Chapter 586

Schools must have a certain tolerance for students; otherwise, the world's research achievements change in an instant, and the teams more people are in lack the capability to resist this torrent.

February has only the 28th; once it passes, it becomes March again.

March 1st, Friday.

Winter cold desolate, spring warmth revives.

When Fang Ziye opened his eyes, he discovered Luo Tingzhu had already gotten up and gone running.

On the table lay a stack of materials Luo Tingzhu had applied to enter the sanatorium laboratory with; after Fang Ziye climbed up, he checked the time and it was only 7:20, so he didn't rush to wash up, but instead first helped Luo Tingzhu review them once.

"Senior Brother, you've become lazy." Luo Tingzhu, wearing sportswear, walked in from outside the door, changing into slippers at the doorway.

"Mainly because the sanatorium doesn't officially start work until 9 o'clock; I usually get up at 7:30 and still have time to run."

"The work hours here are much more humane than Zhongnan Hospital! ~" Fang Ziye reorganized and categorized the materials, raised his head, and said: "Tingzhu, there are two typos in your materials, you even filled in your ID number wrong! ~"

"I've already circled them for you; correct them and reprint."

Luo Tingzhu jogged over: "Really?"

"Oh, it was an input method error!" Luo Tingzhu then hurriedly ran back to her room to get her own computer.

It wasn't that Fang Ziye was unwilling to correct them for her, but that Luo Tingzhu knew better where the documents on her own computer were stored.

The computer was directly connected to the printer; after Luo Tingzhu finished supplementing and printing the files, she clipped them together again with a clip.

"Senior Brother, we don't start work until 9 o'clock, right? Then I'll go over at 8:50 to submit the materials, then contact the company people to have them deliver the instruments earlier." Luo Tingzhu checked the file order once more.

"You can rest for a while first." Fang Ziye said.

Luo Tingzhu shook her head: "I'm just here to pad the postdoctoral workstation resume; the sooner I throw myself into work, otherwise when you go to work, Senior Brother, how bored would I be?"

"I previously also heard that there's an anesthesia teacher in the lab's animal area who's quite skilled at research; don't know if there's a chance to visit today." Luo Tingzhu looked somewhat yearning.

"Who? Send me the name, I'll help you ask." Fang Ziye held up his toothbrush, soft toothpaste oozing on the toothbrush.

"I still don't know if Teacher Du would find it convenient; Senior Brother, you don't need to call them. If there's a need for you to introduce me, I'll say so myself."

"Can we go to the canteen opposite for breakfast later?" Luo Tingzhu asked.

"You'd better hurry to the experimental area side; that side's canteen is about the same as this one, and me always bringing people into the clinical area isn't very suitable." Fang Ziye explained.

Although he brought her every day and no one would say anything, doing so would be too deliberately unconventional; Fang Ziye didn't want the matter of him bringing his wife to the sanatorium to be put on display at the sanatorium entrance for people to gawk at every day.

"Like that, okay then! ~" Luo Tingzhu was a bit disappointed, but she wanted to take a shower even more; the bathroom here was renovated much better than the one in her house.

Who could refuse the comfort of a heavy water shower?

……

Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu went out together; at the doorway they each hurried off in different directions.

Fang Ziye had already assigned his research assistant to Luo Tingzhu; with her leading the way, Luo Tingzhu's matters would be handled faster.

However, after Fang Ziye entered the canteen, he discovered two people who shouldn't have appeared in the clinical area canteen.

Nie Mingxian and Wu Xuanqi.

Wu Xuanqi held up chopsticks, smiling as he greeted: "Professor Fang, this way……"

Seeing this, Fang Ziye immediately recalled what Professor Fang Zhikuan said last night: after Professor Gong Jiahe left, the sanatorium had finally found a suitable 'Expert'!

"I'll go get some food first." Fang Ziye picked up his tray, eyelids blinking rapidly.

Wu Xuanqi did not interject further.

When Fang Ziye approached the two again, he heard Nie Mingxian's conversation: "You standing up Han City Yangyuan like this, is that really okay?"

"Aren't you afraid they'll deal with you?"

"There should be a certain competitive relationship between sanatoriums too, right?" Nie Mingxian asked.

"It cost a certain amount of effort, but I'm not their puppet!"

"My teacher is still pretty capable."

"Group Leader Fang, please guide me." Wu Xuanqi saw Fang Ziye arrive and slightly cupped his hands in greeting.

Hearing this, Fang Ziye's mouth opened and closed twice: "Qi Ge, you're not joking with me, are you?"

"I've already joined the group chat; how could it still be a joke?"

"Group Leader Fang wouldn't think I'm not qualified enough, would you?"

"That's fine too; I also have a one-month probation period; Professor Fang just score me truthfully." Wu Xuanqi joked.

"Mingxian, help me put in a good word? I'll scrub your back tonight." Wu Xuanqi's style was far more unhinged than Nie Mingxian's.

When Wu Xuanqi arrived, Nie Mingxian was practically a 'upright gentleman'!

"Scram! ~" Nie Mingxian said displeasedly.

"Then you scrub for me? That's not impossible either." Wu Xuanqi's thick skin and glib tongue were really hard for ordinary people to withstand, even though both Nie Mingxian and Fang Ziye were men.

Wu Xuanqi was a good seed for mixing in society; he had technique, had glib tongue, was shameless; in this circle, his connections were absolutely wider than Fang Ziye's.

Moreover, he looked like he didn't discriminate between meat and vegetables……

Wu Xuanqi didn't show off more cleverness either; he just explained to Fang Ziye that he was about to settle into the sanatorium's clinical orthopedics big group, using this as a ladder for his promotion to Chief Physician.

Mm, Wu Xuanqi would soon be an Attending Physician.

Wu Xuanqi, twenty-seven years old as an Attending, thirty-one as Deputy Chief Physician, now already thirty-five; from Deputy Chief to Chief Physician, he had already spanned over four years, lacking less than one year of seniority to be eligible for evaluation for Chief Physician title.

Nie Mingxian left after eating; Wu Xuanqi came to Enshi without giving him advance notice, arriving only last night.

This morning the two made do with eating a breakfast together, counting as a friend's "reception".

It was still early; after the two finished eating, it was only 8:31.

Fang Ziye and Wu Xuanqi walked to digest while Fang Ziye asked: "Qi Ge, Professor Duan really agreed to you coming here on secondment?"

Tongji Hospital's foundation is much deeper than Zhongnan Hospital's.

Even if Wu Xuanqi didn't come to the sanatorium, with Professor Duan Hong's accumulated funding, it was enough for Wu Xuanqi to build on; plus the talent pile-up in Professor Duan Hong's team——

Even Deng Yong's team plus Fang Ziye would at most only have a slight edge.

Setting Fang Ziye aside, the gap is just that huge!

"This is called gilding, how could it be a demotion?"

"Two years ago I actually already had the intention to come here, but at that time the sanatorium had just been founded, Old Chinese Doctor Chen wasn't at ease about my personal ability, so I went back to Han City to temper myself for a while……"

"The current situation is pretty good, Professor Fang, you've done all the preliminary groundwork, I just happen to come over and pick the peaches."

"If Professor Fang you leave, can't I still fight for the Group Leader position?" Wu Xuanqi plays the shameless and emotional-support card to the hilt.

Fang Ziye: "……"

"Professor Fang, don't know if I now have the chance to learn the direction our Trauma Surgery is currently advancing clinically? So I can join the team early too." Wu Xuanqi discards face and asks.

Wu Xuanqi didn't even ask whether Fang Ziye would separate clinical research from basic research, because in his view, that is an inevitable matter.

"Our Trauma Surgery Group here plans to focus on bone defect." Fang Ziye says rather hesitantly.

If he hadn't deliberately paid attention to the bone defect direction, Fang Ziye wouldn't have known that the original Wu Xuanqi already had quite deep attainment in this module.

So to a certain extent, Fang Ziye advancing in this direction is also swinging a hoe on the fertile soil already occupied by Wu Xuanqi and Tongji Hospital.

Wu Xuanqi's mouth opens slightly, opens and closes a few times, his facial skin twitches and jumps seven or eight times, then he laughs: "That's perfect then, Group Leader Fang, I also have quite some insights into this direction."

Fang Ziye still decides to explain a bit: "Actually this direction was set after I came to the sanatorium, based on the disease types admitted here, that was still mid-January."

Fang Ziye emphasizes the time.

The time when Wu Xuanqi clashed with Master Yuan Weihong's project was early February before the New Year; perhaps Wu Xuanqi's planning of this matter would be much earlier.

Wu Xuanqi himself is also composed; he won't easily let go of the "Discipline Leader" position, so the clash with Yuan Weihong's project has a certain degree of deliberate component.

"No matter, Professor Fang, project direction application isn't doing a tyrant project; once I arrive it's mine, nobody else can wedge a foot in."

"Isn't this fate arriving? Just right we can continue to carry forward and expand this direction."

"Just don't know, besides the pure bone defect project, does Professor Fang have any other extensions in other aspects?"

Bone defect is a major direction; under a major direction, there are too many sub-projects.

There are parallel ones, there are interlocking project directions that can advance.

Fang Ziye hears this and nods: "Have some ideas, just hope to fuse nanotechnology with currently relatively advanced materials, CC material, see if bone induction material can be used as coating, let bone defect treatment use regeneration to supplement and fill."

Excellent people, when communicating, don't need too much nonsense!

Wu Xuanqi quickly learns Fang Ziye's 'hybrid' project; this is actually fusing current orthopedics biomaterials with induction materials, combining them with bone defect treatment.

Using bone regeneration to replace the current bone defect prosthesis-supplementation treatment plan.

"Small-segment bone defect, this treatment model's basic principle still has feasibility; if it's whole bone defect, to operate it, even in theory it's very hard to realize!"

"Currently, bone induction material applications are all based on original bone ends as foundation, making bone cells crawl and proliferate on the induction material, finally reshaping on the material's foundation."

"If there are no original bone ends?" Wu Xuanqi frowns.

Operating this becomes quite difficult.

"Right, many difficult points to overcome, but fortunately bone healing has been clinically proven to be primary healing, one of the few disease types that can heal completely."

"Based on this characteristic of bone cells, one can also slowly explore toward these directions."

"I think like this: if autologous bone graft can be embedded into the material prosthesis segment and buried, after providing blood supply, they have a chance to survive and re-implant inside the prosthesis."

"This way even large-segment bone defect has a primordial embryo of native bone; if really impossible, just extract bone marrow blood, make bone marrow stem cell stroma……"

"But these two both need to be transferred to the basic laboratory first for preliminary research."

"But also easy to understand: we can make bone-shaped culture dish instruments, see if bone cells have the crawling ability to penetrate space."

"Suppose bone cells can crawl across space, then the pores inside nanomaterials, bone cells can also penetrate; this way even if only local pores exist, a segment of native bone can fill the prosthesis interior with bone cells and reshape!"

"Under the assistance of stress lines……"

Wu Xuanqi has already halted his steps.

He seems to understand what level his team lost on.

Not operative technique, not team foundation, but on the cognition level, on the theory stratum.

Theory stratum crushing, that is the most impossible to turn over……

Wu Xuanqi mouth agape, sporting a handsome face, stupefied like a child.

Fang Ziye retreats a few steps, asks: "Brother Qi, is there a problem with what I said?"

Wu Xuanqi chin trembles slightly, answers irrelevantly: "Ziye, are you still planning to move orthopedics basic experiments out of the overall medical basic experiment framework, establish a separate lineage?"

Wu Xuanqi's theory accumulation and knowledge accumulation aren't blown out either.

Under a great reputation there are no empty scholars.

Wu Xuanqi is reputed to have talent that tops Tongji Hospital; that isn't the other fellow disciples and Professor Duan Hong deliberately flattering to kill Wu Xuanqi.

Current basic research can be said to be thriving, but also can be said to be a chaotic mess.

Because all basic experiments, their consumables, experimental steps, basic theory framework, experimental argumentation methods are all similar.

Same cells cultured in culture dishes, same scratch assay, same invasion assay, same running WB etc……

But inside the human body, different organs, their disease types differ in function and anatomical tissue level.

In basic research, using the same path to explore is naturally relatively not rigorous.

This limitation everyone knows!

Just like originally modern medicine only had internal medicine and surgery, now it has differentiated into dozens of specialties, nearly two hundred sub-specialties.

Just wanting to break the "unified" situation requires breaking too many, too miscellaneous, too chaotic shackles, absolutely not a one-day achievement.

Wu Xuanqi is no ordinary talent; when analyzing a person's research approach, he doesn't merely analyze its advancement, pioneering nature, but also its systemic structural integrity.

Although Fang Ziye's displayed content isn't much, Wu Xuanqi cannot help but boldly think in this direction!

"Brother Wu, are you force-feeding me a pie-in-the-sky or force-feeding yourself a pie-in-the-sky?"

"Although this direction I've also considered, I don't dare formally establish it as a long-term goal." Fang Ziye says.

Fang Ziye is very calm; he won't just head in this direction because Wu Xuanqi's one or two sentences rush him a bit.

This kind of research is good, of course it's good.

The research value and strategic significance of hand-crafting a nuclear bomb are even greater!

Once developed, individual combat capability would be nearly invincible, but is it realistic?

"But Ziye, you've already broken the deadlock!"

"I was wondering why you weren't willing to drill into Professor Cheng's direction of improving the microcirculation instrument; turns out you have a better direction."

"Thinking about it this way, other specialties' matters are indeed not as important as our Orthopedics Department's research projects."

"Pretty good! Pretty awesome." Wu Xuanqi sincerely gave a thumbs up, yet without an eager expression, instead looking pensive.

It was obvious Wu Xuanqi was rapidly thinking about what role he could play, which part he could take over.

Just as Mangled Extremity Limb Salvage Surgery couldn't be developed by Fang Ziye alone, this major research direction also couldn't be taken down by one or two research groups.

Fang Ziye still needed to find people, many people, even teams of hundreds to possibly venture into such unknown territory and reap the fruits.

This kind of thing, first come first served, there's nothing embarrassing about it!

Wu Xuanqi, who does research, himself knows that the reason research is in an open state is because it needs manpower to help.

The needed manpower must also have a high baseline.

"Brother Wu, this topic is too far off; currently, the more practical thing in clinical work is still my bone defect!"

"First we need to break it down; the first step I previously broke down with Professor Fang, Professor Yan Huanan and others was to first link bone defect with 3D printed prosthesis models, then push forward on the raw materials of 3D printed prosthesis models into small goals, step by step moving forward."

"Down to earth; as for current basic research, Professor Fang and I are each fighting our own battles." Fang Ziye said.

Several people had no cooperation in basic research, mainly because their research fields and directions were slightly different.

Wu Xuanqi listened and immediately understood: "Ziye, I'm willing to team up with you? Do you want our group's proposal?"

"No more talk, given our relationship, I'll send it to you right away!"

Wu Xuanqi had a preconceived notion.

Fang Ziye froze at the words, hurriedly waving his hands: "Don't, Brother Wu, absolutely don't do this; if you send me the proposal, if there's any misunderstanding later, I'll be doomed forever!"

This time, Wu Xuanqi's team did HK2 and osteosarcoma; as long as Duan Hong involved Yuan Weihong's proposal, then even if Duan Hong is a Changjiang Scholar, he'd still end up head broken blood flowing.

Zhongnan Hospital is no ordinary unit; after Yuan Weihong and others discovered this matter, the first time they contacted the National Natural Science Foundation of China, asking who exactly their proposal review experts were?

Were they at Tongji Hospital!

However, the National Natural Science Foundation of China's project review uses a blind review system, and adheres to same-province no-cross-review.

To avoid grudges or protection.

So, from this direction it couldn't be traced back.

But Wu Xuanqi directly sending the proposal over, wouldn't Fang Ziye be asking for trouble?

"Hey! ~"

"Ziye, you need to be clear, it's me actively sending the proposal to you; this is a label of the research group forming a cooperative relationship."

"Email contact is internationally recognized; I actively sent it to you, so even if there's some hedging, it doesn't matter."

"Mainly hoping Professor Fang you can correct a thing or two."

Fang Ziye's whole person was broken through, voice drawn out: "Don't~~~~ okay~~~~?"

"Can have~~~" Wu Xuanqi also drew out his voice, purely playing the shameless card.

The so-called finding cracks to insert needles, is exactly Wu Xuanqi this kind of operation.

"..."

Before the inspection started, Wu Xuanqi generously gave everyone a self-introduction first, then properly handed the speaking rights to Professor Fang Zhikuan and Fang Ziye.

How to put it? Wu Xuanqi is quite famous in the province, but nationwide, he's ultimately just a junior, and Wu Xuanqi's accumulation isn't as deep as when Fang Ziye first arrived.

Therefore, Yan Huanan and Fang Zhikuan basically didn't understand Wu Xuanqi.

Not understanding, naturally they didn't take it too seriously.

Instead, Professor Du Donglin from the neighboring Hand Surgery Department, after hearing Wu Xuanqi's name clearly, stepped over alone and asked: "Is Professor Wu the one who previously did functional reconstruction surgery at the Han City Yangyuan Research Institute?"

The Han City Yangyuan's name isn't Military Region Yangyuan, it's another 'Yangyuan Research Institute' name!

Fang Zhikuan heard this and glanced at Du Donglin, then looked at Wu Xuanqi, pausing his lengthy summary of his group's cases.

Wu Xuanqi looked at Du Donglin; he felt he should recognize the other party, but couldn't recall the name for a moment, after all Du Donglin is Hand Surgery.

Fang Ziye introduced: "Hand Surgery's Professor Du Donglin, Professor Du, this is Tongji Hospital Trauma Surgery's Professor Wu Xuanqi! ~"

"That's not right? Group Leader Fang, isn't Professor Wu Xuanqi doing functional reconstruction surgery? He should belong to our Hand Surgery, right?" Du Donglin approached Wu Xuanqi two steps, really wanting to poach him.

"Professor Wu Xuanqi is Professor Duan Hong's beloved disciple, how could he be Hand Surgery?"

Fang Ziye cautiously replied: "But Professor Wu's attainments in functional reconstruction surgery are indeed not bad!"

Du Donglin previously reported to Fang Ziye many times that a sanatorium in Han City, in the past two months specializing in functional reconstruction surgery, had many people transferred over to their side.

"Eh..." Du Donglin looked at Fang Ziye and Wu Xuanqi, head lowered, and walked away.

In his heart he was cursing up a storm.

This damn Trauma Surgery is toxic, right? Occupying the latrine but not shitting, such a good Hand Surgery seedling, all ruined by them...

After this, Fang Zhikuan and Yan Huanan both looked at Wu Xuanqi with slightly higher regard.

Yan Huanan recalled: "Professor Wu, currently, Orthopedics bone defect reconstruction surgery treatment, Professor Duan's team is top-tier domestically; Professor Wu should also have quite deep attainments in this aspect, right?"

Anyone doing bone defect naturally knows Professor Duan Hong's team; although Duan Hong isn't the absolute top domestically, he's on par with the other few big teams, hard to distinguish superior from inferior.

Yan Huanan's Yucheng Military Medical University Affiliated Hospital has slightly shallower accumulation in this aspect.

Fang Ziye heard this and smiled: "Professor Wu in our Trauma Surgery's bone defect treatment has quite some insights, far more professional than me."

"Professor Duan Hong's team's development and breakthroughs, Professor Wu exerted great effort in all of them."

Wu Xuanqi immediately shook his head: "Group Leader Fang, don't prop me up; if it was before you said this I'd believe it, now I dare not say I have an advantage over you."

"Just can do some surgeries." Wu Xuanqi was a bit humble, but not that humble.

"That works perfectly. Professor Wu, take a look at the patients our group currently has..." Fang Zhikuan said, then hurriedly led the way to make rounds.

In late February, the disease types admitted were relatively pure — besides bone defects it was still bone defects. Since everyone wants to continue deepening their work in this direction, they cannot escape the concentration of cases.

Wu Xuanqi said: "Patellar defects appear simple, but to actually handle them is the most troublesome. When we did patellar reconstruction before, we let the patients suffer."

"Of course, that is from the perspective of us medical practitioners suffering the loss."

"Patellar reconstruction should not pursue anatomical reconstruction; functional reconstruction should be chosen. Our team previously adhered to the concept of anatomical reconstruction..."

In the field of medical reconstruction, there have always been two concepts arguing endlessly.

Functional reconstruction means taking functional construction as primary and anatomical reconstruction as secondary.

However, a large portion of scholars have proven that the late-stage functional rehabilitation of anatomical reconstruction holds more advantage than functional reconstruction!

Therefore, most clinical scholars cling to anatomical reconstruction for surgery, thinking to bet on the long term — waiting until the patient heals well, then the long-term prognostic advantage emerges.

However, nothing is absolute!

"After anatomical reconstruction of the patella, the patient initially has a relatively good feeling, but the wear is too great, and the joint function becomes increasingly stiff!"

"Conversely, functional reconstruction, although the anatomical position is not round enough, instead gives the patient a wider sliding space postoperatively. So our team switched to functional reconstruction surgery starting last year."

"The current follow-up results are not bad."

"Group Leader Fang, I suggest we can preferentially choose functional reconstruction. Anatomical reconstruction of patellar defects is the same as the patella itself — detached from the long bone itself; it is just a piece of free bone." Wu Xuanqi suggested!

"Mm, this patient is also the first time we've admitted one here. Currently we are still in the exploration period for the treatment plan..."

Fang Ziye finished speaking, then asked: "Professor Wu, then what about this total femoral reconstruction? Do you have any suggestions?"

There is also a hemipelvis reconstruction — no need to say, it is just anatomical reconstruction. And the split-reorganization model proposed by Fang Ziye would hold more advantage!

Wu Xuanqi heard this, thought carefully for a moment, then said: "How about we leave this question for when we discuss it?"

"I still need to go review some materials and our accumulated data!"

"Mainly because all you professors are too professional. I dare not show off my slight skill before experts!" Wu Xuanqi spoke cautiously.

No other reason — the people here, every single one, are too formidable.

Even Professor Yan Huanan's knowledge accumulation is quite terrifying!

The other two Deputy Directors, although their accumulation is not as deep as his Wu Xuanqi's, are still more profound than ordinary Associate Professors.

Above them there is also a Fang Ziye.

The easiest to bully is Gu Yi, but where would Wu Xuanqi have the mind to bully Gu Yi? He has to first think of a way to secure his own foothold.

Today is Friday. No surgeries are scheduled, but Monday's surgeries need to be arranged.

The hemipelvis defect and the patellar defect have already been scheduled...

Villa doorway!

Wu Xuanqi walked in together with him, and the security guard Long Ge at the doorway even specially came out to give Wu Xuanqi a cigarette.

Long Jinhua said: "Professor Fang, you and Professor Wu are quite familiar, ah?"

Long Jinhua is obviously more familiar with Wu Xuanqi.

Wu Xuanqi put his arm around Fang Ziye: "This is my iron brother."

"Brother Long, please take care of him in the future."

"It should be Professor Fang and Professor Wu taking care of me. If there's a chance, let's drink together!" Long Jinhua actively invited — a 'treatment' even Fang Ziye didn't have.

The two walked away. Wu Xuanqi invited Fang Ziye to his villa area.

Only then did Fang Ziye learn that Wu Xuanqi has a dedicated villa here. Regardless of whether Wu Xuanqi comes here to work or not, it is kept reserved for him.

This kind of treatment made Fang Ziye freeze for a moment.

"Brother Qi, Old Chinese Doctor Chen's treatment of you is pretty good, ah?" Fang Ziye asked.

A great reputation is not undeserved. For Wu Xuanqi to have this kind of treatment, there must be capabilities he doesn't know about!

"I participated in a few emergency rescues before, so Old Chinese Doctor Chen gave me some special privileges." Wu Xuanqi replied with a simple, honest smile.

Pushing open the door, the interior area was about the same size as Fang Ziye's villa, and the style was also similar.

However, the soft furnishings inside Wu Xuanqi's place were even more advanced than Fang Ziye's — fully automatic furniture.

Even the kettle is fully automatic.

"Just got pure mountain spring water yesterday. Ziye, do you want tea or coffee?"

"Do you mind if I smoke?" Wu Xuanqi took out the cigarette box and even specially asked.

"Brother Qi, suit yourself." Fang Ziye took out his phone to check messages!

"Is your girlfriend looking for you for something?" Wu Xuanqi asked.

Fang Ziye shook his head: "No. Tingzhu has to make another trip to Han City — going today, returning today."

Fang Ziye checked the message and found that this involuted woman Luo Tingzhu had already successfully entered the laboratory assessment, and is now arranging the experimental plan.

And she said after she finds her laboratory, she will return to Han City as soon as possible to bring her cells over, to start the postdoctoral workstation work early.

Flight to Han City, high-speed rail back.

Tonight a batch of cell babies can be brought over.

"Indeed, excellent people all work hard."

Wu Xuanqi continued: "Ziye, let's chat casually for a while first. Later I'll consult you on some questions, hoping you won't withhold your instruction."

"As the saying goes, no fight no acquaintance. I'm also very willing to cooperate with you, Ziye..."

Time flows like water. In a blink, most of the day has passed.

In Wu Xuanqi's house, takeout boxes filled the trash can. Wu Xuanqi lifted the drawstring bag and said: "Ziye, you go help out first. We'll chat again when we have time later!"

"Today, some of your ideas, Ziye, gave me very vivid inspiration." Wu Xuanqi completely changed his previous playful, smiling face; his expression was heavy.

"Brother Qi, then I'll head off first?"

"Tingzhu's train arrives at 8:50; I'm going to pick her up," Fang Ziye said.

"Mm, anyway we live close by; when you're free let's get together more often." Wu Xuanqi saw Fang Ziye to the villa's doorway, then returned inside.

Back in the room, Wu Xuanqi video-called his wife.

Yet even upon seeing his own daughter, Wu Xuanqi at this moment did not show much of a smiling face; instead, with a clear gaze he shared his experiences.

"Relived a life? Do you have to be this exaggerated?" After Tang Yue put the daughter with Grandma, she picked up her mobile phone and entered the study.

Tang Yue understood her own husband.

Among the country's old professors, there might be some who could make Wu Xuanqi speak like this, but absolutely not many — you probably couldn't count them on the fingers of one hand.

"Tang Yue, you know me; in this aspect I've never been one to exaggerate."

"Doing research to a certain level, contending with others — the joy is limited. Striving against others — the joy is boundless." Wu Xuanqi held his hands behind his back, as if his whole person had been sublimated.

Tang Yue burst out laughing with a "puchi": "You hurry up and go see Mom and Dad, quit acting all profound."

The Mom and Dad Tang Yue spoke of were Wu Xuanqi's mother-in-law and father-in-law.

"Mm, I'll head over after hanging up with you. Tomorrow's the weekend; going over there to freeload a meal." Wu Xuanqi said with a laugh.

(Chapter End)