Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 292 Having you is truly my blessing!
Du Anrao asked casually, never expecting it to be such a coincidence.

The two stared at each other, and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward for a moment.

Du Yihan raised an eyebrow, her gaze sweeping between the two of them before breaking the silence.

"You really do have an older brother named Su Nan? But that name is easy to guess. It means north, south, east, and west. If you have a younger brother or sister later, you can name them Su Dong and Su Xi."

Su Bei chuckled, rubbing the back of his head. "My parents only had me and my brother. My second uncle did have a younger brother named Su Dong, but it's the Dong of winter. I also have an aunt who had a younger sister named Su Qian, but it's not the Xi of east and west, but the Qian with the grass radical and the character for west."

Du Anrao didn't hear what Su Bei said after that; her mind was filled with the few words her third brother had just used to smooth things over.

【Yes, yes, yes, it's a coincidence, a coincidence, absolutely a coincidence! Such a common name, you could easily find several similar ones anywhere. I must be overthinking it.】

Du Yihan's eyes flickered slightly, and her gaze towards Su Bei suddenly held something indescribable.

Su Bei shuddered at his gaze, but when she looked again, she found his eyes were calm and expressionless, without any obvious emotion.

It was as if the chill that had just made him feel inexplicably dangerous was just a momentary illusion.

Has Teacher Lü arrived?

"Director Lü shouldn't be here yet; I haven't seen him all day."

"Then I'll take my sister around and let her meet other people."

"Okay, you guys go ahead with your work, I'll go to the materials room to find something."

The campaign had gotten off to a bad start, and alarm bells were already ringing in Du Anrao's mind.

Having only taken a few steps and confirming that no one else was around, Du Anrao immediately grabbed his third brother's arm and asked again, "Brother, is there really no PhD with the surname Du in your lab?"

"There isn't one at this stage. Why are you asking this? Is there something wrong with this Dr. Du? Or is there something wrong with that Su Bei guy from earlier?"

Du Anrao was surprised by Du Yihan's keenness: "No...nothing, I'm just a little curious."

[I can't exactly tell you that Dr. Du was a complete victim of injustice. He was innocent, but possessing a treasure was his crime. He was exploited to the point of being smeared. He could have been a savior, but because of some people's selfishness, he became a pariah, dying with resentment. It's so tragic!]

Du Yihan: "?!"

To be exploited to the point of being smeared and then die with resentment? Very well, very well indeed!

Du Anrao was unaware that her inner monologue had aroused her third brother's curiosity and competitiveness. Du Yihan's denial temporarily eased her anxiety.

Fortunately, the classmates Du Yihan introduced to Du Anrao who stayed in the lab were all unfamiliar names, which put Du Anrao at ease.

[It really was just a coincidence. I knew it! There are so many unlucky things in this world, I can't possibly encounter them all, can I? In the end, it's just that everyone in my family is causing too much trouble, making me almost like that Mr. Yan, reacting to the slightest disturbance.]

Du Yihan recalled the "heroic deeds" of everyone in his family and had to admit that his younger sister's worries were not unfounded.

The brother and sister strolled around the lab without encountering anyone else they needed to be wary of. Since it was getting late, Du Yihan decided to take Du Anrao out for something to eat. They had just come out of a biology lab when they bumped into a tall, handsome man in a white lab coat with gentle features and a faint smile.

The handsome man paused for a moment when he saw Du Yihan and her companion, and asked, "Yihan, who is this...?"

“This is my younger sister, Du Anrao. An’an, this is my senior from the next group, Ji Yinde. You can just call him Senior Ji.”

"Senior Ji...?"

Du Anrao was stunned when he heard Du Yihan say that. He froze for a moment before secretly tugging at his third brother's sleeve and asking in a low voice, "What are the three characters in his name?"

“The ‘Ji’ in ‘discipline’, the ‘Yin’ in ‘dragon’s offspring’ and ‘phoenix’s offspring’, and the ‘De’ in ‘obtain’.”

Although Du Anrao's voice was soft, the people were close enough that the person involved could still hear it.

Ji Yin smiled good-naturedly and said, "Don't you think this name is special and not very common? Hahaha, my parents are history professors, and they love the history of the Qing Dynasty, especially the period of the struggle for the throne among the nine princes. So when I was pregnant, I decided that no matter whether the child was a boy or a girl, I would name him with the character 'Yin'."

"I see." Du Yihan said with a faint smile, "When I first heard your name, I was wondering why anyone would use this character as their name. It has a good meaning, but it is really complicated and difficult to write. Most importantly, it is also difficult to pronounce."

"Haha, you understand me!" Ji Yinde's smile became even more genuine upon hearing this. "Heaven knows how many times my name has been called wrong by teachers since I started school."

After the jokes were over, Ji Yinde looked at Du Anrao again: "Professor Lü mentioned to me before that your sister was going to visit the lab. Since school hasn't started yet, there aren't many people in the lab. Why don't you take her for a walk around the outer area today? I have something to do, so I'll go take care of it now."

Du Anrao's attitude towards Ji Yinde was clearly a bit off. In order to get more information out of him, Du Yihan, unusually nosy, asked, "Today is not the first day back to school, and most of the research institute's laboratories are not yet open. Senior, is there something urgent that you need to deal with?"

"It's not exactly urgent. Deputy Director Jiang asked me to pick someone up and bring him to our lab for a visit. If everything goes well, he'll join Professor Lü's team with you when the semester starts to exchange ideas and learn from each other."

Du Yihan looked surprised: "Oh? I didn't know anything about this beforehand. Which university are they from? What's their name?"

"He's a second-year graduate student in the Finance Department of our school, named Xiao Jinhang."

"A finance student?" Du Yihan almost thought she had misheard. A finance student coming to their lab, where they did biochemistry and physics experiments, to exchange ideas and learn from each other? What were they exchanging ideas about? What were they learning?
Ji Yin glanced at him, smiled, as if he were already used to it.

“You’re young, so you probably haven’t encountered anything like this before. Our university’s research institute is a place that students from all over the country are desperate to get into, especially the projects led by senior professors like Professor Lü and Professor Qi. As long as young people are even remotely involved, their future path will be much easier.”

"So this Xiao Jinhang is the one who came here to get involved?"

"Who told him to have a rich and powerful father, and a mother surnamed Li, and our research institute's director happens to have the same surname, Li?"

Ji Yin's words made it clear that Xiao Jinhang had gotten in through connections, thanks to the dean's nepotism.

Du Yihan was talking to Ji Yinde, but her mind was entirely on her younger sister.

Despite Du Anrao's current silence and downcast expression, his mind was in turmoil.

Third Brother, my dear Third Brother, I'm so lucky to have you!