194: The highest honor, awarded to everyone!

Lin Yang was a little numb.

He suddenly wasn't very keen on searching for ancient animals anymore.

national treasure value or not, it didn't matter!

He Ming, that Dead Fatty, had already set up two memorial tablets for him.

If he really brought ancient animals to the Ecology Institute, and the entire Ecology Institute started setting up memorial tablets for him...

That image was too beautiful, he didn't even dare to imagine it!

Just thinking about it made his scalp tingle!

He was afraid he wouldn't die, but would be worshipped to death.

"Lin, why has your complexion suddenly turned a bit pale? Are you feeling unwell?"

Yuan Zhihe looked at Lin Yang's suddenly changing expression and asked with concern. Zhao Zizhen immediately stopped and looked over anxiously.

"No, I just suddenly thought of something, that's all. I'm fine, thank you for your concern."

Lin Yang took a deep breath, shook his head vigorously, and banished that bizarre image from his mind.

"Oh, oh, it's good that you're fine, it's good that you're fine!" Yuan Zhihe and Zhao Zizhen both sighed in relief.

Lin Yang was now more precious than a national treasure. Let alone getting sick, even if he had a slight headache or fever, they would be heartbroken.

Upon arriving at Zhao Zizhen's office, Yuan Zhihe printed out the report and handed it to Lin Yang for his signature.

While Lin Yang was signing, Zhao Zizhen suddenly spoke, "Lin, once this report is submitted, your Medal of Honor will definitely be issued. How about we directly present this medal at your home?"

"Huh?" Lin Yang's signing motion paused slightly. He looked up at Zhao Zizhen, momentarily unable to understand what he meant.

"Hehe, Lin, you've done so much for the country. Every single one of your contributions deserves the highest honor. We actually prepared those Medals of Honor a long time ago, but you've been keeping your identity hidden, so we couldn't find anyone to present them to."

Zhao Zizhen chuckled and explained:

"Although you returned to the country a while ago, you weren't planning on fully revealing your identity, so there was never a suitable opportunity. How about we take this chance to directly issue all your Medals of Honor?"

"Uh... then just give them to me directly. Why send them to my home?" Lin Yang frowned slightly. "Wouldn't sending the medals directly to my home be equivalent to announcing my identity?"

"Ah, Lin, a national-level Medal of Honor is the highest honor. We've always felt it was a great pity that we couldn't publicly crown you."

Zhao Zizhen suddenly sighed and said slowly, "Other medals can temporarily not be issued to your home and not be publicized for now, but this Ecology Institute Medal of Honor should be sent directly to your home. This won't expose your identity."

Seeing Lin Yang about to speak, Zhao Zizhen's words quickened, "Lin, didn't you use the excuse of helping a research institute solve a big problem as the reason why you were being fought over by various universities to explain to your family and friends? When they went to your home to recruit you, they spoke according to your instructions."

"Now, presenting this medal at your home is very appropriate. After all, only by receiving such an honor can the matter of the presidents of various universities personally going to your home to recruit you become more reasonable, right?"

"...But, I said before that I helped solve a major problem in physics, and this Medal of Honor is for ecology..." Lin Yang blinked.

"Uh... is, is there?" Zhao Zizhen was stunned, then almost immediately came back to his senses and said, "Improving seed genes can also be linked to physics, right? They're all high-tech work!"

Lin Yang: "..."

That works too?

He looked at Zhao Zizhen with a strange expression.

Are those really words that a Great Science Academy president would say?

Seriously?!

Zhao Zizhen felt a little guilty under Lin Yang's gaze. He looked directly at the ceiling and said faintly:

"You haven't officially enrolled since you came to the imperial capital. If this Ecology Medal of Honor is publicly awarded, we can use this medal to openly cut off everyone's curiosity about you being fought over for admission. Your family will also be proud of this, right!"

"And they will definitely be more at ease with you attending university in the imperial capital, and won't worry about you being expelled for not keeping up with the coursework anymore."

... Lin Yang's expression grew even stranger.

How did Zhao Zizhen know his mother had worried about such a thing?

"Did you... leave listening devices in my home?" Lin Yang asked with an inexplicable tone.

"Ah?"

This question sent a shiver down Zhao Zizhen's spine, and he immediately began to frantically explain:

"Lin, don't overthink it! There's no such thing! How could we leave listening devices in your home?!"

"Then how did you know my mom said she was worried about me not keeping up with the coursework and getting expelled?" Lin Yang's tone was also faint.

"Cough, cough... This... this..."

Zhao Zizhen hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said:

"I'll be honest with you. Your mother, Ms. Zhang, specifically asked the university presidents about this matter before they left on the day they came to recruit you. She said that your grades in school were usually just average, and suddenly being fought over by various universities, she was worried about what would happen if you came to the imperial capital for university and couldn't keep up with the courses..."

At this point, Zhao Zizhen glanced at Lin Yang's expression. Seeing that Lin Yang didn't show much change in expression, he continued:

"Although all the university presidents guaranteed at the time that they would absolutely not expel you, it's clear that Ms. Zhang would still have that concern."

"So I thought, words alone are not enough. It's better to use this Medal of Honor to completely put her at ease. With this medal, she won't have to worry about you being expelled, no matter what..."

... Lin Yang was speechless.

He remained silent for two and a half minutes.

Lin Yang then spoke again, "Alright, my mom is indeed capable of doing something like that. Then, let's just send the medal directly to my home for my mom to see."

He could naturally tell that Zhao Zizhen was so eager to have the Medal of Honor sent to his home, in addition to dispelling his mother's worries, the main reason was to deepen his sense of belonging and honor recognition.

However, he didn't say anything more.

Because what Zhao Zizhen said did make some sense.

This Medal of Honor could make his mom and dad proud of him and completely put their minds at ease.

Lest he be fought over without a clear reason, making them worry every day that he would be expelled for not keeping up with the coursework...

Hearing this, Zhao Zizhen breathed a slight sigh of relief, then emphasized again:

"Lin, please don't misunderstand! We would absolutely never do something like leave listening devices in your home!"

"I know..." Lin Yang smiled mysteriously.

Of course, he knew there were no listening devices at home, after all, he had the system monitoring it.

The reason he said that just now was to deliberately bluff Zhao Zizhen, just to make him tell the truth.

Zhao Zizhen didn't notice the subtle change in Lin Yang's expression. Seeing that Lin Yang accepted his explanation and suggestion, he was completely relieved and then said:

"Then I'll tell them now to prepare to present the Medal of Honor at your home!"

"Good!" Lin Yang nodded.

"Do you want to give your family a heads-up first? Or should the person delivering the medal go directly?"

The next second, Zhao Zizhen seemed to remember something and asked again.

Lin Yang smiled slightly, "No need to inform them. Since it's meant to be a surprise, let it be a sudden one."

He could almost imagine how surprised his mother would be when she suddenly saw him receive the highest national honor medal.

"Haha, good, then let them send the Medal of Honor directly!"

Zhao Zizhen couldn't help but smile, then looked at the time: "However, at this hour, Ms. Zhang should still be at work. Is it okay to send the medal directly to her workplace?"

"Yes." Lin Yang nodded.

Since it was going to be a surprise anyway, he might as well go all out.

His mom had always envied colleagues at work whose children excelled in school.

Those colleagues also knew his grades weren't very good, so sometimes they would deliberately bring up grades to provoke his mom.

This time, he would let them envy and be jealous of his mom in return!

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