Chapter 72 Surprise
◎ "Congratulations to Jiang Siyue on the successful conclusion of the meeting."◎
With the experience of attending the last meeting, Jiang Siyue was generally familiar with the process. There were five oral speakers in front of her, and she happened to be in the middle. This position, which was prone to fatigue, was a big test for the speaker's expression skills.
I have to express my meaning accurately while taking the audience's emotions into consideration. Before I even go on stage, the pressure in my heart has already piled up like a mountain.
When you are nervous, you tend to have wild thoughts. In just a few minutes, Jiang Siyue had thought through the entire process of "how to apologize after doing something wrong".
When her cell phone vibrated, Jiang Siyue was startled and immediately answered Zhao Yan's call.
"I'm nervous." Jiang Siyue spoke impatiently, "There are big guys here. I feel like I'm going to show off my skills in front of Guan Gong."
Zhao Yan on the other end of the phone smiled gently and said in a gentle voice, "Then you should relax even more. The big guys won't make things difficult for a small shrimp like you."
"You might not be sure." Jiang Siyue hesitated for a moment. She seemed to have seen Zhang Min'an just now, but it was only a momentary distraction. It might be her own illusion. After thinking about it, she didn't say it. "But what if we run into a serious boss?"
Zhao Yan knew that her insecurity was playing tricks on her again, so he jokingly replied, "Then remember his name, and I'll help you get revenge later."
"How can I take revenge? They're not even in the same field." Knowing he was joking, Jiang Siyue couldn't help but curl her lips and replied, "They're not even in the same field. Zhao Yan, your consolation is so perfunctory."
Zhao Yan didn't take it seriously, "It's a different field, I also know a little bit of fighting."
Jiang Siyue, who was listening attentively, was speechless. "I actually listened attentively."
Zhao Yan smiled faintly, raised his voice slightly, and said, "Don't worry, go up. I've prepared a surprise for you. It should be... here soon."
"What is it?" Jiang Siyue's heart beat faster for some reason. Could it be that he would appear on the stage later?
Zhao Yan: "I ordered some flowers for you to celebrate the successful completion of your first meeting."
flower?
Jiang Siyue was a little depressed, but she quickly shook it off and said proudly, "You've already said it, so what's the surprise?"
"Really?" Zhao Yan was surprised. "Can you pretend you didn't hear it?"
"No." Jiang Siyue immediately refused. "When we get back, you have to take me to eat the Jiangxi cuisine that I like. It has to be spicy, and you have to eat with me!"
As time went by, even Jiang Siyue herself didn't realize that she was acting coquettishly towards Zhao Yan, and she was so skilled at it that she almost integrated into every moment.
The smile and doting in Zhao Yan's tone did not diminish at all, "Okay."
A staff member came forward to remind her, and Jiang Siyue ended the call with Zhao Yan, took a deep breath to relieve her inner tension, and walked towards the podium.
…
In the car, Zhao Yan tapped the armrest of the seat, estimating the time it would take to arrive at Jiang Siyue's meeting venue.
There were no important activities on the last day. After going through the basic formalities, he briefly explained the situation to another teacher and took the earliest flight to Sanjiang. However, the plane was delayed, and he still hasn't arrived at the scene until now.
The Didi driver caught a glimpse of his suit and the gorgeous flowers beside him in the rearview mirror and couldn't help but jokingly said, "Dude, are you planning to propose? It's a bit early, I hope she's not awake yet."
"No." Zhao Yan's lips curled up slightly, his eyes glancing at the ring on his finger. A sense of satisfaction welled up in his heart. He raised his hand and shook it, saying, "My wife is in a meeting over there, and I prepared a little surprise for her."
"Ah, there are not many people who are so caring after getting married." After the driver sighed, he saw that Zhao Yan just smiled and did not answer, so he did not continue.
…
When she first stepped onto the stage and looked at the huge crowd below, Jiang Siyue's nervousness reached its peak, and her hands were shaking as she played the PPT.
After adjusting to the first page, Jiang Siyue casually looked at the audience. At a glance, she saw Zhang Min'an in the first row. As for the girl next to him who looked 50% similar to him, she should be his daughter.
My brain exploded.
When she entered the door, she noticed the poster on the wall. At that time, she thought that the "Zhang Yaqing" was someone with the same name, but she didn't expect that it was actually her.
The theme of this conference was behavioral experiments, which was highly relevant to his own research direction, so Zhao Yan asked him to write an article. Zhang Yaqing appeared here, and most of his article probably quoted the expressions in his own article.
The people in the audience also noticed her unfriendly gaze at this moment. After being surprised, the two of them smiled politely. They seemed to have completely forgotten the incident of taking their papers, or perhaps, even if they remembered, they didn't care.
The raging anger burned away all the tension, and I felt calmer than ever before. I spoke fluently and naturally about the statement I had prepared long ago.
I was so amazed that everything went unexpectedly smoothly. The jokes specially prepared to ease the rhythm were also naturally integrated in, and the audience feedback was very good.
When it came to the question-and-answer session, Jiang Siyue's thoughts were as clear as lines, and she answered all the questions fluently without any hesitation.
For the last question, the microphone was handed to Zhang Yaqing. She was still smiling, but Jiang Siyue looked at her with great annoyance.
Zhang Yaqing: "Hello, animals are different from humans after all. How can we avoid false causality when we draw conclusions from animal experiments and then apply them to humans?"
The moment Jiang Siyue heard this question, she laughed angrily.
I did the same thing in the paper that Zhang Yaqing took away, using exactly the same method. Now Zhang Yaqing is asking me how to avoid it.
Now we can see how much Zhang Min'an boasted about his daughter.
"Thank you for your question. Regarding the issue of false causality, I've contacted Professor Fang Ming's lab. With his help, we provided the subjects with some external equipment to obtain the most intuitive data for comparison. Regarding the issue of the subjects' integrity..."
After smoothly answering the questions, Jiang Siyue suppressed the urge to roll her eyes and forced a smile. She had no doubt that Zhang Yaqing's placement on the poster was largely due to Zhang Min'an's contribution. Who knew someone else's paper had been stolen by him?
Zhang Yaqing in the audience was still smiling unconsciously, without any guilt or remorse. The anger in her heart was growing more and more intense, and she was almost unable to suppress it. Worried that she would really have an outburst, she hurriedly passed the first row and looked away.
In the semi-dark environment, a bunch of colorful flowers was particularly eye-catching. The figure of the person holding the flowers hidden in the darkness was particularly familiar. His heart skipped a beat, and he seemed to have sensed something. He slightly shifted his body and stood completely in the hazy light.
It’s Zhao Yan!
Her heart started beating wildly. Looking at him across the crowd, the faint smile on his lips was particularly reassuring. She glanced at Zhang Yaqing who was handing the microphone back to her, and she had already made a decision in her heart.
The hand holding the microphone was sweating and could hardly hold it.
"Is this student also today's poster? Your paper also mentioned false causation. I took a look at the article. Don't we use the same method?"
Zhang Yaqing in the audience finally lost her smile and instead looked guilty. Even in the dim light, it was still difficult to hide her panic.
Jiang Siyue smiled, and the joy in her heart was no less than eating a bite of cold watermelon in the hot summer.
"It's precisely because we're similar." Zhang Yaqing seemed to have found a way to deal with it. "That's why I wanted to ask you what you think! We're separated by time, but we can think of the same thing. It's rare!"
Listening to her "sophistry", Jiang Siyue sneered in her heart. While she was trying to excuse herself, she did not forget to imply that she was learning from her.
However, I may not be able to do what she wants.
Jiang Siyue nodded, smiled meaningfully and said, "It's indeed a coincidence."
I didn't speak up just now to expose anything. Zhao Yan was right. She would be very good, surpassing many people. Now Zhang Yaqing could only stand in the audience and look up at her. As time went by, she would make it so that Zhang Yaqing wouldn't even be able to see her shadow.
Jiang Siyue bowed to the audience, with a smile on her face, and walked down the stairs calmly with her back straight.
There were many eyes cast at her from all around, some casually observing, some curiously exploring, some interested... Jiang Siyue's gaze did not shift at all. She followed the direction of her memory and walked firmly towards the door.
The next speaker had already started, attracting everyone's attention. Jiang Siyue, who already disliked walking too slowly, started running directly.
The door of the conference room opened and closed automatically. Jiang Siyue threw herself into Zhao Yan's arms. The familiar smell mixed with the faint floral scent was extremely soothing. Jiang Siyue hugged him for a while before letting him go.
Zhao Yanshun lowered his head slightly, handed the flowers to her, and said, "Congratulations to Jiang Siyue on the successful conclusion of the meeting."
"Zhao, you liar." Jiang Siyue's nose felt sore after realizing it belatedly. "Didn't you say it was takeout?"
"Didn't you say that?" Zhao Yan gently scratched the tip of her nose, "You can't tell others about your surprise."
Her heart was bubbling with sourness. Jiang Siyue was both happy and angry, not knowing what to say. Finally, she patted him and said coquettishly, "Even if you come, you must eat Jiangxi food!"
"That's for sure." Zhao Yan smiled and held her hand. "I never regret what I promised you."
Yes, as long as Zhao Yan asked for something, he always did it. Jiang Siyue held his hand tightly with her left hand, holding the flowers with her right hand. Thinking of what happened just now, she raised her head proudly and said, "Oh, by the way, do you know why I suddenly asked that girl at the end?"
Zhao Yan had known that Zhang Min'an would be coming this time and had seen the meeting list. He had also seen Jiang Siyue's question just now and could guess why she did that, but he still asked, "Why?"
Jiang Siyue snorted in frustration, wrinkled her nose and said disdainfully, "That girl is my former mentor's daughter. The core of my previous article was named after her. You don't even know, she actually asked..."
Zhao Yan lowered his head slightly, listening carefully to every word she said, without any impatience on his face.
The more trivial these trivial things in life are, the more they can fill tiny gaps and soothe people's hearts.
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