Chapter 177: 177 Just the Mission I Was Born With

Smart people have good acceptance, just like second brother Xie Jingzhou—he also studies science, but later he wasn't still grasping the "big crab" to study for a long time?

Tushan Jiu shook her head, "It's not him who encountered a ghost; he's just been implicated."

Liu Qi suddenly thought of something: "It's my advisor!"

Tushan Jiu smiled faintly.

When mentioning Liu Qi's advisor, Tang Xin and Zheng Tong Tong both furrowed their brows slightly.

That person is named Wei Huai, a newly hired graduate-level professional course instructor at Yun Da.

He used to be an associate professor at a medical university elsewhere, performing outstandingly in clinical medicine and gaining some reputation.

Coincidentally, their original advisor took a leave of absence for personal reasons, and Wei Huai came to Yun Da to apply for a position, so the school hired him to be their graduate advisor for this cohort.

However, Tang Xin and Zheng Tong Tong don't really like that Wei Huai, because every time he looks at them, his gaze makes people feel uncomfortable.

So the two of them chose the lab course, not his.

Liu Qi, on the other hand, had already planned his research direction, so he chose to go to his lab.

Seeing Tushan Jiu smile, Liu Qi knew he had guessed correctly.

This matter doesn't need much thought; lately they all collectively felt unwell, and he even thought his advisor had caught the flu or COVID, spreading it to them.

As it turned out, it was this.

Liu Qi looked at Tushan Jiu, his expression troubled, "What should we do now? We can't just pause the project, and besides, if we tell the school, they won't believe us..."

"Sigh, little genius, you surely have a way, otherwise you wouldn't have told us. Can I borrow a knife from you? At least let our experimental project continue; otherwise, it's really hard for me to find another project to join."

Tushan Jiu nodded, "Sure."

A nail clipper, the transaction preliminarily completed.

"Now take my knife, go back to the lab and fetch your advisor's white lab coat for me, then return to the lab and open the windows and doors to ventilate for half an hour—then it'll be fine, and you don't need to worry about the rest."

Liu Qi pressed his lips, wanting to speak but stopping himself.

What he actually wanted to ask was, what happened to his advisor, and whether something would happen.

Tushan Jiu seemed to know what he was thinking; she also let him speak, but instead she spoke again: "Go, I'll wait for you at the artificial lake behind the playground. Remember, if you encounter an 'obstacle,' say that the knife-borrower is waiting outside for you."

Outsiders can't just enter the lab, so Liu Qi must be the one to retrieve Wei Huai's white lab coat.

The two girls, obsessed, clung tightly to Wei Huai's white lab coat.

After all, each time he forced and threatened them to do that, he wore that same white lab coat.

Liu Qi gulped hard and left mechanically.

Tang Xin and Zheng Tong Tong originally wanted to follow, but Tushan Jiu called them to stop.

"You'd better not go; just stay put. Liu Qi won't be affected with my knife, but you two don't have one, so behave."

The two exchanged a glance and had no choice but to give up.

"Little genius, I never expected you to be this amazing, really cool!" Tang Xin praised.

Tushan Jiu pressed her lips and smiled, "Not bad, it's just the mission I was born with; I must inherit it."

Zheng Tong Tong pushed up her glasses, eyes full of curiosity, "Have you seen many ghosts? And also, do those ghosts look like the ones in horror movies?"

Tushan Jiu also satisfied their curiosity; since she was idle anyway, she could give them a bit of popular science.

Thus, one hand holding Xie Shiyu's, the other chatting with Tang Xin and Zheng Tong Tong, the four headed toward the playground.

Meanwhile, in the lab hallway.

Liu Qi held up the nail clipper Tushan Jiu gave him with both hands; usually unflinching during dissections, he now inched forward step by step, as if his leg were lame.

But he really was lame, because he was tense to the point of numbness.

Tushan Jiu's words were almost a direct statement—soon he would be talking to a ghost, and she said "you guys"!

"Guys......"

Liu Qi really wanted to complain about this new advisor—how did he provoke those "guys"!

Mainly, why would those things appear in the lab?

He happened to be lucky to meet Tushan Jiu; how are the other people in the lab now?

Thinking as he walked, he looked up and their lab door was right before him.

At this time, nobody was around, so he entered the code.

With a "ding," the lock opened.

Liu Qi took a deep breath, pulled open the door, and walked in.

Wei Huai's workstation and his own desk faced each other.

That day he left in a hurry, so he casually draped his white lab coat over the chair.

Liu Qi swallowed again, gripped the nail clipper tightly, closed his eyes, and lunged to grab that white lab coat.

But he grasped at air.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked.

"......" Well, he was still an arm's length away.

He stepped forward two more steps and seized the white lab coat.

Without waiting for any "person" to block him, he instinctively said to the air, "The knife-borrower says she's waiting for you; come with me to see her!"

Having said that, he yanked the white lab coat and headed out.

After just two steps, he felt a chill run down his back and goosebumps rose.

Because he could clearly feel he wasn't holding the white lab coat, but was pulling two "people" along!

Having just stepped out of the lab less than two paces, "they" suddenly stopped and tugged at Liu Qi.

Without turning back, he stammered, "Why aren't you moving? The knife-borrower is still waiting..."

With a "bang," the lab door shut.

Liu Qi: "......"

This ghost is quite thoughtful, even knows to close the door.

He was so nervous he forgot.

Because of that, he felt he wasn't as scared anymore; what's going on.

At that moment, someone happened to pass by, from the lab next door.

Liu Qi immediately shook his lab coat.

That person knew Liu Qi: "Liu Qi, what are you doing with that lab coat?"

"Ah, it's dirty, I'll take it back to the dorm to wash, hehe."

The male student asked him: "Alright, by the way, have you seen Tang Xin? Did she go back to the dorm to sleep? I messaged her but she didn't reply; if you see her, have her reply to me, there's a data error."

Liu Qi quickly agreed: "Okay, I got it, I'll tell her later, I have something to do, I'm leaving now."

After saying that, he hurriedly pulled the lab coat and left.

"Mm, bye." The male student oddly watched Liu Qi's posture with the lab coat.

Normally holding a lab coat, shouldn't it hang down?

Why are the sleeves of the lab coat in Liu Qi's hands sticking out?