The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 442 Something is wrong

The person in charge blinked: "Boss, we welcome you to guide our work, but you are not a nuclear industry professional. Even if you manage it personally, you can't speed up the research and development."

"Who do you think you are? Just because I don't come from the nuclear industry doesn't mean I can't learn."

After a day of rest, Liu Hua officially joined the work. Seeing that the boss insisted, the person in charge had no choice but to assign him to the group with the lightest tasks.

It is said that prejudice is a mountain in people's hearts. If Liu Hua wants the entire research team to recognize him, he needs to move this mountain with his own strength. No one will give him preferential treatment just because he is the boss.

Here, perhaps because he is the boss, the biggest privilege given to him is that he doesn't have to work.

Liu Hua joined the group discussion while still wearing his work clothes. Originally, the children wanted Liu Hua to back down, since the nuclear industry cannot tolerate any falsehoods.

However, once an expert makes a move, everyone immediately knows that Liu Hua has a wealth of knowledge, and it's all practical information. Listening to everyone's discussion, Liu Hua's casual remark immediately brought great inspiration.

As the discussion deepened, Liu Hua officially joined in, and everyone realized that the boss definitely understood the nuclear industry, and not just a little, but a great deal.

Liu Hua gradually moved from the easiest work group to the most difficult one in less than a month.

With Liu Hua's addition, the research and development speed increased significantly, essentially saving them at least eight months of work time.

Three months later, Liu Hua had to go back, because it was graduation season and his students were about to defend their theses.

There's a saying from my past life: "My supervisor and I were both hilariously dominating the defense; I was in charge of the hilariously dominating, and the supervisor was in charge of the dominating."

During Liu Hua's students' thesis defense, Liu Hua was naturally not the chief examiner; he was the one sitting in the back row watching.

Liu Hua was actually enjoying himself; every one of his graduating students would definitely become a pillar of the semiconductor industry.

It's important to know that Liu Hua had reviewed every single one of their papers; only those that passed Liu Hua's approval could be submitted.

So after each student passed their defense, the examiners would turn around and compliment Liu Hua: "Professor Liu, your students are truly extraordinary. Not only are their basic skills solid, but they also have a clear vision for the development of the industry. Staying at the university as a teaching assistant is a piece of cake for them. They could easily become deputy chief engineers in any national-level project."

Liu Hua actually quite enjoyed this kind of adulation. Everyone is human, and everyone likes to hear nice things. Who doesn't like the feeling of being fawned over?

After the defense, the professors had a meal together. Although they were all professors from the semiconductor department, they didn't talk about professional matters at the dinner table.

I've been studying this every day for so long, I've had enough. I'll just relax properly at the dinner table.

"I recently saw a report on a foreign website," a professor said. "The Americans have revealed that our country is testing a new generation of fighter jets."

"You'll have to ask Professor Liu about this."

Another professor laughed and said, "Our Professor Liu has a very good relationship with the Air Force. He even helped them with radar equipment, which resulted in our school being placed under martial law."

Liu Hua smiled and waved his hand: "Hey, you can't ask me about this. I can't tell you what I know, and I don't know what I don't know."

Someone asked with a smile, "I have just one question for you. Is it that you can't answer or that you don't know?" Liu Hua thought for a moment and said, "I can't answer."

The dinner table erupted in laughter; this answer was tantamount to protesting too much.

Not long after, one of his students came to him to confide in him.

"Teacher, there's something I don't understand. Could you please explain it to me?"

Liu Hua nodded: "Go ahead and speak, whether you're a professional or not. As a professional, I've had so many years of experience, there are plenty of questions I can't answer. As for non-professional questions, I'm quite old and have a lot of personal experience, so I should be able to give you something useful."

"I recently met a girl."

Liu Hua smiled and said, "That's great! You're both at the right age, it's time to date, get married and have children. You'll graduate in a year or two at most, and then you'll have more than enough to find a job and support your family."

The student shook his head: "That's not it. I'm just very confused about this girl. I feel like she has ulterior motives."

"What's your intention?"

The student shook his head: "I don't know, it just feels wrong. When two people are dating, they should talk about their future life together."

Liu Hua nodded: "Yes, your future is bright, you should really think about how you want to live in the future."

"But I feel like she always asks me about research, whether intentionally or unintentionally." The student said with a puzzled look, "She didn't graduate with a degree in semiconductors, and she kept asking what we researched. I talked to her about supercomputers, but she wasn't interested."

"Is that understandable? The reason they want to know about your major is because they want to understand you. The reason they're not interested is because there are already few female science students, so it's understandable that they're not interested in this."

Liu Hua said with a smile, "When you're dating, you have to be tactful. You can't just start praising your major just because he wants to know about it. You have to be romantic and talk about things that girls are interested in."

“But I’ve always felt something was off. She even wanted to visit our lab.” The student said doubtfully, “I refused her, and she was angry with me for days. Before I could even coax her, she came back to me. It’s not what the senior students said.”

Liu Hua laughed heartily: "Alright, girls are different from each other, they're not all the same. Just focus on your relationship and don't overthink it."

“It’s not that I’m overthinking it,” the student said anxiously. “You know, that girl is naturally beautiful and dresses up nicely every day. Look at me, I live in the lab every day and don’t care about my appearance at all. I have no money or power. What does she see in me?”

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," Liu Hua said with a smile. "Maybe someone just likes your type. There's a saying that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Maybe in his eyes, you're as handsome as Pan An."

The student shook his head again: "Anyway, I just feel like something's not right."

Liu Hua also sensed something was wrong. After saying so much, if he still didn't feel something was off, he would have wasted all these years of his life.

However, his student was too naive, unable to hide his true feelings, and lacked acting skills. He was afraid that telling the truth in front of his student would expose his flaws.

After the students left, he immediately contacted his security personnel and asked them to investigate thoroughly, but not to frighten the students.

(End of this chapter)