Home planet. Asia Minor. Little Vienna. It was the end of April, and little Vienna was still covered with snowflakes.

The mood of the dean of the nuclear Neodium Energy Department of Home Star Heavy Industries was like this. It was gloomy. The dean was an old pedant, with a pair of black-rimmed glasses stuck on the bridge of his nose, his hair combed sideways, and a navy blue cardigan over his shirt.

The face that was always calm and unhurried had lost its expression management at this time, and his eyes widened as he looked at the father and daughter in the office.

"It's... Mr. Su, are you serious? Su Yuanjian has recently undergone several surgeries, large and small, and most of the organs in his body have been replaced with mechanical prostheses, and the amount of bones and muscles has been replaced by as much as 70%.

Except for the area above the neck, the whole body has been transformed to varying degrees. Thankfully, Su's nerve connections were tough enough to survive several surgeries and remain unconscious.

Now the disease that hurts Su's vision the most has changed from the occasional Neurium riot to the neuronal burden caused by Cyberlink.

Su Yuanjian's body could not be seen under the coat, but from the outside, he was still thin, with a cane, and he walked unsteadily.

"Yes, Dean Cheng, I'm serious." Su Yuanjian bowed slightly. Cheng Puhua, the old scholar in front of him, even if Su Yuanjian has won the Xinghai Award, he still has to maintain enough humility in front of the old man.

He is a descendant of Cheng Zaidao, the founder of the gravitational wave spacecraft, and the highest academic honor of the nuclear neo-neodymium energy department of the home star heavy industry.

"However, Su Lei studied very well. I have the impression that Su Lei's subjective vision of nuclear neodymium energy is one of the most constructive young people I have ever seen, and it is a pity to drop out of school halfway. Cheng Puhua kept shaking his head: "Even if you can teach Su Lei, how can you learn it in school?" You know, your successor is easy to find, but this kind of academic genius is so rare. ”

"I understand your concerns, but that's not what I meant, that's what Su Lei meant." Su Yuanjian was helpless: "I think the same as you, in fact, I want Su Lei to finish college." ”

"Then what..."Cheng Puhua looked at Su Lei through the lenses, then looked at Su Yuanjian, and frowned slightly: "Mr. Su, can you let me talk to Su Lei alone?" ”

"Absolutely." Su Yuanjian bowed his head.

"I'm so sorry."

"No, it's okay, if you can persuade Su Lei to change her mind, I will thank you very much." After Su Yuanjian finished speaking, he put on his cane and slowly left the dean's office.

In the office, one old and one young looked at each other. Cheng Puhua took off his glasses, wiped them and put them on his work, and looked at Su Lei lovingly.

"Tell the dean, did someone bully you when you were in the department?"

"No, dean, it's not that someone bullied me or I'm isolated, I just feel that there are more important things to do." Su Lei's little face was slightly red because of the cold wind just now: "Thank you Dean for your concern." ”

"More important?" Dean Cheng didn't know what Su Lei was referring to: "Are you saying to take over your father's company?" ”

"Yes and no." Su Lei grabbed the corner of her clothes with some twisting. She could say her ambition in front of her father, that she wanted to take Hex higher and farther, and be Chen Mo's solid backing in the future, but if she said it in front of others, it would be too ashamed.

"Can you tell me about it?"

"My father is not in good health, and the previous incident... I don't know if you know, I think if it weren't for the two hours that Martial God helped my father, maybe my father would have been dead a long time ago. "The mother planet, Martial God Deng Jianxing, paused the incident for a full two hours.

Dean Cheng is highly respected and knows about this kind of secret news.

"It turns out that the martial god is helping Mr. Su... In this way, the explanation makes sense. Cheng Puhua nodded: "But you think, the reason why your father was rescued by the Martial God himself was because he developed the Hex Energy Core and made an indelible contribution to the social development of mankind." If you continue your education on this path, you may become a second father to you in the future. Maybe it's the second Star Sea Award winner in your family..."

"Dean, I know what you're trying to say." Su Lei smiled playfully: "But I don't want to be the second my father, I just want to be myself." Cheng Puhua was so amused by Su Lei that she couldn't cry or laugh.

"Father's Hex energy core can only be used in military and high-tech fields, and the lack of broad-spectrum energy is still a big deal. Belch... Dean, I don't know what to say. Dean Cheng was a little curious about what Su Lei's little brain contained, so he motioned to Su Lei but said it was okay.

"I borrowed the main engine of the academy to briefly calculate the conventional power generation of our home planet, which only includes hydropower, wind and solar energy, and I did not count fossil fuels, nuclear fuel and eridium energy power generation." Su Lei gestured: "The amount of electricity generated by conventional power generation is enough for the daily use of the home planet, and there is even spare energy to help other brother planets." But the reality is that in the home planet, the lack of broad-spectrum energy is still the norm, and the slums of many cities cannot even guarantee the perennial existence of the energy matrix. Dean Cheng frowned.

Although he is an old pedant, he also knows more or less about politics and the economy, and knows that the lack of energy is linked to the regulation and control of the supply-side market.

But these are the affairs of politicians, and they are not for scholars to solve. Even if one day in the future, someone can invent an impossible perpetual motion machine, the energy problem will not be solved.

It's just that energy will be cheaper and more beneficial.

"So, you want to make the world no longer short of energy? Or do you want to solve..."

"Isn't the ultimate dream of the discipline of nuclear neodymium energy to solve the energy problem?" Su Lei smiled: "Solving the energy problem is nothing more than taking two paths, either nuclear fusion can be commercialized and controlled, or solar energy can be used in a broad spectrum... The former is not feasible, the latter is already possible, but the low energy conversion rate is frightening. But in any case, in fact, the home planet is not an energy-poor planet, and our discipline is not to solve the problems of people's livelihood and people's needs. But if the ultimate dream of our discipline is not to solve the energy problem, but to solve the energy utilization problem of interstellar travel, Hex's energy core has given the best answer. So I couldn't find a reason to continue my studies, and I wanted to go home and continue my research on Hex's project. This time, Dean Cheng was silent for a long time.

The little girl in front of her has a maturity that does not match her age, and her perspective on the problem is completely different from that of most scientific researchers.

It's just that...

"I can propose a takeover by Home Star Heavy Industries or a technology sharing with Hex." Dean Cheng spoke for a while: "Your ambitions are very ambitious, and it just so happens that my words are also very important in the home planet heavy industry." This way, you can both continue your studies and have enough time to get acquainted with your father's Hex. Su Lei shook her head regretfully.

"I'm sorry Dean, I really have other plans to live up to your expectations, I'm sorry." Dean Cheng sighed heavily and didn't hold on any longer.

Just said to Su Lei: "You know, the Nuclear Neodymium Academy is different from other academies, if you want to come back, you are always welcome." Su Lei's beautiful eyes smiled into a narrow crescent moon.

"Thank you, Dean." …… Su Yuanjian handled the suspension procedures for Su Lei, and returned to Hex's home star headquarters first.

Su Lei said she needed a day to deal with relationships. For Su Lei's precociousness, Su Yuanjian was relieved enough not to worry that she would drink too much before leaving.

At this moment, in the café next to the home planet Heavy Industries, Su Lei ordered a steaming cup of hand-punched Mandheling and was sipping.

The person she was waiting for arrived more than 20 minutes earlier than the agreed time. The thin body was wearing a black down jacket, and the large placket showed that the dress did not fit.

The girl who entered the door seemed to be coming to the café for the first time, her little face was red from the cold, the tip of her nose was even more red and shiny, and her slender hands were covering her in front of her and she was constantly sighing.

It is the West Building. It was the first time that Su Lei had taken a closer look at the West Building, and there was some inevitable sympathy when she looked at her cowering.

He beckoned to the West Building, where he entered.

"Here." Xilou saw Su Lei and hurriedly walked over.

"I've kept you waiting." Su Lei smiled and shook her head.

"You were much earlier than the agreed time, and I didn't have to wait long." Su Lei turned the electronic screen of the order: "What to drink?" ”

"Uh... Let me see. West Lou looked at the items on the menu that were not cheap for her, and ordered the cheapest Americano in the morning.

Su Lei shook her head, and ticked off another caramel macchiato and two pastries on the other end of the screen.

"I came to you today to ask you something." Su Lei took a sip of coffee: "You're from Cotter City, right?" Xilou was a little surprised, how could this beautiful girl who didn't look as old as her know where she came from.

"I'm from Jiangyin City, and I've been in Kote City for a year." The West Building answered truthfully.

"I heard Ye Ziwen say, do you know Chen Mo?" The west building was even more surprised. But still nodded.

"Well, I know Brother Mo, and you know each other too?" Su Lei frowned indiscernibly, and stepped forward to cover the frozen red hands of the West Building.

"It's cold outside, isn't it?"

"It's okay, I've been here for a long time and I'm used to it." Xilou said with a smile. With this cover, Su Lei's eyes became complicated and difficult to understand, and her eyes looking at the West Building also became erratic.

At the same time, two red clouds appeared on her face. Su Lei's ability is not what it used to be, and she is no longer the little girl who can only read the simplest and shallow thoughts.

Just shaking hands with a touch, Su Lei saw Chen Mo's madness after getting drunk one day and the unspeakable night.

Although it is normal for her to tell her father that Chen Mo has a female companion, she really knows... Even after feeling the other side of Chen Mo, in addition to his red face, he also felt a little unexplained unhappiness.

Obviously, she came first. Even if she wasn't there, how could Chen Mo do this... The girl in front of her is not Chen Mo's real girlfriend.

Looking at the beautiful girl who became puffed up after shaking hands in front of her, Xilou was a little confused about the reason. It can't be that her hands are too cold and make her unhappy, right?

"Are you okay?" Xilou asked cautiously.

"Well, I'm fine." Su Lei suppressed the jealousy and anger in her heart, told herself to do business first, and drank two large sips of coffee, she felt her emotions calm down before she spoke: "Uncle Whitestone won't give you tuition?" ”

"Hey, you don't even have Daddy... Do you know all the bosses? Realizing that the other party might be an acquaintance of Chen Mo's father and son, Xilou hurriedly turned the father who almost shouted into the boss.

Now she still has a strong inferiority complex, for fear that others will find out the true relationship between her and the Chen family's father and son, and lower Chen Mo's rating in the hearts of others.

Su Lei saw it in her eyes. The girl in front of her had a night of madness with Chen Mo, but she was not a bad person.

"I haven't officially introduced myself yet, my name is Su Lei." Su Lei generously stretched out her hand. Xilou was startled and hurriedly shook hands with Su Lei.

"My name is Shen Xilou... I know you, and I've seen your photos, but I didn't expect you to change so much in two years, and I didn't recognize you just now. Su Lei had already learned through mind reading that it was Chen Mo who showed her a photo of herself, and she felt a little more comfortable in her heart.

"Let's talk about tuition fees first." West House nodded.

"The boss is paying me tuition, 100,000 a year... I was admitted, so the tuition fee was waived by the department. I also won nearly 100,000 yuan in this year's scholarship... In fact, there are really a lot, but although everything in the laboratory is free, if we want to explore more things by ourselves, we can only buy eridium metal by ourselves. Now the price of the eridium metal supplied by the school has increased to more than 94,000 grams per gram, and the tuition fee paid by the boss plus my scholarship is only enough to buy two grams, which is difficult to meet all my courses in a semester. Xilou said earnestly: "But don't tell the boss or Brother Mo, they have already helped me a lot, and I can't be insatiable." Su Lei thought about her experiment again... The eridium she used was directly provided by Hex, not to mention that it was almost used in kilograms.

Therefore, in many places, Su Lei can walk ahead of others, and it is certainly a little bit of God's intelligence, but her strong financial resources are also indispensable factors to be able to support her to do comparative tests countless times.

It is difficult to produce a noble son from a poor family, and even if it is, it is difficult to go further, and it must be inseparable from these things.

Su Lei sighed softly. There is also much less hostility towards the West Building.

"I called you this time just to tell you that in the future, I can provide you with all your experimental materials for free, and I will ask a lawyer to sign an agreement with you in a few days, and you will go directly to Hex after graduation, and don't go to other energy companies." There was light in Xilou's eyes.

"Really?"

"Really." Su Lei nodded: "But you must become excellent, better than everyone else, and go long and far in the field of nuclear neodymium energy." I don't expect you to make a brand new Hex Core or anything like that, but you have to be able to improve the processing of the Hex Core, so your second degree will be in Mechanical Engineering and Cyber Link at Home Star Heavy Industries. West Building's expression became serious.

Even if she is a top student of the Nuclear Neodymium Academy, she does not dare to guarantee whether she can become the top scientific researcher.

The home planet, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, is no better than Ross's projectile land. Not to mention mechanical engineering and cyber links, which have nothing to do with the field of nuclear neodynia?

It's not an easy task.

"I'll do my best." West House nodded vigorously.

"There is one more condition, you have to accept it, and we can continue to talk." Su Lei absentmindedly played with her coffee cup.

"Well, you say." Xilou took the plate from the machine waiter, and put the more delicate-looking pastry in front of Su Lei with some flattering hands.

"Chen Mo..."Su Lei looked at the West Building where she handed over things, and her eyes became firm: "It's mine." ”