Duan Hengye felt that Lan Jingchi had changed a lot. Compared with the silent and careful look he met in An Luo at the beginning, he seemed to be a different person. At this time, Lan Jingchi, who was standing on the stage, looked extremely confident, and her words and deeds were extremely decent, and she could indeed take on the task of representing all the students of An Luo University.
But somehow, as someone who had read the original novel "Dumping the Stars", the more Duan Hengye saw Lan Jingchi's perfect performance, the more strange the picture became.
Although Lan Jingchi in the book is not a villain, but he has a character who walks on the edge of good and evil, and now Duan Hengye has no way to connect the person standing on the stage with him in the book.
Duan Hengye himself admitted that he is not a person with high emotional intelligence, but he knows that a person's personality does not change so quickly... Lan Jingchi has learned to hide himself.
After Shi Rongsi talked to the people around him, he turned his attention to the stage again. From Duan Hengye's point of view, he couldn't see his expression, but with a little attention, he could see that Lan Jingchi's speech in this paragraph was of a high level, and almost the whole table cast a favorable glance at him.
Lan Jingchi gave a speech out of script. Facing this huge auditorium, he did not show any jerky or fear. When he bowed his thanks at the end of the final speech, Duan Hengye heard excited applause from the students behind him.
Because the work and research at hand have been relatively heavy recently, and Lan Jingchi did not take the initiative to tell Duan Hengye about these matters. Until today, Professor Duan has only vaguely felt that Lan Jingchi's strength has been understood and recognized by people, and he has probably become the man of the whole An Luo.
As the student representative, Lan Jingchi went back to the back of the venue according to the procedure after speaking. And after several activities, today's welcome banquet finally officially started. The table sitting behind Duan Hengye was almost all of Professor An Luo. At the beginning of the banquet, the scene was relatively quiet, so the other party's low-pitched voice reached Duan Hengye's ears very easily.
The content of their chat happened to be about Lan Jingchi.
"... Was it a student from your academy who spoke on the stage just now?" Listening to the voice alone, the speaker should be a little old, and he obviously doesn't know much about An Luo now.
"Yes," the other person replied, and continued, "Lan Jingchi, who won the award last time. Now he has skipped a level... The future of young people is immeasurable."
Sure enough, after hearing the word "level skipping", the person who asked the question first couldn't help but "tsk", and after a while he continued: "He really has the shadow of Professor Duan. ."
Suddenly being mentioned, Duan Hengye couldn't help being stunned for a while. Immediately afterwards, the people at the table behind him began to popularize his relationship with Duan Hengye to the person who didn't know Lan Jingchi very well. There was a lot of emotion in the tone of the speaker. Obviously, he didn't expect that the simple encounter back then would develop such a story later.
At this time, the venue gradually became noisy, and the people around Duan Hengye left one after another, and began to chat with old friends or classmates who were sitting elsewhere.
After a while, even Su Mingge next to him stood up. He walked towards the table at the back, apparently to see his classmates.
At this time, there were not many people who wanted to chat with Duan Hengye, but they were all frightened by his refusal temperament, so the professor's side seemed particularly deserted at this time.
Seeing that the main part of the banquet was over, Duan Hengye wanted to leave the venue directly. However, after getting up, he hesitated for a while, then gave up going out directly through the side door, and turned to the back of the auditorium.
Although no one was chatting with Duan Hengye, everyone was watching him silently, and Duan Hengye's movements of getting up and walking towards the back of the auditorium were naturally not missed. The current Duan Hengye has long been used to such a sight. Although he knows that someone is watching him, his expression and actions are not affected at all.
Soon Duan Hengye walked to the back of the venue, and then saw Lan Jingchi surrounded by a bunch of students. Now Lan Jingchi's side is so lively that no one notices that Duan Hengye has come here silently. Just when Duan Hengye was thinking about whether he should leave here first, and when Lan Jingchi was free, he would look for the other party, Lan Jingchi, who was surrounded by the crowd, suddenly raised his head.
Seeing Duan Hengye, Lan Jingchi's face instantly showed a look of surprise, and then called over there, "Professor Duan!"
Lan Jingchi's voice was not loud, but it was enough for those around him to hear clearly. So after Lan Jingchi's voice fell, the students surrounding him immediately turned their eyes towards Duan Hengye's direction. After all, they are not students of the Mecha Department, so everyone is a little afraid of Professor Duan.
So after seeing that the person Lan Jingchi called just now was indeed Duan Hengye, those students instantly switched to nervous mode, then greeted Duan Hengye, and quickly left Lan Jingchi's side.
Before Duan Hengye walked over, Lan Jingchi stepped up to his side. Seeing that Lan Jingchi was in a good mood now, Duan Hengye put down his confusion and started talking to the other party about his speech.
Although Duan Hengye was a little distracted when listening, the main content did not miss much, so the praise was still in place. After a few words, Lan Jingchi smiled a little embarrassedly, and then said to Duan Hengye: "Actually, today's event... I was surprised when I received the notice myself. I didn't tell Professor Duan, I wanted to Leave a surprise for today."
Lan Jingchi's seat was at the back of the auditorium, but it was relatively centered, and Duan Hengye's appearance was conspicuous when he was standing here talking with him. Therefore, while talking about the speech just now, Duan Hengye and Lan Jingchi walked towards the corner of the venue together.
At this time, behind Heng Ye was a huge floor-to-ceiling window. Because it was far away from the core area of the venue, after standing here, they could almost only hear the sound of flowing water from the artificial creek outside the floor-to-ceiling window.
After a little hesitation, Duan Hengye finally asked his doubts: "...I heard just now that you rejected the invitation of the Institute of Pharmacy?" In the pharmacy major that he studied late, it has long been known to everyone.
Although Lan Jingchi also felt that this kind of "trivial matter" would not reach Duan Hengye's ears immediately, he also knew that the other party would hear about it one day.
When Duan Hengye came to find him today, Lan Jingchi was already mentally prepared that the other party would ask about this. So hearing Duan Hengye's words, Lan Jingchi nodded slowly and said, "Yes... However, I am very grateful for the invitation of Dean Shi Rongsi."
"Going to work there is the best choice for graduates majoring in pharmacy..." Having said this, Duan Hengye thought for a while and asked, "Do you think it's still a little early?" He became the "senior" of An Luo's students, but pharmacy is also a somewhat expensive major, and this reason is barely reasonable.
Duan Hengye could understand if others were worried that his current qualifications were not enough. But as can be seen from Lan Jingchi's reaction and words during the last meeting, he is not the one who would refuse an invitation for this reason.
Sure enough, Lan Jing shook his head without hesitation for a moment. He said to Duan Hengye, "I don't like the atmosphere of the Imperial Academy, and I'm not suitable to work there."
This reason is also within Duan Hengye's expectations - no matter how orthodox and good student Lan Jingchi turns into now, he is still the boy who chose to drop out of An Luo in a fit of rage.
"Do you want to do your own independent research?" Duan Hengye asked involuntarily. Pharmacy research needs a lot of financial support. After dropping out of school that year, in order to continue his research career, Lan Jingchi began to deal with the interstellar gray forces. But now that Duan Hengye was here, he certainly wouldn't watch Lan Jingchi go down the path in the book.
Although that road can also let Lan Jingchi unleash his talents, it is also a very dangerous road. So before Lan Jingchi could answer, Duan Hengye continued, "If so, I can be a research sponsor."
"No." Surprisingly, Lan Jingchi denied Duan Hengye's words very simply.
Could it be that what he just said was too straightforward? Duan Hengye was a little puzzled by Lan Jingchi's words, and then he couldn't help but reflect in his heart.
Unexpectedly, Lan Jingchi smiled at Duan Hengye, and he continued: "Without your funding, I would not choose to conduct independent research on my own." A little achievement, but my current qualifications are relatively shallow, if I start blindly independent research at this stage... Then it will undoubtedly be a waste of precious research and study time."
Duan Hengye found that Lan Jingchi was much more mature than he was at the same period in the book.
What Lan Jingchi said was right. Although he already had the name of "genius", he was still a little immature in many places. Independent research is of course good, but it is too early for the current Lan Jingchi. Unable to help, Duan Hengye nodded gently towards the other party, while Lan Jingchi continued, "I plan to go to another pharmacy research institute."
After listening to Lan Jingchi's words just now, Duan Hengye suddenly remembered something.
Because of the poisoning, Duan Hengye had done a good analysis of the major research institutes in the interstellar space. Perhaps the atmosphere in Shi Rongsi was not very good, and the degree of freedom of research was not high, but it was worthy of the name. Interstellar top research institutions. What other top research institutes are there other than that
etc…
Could it be that Lan Jingchi chose the one under Nan Zhuxing!
Speaking of which, since the cloning drug research was completed and the work became busy, Duan Hengye hadn't chatted with AI for a long time as idle as before. So now I suddenly can't remember its exact name, after all, that research institute only has a code name.
However, the more evaded the truth, the easier it is to come true. Lan Jingchi didn't even give out its code name, but said directly to Duan Hengye, "I plan to go to the pharmacy research institute under Nan Zhuxing."
Duan Hengye didn't think that, as a pharmacy major, Lan Jingchi would easily know that Nan Zhuxing was behind that research institute.
After seeing Duan Hengye's strange expression in an instant, Lan Jingchi was also surprised that he didn't hide or sell anything. He paused for a while, then said to Duan Hengye, "This matter... the Marshal came to talk to me personally."
Meng Jinhuai went to Lan Jing to talk to Lan Jing in person? After hearing his words, I couldn't help but feel that this world was a little too fantastical. No matter how much success the future blue net will achieve. But the current fact is that Meng Jinhuai is an imperial marshal who is high above the world, and everyone in the interstellar space knows it, while Lan Jingchi is just a well-known student in this major.
In the eyes of others, Meng Jinhuai and Lan Jingchi do not belong to the same world at all.
After hearing Lan Jingchi's words, Duan Hengye couldn't help but repeat his words to himself, "Did Meng Jinhuai come to see you..."
"Well." Lan Jing nodded slowly, "He came to An Luo to find me in person."
Although the overall environment of the empire has been relatively peaceful recently, Meng Jinhuai's work is still very busy. Duan Hengye couldn't imagine when Meng Jinhuai took the time to come to Anluo to find Lan Jingchi. "He didn't ask me to tell you about this." Lan Jingchi added very frankly, apparently taking the "admonition" of the Marshal Lord on a deaf ear.
Seeing Lan Jingchi playing cards out of the way, Duan Hengye didn't know what to say for a while. After thinking for a while, Duan Hengye simply expressed the doubts in his heart directly like Lan Jingchi. Duan Hengye asked Lan Jingchi, "Meng Jinhuai... what did he say?"
Lan Jingchi recalled for a while, and then replied: "Master Marshal, he told me... The research I won last time can help you, so he hopes that I can go to the research institute on Nanzhuxing's side to continue this project."
Although he vaguely guessed a few points in his heart, Duan Hengye was still shocked when he heard these words come out of Lan Jingchi's mouth.
Duan Hengye never thought that one day Meng Jinhuai, the marshal of the empire, would find a student for himself. However, besides this incident, did Meng Jinhuai say anything else to Lan Jingchi
Probably at this moment, Duan Hengye's mood was all written on his face. Before he could ask, Lan Jingchi said, "Professor Duan, don't be nervous, Marshal actually only said this part. But he also Said, the future will tell me the ins and outs of this matter."
Lan Jingchi didn't tell Duan Hengye how shocked he was when Meng Jinhuai came to him that day. Although Meng Jinhuai put down his work and rushed to Duguangxing to meet Lan Jingchi, and promised very attractive research conditions. But before meeting Duan Hengye today, Lan Jingchi was still hesitating. But after seeing Duan Hengye's expression at this time, Lan Jingchi was completely determined in his heart that he would join the research institute under Nan Zhuxing.
Duan Hengye had mixed feelings in his heart, and after a long time, he finally said "Thank you" to Lan Jingchi.
After hearing Duan Hengye's words, Lan Jingchi gave him an unusually hearty smile, and then said, "Professor Duan, you have helped me so much, don't say thank you. It is also the most suitable research environment.”
Lan Jingchi is really not being polite. The research institutes affiliated to Nan Zhuxing are extremely powerful and have a high degree of freedom. Coupled with Meng Jinhuai's promise to Lan Jingchi, it was indeed a good choice for him to go there.
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Because many of the guests who came to participate in the school celebration are very old, today's event did not last too long. But when the banquet officially ended, after meeting the school leaders and returning to the residence, Duan Hengye did not turn on his brain to work as before, but... uncharacteristically, he opened a communication with Meng Jinhuai on the star network.
This time the two used voice communication. On the other side of the communication, Meng Jinhuai was working. As the marshal of the empire, Meng Jinhuai has to deal with various affairs every day. Coincidentally, when Duan Hengye was chatting with him, Meng Jinhuai happened to be looking at the statistics of the military mecha status in the recent period.
This was considered Duan Hengye's professional field, so Meng Jinhuai also shared the content with Duan Hengye while working. If others heard it, they would probably think that the chat between Duan Hengye and Meng Jinhuai was a little boring, but the two of them really chatted like this, and it was not annoying at all.
There was a considerable time difference between Nan Zhuxing and Duguangxing, and Duan Hengye slowly felt sleepy. When communicating, he was nesting himself on the small sofa in the study. Although this sofa was not big, it was very comfortable. So while speaking, Duan Hengye became more and more confused.
In fact, Duan Hengye was originally able to stay up late, but who told him that he was learning mecha driving recently. Although the state is much better than before, the body still needs more adequate rest to replenish energy.
After an unknown amount of time, Meng Jinhuai heard the communication suddenly disappear. From a long time ago, in addition to the standard time of Nanzhuxing, Meng Jinhuai's optical brain also added the time of Duguangxing and the research institute. After hearing that there was no sound there, Meng Jinhuai habitually glanced at Duguangxing's time, and then realized that it was already night at Duan Hengye's place.
Despite this, Meng Jinhuai still did not cut off the communication. He kept the signal and finished all the work. Meng Jinhuai's office was so quiet that he could vaguely hear Duan Hengye's shallow breathing. After a while, Meng Jinhuai finally finished the work at hand. Instead of rushing to rest, he found his assistant and temporarily rearranged the work schedule for the next two days.
Although the sofa is comfortable to sit on, it is a bit small after all. When he fell asleep, Duan Hengye also vaguely felt a little uncomfortable. When Meng Jinhuai came to Duguang Star, what he saw was such a scene - Duan Hengye nestled himself on a small sofa, covered with a beige blanket, this scene seemed familiar...
After seeing Duan Hengye sleeping soundly, Meng Jinhuai couldn't help but slow down. It was only at this time that Meng Jinhuai went over and gently turned off the voice communication. The Marshal did not wake up Duan Hengye, but walked over and slowly picked him up from the sofa. Although Duan Hengye was tall, he had no flesh on his body, and his light weight was a bit scary.
Suddenly leaving the warm sofa, Duan Hengye couldn't help frowning. But probably because he was extremely sleepy and trusted the people around him, he still had no intention of waking up.
In the dimness, Duan Hengye felt that he was gently placed on the soft bed, and then a shallow kiss suddenly fell on his forehead.
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Recently, Duan Hengye's biological clock finally recovered completely. The next morning, when the sky outside the window was about to brighten, Duan Hengye opened his eyes on time. After a night of adequate sleep, Duan Hengye's thinking was exceptionally clear at this time. But despite this, the first thing Duan Hengye did subconsciously after getting up was... He reached out and touched his forehead lightly. By the way, there was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth that he didn't even realize.
Immediately afterwards, his fully awake brain immediately told Duan Hengye that the place where he fell asleep last night was not the bedroom, but the sofa in the study!
So, doesn't it feel like a dream last night? Duan Hengye quickly turned around and looked at the other side of the empty bed. He found that although there was no one there now, the position of the pillows was different from yesterday.
Duan Hengye stood by the bed, and then walked out of the house with bare feet, but before he could go out, the door to the bathroom in the bedroom was pushed open from inside. Meng Jinhuai, who was wearing black silk pajamas, came out. He had obviously just finished washing up, and there were still a few drops of water hanging from the tips of his hair.
After seeing Meng Jinhuai's appearance, Duan Hengye was completely stunned. When he was in Nanzhuxing, Duan Hengye and Meng Jinhuai also lived in the same bedroom. But it was probably because the room over there was too big, and there was more than one bathroom in a single bedroom. Duan Hengye had never seen such a marshal before.
"What's wrong?" Meng Jinhuai asked with a smile, "Have you not woken up yet?" Now Duan Hengye's state is really like sleepwalking.
After hearing the words of the Marshal, he quickly replied: "No... I have already woken up." Duan Hengye silently looked away, he would never admit that he had briefly fallen into a kind of "nympho" " in the mood.
Hearing this, Meng Jinhuai smiled, and then said to Duan Hengye, "That's good." At the same time, Duan Hengye finally adjusted his mood. He was about to walk past Meng Jinhuai and enter the washroom. But at this moment, Meng Jinhuai reached out and held Duan Hengye again.
Meng Jinhuai gently shook his head in the face of the other's doubtful eyes. He smiled and said softly to Duan Hengye, "Remember to wear shoes."