Chapter 140
Fu Le turned her head and saw a tall, handsome young man, a head taller than her.
When Sun Lin returned from get out of class, he was heading back to the compound. Just as he reached the alley entrance, he saw a strange girl standing there carrying some things. He knew everyone in the compound, so he knew who she was visiting. He asked her a question.
"Yes, I've made an appointment with Professor Sun."
"You're looking for my grandfather?" Sun Lin was also surprised that his casual question had led to a guest in his home. "Then come with me. Are you my grandfather's student?"
"Yes, I attend all of Professor Sun's classes," Fu Le said with a smile.
"Oh, okay." Sun Lin nodded. "What year are you in?"
"Freshman year".
The girl's answer was too concise, unlike the girls who always tried to find topics to talk about, which made Sun Lin a little embarrassed for a moment. Fortunately, they arrived soon.
"Grandpa, your student has arrived!" Sun Lin shouted as they reached the gate.
"Hey, Lele, Lele, you're here! Come in, come in..." The old man, dressed in a black cotton-padded coat, appeared at the door with a smile.
“Professor Sun,” Fu Le said with a smile.
Seeing the gift box and honey that Fu Le was carrying, Professor Sun took them. "What? Did I send you here to deliver a gift?"
“Didn’t you say you weren’t sleeping well? This honey should last you two months. And these four treasures of the study, the commonly used ones, I have many sets at home, they’re quite good. Can’t I share these good things with you?” Fu Le winked playfully, like a junior pouting at his grandfather.
She absolutely has to win over this teacher!
"You little rascal, come in and come to the study with me." Professor Sun was quite pleased with Fu Le's closeness.
He has six grandsons and four grandsons-in-law. It's like he's disturbed a den of grandchildren; none of them are very likable.
There's no better girl than this well-behaved and clever one. She's ambitious, knows how to conduct herself appropriately, and is also intelligent. He truly admires her.
“Okay, Professor.” Fu Le turned and nodded to Sun Lin, then followed Professor Sun upstairs.
Sun Lin, who was ignored: ...
Has Grandpa's eyesight deteriorated to the point where he can't see people anymore? He's a grown man!
"Xiao Lin, you're home from school? Are you hungry? Have some fruit." Seeing Sun Lin standing at the door, Qin's mother placed washed apples and strawberries on the coffee table. "Did the professor go upstairs?"
"Mmm." Sun Lin went to the kitchen to wash his hands and came out.
"Aunt Qin, do you know anything about Fu Le?" Grandpa rarely allowed students to come to his house; they usually stayed at the Chuanlou. So he was surprised that this girl was so special that he brought her home.
"She's the professor's student. The professor has been mentioning her a lot lately, saying she's very smart, a promising medical student, and most importantly, she's diligent." Qin's mother's impression of Fu Le came from the professor, and she felt a certain fondness for her as a result.
Sun Lin didn't speak, his thick eyebrows furrowed.
In the study.
"Lele, I heard you went abroad?" Professor Sun asked Fu Le to sit down on the sofa, while he sat opposite her.
"Well, I need some pharmaceutical tools, which we don't have in China. I'll go to the US to take a look."
"Oh? Did you manage to buy it?" Professor Sun asked happily.
This is the child he values most; he's single-mindedly focused on studying.
"I got them. They have pharmaceutical equipment and some for extracting medicinal juices. Some of the equipment in our school's lab was worn out and not very handy, so I bought a set based on the school's tools."
The old man and the young man chatted for so long that they forgot the time, until Qin's mother knocked on the door to call for lunch.
"Let's go, Lele, try Qin Ma's cooking. She's also good at making Hunan cuisine, and her chicken stew is very flavorful."
"Okay, thank you, Professor Sun."
Hearing the noise upstairs, Sun Lin, who was watching TV, looked up and met the old man's gaze. Just as he was about to speak, his infuriating grandfather said, "Oh? Little Lin, when did you arrive? Have you eaten?"
Sun Lin's expression twisted for a moment, his resentful gaze sweeping over Fu Le before settling on the old man. "Grandpa, I came in with Fu Le."
"Oh? Really? I didn't notice. Lele, come, sit to Grandpa's right. Take a look at these dishes, see if they suit your taste." Professor Sun warmly invited Fu Le to sit down. As for his grandson's fussiness, what did it have to do with him?
Sun Lin, ignored once again: ...
Take a deep breath... Don't get angry... Don't get angry...
Watching the grandfather and grandson amuse each other, Fu Le couldn't help but smile. She hadn't expected Professor Sun to have such a playful side, even though everyone at school was terrified of him.
Sun Lin, feeling resentful, couldn't eat a bite of his meal. He kept hearing his grandfather and someone else talking, even discussing academic terms he didn't understand. He didn't even have a chance to interject because he didn't know them.
That day, Fu Le stayed until after four o'clock in the afternoon before the old man allowed her to leave. When she left, she took a box of books with her.
These are all from the old man's study. They are quite basic, but the knowledge points are very comprehensive. "Lele, you have to read these books carefully ten times, not once less, understand? After you finish reading them, call me. I want to see how much you have absorbed."
“Okay, Professor.” Fu Le was very happy. Although the old professor hadn’t said he would take her as his apprentice, he had the intention to train her. How far was it from taking her as his apprentice?
"You must be at the lecture hall by 8 a.m. next Saturday, or I'll come to your house and drag you away, understand?" Professor Sun was a little angry when he said this. If it were any other student, they would get up in the middle of the night and wait for the door to open when they received a notice that he was going to class. But this girl, she just disappeared for a month.
"Yes, yes, I understand, thank you, Professor."
"Xiao Lin, take Lele with you. I'm sleepy and want to take a nap."
"Okay, Grandpa."
After watching the old professor go inside, Sun Lin's car arrived in the courtyard.
"Sun Lin, thank you." Fu Le prepared to get into the back seat.
"Wait, get in the passenger seat, I have something to tell you," Sun Lin's voice came through.
Fu Le paused for a moment, but didn't think much of it and got into the passenger seat.
The car slowly started moving.
After fastening his seatbelt, Fu Le remained silent and looked out the window. Sun Lin also remained silent.
Until we left the compound and got on the national highway.
"Fu Le, are you struggling with Grandpa's lessons?" Sun Lin naturally wouldn't dislike a student his grandfather liked. Several students who uploaded the lessons said they were struggling because the content was too detailed and comprehensive, making it difficult to digest.
Judging from Grandpa's demeanor, we'll probably see each other quite often in the future.
"It's alright." That's the gist of it.
Sun Lin: I don't know what to say next.
"Do you have time tonight? I'd like to show you around the capital's nightlife." The car turned a corner, and we weren't far from Xingyao Residence.
"No, I..." Fu Le was about to speak when his phone rang. It was Lu Shi.
Sun Lin looked in the direction of the voice and met Fu Le's eyes. "Please drop me off on the side of the road. It's not far from my house. Thank you."
"You can take the call in the car. I'm going down for a smoke. I have to get you there, or Grandpa will give me trouble," Sun Lin said with a smile.
Want to have a cigarette?
Fu Le was surprised to find that this seemingly refined and handsome young man also smoked.
"Is it strange?" Sun Lin saw through Fu Le's meaning, chuckled, and took out a cigarette case and lighter from his pocket.
Just then, the phone rang again.
Fu Le looked down at her phone. She had just pressed the call button to call back, but Lu Shi called again. It seemed that he had encountered a problem he couldn't solve and was getting anxious.
She pressed the answer button, "Boss, something's happened."
Sun Lin, who got out of the car: ? Boss? What the heck?
"That bastard Qin Feng, in Guangzhou, colluded with the local Xinxiang Cosmetics Company to have our factory's license revoked." Lu Shi wouldn't have called Fu Le if he hadn't been completely helpless. This time, for some reason, some people who used to be very cooperative with them are now avoiding them, and their attitudes are extremely abnormal, as if nothing had ever happened. There's usually only one reason for this: some high-ranking official is targeting them.
"On what grounds?"
“They say our hygiene is substandard, our disinfection is not up to standard, and our products are defective. Last month, two or three customers caused trouble, saying they had skin allergies after using our products. Our legal department took them for tests and confirmed that it wasn’t caused by our cosmetics. Now they’ve complained to higher authorities and produced a set of forged evidence, claiming that the settlement agreement we signed before was forced upon them and therefore invalid.” Lu Shi pinched his dry nose, his frustration making him look gloomy.
The evidence was all authentic, and there were professional doctors and institutions endorsing it. If someone wasn't manipulating things behind the scenes, who would dare to provide such false evidence that could land them in jail? The key point is that all those people's allergies have disappeared, so it's impossible to gather any more evidence or refute it now.
If this matter is decided in their favor, the entire Pearl series will be ruined, and even Hua Rongyue's appearance will be affected.
"New product?" Hua Rong Yue Mao has a good reputation, so no one would be stupid enough to find fault with Hua Rong Yue Mao. It can only be a new product, the pearl series.
"yes."
"Give me the information of those who supported us before."
"good."
Fu Le hung up the phone, his expression normal.
"Finished?" Sun Lin's voice came from the window.
"Um, sorry." Fu Le snapped out of his reverie and suppressed his overflowing emotions.
Sun Lin returned to the car, carrying a faint smell of tobacco, and started the engine again.
Perhaps sensing that Fu Le was in a bad mood, Sun Lin stopped talking.
The car stopped in front of Xingyao Residence. Sun Lin was taken aback, not expecting Fu Le to live here.
She only gave directions beforehand, but didn't mention Xingyao Residence, which is next to ordinary commercial buildings.
"I have something to do today, but I'll invite you over next time," Fu Le said. "Also, thank you for bringing me back."
"No need to be polite, it's nothing." Sun Lin smiled nonchalantly.
After watching Fu Le enter the gate of Xingyao Residence, and seeing the security guard looking at him, Sun Lin started the car and drove away.
Xingyao Residence isn't cheap, so I didn't expect this girl's family to be so well-off.
When Fu Le arrived home, there was already a stack of documents under the fax machine.
After reviewing all the connections, Fu Le's brows furrowed. They were too basic. In any era, without a few strong protectors, they would be destroyed, especially with such a large network.
After thinking for a while, Fu Le went up to the control room on the second floor and sorted out some of the pharmaceutical equipment he had bought.
'Host, you have to go.'
Just as a single word appeared before Fu Le's eyes, he collapsed to the ground, lifeless.
The excruciating pain just before losing consciousness nearly caused Fu Le to bite off his back teeth.
Damn it, the shuttle, you didn't even give us a preview this time!!!
This time, Fu Le woke up in excruciating pain. She was being held in the mouth of something. She instinctively opened the protective shield, and a deafening roar of a beast rang out above her head, causing her eardrums to ache terribly.
"Damn it!!!" Then, she was thrown out, and Fu Le watched helplessly as she fell from the top of the cliff into the abyss. She didn't even have time to see what kind of beast was threatening her.
"Shuttle!! What good will it do you if I die?!" The speed of the fall was too fast, and the intense feeling of weightlessness made the hairs on Fu Le's body stand on end.
She couldn't even take out the puppet beast, because the protective shield would bounce it off.
The descent was rapid, and the strong winds hitting the shield caused it to sway precariously.
Fu Le: !!!
Holy crap!! It's about to expire!!!
'Bang!' Murphy's Law suddenly and magically appeared.
It exploded!!
When the protective shield failed, Fu Le instantly felt the cruelty of the gale. Fortunately, she reacted quickly enough, took out the puppet beast, climbed onto its back, and stopped falling.
whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Ouch... my face hurts...
My skin also hurts...
As the puppet beast slowly rose, Fu Le finally caught his breath, belatedly realizing that he was both cold and in pain.
In just a few seconds, her clothes were gone, her skin was covered in cuts, and her long hair was cut into a mess by the strong wind.
Ouch... no wonder it hurts so much.
He took out the most effective and concentrated ointment and applied it all over his body. The pain disappeared instantly, and the wounds healed quickly. Fu Le breathed a sigh of relief and changed into a clean set of clothes, from his underwear to his coat.
Suddenly, glistening snowflakes began to fall around him. Fu Le reached out to catch them, looked up, and saw countless 'goose feathers' drifting down from the sky.
It's snowing! No wonder it's so cold.
Wearing a temperature-controlled down jacket, animal skin boots, and an animal skin hat, I felt much warmer.
Fu Le wrapped his body in a huge animal hide and then increased the speed of the puppet beast.
rustling... rustling...
Three hours passed before Fu Le returned to the cliff. Looking around, he saw towering trees and bushes taller than a person.
It was getting dark, and the forest was even more secluded. Which primeval forest had she wandered into?
"Shuttle, why aren't you saying anything? Which dimension have I arrived in?"
'Spirit Realm, low-level. I have to go. Take care.'
"Hey, shuttle, don't go so fast! I still have a question for you! This Spirit Continent, is it some kind of cultivation world? A shuttle?"
There were no more red characters in front of me.
Fu Le asked several more questions, all of which were the same.
I've been abandoned again...
Fu Le raised the puppet beast to a height of tens of meters, and at a glance, it was still a lush green expanse.
However, I did manage to spot a town thousands of miles away using the binoculars; at least there was a town.
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