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Chapter 708 - 413 - The Return of the Student, Starting a New Journey (Please Subscribe)_2

Chapter 708: Chapter 413 - The Return of the Student, Starting a New Journey (Please Subscribe)_2

At the base of the building, Lin Zhirou found a business van that had been arranged for her by NTS television station. She was not the only person heading to the airport in this vehicle. Given that she was not traveling alone, Lin Zhirou felt a bit reassured.

Even during the ride, a couple of performers, who were heading to the airport for early acts in the Spring Festival Gala, surprisingly turned out to be "fans" of Lin Zhirou.

Over at Mist City Arts and Science University.

Ding Yue along with the staff, students, friends, and family members continued to watch the Spring Festival Gala after Lin Zhirou finished singing "Blue and White Porcelain".

However, clearly the loudest cheers were for Lin Zhirou when she appeared on stage.

After all, the artist performing on the Spring Festival Gala stage was one of their own.

Ding Yue considered Lin Zhirou as one of their own; for one, she was a student at his university, and two, she had a contract with his Feiyue Group. The students adopted Lin Zhirou as their own because they were schoolmates, and because the university felt like a big family.

About half an hour later, Ding Yue sent a message to Lin Zhirou on Whatsapp enquiring about her status.

Lin Zhirou replied that she was already on her way to the airport and would catch a flight at 9:45. She estimated that she would make it back to Mist City Arts and Science University before the end of the Spring Festival Gala.

"That’s good. Don’t be too anxious, you must be tired after the Gala. Get some good rest on the plane, we’ll wait for your return."

Ding Yue reminded Lin Zhirou not to be too eager to return "home".

The journey for Lin Zhirou from Yancheng to Mist City went quite smoothly.

In Yancheng, Lin Zhirou experienced for the first-time absolute traffic-free streets.

Correct, on New Year’s Eve, the traffic conditions in Yancheng were surprisingly good, allowing the vehicle dispatched by the NTS television station to reach the airport without any trouble.

Then, Lin Zhirou completed all the necessary formalities smoothly and boarded the plane.

Tonight’s flight took less than two hours to reach Mist City. Once there, Lin Zhirou seamlessly transferred to the car sent by the university, and they headed towards Mist City Arts and Science University along the ring road.

As they got closer and closer to the university, Lin Zhirou, brimming with excitement, could not sleep a bit.

Upon Lin Zhirou’s arrival at Mist City Arts and Science University, Ding Yue, his secretary Wen Ruohan, his younger sister Ding Xiaoyou, and others including Huang and Bin, came to the university entrance to welcome her.

The Spring Festival Gala shows following Lin Zhirou’s performance were nowhere near as interesting, so everyone felt like watching those were not so important. The most important thing was to celebrate and honor Lin Zhirou, who had made a mark at the Spring Festival Gala representing Mist City Arts and Science University.

Thus.

Ding Yue and others took Lin Zhirou to the university’s cafeteria for a late-night snack.

As it approached midnight, everyone started a countdown - "10,9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1," welcoming the arrival of Xia Country’s New Lunar Year!

For the next several days after New Year’s Eve, being the first, second, and third days of the Lunar New Year, the people of Xia Country would relax, go sightseeing, visit relatives, or observe traditional customs such as paying homage at ancestral gravesites.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Mist City Arts and Science University welcomed its first student back from vacation!

Sun Li from the Agriculture College, who stated that he was too bored at home during the holidays. Plus, Director Jia Nong of the Agriculture College had informed students who had registered for the Rural Support Project to return to university as early as possible.

Thus, Sun Li returned to the university on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year!

Wow, he even returned to university earlier than Jia Nong, the head of his department.

On the first day of Lunar New Year, Jia Nong, the head of the Agriculture College, returned to the university and resumed preparations for the Rural Support Project.

On this day, a batch of students also returned to Mist City Arts and Science University.

They were Tong Yihang, Liu Tiefei, Yang Jie, and other students from the Mechanical Engineering department. Because they were involved in many important research projects at the school, they could not stay at home. They returned to school even without celebrating the Lantern Festival, continuing with their lithography machine experimental project.

Following them were Luo Peng, Su Beilin, and others who returned in succession.

Mist City Arts and Science University acted like a magnet. Starting from the first student, Sun Li, who returned to school on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, more and more students arrived every day.

With an original 51-day holiday, some students thought it was a bit long. Although they could freely enjoy the long winter holiday, some of them were very keen to return to their familiar college life.

There was also a portion of students who, when they first returned home, were coddled by their families. But after a while, their families grew tired of them and, after the Spring Festival, they didn’t want to stay at home any longer and returned to school.

Most of the students who returned earlier than others during the summer holiday were also among the earliest to come back this time.

In this manner, Mist City Arts and Science University started bustling again.

The school projects Ding Yue was particularly focusing on in the short term were undoubtedly the biomedical engineering project involving Professor Yang Kaining and his sister’s graphene battery technology project.

Any of these two projects, once completed, would be significant news for the entire Xia Country. One was in the field of medicine, and the other was in the field of energy and batteries.

Of course, Ding Yue naturally hoped that these two projects could be completed faster. By then, the reputation of Mist City Arts and Science University would likely be taken to another level.

After all, these projects’ technologies truly demonstrated hard capability.

Compared to them, the biomedical engineering project led by Professor Yang Kaining would need slightly more time. Whether it could be completed in the upcoming term was still a mystery.

However, as per Ding Yue’s understanding from the New Year’s Eve dinner, his sister Ding Xiaoyou’s research on graphene batteries may show results very soon.

Latterly, when Ding Yue asked Ding Xiaoyou again, she stated that she planned to develop the first graphene battery during the start of the semester.

In the period between the Spring Festival and the start of school, besides focusing her time on researching graphene battery technology, Ding Xiaoyou had also started to write related papers.

Apart from her paper on graphene battery technology, Ding Xiaoyou was also involved in writing a paper on the mechanical exfoliation preparation machine based on graphene, a project she had worked on with students from the Mechanical Engineering department.

Ding Xiaoyou’s research papers, along with her technology, had started to be published on the Xia Country’s paper website, and she had also begun to apply for relevant patents.

All these tasks were organized by Ding Yue for his sister, Ding Xiaoyou. After all, Ding Xiaoyou spent her entire day engrossed in writing her papers and researching graphene battery technology - she certainly didn’t have the time to deal with patent applications.

As her older brother, it was natural for Ding Yue to shoulder these responsibilities.

Of course, as the head of the school, Ding Yue couldn’t personally apply for the patent on behalf of his sister. Hence, he delegated the task of patent application to the team at Feiyue Technology.

Feiyue Technology had a team solely responsible for patent applications.

As Mist City Arts and Science University had been in operation for a growing period of time, a professional patent application team had become necessary with the emergence of more and more research results. It would not only save a lot of time in patent application but would also improve efficiency.

With more and more students returning to Mist City Arts and Science University, by the end of February or early March, even the students who had grown weary of staying at home also began to return to school in droves.

Considering the increasing number of returning students, Ding Yue reminded Huang Youjie’s logistics department to ensure accommodations, canteen, supermarket, and other life security measures were in place for students.

The entire staff of the Second Canteen, managed by Ding Yue’s mother, Zhang Yuping, also returned to their posts.

On the occasion of the arrival of the new spring, Mist City Arts and Science University, having been quiet for one Spring Festival, was about to show a new vitality.

The return of the students is going to embark Mist City Arts and Science University on a new journey!