I am devoted to scientific research, but you want to trick me into having a love relationship?

Chapter 515 Alcohol is really harmful

On December 12th, Christmas is equivalent to the Spring Festival in Xia country and is one of the most important holidays abroad. Xu Qingzhou temporarily stopped the experiment and gave everyone a 25-day holiday in advance.

As for Xu Qingzhou himself, he also set aside three days to rest.

The experience of sudden death in his previous life told him that scientific research still requires a combination of work and rest.

In line with the idea of ​​adapting to local customs, the two people in the apartment also got busy. Xu Qingzhou put a Christmas tree in their home on the 24th, and Song Yao also decorated the house with a strong festive atmosphere.

Roast turkey, smoked ham, corn porridge, and half a bottle of red wine, which I drank until I was a little tipsy.

Night falls.

bang~
The banks of the Charles River were decorated with lights. The two had just finished clearing the table when outside the window, brilliant fireworks shot up, blooming with dazzling colorful light in the dark night sky, illuminating the ancient buildings on the riverside, and at the same time reflecting on the white snow, giving people a dreamy feeling for a moment.

The two watched the fireworks on the balcony for half a day before being forced back into the house by the biting cold wind.

"How come celebrating the holidays is more tiring than taking a rest?" Xu Qingzhou lay on the sofa with his arms and legs spread out. The cold wind blew away the remaining drunkenness.

"You are too weak." Song Yao sat cross-legged, curling her lips in contempt.

At the same time, her crystal fingertips tapped on the mobile phone screen, sending photos of Wang Xiaping and others in the group celebrating Christmas.

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I really want to change the scene and see if this girl can still be so tough.

Xu Qingzhou muttered indignantly in his heart.

At this time, the redness on Song Yao's cheeks brought by the alcohol also faded, and her serious little expression always made people want to tease her.

Xu Qingzhou wanted to reach out and pull Song Yao's legs, but Song Yao's cell phone rang. Seeing the name of the person, Song Yao's face froze. She slapped Xu Qingzhou's claws away, clenched her fist at Xu Qingzhou, and warned him not to mess around.

Then, the threatening expression on the girl's face disappeared instantly, and she pinched her throat and shouted: "Auntie Wang~"

"Hey~Xiaoyao."

Xu Qingzhou: “.”

They are all veteran actors.

"I see it's snowing over there. How is it? Is it cold?"

"It's not cold ~ there's heating at home ~"

In Chengdu, Wang Xiaping looked at the photos taken by Song Yao in the group as if she was looking at a peep show. These two people actually built a tree at home.

I have to say, it is really beautiful.

Although the Christmas atmosphere in Chengdu is not as strong as in Boston, you can still see it when you walk on the streets. There are Santa Clauses wearing red robes at the store doors and Christmas trees with colorful lights. Even she, who doesn't celebrate Christmas, can feel the festive atmosphere.

After chatting for a while, she couldn't help but ask, "When will you two come back for the New Year?"

"It's still early for the New Year."

Xu Qingzhou leaned close to Song Yao to make his presence felt, but when he heard the word "Chinese New Year", he was stunned. It seemed a bit far away, as if the Chinese New Year had just ended in his subconscious.

Wang Xiaping changed her tone of voice to Xu Qingzhou, saying unhappily, "The Chinese New Year is only a month away, how early is that?"

Xu Qingzhou picked up the mobile phone beside him and checked the calendar. Sure enough, he saw that the Chinese New Year would be on February 2019, 2.

"It's really only a month and a half, if the Chinese New Year is on the 4th."

He thought for a moment, asked Song Yao's opinion, and said, "Let's come back around the end of January or the beginning of February."

Song Yao nodded her chin. Not to mention Xu Qingzhou, she was also busy writing her thesis and working on a project with Professor Morton, so she was too busy to leave.

"So late?" Wang Xiaping frowned.

"We are all office workers now. Do you think we can still come back early during the winter and summer holidays like we did in college?"

Xu Qingzhou said helplessly.

After hearing what her son said, Wang Xiaping on the other end of the phone suddenly felt a little dazed.

Yes, Song Yao went abroad to study, and I heard that she was studying the economics of large companies with her supervisor. Not to mention Xu Qingzhou, who is already a professor in two schools and is very busy.

"Besides, distance creates beauty. If you come back for a while, you will start to dislike it again."

"I only dislike you, not Xiaoyao."

Thus, a world in which only Xu Qingzhou was injured was achieved.

Chengdu, Wutong Community.

"Last time he said he was doing the seed film experiment, but I don't know how it will turn out." Wang Xiaping sighed as she cleaned up the breakfast dishes. It was still hard to imagine what kind of experiment could cost more than 10 million yuan.

"This kid is very brave." Xu Shouyun stroked the thermos cup.

Although they expressed their feelings, the couple did not say a word about their son's experiment. Xu Qingzhou is already an adult and even married, so he knows what to do.

"Oh, how can he not be brave? He said that even if he loses everything, Xiaoyao will support him."

Wang Xiaping smiled helplessly: "You are already a professor, but you are still slacking off all day long."

After a pause, she added: "But I don't think I'll lose money."

"You understand again?"

Xu Shouyun closed the thermos, took the car keys and prepared to leave.

"I've asked someone to tell me before that Xiaoyao is a good fortune for her husband. Look, this brat was so weird before, but he changed after meeting Xiaoyao. He got the first place in the exam and was the one guessed by someone else."

in the apartment.

After finishing the phone call with both parents, Song Yao was chatting with Ding Jiahui about Christmas photos, while Xu Qingzhou was leaning on the sofa, watching Friends, while playing with the feet that the school beauty Song had stuffed into his arms.

This kind of life is really comfortable. It’s nothing like before when we were just working hard in nuclear power research.

He leaned back again so that he could better appreciate the profile of School Beauty Song.

Beautiful women are often the kind that are beautiful from all angles.

Looking from the side, I saw the girl's long eyelashes trembling slightly. When she was chatting with her sisters and mentioned interesting topics, a faint smile occasionally appeared at the corners of her mouth.

Xu Qingzhou pinched her white feet and said mysteriously, "I'll tell you a secret."

"Where are you?" Song Yao moved her feet a few times. This was something everyone knew. Every time this happened, Xu Qingzhou would pinch someone else's place.

After a busy afternoon, I now lie down and put my feet in Xu Qingzhou's arms, feeling relaxed and comfortable.

"Santa Claus is real." Xu Qingzhou said in a deep voice.

"Ok?"

Song Yao's eyes darkened. She used her toes to play with the corner of Xu Qingzhou's clothes and asked cooperatively, "And then?"

"Tonight, you can wear the pair of black stockings in the drawer, and you will definitely receive a gift." Xu Qingzhou slid his fingertips across the delicate skin and spoke seriously.

I can never get enough of touching these feet. Holding them in my hands, they are as soft and smooth as jade. The toes occasionally move depending on the owner's mood. They are inexplicably cute.

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Song Yao looked at Xu Qingzhou as if he was a fool. She didn't know whether she could accept the gift or not, but her socks would definitely get dirty.

but
Her thoughts began to split a little bit.

The black silk is very comfortable to wear, smooth and soft, and can show the perfect curve of the calf.
Today is Christmas, a good day. This guy is busy and works very hard, but it doesn’t seem too bad, so just take it as a reward.

School Beauty Song moved her toes restlessly, and the image of Xu Qingzhou's claws sliding across the surface of her stockings unconsciously appeared in her mind.

Especially, the feeling of being tipsy had not yet subsided, which made her feel even more uncomfortable, and she wanted to get close to Xu Qingzhou.
Song Yao finally came back to her senses and realized that she had been thinking in the wrong direction. She took a deep breath secretly and suppressed the itchy feeling in her heart.

The more guilty School Beauty Song feels, the colder her expression becomes to cover it up.

“Is this a bad reason?”

Seeing that the girl's expression was more serious than before, Xu Qingzhou continued, "Then I'll change one. No more talking. If you don't play with me properly again, I'll help you pinch it for a while."

He grabbed his leg as it was about to retract.

Song Yao found that every time Xu Qingzhou pinched her feet, her strength was easily "drained". She could only say: "Xu Qingzhou, I'm going to take a shower."

I just drank some wine and my body and mouth smell of alcohol.

"Okay." Xu Qingzhou reluctantly let go of Song Yao's feet. Seeing Song Yao walking to the bedroom in slippers, he couldn't help but ask, "Do you want to?"

"I'll beat you up if you dare come over here."

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Xu Qingzhou didn't force it. He focused his attention on TV. If they didn't want to go together, then they didn't have to go together. There were so many things they could do anyway.

10 pm.

Xu Qingzhou also came out of the shower and was drying his hair with a hair dryer. School Beauty Song just said she wanted to change the bed sheets and went back to the bedroom.

After a while, the buzzing sound of the hair dryer disappeared.

"Change the sheets and close the door." Xu Qingzhou shook his head, fell on the sofa, and pulled Er Miao over.

Since I bought the automatic feeding machine, the cat's weight has been brought under control. It's not increasing rapidly like before. "Not bad, it's working."

Just as Xu Qingzhou was torturing Ermao, he suddenly heard Song Yao's voice in his ears.

"Xu Qingzhou~"

"Ok?"

Xu Qingzhou looked up, and when he saw the scene in front of him clearly, he was stunned for a moment as if he had been hit by a bullet.

“This is such a New Year!”

At this time, at the bedroom door.

Song Yao completed her major makeover.

Her black hair was draped over her round shoulders. She was already wearing those glasses. Her upper body was a gray silk shirt that revealed her delicate collarbone, paired with a khaki short skirt. Below that, stockings wrapped around her perfect legs.
The aura of a mature college lady hits you in the face.

"you"

Facing Xu Qingzhou's fiery gaze, School Beauty Song suddenly regretted wearing this outfit to tease Xu Qingzhou.

This guy looks like he wants to eat himself.

Must be super tiring tonight.

"I don't want to wear it anymore."

Song Yao spoke in a muffled voice as she stomped towards the bedroom. A rare look of panic appeared on her face. She cursed herself for being crazy, and for actually being as perverted as Xu Qingzhou, wearing strange things.

Used to seduce
"let me help you!"

Xu Qingzhou had already followed in happily.

"Xu Qingzhou, woo~"

Because they were really tired that night, even the school beauty Song, who had a strong ability to recover, lay down with Xu Qingzhou until 12 o'clock before getting up.

In the end, the two of them just stayed at home and played shit.

During Christmas, the number of tourists in various scenic spots also increased exponentially. Although it is not as crowded as in China, it is still not very interesting. It is better to stay at home and rest.

On the third day of the Christmas holiday, Xu Qingzhou and Song Yaocai went to the Christmas market at 100 Seaport Blvd.

After the short holiday, Xu Qingzhou focused his energy on the batteries on hand.

Because Carson and the others were on vacation, the experiments on superconducting films were suspended and there was nothing to worry about. He just happened to check the battery data that appeared a few days ago.

Last time, he conducted two sets of experiments, in which the diffusion model was not applied to the control group.

The effect is also very obvious. The dendrite density of the control group is 12.3±1.8 (n=5), while that of the latest experimental group is 5±0.2 (n=5), which is not bad. Except for lithium dendrites, the surface roughness, average length of dendrites, etc. have been significantly reduced.

Overall, there has been progress, but truly achieving lithium dendrite control seems to be a long way off.

Xu Qingzhou was in a good mood. The most important thing now was the superconducting film experiment. He had invested all his money in it, so he had to get some results. The research on the lithium dendrite problem was just a pastime in his spare time, and he would concentrate his time to solve it in the future.

Time passes quietly like water. After New Year's Eve, we enter a new year.

In the blink of an eye, it was January 1rd, in the parking lot at the southeast corner of MIT.

As soon as Xu Qingzhou got off the car, he felt the biting cold. He tightened his scarf and said, "January seems to be colder than last year."

The maple leaves on both sides had long since fallen, leaving only bare branches. The bright morning sunlight shone through, casting the reflection of the branches on the ancient buildings, swaying in the wind.

The test was restarted after more than ten days, and many devices needed precise debugging. Fortunately, after several months of running-in, it was no longer as troublesome as the initial debugging.

In the office, Carson and two others had already arrived.

After a brief greeting, the four entered the laboratory, debugged the equipment, and started a new round of experiments at 1: p.m.

"The samples from this experiment should be able to reach the level of industrial application."

Carson stared at the superconducting thin film samples in the cavity with an expression of emotion on his face. Who could believe that they had made such good samples in just a few months?

"There is still a long way to go before it can be truly applied."

Xu Qingzhou didn't think there was anything to be excited about. Judging from the data exported from the model, it was indeed at an industrial level, which meant it could meet the needs of basic scientific research or small-scale prototypes.

However, to achieve true large-scale production, a large number of experiments are needed to statistically analyze the performance fluctuation range, control costs, conduct pilot tests, etc. The transformation from laboratory to market is like climbing Mount Everest, and each step requires detailed planning.

Most importantly, their goal is to reach commercial grade so that it can be applied on a large scale to cutting-edge devices.

In the laboratory, Xu Qingzhou and Carson began to debug the equipment.

These days, Carson has borrowed a quadrupole mass spectrometer as requested by Xu Qingzhou, and has also established a signal intensity-concentration curve using known concentrations of CH/NH and so on.

Next, Carson needed to find the mathematical logic of the relationship between reaction byproducts and reaction progress and the degree of reaction completion to conduct kinetic modeling.

After debugging the equipment and personally making the latest set of samples, Xu Qingzhou began to be a hands-off boss again.

There is really nothing for him to do now.

The samples have been inserted into the equipment and the parameters are fixed.

His current role in the experiment is to establish a process-performance database, discover problems from abstract data, and convert them into specific experimental requirements.

If nothing unexpected happens, according to the current experimental progress, we can optimize the composition and grain boundaries of the superconducting film and produce commercial-grade samples before the Chinese New Year. In other words, we should be able to achieve the goal of Jc ≥ 1.5 × 10 A/cm.

Three days later, the characterization test of the new sample was transmitted to Xu Qingzhou's computer, and Jc reached 3×1 A/cm, which was consistent with the model's prediction.

Carson and others are full of energy and have already started the next set of experiments.

However, Murphy's Law also applies to experiments.

Just when everything was going well, an accident occurred.

(End of this chapter)