Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Cheng Juan’s mind was still on other things.

But Qin Ran’s words strangely penetrated his mind.

His casual footsteps paused about three or four steps away from her. He was usually calm, but at this time, he was a little out of it as he looked up and asked in a slightly raised voice, “Huh?”

“Nothing.” Qin Ran looked away and continued slowly walking to her room with her documents.

Cheng Juan paused for a few seconds and reacted. He strode over with his long legs and caught up to her within a few seconds. Smiling, he grabbed her hand from behind. “No, you can’t do this.”

Qin Ran raised her head and calmly said, “Yes, I just did.”

“Okay, you’re right.” Cheng Juan completely succumbed to her.

She kicked her door open and walked in. Before closing the door, she turned around again, glanced at Cheng Juan with the documents in her hands, and slightly raised her beautiful chin. “From today onwards, you have a new girlfriend,” she casually said.

Then, she took a step back and closed the door.

But the door wasn’t closed.

“I haven’t tested my punching coefficient before, but it’s probably 1800?” He hugged her from behind and chuckled in a low voice. “If you close the door after flirting with me, aren’t you a scum?”

**

Friday.

The underground reactor application submitted by Scholar Liao passed. Zuo Qiurong went upstairs to receive four sets of protective clothing.

At 9 am.

Scholar Liao led them to the underground reactor.

The temperature was a little low, but the air still felt muggy.

They were silent in the long passageway. Both Brother Ye and Zuo Qiurong had been here before, but Qin Ran was still unfamiliar with the place.

It took 10 minutes to reach their destination.

It was dark all around.

The circular reactor had a radius of about seven meters, and a cylindrical vacuum glass cover on the outside about four meters high.

Taking a card, he turned to them and said in a rather distant tone through the protective cover, “Don’t bang anything after you enter. Pay close attention.”

He swiped open the glass door with a magnetic card and led them in.

Instead of entering, Qin Ran stopped at the door.

Brother Ye wanted to say something to her but realized that she hadn’t followed. He backtracked a little and saw her still standing in front of the introduction.

“Little junior, are you looking at the senior introduction?” He followed her gaze and saw the words carved on the first row of the stone—

“Reactor discovered by: Ning Er”

He had already read the introductions before.

“Scholar Liao introduced it to us last time,” Brother Ye said in a respectful voice. “I heard that she was a very powerful first-level researcher in the Research Institute with high qualifications. She even taught Scholar Liao’s teacher…”

The same level of researchers had different qualifications.

Scholar Liao was a senior with relatively high qualifications among the first-level researchers.

Qin Ran returned to her senses and silently nodded.

The surrounding environment was dark, and Qin Ran had always been cold, so Brother Ye didn’t find anything amiss.

They went in together. The center of the reactor was a purple-black substance, like metal, but without the slightest metallic luster. This was a special substance that everyone in the reactor had studied until now but had yet to discover.

The center also had experiments to stimulate reactions.

Scholar Liao took them through the operation before bringing them out.

Three hours later, they returned to the laboratory. Scholar Liao’s face was expressionless, and his tone was a little light as he instructed Qin Ran, “Last time, your Brother Ye and senior wrote reflections after coming out. I won’t introduce all the basic things inside one by one. You can take a look at what they have written. This time, you’ll take the lead in the reflection.”

He silently returned to the innermost area to continue his experiment.

“Brother Ye, do you have a record sheet?” Inside the lounge, Qin Ran glanced at Brother Ye.

Brother Ye changed into his clothes and nodded. “Yes. Do you want to write your reflections this time? Wait, I’ll send it to your WeChat later.”

“Thank you.” She squinted lightly.

She usually moved quickly, but her actions were extremely slow today. Brother Ye and Zuo Qiurong had already changed into their special lab coats, but she was still unchanged. She just sat on a stool in the lounge for a long time before slowly removing her protective clothing.

In the laboratory, Brother Ye and Zuo Qiurong both sat in front of their computers.

Brother Ye looked at the last record and then looked around for a while before asking in a low voice, “Junior, last time when we went to the reactor, do you still have the metal watch information that Scholar Liao talked about?”

Last time, Scholar Liao had very quickly briefed a lot of content, so they had recorded them separately.

“Yes.” Zuo Qiurong closed the cover page. “Do you want it?”

She turned to him and clicked on her own record sheet.

Brother Ye nodded. “Send me a copy. Little Junior wants to write her reflections about the underground reactor.”

Zuo Qiurong paused with her hands on the record sheet and silently pursed her lips.

At this time, Qin Ran came in with her notebook. Brother Ye glanced at Zuo Qiurong with darkened eyes.

“Sister Zuo said that I’m responsible for the reflections of the reactor this time,” Qin Ran slowly said. “Brother Ye, Sister Zuo, I’ll hand over the list to Scholar Liao later…”

“No need, I’m busy with the SCI paper and don’t have time for this.” Zuo Qiurong refused decisively. She had already written her reflections last time, but it hadn’t been groundbreaking. This underground reactor had been there for so long, yet no professor had discovered anything.

Zuo Qiurong didn’t want to waste her time on this.

Qin Ran had already filled out the list and looked up at her.

Zuo Qiurong squinted. “You haven’t already filled it in, have you?”

She directly took the record sheet from her and saw the names already filled in. Picking up a black pen, she crossed out her name and glanced up at her with a lukewarm expression. “Little Junior, you just came to the laboratory and might not know what an underground reactor is. This is a puzzle left by the respected seniors of the Research Institute. Rather than wasting time on this, you might as well spend more time on SCI papers.”