Free Web NovelChapter 62: Chapter 62: That Time I Baited Out Shen Xiaoyu’s Ultimate with a Basic Attack
Jiang He nodded, grabbed a blank sheet of scratch paper, and said, "Everyone, come over here."
Chen Hao and the other two immediately dropped what they were doing and gathered around.
"You can’t get results in an experiment with passion alone."
As he wrote, Jiang He stated, "Right now, you don’t even know how to adjust the calibration on a basic micropipette. You’d be no help if you actually set foot in a lab."
Chen Hao asked, "So what do we do?"
"Study first." Jiang He pushed the paper to the middle of the table.
A few headings were listed on it.
"Tomorrow, go to the library and borrow the third edition of *Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual*. Focus on the three Chapters: RNA extraction, reverse transcription, and PCR amplification. You don’t need to understand the underlying mechanisms, but you must memorize the standard operating procedures."
"Second, read the blockbuster paper from Mitchell’s team in the July issue of the *Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States*. I wrote the title on the paper."
Li Zijian looked at the string of English and gulped. "It’s all in English?"
"Yes, all in English. This paper proves that miRNA is extremely stable in human blood and can resist degradation by ribonucleases. This is the foundation for our thesis. I want you to chew through it word by word and understand how they performed plasma separation and internal reference comparisons."
"Third, review biochemistry, especially the section on nucleic acids. I’ll give you one week. After that, I’ll make a test for you. If you pass, I’ll take you into the lab. If you fail, you can stay in the dorm and play DOTA."
Jiang He was very direct.
He needed helpers, not dead weight.
His own roommates were his first choice, but if they weren’t useful, he’d have no choice but to drop them.
After exchanging a look, Chen Hao and the other two didn’t back down.
They weren’t idiots, either.
After working on one project with Jiang He, they had already come to the profound realization of who they needed to follow to have a future.
Their futures were their own; they had to work hard to seize the opportunity.
Chen Hao carefully folded the scratch paper and tucked it into his pocket.
"Old Jiang, don’t worry. We guarantee we’ll complete the task."
Wang Bo immediately turned to flip through his biochemistry textbook, and Li Zijian, for the first time ever, opened Kingsoft PowerWord on his computer.
The dorm room instantly fell silent.
Everyone had their own work to do.
「Half an hour later.」
Liu Qiang from the room next door walked in holding a bowl of freshly prepared Master Kong Braised Beef Noodles, asking with a smile,
"Old Jiang, I heard you turned in your paper after just five minutes in the semifinals today? That’s badass! What was even on the test..."
He didn’t finish his sentence, freezing on the spot.
The scene before him left him slightly bewildered.
’What are these four doing?’
Chen Hao seemed to be looking up words, Wang Bo was reading a textbook, and Li Zijian was silently memorizing something.
Liu Qiang: "?"
’It’s only the start of junior year. Is this whole dorm planning to cram for the grad school entrance exams together?’
Li Zijian turned his head, his expression serious. "Qiangzi, we’re in the middle of changing the world. Do not disturb."
Liu Qiang: "???"
The statement was incredibly cringey, and his first instinct was to roast him for it. But his gaze went past Li Zijian and landed on Jiang He, who was sitting in the back.
Jiang He was leaning back in his chair, flipping through an all-English final report on Surgery he’d brought back from Affiliated Hospital No. 1. His expression was focused, and he didn’t even look up.
Liu Qiang swallowed the sarcastic remark that was on the tip of his tongue.
’Damn, what if Teacher Jiang really is leading them on some earth-shattering project? If I make fun of them now, won’t I look like a total clown later?’
"Uh... okay."
Liu Qiang gave a dry laugh and slowly backed away, holding his instant noodles. "Well then, I won’t disturb you while you’re changing the world. You guys get back to it, get back to it."
With that, he pulled the door shut on his way out.
...
After reading for a little while, Jiang He opened his computer.
First, he answered a few questions on ’the Garden’ to boost his reputation.
Then he logged into his Zodiac Little Witch account and sent the prize-winning message to his girl.
Zodiac Little Witch: [Congratulations! The results of the fan appreciation lottery are out. After a random system drawing, you have won the grand prize for this event!]
Less than a minute after the message was sent.
Little Mihu: [AHHHHHHH!]
Little Mihu: [Really?! Is it really me?!]
Little Mihu: [I won again?! Oh my god!!!]
Jiang He smiled and replied: [It’s real. Please provide your full name, contact number, and shipping address. We will arrange for shipping within three business days.]
On the other end, Shen Yu replied almost instantly, adding three kowtowing emojis at the end.
Little Mihu: [Thank you, Witch Sis! You’re definitely my lucky star! [Crying][Crying]]
Jiang He: [Thank you for your support. We wish you all the best.]
Then, he decisively logged off and logged back in on his main account.
The greatest torment of a long-distance relationship is not being able to see the other person.
Once she had a computer, they could have QQ video calls. He could listen to her complain about funny things that happened in class and make sure she wasn’t secretly staying up late eating sweets.
Life had a little more to look forward to.
BEEP BEEP.
Not two minutes after logging into his main account, a message came from Shen Yu: [Dr. Jiang, are you there?]
Jiang He: [I am. Just finished reading.]
Shen Yu: [Mhm, I just finished washing up. By the way, do you remember that lottery we both entered? I think the results came out today. Did you check?]
Jiang He chuckled inwardly.
’She must be dying to share the happy news of her win with me.’
He replied: [I don’t think I won.]
After sending this, Jiang He picked up his water cup and took a sip, preparing for the gloating that was about to erupt from the other side of the screen.
A few seconds later, the reply came.
Shen Yu: [Oh, is that so? I didn’t win either. What a shame. [Sigh]]
Jiang He: "?"
’What’s going on?’
He was dumbfounded.
It was, without a doubt, the most dumbfounded he’d been since his rebirth.
He even switched to his alternate account and scrolled through the chat history to confirm that he hadn’t sent the message from the wrong account or misread anything.
Jiang He typed tentatively: [You didn’t win either?]
Shen Yu: [Nope. Looks like neither of us have any luck with windfall fortunes. It’s okay, we’ll definitely win next time!]
Jiang He fell into deep thought.
...
「At the same time, two thousand kilometers away.」
North Normal University, women’s dormitory.
Shen Yu sat cross-legged on her bed, thinking she was an absolute genius.
The moment she confirmed she had won, the first image that popped into her head was of Jiang He.
’Dr. Jiang is so amazing, and he’s always cooped up in the lab doing research now. He must really need a computer, right?’
For the past two days, she had been racking her brain, wondering what gift a poor student like her could possibly give Dr. Jiang for his birthday at the end of October in Southern China that would be worthy of him.
But now, it was perfect! A gift from the heavens!
When October 30th came, and she crossed two thousand kilometers to appear at Nanshan Medical University, pushing this brand-new laptop in front of him...
’Dr. Jiang is usually such a mature and composed person. He’ll definitely be stunned speechless, right?’
’He might even be moved to tears and praise her in that especially gentle voice of his, "Shen Yu, you really are my little lucky star..."’
"Hehe... hehehe..."
The more Shen Yu thought about it, the more delighted she became. The corners of her mouth curved up uncontrollably, and she finally couldn’t resist burying her face in her pillow.
To keep herself from laughing out loud, she squirmed wildly under the covers, her slender legs kicking happily in the air, making the bed frame creak.
From the bunk below, Liu Xiaotian casually remarked, "Shen Xiaoyu, what are you spazzing out for in the middle of the night? Don’t tell me you’re fantasizing about that doctor of yours from Southern China?"
Shen Yu froze, then retorted at lightning speed:
"Ah! I-I was not!!"
"Liu Xiaotian, wh-wh-wh-what are you talking about?!"
"Fanta-what-now? AHHHH! I wasn’t!"
"Don’t just say random things! Ugh, ahhhh!!!!"
Liu Xiaotian: "?"
’File this under: How I baited out Shen Xiaoyu’s ultimate with a single basic attack.’
...
「Nanshan Medical University.」
Jiang He organized the clues.
Fact one: She won the prize.
Fact two: She lied to him and concealed the fact that she won.
There was only one possibility. His girl probably... wanted to give this computer to him as a gift...
Jiang He leaned back slowly in his chair and let out a deep sigh.
His emotions were incredibly complex.
He found it both amusing and exasperating.
He had gone to such great lengths—creating an alternate account, fabricating an event—all to get a computer into her hands in the most plausible way.
And what does she do?
The first thing she thinks of after winning is how to haul this computer two thousand kilometers back to him as a gift...
Right now, in the distant Capital City, Teacher Shen was probably huddled under her blanket, giddy with her "perfect plan" and laughing nonstop.
Jiang He turned to look at the night sky outside his window, feeling completely helpless against his girl.
’Even after being reborn, with such an information advantage, I still get completely charmed by my girl and just fall more and more in love...’
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But life always seemed to find another way to remind him.
The most advanced hunters often appear in the form of the clumsiest prey.
And in this world, the most elaborate schemes will always be utterly defeated in the face of pure, unreserved sincerity.
