2006 Something Cropped up Last Night, I Woke Up Late in the Morning Half an hour later. Qiao Nian finally arrived at the First Research Institute. It had been three days since she last reported to the research institute. It happened to be the three-day break after their group’s assessment. Shen Qingfeng, Xue Zhu, and Xu Yi had already arrived. The three of them were waiting for Qiao Nian outside the Level 8 laboratory. The lightness and anticipation were obvious on their faces. It was obvious that they could not wait for this day to come during the three days of leave. “Qiao Nian is here.” Xue Zhu was the first to notice the girl walking towards them. She immediately stopped chatting with Shen Qingfeng, straightened up, and quickly approached her. Shen Qingfeng and Xu Yi also saw the girl walking over from the corridor. The girl was not wearing a black sweater today. Instead, she was wearing a white sweater. The soft color made her aura much more restrained. However, what remained unchanged was the very low brim of Qiao Nian’s cap and her unapproachable aura. Even though she had restrained herself, her personal aura was still very strong, making people subconsciously look in her direction! “The three of us were waiting for you.” Xue Zhu immediately went over and grabbed her shoulder. The girl did not have any reaction. She did not seem to reject her intimate actions. She reached out and turned her baseball cap, then explained sloppily, “I had something on yesterday and woke up late in the morning.” 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦 Xue Zhu and the others were not from the few large factions. Otherwise, they would not have been ostracized when they entered the First Research Institute. Therefore, be it Xue Zhu or Shen Qingfeng, they did not know what had happened at the underground auction yesterday. Qiao Nian said that she had something on last night. Xue Zhu and the others automatically thought that she had gone to a KTV with her friends or hung out in a bar. Stunned for a moment, Xue Zhu nodded and immediately said happily, “By the way, are we going in?” She was talking about the Level 8 laboratory. Shen Qingfeng and Xu Yi looked at the girl at the same time. It was obvious from their gazes that they already treated Qiao Nian as the de facto leader of their small team. Everyone was asking for her opinion. Qiao Nian stuffed her hands into her pockets and nodded. Without saying anything, she walked in. Xue Zhu suppressed her excitement and immediately followed. Shen Qingfeng and Xu Yi quickly followed. * * * The Level 8 laboratory was a special place in the First Research Institute. People who were not from the Level 8 laboratory could not enter this area at all. However, the experimental research in this area was the core secret of the research institute. Compared to the Level 8 laboratory, the other laboratories were small. Even Gu Hengbo’s Level 5 laboratory was only so-so. This was also why Ji Ziyin had racked her brains to enter the Level 8 laboratory. As Qiao Nian and the others won first place in the group assessment, they successfully obtained a year of Level 8 laboratory visitation rights. Therefore, they entered the Level 8 laboratory smoothly. Be it Shen Qingfeng, Xue Zhu, or Xu Yi, the three of them could not help but feel nervous. Even Xu Yi, who had always been cold and silent, could not hide his fanatical excitement. Among the three of them, only Qiao Nian was relatively calm. She walked in front and passed the iris verification in front. The three of them stood rooted to the ground and watched her movements. The girl turned around and looked at them with a pair of dark eyes, then said calmly, “Let’s go.” Shen Qingfeng, Xu Yi, and Xue Zhu took a deep breath and followed with solemn expressions.