was teased by Du Yalin at the "ordinary and casual" class reunion, and Qi Min realized that she had specifically said that she was probably coming to the class reunion for this purpose.

But why did Du Yalin target her? And it's just a chance encounter in a shopping mall. Qi Min is self-aware, and knows that with her GEEK-like personal charm in high school, it is not enough to make a social expert like Du Yalin worry about it for ten years.

Although this has nothing to do with Qi Min, she is still a little curious. However, it is definitely not okay to ask Du Yalin directly, and they probably won't know if they ask Zhang Songxue, so Qi Min sent a WeChat message to another friend of her high school friend, Sun Huihui.

Sun Huihui is a friend of Du Yalin and them in Qi Min's social circle in high school, probably because she is relatively small and cute, which may be related to the fact that she used to be Jiang Wanghuai's junior high school tablemate.

Sure enough, on the way home from Qi Min's karaoke on the subway, Sun Huihui called WeChat: "Hey, Qi Qi, I still want to tell you when I want to tell you about it-it's Du Yalin." ”

"Ah, what's the matter?" Qi Min was a little surprised.

"No, it's just an ordinary melon." Sun Huihui said briskly, "The version I listened to is like this: Du Yalin is in the School of Film and Television Drama of her university, you know, there are many beautiful girls in their college, and all kinds of big guys and rich second generations like to date girls there." ”

"Hmm, so what?" Qi Min still heard about this rumor about the academy.

"It is said that Du Yalin found a rich second-generation boyfriend before graduation, but - I also heard - it was after this man lied to her...... 3P, with another guy who should also be a rich second generation. Sun Huihui lowered her voice, almost sticking to the microphone of her mobile phone and said, "I don't know if they are really 3P, no matter what, these two men are really lacking in morality." After that, Du Yalin quickly changed several boyfriends, and it is estimated that nothing good happened during the period. ”

"Damn, deceive people...... That, indeed, is too lacking in morality. Qi Min couldn't help but sigh.

"Yes, but Du Yalin later found a business tycoon, and now she should be married. I heard that the man was okay, but he was a little older. Sun Huihui continued, "But these previous experiences are probably quite traumatic to her, and then I heard that Du Yalin began to date her sister...... I also heard this from other classmates, as if her husband didn't know anything about it. ”

So that's kind of ...... Self-psychotherapy? But in any case, it can already be regarded as cheating, not to mention that Du Yalin is already married.

But Qi Min has never been nosy, so he just said half-jokingly: "So that's the case, it really scares me today." ”

"What, she went looking for you?" Sun Huihui said with a smile, "Hahahaha, I didn't expect it, right? ”

Qi Min also laughed, and teased a few words by the way.

She intellectually knew that Du Yalin's situation was actually a tragedy, but when she learned about this strange gossip, she still couldn't help but take pleasure in it.

In the final analysis, it may be that "the joys and sorrows of human beings are not the same". It's just that for the slightly rarer tragedies of others, irrelevant people don't feel "noisy" at this time, but deliberately go to see them.

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After paddling for two days, Qi Min finally returned to the laboratory to seriously think about her brain-like subject.

Now that animal experiments on 256×256×256 brains have made significant progress, it is actually possible to publish articles. But Qi Min still feels that for such an important discovery as "memory storage", the evidence from rat experiments is still weaker. Moreover, it was proved that 256×256×256 micro-brain-like bodies could store the memories of rats through a water maze, but it was impossible to distinguish which part of the memory was stored about the direction of the underwater platform. The evidence would be more convincing if experiments with memory storage could be done in animals with more complex brains, such as cats or dogs.

To this end, Qi Min went to the "Nimbus" supercomputing center to find her collaborator, researcher Zhou Xiaoshan.

When Qi Min arrived at the "Nimbus" supercomputing center, Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan did not immediately start discussing business with her, but took her to the à la carte area on the top floor of the canteen for lunch.

At lunchtime, Qi Min's state was relatively relaxed. At this time, Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan said kindly: "I have seen the current progress. Actually, I thought that you might be able to achieve very important results on this topic. So don't worry, to prove the idea of memory storage, it's a bit of a cat and a dog...... Pediatrics too. I think you can try it with cynomolgus monkeys, there is a group in Yunnan that is making cynomolgus monkey strains, and we are relatively familiar with them. ”

Cynomolgus monkeys are considered to be the most studied primate model organisms now, but Qi Min doesn't know how to raise monkeys at all: "Cynomolgus monkeys...... I don't know how to do that. ”

"You can ask someone to do it, and you can even do it on the side of 'Nimbus'." Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan said, "Our biology labs here are relatively empty, so it will be easier to renovate. ”

Qi Min was a little hesitant, on the one hand, it was a matter of funding, and on the other hand, if someone from another research group was invited to do the experiment, it would be too much to publish a joint work and common communication.

Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan seemed to understand her concerns, and couldn't help but smile: "If you find someone to do the experiment, you must outsource it to the company, and you don't have to think about the name." The Yunnan group I'm talking about also opened a company specializing in cynomolgus monkeys. ”

"That'...... It has to cost a lot of money...... "Qi Min is even more afraid of spending money in comparison-the cost of animal experiments on brain-like subjects is now almost exceeding the budget.

However, Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan said gently: "You don't have to worry about money. I can't really help with animal experiments, but I can write a proposal for project funding. Now that the results have been seen, it will not be difficult to apply for this grant. ”

"Thank you so much!" Qi Min immediately thanked him.

Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan looked at her with some surprise and couldn't help laughing: "What is there to thank, isn't this a topic for the two of us to work on?" Xiao Qi, you are also a PI, usually be steady, don't be so babbling. ”

Hearing her say this, Qi Min sat up straight in the chair embarrassedly and smiled a little shyly. She sometimes feels like she hasn't even fully graduated, and Ms. Zhou is like her current mentor, or maybe more like a college counselor.

However, if you think about it from another perspective, for researcher Zhou Xiaoshan, working with a newly graduated PI may also be a little tiring.