108 Ways to Heal a Loyal Dog

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Lian Qing didn't go to the university the next day. It should be said that he couldn't go - he was grounded. |

The bodyguards upstairs and downstairs surrounded the small building facing the street so tightly that not even a big fly could fly in.He dressed up on time and went downstairs on time, and was caught off guard and invited back to the room respectfully.In desperation, he had no choice but to call Lian Xun.

Lian Xun's number is always busy.Lian Qing rubbed her brows and paced in front of the window, within a few minutes, Lian Jiang called.

"Ah Qing, are you awake?" The person on the other end of the phone sounded in a good mood.It's impossible for him not to know about this. Thinking of this, the man who was in a hurry to work wanted to lose his temper for a moment, but he still held back: "Yeah."

"There is breakfast in the kitchen, remember to warm it up before eating." Lian Jiang continued to remind.

"Dad..." The workaholic man is in no mood to eat: "What does he mean? He wants to put me under house arrest?"

"...He is very persistent." Lian Jiang paused for a few seconds before answering on the other end of the phone: "Your examination report data is very bad. The doctor said that you must rest at home. Since you haven't figured it out yet, I think at least we Keep the status quo."

Lian Qing didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only say nothing.Lian Jiang, who has always been considerate, did not say anything to comfort his son.He only said that he would come to see him, and that his aunt would come over to cook at noon.Lian Qing grudgingly hummed a few times, then hung up the phone.

Intellectually, Lian Qing understands that Lian Xun is for himself, but emotionally Lian Qing cannot accept this approach.He respected Lian Xun because he was his father, but the word father was not enough to dispel his dissatisfaction and anger towards him.So he chose to stay away, but now, he seems to see that the childhood nightmare is about to come back again...

The alarm on his phone started to ring, reminding him that this morning's meeting was about to start in 10 minutes.Biting her lip, Lian Qing dialed Lian Xun's number again.

The beeping sound is endless, like endless torture.After stopping once, he dialed again, and finally, just when Lian Qing felt that he was about to suffocate and die, the call was connected.

"Hey?"

The male voice was deep and slightly hoarse, with no emotion or anger.

Lian Qing clenched his fist unconsciously: "I want you to evacuate those people downstairs."

"why?"

Lian Qing thought a lot, but he didn't expect the other party to ask such a counter-question. He froze for a moment, grabbed his phone and said, "I have to go to work."

"I have communicated with your supervisor, and he agreed to let you take a year off." His father said flatly, of course, "I have also investigated the project you participated in, and it is not in the critical period. As for other research, Take it easy, it's nothing."

"Dad!" Hearing the news, Lian Qing became a little anxious.He wasn't his mentor's best student, but that project, in his opinion, was his mentor's most important research to date.If he withdraws at this time, I don't know how many people will secretly clap their hands and celebrate, and then join in the fight to break their heads.He made a special trip abroad to return to his alma mater, gritted his teeth and worked overtime again and again, just to make the project progress as planned, but Lian Xun actually passed him... While thinking about remedial measures quickly, Lian Qing continued to persuade his parents: "That project, You don't know its meaning and value...it really means a lot to me! How can you..."

"It's a foregone conclusion. It doesn't make any sense for you to question my approach." The man's voice was flat, "If that project is really important to you, you should arrange your own affairs in advance."

"Can……"

"I gave you freedom, Ah Qing. Since you can't take care of yourself, I don't mind being a little tougher occasionally." Lian Xun said coldly. Lian Qing heard some noise from over there, and before he had time to say a few more words, the other party The call has been ended neatly: "I have something to do, I'll hang up first."

The beeping sound echoed in his ears, Lian Qing froze in place.A few seconds later, he smashed his phone to the floor and fell heavily on the sofa.

For a few minutes, there was an eerie silence in the house.The sun shines into the window, bringing the laughter of pedestrians on the street and the chirping of birds in the leaves.This was supposed to be a bright and beautiful morning, full of vigor and vitality, but now it was so silent and oppressive that it was hard to breathe.

Suddenly, the phone that fell on the carpet started to vibrate.After tens of seconds, a man's hand picked it up.

On the phone screen was a message from David: "Are you sick?"

Ten seconds later, another message came out: "Do you need me to come over? I can help you make an appointment with the doctor."

"Hey buddy, can you message me back?" Another one.

"Okay ok... don't worry. I explained the situation for you. Just remember to thank me another day :-)"

Lian Qing stared at the phone, typed a paragraph, and deleted it one by one.He thought about it for a while, and finally sent: "Not feeling well. I may have to take a period of time off."

After posting this Lianqing, she locked the screen of her phone, put it on the table, stood up, and went to the study on the second floor.

Since being pregnant, Lianqing's physical indicators have not been very good, and the condition has occurred frequently. The doctor has long advised him to rest at home.But he didn't want to leave the research temporarily for this reason, so he could only grit his teeth and hold on.Right now, he can't go out and can only work at home, so he thinks of those jobs that he has accumulated in the past and is not in a hurry.

Most of this part of the work is all kinds of papers, peer-reviewed, sent by journals, co-scholars and students... Lian Qing looked at the catalog on the computer and scanned them line by line. Before he could react, the mouse had already clicked in.

In the opened document, under the title, there is Su Shan's name.

This is the first thesis he directed Su Shan. He had just asked the other party to change the data before, and what is left now is the version he changed more than half of last time.

The remaining workload is not much, Lian Qing estimated the time, took a glass of water and drank the medicine, took off his coat and sat at the table, and began to revise the thesis.

The world composed of black and white numbers is simple and clear, which is obscure to ordinary people, but it is irresistible in Lian Qing's eyes.After editing an article, I still feel unfulfilled.When the brain starts to function rationally, those gloomy, frustrated and angry emotions are suppressed to the bottom.And he also obtained short-term tranquility and nourishment in abstract theories and complicated data.Ever since he knew how to read, this place has been his refuge to relieve his injuries and pains.

After getting up to rest for a while, Lian Qing took the saved sandwich back to the study, and while biting on it, he raised his head to search for another target on the computer screen.

The name "sushan" flashed across a pile of text.Unable to explain why, Lian Qing swallowed the sandwich in her mouth and opened the document.

Unlike the first article, which he taught by hand, this one was written by Su Shan himself after he came to the United States.There are many problems that he has pointed out before, and he has committed them again.Lian Qing frowned, deleted a line of text, and retyped the question he cared about.

After roughly finishing the preface, when it came to the experimental design part, the core chapter of the thesis, Lian Qingzai read it carefully several times, but this time he didn't change a single word.

Of course, it is not without mistakes, but the flaws are not hidden, the theory is solid, the design is ingenious, and the argumentation is rigorous. This student who gave him a headache once again brought him a surprise.

Lian Qing packed Su Shan's thesis and sent it to David. After waiting for a while, he went to the living room after thinking about it, found out his mobile phone and dialed it: "David, I just sent you a thesis."

"Physical?...No big problem. Wait for me for two days, I'll go back soon."

"You should be interested in the paper. It overlaps with your research, but it is completely different from the route we have discussed before."

"Written by my students. Great, isn't it?"

He was wandering in front of the French windows with his mobile phone, listening to the voice from over there, the corner of his mouth smiled wider and wider: "I agree with your point of view."

"Yeah, maybe we can show Webb."

After hanging up the phone, Lian Qing's sudden recovery made him concentrate on working for another two hours.The lunch was brought in by the bodyguard, and it was all his favorite dishes. The man who was busy with work only took a quick bite, and then buried himself in the sea of ​​papers.It wasn't until nine o'clock in the evening that Lian Qing turned off the computer and took a shower.Afterwards, he lay lazily on the sofa in a bathrobe and picked up his phone to check his emails.

Wechat messages flashed reminders from time to time, and the teachers of the domestic research group were discussing the latest hot social issues in full swing.It's hard to have free time, and it's a topic he's interested in. Lian Qing flipped back and clicked on every link.Ten minutes later, when he returned to the chat page, the group was discussing another matter.

And the center of the topic was none other than his student—Su Shan.

The reason was that a certain teacher wanted Su Shan to help with an investigation, but he couldn't get in touch. I asked the students in the same class, and no one had seen him recently.A diligent student who often leaves early and returns late in the laboratory somehow disappeared. Some people in the group have already begun to speculate whether something happened to Su Shan's family.

Lian Qing's heart skipped a beat, and her eyes were locked on the words on the screen.Due to physical reasons, he has stopped regular meetings for half a month.Therefore, even though he was his student, he was the last to know about this abnormality.

After thinking for a while, he directly called Su Shan's mobile phone in China.Phone off.He turned to the first Ph.D. he brought out on the phone, and the teacher who is also teaching at X University now.

Regarding the sudden attack by the professor of Lianda University, the other party reported the latest research progress with trepidation.The two discussed questions and answers for half an hour, and Lian Qingcai finally hung up and asked casually: "How is Su Shan's progress recently?"

"...Not sure. He asked for leave and said he had something to do, but he never got in touch. I thought he told you." The other party replied.

"I see." Lian Qing ended the call with a very ugly expression on his face.Even if the two of them had sex in a daze, in essence, Su Shan was still his student, and he was still his mentor.And no student has ever dared to do this, without saying hello, missing for more than half a month during non-holidays.

Thinking of this, Lian Qing felt even more annoyed.He pressed the keyboard to send an email to Su Shan, and then sent a few harsh text messages in succession, and Fang felt a little calmed down.

……

At eleven o'clock in the evening, Lian Qing fell asleep on the sofa wrapped in a blanket.The computer screen was lit, and it was thrown on the coffee table next to the sofa. The folded book contained dozens of pieces of paper for writing and drawing, scattered on the light coffee-colored carpet.

Lian Xun walked into the room and bent over to pick up the paper on the floor.He sorted and stacked the pages one by one, bookmarked the book, turned off the computer, went into the bedroom and took a blanket, and covered it with another blanket.

Lian Jiang leaned on the corridor and folded his arms: "Ah Qing is already grown up, maybe you should consider another way. For example - talk face to face."

"Not now." Lian Xun shook his head.

Lian Jiang frowned, and walked towards him, "The old men in China have heard the news. We don't have much time."

"Don't worry. I'll take care of it." Lian Xun looked at his sleeping son and whispered softly.Lian Jiang didn't hear clearly, and looked up at him: "What did you say?"

"It's nothing." Lian Xun lowered his eyelashes and walked out the door. Seeing that he was about to leave, Lian Jiang called out, "Lian Xun."

The tall man stopped, and Lian Jiang looked at his back with a serious expression: "No matter what you do, don't hurt Ah Qing."

Lian Xun wanted to laugh a little, but the bitterness in his mouth prevented him from laughing.He didn't look back, but just listened silently, hoping and fearing what the man would say again.

But in the end, he only waited for the sound of Lian Jiang's footsteps going upstairs.