Chapter 108: You Can't Just Walk Around in Fine Clothes at Night, Right?
Unfortunately, even though Chen Yiwen dreamed countless times about Qiao Ze wielding the chip to great effect, half a month had passed, and in reality, Qiao Ze simply spent his rest time reading books and occasionally perusing papers on chip manufacturing, but there was no follow-up.
His main focus was actually on the stuff that she couldn't understand at all.
Things like constant matrices, soliton solutions, instanton solutions, monopole cluster solutions...
When she really saw these terms casually written down in Qiao Ze's draft, Chen Yiwen felt her brain starting to overheat.
Not to mention the series of complex equations that looked like hieroglyphics, which even made this undergraduate from the School of Mathematics feel intimidated.
This was truly annoying...
So what exactly was Qiao Ze doing with those chip books?
Was it really just to rest his brain?
But who takes a break by flipping through so many books every day?
Wouldn't reading a book for a few days be enough?
Tormented by curiosity and unable to sleep at night, Chen Yiwen had even asked Su Mucheng in private to help inquire about Qiao Ze's actual plans.
Unfortunately, she was flatly rejected by the woman.
"Why are you asking so much? Everything Qiao does has a purpose. If he's not telling you, it means it needs to be kept confidential. You don't need to doubt anything, all you need to do is trust Qiao!"
Okay, this woman's brain must have been washed clean by Qiao Ze, leaving only the stem!
Of course, Chen Yiwen only dared to complain about this in her mind.
In the end, all she could do was to imitate Tan Jingrong, suppressing her curiosity and doing her daily tasks in an orderly fashion.
Time passed slowly amid Chen Yiwen's various frustrations, and mid-July arrived.
She didn't get to see Qiao Ze take on the chip industry, but the research team did receive some good news.
Su Lixing returned from Shencheng with two thick stacks of contracts.
This was undoubtedly great news.
Unfortunately, Chen Yiwen still didn't know the specific contents of the contracts.
That's because, it was said, both parties had signed a confidentiality agreement and could not disclose the specifics for a certain period of time.
However, Chen Yiwen could tell that the project must have been sold for a good price.
Because she had seen with her own eyes how Su Mucheng, a woman who normally didn't care about money, paused for a moment after whispering with Su Lixing and then excitedly commented, "Dad, you are indeed a professional at doing business! Impressive, impressive."
From that remark alone, Chen Yiwen suspected that both Qiao Ze and Su Mucheng had become bona fide billionaires.
But she had no evidence.
Actually, Chen Yiwen felt that she could have been certain of this.
As long as Qiao Ze and Su Mucheng's father showed the slightest bit of emotional fluctuation when they came out of the small room after their conversation, she could have been sure of it.
Because of this, when Qiao Ze was talking with Su Lixing, she kept an eye on the situation there.
In the end, Qiao Ze came out in less than five minutes.
After coming out, whether it was his expression, pace, posture, or any other reaction, there was no difference from usual.
She even went up to ask him a question directly, and Qiao Ze casually gave her guidance as he always did, without any of the attitude she imagined might come with a sudden windfall.
This made Chen Yiwen doubt her judgment again.
After all, she couldn't understand how someone could remain completely rational in the face of something like a sudden fortune; what could such a person possibly aspire to in life?
If she suddenly came into tens or even hundreds of millions of wealth, let alone holding back laughter, she might be so excited that she'd run into the campus, stripping while running and frantically streaking in celebration.
Well, a big shot is a big shot after all.
Their way of thinking probably never aligns with that of ordinary people like her.
Every time she had this thought, she would miss Zhang Zhou and Gu Zhengliang, who had already gone home, very much.
Without these two around, there was really too much fun missing.
Luckily, at lunch that day, someone came to fill the gap.
Here's what happened.
That day at lunchtime, several school leaders somehow got wind that Su Lixing had returned and actively came to invite everyone from the research team to dine together in celebration.
Originally, Li Jiangao's intention was to get everyone together for a lively occasion.
However, Tan Jingrong was waiting for some important data and couldn't leave, so he said he wouldn't go.
If Tan Jingrong wasn't going, Chen Yiwen also felt that such an event wouldn't be interesting and said she wouldn't go either.
With both declining, Liu Chenfeng, who hadn't been part of the research team before, seemed to feel embarrassed and also declined politely.
Chen Yiwen could tell that Qiao Ze didn't really want to go either.
However, after Su Mucheng brazenly hooked his arm, the big shot simply kept silent and didn't refuse, and so he was escorted out with the group.
So after the group left, Chen Yiwen went as usual to get three meals to come back, and the three of them gathered around the meeting table to eat. Liu Chenfeng, who had recently joined the research team, started the conversation with evident envy, "You two must be comfortable now, the last project was a success, and you'll probably be getting a bonus soon."
When it came to such topics, Tan Jingrong, as usual, just grinned and kept his head down eating his food without responding.
Being cautious was Tan Jingrong's motto; he typically stayed out of such discussions.
However, for Chen Yiwen, who had been frustrated for a long time, her eyes were already shining at this moment.