Brainoid

Qi Min left by plane with other PIs from the University of Science and Technology of China, and when she arrived at the laboratory the next day, she saw Ke Li as expected.

When she walked to the door of the laboratory, she saw Ke Yue walking out of it wearing a white lab coat and a blue mask.

"Hi, you're back!" Ke Li smiled at her, and she could tell from the change in her eyes even though she was wearing a mask, "How about going to the United States?"

"Hmm... not bad. Anyway, I just sit there and listen, just like listening to a lecture." Qi Min replied casually, "Have you settled down here?"

"Yes, your dormitory for doctoral students is not bad, but the hot water supply time limit is annoying." Ke Li walked out and said to her in the corridor, "Seriously, if you have to finish washing before eleven o'clock, If you want to take a shower, you have to go back before 10:30, right? At 10:30, the nightlife hasn’t started yet... Is this the same in your girls’ building?”

Only then did Qi Min remember that she had deliberately misled Ke Yue into thinking that she was a doctoral student. She originally wanted to add a little fun to Ke Li's meeting with Wang Xin and Chen Linyou, but she didn't expect those two people to be so bad and didn't tell him the truth until now.

Qi Min has never been to the girls' dormitory of the doctoral dormitory, but he thought that the hot water supply should be about the same, so he compiled: "It's all like this. In order to save energy, the school has to combine bathing time together."

"The university is still more of a campus environment. The dormitories in our computing center all share a water heater in a suite. But in fact, the electricity bill goes faster that way." Ke Li smiled again and waved to her, " Let’s talk some more, I’m going to the rat room.”

"Did the destined rat arrive so soon?" Qi Min asked with some surprise.

"Of course." Ke Li said, "You arrived as soon as you left, so scared those two brats that they called me over quickly."

After he finished speaking, he put it in the pocket of his white coat and walked away leisurely. Behind his back, Qi Min found it funny that he was only one or two levels older than Wang Xin and Chen Linyou, but he actually called them "kid". And if it weren't for Wang Xin and Chen Linyou who were also undergraduate direct Ph.D. students, he might not necessarily be older than them.

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After the arrival of Ke Quercus, animal experiments can be carried out.

The research team at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris told her in an email that they had sent out the corpus callosum interface and detailed information, and it should arrive in less than a week. Before that, Qi Min needs to debug the 256×256×256 micro-brainoid body she stored in the computing center of the school, and Ke Yue needs to raise the purchased rats until they are in stable condition, so that they can carry out the callosal interface. installation.

But apart from that, Qi Min had more important things to do, which was to quickly find a house to rent.

She returned to Yan Zhaolan's house and mentioned the matter to her during dinner.

At first, Yan Zhaolan thought she was embarrassed to rent her apartment, and immediately advised her: "Minzi, it doesn't matter if you live here. It's so expensive to rent a house outside. When you pass TENURE and the school arranges teachers' apartments, it won't be too late for you to move." ."

It is indeed very expensive to rent a house within the Third Ring Road in Beijing, and it is really rare to find such loyal friends. Yan Zhaolan and her lover are DINK, and they have cats at home but not children. Moreover, Yan Zhaolan is studying for a Ph.D. and her lover is a postdoctoral fellow. They often leave early and come back late, so Qi Min's residence is actually not a hindrance. But it's okay to stay alone, but it's really inappropriate if you bring your boyfriend and daughter with you.

It's just that none of Qi Min's friends in China knew about Anton and Mimi. Of course, she couldn't just promote it outside, lest her parents find out and call her overseas every day.

"Uh... Actually, I don't think it's convenient..." Qi Min explained awkwardly, "My boyfriend is coming to... Beijing, so he has to find a place to live alone."

"You have a boyfriend?" Yan Zhaolan looked at her with wide eyes in surprise, "That's a good thing. When did you find him?"

"Not... not long..." Qi Min concealed it awkwardly.

"You've hidden it well enough." Yan Zhaolan patted her shoulder happily, giving people the impression that "my pigs can go out to serve cabbage." "Okay, since I want to live alone with my boyfriend, We won’t bother you any more. Do you want me to help you keep an eye on who is renting a house in your circle of friends?”

"Thank you very much." Qi Min said with a smile, "By the way..." She opened WeChat and transferred three thousand yuan to Yan Zhaolan, "I didn't think I should give you two good things, so I just gave the money. .”

"Hey, you're not a friend enough." Yan Zhaolan picked up the phone and looked at it, but didn't accept the payment. "Which of us follows who? When I was in school, I never wrote two homeworks at the same time. There is no need to hand in two homeworks now." Share the rent - keep the money, big PI, I may have to ask you for help when I graduate soon."

Qi Min thought about it. She and Yan Zhaolan had the same problem, so they naturally wanted to help each other. When Qi Min couldn't find a teaching position, it was Yan Zhaolan who took her in. Now that Yan Zhaolan has graduated, there's no telling that Qi Min will also play an important role in her finding a job. It is precisely because they are in the same situation that the relationship is so strong. Such a strong friend does not need to pay back the favor with money.

"Then I really save money." Qi Min joked, "But when I move, I will definitely come to treat you to dinner."

"That's for sure." Yan Zhaolan looked at her lover sitting opposite, "Just tell me and He Jin's appetite. If you don't like that cafeteria, we can bankrupt him."

Hearing what she said, He Jin, who had just been busy eating, frowned and looked at her and said, "Why are you still eating? It's because we are thinking about eating that we can't lose weight. Eat less and give it to others. Leave the cafeteria alive.”

"Look how ambitious brother is." Qi Min couldn't help but smile, "You have to work hard, Lan Lan."

"Tch, you have the ambition to succeed." Yan Zhaolan said half-jokingly, "Since their school can deliver takeaways upstairs, this guy has gained almost ten pounds in a month."

"It's all the kids in the lab who insist on ordering it. Do you think I can stop eating it?" He Jin defended himself, "If I don't eat with them, they might say behind my back that I'm too aloof and unsociable. Woolen cloth."

Yan Zhaolan’s lover He Jin is a top 2 undergraduate student and stays in the laboratory where he studied as a postdoc. Most of the doctoral students in the laboratory where he worked were admitted from other schools with lower first-class qualifications. Moreover, He Jin also published articles in high-scoring journals during his Ph.D., and was quite trusted by his instructors. After becoming a postdoc, he was like a semi-professional. Like a boss. That's why he was particularly worried that the students in the laboratory would not treat him as "one of their own."

In contrast, Qi Min is a little lucky. The doctoral students in her laboratory regard her as one of their own, and even send her a WeChat message when she wants to eat chicken in the middle of the night. This made Qi Min feel that if someone from the Academic Affairs Office found out that she was leading students to play games as a PI, they would probably cause trouble for her.

But having said that, will eating takeout really make you gain ten pounds a month? It's really scary. I'd better eat less in the future. This way I can save money.