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

Chapter 777 Why don't you call me "brother" so I can hear it?
Outside the window, the snow was falling even harder, the white snowflakes sliding down and drawing pretty thin lines under the orange streetlights.

Due to the temperature difference between the inside and outside of the house, a beautiful layer of frost formed on the glass.

In front of the sofa.

Xu Qingzhou shook his head, still intending to go upstairs to analyze the experimental data that came out this morning.

"Xu Qingzhou~"

Song Yao pinched her throat and started acting spoiled. She had been grabbing his clothes earlier, but now she simply hugged Xu Qingzhou's waist to prevent him from leaving, and even put on a pitiful expression.

Xu Qingzhou almost lost his composure, thinking to himself, "This girl can really pull off all sorts of emotions so easily now, especially when it comes to playing the victim."

He looked troubled: "That data is more urgent."

"What's the rush? I clearly want you to wear weird clothes."

Song Yao saw through Xu Qingzhou's intentions. She knew he was just making excuses; how could she not know if he was in a hurry?
Suspenders?

No way, she just bought the clothes and hasn't even worn them yet. She doesn't want this guy to get them dirty.

"Xu Qingzhou!"

Seeing that the soft approach wasn't working, Song Yao decided to try a harder one.

"Really not going to wear it?" Xu Qingzhou asked back.

Song Yao said in a muffled voice, "If you like it, you can wear it yourself."

Xu Qingzhou looked at the girl who was hugging his waist and said, "Fine, you don't have to wear it."

Song Yao didn't respond. Knowing Xu Qingzhou as she did, she knew he wouldn't give up easily.

Sure enough, Xu Qingzhou changed the subject and tentatively said, "Why don't you call me 'brother'? Then I'll stay and keep you company."

A sudden whim.

He just saw Song Lulu send a message in the group saying that she had arrived at school, and for some reason he thought of his brother.

It would be quite interesting if Song Yao could shout it.

"?"

Song Yao tilted her head back, stared at Xu Qingzhou, and after a long pause, finally managed to utter these two words.

"abnormal!"

Xu Qingzhou remained unfazed by those two words, and even felt a little amused.

"No, it's just a name, how is that perverted?"

"Anyway, you're a pervert."

Song Yao grumbled and clung to Xu Qingzhou without moving, feeling ashamed of the term "brother".

Xu Qingzhou gave a pained look, as if he had been misunderstood, and said, "Boys all hope to have a younger sister."

"hehe."

Song Yao expressed her contempt.

Xu Qingzhou continued to entice: "Besides, I read a report that when a girl calls a boy 'brother,' the boy feels a protective instinct and a sense of being relied upon, and then he wants to hold her in his arms and cherish her. I think you can give it a try."

Song Yao pretended to be dead, thinking to herself, "You still liked me just the same when I wasn't yelling, especially my feet."

"Not calling? Never mind then, I'll just go upstairs and do the calculations."

As he spoke, Xu Qingzhou pretended to pry Song Yao's hands open.

Actually, it doesn't matter whether he calls her that or not; he just likes Song Yao's current arrogant and spoiled personality.

"No." Song Yao clung tightly to Xu Qingzhou, as if she was determined to cling to him.

“Teacher Song, you should have loftier ideals, instead of getting bogged down in these romantic relationships.”

Xu Qingzhou said earnestly.

Song Yao still clung to Xu Qingzhou's waist, refusing to let go.

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There was a moment of tension in the living room.

A few seconds passed. "Brother~"

The girl's voice was clear and delicate.

"Hiss~" Xu Qingzhou gasped, goosebumps instantly rising on his skin. He felt a little numb, his whole body went limp, and a rush of blood to his head.

Just as Song Yao was feeling ashamed, she suddenly realized that the person she was holding had stiffened, as if frozen in place, and stopped moving.

As for his expression, he seemed to be enjoying it.

She was somewhat surprised, "Is it really that lethal?"

"elder brother?"

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Looking at Xu Qingzhou's slightly upturned lips, she was quite certain—this man had indeed enjoyed himself.

"abnormal?"

Xu Qingzhou snapped out of his daze, pinched the girl's cheek, sat down, and put his arm around Song Yao's waist so that she could sit on his lap. "Since you've invited me so sincerely, I'll reluctantly sit for a while longer."

You've bumped into me.

Song Yao pursed her lips, looked at the young man who still seemed to want more, and shifted her position.

Two days passed.

After the first snow, there were a series of sunny days.

Upon seeing Ji Yunshi enter the office, Xu Qingzhou smiled and stood up. "Coffee or tea?"

"I really can't stand the tea and coffee stuff."

Ji Yunshi smiled and sat down in the chair, taking out the documents as he did so. "Peking University, Tsinghua University, USTC, Zheda University, and Harbin Institute of Technology are all quite interested in our research topic. The next step is to determine the specific research topic for collaboration."

Xu Qingzhou brewed tea for Ji Yunshi and took the documents, which contained the collaborative research projects applied for by various teams.

The Institute of Materials Science and Engineering deals entirely with the most cutting-edge research topics.

This is very attractive to these universities. A 300 billion yuan project, any one of its topics could be enough for a Yangtze River Scholar to work on for a while.

The scope of research on controlled nuclear fusion is so vast that such large-scale projects generally adopt a "leading research institute + distributed collaboration" model.

The Institute of Materials Science and Engineering led the overall design and key subsystems of the demonstration reactor.

Universities can help undertake basic research and verify sub-topics.

There is nothing we can do about this.

The materials section alone can be broken down into dozens of research topics.

For example, the research on proliferation coating materials under Zhao Shengwen's supervision can be broken down into directions such as liquid proliferator TBM design, water-cooled coating thermal design, safety analysis, and structural design. Each direction can be further divided into many smaller projects.

It is difficult for a single institution to cover all research directions.

He glanced through the topic briefly and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"What's so hard about this?"

Ji Yunshi waved his hand, sipped his tea, and continued, "This is part of my job. In addition, regarding recruitment, we have received a total of 8431 resumes so far."

"After screening by each group, about 2200 people will advance to the final interview."

"In the end, we should be able to keep around 300 people, but it seems we're still a little short."

Xu Qingzhou nodded, sighed, and said, "Although China's controlled nuclear fusion has been developing rapidly in recent years, there is still too little talent."

"There's nothing we can do; we started late to begin with. Luckily, Lao Xiao and his team, along with some people from the Southwest Institute of Nuclear Physics, came; otherwise, we would have been running around in circles."

Ji Yunshi paused for a moment, somewhat worried, "The people from the Southwest Institute of Nuclear Physics won't be staying for very long, so we should probably be prepared."

"There are quite a few talented people over there, and they are quite capable."

Xu Qingzhou nodded and said that Zhang Zhigao's student, Shao Yilin, was technically superb. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I know about Shao Yilin's group. They are meticulous and highly efficient. They completed the MgF coating experiment in just two days."

"That speaks volumes about their attitude."

“That Academician Zhang is Academician Zhang. These researchers are innocent. As long as they are here, we will treat them with sincerity and provide them with the best treatment and experimental conditions.”

(End of this chapter)