai Li looked at him curiously.
Then he seemed to sense something, suddenly turned around and smiled gently.
"Are you curious why I know the location of the elevator buttons?" Bai Xiunian is very sensitive to everything around him. Even if he can't see it, he can know other people's current behavior and thoughts through reasoning.
Dai Li turned back to look at the elevator buttons, stroking her chin thoughtfully, and said, "I'm more curious about how you can do it so skillfully."
Bai Xiunian also faced the elevator. "It's actually very simple. I only need to take six elevators every day: two for the dormitory and four for the company. Each elevator has fixed floors and buttons. I can tell where my floor button is with a little attention. I don't want to bother others for something as trivial as taking the elevator. I just want to be able to go wherever I want."
"Mr. Bai, can you tell the current floor number even if you're riding the elevator alone?"
He nodded: "It's the 12th floor now."
Dai Li looked up and saw that the elevator floor had just jumped to 12.
A confident smile appeared on his lips. "Each elevator has its own speed. With a little mental calculation, you can estimate when it will arrive at your desired floor."
Xu Qiang proudly said: "Mr. Bai can not only calculate the elevator time, but also the time of traffic lights. Every time he goes out, he can tell me in advance how fast to drive and which road to take with the fewest red lights."
Bai Xiunian: "But the development in recent years has been too fast. Many new roads have been built, and the traffic lights in the city have also been replaced. It won't be long before my little skill is of no use."
There was a hint of sadness and regret in his self-deprecating tone.
Dai Li looked at him for a while, then said slowly, "You will be able to see it soon."
Bai Xiunian paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "You're right."
"We're here." He said almost at the same time as the elevator dinged.
Perhaps because he was in a familiar place, all his movements began to become smooth and he no longer needed Xu Qiang's assistance to walk.
He took exactly one step, one more than one less, and walked to his door, unlocking it with his fingerprint.
After entering the door, he skillfully took out a pair of one-size-fits-all slippers from the shoe cabinet, placed them in front of Dai Li, and then took out a pair for himself.
"This pair is new, you can wear it without worry, Miss Dai."
After putting down his shoes, he washed his hands first, and then poured a glass of water for Dai Li.
Dai Li discovered that he knew everything in his house, from the refrigerator and water dispenser to the spoons and hooks, he knew exactly where each one was stored.
He was not afraid of encountering obstacles, and he took every step firmly and confidently.
Bai Xiunian poured Dai Li a glass of water and said, "Please sit down for a while. I'll go to the study to look for some old photo albums."
The house he lives in is a standard two-bedroom, one-living room, one bedroom and one study.
Xu Qiang lives next door to him. If he doesn't go out and stays at work, there will be no danger and no place where Xu Qiang is needed. Most of the time, Xu Qiang is on standby next door.
Xu Qiang didn't come in today. His mission was completed after he sent Bai Xiunian home safely.
Bai Xiunian's situation does not allow for too many clutter in his home, so there are very few items in his home, and everything is kept clean and tidy, with not even a hint of homely atmosphere.
He came out quickly, holding a thin stack of photo albums.
"I've only taken a few photos for graduation and work. I don't take many photos in my daily life. I don't know if there are any that meet your requirements. If none of them can be used, I'll ask my family to send me my old photos."
"Let me take a look first." Dai Li took it.
The first thing she saw was a photo of Bai Xiunian giving a graduation speech at a foreign university. It must have been taken by his classmates using a Polaroid camera. The technique was poor and the photo was blurry, but you could still see how high-spirited he was back then.
He was not boasting at all. His eyes were indeed very beautiful. Not only were their shape excellent and their color beautiful, but the determination and confidence in his eyes were also dazzling and bright, making people notice his eyes at first sight.
After Dai Li looked through his photos, she found that the largest number were photos taken on his graduation day, mostly Polaroids, followed by ID photos, which he had classified and arranged, as well as group photos with his colleagues.
As he said, he takes very few personal photos.
Bai Xiunian waited for a long time but received no response. He calculated in his mind that a quarter of an hour had passed and thought that Dai Li was embarrassed by his photo.
"How about it, Miss Dai, is there anything suitable?"
Dai Li was so busy admiring his beautiful photos that she forgot about the important things she had to do.
She came back to her senses and said, "Yes, yes. You have several photos where you can see the pupils. Can I choose a few more from different angles?"
"You can take them all. Take them home and take your time to choose. They're useless to me anyway."
Dai Li originally only wanted to pick one or two photos, but in the end she packed up all the other people's photos and took them away.
After she returned, she devoted all her energy to the production of the bionic eyeball and did not even attend the recording of "Edison Made in Nature".
Due to her absence from the recording, this episode had fewer viewers, but her popularity remained high, with everyone guessing where she had gone.
Some people heard that she had terminated her contract with Huiyao and thought that she had been kicked out by the program team because she had lost the support of the company. They asked the program team to invite her back, saying that the show would be more exciting with her there.
The program crew came out to explain helplessly, saying that Dai Li was too busy and had no time to participate in the recording, so she asked them for leave for several episodes.
They also want Dai Li to be interesting and bring attention, but she has no time to record the show, so they can't do anything about it.
It is known that Dai Li has terminated her contract with the company and there is no schedule announcement.
What is she busy with? This has become the question that netizens are most curious about.
Dai Li has been secluded in her own laboratory recently and rarely even goes out.
She had moved out of the dormitory of her previous company a long time ago and bought a research room in the suburbs, covering several thousand square meters, and also purchased a large number of instruments and equipment.
To make bionic organs, she had to make all the equipment herself, so she almost never slept during this period, working sixteen or seventeen hours a day.
This desperate spirit is even stronger than working for e-ne, and it is breaking Sister Tu's bottom line day by day.
"What have you been busy with recently? Isn't e-ne's work on track? Most of the work you have on hand has been handed over. Why are you working day and night now? Is it in such a hurry?" Sister Tu didn't understand what she was busy with. The most she could do was to help her with procurement, finance, logistics and other related auxiliary work. Sometimes she couldn't help and she could only worry.
"Make a bionic eye for someone?"
"Bionic eyes? What are they for?"
"He's blind, so we gave him a pair of bionic eyes to help him regain his sight."
Although Sister Tu didn’t understand bionic eyes, she just thought they were amazing.
"Then just take your time. Is the other party in a hurry?"
"He's not in a hurry."
Bai Xiunian was really not in a hurry at all. After all, Mr. Zou had called to ask about her situation, but Bai Xiunian had never asked about her progress once.
Maybe he didn't have much hope in the first place, and facing it calmly was more in line with his personality.
Also, he was a worldly-wise man but not worldly-wise, and was unwilling to put pressure on Dai Li.
Sister Tu breathed a sigh of relief: "It's just right that he's not in a hurry, then you can just take your time."
"I am in a hurry."
Even though Bai Xiunian never showed it, she could feel that he actually wanted to restore his eyesight very urgently.
Moreover, if he recovers his eyesight one day later, it will be a great loss to the country.
Helping him make a bionic eye is an urgent matter.
Sister Tu held her face, briefly turned her face away from the screen, and said with heartache: "Daidai, do you know that you have become ugly recently."
Dai Li pulled her hand away and stared at the data on the screen again: "No matter how ugly it is, we can't fall behind in progress."
Sister Tu slammed the table fiercely and said, "No, I have to see who this person is. Who made my beautiful Dai Dai look ugly?"
Dai Li replied lazily: "There are photos in the drawer next to me, take a look yourself."
Sister Tu really went to look through the drawers for photos.
After she found the photo, she leaned against the table, looking at it and clicking her tongue. "Oh my god, what a handsome guy! He's better looking than most male idols in the industry! It's such a shame that such a handsome guy went blind. No wonder you work day and night. I get motivated when I see good-looking boys. But I can't work seventeen hours a day. I'll die suddenly."
"My decision to make a bionic eye for him had nothing to do with his appearance," she explained calmly. She paused, thought for a moment, and then added, "But I did put so much effort into it because he's good-looking."
"I wonder how much of his handsome boy's beauty can be restored." Sister Tu was still admiring Bai Xiunian's photos.
“I’m trying to be 100%.”
"Wow, Dede, you're amazing! You're my god, I love you so much!"
Just as Dai Li was about to laugh, Sister Tu suddenly changed her expression and whispered devilishly in her ear.
"But sister, I still want to remind you to get enough rest. The handsome guy in the photo can recover his full beauty, but you can't recover your full beauty if you become ugly due to fatigue. The handsome guy thanked his benefactor after he recovered his eyesight, and when he saw you looking ugly due to fatigue, he thought to himself, 'This girl may be a little ugly, but she's quite capable. But that's the only thing worth looking at.'"
Dai Li couldn't stand it any longer and turned around to glare at her angrily: "How can I be so ugly? Do you need to emphasize it deliberately?"
Sister Tu covered her mouth and burst out laughing: "Oh, so you mind, I thought you didn't care at all."
Dai Li puffed out her cheeks and was so angry that she didn't want to talk to her.
Sister Tu gently pinched her puffy cheeks, twisted her waist and walked away without looking back: "I'll give you some final advice, make sure you get enough rest, people will really become ugly if they get tired."
After Sister Tu left, Dai Li was the only one left in the laboratory.
She stared at the screen for a while, becoming more and more annoyed. Her mind was filled with Sister Tu calling her ugly. In the end, even the data on the screen seemed to turn into the word "ugly".
She leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes, but still couldn't concentrate on the information.
After repeating this several times, she finally gave up, put down the documents in her hand and went to the lounge to sleep.
After that, her working hours became much more controlled. She worked according to her schedule every day and took regular breaks and slept.
The work was a week behind schedule.
Even though it was a week late, Bai Xiunian was still surprised by how quickly it arrived.
Although he kept telling himself to treat it calmly and not have too high expectations for the results.
But after receiving Dai Li's call, he was still a little nervous and expectant about the bionic eye that was about to be installed.
In order to make time for the bionic eye surgery, he applied for a short vacation from his unit.
Because of his special situation, his leave requests were always approved very quickly, and there was no very important work to hand over, so he could basically leave on the same day he applied.
But this time his journey was not smooth. Before he could swipe his card and leave, he was stopped by Zheng Ji.
Zheng Jie grabbed his arm. He quickly dodged and took a few steps back. He asked coldly, "Zheng Jie, what's wrong with you?"
Zheng Jie didn't mind his cold expression at all. Instead, she said in surprise and surprise, "I didn't say anything, and you knew it was me?"
"I can hear the footsteps of most people in the company, and it's even more obvious in your high heels."
Zheng Jie was originally quite happy, but after hearing his explanation, he started to settle the score with him.
"So you could tell when I walked, then why didn't you react when I bumped into you before? Why didn't you say hello to me first when I didn't say anything? Are you deliberately ignoring me?"
"You don't have anything else to say, right? If not, I'll leave first." Bai Xiunian didn't want to answer her meaningless question, so he turned around and was about to swipe his card to leave.
"Yes, yes, of course." Zheng Jie stopped him again, but she had already pulled his arm once and didn't dare to pull it a second time for fear of causing him to be disgusted. She could only block the access control sensor with her hand.
Unable to swipe the card, Bai Xiunian had to give up temporarily and continue to face Zheng Jie's entanglement.
"Then just speak directly."
Zheng Jie took two steps toward him, until he was one step away from him, and looked up at him. "I heard you wanted to get some bionic eye installed? It's said to restore your vision?"
Bai Xiunian frowned and took two steps back: "I've told you many times not to go to the hospital to inquire about my affairs."
"But this time is different. I looked for relevant papers for you, but I couldn't find a single one. This technology is completely unreliable and has never been used before. It might even be dangerous."
"So what?" He had considered all these risks, and they couldn't be a reason to dissuade him.
"There's no research evidence, no clinical trials, nothing. You're just being used as a guinea pig!"
"I am an adult. I have my own considerations for everything I do and I will be responsible for my own actions. I don't need you to worry about me."
Zheng Jie paced back and forth in anger. "You're not such an irrational person. Who brainwashed you? Was it that woman who deceived you? What kind of nonsense did she feed you to make you believe her words so much?"
Bai Xiunian's face darkened and he warned her seriously, "Zheng Jie, watch your words."
Zheng Jie sneered, "Why should I be careful with my words? Don't think I don't know. You've already brought her back to your dorm. Plenty of people at work have seen it. Do you think you can hide it from anyone? You don't care about people who truly care about you, but you're fooled by the words of that vixen outside. I must be bewitched to fall for you."
Bai Xiunian replied indifferently, "It's best that you wake up in time. Don't waste your time on me anymore."
His attitude always made Zheng Jie feel powerless, like punching cotton.
"I know I can't control you, but Uncle Liu can. If you don't give up this idea, I will tell Uncle Liu." Zheng Ji used his last resort, thinking he could scare him.
Bai Xiunian didn't react at all. He walked around Zheng Jie to swipe his card, and said calmly as he left, "Go ahead."
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