Chapter 2040
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Chapter 2040 A Project That Even Xie Xinyao Is Not Qualified to Join
Published Mar 10, 2026, 06:45 PM
2040 A Project That Even Xie Xinyao Is Not Qualified to Join
Xue Zhu was stunned for a moment before understanding dawned on her. Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, she immediately waved her hand and denied, âSenior Brother Cao, youâve misunderstood. Qiao Nian isnât angry.â
Cao Yanhua looked at her. âThen why didnât she come today?â
âThatâsâŠâ Xue Zhu paused, not knowing how to explain the complicated situation in the morning.
Coupled with the fact that there were many people in the Level 8 laboratory, it wasnât convenient for her to talk about Xu Yi here, so she could only explain vaguely.
âShe came to the research institute in the morning, but because of an emergency, she had to leave. I donât know if sheâll come in the afternoon. In short, sheâs not angry about yesterdayâs small matter.â
Cao Yanhua was confused. Fortunately, he caught the main point. âWhat emergency? Did something happen?â
âNo.â Xue Zhu noticed that someone was already looking in their direction. She kept a certain distance from Cao Yanhua and stuck out her tongue mischievously, changing the topic. âSenior Brother Cao, I wonât talk to you anymore. Iâm going next door.â
âXueâŠâ Xue Zhu ran away before Cao Yanhua could stop her.
It was as if she was afraid that he wouldnât let her go.
Cao Yanhua was caught between laughter and tears. He could only watch her run away.
Xie Xinyao had walked to his side at some point in time. Seeing Xue Zhuâs disappearing back, she frowned and complained, âShe really canât take any hardship. Itâs only been a few experiments, but she canât take it anymore and wants to rest!â
Cao Yanhua retracted his gaze and returned to his mature self. âIâll continue with that experiment. The mentor wants to see it tomorrow.â
âYes.â Xie Xinyao knew that he was talking about a semiconductor experiment.
This was currently the largest project of the Level 8 laboratory.
Xie Xinyao and the others werenât qualified to join.
For the time being, only Cao Yanhua was helping Shi Fu.
Of course, Xie Xinyao was jealous. However, Cao Yanhua was more experienced than her, and his overall ability was stronger than hers in all aspects.
She could only feel sour inside and not show it on her face.
However, Xie Xinyao was still very interested in such a big experimental project. Coincidentally, Cao Yanhua mentioned it. She said casually, âSenior Brother Cao, has the mentor not been in the laboratory recently because of the experimental project?â
âYeah.â
They were all from the same laboratory, so Cao Yanhua didnât hide it from her. âWe encountered a difficult problem during the progress of the project. The mentor went to look for the dean.â
The dean he was talking about was naturally the dean of the First Research Institute, Feng Yu.
Xie Xinyao didnât dare to ask further. She stopped while she was ahead and began to calculate if she had a chance to join the project.
* * *
On the other side.
Xue Zhu walked out of the range of the Level 8 laboratory and received a message from Qiao Nian.
[Q: Xu Yi is fine.]
Xue Zhu looked at the short message on her phone and wished she could see a flower. She scratched her ears and cheeks anxiously, wanting to ask what was going on.
She, Shen Qingfeng, and Xu Yi had created a small group before Qiao Nian came. Later on, Qiao Nian joined their group.
Xue Zhu was afraid that it wouldnât be good for her to rashly ask in the group chat.
She opened the three-person group that she hadnât used for a long time and tagged Xu Yi.
[Zhu Yuan Yu Run: Xu Yi, are you alright? @Xu Yi]
[Zhu Yuan Yu Run: Are you guys coming to the research institute this afternoon?]
[Zhu Yuan Yu Run: Senior Brother Cao even specially asked about Qiao Nian today. Who knows if sheâll come in the afternoon?]
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