Study Monster Cultivation System
Chapter 240 - 239 you big-faced guy with thick eyebrows!

Shen Yiyun ultimately refused the five-kilometer run.

After dozens, if not hundreds, of attempts at weight loss, Shen Yiyun had already gained a clear understanding of herself.

Take the last time, for example, full of ambition she spent over $2000 on running apparel and shoes, wore them once, and now they’re still hanging on the balcony.

Since then, she’s been agonizing over whether to sell them on Idle Fish to this day.

In the meantime, to reward herself, she secretly went out to eat three meals at Xiabu Xiabu.

As of today, she has fully realized that trying to lose weight is a loss in financial, energetic, and emotional terms.

Having reconciled with her figure in this way, Shen Yiyun became more confident as a person.

She walked down the street with Li Zheng, confidently adjusted her glasses, and talked animatedly.

"In other words, having a bit of a fuller physique like mine is actually a genetic advantage."

"In eras where food wasn’t plentiful, people like me could absorb nutrients and store energy more efficiently."

"It’s just that human society has developed too quickly and food has become too abundant, which is why I’m a bit chubby now."

"Looking at the history of mankind, such times were actually quite rare."

"Hmph, if something like a zombie apocalypse happens, I could last three days on one meal; those skinny people would be envious of me."

As Shen Yiyun spoke, she glanced at Li Zheng, "A five-kilometer run? What a waste of energy! You’re just unnecessarily increasing the entropy of the universe."

"So..." Li Zheng said, looking at the sign of Ji University’s Chemistry College nearby, "is your choice of chemistry designed to trigger a zombie apocalypse?"

"Tsk, my project will scare you to death," Shen Yiyun chuckled, "Are you ready?"

"All ears..."

"Design of chlorinated organic photovoltaic materials."

"Hmm... that does sound impressive," Li Zheng rubbed his jaw, "I can vaguely grasp the direction, it’s about optimizing the synthesis process of organic photovoltaic materials, right?"

"Hmph, pretty much, specifically, it involves replacing the fluorine atoms in the polymer PBDB-TF with chlorine atoms, you might not have heard of PBDB-TF, it’s..."

This hardcore chemical discussion was quite normal between Li Zheng and Shen Yiyun.

But from the perspective of a passerby, it had a very shocking effect.

Generally speaking, engaging in such intense scientific discussions with someone of the opposite sex... it’s something only a true nerd would do.

Yet here it was being done by a chubby, bespectacled girl.

And beside her, seemingly completely clueless yet pretending to understand as he nodded frequently, was a top-level handsome man.

What is this, "My Girlfriend is a Straight Nerd Scientist"?

Passersby looked at the robust Li Zheng and the genetically blessed Shen Yiyun.

It’s not easy, the life of young men these days.

Li Zheng and Shen Yiyun entered the Chemistry Institute, chatting about the project as they walked into the building full of laboratories, arriving at the High Polymer Materials and Science Research Lab.

This was Li Zheng’s first time in a scientific research lab, and his first impression was—

Messy!

A row of desks arranged like office cubicles, with mismatched chair styles and various pillows and potted plants, with papers and miscellaneous items covering the desks and the floor.

One desk in particular was piled high with snacks and lined with bottles of Nutrient Express.

"You’re still drinking this stuff?" Li Zheng couldn’t help saying, "This is meant for kids to grow taller..."

"How do you know this is my desk?"

"Isn’t it obvious..." Li Zheng walked up to the desk, looking at the various crispy rice snacks and snack foods, wanting to say something but not daring to.

"Don’t touch my snacks." Shen Yiyun warned as she stepped forward, handing a set of experiment equipment to Li Zheng, "Don’t look here, go inside."

"Oh..."

The two changed their clothes, passed through a glass door partition, and their field of vision suddenly opened up.

Unlike the outside, this place was spotlessly clean and brightly lit.

On the three long tables, there were devices that Li Zheng had seen and hadn’t seen before, and from their appearance alone, it was evident they were high-quality goods, incomparable to the exam equipment he was familiar with.

Li Zheng, full of anticipation, moved closer and gently touched a white square instrument that resembled a large printer.

Shen Yiyun smiled with her arms crossed, "This is a new Agilent Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer, and I’ll let you try it out if we have time later."

"I...can I really..." Li Zheng blushed as he approached the front of the instrument.

He had already decided not to delve into chemistry.

But why was there a nagging itch again?

Could it be...

Is this the seven-year itch with physics?

Although he was fully preparing for the physics competitions, this string had snapped too long ago, inevitably causing some numbness.

At this moment, he suddenly encountered the enchanting chemical instruments outside...

Brand new equipment, top-notch quality, mysterious effects, and having no idea what would happen the next second when this guy is activated.

A bit hard to resist...

"You recognize this one, don’t you?" Shen Yiyun walked up to a barrel-shaped instrument made of steel, "Organic Small Molecule Material High Vacuum Purification System, purely domestic, very handy."

"Stop..." Li Zheng swallowed, "Stop saying it... I’m just a high school student, I shouldn’t be touching these high-end devices, right..."

"Hey, what’s the big deal," Shen Yiyun laughed heartily, "today’s a holiday, the lab is your sister’s for today, feel free to play around."

Before she could finish speaking, a slightly hoarse male voice suddenly came from the deepest part of the lab, "Oh?"

Shen Yiyun shuddered instantly, "Teacher Hu... Teacher Hu..."

Li Zheng also shuddered and anxiously stood upright.

Both stared at the corner for a long while before seeing a middle-aged man with a "compensating crew cut" slowly stand up, his face expressionless, and swept a look over them.

Compensating crew cut was a concept Li Zheng had invented on the spur of the moment.

Generally, before the age of 20, men with crew cuts and good studies have roughly similar amount and length of hair.

But after the age of 20, this condition changes.

About 79% of the intellectually inclined crew cuts begin to thin out their hair.

To counter this trend, they have to increase the length of their hair as compensation to keep the total volume of hair, measured by number times average length, unchanged, aiming to maintain a steady total volume.

This middle-aged man in front of them was achieving a compensation degree of about 68%, his increased hair length covering a significant balding area, achieving a look almost on the cusp of balding.

Since Li Zheng had already observed up to this degree, he wasn’t too flustered anymore, and it was quite difficult for him to keep these observational experiences to himself.

As for Shen Yiyun, she was already so frightened that she started stammering.

"Teacher Hu...this is...just...when Chem Competitions asked me to help train..."

"I remember, Li Zheng." Compensating crew cut stared at Li Zheng for a moment, then turned to look at Shen Yiyun, "Who allowed him to come in?"

"I... I just... I thought of inviting him to watch IChO... just to have a look around..."

"A tour?" Compensating crew cut tapped on the table heavily, his cold eyes questioning, "Is he a leader in the Ministry of Education or the Ministry of Science and Technology? Has there been a visitation record registered? Who’s responsible for safety issues? Who’s responsible for the leakage of scientific results? Do you know how many regulations you’ve violated?"

"We’ll leave now... we’ll leave now... I’m sorry, Teacher Hu..." Shen Yiyun quickly pulled Li Zheng and fled outside.

Knowing he was at fault, Li Zheng repeatedly apologized, following Shen Yiyun as they left the experimental area.

Once outside the partition, Li Zheng said apologetically as he took off his coat, "I’m sorry, I’m sorry... I got carried away."

"No, no, no, it’s my fault...I got carried away..." Shen Yiyun pushed Li Zheng and said, "You wait here for me... I’ll go in and take the scolding."

"I’m at fault too, let me face the scolding with you."

"No! Have you forgotten how much he despises you?"

"Huh?"

"Hu Zengwu, remember him now?"

"Sounds so familiar..." Li Zheng thought for a moment, then his eyes widened suddenly.

He had been completely focused on making amends and hadn’t even looked at faces.

Now he remembered, wasn’t Shen Yiyun’s advisor none other than Hu Zengwu, the teacher with whom there had been unpleasantness during the chemistry training because of what happened with Wu Shu and Shi Yang?

Why was he always so careless, always getting caught by him...

Li Zheng was actually fine; another sincere apology would suffice.

But Shen Yiyun was convinced that Hu Zengwu would only get angrier at the sight of Li Zheng, so she had no choice but to forbid him from appearing again and braved the scolding alone.

Li Zheng couldn’t argue hard, so he quickly changed out of his lab coat, slipped into the stairwell, and waited for his senior sister’s handling of the situation.

The wait wasn’t long.

Soon, Hu Zengwu came out with a stern face.

Shen Yiyun timidly followed behind him, her face filled with embarrassment.

Before Li Zheng could say anything, Hu Zengwu had already started talking.

"Yi Yun said you heard she was busy here and volunteered to help with some basic experiments?"

Li Zheng’s eyes widened.

Did I???

Quickly, he caught Shen Yiyun’s pleading look.

It was clear now.

Shen Yiyun had seemingly taken on all the blame.

In reality, she was just isolating Li Zheng outside so she could fully shift the blame.

Oh, you senior sister, with your broad eyebrows and big face, I didn’t expect you to pull off such a stunt!

Li Zheng’s face trembled with anger, and he immediately lowered his head, "Yes, Teacher Hu, I was the one who suggested I should come and help...I didn’t consider the lab’s rules and regulations, I am very sorry."

"You not considering the rules, I believe that," Hu Zengwu shook his head and gave a dry laugh, "but you are perhaps making scientific research experiments sound too simple. There’s a long distance between high scores in competitions and real experiments."

"True..." Li Zheng lowered his head and said.

"You don’t have to be like this; I’m not scolding you, nor am I your teacher, and I have no right to scold you," Hu Zengwu turned and said, "Whatever the reason, the responsibility lies with Shen Yiyun. In the past, there have been accidents caused by people bringing children into the lab, and even some who brought their boyfriends or girlfriends who ended up being spies. What you think is your business, but it’s her business if Yi Yun agreed."

Shen Yiyun lowered her head, her mouth already quivering.

"Fortunately, our project isn’t confidential," Hu Zengwu turned his head and instructed, "Give Li Zheng a few relevant papers and the basic experimental procedures. If he can understand them, let him try; otherwise, don’t waste time."

"Ah!" Shen Yiyun was startled, "Really, Teacher Hu?"

"Bowing down to serve the children, eh," Hu Zengwu snorted with laughter, "Although there’s a long distance between competition and scientific research, as far as I know, Shi Yang is already helping in Dean Zhou’s lab. For some people, maybe that distance isn’t so long."

"!" Li Zheng’s expression also trembled, "Thank you, Teacher Hu. I’ll start reading the papers right away."

"Don’t get too excited," Hu Zengwu responded with a cold smirk, "I just want to tell you that you might not be one of those people; don’t speak recklessly again."

Saying this, he turned and walked toward the lab: "Yi Yun, after giving the materials to Li Zheng, come in and help."

"Ah...isn’t today a holiday?"

"Holiday? Do people aiming for a PhD even have holidays?"

"…No… No… I’m coming…"

Only after Hu Zengwu had completely entered did Shen Yiyun stick out her tongue and pull Li Zheng back to the desk.

"It looks like the experiment is really tight," Shen Yiyun said with a bitter smile, "Teacher Hu saw Dean Zhou let Shi Yang into the lab exceptionally, and he wanted to make use of the high schooler who was idling around too…"

"No, I’m really short on time," Li Zheng said, scratching his head. "And I kind of feel like he just wants to see me fail to understand the papers and scare me off just for kicks."

"Hey, it doesn’t matter, one day is not enough to get through it anyway." Shen Yiyun said as she opened the file cabinet in the corner. "Just pretend to look at it for a moment, then greet and say you don’t understand, and leave. I’ll give you a senior’s contact later, and you can go find him. We’ll watch the closing ceremony together later."

She spoke very casually, but Li Zheng had already put down his backpack and taken out all the stationery he’d prepared for the Physics Competition training, placing them neatly on the desk.

Once ready, Li Zheng sat at the desk, flexing his fingers, and said, "I remember the core idea is to enhance the intramolecular charge transfer effects by introducing dichloroquinone cyanide as the end group, right?"

Shen Yiyun, flipping through the materials, sighed in amazement, "Ah… yes… you have a really good memory…"

"I haven’t touched chemistry for months, already fallen far behind." Li Zheng interlocked his hands, stretched them forward out behind him, and coldly smiled, "Consider it making up for the IChO disappointment. Today, Shi Yang and I are in the same boat."

"Damn…" Shen Yiyun cursed, "Suddenly getting all serious out of nowhere."

At the same time, a stern voice came from inside the lab, "Yiyun?"

"Coming, coming."

"If Li Zheng doesn’t understand, let him go, don’t waste everyone’s time."

"Ah, Li Zheng looks very serious, let him try?"

"Whatever."

…

Soon, Shen Yiyun had opened three extra-long papers on her computer and casually handed over a stack of paper materials related to the experiment.

"These are for the principles and applications," Shen Yiyun pointed out after the computer screen and patted the materials on the desk, "These are the operational specifications and workflow for the related apparatus, recording standards, if you master all of them, you could basically be considered a research assistant."

"I don’t care about other stuff," Li Zheng rolled up his sleeves. "Shi Yang mastered all of these, right?"

"He could enter Zhou Yi’s lab… probably did…"

"As long as I’m not worse than him, you go about your business," Li Zheng said disdainfully waving his hand.

"Sigh… if you can’t handle it, just say something when you leave…"

Shen Yiyun then entered the lab, and, familiar with her surroundings, silently prepared to conduct the experiment she’d run a million times over.

That’s how scientific experiments are: to refine a principle, optimize a process, it usually takes millions of repetitions, then changing a variable or condition and doing it millions more times.

Over time, it’s grueling, but necessary.

During the preparation, Hu Zengwu asked, somewhat carelessly, "Did I hear you say he was originally here for the Physics Competition training, and then found it boring and left?"

"Seems so."

"Stirred up trouble in the Chem Competitions, then went to mess with physics too," Hu Zengwu said, pursing his lips. "The training teachers must have a tough job."

"Hmm… this time I don’t know why but Jie Qifen is leading the training… I heard that Li Zheng left and he seemed pretty happy about it."

"Heh, right, like flies to honey, they unexpectedly found each other," Hu Zengwu rarely laughed genuinely, "Those who are impatient and disregard rules, no matter how smart, are doomed to achieve nothing…"

"Ah… Teacher Hu, Li Zheng is actually quite diligent."

"Diligence isn’t something you see, it’s something you do," Hu Zengwu said, pointing outside the lab, "If he can sit here until we close today, and earnestly learn for seven or eight hours, that’s being diligent, that’s a chance for redemption."

As Hu Zengwu’s words fell,

a stern-looking handsome man in a white lab coat already raised his hand as he stepped into the lab.

"I’m ready."

He nodded.

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