Chapter 556: Dragging Xu Qingzhou to slack off together

In an apartment by the Boston River, after Xu Qingzhou finished posting on Weibo, he put down his phone and opened his email, intending to review the papers sent by Sun Simin and Ma Ersi.

Song Yao had put down Zvi Bodie's *Investments* she was just reading, sat cross-legged on the sofa, and was typing away, already making an appointment with Ding Jiahui and the others for the first meal after returning to the country.

The third member of the family, the tabby cat, was lying lazily on the windowsill, drowsy.

Xu Qingzhou scanned the room and inexplicably felt that this scene was very warm, but soon found himself sighing aimlessly, shook his head with a smile, and set his sights on the screen.

Sun Simin did a detailed study on the regulation of microstructure and critical current density by pulse time and annealing temperature.

And Ma Ersi worked on the synergistic effect of defect engineering and pinning enhancement. According to Xu Qingzhou's requirements, content on the influence mechanism of high-density small-sized particles on flux creep and grain boundary weak links was added inside.

They were the 3rd draft and 5th draft respectively.

20 minutes passed.

Xu Qingzhou carefully went through them, then replied "Passed" to both of them in the email, telling them to hurry up and submit.

"Hoo~"

After reviewing the papers, he let out a long breath, pulled out the manuscript from the side, thinking about perfecting the phase-field model of lithium dendrites again.

The sound of writing rustled in the living room.

On the side, Song Yao had finished chatting and started playing Candy Crush.

Level 2235.

A moment later, a short, relaxed electronic sound effect sounded.

"Passed another level."

Song Yao exercised her wrists. Compared to *Honor of Kings*, she now prefers this puzzle game more.

However...

Song Yao looked up and saw Xu Qingzhou with a serious expression, still bowing his head at the desk. Suddenly, a strong sense of guilt—what was going on?

Looking at the young man not far away.

Song Yao wrinkled her nose, thought for a while, her eyes lit up, then leaned back, and nonchalantly put her feet on the sofa armrest.

Using herself as bait.

This guy likes feet the most; he will definitely come over.

At the desk.

Xu Qingzhou was still brainstorming.

The free energy functional in the phase-field model simulates dendrite morphology evolution, predicting the blocking effect of different coatings, such as the LiF and AlO he added, on dendrites, which is quite important.

【Phase-field variable h: h ∈ 【0, 1】 (0 = electrolyte, 1 = Li metal)

Li+ diffusion coefficient (electrolyte): D_liq = 1x10^-10 m^2/s

Li+ diffusion coefficient (metal): D_solid = 1x10^-14 m^2/s】

【Allen-Cahn equation: 【\frac{\partial\eta}{\partial t} = M\nabla^2 (\frac{\delta F}{\delta\eta})】

Xu Qingzhou was calculating with his head down, when he suddenly looked up in confusion. How did he feel that Song Yao was secretly looking at him just now?

Illusion?

No.

Xu Qingzhou's gaze was quickly attracted by the swaying feet. Two fair and delicate long legs were crossed together, full of temptation.

So... this girl is fishing again.

Song Yao was indeed secretly observing Xu Qingzhou, seeing when he would "take the bait."

"It's this moment."

Seeing Xu Qingzhou finally attracted by her, the next moment, Song Yao looked up just right, as if she had just noticed Xu Qingzhou stop, and issued an invitation to Xu Qingzhou at the desk, "Do you want to come over and play with me?"

Looking at Song Yao's exaggerated expression, Xu Qingzhou thought to himself: "You are too fake, your acting skills need improvement."

Although he complained, he still got up and cooperated by going over to sit. School Beauty Song had been busy for more than half a month, so it was time to accompany her more.

Song Yao immediately made room, resting her head on Xu Qingzhou's thigh, thinking happily in her heart: "This is still more comfortable."

Xu Qingzhou pinched the girl's nose: "Are you seducing me?"

"No!"

Song Yao denied it very loudly.

Xu Qingzhou tactfully didn't continue to expose Song Yao's little tricks. Usually, this person would definitely be angry from embarrassment, and seeing that she couldn't win the argument, she would violently suppress him.

He smiled and took out his phone from his bag.

Just as expected, as soon as his Weibo was posted, the comment section became lively, and all kinds of comments popped up like bamboo shoots after rain. Look, there were 99+ private messages again.

The comment section of the Weibo post just now also exploded.

"Minimum postdoc, and need 3 top-tier SCI papers, what TM 'requirements are not high'!"

"In the middle of the night, I was originally planning to watch dramas and play games, but suddenly felt offended."

"Is this something I, a face-fan, should watch?"

"Minimum wage... 600,000? Awesome!"

"Holy shit, the minimum is a postdoc, and at least need 3 top-tier journals... This requirement is so high, it has reached the level of a national laboratory."

"No, no, no, it's surpassing. With an investment of over 3 billion, it basically beats laboratories of the same type and is considered to be at a world-class level. For example, the construction cost of a similar platform at the famous Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) is about 400-600 million USD."

The Songshan Lake Laboratory, which was just completed last year, had a construction investment of about 5 billion, but it included various construction costs. Calculated properly, the equipment of Xu Qingzhou's institute is much more advanced.

"Xu Shen, I'm just a little bit short on SCI, but I can cross-dress, oh."

"Shameless, Xu Qingzhou is already married, and you are still going to seduce him. But having said that, Xu Shen, I can also cross-dress!"

"..."

Xu Qingzhou's face darkened, and he sighed depressedly. He suddenly thought of a famous saying: The prejudice between people is a Chengdu.

The atmosphere in the comment section gradually distorted. Some people, in order to show sincerity, even posted eye-stinging selfies.

He stopped looking at this group of cross-dressing big shots, exited Weibo, and checked the flight back to the country.

"Buy the ticket for the 25th?"

Song Yao said "Hmm," and after a while, failing the level, she curled her lips and put down her phone.

Xu Qingzhou finished the operation and said: "Bought."

"Oh."

Song Yao closed her eyes, wanting to lie like this for a while before reading, but soon opened them again, seemingly explaining her behavior of using herself as bait just now: "You are working hard, I feel guilty if I play alone."

"Is this your reason for seducing me over?"

"Tsk, what seduction, that sounds so ugly."

Song Yao muttered and closed her eyes again, enjoying the rare leisure, "It's to help you combine work and rest, so you don't become a bald man one day and be disliked by me."

If everything goes well, Professor Morton's project will conclude on June 21st. The two of them will rest for a few days, say goodbye to teachers and friends, and return to the country on June 25th.

About to leave this city where they have lived for two years.

Xu Qingzhou didn't refute, after all, he took the bait voluntarily; who wouldn't want to cuddle with their fragrant and soft wife.

He picked up Song Yao's tablet and looked at the briefing sent by Luo Si.

Luo Si's work efficiency is very high. These days, he has led the team to sign purchase contracts with major equipment manufacturers. The price is quite reasonable, not much different from the price Song Yao gave.

Moreover, the aberration-corrected transmission electron microscope, atomic layer deposition system, superconducting magnet system, and various equipment for the supercomputing center are already being packed, and some have even been put on the plane.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 557 =====