Gu An was a little flustered when giving the cat a bath for the first time.
Little Heizi is afraid of water. Once he is put into the basin, he starts crawling around in fear and floundering in the water as if he has fallen into a hot pot.
"You can't do this. Let me do it. I have experience."
A pleasant androgynous male voice sounded behind him. The pronunciation was round, full, and soft, giving people a comfortable feeling.
Gu An stood up and looked back at the middle-aged man who suddenly appeared.
She has long black hair draped over her shoulders, and her eyebrows and eyes are sharp and feminine.
He has thin lips, double eyelids, and long eyelashes. There is a beauty mole at the corner of his mouth that makes people remember him at first sight.
"My name is Li Jiu, they all call me Ninth Sister. You can call me Uncle Ninth."
"Hello, Uncle Jiu."
Gu An couldn't call her "Ninth Sister" because that would be too rude.
Li Jiu took over his job, holding the little black cat in his left hand and gently scooping up water with his right hand to scrub its body bit by bit.
Xiao Heizi was enjoying it very much and lay in his palm without moving.
"Why isn't it afraid of water?"
"Haha, my palm gave it support, and I felt at ease and not afraid. It's psychological."
"Where did you come from, little guy?"
"I took a taxi and found it cold and hungry in the green belt, so I brought it back."
"So what are you going to do with it? Take it back to Jiangcheng?"
Gu An pondered for a moment and decided that it was possible. However, the paperwork required to check in the luggage by plane was a bit troublesome.
"This little guy is a cat born and raised in Chengdu. It's too pitiful for him to leave his hometown. Leave it to me to raise."
After Li Jiu washed the little black cat twice, he wiped the water stains on its body with a dry towel, and patiently placed it on his thigh and used a hair dryer to dry its fur.
"Why did the mother cat abandon it?"
"Who knows? There must be a reason for it. Staying here in Chengdu, maybe we'll run into them again in the future. Wouldn't it be nice for the mother cat to see her kittens grow up healthy and have a good life?"
Li Jiu smiled faintly, blowing while gently combing the little black cat's fur with his fingers.
Gu An saw a glimmer of maternal love in his eyes.
It's not an illusion.
I have no experience in raising small animals. If I take Xiao Heizi home with me and I don't take good care of him, I will feel guilty for the rest of my life.
Perhaps staying here is its destiny.
Follow someone who understands it better and loves it more than you do.
"Then I'll ask Uncle Jiu to take care of Little Blackie. I'll come back to visit him when I come to Rongcheng."
"Then you have to come more often. This little thing has a bad memory after a long time. I'm afraid it won't remember you as its savior."
"It's okay, I can be its friend." Gu An said with a smile, not minding.
"You are quite different from Gu Zhenhua. He is a man with great leadership qualities." Li Jiu played with the cat's ears, pinched the pads of its little paws, and stared at the boy in front of him.
"He adopted me. I was only three years old when he left. We are definitely not the same people."
"I showed up in Rongcheng to get my father's belongings and fulfill his wish."
Gu An lived a new life without setting any lofty ambitions or ideals. He just wanted to live a good life.
In this life, I just want to stay away from the Lin family and live happily with my mother and the people who love me.
World peace does not require him to save anyone. God has given him the opportunity to live an ordinary life without regrets.
That's all.
"Gu Zhenhua's ideal was to save tens of millions of families, so he dedicated himself to it. Although his actions seemed a bit biased in my opinion, they were great!"
"Those of us who engage in scientific research are actually more interested in research projects and eager to achieve results. Every project embodies our hard work, and we hope that it will be used in the right place."
"Now that the laboratory is handed over to you, can you take on this responsibility?" Li Jiu looked at Gu An quietly.
Gu An was silent for a moment before speaking seriously: "Uncle Jiu, please help me."
Li Jiu nodded in appreciation.
I was satisfied with his answer.
Whether Gu An answered yes or no, it seemed too hasty.
Because he is still too young and knows nothing, it is difficult for people to be convinced by his promises made easily.
"One of the lab's past research results, a second-generation antidote, needs to be tested in the clinic as soon as possible. I'll take care of that. Clinical trials take a while, and getting the drug to market is the real challenge."
"When your father was alive, I didn't have to worry about it because of his network, but it's a problem now. I have no connections in this area." Li Jiu frowned.
We need someone above us to help us with this.
If research results cannot be applied to business, they cannot be transformed into sustainable power. Relying solely on external funding is ultimately not a solution.
Donating it to the country for free is not an option either. On the one hand, the laboratory needs to survive, and on the other hand, the country will delegate the project, and it will eventually become a tool for some people to make profits.
"I'll think of a way to do this. I'll give it a try." Gu An knew that his beautiful sister and Xiaoxiao sister were very powerful, so he asked them for advice first.
Their home is in the capital, which is a place above the upper classes.
"Uncle Jiu, how much money do we need to invest in the initial stage of reopening the laboratory?"
Li Jiu frowned and roughly estimated for a while, "How long did you renew the lease?"
"Oh, I'll renew the lease for five years first. I brought less money last time. So I didn't sign more." Gu An answered honestly.
This time you can also ask the landlord to renew the lease for another five years, or ten years would be more reliable.
"Let's sign another five-year contract tomorrow. The environment here is nice, and everyone is used to it. Moving is a strenuous task. What a waste of time."
"Yeah, I think so too."
"First, make sure the laboratory can operate normally for one year, and there must be at least 50 million in funds in the account." Li Jiu was not sure if he could come up with so much at once.
After hearing this, Gu An secretly felt lucky that he had bought ten times the amount at that time.
Even paying rent for another five years would be enough.
"Uncle Jiu, the money is no problem. I will transfer 55 million to the laboratory account today."
Li Jiu was surprised but didn't ask any more questions. He just nodded with satisfaction.
"Very good. I will start preparing once the funds arrive and wait for them to return at the end of the month. We will reunite."
"Well, I'll go back and think of a way to get the drug on the market."
"I've prepared the food, come and have dinner." Zhuo Jingjing set the table and put the dishes and chopsticks on the table.
"Here I am. My sister-in-law's cooking skills are still as good as ever. I, a clumsy cook, really envy her."
"Don't give me that. I haven't seen you guys come here often before."
"You know they are all workaholics. Once they enter the laboratory, their butts are stuck to the chairs and even a shovel can't move them away." Zheng Qiao joked.
"So, you're just a bystander?"
"Hey, the boss is in the house today, don't talk nonsense, wife. Will you deduct our wages and leave us both starving?"
"Hahahaha. Can't Old Zheng still go fishing?"
"Depend on him? If Gu An doesn't come, I'm afraid we can only drink the water of Xinglong Lake every day, and there won't be a single fish hair in sight."
Gu An took a sip of the fish soup, picked up a piece of fish meat and fed it to Xiao Heizi. He felt extremely satisfied watching the little guy meowing non-stop.
As expected, cute cats can heal people's hearts.
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