Chapter 79: The First Battery Sample Comes Off the Line

"Junior Brother..."

After all, it was Eldest Senior Sister Wang Yaqin who spoke first, though her tone sounded rather sinister.

"Senior Sister, let's speak properly; Junior Brother, I ask myself honestly—I shouldn't have offended any of my senior brothers and sisters during this time, right?"

"Senior Sister, your tone makes people who don't know think I'm some kind of scumbag who starts things and then abandons them..."

Faced with this group of senior brothers and sisters who suddenly came to his door, Li Mingyang also wore a look of helplessness, a black line on his head.

What the heck is this? I spent the whole vacation at home, being honest, aside from checking out the new house, I just researched what I like.

As for the rest...

Anyway, Li Mingyang really can't think of what he might have inadvertently done to offend this group of senior brothers and sisters.

"Junior Brother, actually sometimes you can restrain yourself a bit; you don't have to appear so brilliant, with you setting the tone..."

"Senior brothers and sisters, each one of you has practically become an idiot."

The tone was still as resentful as ever, but fortunately Wang Yaqin made things clear, letting Li Mingyang finally understand what was going on.

After all that fuss, it turns out the blame lies with those papers I wrote during the vacation!

But even though he understood, Li Mingyang still couldn't admit it; besides, this was originally following his own plan.

Even if he had known beforehand that his senior brothers and sisters would end up in such a miserable state, Li Mingyang would absolutely not change his plan.

But if he were to nod and admit it, taking the blame upon himself, then in the coming period wouldn't he be ruthlessly exploited by this bunch of unscrupulous senior brothers and sisters?

Li Mingyang could even picture that scene:

Junior Brother, could you trouble yourself to help Senior Sister with this?

Junior Brother, senior brothers have been...

Just thinking about that scene made Li Mingyang shudder involuntarily; he absolutely couldn't let such a thing happen.

So...

"Senior brothers and sisters, what are you talking about? But you're actually in the wetlands; I came over as soon as I got to school."

"This shows that the senior brothers and sisters still care a lot about me, the junior brother; this concern really moves me."

"How about this: today I'll treat you; let's have a hot pot at the iron cauldron near the school gate!"

After a quick thought, Li Mingyang decided to act crazy and pretend ignorance; as long as he didn't admit it, he would pretend not to know the fact.

Could it be that these few senior brothers and sisters could still catch him and not let go?

After all, saying this out loud doesn't sound good; I hope that the junior brother's excessive talent, having continuously published several papers during the vacation, led to the teachers taking a dislike to them.

And they even came to his door looking to cause a little trouble for the junior brother? If this got out, they'd either be laughed at for life or on their way to being laughed at.

So facing Li Mingyang's act of pretending to be crazy and foolish, the group of senior brothers and sisters, though resentful, could only give up in the end.

Originally they came to his door not intending to do anything; they mainly wanted to find the junior brother to vent their pent-up feelings.

If they could also bully the junior brother a little on the side, that would be perfect.

Unfortunately, a genius like the junior brother seems to be well-rounded—not only is his IQ high, but his EQ is also high.

They could clearly see that this junior brother knows what's going on, but he stubbornly refuses to admit it.

He even prepared to treat them to the iron cauldron stew at the gate with a full smile; as the saying goes, you don't hit a smiling face. Li Mingyang has done that much—what else can they say?

All they can do is turn resentment into food; they hope to eat a couple more pieces of meat later, preferably emptying the little treasury inside.

Although this is also an unrealistic wish...

"Professor, is the lab free today? I'd like to borrow some equipment and materials from the lab."

In the blink of an eye, it's been almost a month since Li Mingyang arrived at school; although during the break he had been researching high-energy battery technology.

But after all, this is something created from nothing, starting slowly; even if Li Mingyang had given his all to master this technology?

But wanting to apply this technology to reality still requires considerable effort; at the very least, one must combine the technology's components with real-world equipment and materials.

By the way, it's worth mentioning that as soon as Li Mingyang returned to school, Li Zhenfu, a big shot in the battery field, came straight to his door.

No matter what, he wanted to take Li Mingyang as his closed-door disciple—not an ordinary student, but truly the first.

Li Mingyang's talent truly shocked the old man; if it weren't that he really couldn't free himself, the other party would have felt like going straight to Li Mingyang's home.

Upon learning that Li Mingyang had returned, the old man immediately went to his dormitory door.

This made Li Mingyang initially think he might have bumped into a scam artist old guy.

After consulting his own teacher Wang Qiang, Li Mingyang also readily agreed; if only Academician Lin would give his endorsement...

For the development of his battery technology, this would absolutely be the best thing possible.

"Dear disciple, your battery is finally ready to start making samples?"

Because of Wang Qiang's guarantee, plus Li Mingyang's own probing, this Academician Li Zhenfu's character is also quite solid.

Li Mingyang doesn't worry that the other party will eye his research results.

Even after getting along for this period, Li Mingyang even feels that this later cheap teacher could be much stronger than his original teacher Wang Qiang.

Academician Li Zhenfu looking at him probably feels even more affectionate than toward his own biological grandson.

"Yes, teacher, I think now is the time; I've already calculated all the data and thought through all the details."

"I think it's also time to get hands-on; it's just that this disciple lacks much practical experience."

"So if you have time, teacher, could you possibly give me a little guidance in the lab?"

After becoming familiar, Li Mingyang isn't thin-skinned; when he directs his own teacher to help him do things, he does so without any courtesy.

Upon hearing this, Academician Li Zhenfu had no intention of getting angry; instead, he was delighted and immediately patted his chest in agreement:

"Alright, teacher will head back to the lab; no matter what materials are needed, just speak up and the teacher will have everything ready."

"For such an epoch-making moment, even if the dear disciple doesn't bring it up, the teacher, thick-skinned, will still come over to join the fun."

"If there's anything you need help with, definitely don't stand on ceremony with the teacher, after all, the teacher only has this one disciple."

Anyway, I'm already semi-retired these days, I don't have that many things to do each day, helping my little disciple — that's just what I should be doing, right?

At the end, Li Zhenfu couldn't help but laugh out loud; being able to take on such a disciple as Li Mingyang in his later years is probably the happiest thing he's experienced in nearly 20 years!