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

Chapter 684 The things Professor Xu produces are always a bit frightening.
In the office.

Upon hearing Chen Rongxuan mention Xu Qingzhou, Zhang Zefeng added, "Over there, the focus is probably on controlled nuclear fusion. Moreover, lithium dendrites and the shuttle effect are difficult to overcome, so it's normal to have no news for half a year. You know, this Professor Xu, sometimes you admire him, sometimes you don't understand him. In today's young people's words, he's stubborn. If they were working on solid-state batteries, their achievements would probably be no less than ours, but he insists on working on lithium-sulfur batteries."

Chen Rongxuan remained noncommittal, pondered for a moment, and said uncertainly, "Perhaps it's for the sake of scientific ideals."

No matter how you look at it now, it's time to shift our focus to solid-state batteries.

Lithium dendrites, shuttle effect, and controlled nuclear fusion—each more mysterious than the last, seemingly impossible to achieve, yet Xu Qingzhou is working on them all; what he can think of is scientific idealism.

That's right, Xu Qingzhou is just a young man in his twenties. Even if he is a genius, he still has the so-called youthful passion. Young people are always defiant and want to do something different.

However, the things Professor Xu produces are always a bit frightening.

At 5:30 p.m., Xu Qingzhou came out of the lab and called Song Yao back. Song Yao asked if he had time to go home for dinner.

He didn't stay at the research institute long; after collecting the materials, he drove his little white car home.

When Xu Qingzhou arrived home at 6 p.m., Song Yao was preparing food in the kitchen. Seeing Xu Qingzhou come in, she asked, "How is it?"

"The shuttle effect has also been solved."

Xu Qingzhou grinned and picked up a slice of twice-cooked pork, putting it in his mouth.

Song Yao nodded. Although she was happy, she wasn't surprised. She knew that the lab had been working on that doping experiment for the past two weeks, and judging from the data Xu Qingzhou brought back, it should be successful soon.

"Eat without washing your hands!"

"If you eat something unclean and it doesn't make you sick, how long will it take for you to eat again?"

"20 minutes."

"I'm going to take a shower now. I haven't showered for two days, and I'm almost stale."

Xu Qingzhou sniffed his clothes; after spending several days in the lab, he felt like he was covered in the lab smell.

"Wait, let me hug you first."

"Huh?" Xu Qingzhou was a little confused.

Song Yao opened her arms wide.

Xu Qingzhou hesitated for a moment, not understanding what this girl wanted to do, but still went over and put his arm around her.

Song Yao buried her head in Xu Qingzhou's chest, sniffed, and found that there was no foul smell; in fact, it smelled rather pleasant.

"Are you absorbing yang energy?"

Xu Qingzhou noticed the girl's subtle movements and his expression turned strange.

"Yang energy" is a sarcastic term.

The scientific explanation is that male pheromones (such as androstenone) secreted by male sweat glands can be detected by females' sense of smell, directly stimulating the emotional center of the brain, and can also reduce stress hormones in women, making them feel safe.

The most mysterious thing is that this chemical signal is like an "invisible love letter," only effective on specific individuals.

The same applies to a woman's natural body odor.

For example, he also liked Song Yao's scent, a unique gardenia fragrance that smelled wonderful and was relaxing.

Of course, to put it simply, it's about lust.

"嘁~"

Song Yao was satisfied. She pushed Xu Qingzhou away and said seriously, "I just heard that if my husband can have a warm hug when he gets home after a long day, he will feel very good."

Xu Qingzhou suspected that Song Yao wanted to absorb his yang energy and clicked his tongue: "If only you had been this understanding when we first got together."

Back then, even touching someone's leg would result in being threatened.

Look at her now, what a pervert.

"What are you trying to say?" "Just a thought. Some people are just hypocritical, always calling others abnormal, when in fact..."

Before Xu Qingzhou could finish speaking, Song Yao glared at him and chased him out of the kitchen.

Their days together were simple: after dinner, they would randomly pick an old movie to watch on TV.

Outside the window, the sun slowly sank below the horizon, its afterglow painting the clouds red. Time passed slowly, and the last rays of sunset were replaced by night.

Looking out at the dark night sky, Xu Qingzhou leaned back on the sofa. "I saw a sentence online that says if you read the four seasons and the daily necessities of life backwards, that's marriage."

The movie playing on the big screen opposite is "Farewell My Concubine".

"One more thing is missing."

Song Yao said in a low voice.

What's missing?

"color."

Song Yao angrily pulled someone's hand out from under her clothes, no longer wanting it to stay there. This guy's hands were always restless; he liked to touch her even while watching a movie.

"got used to."

Xu Qingzhou touched his nose; his fingertips smelled milky.

Song Yao snorted disdainfully, not wanting to pay him any attention, and went to change her clothes. She hadn't been controlling her diet these days and had gained a pound, so she planned to practice yoga.

For the next period of time, Xu Qingzhou was finally less busy. By mid-August, Zhao Shengwen had completed the iterative experiments, and the papers to be published and the patents to be applied for had all been completed.

Apart from a small number of people responsible for project completion, Zhao Shengwen led the majority of them to join the nuclear fusion experiment.

Zheng Xu's team was as busy as ever.

Inside a French manor.

The man in the black suit was staring at the documents in his hand.

"Ultrafast spin wave decomposition method"

"Excess vacancies are frozen by cryogenic process to prevent microstructure evolution, and then combined with electron spin resonance imaging."

Finally, by manipulating the vacancy concentration gradient, the uniform diffusion of lithium ions is accelerated, and localized lithium deposition is suppressed.

"A method to control lithium dendrites at their source."

The man's name was José Becker, a commissioner at the French Ministry of Energy.

He stared at the last page of the technical report, then looked at the old man opposite him. "Applying vacancy gradient control to sulfide solid electrolytes to solve the dendrite growth problem, old buddy, I need to know the authenticity of this report. Sorry, I have to verify it with you personally. You know, we've wasted too much money on pointless projects."

The elderly man's name is Roy Volt, and he is the head of the battery laboratory at the CEA (French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission).

"As a technical expert, I can say with certainty that as long as the funding is in place, it will only take one year, no, believe me, even just eight months, to make the lithium dendrite problem a thing of the past!"

Roald Volt was full of confidence.

Becker paused for a few seconds, closed the technical report, and slowly nodded: "In that case, we can put that matter I mentioned to you last time on the agenda."

"Buddy, forgive my bluntness, but there's a lot of resistance to this. Even Germany is against it. After all, they have a good relationship with Xia Guo now, so they definitely won't stand on our side."

Volt frowned and said in a deep voice.

His old friend had always wanted to launch an anti-dumping investigation against France, and as a politician, he had consistently advocated for the EU's strategic autonomy, using anti-dumping as a tool to enhance France's voice within the EU.

However, in his view, this is very difficult. In the past, countries like Germany might have cooperated with them, but in the past year, due to the existence of superconducting thin films, there has been a lot of communication and multiple technical collaborations have been initiated.

(End of this chapter)