get-shopping Chapter 462 Extra Chapter
Chapter 462 Extra Chapter
Once outside, Li Yanshen led Shen Shixi to his car, opened the back door, and said, "Get in!"
Shen Shixi looked at him and said, "Mr. Li, this is not a good idea. We've only just met and we're not familiar with each other yet. It's really inappropriate for you to take me home."
Her tone was full of probing.
Li Yanshen, with great gentlemanly manners, smiled and said, "Then I'll find a designated driver for Miss Shen, and my car will follow behind; I'm new back in the country and would like to make some friends, so I hope Miss Shen will give me face."
They're all in the same industry, so it's not inappropriate for Shen Shixi to ride in his car. They know each other well, and besides, the Shen family isn't someone to be trifled with.
Shen Shixi was indeed making things difficult for people, and she did it on purpose.
Li Yanshen was truly meticulous. She felt a deep sense of loss. Was she possessed? Why would Li Yuanke come?
She simply got into Li Yanshen's car, sat in the passenger seat, and fastened her seatbelt herself.
Li Yanshen drove out of the club, asked her for an address, and said with a smile, "What a coincidence, I also stay here when I come back to China."
Shen Shixi turned her head and glanced at him, unsure whether it was a real coincidence or not.
However, it doesn't matter whether it's true or false.
In the early hours of the morning, she received a call from her institute informing her that the project was starting and that a helicopter would be coming to pick her up in half an hour. They gave her a boarding address.
Shen Shixi spent five minutes packing her luggage. With her bag in hand, she only had time to say "goodbye" to her mother before sprinting to the community's helipad and boarding the helicopter.
Through the floor-to-ceiling window, Li Yanshen saw her running figure, like a nimble cheetah.
The helicopter took Shen Shixi to a research institute in Northwest China. After getting off the plane, she went straight to the conference room. Almost everyone had arrived. The director gave a briefing on the situation, announcing the launch of the project codenamed JR-53.
"If the project progresses as planned after its launch, each person will be granted a family visit leave every six months; otherwise, the family visit leave will be cancelled."
Everyone should be able to understand that the United States is ahead of us in the application of nanotechnology in the military field. In this area, we have fallen behind. We must catch up with a spirit of seizing every minute. Does everyone have confidence?
"have!"
Shen Shixi also shouted the slogan. When the tasks were assigned, she was to tackle the most difficult part: the development of new nanomaterials.
Her advisor hadn't arrived yet, and she had no clue what to do, so she could only start with modeling.
After working diligently for over ten days, the institute held a meeting, but the topic of the meeting was not mentioned. Shen Shixi temporarily put down his work and came to the meeting room to take a break from his high-speed brain.
A colleague asked her, "Do you know what's going to be said in today's meeting?"
Shen Shixi had a headache and rubbed her temples. "It's just that progress is slow, and my six-month family visit leave will be canceled!"
"Sigh, this is so difficult! My boyfriend said we'd get married this year, but it looks like the wedding isn't going to happen. I think I might get dumped. Engineer Shen, do you think I'll ever be able to get married?"
"Want to get married? It's easy! If you run away from this mountain, there's always another one. No problem, we have plenty of other things, but we have plenty of bachelors around here. Just go out and shout that you want to get married, and there will be plenty of suitors!"
"But I'm already thirty-six! In today's trendy terms, I'm a leftover woman!"
"Staying single is nothing! We married our country and dedicated ourselves to our cause. Even if we're single, it's still an honor..."
Before the word "Glory" was even fully uttered, Shen Shixi stared at the person following behind the director, her mouth agape.
What is he here for?
"Who is it? So handsome! Damn, what incredible luck I've had..." Her colleague nudged her, even more excited than when her boyfriend proposed.
"Is everyone here? Xiao Shen, is everyone in your group here?" The director called out Shen Shixi's name, mainly because her group was the core group.
"Report, everyone is present!" Shen Shixi stood up and said.
"Alright, I see everyone's here. Let me introduce you. This is Mr. Li Yanshen from London, England. He graduated from Sandhurst Military Academy and also studied at West Point. We invited him here today to give us a briefing on the latest advancements in the application of nanotechnology in the military field. Please welcome him!"
Shen Shixi clapped along, and Li Yanshen's gaze fell on her, smiling warmly.
Looking into those eyes that were so familiar, Shen Shixi's heart skipped a beat. Even though she knew that this person was not him, she couldn't ignore the fact that his eyes were just like Li Yuanke's.
She was quite curious about this person's identity. Wasn't he from the Li family in London? Listening to his lecture, she found him to be very familiar with the current state of weapons development in the world. When he talked about nanotechnology, although he wasn't very knowledgeable about the details, his general direction and applications gave them a lot of inspiration and help.
At least we won't take the wrong path.
After speaking for more than two hours, I finally finished.
But it didn't end there. Li Yanshen opened a Q&A session, saying, "I'm not a researcher, so I can only tell you what I know. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me, and I will answer them to the best of my ability."
He was looking at Shen Shixi as he spoke.
Shen Shixi was the first to ask a question: "The mosquito missiles currently used by the United States employ nanotechnology. I would like to know, what new materials and technologies have they used in their application of materials?"
Li Yanshen thought about it carefully, "The nanomaterials used can sense the external environment and mobilize dynamic characteristics to improve reconnaissance accuracy and guidance stealth. As for the technical characteristics, I personally think they demonstrate high intelligence, changing form according to the environment to achieve the purpose of deception..."
Shen Shixi listened very attentively, and the Q&A session lasted for one or two hours. In the end, everyone was still eager for more, marveling at the advanced technology in the United States while also expressing confidence that we could catch up.
The director invited Li Yanshen to have lunch there, and Li Yanshen readily agreed, saying, "Engineer Shen and I are old acquaintances. I didn't expect to meet you here again. Engineer Shen, would you have the honor of having lunch with me?"
He was referring to "lunch." Shen Shixi's brow twitched slightly, but she remained impassive. "How fortunate!"
They ate in the institute's cafeteria. The food was more refined than what Shen Shixi and his friends usually ate, but the variety was not as good.
While eating and chatting, Shen Shixi spoke little, while the director and Li Yanshen talked the most, discussing things in the West, including the current situation. Li Yanshen revealed quite a bit about the conspiracies and inside stories of the West.
After the meal, the director had some business to attend to, so he said to Shen Shixi, "Xiao Shen, could you keep Mr. Li company for me? I need to go on a conference call. Please take Mr. Li to my office later."
Shen Shixi naturally wouldn't refuse, "You're busy, I'll take good care of Mr. Li."
The two walked along the institute's rubber track. It was summer, and the roadside was full of crape myrtle flowers, with tall sycamore trees casting deep shade.
The sky in the northwest was high and blue, with white clouds drifting lazily by. Red walls surrounded her, and people walked slowly around her. Shen Shixi had the illusion of returning to another time and space.
After finishing their meals, she and Li Yuanke would stroll slowly along the corridors of Zhaoyang Palace, walk through the small garden, and then circle back from the peach grove.
Shen Shixi noticed a peach tree in the corner. It had somehow borne unripe, fuzzy, and rather ugly fruit. She heard Xihe's voice beside her, "Mother, the peaches are ripe! Can we eat them?"
Li Yanshen stopped and followed her gaze, seeing the peach trees high above the wall, laden with small, fuzzy peaches.
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