Chapter 222

How does that saying go? With a virtuous wife at home, even Hua Tuo can't cure you. Xu Qingzhou found it very fitting for himself. Of course, for him, this referred more to his personal safety, not that mere four or five—no, that six-inch matter.

Right now, they could only kiss and hug; even touching her leg carried the risk of getting beaten.

As for deepening their understanding and taking the next step, Song Yao wasn't ready, and neither was he.

Back home, Xu Qingzhou took a piece of cat food from the bag and dangled it in front of Er Miao, asking, "Want to eat? Want to eat?"

Er Miao pounced like a tiger, trying to snatch the food from the big villain's hand, but he was prepared and kept his fingers far away. After failing to catch it several times, the cat decided to try being cute to get it, rubbing against Xu Qingzhou's pant leg and meowing.

Xu Qingzhou nodded in satisfaction before pouring some cat food for Er Miao, one-third less than usual. This lazy cat had grown a circle fatter than a month ago, so they had discussed cutting its rations to prevent it from becoming a fat cat.

On this side, Song Yao leaned lazily against the sofa, holding her laptop and planning to write an economic analysis report.

On the 29th of last month, Song Yao had successfully withdrawn her funds and made a small profit, which even meant they had an extra meat dish when they cooked together recently.

Xu Qingzhou put away the cat food, washed his hands, and sat down beside Song Yao, picking up her slender calves and resting them on his lap. "You write your report; I won't disturb you."

Song Yao moved her legs uneasily and sighed to herself. It's just legs, what's so great about touching them?

Especially when Xu Qingzhou's cool fingertips slid over her calves, that tingling sensation made her feel itchy inside. She felt relieved only when she remembered she was wearing shoes, so this guy couldn't touch her soles.

While stroking her calves, Xu Qingzhou said, "When we have time, let's restart our training plan—go running, and you can teach me a few more moves."

Song Yao was stunned for a moment and stopped typing. She felt this was a great idea; she had long wanted Xu Qingzhou to train properly to strengthen his body and cultivate his character. She was still counting on this guy being able to "force" her sooner.

The more she thought about it, the more motivated she felt.

"Go tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow is a holiday." Xu Qingzhou didn't want to move. After working non-stop for months, he finally had time to rest; going running wasn't worth it.

However, he was more curious about the anticipation he had clearly seen in the eyes of the school beauty Song just now.

It was just running; what was there to be excited about?

Or, was it because she was thinking that while teaching him moves, she could give him another shoulder throw or something?

"Fine, then let's change it." Song Yao felt a bit regretful. Thinking about it, they were both very busy; this guy was busy with experiments and some math problems, so they only had time to be intimate at night.

Once they went to that research institute, they would definitely be busy every day, the kind of busy where they were never home.

"I have to treat your dorm to a meal this month, and I'm also planning to treat Xu Zhengyang and those guys on my side." Xu Qingzhou thought for a moment and said, "How about we ask them? If it works, we can just have both dorms eat together."

For the Twin Prime Conjecture, the school had awarded a prize of 1.5 million yuan.

Upon hearing this news, Xu Zhengyang and the others in the dorm group had already been howling with excitement.

"Okay, I'll ask tomorrow," Song Yao said without looking up, enjoying Xu Qingzhou's leg massage while clicking away on her keyboard.

Xu Qingzhou had only been touching her legs for a little while when Guo Ziyang called.

"Hey! I'm in a relationship!"

Guo Ziyang said as his first sentence.

Xu Qingzhou asked a question he already knew the answer to: "You confessed to Ding Jiahui?"

The person on the other end choked. At this moment, Guo Ziyang had just finished seeing Ding Jiahui off and was walking toward the male dorm, having found a better way to phrase it: "This time, she was the one who confessed to me."

As he spoke, he touched his face; it still hurt and was a bit swollen—a testament to love.

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Xu Qingzhou was speechless, but he realized this guy wasn't wrong; it really seemed like Ding Jiahui had said it first, even though... the process was quite spectacular.

Thinking that Ding Jiahui had helped him take that slap, he felt inexplicably satisfied.

Once the play started, there was no reason to stop halfway. They had already confessed, so they had to have a result whether they were together or not, yet this guy was shouting about how awkward it was every day and hiding from her.

Beside him, Song Yao's gaze darkened, and she shook her head. Boys, indeed, want to be strong their whole lives.

Guo Ziyang talked excitedly for a while, agreed that he and Ding Jiahui would treat Xu Qingzhou and the others to a meal next time, and then hung up.

Just as the call between Xu Qingzhou and Guo Ziyang ended, Ding Jiahui called as well, being more realistic than Xu Qingzhou.

Thinking about how she had slapped Guo Ziyang, Ding Jiahui found it hard to speak. "Yaoyao, do you think I was a bit too violent?"

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Hearing this, Xu Qingzhou really wanted to say that she hadn't seen this sister of hers when she was being violent, constantly threatening to hammer him to death.

"Not violent," Song Yao said. "Boys are sometimes just asking for a beating."

As she spoke, she was already squinting at the guy opposite her who had "thoughtfully" helped her take off her shoes.

The 2-day long weekend passed just like that.

On May 4th, Xu Qingzhou got up early and took the subway to the Quantum Research Institute under the Academy of Sciences; parts of the quantum communication satellite project were all completed here.

That's right, the quantum communication satellite wasn't being developed by a single unit, but by various research structures undertaking the fields they were good at, and then assembling them at the end.

For example, the Space Science Center was responsible for overall coordination and advancing the development work, while the University of Science and Technology of China—that is, Professor Pan's team—was responsible for establishing the scientific research goals for the entire project, as well as the overall technical goals and the basic experimental plan.

The Micro-Satellite Engineering Center in the Magic City was responsible for the development of the satellite platform.

At 9:00 AM, Xu Qingzhou arrived at the institute's gate on time, registered with his ID card, and then the bronze-skinned security guard called the project team's contact person.

After about 8 minutes, a thin, tall young man came jogging out. "Junior Brother Xu."

Xu Qingzhou greeted him: "Wang Wang Shixiong Qi."

Wang Wang Shixiong Qi Wanpeng was a student of Professor Chang from the Physics Academy, and he had followed Professor Chang here to help.

The Jingda Physics Academy had always considered itself number one, but in terms of quantum research, it was indeed lagging far behind, and in such a large-scale project, they could only send a few professors over, which counted as having a bit of participation.

The advancement of each project was the responsibility of other institutions.

Xu Qingzhou smiled and thanked him: "Sorry to trouble you, Wang Wang Shixiong, for coming out to pick me up."

"Don't be polite; we're all family."

Wang Wang Shixiong Qi Wanpeng shook his head and led Xu Qingzhou into the institute. "Professor Chang and Professor Pan are having a big meeting, so I'll take you around to look at the surroundings first."

Xu Qingzhou nodded; he was quite familiar with this place, after all, he used to run here every day.

(End of Chapter)