At 7 p.m., when many New Year's Eve parties were about to begin, Sui Miao received a message from Zhou Xiao.

【Teacher Sui】

[With the application of Li Zheng and the approval of our institute, the project "Theoretical Exploration on Superconducting Phenomenon" jointly initiated by our two institutes will be stopped and canceled today. 】

[Thanks to Teacher Sui and many teachers from the School of Physics for their continued support. Although they knew that it would be difficult to achieve anything in this direction, they still approved the cooperation. It is a pity to end the project like this, but the gains for the students far outweigh the regrets. 】

[Relevant process documents have also been submitted by our hospital in the system.]

[Thank you once again for your support of our work and study. 】

[The following are the original words I conveyed on behalf of Li Zheng:]

[I have received the teachers’ intentions. This collaborative research has ended here. The original key has been placed at the gatekeeper’s office. Thank you for your support. We will see you later.]

Sui Miao looked at this expression, looked left and right, looked up and down, broke it apart, crumbled it and looked at it.

There seemed to be four big words written between the lines——

Weird and strange!

But the literal expression is quite accurate.

What's more, this is also the outcome they hoped for.

Sui Miao replied with something like "We welcome continued cooperation at any time" and then dialed Lu Dongsheng's number.

Lu Dongsheng also received Zhou Xiao's message, and when he spoke, he felt as if "the big stone in his heart has finally fallen to the ground".

But as far as Sui Miao is concerned, he doesn't want it to be implemented like this. As a teacher, he should not only tell students what not to do, but also tell him what to do.

After leaving like this, Sui Miao finally felt that she owed something.

"Professor Lu, I think we should contact Li Zheng again." Sui Miao calmly stated his thoughts, "Li Zheng, Lin Yujing, and Gui Jianfeng who came in later, these three people together, half

After many semesters, there should be some gains. Our goal should not be to simply stop this matter, but to guide them to have some more practical thinking and invest in more feasible experimental research."

"I agree, yes, yes." Lu Dongsheng immediately agreed.

"How about this? After the New Year's Day holiday, we can talk to Li Zheng again and talk about his achievements. You can also see if there are any projects at the Condensed Matter Research Institute that are suitable for them."

"Hmm... well... after the Spring Festival, the end of the year is the time for project completion. There are too many reports to be done. I have to apply for new projects next year."

"I know this, but the opportunity is rare. I feel that Li Zheng and the others already have a grudge against us... At least they should express their feelings and understand their progress. On this basis, if possible, you can give us some guidance and mention a few things.

It’s a cooperation project, and it’s up to them to agree or not, and we can’t lose on this.”

"Hmm...that makes sense, but let's wait until after the Spring Festival."

"Professor Lu, with their active thinking, they might go to the Department of Mathematics and Engineering to work on a project next week after the Spring Festival... Shouldn't we try harder?"

After Lu Dongsheng pondered for a moment, he sighed: "Sui Miao, do you really not know?"

"What?"

"Alas...I only found out later."

In a few minutes, Lu Dongsheng fully explained the affair between Li Zheng and Chu Youhua.

At the end, Lu Dongsheng himself was a little confused.

"There are a lot of bad things going on inside... You know that Wu Shu, right? We originally agreed to go to Director Chu's place, but in the end we just went to Li Zheng's... something like a brotherhood... this matter

Someone else ordered it for me, I’m scared to think about it now.”

Sui Miao frowned and said: "This kind of contradiction...does it have a good impact on us?"

"Anyway, during the last meeting with Director Chu, he came over to ask me specifically, asking how Li Zheng's superconducting research was progressing and whether I needed cooperation from their Institute of Quantum..."

"Director Chu, there are so many people. Isn't it okay?"

"Sui Miao, you really don't understand..." Lu Dongsheng couldn't say more, "Forget it... That's it, I don't want to have anything to do with Li Zheng anymore, and with their statement, academic

Let’s not talk about it for now. I’ve already learned three or four points about Shi Feng’s solution to the disputes. Talking to them is not enough to waste my time. The same goes for Ying Pei. Niu Gang was too spoiled by him... He was the one who solved the disputes back then.

So spoiled..."

After three or two more conversations, Lu Dongsheng was full of hints that he wanted to end the call, so Sui Miao had no choice but to abandon this path.

But after thinking about it for a long time, I still couldn't be sure, so I still sent a message to Li Zheng.

[The project has really stopped? It is indeed difficult to make breakthroughs in theoretical research, but if you have experimental ideas, I can help communicate. 】

After waiting for a long time, Li Zheng didn't come back, so he chased another one.

[I understand your dissatisfaction and unwillingness, but believe me, all our teachers’ considerations are based on students. You can think whatever you want, but as long as you have needs, just ask me generously, and I will give them to you tonight.

You reply.]

This time, he didn't wait too long.

[Li Zheng: A corner research environment is needed for two-dimensional materials, including but not limited to graphene, molybdenum disulfide, black phosphorus, boron nitride, etc.]

Sui Miao readily agreed, and then made a phone call with Lu Dongsheng.

Lu Dongsheng just sighed, saying that he was too busy and couldn't help, and by the way, he gave him some popular science about how precious the research of two-dimensional materials is.

Sui Miao was not reconciled and contacted his old classmates from the Institute of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials.

A classmate said that the only laboratory that meets the requirements of the environment is currently occupied by international key projects, and the consumables are extremely expensive, and the experimental technology threshold is also extremely high. It is unlikely that the project will be improvised. The only possibility is that the leaders of the Institute of Physics directly contact Director Chu Youhua

Contact, maybe there is still a glimmer of hope.

Sui Miao then reported Li Zheng's name.

After hearing this, the old classmate quickly persuaded him to give up and stop looking for trouble, and don't say that he had made this call.

Sui Miao was still unwilling to give up, and this time she found the deputy dean, the one who arranged for the transfer to be resolved and finally ordered the door locks to be changed.

When the vice president heard this, he was far less polite than the first two. He rejected the idea almost half-cursing, and his words revealed his full disappointment that Sui Miao "cannot understand things and cannot be a good person".

It was already eight o'clock when Sui Miao was trained.

He leaned back in front of the TV in the living room, unable to hear the voices of his wife, children, elderly people around him, or the noise on the TV.

Finally, an old classmate from the Institute of Quantum came to his senses and called me back.

"Sui Miao, I thought about it carefully..."

"If the cause and effect are all connected..."

"Maybe, I mean maybe..."

"Maybe it was Chu Youhua who put an end to this matter..."

"He doesn't need to talk about demolishing Li Zheng, nor does he need to tell Jie Qifen to get out..."

"Just like with Lu Dongsheng, just ask a few casual questions and give a hint, and everyone will understand."

"Recall, have you seen Chu Youhua in the past few days? What did he say?"

"..." Sui Miao covered his forehead and muttered, "I think I met him twice... He asked me about the progress of Li Zheng's research and said that he was very concerned and optimistic about it..."

"!!!" The classmate exclaimed in shock, "Didn't he click on you, twice!"

"But...how do you know he is not sincere? Is everyone misunderstood?"

"Misunderstanding? Brother, please use your brain. Is he really so optimistic that he won't ask Li Zheng himself? If he felt embarrassed, he wouldn't just let any of the following professors talk to him? Look at what he did and follow him around.

Relevant people expressed their 'concern' and 'optimism', and they really took the trouble to do so..."

"..."

"So, we have all reached this age, don't listen to what people say, watch what people do, old Sui!" The old classmate couldn't bear to scold, and only reminded, "In short, you must never mention it to the hospital leaders again.

This has happened... Even if the previous matter has nothing to do with Chu Youhua, you are now asking Chu Youhua to use resources to do things for Li Zheng... This is looking for scolding, hatred and death..."

"Already mentioned..."

"Fuck... Then... I wish you good luck."

"Thank you for the reminder." Sui Miao sighed, "That makes sense, I just don't understand how Chu Youhua can have such great energy?"

"Why don't you understand that Dean Zhong's funding for high-energy research can't keep up... The entire Institute of Physics is pointing at Chu Youhua, he is our signature, our Yang Zhenhua! In front of people of this level, you

Do you think the dean is still the dean? Principal Jinghua still has to bend down and bow when meeting Yang Zhenhua."

"Okay...but I still think what you're talking about is a conspiracy theory."

"It's up to you whether you have a conspiracy or not. Let me tell you, if Li Zheng's status really reaches his level, you won't need to contact him at all. Lu Dongsheng will pounce on him like a dog. Before that, don't bother trying.

It’s a flattering thing.”

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to please me." Sui Miao said with a wry smile, "The key is that it's useless to work hard."

At 8:30, in the basement activity room of Yingpei Academy, Li Zheng's cell phone rang again.

After a quick glance, he walked towards Zhou Xiao.

"Okay, Wu Yuan gave up the last chance." Li Zheng patted the younger brother's shoulder and said, "This way our hearts are clean."

Zhou Xiao nodded stiffly.

He was still in a daze.
To be continued...