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    Yu Zixin never dreamed that Professor Zhou Yuanchuan, the brightest pearl in the field of modern physics, would actually invite her to dinner.

    “I hope the food here suits your taste.”

    The man was wearing a thin knitted vest, a light striped shirt underneath, and a linen tie with a very special texture at the collar. He was very academically dressed, even a bit pedantic, and had nothing to do with fashion, but Yu Zixin just couldn’t take her eyes away from him.

    She found it incredible that she would actually like those empty-headed traffic stars in the past. It is clear that wisdom is the highest level of sex appeal.

    “Very good.” Yu Zixin choked, “Ahem, I’m sorry, I’m a little excited. I didn’t expect you to invite me…”

    “Mainly to apologize.” Zhou Yuanchuan smiled, “Please forgive me for my neglect that day. You know, after high-intensity work, it is difficult for people to show enough enthusiasm for other people and things.”

    “Completely understand, completely understand!” Yu Zixin waved her hand quickly, “Professor Zhou, you don’t have to be so polite. I am very grateful that you are willing to help me answer my questions. What’s more, you are so busy, so I should be the one to apologize to you…”

    “So you want to waste all your good time apologizing to each other?” Zhou Yuanchuan curled his lips.

    Yu Zixin choked again, and her face turned red unnaturally. In front of this person, all the etiquette she had learned from childhood to college, as well as her self-control as a ‘rich lady’, all disappeared.

    She turned back into a shy, shy, ordinary girl.

    Yu Zixin could only lower her head and drink the soup. Her brain was completely shut down and she couldn’t even find the most basic topic. Fortunately, the person opposite her had very profound knowledge. As long as he was willing, the conversation would never be silent.

    “What’s your major?”

    “Uh, art history…”

    “Oh, very elegant and professional. It looks like we can visit the art museum next time.”

    Yu Zixin was stunned for a moment, and was immediately surrounded by huge ecstasy. Zhou Yuanchuan was already lucky enough to invite her, but she didn’t expect that the other party was still planning a second meeting. She was so surprised that she almost jumped out of her chair.

    “Professor Zhou, you don’t have to accommodate me. I know you don’t like this…”

    “The pursuit of beauty is human instinct.” Zhou Yuanchuan gently stirred the coffee in the cup and looked at Yu Zixin with a half-smile, making a pun.

    Yu Zixin felt that her throat was suddenly very dry and wanted to drink water.

    “Tell me about yourself.” The man changed the topic, “You know enough about me, but I don’t seem to know you well.”

    “I…” Yu Zixin was flattered and immediately vomited everything about herself like beans. Although she was not very smart, she also knew that the reason why Zhou Yuanchuan looked at her differently was definitely not just because of her appearance. Therefore, in order to show her value, she introduced her grandfather and hinted that if Zhou Yuanchuan married her, it would be of great help to his career.

    Zhou Yuanchuan listened silently, occasionally taking a sip of coffee.

    “Was your grandfather in the Internet Security Department? Being the chief technical engineer in those days was very impressive.”

    “I don’t think anything of it…” Yu Zixin whispered, “You see how strict I am. I haven’t dared to chat with my classmates online since I was a child, because my grandpa will find out soon.”

    Zhou Yuanchuan frowned at the right time and turned into a melancholy beauty in a second.

    “Professor Zhou, what’s wrong with you?”

    “No, it’s nothing…” He shook his head, “I’m here to apologize. It’s too shameless to ask you to help again.”

    Yu Zixin became anxious when she heard this: “Professor Zhou, you are too unreasonable. As long as you can use me, I, I will be honored!”

    “Forget it, just pretend you didn’t hear anything.”

    This move of retreating in order to advance was performed with great proficiency, and combined with his slightly sad expression, the four words “I feel pity for you” were brought to the extreme.

    Yu Zixin was not very good at history, but she suddenly understood the meaning of ‘beauties bring disaster’.Even if she was asked to tell her the password to the safe at home, she would do it without saying a word.

    “Professor Zhou, if you don’t tell me, it means you don’t consider me a friend.” Yu Zixin said boldly, “Since you don’t consider me a friend, there is no need for us to meet a second time.”

    Her heart was trembling after she said this. Fortunately, Zhou Yuanchuan “took the bait” and immediately expressed his willingness to speak out, but he only shared an annoying matter as a friend and did not ask Yu Zixin for help.

    “A friend of mine who I grew up with disappeared last month.” Zhou Yuanchuan sighed. “He left a message saying that he was going to end his life in a place where no one could find him. It took a lot of effort to find out that he went to a small island in the Pacific and committed suicide after all his family property was spent.”

    “Oh my god…”

    “I understand him. He came up with the idea of committing suicide because of his emotional difficulties. I am confident that I can make him give up. But the biggest problem now is that I can’t contact him.”

    “Can’t a mobile phone work?”

    Zhou Yuanchuan shook his head: “He only took money with him when he left, and he cut off all contact with his family and friends.”

    “Or go to the island to find him?”

    “It’s too late. It’s typhoon season now, and no ships or planes can dock on that island.”

    “What should we do?”

    “He carries a laptop with him, but there is only an internal network on the island, and external news cannot be sent in.” Zhou Yuanchuan pursed his lower lip, “It would be great if there was a way to open a gap in the internal network…” Zhou Yuanchuan smiled bitterly, “But it’s too difficult, I can’t do it, forget it, just think of me as nonsense.”

    After dinner, Zhou Yuanchuan took the initiative to send Yu Zixin home without saying a word about helping.

    The girl couldn’t hold it anymore: “Professor Zhou, what if I said, I can really help you?”

    “Then I suggest you not to do this.” Zhou Yuanchuan said warmly, “I’m very touched that you have such a heart.”

    “No, I can really do it! My grandfather has this power. Although he is old and no longer on the front line, his words are still effective. He just cuts into the intranet of a small island country. It is difficult for ordinary people, but for him it is just a matter of words!”

    “I don’t want to embarrass you.”

    “I’m not embarrassed!” Yu Zixin said excitedly, “My grandfather dotes on me very much and will satisfy all my requests. As long as I say it, he will definitely do it! It’s just -”

    She lowered her head, her cheeks flushed: “If it really works out, can you, can you date me?”

    “You agreed?” Liang Jize asked with interest.

    “Are you kidding?” Zhou Yuanchuan glanced at him with a nonchalant look, “I just perfunctoryly passed it.”

    “You should agree.” Liang Jize said bluntly, “Secure her first, and then we’ll finish the matter. It’s just a relationship. Even if you sleep with her on the spot, it won’t be a big deal. If you can’t bear it, you will mess up the big plan.”

    Zhou Yuanchuan turned over the pages of the book and said calmly: “I hate being threatened.”

    In front of Liang Jize, he completely lost his gentle and decent appearance. His beautiful eyes were covered by cold glass lenses, and his face had no expression and looked very alienated.If Yu Zixin saw what he looked like at this time, she would definitely be shocked.

    “Oh, I forgot, you are different from me.” Liang Jize teased, “You are a germaphobe.”

    “I don’t have anything like that.”

    Liang Jize smiled and said nothing, and turned to admire the furnishings in Zhou Yuanchuan’s study.

    Zhou Yuanchuan’s study was very monotonous. There were no decorations on the four walls of the large room, only rows of bookshelves from the ceiling to the floor. They were densely packed and occupied more than half of the field of view. Countless books were piled up, and even the air smelled like crumbs of paper.

    But in Liang Jize’s opinion, it was too boring.

    He casually took out a book and flipped through it. They were all in obscure categories, so he stuffed them back without interest.

    Zhou Yuanchuan raised his eyes: “If you have nothing to do, you can go downstairs and watch TV.”

    “I can’t see anything right now, but what are you looking at?”

    Zhou Yuanchuan flicked the spine of the book, which was a computer-related book.

    “Prepared with both hands? Very good.” Liang Jize sat back on the single sofa, “I dug deeper into Mei Tang and found some more interesting things.”

    “Oh?”

    “Xiao Qiao lived at Mei Tang’s house for a while before he disappeared. It took a long time.”

    His words successfully made Zhou Yuanchuan look away from the page.

    Liang Jize continued to drop bombs: “And before that, they had already contacted each other on Mei Tang’s yacht.”

    “Is there a specific date?”

    Liang Jize reported a number.

    Zhou Yuanchuan: “I remembered that Xiao Qiao told me that she was working part-time.”

    “That’s true, but she worked mostly to get close to Mei Tang. I asked someone to investigate the company, and she was not the one who was sent to the yacht.”

    Zhou Yuanchuan was silent for a while: “What do you think?”

    Both sides are smart people, and one point will tell the truth. Liang Jize breathed out: “It’s hard to say.”

    “Does Song Qiyan know?”

    “Most likely he knows. He must have checked on Mei Tang.”

    “When will he come back?”

    Liang Jize looked at his watch: “It’s coming soon. The handover won’t take long. My things will be moved over tomorrow. I think the second room upstairs looks good, so I’ll requisition it temporarily.”

    Zhou Yuanchuan: “…That’s my meditation room.”

    “It’s mine now.”

    Zhou Yuanchuan: “…”

    To be honest, he would rather solve a few difficult academic problems than be in the same room as Liang Jize, because he really can’t handle it.

    It has nothing to do with anything else, but this person always has the gangster spirit of a polite scum, and he is a completely ‘secular’ person. He and Zhou Yuanchuan are at the opposite extremes, but Song Qiyan is relatively easy to communicate with.

    “Bell——”

    Zhou Yuanchuan glanced at the screen and saw that it was Yu Zixin calling.

    Liang Jize also saw it, and he waved his hand to signal him not to answer it yet.

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