235: Chapter 235 Successfully Completed! The Synthesis Method for Kerr Brand Stimulant!

Gu Qing's voice trembled slightly. She tried her best to suppress her excited emotions, but the joy on her face couldn't be hidden at all.

"That phase of work over there is finished. I came back to the school to handle some matters and decided to drop by and see you while I was at it."

Zhao Yang's tone was as steady as ever.

Hearing the words "drop by and see you," the corners of Gu Qing's mouth couldn't help but curl upward.

"Going to self-study?" Zhao Yang glanced at the books in her arms.

"Yes, I'm planning to go to the Library to look up some literature on Plant Physiology."

Gu Qing nodded.

"Let's go, I'll walk with you for a bit."

The two walked side by side on the small paths of the Yanlin University campus at night.

The streetlights were a dim yellow, and a gentle breeze was blowing.

At first, the atmosphere was slightly awkward. After all, that alcohol-scented forced kiss from three months ago... no matter how they tried to avoid it, it was something that had objectively happened.

However, both were rational personalities. They tacitly avoided the subject.

"How has the lab been lately? Has Professor Gu's next project been approved for funding?"

Zhao Yang took the initiative to speak, steering the topic toward the safest territory: academia.

"It's been approved. It's about the regulation of gene expression in Arabidopsis Thaliana under Salt Stress. But without you here, the progress on the preliminary sequencing data processing has been much slower."

Gu Qing replied, her tone gradually returning to its natural state.

"If you run into any algorithm problems that get you stuck, you can package the data and send it to my email. I'll find some time at night to help you run the models."

Zhao Yang gave his promise.

"Okay." Gu Qing turned to look at him, a light flickering in the depths of her eyes.

The two of them walked a lap around the sports field like this, chatting for about half an hour. Most of it was about their studies, the lab, and some math problems Zhao Yang had encountered at Peking University.

Although not a single word touched upon feelings, this peaceful exchange made Gu Qing very happy. In fact, after that confession that day, Gu Qing had regretted it as soon as she returned to her dormitory.

Because she was truly afraid—afraid that Zhao Yang would stop talking to her from then on. Especially since they hadn't had any communication for over three months, she had been somewhat out of her mind during this period.

The current situation made Gu Qing truly happy!

At least, there was hope!

After walking Gu Qing to the bottom of the Library building, Zhao Yang stopped.

"Go on in. I'm heading back now," Zhao Yang said.

"Okay, stay safe on the road." Gu Qing held her books and stood on the steps, watching him.

Zhao Yang nodded and turned to leave.

Gu Qing kept her eyes on his back until he disappeared around the corner of the intersection before turning to enter the Library.

An hour later, having finished her research, Gu Qing returned to the girls' dormitory.

She pushed open the dormitory door.

Gu Qing, who usually had a cold expression and always kept people at a distance, now had an extremely obvious smile at the corners of her eyes and brows. She was even softly humming a light, cheerful melody as she put down her books.

This visible happiness immediately caught the attention of the other three girls in the dorm.

Wang Ting, who was applying a facial mask, looked up. Seeing Gu Qing's radiant, beaming face, her brow immediately furrowed.

Wang Ting and Gu Qing had never gotten along. This conflict had become even more acute after she learned that Gu Qing and Zhao Yang were close.

Because she herself liked Zhao Yang extremely much and had tried various ways to confess to him, only to be ruthlessly rejected every time.

Wang Ting only gave Gu Qing a cold look and let out a sarcastic snort, then turned back to continue patting her cheeks in the mirror, minding her own business.

Meanwhile, Mei Lin and Zhou Xuan, who were eating snacks nearby, didn't have so many reservations.

They curiously crowded around.

"Qingqing, did you find some money while you were out? Why is your mood suddenly so good?"

Mei Lin asked gossiping.

"Yeah, I haven't seen you smile this happily in months. Did something good happen?" Zhou Xuan chimed in.

Gu Qing tidied the books on her desk, not hiding her emotions, and said frankly, "It's nothing. It's just that Zhao Yang came back to school just now. He came to the dorm building to find me, and we went for a walk together."

As soon as these words were spoken, the dormitory went silent for a second.

"God Zhao is back? He came specifically to find you?!"

Mei Lin's eyes widened, her face full of disbelief.

"My god, Qingqing, you're too lucky! That's Zhao Yang! He's been at Peking University for so long, and the first thing he does when he gets back is come find you!"

Wang Ting, who had originally been facing away from them, suddenly stopped her movements upon hearing this.

She turned her head, her gaze toward Gu Qing instantly filled with jealousy. She bit her lip hard and slammed the bottle of skincare product in her hand onto the table with a sharp, dull thud.

Gu Qing didn't pay any attention to Wang Ting's reaction at all. She took out her toiletries and walked toward the washroom with light steps.

On the other side.

Having handled the matter with Gu Qing, Zhao Yang walked on the way back to the staff apartments and breathed a slight sigh of relief. At least he had managed to deal with it for the short term. As for the follow-up...

He would worry about future things in the future!

Early the next morning.

Zhao Yang didn't stay long at Yanjing Forestry University. He packed his things and took a car directly back to Peking University.

Returning to that familiar independent office.

Zhao Yang immediately collected his thoughts, casting aside all external distractions. He picked up his pen again and continued working on conquering Goldbachs Conjecture.

Time passed day by day in the extremely tedious and brain-burning mathematical deductions.

A few days later.

Late one night.

Zhao Yang was sitting in front of his computer, reviewing a foreign language paper on the distribution of zeros of the Riemann Zeta function.

On the desk, the phone screen next to him suddenly lit up, and a specific, highly encrypted code message popped up.

This was the emergency contact channel he had set up specifically for the artificial intelligence "Shin-chan."

Zhao Yang immediately picked up the phone, entered a string of extremely complex physical keys, and unlocked the message.

On the screen, Shin-chan had sent a data briefing hundreds of pages long.

"Master, Black Lamp Laboratory has successfully reverse-engineered the core carbon ring structure of the 'ker brand stimulant.'"

"And an industrialized synthesis path that can achieve large-scale mass production has been confirmed. Live animal testing of the drug's efficacy shows a 92.7% similarity to the original formula."

Seeing this Shin-chans, an extremely excited light suddenly erupted in Zhao Yang's habitually deep and calm eyes.

It worked!

Those three sets of expensive industrial robots and the massive amount of reagents and materials hadn't gone to waste. Shin-chan's exhaustive computing power, combined with tireless physical operations, had finally brute-forced the cracking of this beyond-the-era system medicine.

92.7% similarity. This was a very good figure!

The original ker brand stimulant could increase a person's efficiency by nearly fifty percent, and after use, it made it easy for them to enter a deep sleep state.

Even if its effects were cut down to only 92.7%, once this synthetic drug was released, the results would surely be fantastic!

This was a gold mine!

After receiving this good Shin-chans, Zhao Yang's execution power was instantly dialed to the maximum.