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Chapter 578 Survival by Cutting Off the Tail? Please revise the conclusion! (Please subscribe)
Inside a private room near Tongji Hospital in Wuhan.

While opening a bottle of red wine, Wu Xuanqi tried to liven up the atmosphere, saying in a gentle tone, "Brother Zhong, you make the arrangements. I'll be in charge of odd jobs today."

"In the new year, I hope our team can make great strides again, strive to publish several articles with an impact factor of 25 or higher, and then see if we can start a new clinical research project."

Zhong Wenyuan is 39 years old this year and is an associate professor in Professor Duan Hong's group. He will soon be promoted to professor, but there is no conflict between him and Duan Hong.

Wu Xuanqi is thirty-four years old this year, only five years younger than Zhong Wenyuan. When Wu Xuanqi was pursuing his master's degree, Zhong Wenyuan was just a junior doctoral student, and his mentor Duan Hong was just an associate professor who was also on the team.

Therefore, Wu Xuanqi has always addressed Zhong Wenyuan as Brother Zhong.

Zhong Wenyuan smiled and pointed in Wu Xuanqi's direction: "Your mouth has fooled countless girls. Don't give yourself away, or I'll tell your sister-in-law right away."

"Let me tell you, Wu Xuanqi, Tang Yue is our acknowledged sister-in-law. You betrayed her, so from now on you'll only bring girlfriends, not the word 'wife'."

Beside Zhong Wenyuan, Long Yuan sat calmly, holding his phone. He glanced at Wu Xuanqi and said, "Brother Zhong is right."

"Tang Yue and you are childhood sweethearts. You broke up for so long, but you were able to get back together. You can't easily let down a girl like that, can you?"

Wu Xuanqi was taken aback upon hearing this. He pulled out the cork from the red wine bottle and said, "Brothers, even if you don't believe in my character, you should believe that I'm faithful in relationships!"

"Brothers, do you think I've ever toyed with your feelings?"

Chen Tailin and Guo Haichao nodded beside Wu Xuanqi.

Chen Tailin immediately said, "Brother Zhong, Brother Qi has been saying he wants to introduce me to his cousin, but it hasn't happened yet. I've already treated him to at least a dozen meals."

Dr. Chen Tailin has graduated and is currently staying at the hospital as the chief resident.

Guo Haichao chuckled after hearing this, scratched his head with his right hand, and asked, "Does your sister-in-law agree?"

Chen Tailin said, "Whether my wife agrees or not is another matter, but I have to keep my promise first."

"Brother Qi broke his promise!"

Zhong Wenyuan looked at this group of lively characters and his face darkened instantly: "Xuanqi, ever since you came back, you've ruined the atmosphere in the department. Look at this group of people, what kind of people are they?"

You'll get yourself into trouble sooner or later!

"Xiao Yi, Gong Hua, you two must not follow their example. You must learn more good things." Zhong Wenyuan looked at Song Yi and Zhou Gong Hua.

Song Yi is the most qualified doctoral student in Duan Hong's group of second-year students. He is in the same year as Fang Ziye and has shown excellent talent so far.

Zhou Gonghua just joined the department this year, but he's already quite skilled.

Duan Hong, relying on his position as the leader of the trauma surgery department, attracted many talented individuals, both great and small, to his team. His junior colleagues were arguably the best in Hubei Province.

“Okay, Brother Zhong! It’s just that Brother Qi’s cousin is too old. I saw Dou Peng’s cousin from our department last time, and she was quite pretty…” Song Yi grinned, and then fell silent.

As the saying goes, if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too!
Once Wu Xuanqi can take a joke, there's basically no one who can't learn from his personality.

Long Yuan tapped the table: "Alright, alright, stop babbling and listen to Brother Zhong's arrangements for this year's plans."

"Everyone'll be busy after the New Year!~"

Longyuan is the head of the group, and can also be said to be the chief steward who has the most frequent contact with his subordinates.

One sentence instantly silenced everyone's joking and laughing faces.

Zhong Wenyuan then said, "Our tasks for next year are divided into three routes, which roughly cover three aspects: clinical research, basic cell experiments, and animal experiments."

"The current division of labor is quite clear. I will continue to lead the team in animal experiments, Wu Xuanqi will lead the clinical research project, and Longyuan will be responsible for the progress of basic research."

"My mentor is in charge of the project funding and application process..."

“I need to further subdivide the work here.”

“Chen Tailin, you have studied bioinformatics before and know some software knowledge, so you can further delve into this area.”

"The reason why Professor Deng Yong's team at Zhongnan Hospital has been able to take off so quickly is that they have a master of data statistics and analysis."

"The same topic, the same results, but different presentation methods can impress the magazine's editorial department more. You can refine your skills in this area. You'll be mentoring students yourself in two years..."

"What Master means is to make you the underlying data analysis architecture of the entire project framework, supporting the rapid operation of the project team."

"Guo Haichao, your main tasks right now are graduation, staying at the hospital, and getting a job. The competition in our hospital is fierce, so you should temporarily put aside your research group work and focus on clinical operations without distraction."

"Song Yi, Xuanqi values ​​you the most. Your clinical and research abilities are also relatively higher than our group's overall. So continue to work with Wu Xuanqi and strive to take on the position of clinical research team leader in the future."

"As for Zhou Gonghua, you'll stay with me for now. Animal experiments and basic research are complementary, so you need to learn quickly and get started!"

“There are too many fellow apprentices in the group, but I only called you all here today. You were all selected.”

"A large team with many members is easier to get things done and can work together as a cohesive unit."

"By the way, Song Yi, is the professor you contacted before still available?" Zhong Wenyuan asked.

The research group was able to successfully establish a relationship with a professor from the Department of Computer Science at Kyoto University thanks in no small part to Song Yi, a student from the seven-year clinical medicine program at Kyoto University!

"Brother Zhong, it looks like it won't work. The abduction has failed!"

"It's over!" Song Yi scratched his head, feeling a little regretful.

Not all girls are willing to follow him from Kyoto to Seoul to 'suffer'!

Zhong Wenyuan: "..."

Wu Xuanqi's phone rang once, and he pushed several bottles of red wine to Song Yi next to him: "Song Yi, fill everyone's glasses."

Wu Xuanqi swiped open his phone screen with one hand and looked at the unread messages.

After only a few glances, Wu Xuanqi's expression changed drastically!
He then quickly replied with a voice message: "Is the information reliable?"

Everyone was busy chatting amongst themselves, mainly listening to Zhong Wenyuan's instructions, and naturally didn't notice Wu Xuanqi's changes in expression and tone.

"Absolutely reliable. Brother Wei has an outgoing and carefree personality, and is quite unconventional in his approach to things, but he just doesn't want to cause any harm!~"

"Brother Wei should know that someone is passing a message to you at Zhongnan Hospital." A message came from the other side of the phone.

Wu Xuanqi quickly typed back: "It's okay, neither of us knows, and we haven't seen Yuan Weihong's project proposal or progress report. I'm just guessing."

"It doesn't matter if these chat logs are exposed; discussing other people's research directions is a very normal thing!"

"Thank you, Brother Song!" After typing, Wu Xuanqi put away his phone and quickly looked away.

About half a minute later, during a break, Wu Xuanqi quickly interjected, "Brother Zhong, I have something to report to you."

"Fang Ziye has begun to close in and retaliate. His attack is fierce. We must quickly evacuate the basic research on the energy metabolism of osteosarcoma!" Wu Xuanqi's voice was decisive yet cautious.

"Evacuate now?" Zhong Wenyuan paused upon hearing this.

"Why? Fang Ziye isn't a taboo word." Zhong Wenyuan was unaware of the information Wu Xuanqi had seen.

Wu Xuanqi tapped the table rapidly, clearly weighing the pros and cons very carefully.

"Fang Ziye is not taboo, but he has the characteristics of a prehistoric beast. His temperament is even more ferocious than his teacher's."

“I had met with him a few times before, but I didn’t take his words seriously.”

"Right now, I think the best option is to evacuate."

"Our funding has already been converted into research papers, so we're not losing money. But if we continue to get entangled in this, we'll get stuck in a quagmire!"

If you invest money but get published, then it's not a loss.

Not all research funding can be directly transformed into tangible results that are clinically useful and make you a star in the research world!
"Tell me more about it! Let's see if there's any room for maneuver." Long Yuan also became curious.

Everyone has invested time and effort in improving their skills in this area, so it would be a waste of time and resources to back down now.

It's not good to just admit defeat.

“According to reliable sources, Fang Ziye has thoroughly investigated all the pathways related to HK2 in the glucose metabolism of osteosarcoma,” Wu Xuanqi said, licking his lips with his tongue.

It wasn't that he wanted to be so flamboyant; rather, this action was an involuntary, subconscious reaction when he was startled.

"Eh!~" Both Long Yuan and Zhong Wenyuan were taken aback upon hearing this!
Both of their eyes bulged slightly outwards.

Song Yi narrowed his left eye: "Fang Ziye isn't the type to make wild and outrageous statements, is he?"

Why are you walking like that now?

Song Yi had met Fang Ziye before and knew that Fang Ziye was a very cautious person.

“His departure means he must have someone to rely on. When Fang Ziye contacted me before, he seemed too confident.”

"We must be cautious!"

"Withdrawing now would incur almost no sunk costs, but if we don't retreat, we'll really have to fight head-on."

“Fang Ziye has the natural barrier of animal testing models in the HK2 channel, making it difficult for us to land before him.”

“If anyone has relevant data, please process it as soon as possible. That’s my suggestion!” Wu Xuanqi replied.

Fang Ziye is defined as cautious by everyone, so every step he takes should be carefully considered.

"One prescription has completely changed our minds. It's a bit uncomfortable." Long Yuan pinched his nose and then touched his throat.

Wu Xuanqi nodded and said, "Brother Yuan, of course it's uncomfortable, but let's not forget that Fang Ziye last year started in April and ended in October!"

"One person is supporting three!"

"And it's a junior year, not the kind of junior year that's trivial."

Improvements to limb salvage surgery, functional reconstruction surgery, and microcirculatory devices.

Regardless of how many people Fang Ziye collaborates with, the progress and speed of this project are astonishing.

The key to the success of Fangziye's team is that every step they take is very solid, leaving no loopholes or opportunities for exploitation.

At that time, Professor Duan Hong led his team to try to find a way to sneak ahead of Fang Ziye's team, but before they had even started laying the groundwork, Fang Ziye's team had already achieved results!
Wu Xuanqi continued, "If we take into account that Fang Ziye's animal model of osteosarcoma HK2 knockout was developed entirely by himself, we probably can't match his depth of understanding of this pathway!"

"Competing with him in speed, even if you win, it will be a crushing defeat; losing means total annihilation!"

The so-called win or loss actually means that the two teams each account for half or 60/40 of the results in the HK2 channel.

Wu Xuanqi predicted that if it were a 60/40 split, their team would definitely take 40%.

This is not about boosting the morale of others while diminishing our own!

Zhong Wenyuan then asked, "Xuanqi, didn't you say that Fang Ziye is focusing a lot of his time on teaching and clinical surgery in Enshi?"

"They didn't go crazy and rush into the lab?"

Wu Xuanqi nodded: "This news is reliable, but thinking about it this way makes it even more terrifying. Perhaps, as we guessed in the worst-case scenario, Fang Ziye didn't take what our group did before seriously at all!"

"What kind of monster have we encountered?" Wu Xuanqi asked hesitantly.

He really couldn't imagine that he could learn so quickly. Even with limb-sparing and functional reconstruction techniques that involved serious injuries, he had already mastered them in less than six months.

Such speed left Fang Ziye with no chance to even parry.

This is something Wu Xuanqi could never have imagined!
“Then you can report to Master later. Actually, Master has a longer-term vision and predicted our entry and exit patterns in advance.” Zhong Wenyuan’s tone was cautious.

Before planning this matter, everyone naturally consulted Duan Hong.

Duan Hong analyzed the possible outcomes at the time.

First, the team won a decisive victory, forcing Fang Ziye into a defensive posture. For the next few years, he was preoccupied with remedial measures for Yuan Weihong, making further progress difficult. This is impossible.

If Yuan Weihong and Deng Yong of Zhongnan Hospital are only capable of this much, and need Fang Ziye to bail them out for everything, then Deng Yong could have gone home and raised pigs long ago.

Second, they both struggled against each other, and each had its own merits!
The last two research groups each took half the credit, and after achieving their goals, they shook hands and made peace, then began competing in other areas.

Third, they take the benefits and leave.

Ultimately, Duan Hong advised Wu Xuanqi against wasting his time in this way.

However, considering that Wu Xuanqi was Duan Hong's most valued and trusted disciple, he could not let Wu Xuanqi become Fang Ziye's constant supporting character!
If you don't even have the courage to compete when it comes to research projects, then you're destined to never achieve great things.

Upon hearing this, Wu Xuanqi picked up his phone and said, "I think it's more than that!"

"Brother Zhong, I'm skipping this meal. I need to report to Master immediately!"

"After Fang Ziye opened up the situation, he would not personally get involved, but would instead make a start and then leave the work to others."

"he?"

"If he's coming after me, I might be in big trouble." Wu Xuanqi said this very cautiously, then stood up and left.

After leaving the private room, Wu Xuanqi paid the bill first, and then drove directly to Professor Duan Hong's house.

Today is a workday, the first workday after the Lunar New Year. Although it's not a scheduled surgery day for the group, Duan Hong has already accepted a consultation surgery at a tertiary private hospital in Wuhan.

So Wu Xuanqi chatted with his teacher's wife while waiting for Duan Hong to return.

Duan Hong was in a good mood, probably because the consultation and surgery today were of very high quality.

Upon seeing Wu Xuanqi, Duan Hong chuckled and said, "What? Here to freeload again?" "Did you buy groceries?" Duan Hong joked.

"Master, my wife and I have decided to go out for dinner. Have you eaten yet?" Wu Xuanqi stood up to greet him with a grin.

He wasn't overly polite or overly reserved, but rather spoke like a family member, reporting the outcome he and his teacher's wife had agreed upon.

"Fine, then why don't you just not let me in the house as soon as I get back?"

"Shall we go? Where did you book?" Duan Hong tossed his keys toward Wu Xuanqi.

……

After hearing what Wu Xuanqi told him, Duan Hong was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.

This Fang Ziye's appetite is far too great; he actually did such a 'horrific' thing.

“If such a big issue isn’t handled properly, the sunk costs will be very high in the end!” Duan Hong remained relatively calm.

If Fang Ziye were to respond point-to-point, Duan Hong would feel somewhat guilty. Duan Hong's forte, clinical research, had been repeatedly thwarted by Fang Ziye, forcing him to swallow back the words he was about to say.

Scientific research is like speaking; after gathering sufficient evidence, you announce your findings to the world and support your research results with data.

This is especially true for medical research.

Many fields of scientific research have "blockades." For example, Qian Xuesen, a renowned Chinese scientist, published very few articles after returning to China, but no one dares to deny his academic standing.

But medicine doesn't.

This has allowed some countries with less rigorous medical development, such as India, to arbitrarily abolish or modify international patents and directly put all the drugs they have developed into production and use.

The advantage of doing this is that people in China can directly enjoy the convenience and efficacy of existing research and development drugs.

There are many disadvantages to doing this. First, the country has essentially given up on competing in the medical field, meaning it will be stuck following in others' footsteps for the rest of its life. Its so-called patents will have no future, and its medical devices and pharmaceuticals will be barred from entering the country…

No country would welcome you to pirate my stuff and then resell it to me.

In addition, scientific research in China is almost in a state of chaos and disorder. When others publish their research results, they will use nouns to replace some key technical points, instead of describing the development process of a certain drug in detail. They will only give the specific structure.

There are other drawbacks as well.

“Master, you once told me that Fang Ziye is a very steady person,” Wu Xuanqi said.

Duan Hong said with a smile, "If he weren't stable, he would have already entered the academician workstation, and his starting point is even higher now. If you compete with him, you will face even greater pressure!"

“Even in the current situation, if those guys were to make a move, even I would have to think twice!” Duan Hong said.

"You need to understand that your master's support for you doing this kind of thing is actually like walking a tightrope!"

If Duan Hong's ranking were even slightly lower, it wouldn't have been enough to support Wu Xuanqi and the others in a direct confrontation with Fang Ziye.

“Master, it’s good to cut our losses in time. Ziye gave me the 3D printing data before, which put me at a disadvantage. Should we continue to grit our teeth and fight him?”

“If it were me, I wouldn’t have the courage to expand Fang Ziye’s business on such a large scale!” Wu Xuanqi shook his head.

What exactly did Fang Ziye do? Wu Xuanqi had never dared to imagine it before.

Fang Ziye has already started doing all of this, but he's already a step behind.

Even if they continue to follow up, they will ultimately only become 'supporting characters'!
When the entire wolf pack consists of wolves, the sight of a few huskies sneaking in, even if they are not in mortal danger, is still quite unusual.

"Anyway, we have plenty of things to do, so let's postpone it for now."

"Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west!"

"The cycle of growth and decay is an unchanging law of nature." Duan Hong was very open-minded, but he felt a little sorry for Wu Xuanqi.

The times are much tougher for Wu Xuanqi now than they were back then.

Duan Hong continued, "However, Fang Ziye's final destination may not be in the area that you and I are focusing on, so it won't affect what you want to do."

Upon hearing this, Wu Xuanqi fell silent.

He lost.

……

Wu Xuanqi is also a genuine scientific researcher, so he has a habit of cleaning up his email every day.

However, when he was cleaning his email inbox today, he found this unread message.

"Dear Dr. Wu, first of all, thank you very much for choosing our journal to submit your manuscript and for publishing such a high-quality article in our journal."

"..."

After some polite exchanges, the unexpected ending left Wu Xuanqi in disbelief!

"However, based on our editorial team's review and after consulting with some peer reviewers, we unanimously believe that your published article has certain flaws in its conclusions and argumentation process."

"This letter is to invite Dr. Wu to revise and supplement the conclusions and supporting evidence of your published article."

"Our editorial team looks forward to your prompt reply, thank you!~"

"Cancer Discovery Editorial Department"

If Wu Xuanqi hadn't seen the full name of the editorial department at the end, he would have thought someone was joking with him.

Of course, after seeing it, Wu Xuanqi found it even funnier.

How can it be?

How could conclusions drawn by our own research group be anything but rigorous? How could they be questioned by someone else's letter?

A letter (a letter to an editor) is a form of writing that can be an academic report or something else, such as raising questions about the verification of someone else's published paper!

Internationally, many teams use this paper format to publish more articles and simultaneously fill in any gaps or omissions in their already published work.

Wu Xuanqi didn't take it seriously at first.

Therefore, he carefully read through the final draft of the article again, including its conclusions, experimental methods, and the chain of evidence.

The editor quickly edited a message in reply: "Dear editorial department, after reading your message, I immediately reviewed our published article and, after careful consideration, made the following conclusions."

"The argumentation process and methodology of this paper are without any problems, including the conclusions of the argumentation..."

"Don't bother Daddy, he has work to do right now. He'll come play with you soon, okay?" At the door of the study, Wu Xuanqi's wife, Tang Yue, appeared with a gentle voice, following a little girl.

After Wu Xuanqi turned around and clicked send with the mouse, he immediately stood up and opened his arms: "Susu, come here, let Daddy hug you."

Tang Yue smiled and said, "You have things to do first."

Susu is the nickname of Wu Xuanqi's daughter, Wu Tong, and it doesn't have any special meaning.

"I'm just tidying up my emails. Did Susu poop today? She seems a bit constipated..." Wu Xuanqi asked.

"He's already had a bowel movement, don't worry..." Tang Yue is also a doctor, but as a mother, she can't escape the problems of a child's eating, drinking, and elimination.

……

In Enshi, at the entrance of a barbecue restaurant.

Li Yuanpei looked at Fang Ziye in astonishment: "Ziye, are you being really mean? We thought you were extremely anxious."

"Why do you look so relaxed and carefree!"

Fang Ziye replied irritably, "How is this considered sarcastic? This is called friendly communication, okay?"

"Where am I taking it easy? I'm preparing my backup plan."

Unfortunately, Fang Ziye's main problem was that his theoretical knowledge of bone tumors was not deep enough, but his basic experimental skills were already maxed out.

It can be said that Fang Ziye is now looking for fault with a research topic, and there are a great many loopholes.

You can't get away with being sloppy in your reasoning!
A level 6 skill is no joke. Without a powerful character to balance it out, its mere presence on the field is a devastating blow.

Level 6 seems to have been created specifically for improvement and finding loopholes.

In fact, according to the general understanding of existing basic scientific research, the articles published by Wu Xuanqi and his colleagues are not problematic in terms of logic and argumentation methods.

However, this method of argumentation is not rigorous enough. For example, Wu Xuanqi and his team's argument on the link between HK2 and miRNA is a general bridge rather than a data-driven deduction!

In scientific papers, there are many such general bridges that people don't scrutinize in detail. But if someone points out your mistake, it's impossible for you not to correct it!

Revising this method of argumentation is quite difficult!
Xiong Jinhuan lowered her voice and asked, "Ziye, what if your point makes the article more polished and smooth? Wouldn't that further solidify their research?"

Fang Ziye said frankly, "That's even better. We can use this result later; it's just a matter of citing it once."

"Scientific research requires rigor and constant revision."

Fang Ziye then picked up a skewer of chicken wings, took a bite, his mouth full of meat, and said in a slightly hesitant voice, "However, perfecting this method of argumentation will take quite a while."

"If Professor Duan Hong's team can't find suitable help, the editorial department will keep bothering him and stalling their work!"

"The editorial staff don't do anything else."

Xiong Jinhuan was quite familiar with and sensitive to the format of letters, a type of academic paper, and asked, "Ziye, did you convince the editorial department?"

“Of course!” Fang Ziye nodded.

"Our research group was among the first to take the plunge into understanding the energy metabolism of osteosarcoma, and our early research accumulation is the most profound."

"So, I went to their editorial department and gave them a fairly clear solution. How could they not believe me?"

Li Yuanpei: "..."

"Ziye, your move of cutting off the fuel supply from under the enemy's base is ruthless!" Li Yuanpei gasped.

He could imagine how much it would affect his mindset if the editorial department asked him to revise the article after it was published.

If things go wrong and the paper gets retracted, it might end up in academic gossip news.

Fang Ziye continued, "What's so bad about that? He rushed right up to my master, heading straight for him."

"I don't believe that they just happened to stumble into this research topic by chance."

"If I don't fight back, wouldn't that make me seem weak?"

"However, something even more ruthless might be yet to come."

"I'll make up for it for them later!" Fang Ziye said, taking another bite of meat.

As the saying goes, "He who kills, does not kill the man."

To kill someone is to destroy their spirit; this is the deepest insult one can inflict.

Just hearing Fang Ziye say that, Li Yuanpei could imagine the reactions of the others.

Didn't you want to hit me?

You didn't hit it? Let me help you!
"Won't this make enemies?" Xiong Jinhuan asked with some concern.

Fang Ziye said, "They should ask this question before they take this step. We are the ones who come later, so we don't need to ask it."

"Actually, I've done this kind of thing before." Fang Ziye said halfway, then stopped himself.

Has Fang Ziye done anything like what Wu Xuanqi did?

Of course, when facing his senior uncle earlier, Fang Ziye also stepped forward first, directly cutting off that senior uncle Martin Yong's 'escape route'!
The only problem was that Fang Ziye created an animal model with HK2 knockout, so Martin Yong couldn't find any flaws.

He doesn't have the same profound theoretical foundation as Fang Ziye. If he did, he wouldn't bother competing with Fang Ziye and Yuan Weihong for anything; he would have already come back to fight back and sacrificed himself to Professors Deng Yong and Dong Yaohui.

It can be said that, objectively speaking, Professors Deng Yong and Dong Yaohui may have genuinely hurt their two senior colleagues.

However, from Fang Ziye's perspective, what his two senior brothers did hurt his master Yuan Weihong. As for the grievances they suffered, what does that have to do with him?
"Could you elaborate?" Li Yuanpei pressed, seeing that Fang Ziye seemed hesitant to speak.

“Obviously not, otherwise I would have finished speaking,” Fang Ziye said.

"Eat something first, then have a drink. You and Jinhuan both have to go into the lab tomorrow!"

"I thank you again on behalf of my master!" Fang Ziye raised his glass first.

Li Yuanpei said, "Brother Wei has been very good to us. He is thanking us, but the friendship between the three of us belongs to us."

Li Yuanpei turned to Xiong Jinhuan and said, "Jinhuan, we won't be xenophobic towards you just because of Professor Han."

"Our generation agreed beforehand not to dwell on the past or discuss history!"

"We're all born in the 90s now, why do we remember the grudges of the older generation so clearly?" Li Yuanpei was very clever. He seemed to be talking about the relationship between the three of them, but he was actually trying to comfort Fang Ziye.

"..."

[Note: As we approach the middle of the process, I won't go into detail about specific thoughts and submission procedures to fill up the word count. There's been some background information already, and everyone should have a general understanding of the submission process. Please forgive me. Going into more detail would just be padding the word count.]

(End of this chapter)