Chapter 171: Chapter 171
Old Li and Yao Xiaoshan gathered early in the office, along with other teachers from the math group. Yu Nian glanced at the disheartened Zhou Zhongming next to him and let out a cold snort from his throat.
Zhou Zhongming heard it, he looked up at Yu Nian, and upon catching Yu Nian’s lively gaze, he pursed his lips, told Yao Xiaoshan that he was going to prepare for class, and left.
Yu Nian immediately rolled her eyes, "Tsk, tsk."
Let him regret refusing Rong Zhi at the beginning, humph.
Yao Xiaoshan knocked on her head, and Yu Nian quickly cried out, covering her forehead with both hands.
"You can be happy now, but the real battlefield is still ahead. Rong Zhi is busy now, as the class teacher, remember to care more for the students."
Yu Nian nodded, smiling until her eyes curved, "I know, Director Yao!"
Other teachers gathered to congratulate her.
Old Li blew the steam from his thermos cup, leisurely took a sip of tea.
Now, only the provincial and national competitions are left. If Rong Zhi can get a good result in the provincial competition, the guaranteed spot will be in the bag.
Of course, going to the international stage would be best. Old Li thought about the boy standing on the international stage receiving an award as he drank tea, what a glorious sight that would be.
He was quite looking forward to it.
However, the student Rong Zhi, whom Old Li had high hopes for, showed no reaction. The hot topic heavily discussed at school did not stir her at all; she calmly accepted the compliments, and thanked every person who called to congratulate her in a soft voice.
Rong Jin watched her continuously answering phone calls from the moment she sat down and couldn’t help but tease, "Vice Manager Rong is busy, who is the little girl this time?"
The voice on the other side of the phone was quite loud just now, and it was too quiet in the office, so Rong Jin accidentally overheard a couple of lines, recognizing it was a female voice.
"No," Rong Zhi put away her phone and rubbed her brow, "it’s my class teacher."
Rong Jin immediately made a couple of "oh" sounds, laughed awkwardly, "Calling to urge you back to class? Makes sense, you’re in your third year of high school now, being busy at the company really hinders studying..."
He paused and slapped his forehead, surprised, "You’re in your third year, won’t that mean you’ll take the college entrance exam next year, how come the old man let you into the company now?"
"Maybe, he thinks I can get a guaranteed spot." Rong Zhi scrolled the mouse wheel, carefully reading the contract with Huajing for tomorrow.
Wasn’t she someone who had dropped out for three years?!
Rong Zhi absentmindedly responded with a hum.
Rong Jin immediately became unsettled. Recently, he had become familiar with Rong Zhi, knowing she wasn’t one to fuss over things. He asked whatever he wanted, and the latter turned her head slightly from the screen, pointing at his phone with a slight curl of her fingers.
He confusedly unlocked his phone, seeing a WeChat message refresh, which was sent by Rong Zhi a few seconds ago.
Rong Jin enlarged the picture to the maximum, his eyes widening as if he wanted to stick to the screen.
"Third nephew, you actually scored full marks in the math Olympiad, first in the city!"
The young girl was just about to speak when the WeChat in the bottom right corner of the computer chimed, reminding her of a new message.
She moved the mouse and clicked it open.
Tang Xuyun: [Third Young Master, Chief Qi wants to meet with you, when might you be available?]
Why does Qi Ruiqin want to see her?
Rong Zhi thought for a moment, replied: [Weekend.]
Tang Xuyun: [Okay, by the way, Third Young Master, I recently got a traditional Chinese medicine prescription obtained not long ago, the researchers at the institute have studied it halfway, do you want to take a look?]
Since it was a prescription obtained by the Medical Research Institute, it wouldn’t be quite right to give it to her for research as an outsider.
Rong Zhi tactfully declined.
Tang Xuyun: [It’s no big deal, it’s not some world-class secret, it’ll be made public sooner or later, just take a casual look.]
A second after sending the message, Tang Xuyun sent over a file, which Rong Zhi accepted.
It was a prescription specifically for treating neurological disorders.
Rong Zhi paused slightly upon seeing it, then her fingers slid downward, the prescription listed hundreds of medicinal ingredients, many of which are already lost in contemporary society, though some might appear at auctions.
As for its efficacy, no one has tried it yet, so it’s currently unknown.
Come to think of it, she hasn’t researched a new drug in over two years.
She could take this opportunity to give it a try.
After the initial shock, Rong Jin had calmed down. He looked at the score in front of him, enough for parents to boast about until the end of the year, rubbed it twice, and let out an almost inaudible sigh.
He looked ahead, seeing the young girl sitting upright behind the desk, her sleeves rolled halfway up her arms, with Buddha beads and bracelets on her wrist, making her wrist bones appear delicate and fair, exuding a few traces of steady coldness.
Her gaze slightly lowered, she focused with full attention, her whole demeanor carried a few shades of peace he hadn’t seen before.
Not so difficult to approach now.
Rong Jin opened and closed his mouth several times, and after a while, he pursed his lips, rubbed his face to try to make his sharp features look gentler, "Third nephew, Third Uncle wants to discuss something with you."