Xia Sanghuan swallowed the fried egg in her mouth resentfully and looked at Leng Chuanjin discontentedly.
The latter, however, pretended not to see her at all.
Come to think of it, this suggestion was actually made by her.
She noticed that almost every morning during breakfast, the man had already started his day's work.
Maybe he was organizing the documents he needed for the day, or maybe he was issuing a temporary meeting notice to his subordinates for that morning.
In any case, the time he spent concentrating on his meal was extremely limited.
Before they got together, the girl had wanted to help him change this habit.
But unfortunately, she neither had the right nor the courage to do so.
So after they became a couple, she proposed to him that they were not allowed to handle work or talk about business during meals.
The man readily agreed.
However, this requirement had now become a stone that hit her own foot.
There was nothing she could do now. The girl could only sigh helplessly and planned to continue asking him when she got home at night.
"Are you going to the hospital today?"
Leng Chuanjin stopped her just before she got out of the car.
"I'll have to go if the patient's condition changes."
The girl glanced down at her watch.
"I'll call you if I go to the hospital," she said and then got out of the car.
She had only taken a few steps when she ran into Shu Man, who looked half - asleep.
But the moment she saw the girl, the sleepiness on Shu Man's face disappeared.
As usual, she ran over to the girl's side.
"Sanghuan, let me tell you. The guy and I originally planned to go to that plant exhibition I recommended to you this weekend..."
"Which guy?"
Before she could finish, the girl interrupted her playfully.
"Come on, you know who I mean!"
Shu Man stamped her foot shyly.
Xia Sanghuan always thought that with her lively personality, it was impossible for her to be shy.
But that campus heartthrob had broken her perception.
It seemed that Shu Man had met someone who had her wrapped around his finger.
Thinking of this, the girl smiled enigmatically, which made Shu Man utterly confused.
"What are you smiling at?"
Instead of answering her question, the girl asked, "So, what happened to the plant exhibition?"
Sure enough, Shu Man was immediately distracted.
"The tickets for the plant exhibition could be normally booked before Sunday. But the ticket I bought for Sunday was refunded."
"What was the reason?"
Shu Man wrinkled her nose, looking reluctant to mention it.
"The gist of what the customer service said was that the weekend plant exhibition had been booked by the rich people, and us ordinary folks should just pack up and get out."
She pouted, looking really angry.
Although she felt sorry for her, Xia Sanghuan couldn't help laughing at her words.
"What are you laughing at? Do you look down on common people?"
"Of course not."
The girl patted her on the shoulder soothingly.
"Don't be angry. I'll take you for ice - cream at lunch."
"That's more like it."
From Shu Man's words, the girl more or less understood what was going on.
The weekend plant exhibition was a trap set by Shen Ruoyan from the very beginning.
And she had just stupidly jumped into it, even attempting to teach the other girl a lesson on her home - ground.
She had been too reckless.
The girl sighed as she watched the reacting potion in front of her.
"How's it going, Sanghuan?"
Professor He walked over with two conical flasks in his hands.
"Still no good."
She took the test tube off the rack.
"No matter how I adjust the formula, the efficacy of the medicine is almost the same as the previous version."
As she spoke, she ran her hand through her hair.
"Don't be in a hurry."
Professor He put the conical flasks on the laboratory bench and took out a piece of white paper from his pocket.
"Do you still need this?"
"I picked it up when it fell out of your file the other day. I just remembered to return it to you today."
The white paper was folded, so it was impossible to see the content inside.
But the girl recognized it at once.
It was something she had obtained from Wei Linjun.
"I didn't peek at it," the professor added when he returned the white paper to her.
"I know."
The girl smiled at Professor He.
She didn't unfold the white paper immediately. Instead, she put it in her pocket first, planning to study it after she finished all her work.
During the lunch break, after finishing their meal, she kept her promise and took Shu Man for her favorite matcha ice - cream.
"Sanghuan, do you have something on your mind?"
Maybe the frown on her face was too obvious. Shu Man asked worriedly.
"Nope."
She smiled at her.
"Don't tell me it's because of Leng Chuanjin..."
"What are you talking nonsense about?"
The girl quickly reached out her hand and covered her friend's mouth to stop her from saying more.
Seeing the looks from all directions, Xia Sanghuan had no choice but to awkwardly drag Shu Man out.
"Didn't we agree not to mention this on campus?"
She said helplessly to her friend.
"Why?"
Shu Man clearly didn't understand.
"If my boyfriend was Leng Chuanjin, I'd not only tell everyone but also shout it out with a megaphone every day. I'd wish the whole world knew about it!"
"Moreover, being with the person you like is such a happy thing."
Her friend talked with great conviction.
"Happy things should be shared, right?"
"I think Leng Chuanjin is so into you. He must think so too, right?"
Hearing this, the girl suddenly fell silent for a moment.
She remembered what the man had said to her last night and the flash of disappointment on his face after she had refused him.
Was it not a good idea for her to reject him so abruptly?
"Anyway, it's your own business. As long as you're happy," Shu Man said as she finished the last bite of her ice - cream and threw the wrapper into the trash can.
"I have a class in the first period this afternoon, so I'll leave first."
As she spoke, she waved to the girl and turned to run towards the teaching building.
"See you."
Watching her friend's gradually disappearing back, the girl couldn't help falling into deep thought.
This train of thought was soon interrupted by the ringing of the bell.
She glanced down at her watch and then walked towards the research building.
When passing by the office building, she looked up in the direction of the principal's office.
Right.
She felt the white paper in her pocket through the fabric.
Since Wei Linjun had once worked with those two people in the same laboratory, was there any overlap between these two experimental procedures?
Thinking of this, the girl's heart suddenly started pounding.
She suppressed this inexplicable unease and walked towards the room that the principal had prepared for her to study the literature.
Due to her busy schedule, she hadn't been there for three or four days.
Moreover, since the principal had taken away her master's diary, she felt that there was no longer much need for her to come here.
As soon as she opened the door, the sunlight coming in through the gap in the curtain stabbed her eyes.