Genius Club

Chapter 43: Chapter 43: Uninvited Guest

Professor Xu Yun was single-mindedly devoted to saving his daughter.

He had no inclination to act as some kind of arbiter of justice.

Even if Lin Xian’s manuscript was indeed stolen, Professor Xu couldn’t care less.

He stopped thinking about extraneous matters and once again prepared the experimental apparatus, beginning the preparation of the Hibernation Pod Filling Liquid.

He forced himself to calm down.

He started to follow the steps outlined in the manuscript, conducting the experiment.

But then…

A problem quickly arose!

“Something’s not right… this chemical reaction formula is incorrect.”

Outside, dawn was breaking, and the sun was beginning to rise.

Professor Xu scratched his head and tried for a long time but couldn’t produce the chemical molecular formula.

He tried many methods, none of which were successful.

He attempted to skip this step and continue with the subsequent reactions, to no avail.

“This is a chain reaction that cannot be bypassed, but it… but it… seems to be wrong.”

Professor Xu’s glasses were completely fogged up; he was baffled.

The manuscript was undoubtedly correct, as the previous Ice Crystal experiment had already proven.

But this chain reaction formula just couldn’t succeed in the laboratory.

What exactly was going on?

Based on his past research experience, Professor Xu believed there could only be two reasons—

1. The chain reaction is incomplete, missing preliminary steps and environmental descriptions—possibly something Lin Xian overlooked when copying it.

2. The reaction formula itself is wrong, and the possibility of Lin Xian copying it incorrectly cannot be dismissed.

“What am I to do?”

Professor Xu hesitated.

Should he continue to work on the research by himself?

Or should he go find Lin Xian in person and clarify things?

Tap, tap, tap, tap.

Even without having slept all night, Professor Xu was still wide awake, pacing back and forth in the laboratory, deep in thought.

After much consideration,

he decided to go see Lin Xian in person.

His daughter had been in a vegetative state for too long now, at risk of respiratory failure at any time… Every second was precious and not to be wasted.

“I have no choice but to seek help from Lin Xian.”

Professor Xu wiped his glasses and made up his mind:

“But I must keep the details of this information a secret.”

“No matter his reasons for helping me, his intentions are good, and I can’t let my situation jeopardize him.”

Professor Xu didn’t have Lin Xian’s contact information.

Although he knew that Lin Xian worked for MX Company, he didn’t have contact information for MX Company or Zhao Yingjun…

“I’ll have to go to MX Company to find Lin Xian.”

Professor Xu checked his phone.

The time was 8:30 in the morning.

He put on his coat and drove directly to the city center.

An hour later.

MX Company’s reception desk.

“Hello.”

A middle-aged man with the look of an academic, his face marked with exhaustion and wearing thick glasses, approached the reception desk, gasping for breath:

“Hello, I’m looking for Lin Xian.”

The receptionist greeted him with a polite smile:

“Sir, do you have an appointment?”

“Ah? No… I don’t.” Professor Xu was taken aback:

“Just tell Lin Xian that—”

“Professor Xu Yun!”

In the lobby, a sharp male falsetto pierced through the air.

Everyone turned to look.

The source of the voice was Group Leader Wang, also known as Brother Wang, who had just come out of the elevator.

At that moment, Group Leader Wang was staring in disbelief, as if he had seen a ghost.

He sprinted over with rapid steps, almost appearing out of thin air in front of Professor Xu.

Clap!

He firmly grasped both of Professor Xu’s hands, his face flushed with excitement:

“Pro—Professor Xu Yun, what brings you here! Look at you, you should have let us know in advance… so we could have come to meet you!”

“I’m not here to see you.” Professor Xu pulled his hands away, cutting to the chase.

“I understand, I understand, you’re here to see President Zhao, right? Please wait in the VIP room with a cup of tea, and I’ll go call President Zhao right away!”

Group Leader Wang had previously visited Professor Xu with Zhao Yingjun and was of course aware of the esteemed scholar’s significance.

All the major global cosmetics companies were breaking their heads trying to get a word with Professor Xu Yun, but he was completely unapproachable. Even Zhao Yingjun mentioned giving up on Professor Xu’s project at the morning meeting this week.

But now, he had come to them directly!

How could they not take good care of this deity who decided the life and death of MX Company?

“Professor Xu, this way, please. I’ll call President Zhao to come down right now!”

Professor Xu Yun tried to say something else.

But Group Leader Wang was like a machine gun, not giving him any chance to speak, and forcefully dragged him to the VIP room.

Professor Xu Yun sighed.

Right now, he wished he could fly straight to Lin Xian’s side and ask for clarity on everything.

Desperate.

But he truly didn’t know where Lin Xian’s room was on which floor…

It seemed better to meet Zhao Yingjun first and explain his intentions. It would also serve as a greeting, so as not to be an uninvited guest who showed up unannounced.

Group Leader Wang bowed and asked Professor Xu to sit down, then commanded the service staff nearby:

“Hurry and prepare some tea, snacks, and fruit, and then stay here to brew a pot of tea for Professor Xu and see if he needs anything.”

With that, he managed a polite smile and vanished from the VIP room.

Reaching the lobby, Group Leader Wang frantically took out his phone and dialed Zhao Yingjun’s number:@@novelbin@@

“President Zhao, come downstairs quick! Something’s happened!”

“What’s happened?”

On the phone, Zhao Yingjun’s tone was calm.

“Professor Xu Yun is here at the company! Professor Xu Yun!”

On the 22nd floor, inside the office.

Zhao Yingjun stood up immediately:

“Are you sure you’re not seeing things?”

“Absolutely sure! President Zhao, please come down! This is the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our company to bounce back from the brink!”

Ding——

Three minutes later.

The elevator doors on the first floor opened with a sound.

Zhao Yingjun, followed by three vice presidents, strode out of the elevator. Without glancing around, they headed straight for the VIP room.

The three vice presidents were on high alert, their faces tense.

They all understood very well…

To other cosmetics companies, Professor Xu Yun might just be a money tree.

But for MX Company, and for the Rhein brand that was about to hold a launch event, he was a savior-like figure.

The importance was beyond question!

“Why has Professor Xu Yun come?”

Seeing Group Leader Wang approach, Zhao Yingjun asked directly.

Group Leader Wang shook his head:

“I… I don’t know, President Zhao. Nobody expected Professor Xu to act out of turn; we couldn’t even invite him before, and now he’s shown up without any notice!”

Zhao Yingjun nodded, then turned to look at the three vice presidents:

“When we talk later, don’t say anything out of place, especially do not mention buying authorization for the chemical substance, not a single word, we must first hear what Professor Xu Yun has to say.”

The three vice presidents also nodded in agreement.

It was clear to everyone that Professor Xu Yun had hurried over with a purpose.

But as for what that purpose was…

It was truly beyond even a sage to guess.

“Anyway, we’ll have to play it by ear,” one of the vice presidents muttered timidly.

…

Zhao Yingjun entered the VIP room and smiled at Professor Xu Yun:

“Professor Xu Yun, forgive our poor reception.”

Professor Xu Yun shook his head, speaking softly:

“Miss Zhao, I apologize for the sudden visit.”

“But I’m not here to see you today… I have an urgent matter with Lin Xian. Could you take me to him?”

Zhao Yingjun looked puzzled:

“Lin Xian?”

She never expected that Professor Xu Yun, in such a hurry and looking so exhausted, would actually be rushing to see Lin Xian. It was somewhat surprising.

But she nonetheless nodded nonchalantly, took out her phone:

“That’s all right, have a cup of tea while I call Lin Xian down.”

“No, no…”

Professor Xu Yun quickly stood up, pressing down on Zhao Yingjun’s phone, shaking his head seriously:

“Please take me to his office instead. I think… I would like to have a private chat with him.”

???

The three vice presidents looked at each other in bewilderment.

What was this all about?

Lin Xian got this much clout!?