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Chapter 84 The Master Who Scammed His Disciple
Zhang Dashan gave an awkward smile.

"Xiaoxue has a great talent for research, and she will be my successor in the future."

“She doesn’t get many resources at Shenshan Middle School, far fewer than she does at Beijing University.”

"If it weren't for taking care of you, you old rascal, why would she have quit her job at Imperial University and come to Shenshan Middle School?"

Su Qingxian continued to scold, saying that after Xiaoxue showed her strong research talent, she was taken under her wing.

In her heart, she had long regarded Xiaoxue as her own granddaughter.

Zhang Dashan also felt somewhat annoyed, because his physical condition had hindered Xiaoxue's talent.

"You don't need to feel upset. If you don't do some things, you will definitely regret it in the future."

"That's why I promised Xiaoxue that I would let her come to Shenshan Middle School."

"Otherwise, how could she, the founder of the ever-changing silkworm research school and a professor in her early twenties, condescend to become a mere homeroom teacher?"

"Zhang Dashan, you've always been very lucky, and you're also a very upright person."

"Back then, I took a huge risk to entrust my newborn daughter, Xiaoxue, to you. I think it was the best decision I ever made in my life."

After saying this, Su Qingxian stopped talking.

Zhang Dashan seemed lost in thought and lost interest in continuing the conversation.

Perhaps forty years ago, they had a chance to be together, but due to unforeseen circumstances, they never got to see each other.

Perhaps they only loved each other as they were forty years ago.

Perhaps they kept their love hidden in their hearts.

They've all gotten old, and they've all kept their thoughts hidden.

If you are well, then it is the best sunny day.

Otherwise, Su Qingxian wouldn't have come to Jiaying City despite everything after learning that Zhang Dashan had a blood curse inside him.

Chairman Zhang drove with an air of complete absorption, shielding himself from hearing anything during their conversation to avoid overhearing any earth-shattering secrets that might lead to his being silenced.

Soon, Zhang Dashan and Su Qingxian arrived at the research institute established by Zhang Lingxue, where the security level had been raised to the highest level.

"Just wait here."

Su Qingxian spoke to the security personnel.

The head of the security team was a bald man codenamed Xuanwu, whose pet was a dragon turtle.

He was also Su Qingxian's personal bodyguard, the kind who would shield Su Qingxian from bullets.

Just now, it was because Su Qingxian used the excuse of needing to catch up with old friends, and because Grandpa Zhang Dashan was quite capable, that he was temporarily diverted to another car.

"Don't worry, Academician Su's safety is in my hands."

"You can just stay outside."

"The institute has an extremely high level of security."

"If anything really happens, I will cover Academician Su's escape from the research institute."

"Anyone who wants to harm Academician Su must step over my dead body."

Zhang Dashan argued his case logically.

Seeing Zhang Dashan like this, Xuanwu could only retreat with a bitter face.

Just then, Zhang Lingxue and Ye Bai came out to greet them.

"Xiaoxue, it's been so long!"

Su Qingxian laughed happily.

Seeing Su Qingxian's smiling face, and with her grandfather by her side, Zhang Lingxue thought she probably wouldn't be too strict with her.

There was nothing Zhang Lingxue could do; seeing Su Qingxian was like a mouse seeing a cat.

But Su Qingxian's next sentence sent chills down Zhang Lingxue's spine.

"Your research shouldn't have fallen behind, right?"

"I'll have to do a thorough check on your research later."

"If I find that your research is progressing slowly or has no results, you'd better come back to the capital with me."

"And you too, come back to the capital with me this time and get a thorough check-up so you don't suffer any long-term health problems."

At this moment, Su Qingxian's gaze fell on Ye Bai: "Xiaoxue, is this your newly accepted disciple?"

Su Qingxian looked her up and down. She had only heard that Xiaoxue had taken on a disciple, but she didn't know who it was. This was the first time she had met her.

She had a very good first impression of Ye Bai.

"I'll examine your fundamentals properly later."

"If you want to pursue a research career, a solid foundation is of paramount importance."

Zhang Lingxue pushed open the door and led Su Qingxian into the laboratory.

She handed over the experimental report she had recently compiled to Su Qingxian.

The Dark Butterfly Evolution Experiment Report

"Evolutionary Experiment Report of the Starry Butterfly"

"Evolutionary Experiment Report of the Blood Moth"

Blood Gu Butterfly Evolution Experiment Report

After seeing the four thick lab reports, which were as thick as dictionaries, Su Qingxian smiled warmly.

Very good. Xiaoxue has not neglected her research here, and has even discovered four brand-new evolutionary paths for the Hundred Transformations Silkworm.

She flipped through the pages quickly, one by one.

When encountering something he didn't understand, he would ask Zhang Lingxue a few questions.

Judging from the expression on Su Qingxian's face, she is satisfied for the time being.

"It seems your research has not been delayed."

"These three research routes for the Starry Butterfly, the Dark Butterfly, and the Blood Poison Moth can now be released."

"But the Blood Gu Butterfly's evolutionary path must be suppressed."

“Revealing this evolutionary path would be extremely detrimental to our Yan Kingdom Alliance.”

"A first-tier Hundred Transformations Silkworm can actually evolve into a fourth-tier Blood Gu Butterfly. This will make other countries quite wary of our Yan Kingdom Alliance."

"And if I remember correctly, the Hundred Transformations Silkworm needs to use the mysterious Blood Gu to evolve into the Blood Gu Butterfly."

"This is the key factor that enabled it to evolve into the Blood Gu Butterfly."

"The secret that the Blood Gu Butterfly can manipulate Gu poison must never be revealed."

Su Qingxian said firmly.

"However, I can apply for an internal reward for this evolutionary path."

"With your newly discovered evolutionary path, returning to the capital to teach should no longer be an obstacle for you."

"Those old guys shouldn't be able to stop you anymore."

"By the way, I have a question. Why is Ye Bai the name of the second author for all four research routes?"

"We don't tolerate nepotism."

Su Qingxian said with a serious expression, and Zhang Dashan's face also turned much uglier.

People of their generation placed great importance on character, and only accepted apprentices with good morals. "Actually, the evolutionary paths of the Blood Poison Moth and the Blood Gu Butterfly were not discovered by me."

"It was Ye Bai who discovered it by accident. It's too conspicuous that a high school student discovered the evolutionary path of the Hundred Transformations Silkworm."

"I did this to protect my student, so I took the first authorship myself and let Ye Bai take the second authorship. This was all discussed with Ye Bai."

At this moment, Su Qingxian's gaze fell on Ye Bai: "Ye Bai, is what Xiaoxue said true?"

"She didn't force you, did she? Was it voluntary?"

"You can speak up boldly. If your teacher has misappropriated your research results, I will uphold justice for you as long as it is found to be true."

Su Qingxian's gaze remained fixed on Ye Bai's eyes. If someone is lying, their gaze will at least slightly dart away.

However, Ye Bai's eyes were clear and bright, without the slightest evasion. He appeared extremely frank: "Yes, Grandmaster, all of this was of my own free will."

"I did this for a reason."

"My deskmate awakened the talent of the Eye of Insight. On the very day she awakened it, she was assassinated, but fortunately she survived."

"From that day on, I have always maintained a humble and low-key demeanor."

"Being number one in the whole school is one thing, but if people knew that I, a high school student, had researched two evolutionary routes for the ever-changing silkworm."

"People's first reaction was that I had extremely high research talent and might become the second teacher. In order to prevent me from growing up and being assassinated by assassins, I discussed it with my teacher."

“Being listed as a co-author will only make others think that the research was all done by the teacher, and that I was just a nepotistic associate.”

Ye Bai explained his reasons. As for the ambush of Li Weiyang, Academician Su had heard a little about it, while Zhang Dashan was the one who knew the truth.

Eye of Insight is an A-level talent. Anyone who possesses this talent, once they grow and develop it further, will have unlimited potential.

"Since you've volunteered, let's leave it at that."

"You'll be Xiaoxue's research assistant for now. After you finish your college entrance exam, you'll go to Beijing University with Xiaoxue."

"I imagine your grades aren't too bad; you should be able to get into Imperial University."

At this moment, Zhang Lingxue added, "Teacher, we made a very important discovery during the experiment."

"The Hundred-Transformation Silkworm, after failing to evolve due to the injection of Blood Gu, transformed into a Blood Poison Moth."

Su Qingxian's face immediately lit up with joy: "This is indeed a major discovery, breaking everyone's preconceived notions, but unfortunately it cannot be announced at the moment."

"You've passed this time."

“I’m giving you this year. After you finish being the homeroom teacher for this class, you can go back to the capital to teach.”

"You're wasting your talents here."

"Remember that research should not be neglected. I have a research topic here, I don't know if you are interested."

Su Qingxian took out a piece of paper from her pet space and slowly unfolded it.

The paper had the words "Negative Electric Rabbit Evolution Experiment" written on it.

"An evolution experiment of the negatively charged rabbit?"

"Is it the Western Region Research Institute that's currently leading it?"

Zhang Lingxue said excitedly.

That was a study that benefited the country and its people.

"Yes, but this experiment is very difficult. The Western Research Institute has been researching it for five years without any results, so the project was cancelled and handed over to the Imperial Capital Research Institute for research."

"The project eventually fell into my hands, but I am currently working on a major project, which is at its most critical stage, and I can't leave for the time being."

“Your senior brothers and sisters are all working on this project with me, so I thought of you.”

"Now that you've been studying the ever-changing silkworm for quite some time, you can try a different approach and experiment with the negatively charged rabbit evolution experiment."

"If this is successful, power generation in the western region will no longer be a problem."

Zhang Lingxue hesitated for a while, but finally agreed.

To be honest, she has reached a bottleneck in her research on the ever-changing silkworm.

There won't be any major breakthroughs in the short term, so even if the teacher doesn't mention it, Zhang Lingxue will find a project to work on on her own first.

Moreover, the Negative Electric Rabbit Project is a project that benefits the country and its people; otherwise, the Yan Kingdom Alliance would not have allocated a large sum of money to this project for five consecutive years.

"Teacher, where are the research materials from the Western Research Institute?"

Zhang Lingxue wanted to take a look at the information first.

Su Qingxian's gaze fell on the white paper in her hand.

"This is the information."

Zhang Lingxue?

"The data sealed by the Western Research Institute was destroyed in a fire during the transfer of the transport vehicle to the Imperial Capital Research Institute."

"As you know, many experiments currently rely on handwritten research data, which are not documented in any form."

"Before transporting the data, all the data was scanned and stored on a laptop."

"However, the notebook containing all the data was also on that transport vehicle. Although the cause of the fire is very strange, the cause has not yet been determined."

"By the way, the PhD student who led the research has been assigned to lead a closed experiment for a year."

"So there's nothing I can do."

Zhang Lingxue's face stiffened, and her expression turned a bitter, ashen color.

Without the information, Zhang Lingxue would essentially be starting all over again.

This workload is not 1+1=2.

"I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear?"

"Good news."

Zhang Lingxue made her choice with a bitter face.

"The good news is that there's plenty of funding, and you can have as many negative-electric rabbits as you want."

"You can have anything you want."

"What about the bad news?"

"The bad news is that you must have some initial results within these three months."

After hearing Su Qingxian's words, Zhang Lingxue became even more excited.

My master really knows how to trick his apprentice.

"The incident involving the fire at the Western Research Institute's data center related to the 'Negative Electric Rabbit' project will be investigated by the Major Crimes Unit."

"They will give us an explanation."

"As for the rest, don't think about it too much."

"Take a good rest these next few days. The research on the negatively charged rabbit is very important, and I hope you can spend more time on it."

Just then, a strange fragrance wafted over from afar, and Big Gray pushed the food cart over.

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Whether your writing goes unnoticed or you're simply not as skilled as others, do what you should do, do the right thing, instead of letting worries and anxieties destroy your already limited enthusiasm and resolve.

My heart may break, but my hands must not stop. I will write as long as I can, and I will persevere through the collapse. Perhaps this is the meaning of my writing.

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