Qi Min felt that she and Qin Zhenjun would not be too different, but she didn't expect that after a few words of "confrontation" with each other, a huge gap would have been widened.

Qi Min is twenty-eight years old, Qin Zhenjun is also twenty-eight years old, and they both graduated from the same school with a doctorate. However, Qin Zhenjun graduated early with a doctorate from a first-class school in the United States, and became a doctoral postmaster in the Daniu research group. He went back to Beijing on a good business trip, but he had already been hired as a PI by the TOP5 school, and he brought his doctoral team with him on this business trip.

Hearing that Qi Min also became a PI, Qin Zhenjun asked her which school she was. Qi Min was embarrassed to say it, and reluctantly fooled over.

QIN ZHENJUN ASKED HER WHAT DIRECTION SHE WAS GOING TO DO NOW, AND BY THE WAY, SHE TALKED ABOUT HER PROGRESS IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY AND HER PLAN TO PUBLISH TWO MORE PAPERS TODAY, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE CNS.

THIS MAKES QI MIN EVEN MORE EMBARRASSED - SHE IS ALSO THE NEW PI THIS YEAR, AND SHE PLANS TO PUBLISH TWO PAPERS A YEAR, ONE OF WHICH IS CNS, BUT SHE HASN'T EVEN SENT OUT HER DOCTORAL PROJECT NOW, LET ALONE CNS......

AS IF TO SET OFF HOW WASTEFUL QI MIN IS, QIN ZHENJUN VIVIDLY TOLD QI MIN HOW HE POSTED A SCIENCE AND A NATURE EXPERIENCE. Qi Min almost couldn't bear it anymore, and the more he listened, the more he felt the shame of penetrating his heart, but he still barely maintained his respect as an old classmate and peer, and even praised him a few formulaically.

However, when Qin Zhenjun began to ask her what articles she had posted, Qi Min felt that something was wrong.

"What do I have to say...... It's not the same direction as you. Qi Min barely maintained an ugly smile, "It's not easy for this researcher to post any big articles......

The meaning of this is to admit that you can't do it in disguise, and by the way, let the other party give you a step. As long as Qin Zhenjun echoed and said that it is not easy to make a big article about being nervous, this matter will be stopped, and the friendship on the surface can be maintained.

However, Qin Zhenjun pretended not to hear it, and deliberately said: "It's still quite easy to post articles in the past two years, right?" IN JUST THIS WEEK, SCIENCE PUBLISHED TWO NEUROLOGICAL STUDIES DONE BY FMRI. ”

"We're with that...... The direction is not quite the same. Qi Min's face couldn't hold it anymore, "It's just too niche, and the editor doesn't recognize it." ”

"Using fluorescence to measure neuronal activity, this is a very common way to make cells, why don't you recognize it?" Qin Zhenjun chuckled and said, "You have a total of one or second place in that article, isn't your score quite high?" ”

At this time, Qi Min realized that Qin Zhenjun had checked her situation in advance and came to humiliate her. Also, Qi Min works in China, and the probability of this name being the same in the biology community is not very high, it is really accurate to check it one by one, and it is clear at a glance where she is a PI and what articles she has posted.

She couldn't help but regret why she didn't check Qin Zhenjun beforehand. However, Qi Min thought that Qin Zhenjun was still doing a doctorate abroad, but he never thought that he would graduate with a doctorate ahead of schedule, and now he has returned to China as a PI.

Just made up his mind to mock Qi Min, Qin Zhenjun said again: "It's also expected." If you don't have talent and don't work hard, even if you study abroad, you still have to rely on other people's articles to graduate. But after coming back, I became a PI in a second-rate school, so paddling and eating mixed rice is really suitable for you. ”

Hearing this, Qi Min was really angry.

But in addition to being angry, she couldn't help but think that it seemed that Qin Zhenjun was right. Although she thinks she is quite smart, she just applied for a doctorate who is okay; Although she felt that she had worked hard to do experiments when she was studying for her PhD, her topic was rejected N times; Although she finally found this teaching position, and thought that she had exhausted all her luck in recent years, in the eyes of the real god, this was just a "paddling and eating" with no future.

She's just an ordinary person, a LOSER who uses all her talents, exhausts her energy, and is lucky, but she still can't reach the heel of the real god.

In this elite-first society, countless ordinary people who are not in the top 1% have been dwarfed into losers.

Qi Min looked at the empty plate in front of him in silence, and suddenly shed a tear.

Ironically, she also dwarfs this ordinary self of herself into failure. But she is so ashamed of it and powerless to do it - ashamed of her own mediocrity.

"How about it, order?" Qin Zhenjun asked with a chuckle.

And Qi Min just said: "I don't want to eat, you go first." ”

Qin Zhenjun may not have expected that he just wanted to ridicule it but let her have such a big reaction, but after all, it was he who started the ridicule first, and he told the truth in every sentence, and he thought that there was no reason to apologize at all.

"Then I'll go first, and we have a meeting in the afternoon." Qin Zhenjun got up and left as he spoke.

Behind him, Qi Min finally couldn't hold back and lay on the table and cried.

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Anton was waiting in the MINISO not far away, and hurriedly came over when he saw Qi Min lying on the table crying.

Originally, Qi Min was very mindful that others would see her suffer because she was a LOSER. On the surface, it seems that Anton will be more mindful of similar ridicule because of his career, but in fact, Qi Min takes Anton's psychology into account in this regard, which reflects her own sensitivity.

She can't stand being called LOSER the most in her life, not because of how insulting the word is, but because she doesn't want to admit it but feels like a LOSER among people of the same kind from the bottom of her heart.

Originally, Qi Min didn't plan to tell anyone the reason why she was crying, but when Anton patted her on the back and asked what happened, the anxiety in her heart because of her career seemed to dissipate a little.

Qi Min suddenly thought that even if she was a LOSER, Anton would still be her boyfriend, and Mimi would still be her daughter. This is the only relationship that will not change depending on her future, except for the parent-child relationship determined by blood. Anton didn't choose her because of how capable she was, even if she had lived in Anton's apartment for several years, it still wouldn't weaken her impression in Anton's mind.

"What's wrong, Min?" Anton asked again with some concern, "Did that girl bully you?" ”

At this time, Qi Min had already regained his ability to think, wiped his tears with a napkin on the table, and said, "Anton, can you see that he is far away, if not, help me beat him." ”

"Okay." Anton immediately got up from his chair and walked out of the restaurant, just in time to see Qin Zhenjun waiting for the elevator not far away.

Seeing that Qin Zhenjun was about to get on the elevator, Anton shouted at the man he didn't know and didn't have any direct grudges: "Qin Zhenjun, wait!" ”

When Qin Zhenjun heard his name, he stopped and turned around, but he was grabbed by the collar by a tall, thin young man with long hair who looked like he was of mixed race.

As a "civilized person", how could he react to the routine of Anton and Qi Min, "barbarians" living in the slums, and was dragged by Anton by the collar and knocked on the wall next to the elevator, until he had a headache and dizziness.

"You're great at researching, aren't you?" Anton tugged at his collar and said in a threatening tone, "Don't be too bullying, when everyone else is cowardly?" ”

Qin Zhenjun was stunned on the spot, and it wasn't until Anton let go of him that he hurriedly got on the next elevator, and quickly closed the door and escaped.

Qi Min watched from a distance, feeling so relaxed about using violence to solve problems for the first time.

She finally realized that career was not the only criterion for judging her alone. And sometimes, even if it may seem humiliating, if the use of violence can make you feel better, then it is not impossible to use a little violence to solve the problem of nonviolence.

The most important thing is that although Anton can't help her with experiments, can't help her write a project book, and even now can't make money to relieve her financial pressure, he will still give her the most timely support in his way.