Wu Tiantian froze in place when she saw Lin Zhiyu approaching. The overwhelming embarrassment made her wish she could disappear. Her brain turned to tofu and stammered out an explanation.
“Professor Lin… I… I accidentally soiled this grandma’s clothes. I swear I’ll compensate her, no matter the price. I won’t default on the bill!”
Yan Po’s eyes lit up upon seeing Lin Zhiyu, though she masked her satisfaction with a soft smile and an air of politeness.
“Ah, Professor Lin Zhiyu, it’s such a pleasure to meet you! My family admires you so much; you’re a role model for the younger generation. Is this girl one of your students? It seems she’s a bit… impulsive.”
Wu Tiantian’s face as she barely held back tears. “Grandma, please come to my dormitory, and I’ll give you some clean clothes. I promise they’ll be comfortable.”
Yan Po raised an eyebrow, still smiling. “Your clothes? What would someone like me do with them? Do you perhaps have something more appropriate, maybe your mother’s or grandmother’s clothes?”
Wu Tiantian, on the verge of tears, shook her head helplessly.
Turning to Lin Zhiyu, Yan Po said casually, “Professor Lin, I know this might be a bit presumptuous, but does your family have any spare clothes? I heard your home isn’t far from here. Could I trouble you to lend me something more suitable?”
Yan Po assumed Lin Zhiyu, known for his seemingly selfless reputation, would easily agree. After all, he was the kind of person who donated valuable patents for the public good—surely he wouldn’t mind helping out in such a small way.
However, Lin Zhiyu didn’t immediately agree. He was wary, sensing something was off. Yan Po reminded him of the individuals his colleague Holda had warned him about—people who pried too much into his affairs. Perhaps she had been sent by those same individuals.
With a polite smile, Lin Zhiyu responded, “Unfortunately, my home isn’t very close, but I can take my student out to buy some suitable clothes for you. In the meantime, you can use her dormitory to freshen up. How does that sound?”
Yan Po, considering her options, smiled. “That should be fine. I’m not looking to make this any harder for the young lady.”
“Of course not,” Lin Zhiyu said with a warm smile. He then turned to Wu Tiantian. “Come on, I’ll take you shopping for the clothes right now.”
Wu Tiantian nodded, her eyes red with guilt. “I’m so sorry, Professor Lin.”
“Don’t worry, everyone makes mistakes sometimes,” Lin Zhiyu said kindly. Then he turned to Liu Xinfang, one of the other students. “Liu Xinfang, please take this grandma to your dormitory to clean up. And be careful—the bathroom floor can be slippery.”
Liu Xinfang nodded quickly, and Lin Zhiyu led Wu Tiantian to a nearby mall. They bought a new outfit for Yan Po, and although Lin Zhiyu selected a reasonably priced set, Wu Tiantian insisted on paying for it herself, feeling immense responsibility for the mishap.
On their way out of the mall, Lin Zhiyu stopped in front of an electronics store, his attention caught by a product outside—a milk heater. He decided to purchase it, despite Wu Tiantian’s gentle protests about its impracticality.
Back in the car, Lin Zhiyu suddenly slapped his forehead, pretending to have forgotten something.
“Oh no, I promised my sister I’d buy her durian this morning, but I completely forgot. Do you know how to pick a good one?”
“I do! I’m good at picking durians,” Wu Tiantian said eagerly.
Lin Zhiyu smiled. “Great! Would you mind picking one up for me? I’ll wait here and send a message to the dean while you do.”
“Of course, Professor Lin, I’ll be quick!” Wu Tiantian hopped out of the car, eager to help, and ran off to find a good durian.
Once she was out of sight, Lin Zhiyu calmly opened a hidden compartment under the driver’s seat. He retrieved a small astronaut-shaped decoration containing a military-grade micro-monitor. This had been prepared for him by Xie Youzhou, but he had been reluctant to use it until now. The woman he had just met felt too much like a threat, and he had to stay vigilant.
He discreetly swapped the astronaut figurine on his phone case with the one containing the monitor, securing it in place before closing the compartment.
When Wu Tiantian returned with the durian, they drove back to the campus. Wu Tiantian rushed to hand the clothes over to Yan Po, who had cleaned up and was now ready to leave. However, she wasn’t done probing just yet.
“By the way, does your professor have a girlfriend?” Yan Po asked casually, not because she had romantic intentions but because she wanted to gauge Lin Zhiyu’s personal life and lower his guard.
Wu Tiantian exchanged a glance with Liu Xinfang, both unsure of the answer. “We don’t know for sure,” Wu Tiantian replied hesitantly. “He probably doesn’t.”
“No girlfriend? Someone as exceptional as him?” Yan Po chuckled lightly, pretending to be surprised. “Alright, I’ll be going now.”
As Yan Po left with Zhang Luolin, who had been waiting for her downstairs, Lin Zhiyu made his way to a lounge near the lab. He placed the milk heater on the coffee table and prepared to charge his phone. But to his surprise, Yan Po and Zhang Luolin soon arrived, clearly heading toward the same lounge.
“Ah, what a coincidence,” Lin Zhiyu said with a polite smile as he greeted them.
“Indeed, Professor Lin,” Zhang Luolin replied, though his smile barely concealed his wish for Lin Zhiyu to leave. “I rarely see you in the lounge. Taking a break today?”
“My stomach felt a bit off after lunch, so I thought I’d rest and warm some milk,” Lin Zhiyu replied. He gathered his things and left, but not before noticing Yan Po’s curious eyes linger on the milk heater.
As Lin Zhiyu left, Yan Po casually pointed at the milk heater. “Is this really for warming milk? Technology has advanced so much these days. I feel so behind.”
Zhang Luolin waved it off. “Young people waste their money on these useless gadgets. My granddaughter has one too. It barely heats the milk. Complete waste of money.”
Yan Po nodded, but she had already shifted her focus back to her real objective—gathering more information. Feigning concern, she frowned and asked, “I’m all for investing in your research, Professor Zhang, but is it safe to discuss things here? I’d hate for someone to steal our ideas.”
“There’s no surveillance here,” Zhang Luolin reassured her. “This is just the staff lounge. The lab is where all the security is.”
Yan Po smiled to herself, still pondering her next move.
“Then other teachers won’t come over?”
“Other teachers usually don’t come over at this point. They usually take a lunch break in the teacher’s dormitory. Our teachers’ dormitory is very good, with two rooms and one living room. It’s like other schools that allow teachers to The situation of sleeping in very narrow bunk beds… This does not exist in our country, so generally everyone is willing to go to the dormitory instead of staying in the office. ”
The professors in the college are not young and usually work. He was extremely tired, so taking a nap was very important. People like Lin Zhiyu who never took a nap and spent the whole day in the laboratory were weird.
“Oh, is that so? That’s indeed very good.”
Yan Po smiled.
“But Sister Yan, you are right. Let’s find a place to eat and have a good talk.” Zhang Luolin agreed.
He was not short of money before, but his younger son, who had grown up and had a son, had been spending too much money in recent years. He also fell in love with the director’s daughter and was getting married. He couldn’t buy a big house without paying 20 million. He had three dollars to his name. In addition to the eldest son’s apartment, he lives in another apartment. Even if the last small apartment is sold, it will pay 10 million yuan. With the deposit, he can only collect 15 million yuan.
It’s not easy to be ignorant about scientific research funds. He had long wanted to start a private research project and find people to invest in it, but no one had invested. Now that he finally met a promising investor, he couldn’t let it go.
I brought her here specifically to bluff her and let her see that her true strength is worth investing in.
“I’m very confident about your strength. Let’s go out and find a private room to talk in detail. I still feel uneasy here.” Yan Po coughed, “You can get the car and pick me up downstairs. I’ll go to the bathroom, how does that sound?”
“Okay, okay! Let’s go out and talk.” Zhang Luolin stood up happily and wanted to go out with Yan Po, but heard Yan Po say: “You go out first. My legs are a little numb from sitting downstairs. If I haven’t come downstairs by the time you drive downstairs, just wait for me.”
“Okay, then I’ll drive first.”
Zhang Luolin left after saying that. , Yan Po still maintained a kind face. After carefully making sure that no one was coming, she took out a pure blond hairpin from the back of her head, twisted it lightly on the head, and the hairpin opened like a mechanism box, which was filled with extremely Fine white powder.
This is their d**g with the highest purity and top quality. Each gram costs more than 3,000 US dollars, which is 20,000 RMB.
She quickly took out an extremely thin needle from the inside of the bag, poured a little white powder into the needle, and then used the needle to slowly and patiently drill into the upper right corner of Lin Zhiyu’s box of milk. Finally, she drew out some milk to dissolve the powder in the syringe evenly.
She repeated this several times.
Finally, she took out the special glue that was specially made in the base to cover the pinholes. The texture was like liquid wax. She took a little bit on the tip of the needle and dabbed it on the box, and it was completely sealed and seamless.
At her level, even if she did nothing, no one would be able to see the extremely fine pinhole with the naked eye, and it was only sealed as a precaution.
After finishing everything, Yan Po packed everything up, put the hairpin on her head, and walked out of the door with the milk in hand.
She hid her smile and walked downstairs with small steps in a particularly slow elegant manner.
On the way, she met Wu Tiantian and Liu Xinfang who were coming to class. Wu Tiantian lowered her head to greet her. Yan Po suddenly thought of something and gently pulled Wu Tiantian.
“Seeing that you are so embarrassed, Grandma feels sorry for you. It was just an accident”
“This box of wine-filled candies is for you. Grandma made it with her own hands. But you can only eat one at a time. Just two. You know, the alcohol content is very high, you will feel uncomfortable if you eat too much.”
Yan Po gave Wu Tiantian a box of particularly beautiful candies.
“Thank you, grandma.” Wu Tiantian was flattered.
“Don’t give it to others. Grandma has been making it for a long time.” Yan Po said with a smile.
“No, no, I’ll keep it for myself.” Wu Tiantian couldn’t help but be touched. It was her fault, but in the end, the grandma comforted her in turn.
“I’m sorry, Grandma, I embarrassed you before.”
“It’s okay, don’t take it to heart, and don’t waste grandma’s thoughts. Then grandma will go now. I’ll see you next time.”
A smile flashed in Yan Po’s cloudy eyes. I hope you enjoy descending into hell one step at a time.
When they got downstairs and saw Zhang Luolin’s car driving over, Yan Po smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed.
Zhang Luolin’s car pulled over slowly.
Yan Po stretched out her hand to open the car door, but the door was suddenly opened from the inside, and a person walked out.
Yan Po froze for a moment, and a bad premonition made all the hair on her body explode. She turned around and was about to run away, but was grabbed by the shoulder and violently thrown to the ground!
Yan Po was in so much pain that her whole body was about to break, but her head was being held and pressed to the ground.
Xie Youzhou glanced coldly at Zhang Luolin, who was trembling.
“Professor Zhang, please cooperate with us for a while.”
“You…what are you doing? Why are you pointing your fist at me, an old woman? Is there any law in broad daylight…” Yan Po screamed in pain and pretended to be innocent.
However, Xie Youzhou slowly squatted down and said coldly near Yan Po’s ear: “Yan Po, stop pretending.”
Yan Po was so frightened that she couldn’t control her trembling. She stared and gasped several times. She was so angry that he didn’t say a word.
Traitors, there are traitors!
Who is it, the old vulture or that bastard, or the two idiots who came with her this time?!!
“Who are you thinking about?” Xie Youzhou sneered, smashed the photos of the two men who came with Yan Po to the ground, and said deliberately: “These two people like our Hua Xia so much and want to be good citizens. Do you know them?”
