Lin Chen sipped his drink with a smile, saying, "Mengyao, this imported milk tea really does taste better."
Xu Mengyao was puzzled. "This is domestic, not imported."
"The straw is imported," Lin Chen replied.
Xu Mengyao: "..."
She said, annoyed, "You're seriously talking nonsense. I actually thought the milk tea was imported."
"Here." Lin Chen handed her the milk tea.
Xu Mengyao: "I've had enough, I don't want any more. I see you're carrying other things, I'll reluctantly help you out."
She said that, but a few minutes later, she was still blushing as she continued to drink the milk tea with the same straw.
Directly kissing her was still too much, but sharing a straw to drink milk tea, that wasn't a problem.
"Lin Chen, what are you looking at?"
Xu Mengyao said, blushing and playfully scolding him.
Lin Chen looked at Xu Mengyao happily: "Wife, if I don't look at you, am I supposed to look at other beautiful women? There isn't anyone more beautiful than you on this street."
Some people nearby turned their heads to look at Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao.
Who would be so shameless as to praise their own wife like that?
Seeing Xu Mengyao and the others, he was stunned for a moment.
So it wasn't a matter of conscience, but the truth. Xu Mengyao's looks were top-tier, even nationwide.
"Let's go."
Xu Mengyao pulled Lin Chen, and they quickly walked away.
Unknowingly, Lin Chen and the others had been shopping for two hours.
"Lin Chen, this is the way to Purple Garden Estate."
Xu Mengyao said in the car.
Lin Chen nodded, "We're going to Purple Garden Estate. You've moved, and it's late. Are we going to your parents' place? It's also much closer to Purple Garden Estate from here."
Xu Mengyao checked the time.
It wasn't even ten o'clock yet.
Her heart beat a little faster.
Back when she was with Lin Chen, Lin Xiaoxi was always around. Tonight, it would just be the two of them in the house.
"Don't you dare get any ideas."
Lin Chen turned to Xu Mengyao and said gently, "Don't worry, my wife. I'll wait quietly for you to recover, until the day you completely open your heart to me."
"Mhm."
A warm feeling surged through Xu Mengyao's heart.
About half an hour later, Lin Chen and the others returned home.
"Honey, come watch TV with me after you shower," Xu Mengyao said proactively.
Lin Chen's eyes lit up. "Sure. You can shower in the master bedroom, and I'll use the guest bathroom. It'll be faster that way."
Ten minutes later, Lin Chen finished his shower. He turned on the TV, and Xu Mengyao emerged shortly after.
The only downside was that she wasn't wearing a silk nightgown.
"Mengyao, I picked a comedy movie. Do you want to watch this, or do you want to watch something else?"
"This is fine."
Xu Mengyao, her face flushed, came over to Lin Chen.
"This pillow is the dividing line, don't cross it, okay?"
Xu Mengyao said in a sweet voice.
She placed a sofa pillow between them.
"Then give me your hand."
Lin Chen reached out his hand.
Xu Mengyao obediently put her hand in his, and Lin Chen held it as they watched the movie together.
A hint of affection began to grow between them. This wouldn't lead them to quickly jump into bed, but the deeper their feelings, the faster Xu Mengyao would recover from her illness.
An hour and a half later, the movie ended.
"Good night, honey."
"If you're going to read, don't stay up too late."
"I'll sleep in the guest room."
Xu Mengyao got up quickly and went into the guest room.
Lin Chen had a faint smile on his face.
After shopping and watching a movie together, he could feel his relationship with Xu Mengyao deepening.
"System, what's my physique rating now?" Lin Chen asked in his mind.
He hadn't asked in a few days.
System: "Host, your current physique is two hundred and fifty-six points."
"Two hundred and fifty-six?"
"That's a bit less than I estimated."
System: "Host, you weren't with Lin Xiaoxi when you went to America, so your physique didn't increase. Sometimes it doesn't even increase by three points."
"Do you need me to remind you every day?"
Lin Chen: "No, let nature take its course."
Back in the study, Lin Chen continued reading books about airplanes.
"Hmm?"
Two hours later, Lin Chen discovered another error. However, this time the book wasn't written by the same professor.
Lin Chen found the contact email and sent a message.
The books he was reading were also studied by many graduate students, doctoral students, and even some experts.
At a research institution.
An old man was getting ready for bed.
He was a top expert at this research institution, in charge of new materials research, and often worked late.
Lying in bed, he opened the email on his phone.
It was his habit to check for urgent emails before bed.
"Hmm?"
The old man was taken aback.
He sat up and turned on the light.
He found the phone screen too small, so he got up and turned on his computer. Half an hour later, he slapped his thigh: "So that's it! No wonder the yield rate hasn't improved."
The yield rate for something they manufactured was only a little over thirty percent, not even reaching forty percent.
They had tried everything, but nothing worked.
The low yield rate led to high costs, making them unable to compete with foreign products.
"It's my fault, sigh!"
The old man was very remorseful.
Their research institute belonged to the state. Because of his mistake, they had wasted a lot of the country's funds, and many of them had also wasted a lot of time on this.
"Lin, you are correct."
"Thank you for pointing it out. May I ask your identity?"
"I will inform the higher-ups of your contribution."
The old man sent an email to Lin Chen.
Lin Chen was still reading. He heard the notification sound of a new email.
Lin Chen quickly read the email.
"Professor Lu, I'm just an ordinary person. I don't want any credit, and please don't look for me, thank you."
Professor Lu's eyes lit up.
He received Lin Chen's email so quickly.
"Lin, can we exchange some ideas? It's not classified, purely academic."
"Sure, 88, going to sleep."
Lin Chen shut down and went to sleep.
Professor Lu couldn't sleep at this moment. He contacted the publisher overnight, informed them of the errors in his book, and also explained this on Weibo.
"Lin, I have a few academic questions to ask you—"
After finishing the previous matters, Professor Lu sent Lin Chen another email.
This email contained much more content.
He was asking about academic problems that were troubling him. These academic problems were public and not confidential.
One night passed.
Lin Chen was already awake before Xu Mengyao got up.
He was full of energy and only needed three hours of sleep each day.
"Honey, good morning."
Xu Mengyao arrived at the kitchen door.
"Honey, go brush your teeth and wash your face. Breakfast will be ready soon."
Lin Chen said with a smile.
Xu Mengyao looked a little worried. "Honey, you went to bed late last night, right? Can you handle getting up so early?"
Lin Chen raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Mengyao, you'll find out how amazing your husband is later."
"My body is absolutely fantastic."
Xu Mengyao rolled her beautiful eyes at Lin Chen and chided him coquettishly, "You're such a flirt."
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