Chapter 10: Always Kicking the Most Expensive Ones
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Cheng Ziyu was even more merciless in her mockery: “A deal worth millions, and you don’t even need to meet in person? Just a phone call and it’s settled? You can’t even pretend properly.”
Luo Licheng showed a look of disgust. “Lin Qiongqiong, with behavior like that, you’re only making yourself look like a clown.”
Wei Haochen laughed angrily, folding his arms and leaning against the door. “Then we’ll just stay here with junior sister Ruyin and watch the show.”
The other senior brothers found it equally ridiculous, some even feeling embarrassed for Lin Qiongqiong.
“How can someone have such thick skin? Lies just spill out effortlessly. As if she could casually come up with millions like that.”
“She plagiarized junior sister Ruyin’s thesis, what shame does she have left?”
Listening to the crowd’s ridicule of Lin Qiongqiong, Xu Ruyin curled her lips triumphantly, then glanced at Gu Xizhu with a smile and sighed softly, “Professor Gu, Qiongqiong is too flamboyant, really not cut out for research…”
Gu Xizhu coldly cut her off, “She is my student, I know her well enough. There’s no need for you to sow discord.”
Lin Qiongqiong was deeply moved inside.
Her new mentor was different—he believed in her.
Gu Xizhu then looked at her with a frown. “Don’t trouble yourself on my account.”
Everyone was stunned.
Even Lin Qiongqiong was momentarily taken aback.
No one believed Lin Qiongqiong would buy so much equipment. Everyone thought her earlier phone call was just an act, but only Gu Xizhu believed her.
Lin Qiongqiong’s gaze was resolute. “Mentor, it’s not just for you, but for me as well. If teacher and student work together, surely a smooth path in research will open before us!”
Gu Xizhu was touched, staring at her for a long moment before sighing softly.
He opened the WeChat account he had blocked for a long time.
[Can you lend me some money?]
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While waiting for Zhiling Technology to deliver, Lin Qiongqiong familiarized herself with Gu Xizhu’s laboratory.
Every professor’s lab was about the same size, but Gu Xizhu’s was noticeably emptier, equipped only with basic infrastructure and chemical reagents, almost devoid of large-scale instruments.
Lin Qiongqiong felt as if he had been exiled here.
Moreover, Gu Xizhu had just arrived at Jiangcheng University of Technology. Lin Qiongqiong was his first prospective graduate student. Before her, he didn’t even have a student to run errands; he personally washed test tubes and cleaned.
Watching his first student patrol the territory, Gu Xizhu’s eyes swept across the lab, suddenly feeling the embarrassment of a bare room. He cleared his throat, “In the future, I will provide you with a better laboratory.”
His sealed lab at Qing University was better than Zhao Hanyang’s.
“No need to wait for the future, Mentor. We can upgrade our lab right now!”
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Lin Qiongqiong’s eyes sparkled as if hiding stars.
At that moment, her phone rang. “Yes, Jiangcheng University of Technology, South Campus, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Lab 409. I’m waiting for you at the door.”
Just as she stepped out of the lab, she saw Xu Ruyin, Cheng Ziyu, and others emerging from the neighboring lab, a group blocking the corridor.
She was surprised; she hadn’t expected them to have been waiting for nearly an hour.
Xu Ruyin raised an eyebrow. “Qiongqiong, where are you headed? We’re still waiting to see your experimental equipment worth millions.”
Cheng Ziyu sneered, “She must have thought we all left and wanted to sneak away, but we caught her red-handed. Ha, I told you, there’s no way she could just buy millions worth of equipment. Forget selling herself, even if she sold a kidney, she couldn’t afford it!”
The other seniors either mocked or blamed her, thinking she was all talk.
“Excuse me, who here is Ms. Lin Qiongqiong?”
At that moment, a man’s loud voice came from the end of the corridor.
Everyone turned to look.
They saw a manager in formal attire walking ahead, followed by several people carrying large boxes that filled the corridor.
The spectacle was so grand that students from other labs on the same floor came to the doors to watch.
Lin Qiongqiong stepped forward and greeted the manager, “Hello, Manager Wang, I’m Lin Qiongqiong.”
Manager Wang looked surprised. “Such a large project, and your college actually assigned a student to handle the procurement?”
Lin Qiongqiong answered honestly, “It’s not a college project. These are gifts I prepared for my mentor as a token of gratitude.”
Manager Wang was even more astonished. If Lin Qiongqiong hadn’t already paid a one-million-yuan deposit online, he would have suspected she was joking.
He suspected this modestly dressed young girl was secretly a wealthy second-generation heiress and treated her with due respect.
“Please settle the remaining balance. We will install the equipment immediately.”
As Lin Qiongqiong was about to transfer the payment, Gu Xizhu approached and inquired, “How much is left to pay?”
Manager Wang glanced at him, noting his cold and noble demeanor, and dared not neglect him. “Miss Lin has already paid a one-million deposit. The remaining balance is 8.67 million.”
Gu Xizhu’s face remained cold. “Give me the card number. I will pay the full amount. Refund her the deposit.”
Lin Qiongqiong felt as if she’d been stabbed in the back, staring at him in disbelief.
No, Mentor, I thought you were as poor as me, but it turns out you’re a rich kid who can casually come up with nearly ten million?
“No way!”
Just as Manager Wang was about to give Gu Xizhu the card details, Lin Qiongqiong sharply stopped him.
She quickly completed the payment herself.
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Her mission today was to spend ten million yuan. No one was going to stop her from spending every last cent!
“Alright, we have received the balance,” Manager Wang said, looking at his phone, then teasing Gu Xizhu, “Sir, your girlfriend beat you to the payment.”
Gu Xizhu: “……”
The corridor fell silent for a moment.
Lin Qiongqiong almost jumped up, hurriedly explaining, “You can handle the money any way you want, but don’t talk nonsense! This is my respected mentor!”
Manager Wang was momentarily stunned, swallowing the phrase “You two are really well matched,” and instead said, “Apologies, I must have been mistaken. I didn’t expect your school to have such a young professor.”
The people behind had already moved the large boxes into Gu Xizhu’s lab.
Many students from other labs had come over to watch.
Xu Ruyin, Cheng Ziyu, and others crowded at the door, peeking inside.
Cheng Ziyu kept muttering, “Impossible! These must be empty boxes! These people were probably hired by Lin Qiongqiong to put on a show and avoid being exposed!”
Xu Ruyin shook her head. “I really didn’t expect Professor Gu to be in cahoots with her.”
Luo Licheng spoke with disdain, “Hmph. They’ve probably been poisoned by the lack of fume hoods. Fighting over paying nine million—what’s this, are the only two millionaires on the whole floor gathered here?”
Wei Haochen sneered, “I want to see what kind of tricks these empty boxes can pull.”
He even kicked one of the boxes beside him.
Manager Wang didn’t even have time to stop him.
Wei Haochen immediately grabbed his foot in pain.
Angrily, he cursed, “What kind of stuff is this, so hard?”
Manager Wang hurriedly opened the box to check. “Luckily, nothing’s damaged. This is a supercritical fluid chromatograph worth over a million yuan. Young man, why did you have to kick the most expensive one? Can you afford to pay for it?”
Wei Haochen had intended to mock, but when he saw the instruments they had brought out were exactly the same as the one in their own lab, he was so shocked that he was speechless.
This—this really is a supercritical fluid chromatograph?!
They always handled it with extreme care in Zhao Hanyang’s lab, not daring to bump or knock it, yet he had just kicked it?!
Wei Haochen felt his legs go weak. He stepped back two paces and fell to the ground, filled with fear and regret.