Chapter 683: Ji Muxi, the Traitor

Song Yaxian felt both anxious and expectant.

During this period, she had been overwhelmed by the lawsuit from the United States, exhausted from dealing with it, and miserable, leaving her almost no time to [connect] with Zheng Qian. Now, being teased by him until she was flustered, she gritted her teeth and prepared to go all out.

Thinking of this, she immediately flipped over to take the lead.

Just as she was about to teach Zheng Qian a "lesson," the door opened.

Professor Ji Muxi's mouth fell open.

Seeing Song Yaxian clutching Zheng Qian's collar, looking like a battle was in full swing, she immediately understood what was happening. Although she was a top student and a scientific expert, she wasn't a completely unworldly monster; she knew about such things.

She just didn't expect them to be so bold as to [connect] right in the office.

"Hmm... I suddenly remembered I have something to do; I'll come back in fifteen minutes."

As she spoke, she prepared to close the door and leave.

She thought to herself, fifteen minutes should be enough, right?

Sometimes she would meet with close girlfriends to chat, and as they talked, they would inevitably discuss their boyfriends. As they talked, they would inevitably discuss their boyfriends' combat effectiveness. Some would complain, while others would say it felt incredibly good.

Professor Ji Muxi detested this; in her eyes, these people were simply insufferably vulgar.

So she stopped going to those gatherings, feeling they were just too vulgar, which is why she only liked academic idols.

But having heard so much, she basically had a rough understanding of men's situations.

It seemed many people lasted around fifteen minutes.

Hmm, Zheng Qian was so young, his experience might not be rich, maybe not even fifteen minutes.

"Wait! No, it's not what you think!"

Song Yaxian's heart trembled, and she hurriedly called out to stop Professor Ji Muxi.

She explained with a crimson face, "It's all a misunderstanding! Professor Ji! I just suddenly saw a few mosquitoes; we were originally sitting on the sofa chatting, so I subconsciously wanted to swat them! You must not misunderstand!"

Professor Ji Muxi knitted her brows and thought seriously for a moment.

She very easily determined that Song Yaxian was lying, pushed up her glasses, and said indifferently, "Deputy Director... you actually don't need to explain so clearly; it's just a normal physiological need, it's nothing, I'll come back in fifteen minutes."

Fifteen minutes? Emphasized twice?

Zheng Qian couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

It seems our Professor Anmushi has a bit of contempt for my combat effectiveness.

"Come back, let's not talk about this for now." Zheng Qian waved his hand and nodded, "Sit down, I came here just for you. My dear, please go find Song Qingli and ask her to wait; I have some things to arrange later."

"Mm-hmm." Song Yaxian left with a blushing face, but her heart was sweet.

Zheng Qian was so good; he didn't shy away from their relationship at all and even called her 'my dear' in front of Professor Ji Muxi.

Based on this, even if Zheng Qian was deliberately sending her away, Song Yaxian didn't think anything of it.

Professor Ji Muxi didn't dwell on it either; she sat down opposite Zheng Qian, "What is it?"

Even she didn't know why she suddenly felt Zheng Qian had become repulsive. Previously, she had communicated with him many times about technical matters, and he was always able to speak eloquently, which Professor Ji Muxi very much appreciated.

Could it be because she saw him with Song Yaxian?

But hadn't she known about this for a long time?

Zheng Qian brewed her a cup of tea and said thoughtfully, "Professor Ji, what do you think about this Semiconductor Chip lawsuit?"

"Hooligan behavior; they have no chance of winning." Mentioning professional matters, Professor Ji Muxi reluctantly pulled back that previous emotion, "That small technology company does indeed hold a few patents, but I feel they are too impatient. At the very least, they should have waited until the mobile phone was officially on sale globally and had achieved significant revenue before suing. That way, it might have been more than 2.5 billion USD."

Zheng Qian nodded; actually, Professor Ji Muxi was right.

Generally, very professional patent trolls usually wait until the so-called "infringing party" has achieved huge economic benefits, so that the compensation obtained from the lawsuit can be higher.

"They weren't aiming for compensation in the first place; they just wanted to delay the launch time of Huaxia Mobile. Furthermore, they are attempting to artificially set up technological shackles to bind our research progress. Most importantly, they also want to ruin our reputation."

"This lawsuit will take at least a year or two, and by then, it will be too late."

Reminded by Zheng Qian, Professor Ji Muxi finally understood what was going on.

She knitted her brows and couldn't help but say, "I understand now, and many of the [involved technologies] cannot be used, at least not until the court reaches a conclusion. Without these technologies, our subsequent research will be subject to many constraints. It's truly detestable; we clearly didn't infringe, and for them to do this is really too despicable!"

Professor Ji Muxi was very angry right now.

Her breathing was rapid.

Even... Zheng Qian didn't dare to look at her, worried that with one deep breath, the buttons on her lab coat would pop open. Hmm... to be precise, those few buttons were already dangling precariously and could explode at any moment.

"Also, I feel a bit puzzled. They seem to know too much about our technology!"

"Actually, I've been wanting to tell you for a long time; I suspect there is a mole in our research institute."

Hearing her confident analysis, Zheng Qian couldn't help but chuckle.

Because the mole is you.

That wasn't rigorous enough; more accurately, Professor Ji Muxi had become a "mole" without her own knowledge. He lit a cigarette, trying hard to think of the wording, afraid of touching Professor Ji Muxi's sensitive nerves and causing her to misunderstand instead.

"It's like this, I want to ask you, before we upgraded the confidential management system, did you go home?"

The reason for upgrading the confidential management system was because Zheng Qian had detected a leak of the Semiconductor Chip technology.

This system didn't just refer to a computer system, but an entire management mechanism for confidential information.

Including but not limited to: specially made mobile phones, specially made computers, anti-eavesdropping devices, and so on.

"I went back a few times; my dad made me go on blind dates... You... suspect me?"

Professor Ji Muxi suddenly became a bit angry.

She could be said to be one of the most hardworking people in the research institute currently, wishing to put all her energy into Science. She was about to make a comprehensive breakthrough in the AI field and was about to achieve results, yet Zheng Qian actually suspected her?

Zheng Qian certainly knew her character.

However, he had also gotten his answer.

"No, I just hope Professor Ji won't be bound by vulgar love. Now is the prime time, how can you have the mind to date? I heard your research is about to produce results soon; you must seize the time to make a breakthrough."

Zheng Qian said solemnly.

Professor Ji Muxi couldn't help but be stunned, and she snorted coldly, "Since love is worthless and so vulgar in your mouth, why are you still with Song Yaxian? Break up!"

"Because I am a vulgar person by nature."

"You!"