The experiment he was conducting was to cultivate plants that could strangle Insect Men. These plants specifically targeted smaller Insect Men, and some progress had been made, but he was now at a bottleneck and felt the direction was wrong.
Yet he couldnât figure out what was wrong. He had asked many professors, and they all thought there was nothing wrong with his research.
However, the results of the experiment were unsatisfactory.
After listening to Professor Li, he frowned. His team had been carefully selected by him, and there shouldnât be any issues internally. Moreover, his assistant was responsible for communication throughout the process, and the assistant wouldnât make such a mistake.
Reluctant to press Professor Li further, he had to ask the assistant responsible for contacting Su Xiaocai how she communicated with her.
"It was normal communication. I sent over your files from the professor. She said she could answer, but she never replied," the assistant said aggrievedly. "I suspect she was playing with us, deliberately rejecting. She said she could answer but didnât. Maybe we inspired her over here, leading her to start our experiment as well."
The young professor felt something was wrong. A researcher working in the office overheard and couldnât help but chime in, "Thatâs not right. Did you ask her why she didnât reply? Were they stuck or deliberately not responding? You didnât even ask and just assumed they had malicious intentions. Youâre quite paranoid. The lab values rigor. Did they accept the money? Were they paid to do nothing, or did you not pay at all?"
The assistant pouted, "Sheâs just a student, not a professor. We canât guarantee credibility."
"So she said she could answer, and you didnât pay, expecting them to give an answer to be paid afterward?" Regardless of whether they could provide a correct answer, a bit of inspiration might be the key to the experimentâs success.
The assistant was arrogant because Su Xiaocai was a student.
The young professor couldnât believe it, "If I could consult her, of course, it was because her thesis matched our current experiment closely. She succeeded, so she must have a trick. Youâre so aloof, thinking youâre better than her. If youâre so good, why am I asking her instead of you?"
The researcher was gleeful, "Exactly, making various excuses all day to hold back funds and budgets, and now this. Just a disgrace in front of an external student."
If the professor didnât fire her now, the researcher swore heâd leave immediately.
Itâs too hard working under a fool.
The young professor is usually mild and indecisive, not good at handling social relations, only liking to bury himself in experiments.
For someone like him, either he doesnât get angry at all, or once he does, he gets stubbornly furious.
After knowing the assistantâs actions, he was very angry and told her on the spot. She was fired.
"Professor, isnât it just a small problem? You said you had a lead the day before yesterday, and I believed you could solve it, so I delayed a bit. Iâll contact Su Xiaocai again, please donât fire me."
"I said, leave. No need for you to contact her anymore." The young professor was furious, jumping with anger, not knowing how to describe the assistant foisted on him by the academy. She knew very well how costly a dayâs delay was, yet she still smeared others, wanting to get the solution without paying.
A person capable of writing the Mang Blood paper couldnât be foolish enough to be manipulated by such a small amount of money.
You should know she is still the boss of the most potential game company.
It took a lot to leverage Professor Liâs connections, and now because of her stupid action, even that goodwill was wasted.
"Professor, please, it wasnât intentional. My family is poor, I canât lose this job. I havenât even graduated from graduate school yet."
"Youâre still thinking about graduating? You lost your qualifications. Go find someone else; Iâm not playing along."
No matter how much the assistant cried and begged afterward,
The professor was determined to fire her.
The researcher snickered, going to share the good news with others, and casually telling the professor, "Professor, itâs definitely not going to work with Professor Li. Want to ask someone else?"
An internal issue, Professor Li certainly wonât be pleased; they didnât take it seriously themselves, canât blame Su Xiaocai.
"Do you have connections?"
"No, but I heard that Su Xiaocaiâs seeds will be auctioned at the technology and business joint event hosted by the Ji Family. Maybe she will attend in person."
The young professorâs eyes lit up, "Did any professor from our school receive an invitation?"
"Yes."
"Iâll find someone and you will accompany me then."
"Sure, professor." The researcher beamed. The timing for moving up was just right; the assistant was pulled down, making a suitable suggestion, opportunities are for the prepared.
...
Su Xiaocai asked Ji Li daily if Xue Huiyi had annulled the engagement.
Ji Li: "Iâll let you know if thereâs any news."
"Could you take me to watch the drama unfold live?"
Ji Li laughed at her, "When my mom loses a daughter-in-law, are you going to step in?"
"Does your mom mind having another daughter? I have no other skills, but Iâm really good at playing adopt-a-mom. My dad has already certified; he says Iâm a comforting little jacket."
"Uncle Su doesnât say that."
"He usually says one thing and means another."
Ji Li: "After the business banquet, there will be a small gathering at home. If you have enough cheek, you can come. The Xue Family will be there too. If Xue Huiyi doesnât bring it up, I will."
Su Xiaocai thought for two seconds, "Iâll go."
When gossip is about to unfold, what is face?
"Iâll just be a quiet bystander, and adopt a mom if possible. If Xue Huiyi still refuses to back out of the engagement, I can assist."
Ji Li: "You..." Wanted to advise her not to cause trouble, but finally said, "Take it easy."
He was also curious to see how much embarrassment the troublemaker Su Xiaocai could cause Xue Huiyi.
After all, Ji Li couldnât possibly ruin his fatherâs banquet, he was just scaring Xue Huiyi before.
Presumably, Xue Huiyi knew this too, hence the delay.
The delay couldnât last long; nobody knew what Xue Huiyi was up to.
In reality, Xue Huiyi was also looking for a chance to break off the engagement; she didnât want Ji Li to make the final move.
As for why she hadnât withdrawn,
Thereâs no other reason, she couldnât return many things to the Ji Family.
Previously, Ji Liâs mother gave her an antique bracelet, exquisitely made, claimed to be a family heirloom, as a token for the union.
But since it was made of gold, Xue Huiyi tossed it around carelessly. When she found it again, it had been bent into an odd shape by someone, making it hard to restore.
Once the engagement was off, other things could be left unreturned, but the token had to be returned.
Xue Feiting was such a stickler that if the engagement was annulled, everything she had received, he wouldnât allow her to keep.
But she was used to spending freely with no savings.
Previously, she often spent money on buying headlines to boost her fame, and also spent money to undermine others, always acting lavishly when dining out.
If it werenât for her sweet-talking skills in front of her mom, she wouldnât have as much money to spend.
The last time she gave cash to Yi Suilu, she sold a few clothes that Ji Liâs mother gave her to scrape together the amount.
Clothes are one thing, after all, she wore them, and Jiâs mother wasnât that petty.
The bracelet was the real concern.
Xue Huiyi tried several craft stores, but no one could recreate the same style. Finally, she found an intermediary and found an artisan with a similar traditional crafting technique.
To make an identical, aged version, it would cost five hundred thousand and take some time.
She had no choice but to sell a few clothes to scrape up the sum.
The bracelet problem solved, the money problem was not.
Itâs only when you need money that you realize how scarce it is. Urgently needing money, Xue Huiyi suddenly got the idea to start a company.
The total number of players in the Extraordinary Island plan was quite considerable.
This number might not seem impressive compared to many classic Ten Stars System games.
But looking at the number of people fighting for accounts every day, over ten billion, it reveals its enormous potential.
Xue Huiyi believed there was a huge potential market; if the money from these people could be realized in her hands, she could achieve many of her ideas and grand ambitions.
Anyway, she also needed to gain experience. As long as she wasnât the legal person, it wouldnât be bad to own her business early.