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Chapter 1241 Yun Rui Juan Chen: It’s not a canteen, it’s a restaurant

The late autumn sunlight slanted through the laboratory's blinds, casting alternating light and dark stripes on Lin Xu's experimental notebook.

His wrist holding the pipette was as steady as a robotic arm, and he dropped the reagent into the test tube with precision. His movements were as skillful and natural as those of the rest of the team.

In just one week, he not only integrated perfectly into the team, but also became an indispensable member of the team with his outstanding innovative thinking and solid professional knowledge.

Whenever the discussion reached a deadlock, Lin Xu could always come up with novel ideas, just like when he solved the magnetic field interference problem that day; his ideas always made people's eyes light up.

But he never takes credit for himself, and always says sincerely: "This is the joint credit of everyone. I just happened to think of another angle."

His humility and high emotional intelligence gradually made team members who were originally skeptical of him open up to him.

At this moment, the laboratory was filled with the humming sounds of operating instruments and the members' heated discussions.

Lin Xu raised his head, his eyes passing through the busy crowd and falling on Gu Yunxi who was not far away.

She was staring intently at the data on the computer screen. The collar of her white coat was slightly open, revealing her slender neck. A few strands of hair fell beside her cheeks, making her look particularly gentle.

Lin Xu felt his heartbeat speed up unconsciously.

At the end of a day's work, the afterglow of the setting sun had dyed half the sky red.

Lin Xu carefully packed up the experimental equipment, but his peripheral vision was always paying attention to Gu Yunxi's movements. When he saw her close her notebook and prepare to leave the laboratory, he took a deep breath and quickly followed her.

"Professor!" Lin Xu's voice was a little nervous and was particularly clear in the empty corridor.

Gu Yunxi stopped, turned around, and said with a gentle smile on her face: "Student Lin, you performed very well today. Your ideas were very clear, and the several improvement plans you proposed are very valuable." Her tone was sincere, and she did not hesitate to praise the student.

Lin Xu's cheeks flushed slightly, not because of the joy of being praised, but because of the invitation that was about to be made.

He hesitated for a moment, unconsciously clenched the corners of his clothes with his hands, then slowly loosened them, mustering up the courage to say, "Professor Gu, I... I want to invite you to have a meal together, just as a token of my gratitude for your guidance during this period of time."

Gu Yunxi was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Lin Xu to suddenly make such an invitation.

She looked at the expectation in the boy's eyes and was a little overwhelmed. After a short silence, she shook her head gently: "No. I have an important meeting later and don't have time to go to the cafeteria to eat."

"We're not going to the cafeteria!" Lin Xu explained eagerly, "It's a new restaurant near the school. I heard the food there is very good..."

"No." Gu Yunxi's tone suddenly became serious, with an unquestionable determination in her eyes, "You are still a student and you are still spending your family's money. How can the teacher let you treat us to spending money outside?" She paused and slowed down her tone, "The teacher appreciates your kindness, but don't mention such things again in the future."

After saying that, Gu Yunxi did not give Lin Xu a chance to continue explaining, and quickened her pace to move forward. The sound of her high heels hitting the ground was crisp and rapid, echoing in the corridor.

Lin Xu stood there, watching her figure getting farther and farther away, feeling an indescribable sense of loss in his heart.

A gust of autumn wind whistled past, picking up the fallen leaves on the ground and swirling them in the air.

Lin Xu looked at the direction where Gu Yunxi disappeared. His throat seemed to be blocked by something and he couldn't make any sound.

The afterglow of the setting sun cast a long shadow on him, making him look particularly lonely...

The moment the office door closed behind him, Gu Yunxi's tense shoulders finally relaxed.

She took off her white coat and hung it on the hanger, her fingers unconsciously stroking the wrinkles on the corners of her coat, the conversation in the corridor just now still echoing in her ears.

The dusk deepened outside the window. The last ray of setting sun shone through the blinds, cutting out light and dark stripes on the sorted meeting materials, which looked very much like the swaying light and shadow on Lin Xu's experimental record book.

"What a naive child! I hope he can change his habitual way of thinking soon." She laughed at herself softly, her fingertips running across the densely packed comments on the notebook. She recalled in her mind the look of the young man inviting her.

Recalling Lin Xu's anxious look when he explained the location of the restaurant with a flushed face, a smile unconsciously appeared on the corners of his mouth, but it was quickly replaced by a sigh.

She pulled out her pen to mark the key points, but the tip of the pen hung in the air - the boy's amber eyes in her memory, filled with blazing anticipation, suddenly overlapped with Qi Ruixiang's deep and obscure gaze, causing her hand holding the pen to tremble slightly.

The air conditioner outside the window made a humming sound. Gu Yunxi suddenly inserted the pen into the pen holder and stood up to pour a glass of cold water.

The crisp sound of the glass hitting the table startled the sparrows on the windowsill. She looked at the scattered birds and suddenly realized her own gaffe.

As a mentor, it was common to receive thank-you invitations from students, but the light in Lin Xu's eyes made her inexplicably nervous.

I hope this kid isn't a quickie...

Perhaps it was because she hadn't seen such pure enthusiasm for a long time, or perhaps it was because of the days of being shrouded in public opinion and family pressure that made her instinctively build a high wall against anyone approaching...

The meeting materials were spread out on the table, and the blue light from the projector illuminated her quiet profile.

Gu Yunxi checked the data page by page, forcing himself to focus on the latest research progress in quantum catalysis.

But when he read the chapter on “Experimental Safety Standards”, the scar on Lin Xu’s wrist from the burns from the reactor suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and the declaration that “scientific research should not be dancing in shackles” also rang out.

She rubbed her sore brows, stood up and opened the curtains.

Night had completely fallen, and the street lights outside the Chemistry Building lit up one after another, stretching the shadows of the plane trees onto the ground.

Gu Yun looked at his own reflection in the glass window. Thinking of Lin Xu's eyes that suddenly dimmed when he rejected the invitation, he felt an indescribable dull pain in his chest.

Of course she understood the boy's innocence, but the boundary between teacher and student could not be blurred in the slightest, just like those precision instruments in the laboratory, the slightest deviation would lead to disaster.

When Gu Yunxi's fingertips unconsciously brushed across the dew on the window frame, the cold touch made her sober.

As a scientific researcher, she always believes in the power of rationality and restraint.

Whether facing academic difficulties or emotional entanglements, adhering to principles is the safest choice.

The phone vibrated at this moment. It was a message from the lab assistant. In the accompanying picture, Lin Xu was helping to debug the newly arrived spectrometer, his profile looking focused and serious.

Gu Yunxi enlarged the photo and looked at the boy’s outline illuminated by the blue light of the instrument, and the corners of his mouth raised again.

She quickly replied, "Tell him that some things are urgent and you should go back early. You have been busy all day and you have worked hard," and put the phone upside down on the table.

The night wind outside the window blew up a few fallen leaves, which hit the glass and made a light sound, like the lingering sound of an unfinished conversation.

Sitting back at his desk, Gu Yunxi opened his diary and circled next week's academic lecture with a red pen.

The tip of the fountain pen rustled across the paper, turning all the messy thoughts into neat handwriting...