Who would study psychology if they didn't have some kind of problem?

Chapter 436 New Assistant

Inside the private room, Chonghui was still enjoying his meal.

After swallowing another shrimp dumpling, he looked at Shi Qianqian, who had already stopped eating, with some curiosity.

"You've only eaten so little, what's bothering you? Did you mess up today's data, or is the direction of your new paper wrong?"

Shi Qian gave Chong Hui a blank look, then looked down at her stomach.

Only after confirming that her waist was still flat and perfectly showcased her slender figure did she breathe a sigh of relief and say leisurely, "I haven't had much of an appetite today..."

Chonghui interrupted him with a sneer, his tone dripping with sarcasm.

In the presence of a psychologist who has already gathered enough information, all pretense is exposed.

Shi Qian took a deep breath. To avoid creating a scene that might leave a bad impression, she decided not to argue with this person today.

She was just worried: "Junior Brother has been gone for a long time, I hope he hasn't run into any accidents."

Chonghui didn't even look up: "If you're worried about him, go find him."

"Great idea, you said it!"

Before she could finish speaking, Shi Qianqian had already swept away like the wind.

Chonghui smiled dismissively.

Hey, woman.

He took a wet wipe from the side and wiped his hands, then closed his eyes to feel his body's condition.

Just as he was considering whether to stop eating when he was 80% full or try to eat a little more,

The door to the private room suddenly opened, and Shi Qianqian was back.

He came back alone.

Chonghui blinked, looking at Shi Qianqian, whose demeanor had suddenly changed drastically: "Where's Junior Brother? Did something really happen to him?"

Shi Qianqian slowly shook her head: "No, he's fine."

"Then what are you..."

"I just found out my 'accident' was over."

As she spoke, Shi Qianqian pulled over a plate of boneless chicken feet and began discussing with Chonghui while eating:
"What kind of chart would be most intuitive to present the data we recently received? Also, regarding that project the teacher just recommended, I saw that Peking University is also working on it recently. Do you think there might be any conflicts..."

Shi Qianqian's expression was calm, and her tone was even.

Chonghui felt that she was much more terrifying than before.

……

Not long after Shi Qianqian returned, Nan Zhuren also opened the door.

The specific details were not elaborated upon.

After all, the court's schedule is still far from being finalized and is a private matter.

The brief dinner ended quickly. Due to the unexpected incident involving Liu Jiahang, which consumed a lot of time, the planned "campus tour" for today was temporarily cancelled.

The days are long.

The next day, Nan Zhuren did not go to school either, but returned to the company with Chonghui.

Because Bai Qinghua sent a message—the assistant he had chosen for Nan Zhuren had arrived.

This also means that Nan Zhuren can now start scheduling his shifts according to his own schedule.

Chonghui looked at the eager Nan Zhuren with the same expectant gaze: "I'll drive you there. I also have a consultation this afternoon."

In July, the weather in Beidu was already quite hot.

On a sunny day, just looking at the scorching hot pavement can trigger the sensory organs on the skin to perceive heat through synesthesia, making one start to gasp for breath. Fortunately, Nan Zhuren and his group's route today was quite reasonable—after leaving the air-conditioned room in the morning, they immediately started enjoying the breeze after getting into the car; Bai Qinghua's company is located in a rather high-end office building, so upon arrival, they were in a cool basement, and the elevator provided direct access to the central air conditioning.

When Nan Zhuren and the others stepped open the automatic sensor door, they were so relaxed that they didn't even break a sweat.

"Teacher Chong is here... and Teacher Nan is here too!"

Shanshan, the receptionist I met briefly yesterday, greeted me with a professional smile. But after seeing who was behind Chonghui, her face immediately lit up with genuine emotion.

Today's student part-time job was with a different girl than yesterday, and now I'm staring at her with wide eyes.

"Good morning," Chonghui nodded in response.

"Good morning." Nan Zhuren politely put on a standard social smile.

However, Shan Shan at the front desk felt that Nan Zhuren's smile must have come from the heart.

There was some quiet discussion behind them after they left.

"Sister Shan, who is that teacher behind us?"

"Let me tell you, this is the boss's new apprentice, he's amazing, even Old Liu isn't as good as him..."

Chonghui smiled with a sense of pride.

Looking at Nan Zhuren, Chonghui pointed to the front desk behind him and started talking about his assistant today.

"Just like there is a position at the front desk reserved for students to work part-time, there are also many internship positions for students as consulting assistants."

Chonghui then pointed to himself: "For us part-time consultants who are still in school, our assistants are usually other students in the same group, so we can be more flexible in terms of scheduling. But don't worry, their qualifications are definitely up to standard."

"However, your assistant is a senior undergraduate student. I've met him before. I think he was looking for a professor to guide his thesis. I heard he plans to take the postgraduate entrance exam and apply to our professor's group."

Yesterday, after Bai Qinghua's introduction, Nan Zhuren learned that his senior brothers and sisters were Weng Pingting, Chong Hui, and Shi Qianqian.

Including Nan Zhuren and Bai Qinghua themselves, this "master's sect" has a total of five people.

However, this doesn't mean that Bai Qinghua's entire research group only has this many people. As a professor, Bai Qinghua also has regular teaching and mentoring duties at the university, and he takes on several students every year.

Those were just "students," while Nan Zhuren and his group were "apprentices."

Although they address each other as "senior brother" and "senior sister" when they meet, the nature of their relationship is still quite different.

The difference is roughly similar to the difference between Huang Xin and Nan Zhuren when they were both under Lin Lilin's tutelage.

In the former case, the tutor will provide relevant guidance for graduation, and may also leverage their network to help students find jobs after graduation.

But most of the time, these students still rely on self-study, and seeing their tutor once a week is considered frequent.

The latter, however, are the true successors of the school of thought. Bai Qinghua will provide them with a systematic training path for their academic career planning and will always oversee it. He will also take them with him when he goes out to meetings, give speeches, and teach, and will introduce them to his network of contacts when necessary.

In textbooks, the story would be something like this to illustrate their relationship: Bai Qinghua, limited by the development of the times, could only propose a certain conjecture, while Nan, Weng, Zhong, and Shi continued to study this conjecture for two or three decades after their mentor passed away, finally proving the conjecture and enriching it into a feasible theory, thus making a name for themselves in history.

To put it in the parlance of fantasy novels, it's the difference between a "nominal disciple" and a "personal disciple".

The arrangement of a "registered student" for Nan Zhuren as an undergraduate student was probably also due to the fact that Nan Zhuren had not yet enrolled in school.

Assigning a proud and arrogant graduate student assistant might require more effort to build working relationships—not that Nan Zhuren couldn't do it, but it would waste a lot of necessary energy.

Bai Qinghua's arrangement was quite thoughtful.

Nan Zhuren thought for a moment and asked, "Senior brother, have you met my junior assistant? Is he usually hardworking?"

To understand a person, it is necessary to consider multiple aspects.

But when Nan Zhuren met the other person, she realized that they seemed to have met before.
Watching the young man's expression smoothly shift from [restraint] to [surprise] to [Holy crap, I think I'm in trouble].

Nan Zhuren curled the corners of her lips, suppressing a laugh.

(End of this chapter)