They stared at each other for a long time...
Looking into his burning, dark gaze, Jian Zhizhen slowly realized something was wrong and was afraid that she might have gone too far and crossed his bottom line.
So he slowly got up and sat down: "Okay, let's do the problems together then."
Qin Yubai sat down next to her, pointing to a large stack of formulas on the table: "There are four experiments that can find the new type of small particles we need..."
Jian Zhizhen listened attentively, initially just resting her head on his shoulder and looking at his research notes.
As she watched, she snuggled under his arm, wrapped her arms around his waist, and put her arm around his shoulder.
"..." Qin Yubai paused slightly, his fingers tightening around the pen, but ultimately did not refuse. He held her in his arms in that position and continued his analysis.
After listening to him, Jian Zhizhen seriously offered her opinion: "How about trying to change the experimental order?"
Qin Yubai thought about it carefully and felt that it was indeed worth a try.
As a newcomer, Chien Chih-chen's perspective on problems is indeed insightful and hits the nail on the head.
He turned a page and wrote down the experimental procedure after rearranging the order: "If we do this experiment first..."
"I'm sleepy." Jian Zhizhen didn't want to listen anymore, so he snatched his notebook and put it on the bedside table. Then, he took advantage of the situation and climbed onto his lap, hugged him, and said casually, "Bai Bai, let's go to sleep."
Qin Yubai gently pushed her away, wanting to put her back on the bed, but Jian Zhizhen wouldn't let go, instead holding her even tighter.
He got impatient, yanked her hand away, and said sternly, "Jian Zhizhen, you better behave yourself!"
Jian Zhizhen was stunned, her lips slightly parted as she stared at him in surprise.
"..." Qin Yubai immediately regretted it and blamed himself for not being able to control his temper and speaking loudly to her.
But... with a surveillance camera overhead, how could he not restrain himself?
The contract states that it's not for reference; frankly, it serves as a warning.
This serves as a warning to couples like them... who have liked each other for many years but have only recently gotten together.
After a long while, Jian Zhizhen slowly got off him and went back to her own bed.
I lay down silently, pulled the blanket up to cover my head, and curled up inside the blanket.
Low pressure instantly filled the entire room.
Qin Yubai sat opposite her, staring at her blankly.
Today's societal values do not encourage the celebration of love, and upon reflection, it seems that love deserves its fate.
It is not noble at all. Even the most rational person can lose control because of it and become paranoid and domineering. All the desires it generates are negative—possessiveness, control, and lust.
Didn't he lose control and his mind?
His childhood sweetheart was born a princess, and probably never had been scolded by anyone from childhood to adulthood. The biggest grievance she suffered was caused by him... How can this be allowed?
If you don't admit your mistakes and correct them in time, you might dare to speak loudly today, commit domestic violence tomorrow, and be executed the day after!
A man should never have even the slightest bit of wishful thinking about his mistakes!
Qin Yubai walked to her bedside, squatted down, and gently touched her through the thin blanket: "Zhenzhen, don't be angry. I didn't mean to be mean to you. I was just afraid... We'll go back tomorrow night and apologize to you properly, okay?"
After a long while, Jian Zhizhen's voice came from under the covers: "Tch—"
The last syllable was drawn out, revealing a strong sense of disdain.
Qin Yubai was speechless, but also breathed a sigh of relief.
She wasn't angry or sad, she just looked down on her.
He accepted it, as long as no one blames him.
He lay down next to Jian Zhizhen and hugged her through the blanket.
Seeing that she didn't refuse, he held her like that all night.
...
Early the next morning.
Finally, the last day of this episode has arrived.
As long as Lin Yi gets through this day safely, his wish will be fulfilled.
The task on the last day wasn't too difficult, but it really tested your social skills: go to the street and randomly help people, then get their signatures. You need at least 10 signatures, with no upper limit. The group with the most signatures wins.
Fortunately, it's still a mixed-gender team activity, so it doesn't matter if you're socially awkward; as long as your teammate is socially adept, you can still complete the task.
Everyone went out into the streets to look for people to help.
Jian Zhizhen and Qin Yubai counted their money and found they still had quite a bit left.
So I bought some bottled water, intending to give it to the sanitation workers on the street and ask them to sign for it.
The two soon noticed a sanitation worker across the street, carrying a broom, walking into an alley.
They wanted to hurry up and deliver the water, but a red light suddenly appeared in front of them, so they had no choice but to wait patiently for the light to go out before they could go.
But then, when the two of them walked into the alley, the sanitation worker suddenly collapsed to the ground!
Jian Zhizhen quickly ran over to check the worker's carotid artery. Seeing that it was still beating, she turned back and shouted to Qin Yubai, "Call an ambulance!"
Before the program started, Lin Yifa's materials mentioned various emergency phone numbers in this time and space, and also showed everyone the communication equipment here.
Qin Yubai immediately took out his phone, called an ambulance, and then called the police.
At first, the audience was concerned about the sanitation worker's situation, and then they started guessing where the murderer came from.
But suddenly, the comments section was filled with shouts of danger!
However, Qin Yubai never reads the comments, and Jian Zhizhen was giving the sanitation worker first aid, so he didn't pay attention immediately.
Just as she saw the warning and realized the danger, a hand holding a white cloth suddenly reached out from behind and tightly covered her mouth and nose. The strong smell of chemical reagents entered her nostrils, and Jian Zhizhen's vision went black and she fainted.
...
When Jian Zhizhen opened her eyes again, she found herself in a swaying train carriage.
The carriages were very old, and there was a lot of noise when they moved.
Her hands and feet were tied, but her mouth wasn't gagged, so she could still speak.
She looked up and saw that Qin Yubai was already awake and sitting beside her.
On the other side, there was a middle-aged woman lying unconscious.
The woman was wearing camouflage clothing and a pair of muddy rubber shoes with a few blades of grass stuck to them; she looked like a farmer who had just finished working in the fields.
Jian Zhizhen blinked, hoping the audience could remind her what had happened, but then she realized that her invisible bullet screen glasses seemed to have fallen off during the struggle, and she couldn't see anything anymore.
She struggled to sit up, looking at Qin Yubai in confusion: "We've been kidnapped?"
Qin Yubai nodded and said softly, "I woke up a while ago. I overheard the two drivers talking and roughly guessed what was going on..."
The middle-aged woman beside him was a leading figure in this society and a founder of the equal rights movement. Due to the loud noise, Qin Yubai couldn't quite hear her name, but it seemed to be something like "Meihao" (meaning "beautiful").
The people who kidnapped Ms. Mei were an organization that resisted her equal rights policy, called the "Angry Men's Organization." The organization was full of men who were dissatisfied with the absolute equal rights policy, and their demand was to restore the social system in which men were in charge of external affairs and women were in charge of internal affairs.
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