Chapter 114: Qi Xiaobai
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The face is a little rusty, but there is a hint of familiarity in the rustiness, it seems that where have you seen it, Luoyang will not be able to remember it for a while.
She was wearing a plain white dress, her black hair was naturally draped behind her, and she wore a black veil to commemorate the dead on her arm.
Therefore, Luoyang guessed that she might be Xu Lao's granddaughter or granddaughter or something.
At this moment, her face was crimson, and her forehead was slightly sweaty, as if she had done any heavy work before, and her sleeves were also rolled up.
"Who are you?" The girl asked, slightly wary.
Xu Kui poked his head out from behind Luoyang and said with a smile on his face: "Miss Qi, are you also there?" We've met before, I'm Xu Kui from the Municipal Bureau, and this is Luo Xuan expert from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. β
The girl's brows furrowed slightly, she seemed to be a person who was not deep in the city, and wrote her feelings of resistance and disgust on her face, but because of the 'identity' of the two, she still turned sideways and let Luo Yang and Xu Kui in.
"This is Miss Qi Xiaobai Qi, a student of Professor Xu Ping, and also a proud protΓ©gΓ© of his old man, who completed the four-year university course in only one year, and all the courses were all A. When they entered the house, Xu Kui and Luoyang introduced the identity of this girl, her words were full of praise, and her eyes showed strong admiration, just like a brain-dead fan who saw an idol.
"Skip four levels in a row and go straight to graduate school?" When Luoyang heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised.
This kind of talent is really rare, and he was considered a god-level existence back then, but it took more than two years to complete the four-year course in college.
College is not much more difficult than junior high school and high school, and few can skip grades.
Qi Xiaobai seemed to be accustomed to others treating her as a demon, and she was extremely calm about Xu Kui's praise, and even disliked it a little, and her brows kept frowning slightly.
Luoyang fully understands her feelings, she is not arrogant, ******** academic people, they like a quiet atmosphere, they don't like to be in the limelight, and the kind of people who sell their fame and reputation are the opposite, eager to become the headlines of the media every day.
Qi Xiaobai should belong to the former and is a pure scholar.
Therefore, Luoyang immediately put away her curiosity, and did not ask Xu Kui about her situation, but went directly to the 'main topic': "I came today to see Professor Xu Ping's residence before his death, and check if there is any virus left." β
As soon as he finished speaking, Luoyang's face couldn't help but change, and became extremely strange, just like meeting an old man who had been absent for a long time in a strange city, this kind of coincidental event with a very small probability is easy to make people doubt life, how could there be such a coincidence!
If he remembers correctly, this Qi Xiaobai is also his student, that is, the freshman he took last year, he still has a deep memory, when he saw Qi Xiaobai's eye-catching name on the roster, he immediately thought of Qi Huan Gong in the Spring and Autumn Period, he thought he was a handsome guy, but he didn't expect to be a beautiful and quiet girl, and her college entrance examination score was more eye-catching than her name, 745 points, should be the national college entrance examination champion at that time.
It's just that Luoyang only had one day of class at the beginning of school, and he left with Liu Hong, although he was impressed at first sight, but there were not many memories related to it, so he didn't recognize her at first, and he was confused for a long time.
Seeing Luoyang's strange expression, staring at Qi Xiaobai without taking his eyes off him, Xu Kui was quite confused, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" β
Luoyang wanted to say something, but remembering that his current identity was no longer Luoyang, he swallowed the words back again, waved his hand and said, "It's nothing." β
After that, he walked straight into Xu Ping's study, where he was very familiar with the layout of the room and the furnishings, so he didn't ask Qi Xiaobai to collar him.
Mrs. Shen Jingshu didn't seem to be at home, and Luoyang didn't hear anyone else in the house, so she asked, "What about Mr. Shen?" β
Hearing Luoyang call Shen Jingshu Mr. Shen, Qi Xiaobai's face became gentler, the word 'sir' is definitely a great honor for an intellectual woman, so she didn't care about Luoyang's intrusion after entering the house, and replied softly: "Grandma Shen is not feeling well, I took her to the hospital this morning." β
"She's fine, is she?" Luo Yang asked with concern.
"Professor Xu's death has hit her too hard, she has been suffering from insomnia these days, and her body is hard to break, but she didn't get sick, so it shouldn't be a big problem." Qi Xiaobai said in a tone that was almost declarative, there was no joy or sorrow, and he seemed to see life and death very lightly, but he was not like an iron stone, but like a monk who had seen through life and death. Luoyang is not surprised by this, the emotional intelligence of people with high IQ often presents two extremes, one is crazy, regards everything as child's play, likes to play life, as long as you like and are interested in something, you have to get it. The other is people like Qi Xiaobai, who regard everything as floating clouds, in her eyes, money, fame, life and death, I am afraid it is like the answer to an equation.
Luoyang is barely the former, in order to solve the problems that have plagued his heart since childhood, he does not hesitate to gamble his life, and Qi Xiaobai is the latter.
The two kinds of people, although they have different personalities, are actually one type of person in the final analysis.
Therefore, Luoyang looked at Qi Xiaobai's almost clear eyes, and there was actually a strong sense of resonance and closeness in his heart.
"What are you doing at Professor Xu's house?" Although Luoyang has a good impression of Qi Xiaobai, there are still things that need to be asked.
"Move things." Qi Xiaobai pointed to the large boxes of books and materials behind Luoyang and said, afraid that Luoyang would not understand, so he explained: "Professor Xu made it clear in his will that I would inherit his collection of books and notes, and there was another topic that I studied with him, and he died, so I naturally want to take back some of the materials he has here." β
"What subject?" Luoyang was very surprised, when he was a graduate student under Xu Ping, he was simply learning things, at most, he was giving Xu Ping a hand, and it was a matter for doctoral students to engage in projects, Qi Xiaobai was able to study a certain topic with Xu Ping, this ability is not ordinary, in other words, Luoyang probably thinks he is bragging.
Xu Ping is a well-known figure in the field of biological genes, although he is not as good as Wang Lanqing, who has won the Nobel Prize, but his research is by no means the kind of ordinary cheating funds, it is all real things, and it is extremely professional.
"You don't understand." Qi Xiaobai didn't want to say too much, so he buried his head and continued to pack the scattered books and materials.
Luoyang helped her, put the books on the high shelf into the storage box at hand, and said: "If you don't say it, how do you know that I don't understand, I am also a blood biomedical." β
"The way nucleotides affect protein synthesis." Qi Xiaobai popped out of his mouth with a professional word, most people can't understand it, but Luoyang can completely understand it.
What she meant by this is how genes affect protein synthesis and how genetic information is expressed.
Luoyang was immediately aroused, it is a well-known thing that genes contain genetic information, but how genetic information is executed, which is basically a blank in the genetics community.
In the past, Luoyang didn't care much about this aspect, and in genetic engineering, this is an extremely unpopular research direction.
Compared with the two popular research directions of gene coding and gene modification, this research with no application value has been paid much attention.
But now the situation is different, because he has just figured out one thing recently, the cultivation of supernatural powers by the awakened is actually to activate the useless genes in the body.
If the subject Qi Xiaobai said can be overcome, it means that he will be able to activate the useless genes in his body through scientific and technological means, so that he can directly possess supernatural powers.
Useless genes are, to put it bluntly, nucleotides whose genetic information is not expressed.
"Can you elaborate on that?" Luo Yang asked.
"Didn't you come to check the house for any pneumonia?" Qi Xiaobai raised his head, stared at Luoyang, and asked without emotion.
Luoyang was choked with words for a while, and she stared at her even more weakly, as if she could see through her heart, so she had to get up and walk away, pretending to 'do the right thing'.
"Actually, you're not from the CDC at all." Qi Xiaobai squatted on the ground and said suddenly, his emotions still did not fluctuate, and he didn't even raise his head, so he debunked Luoyang's lies so lightly.
Luoyang couldn't help but stop, but he wasn't surprised, this was all expected, and it was indeed not easy to lie in front of someone with an explosive IQ.
"How can you do this quarantine work, are you planning to find the virus with the naked eye?" Qi Xiaobai raised his head and mocked, even the tone of mockery was indifferent.
Luoyang still didn't respond, just smiled bitterly, no wonder he, this excuse was made up by Xu Kui casually, it is estimated that he had never made a draft before, otherwise he would not have even prepared a mask for him.
Speaking of this, Qi Xiaobai's tone suddenly lowered and became a little cold, "Actually, I know that Professor Xu didn't die of pneumonia, although I didn't study clinical medicine, but I still have basic common sense, Professor Xu was still doing experiments with me on June 30th, when he was in normal health, but he suddenly fell ill on the night of July 1st, and then died in the hospital on the morning of July 3rd, no matter how powerful the virus is, can you tell me how he died?" β
"......" Luoyang didn't know how to answer for a while.
Qi Xiaobai continued, his voice even colder: "During this time, Professor Xu's residence has been monitored by soldiers and police, as well as those strange ironclad men at the door, I wonder if Professor Xu's death has anything to do with these?" β
Luo Yang saw a trace of hatred burst out in her eyes, and knew that she might be thinking crookedly, so he quickly explained: "Don't think about it, these soldiers and policemen are sent to protect Professor Xu Ping. β
"Why protect? Who wants to harm him? Qi Xiaobai asked.
"Wait a minute." Luoyang didn't answer directly, beckoned to Xu Kui, and motioned for him to talk outside the door with him.
When he got outside, Luoyang closed the door to make sure that the voice would not come in, and then said, "You will tell her the truth of the matter later." β
"It's not going to work." Xu Kui said with a bitter face.
"If she's just an ordinary college graduate student, of course this won't work, and I suggest recruiting her into the Roselle project team."
"Her qualifications and education are still too low, and she doesn't meet the standards."
"Do you look at academic qualifications or ability? If she can work with Professor Xu Ping on the topic of "On the Effect of Nucleotides on Protein Synthesis", she is fully qualified to join the Roselle project team. Luoyang glared at Xu Kui.
"You haven't even read the information, how do you know how far this project has progressed, maybe it's still in the stage of theoretical establishment."
"No matter what the progress is, she chose the right direction, as long as she drills in this direction, she will definitely get results."