System Came When the Doctor was Thirty

Chapter 451: Chapter 240: More Good People Now!

"Brother Dai, what’s up with you again?" Lu Cheng asked.

Dai Linfang was quite handsome. Lu Cheng thought he was among the top five best-looking people he knew.

But at this moment, Dai Linfang looked rather gloomy: "Brother Lu, I can understand that after I joined the research group, you’d check my background in various ways."

"I also believe you all have that capability, even though my means of joining weren’t entirely above-board."

"But there’s no need for sarcasm."

"Yes, the topics of my master’s and doctoral research were somewhat abstract, but I have already paid a huge price for them."

"This is my fate, I’ve accepted it."

Lu Cheng interrupted immediately upon hearing this, "Brother Dai, hold on a second?"

"Let me clarify, I swear to you, I haven’t done any background check on you. Everything I’ve said was relayed to me by a senior."

"And he’s not an outsider; he’s Xie Yuan’an’s father."

"He came to Ji City yesterday. If you don’t believe me, ask Xie Yuan’an," Lu Cheng said.

Xie Yuan’an nodded, feeling guilty, she said, "These words indeed came from my dad. Where did this huge shock come from?"

Dai Linfang swept his gloomy gaze over everyone present, and calmly said, "Let me say again, I can admit to you that I shouldn’t have graduated my Ph.D. My thesis was passed thanks to my teacher."

"If you want to ridicule me, my skin is already flayed; if you want to rub salt in, I don’t care!"

"After hearing the ridicule, I’m leaving!~" Dai Linfang’s demeanor was calm, not angry, and certainly not hysterical.

But this very tone made Lu Cheng realize that Dai Linfang was serious.

Actually, Lu Cheng had been puzzled before—

Dai Linfang claimed to have strong connections, with some relationships in the province, so how did he fail during the job application?

Of course, Dai Linfang’s explanation was something even Lu Cheng hadn’t dared to imagine.

Turns out Dai Linfang almost couldn’t graduate, and he did because his background and connections protected him.

"Brother Dai, do we seem like the kind who enjoy kicking someone when they’re down and laughing at people’s misfortunes?" Lu Cheng pointed at everyone else.

Zhang Xibei, with his kind personality, asked, "Brother Dai, could there be some misunderstanding here?"

Dai Linfang carefully looked at everyone, then tightly pressed his lips, his mouth twitching for quite a while, his breathing heaving.

He looked around for a long time and then sighed, "Alright, perhaps I was too triggered, okay."

"But what I want to say is, I’ve wasted a lot of the country’s money, and many resources, achieving nothing, because my topic choice was too ambitious."

"Indeed, I secured funding through connections, but what kind of price do I need to pay for that?"

"It’s not like I wasted some money, and now I have to be destroyed for it."

"But I can tell you, if I ever wasted a single penny into someone’s pocket, do as you please!"

Dai Linfang’s words finally carried some personal emotion, almost to the point of an outburst.

"Brother, calm down, calm down, let’s sort things out slowly, no rush."

"Right? Your sudden outburst caught me off guard, erupting while we’re hosting Teacher Ni, I really can’t handle it?"

"Brother, why don’t we leave first and cool off in private?" Lu Cheng wasn’t sure if Dai Linfang had developed a stress reaction.

Seeing that Dai Linfang didn’t refuse, Lu Cheng stood up and led Dai Linfang out to "cool off".

On the way, Lu Cheng messaged Mu Nanshu, asking her to chat with Ni Xixin while he sorted out Dai Linfang’s inexplicable restlessness.

Lu Cheng initially thought Dai Linfang was a ’connected person’ who maneuvered his way into the group, but didn’t expect him to have some mental-related issues.

At the mall’s emergency exit stairs, Lu Cheng finally spoke, "Brother, if you have something on your mind, just say it. You really stunned me just now."

"Dr. Ni Xixin is a treasured guest we worked hard to invite, you can’t just stir things up like that. Which of my words triggered you? Just say it, and I’ll apologize, okay?"

Dai Linfang looked seriously at Lu Cheng, "You really didn’t do any background check on me?"

"Truly not, that’s the honest truth." Lu Cheng nodded.

Dai Linfang rubbed the back of his head, giving a bitter laugh, "To be honest with you, during my master’s and doctoral studies, my output was very limited!~ Next to nothing."

"If not for my teacher reallocating some things from my seniors, I wouldn’t have even obtained my graduation certificate."

"Moreover, since the funding amount I applied for was quite large, it affected not only my teacher but even my family. If the issue hadn’t been suppressed in time, it might have made the headlines."

"I know the atmosphere in the country is that if you fail, you deserve to be punished, but you can’t wrongfully accuse me of pocketing the money."

"Am I crazy? Would I dare to touch that kind of money?"

"Brother Dai, may I ask what your previous research topic was?" Lu Cheng cautiously inquired.

"Reconstruction of digestive function, though some in certain circles now mockingly call it ’Joke Reconstruction’."

"I worked on it for six years but never even got started."

Dai Linfang continued, "So now, I only dare to tell people that my master’s and doctoral research was on stomach cancer!~"

"That’s it, nothing more."

Lu Cheng said, "And you mentioned earlier that during your job application, you met a genius?"

Dai Linfang decided to lay it all bare, "He’s truly a genius. In front of him, I’m nothing."

"Pah!"

Dai Linfang spat on the ground, his low voice not matching his defeatist words, "But if you go back a few years, he was nothing in front of me!~"

"Sigh..." Dai Linfang let out a heavy sigh.

Lu Cheng nodded, "Brother Dai, let’s calm down, I genuinely didn’t know about your past, what I mentioned were truly words from Xie Yuan’an’s father, Professor Xie Xiao."

"There’s no sarcasm at all!"

"We all thought, Brother Dai, you were only here to back us up."

Suddenly Dai Linfang looked up and said, "So I don’t even qualify for your sarcasm, do I?"

Lu Cheng responded sincerely, "Brother Dai, what am I worth then? I don’t even have a degree."

Only then did Dai Linfang smile, his tone elusive, "I almost thought you’d forgotten your own past."

Lu Cheng’s mouth curled into a smile!

Well, it seems Dai Linfang has done a background check on him, even though he hasn’t done one on others.

"Brother Dai, don’t be so reactive, if you’re uncomfortable, you can go home and rest first. Our main task today is to keep Dr. Ni with us."

"Can we talk about other matters later?" Lu Cheng asked.

Dai Linfang said, "Sure, no problem at all."

"Why’s that?" Lu Cheng suddenly countered.

"Could I refrain from saying for now?" Dai Linfang teased intentionally.

"As long as I’m certain you weren’t actually being sarcastic, I am absolutely confident I can ensure Ni Xixin stays."