reprieve

In all fairness, Sui Ran thinks that Huai'an's abnormal performance before the meeting with Mr. Feng was not entirely due to nervousness.

At the level of Mr. Huai, I should have experienced many scenes, large and small. It is unreasonable to "feel timid" twice - the first time was when I went to Xiaoxiang Beef Soup Noodle Restaurant earlier, and she also hesitated in front of the restaurant. Not for a short time.

Huai'an has a restrained personality. Knowing that Mr. Feng took the initiative to send out invitations, a series of screen-swiping actions is already rare. Are you nervous, or more or less, but you won't be hesitant to move forward.

She has other concerns.

Sui Ran has seen similar situations, and they usually appear on critical occasions when major decisions are made——

For example, after completing the college entrance examination, should you choose a major that is popular and promising in the future after listening to your parents and elders, or follow your heart and choose a major you are interested in;

For example, for the education of the next generation, a working family who spent two generations to buy a house in an old dilapidated elementary school area, borrowed tens of millions of debts and repaid the loan for 30 years, signed their names on the end of the house purchase contract;

For another example, the scissors are hanging on the red and blue lines, and the countdown to the explosion is only a handful...

It is a matter of life, the flow of time and mental state are always different from usual.

And Mr. Feng here...

Huai'an's investigation of Feng Lao's background is obviously more comprehensive and detailed than her poor imagination can imagine: Feng Lao's grievances with Qu Dehui more than ten or 20 years ago, Qu Dehui's suicide, Qu Dehui's daughter Boss Xiaoxiang What happened to her legs and feet, the relationship between Xiaoxiang and Feng Lao...

Sui Ran never asked, and Huai An didn't tell her either.

Because the investigation is based on hearsay, one-sided words cannot be fully believed. If you want to know the truth of the matter, you have to refer to the parties involved.

Mr. Feng came a few minutes later than them. He took off his scarf and ankle-length down jacket when he entered the door. Inside, he wore a plain brown wavy sweater and dark polyester pants. Although his hair was a little messy from the weight of the wire cap, he looked in good spirits. .

The restaurant is owned by Feng Laoding, the dishes are ready early in the morning, and the food delivery staff also pushes the trolley into the private room as soon as they are seated.

Feng's seniority is here, so he doesn't need to be polite to the younger generation, and he doesn't need the younger generation to be polite to her, "Let's eat first, and talk about it after eating."

After the six dishes were served, the waiter asked, "Would you like drinks?"

Feng Lao took off the tortoiseshell glasses and hat he wore when he came, and looked at his watch with his hand far away: "It will be another quarter of an hour."

"it is good."

Mr. Feng doesn't have a big appetite, so he eats two bites of each dish to taste.The food passer ordered a pinch of whole grain juice, and she put it on the plate.

Seeing this, Huaian also put down his chopsticks.

Sui Ran was sandwiched between the two of them, thinking about Feng Lao's intention to treat guests tonight, and at the same time guessing whether the Huai Association would cut straight to the point and inquire about the past. The burden was a bit heavy, and he ate slower than usual. He only picked the nearest potato shreds, but there was no rice Take two bites.

There is no such thing as a good banquet.

Noticing the movements of the two, Sui Ran sighed inwardly, followed Huai An and quietly put away the chopsticks.

Unexpectedly, just as she put down the chopsticks neatly, both sets of eyes cast over at the same time, and Mr. Feng smiled at her—could be called kind.

"Xiao Sui eats yours, young people eat more." Feng Lao glanced at most of the dishes left on the table, and stretched out his hand to turn the turntable, "Don't waste it."

Huaian also means the same.

Sui Ran understands, she can just be a foil here.

Pretending to be deaf and dumb, being able to bend and stretch are necessary professional skills, and if necessary, she can also display acting skills that are not inferior to the statuettes.

She poured herself a bowl of soup and said with a smile, "You two talk like I don't exist."

The two really treated her as if she didn't exist.

Huai'an Taoism is enough, using "the elders' friends" to explain the channel through which she understands Feng Lao, and expresses her long-standing fascination with Feng Lao in a non-obtrusive manner. At the end, she seems to mention it casually and brought it to Sui Ran as a medium credit.

"Xiao Sui is interesting." Feng Lao opened the chatter box from Sui Ran, "It's the first time in so many years that I see a stranger come to see me. Why, I have a longer tail than others, and I want her to come and see me ?”

Sui Ran glanced left and right, and continued to drink soup in suspense.

When the two mentioned her, they inevitably glanced over occasionally, but they seemed to be talking about someone who was not there.

"Let's say she was reckless. She and Xiao Song greeted each other thoroughly in advance, and didn't say anything about what they were here for. Let's talk about being sensible, and I lacked a little etiquette. Have you ever seen someone come to the door empty-handed? You are too timid to say a few words." to go."

Sui Ran cried out in her heart.

The first time I went, Mr. Feng brought three cats with him. Not only did he not let her in, but he also warned her not to go to Boss Xiaoxiang, because she would never have a chance to explain why she came.Moreover, Huai'an emphasized that Mr. Feng doesn't like to see investors, and she dared not meet and said, "I'm helping an investor ask for directions", so she could only make a face first.

Affection is often born once, and only acquainted the second time.

"Hey, it's the second time. It just so happens that you come to help me with my work. Well, this time, you know what you want to tell me about your visit. You said that a friend wants to see me. Are you outside at that time?"

Huai An coughed lightly: "Yes."

"It's not a good job." Feng Lao said, "I used to ask others for help, and I would just make a mess and leave. Now children don't like to do this. I think she sent a message back then to tell you not to come. Well, you don't look like you can do physical work."

Sui Ran buried her head even lower, and she caught a glimpse of Huai'an lowering her head from the corner of her eye.

As expected, Mr. Feng saw everything clearly and didn't bother to talk about it.

"She's not good either, she has thin skin and tender flesh." Feng Lao pointed to Sui Ran, "With such a little work, the skin will be worn out. The temper is even stronger. I didn't shout to stop, and I didn't know how to say it."

"She is like this." Huai'an agreed, "She doesn't talk much, but she is willing to do things."

Sui Ran is not used to being the center of the topic, she can see the bottom of the soup in the small bowl, she holds the spoon with one hand, and presses the other hand under her leg, reminding herself to concentrate on displaying.

Under the table, Huai'an touched her wrist, Sui Ran hesitated for a moment, pulled out her hand from under her leg to hold it back, and was scratched by the other party's palm.

The blood bubble disappeared, leaving a thin layer of callus, she didn't notice it herself, but Huai'an caught it very accurately.

"That's right, say what you should say, do what you should do...it's still honest." Feng Lao said, "Xiao Song doesn't have a score in his mouth, and the little girl will save a little bit, don't mess around with her relationship, and have a sense of proportion. She wants a second time." Still hiding with me, or bringing you here directly, let me tell you, there is no dinner for tonight."

Feng Lao's praise is plausible, when it comes to this point, how could Sui Ran fail to hear that she was praising herself openly and accusing Huai'an secretly.To say that she doesn't mess around with her is to say that Huai'an is messing around with her relationship, and to say that she has a sense of proportion means that Huai'an has no sense of proportion.

Sui Ran was not at ease, and was not good at explaining to Huai'an, so she could only make small movements under the table, holding Huai'an's hand and listening to her say: "She really respects you, every time she texts and calls you, she must I hesitated for a long time, worrying about disturbing you. Before seeing you, I have to do a lot of mental construction for myself."

Huai'an's tone was steady and gentle, but the temperature on his hands was perceptibly low, Sui Ran instead settled down, pinched her fingers one by one, and held them tightly together.

——It is Huai'an herself who really respects Old Feng, and she is also the one who can't move at the door.

Huai'an's respect and determination for Mr. Feng are inseparable from the latter's knowledge and talent.Speaking of the excitement that Mr. Feng showed when he used more than 1000 yuan of principal to leverage Qu Dehui's office, Sui Ran still remembered it vividly.

One old, one young, one host and one guest took Sui Ran as a pretext, you came and I fought for a while, and old Feng's attitude finally softened.

Hearing the two talk about the quantile point regression model, Sui Ran let go of his hands and concentrated on the disc operation.

Without it, even though she bit the bullet and read a few papers before, as soon as the unfamiliar terms came out, she deeply realized that it was useless to get cold feet, and she really couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the two.

The discussion between the two of them officially turned to vaccine research when Sui Ran obviously felt that "I can't eat any more" and turned to his mobile phone to search what is a quantile regression model.

——Oh, no wonder I don’t understand, it’s a method used to analyze the impact of economic factors on the global stock market, and it has nothing to do with medicine.

"...Purify the initial RNA to remove double-stranded RNA to increase its protein production efficiency in vivo. Through in vitro base modification, the safe application of mRNA in vivo is realized. This shows that mRNA vaccines are feasible."

"The risk of instability still exists." Feng Lao shook his head, "If a virus with an extremely fast mutation rate appears, whether the shape change of the spike protein will have a structural conflict with the antibody should also be considered." (Note)

"Structural conflicts will stimulate and activate the body's immune response, leading to severe inflammatory reactions..." Huai'an seemed to think of something, and slowed down his speech, "Yes, it was mentioned in your paper."

Feng Lao poured himself another half a cup of dark grain juice, thought for a moment, and asked a little doubtfully, "Really? I have no impression."

From the mainstream of virus research to the specific direction, adapting to the atmosphere of quick questions and quick answers between the two, the sudden slowdown caught Sui Ran's attention.

She keenly heard a trace of unusual emotion in Huai'an's tone. It didn't look like she was discussing academic issues with an idol big cow, but it was a bit tentative.

"Yes, you published a paper in "MCEI" in 01. It verified that all four TLR molecules can recognize mRNA injected in vitro." Having said that, Huai'an paused for a while, intending to observe Feng's reaction, "Similar projects, BU It took three years to simulate the inflammatory response from the in vitro system and enter the animal test, and the clinical research results were officially disclosed, and the time was even later."

Sui Ran didn't realize how sharp and severe the latter sentence was at first.

The silence continued to permeate, she looked away from the phone screen, and saw Feng Lao picked up the chopsticks that had been put aside for a long time, picked a piece of yam, put it in his mouth and chewed slowly.

"Chen Xiangjun's legs and sense of smell, can you tell me?" After asking this sentence, Huai'an breathed out heavily as if he had unloaded a heavy burden. Later, he looked back at Mr. Feng, "You're taking the liberty."

"You also know how to be presumptuous." Feng Lao lowered his eyes, the drooping eyelids and the wrinkles around the eyes formed a strange arc, but the last sentence was a compliment, "You did your homework well, you worked hard."

Huai An sat upright, with his thumbs clasped together, his jawline stretched out a clear line, and he looked straight at each other without retreating.

How……

On the bar?

When gods fight, mortals don't even know where to start. They talked about mRNA vaccines in the first place, but why did they suddenly talk about Boss Xiaoxiang?

Sui Ran was at a loss.

In the blink of an eye, the smell of smoke from nowhere dispelled the chaos that she was in a state of digestion.

The first time I went to Xiaoxiang noodle restaurant, several regular customers made the inside smoky. She reminded Xiaoxiang’s boss that smoking in public places would be fined. .

At that time, she discovered that Xiaoxiang had a pair of prosthetics below her knees.

"You..." Feng Lao pointed at Huai'an with the tip of his chopsticks, "They all have the same virtue, and they are very suspicious."

Sui Ran has reason to believe that Mr. Feng's "you" refers to investors, because she then smiled contemptuously, "That's how you scared yourself to death."

……

Sui Ran didn't know if this meal was a bad breakup.

When Huai'an went to the bathroom, Feng Lao took the clothes and left neatly, making it clear that the timing was right.

Out of the traditional virtue of "respecting the elderly", Sui Ran sent Mr. Feng to the pick-up point, and the other party smiled and left a sentence "I still have work to do there, come back when I have time", she subconsciously replied "Okay ", and then stood top-heavy in the small garden for a while.

Mr. Huai sincerely does not deceive others, he said that there are many differences to show her, and immediately gave her a fool.

When you meet an idol for the first time, you ask him if he has violated the regulations and conducted human experiments, causing innocent children to have disabled legs and lost their sense of smell.

He also pointedly asked Qu De whether it was because of her that he jumped off the building.

Mentioning Qu Dehui's suicide, Sui Ran's blood almost froze at that time.

Having said that, Mr. Feng is also quite ruthless.

"...He doesn't want to drink my tea, so I told him, think about the flu, a sneeze can be contagious, so it doesn't matter if you drink tea or not? And that kind of virus is most easily transmitted to infants and young children. He Being dismissed by the unit and owed a lot of debts, if you don't hurry up and find a place to kill yourself, will your daughter die as a result?"

The old Feng who said these words exuded an aura of both righteousness and evil, very much like a genius scientist who does whatever he wants in film and television dramas.

This meal is exciting.

The phone in her pants pocket vibrated feebly, and Sui Ran suddenly remembered that she left in a hurry and forgot to leave a message for Huai'an.

Huaian: "Go back?"

Sui Ran: "No."

Sui Ran: "Organize my three views in the garden."

On the other side, "typing..." lasted for a long time, but the message was only five words: "Do you want me to come over?"

Feeling a little cautious for some reason, Sui Ran couldn't help laughing: "Otherwise, you would have the heart to let me blow the Category [-] hurricane for so long [sigh]"

It's really cold.

It was so cold that the shock and doubts in her mind disappeared, and instead, she figured out a lot of joints.

Sui Ran determined that Huai'an's hesitation twice was not due to nervousness, but to balance.

Huaian and Feng Lao belong to the same style, saying that three points hide seven points.Because the IQs of the two are on the same line, you can handle both coming and going.

Unlike her, if it wasn't for the specific people and things involved later, she would have listened to the scriptures all the way and would not have understood anything.

Does a genius with a confusing past still maintain his original aspirations, keep his interest in research, and even...still have lofty ideals and ambitions after years of retiring from the world?

No one knows except herself.

Sui Ran has seen a lot of people's less beautiful side.

Sometimes it cannot be said how ugly human nature is, but when faced with choices, people will always be controlled by the desires and emotions deep in their hearts.

"Just now when I sent Mrs. Feng off, she told me that Boss Xiaoxiang's leg hadn't been vaccinated in time. When Xiaoxiang's mother found her, she had already missed the best time for treatment." Sui Ran asked, "Do you believe her?"

"What about you?" Huaian asked back.

"If you believe me, you will." Sui Ran didn't hesitate, paused for a moment, then recalled, "Actually, you believe in Feng Lao, right?"

Huaian was noncommittal.

"Boss Xiaoxiang's sense of smell and legs were discovered by you the first time we went to Science and Technology Valley Town. The entanglement between Mr. Feng and Qu Dehui was told to me after I went to see Mr. Feng." Sui Ran carefully Count, "Then, you let me go in for the second time, and you also agreed that I would go in first by myself."

Leaving aside Feng Lao, it is impossible for Huai An to send her to the fire pit intentionally.Sui Ran was certain of this point.

The two walked aimlessly along the walkway.

"Assuming that Mr. Feng really wants to take revenge—" Huai'an hooked his fingers and added quotation marks to "revenge", "—to kill someone, the method should be more sophisticated and concealed."

Sui Ran turned her head and silently gave a thumbs up.

"President Huai, you are the number one fan of Mr. Feng."

——My "idol" disdains revenge, but to be honest, I won't leave any clues.

"That's right," Huai'an did not object to her description, "The problem also lies here."

Huaian had something to ask of Mr. Feng, and he also admired her, so he lost his fairness first.If Feng Lao didn't say anything, or concealed part of the truth in a vague way, she couldn't make an objective judgment.

Vaccine research is a project with huge investment and far-reaching impact, and the importance of the person in charge goes without saying.

"It's one thing to understand her value, believe in her ability, and respect her past. But it's another thing to assume the corresponding responsibilities together as a partner from now on. Feng Lao's past, anyone who has no evidence to prove his innocence Every point will become an indeterminate bomb, which can be exploited and detonated at any time."

In the public opinion society, a trivial matter, a careless remark may cause endless troubles.

The bloody examples are too numerous to enumerate.

"It's also the general public's fear of geniuses." Huai'an thought for a while and said, "To use an inappropriate analogy, the Supreme Lord of the Rings."

Chef Sui Ran was ecstatic: "You also watch The Lord of the Rings!"

"Of course I watched it." Leaving the restaurant, Huai'an smiled for the first time, "I've also watched "The Hobbit". When will I call you..."

Sui Ran suddenly remembered the smile that flashed across Huai'an's face when Rui Lan called her Ada many times.

"There are so many people named Ada," Sui Ran whispered, unable to resist, "and not only..."

"Sui."

Mr. Huai's eyes were meaningful, Sui Ran swallowed "Dad" back in time, and took the initiative to return to the topic: "Since you believe in Mr. Feng, why do you feel that you are still...confused?"

Huai'an bent his elbow, hooked his thumb to open the coat pocket, and Sui Ran put his hand in obediently.

"Professor Liu... is the Professor Liu Yangcheng that Sister Enyue and Rui Lan first sought out. He doesn't trust Mr. Feng very much, and he doesn't want to be Mr. Feng's deputy."

Boss Huai was too polite, Sui Ran laughed in his heart.

Not only did he not trust him, but he even blatantly attacked Mr. Feng as an academic scum.

It's strange that many men habitually belittle women and regard women as stumbling blocks and imaginary enemies.And the closer to the top of the field, the more obvious the exclusion from gender.

"Sister Enyue talked with Professor Liu several times. He said frankly that if we insist on choosing Mr. Feng as the person in charge, he and his team are likely to find another job. Fiona sent an email yesterday saying that our staffing progress is not as good as It is expected that the management..." A gust of wind hit, and Huai'an's voice was erratic, "In the worst case, I will gamble my entire fortune."

With the cold wind blowing at level three or four, Sui Ran's thinking was exceptionally quick: "That is to say, if Mr. Feng is struck by lightning behind you, you might..." Go bankrupt?

"Yes, it will go bankrupt." Huai'an said firmly, "If you want to accomplish something, you can't hold back."

Sui Ran was speechless.

She guessed right.

For Huai'an, Mr. Feng is really a life-threatening decision.

"Then you will insist on choosing Youngest Feng?"

Huai'an didn't answer for a long time, Sui Ran thought she didn't hear or didn't want to answer, so she didn't ask again.

The scene tonight turned out to be really stiff, and Mr. Feng left in a hurry. Even if President Huai had intentions, it would be hard for Mr. Feng to say.

Walking to the next intersection, the familiar tallest building in Haicheng appeared on the right hand side, Sui Ran paused, and turned his empty hand into his pocket, Huai'an happened to say at this moment:

"It didn't matter if you gambled before, but now..."

Sui Ran was busy looking for her mobile phone, so she didn't pay attention to it for a while.

Touching the mobile phone on the side near Huai'an, she raised her head and met a pair of eyes that seemed to have thousands of layers of light and shadow.

"what?"

The corners of Huai'an's lips rose, and just about to say something, Sui Ran raised his phone: "Wait for me."

She opened the map and entered two addresses, pointing to the west first: "Go to your place, walk for 40 minutes, take a taxi for 17 minutes."

Then guide Fang: "Go to my place, walk for 18 minutes, drive for 6 minutes."

Huaian was startled slightly.

"I also have home clothes that you can wear, as well as clothes for going out, but I buy one size fits all. If it doesn't fit you can go back and change it... Anyway, it's not far away."

The author has something to say: Hey, one chapter is divided into two chapters.

Send it out first to have a look, and then change it if it doesn’t work.

Note: Cited from related research by Carrico.

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