Master, That's My Wife and My House! - Chapter 31

When it was noon, Chen Feng finished his work and went straight to the Mining University.

Mining University.

“Xiao Rong, this next opportunity is very important. Given my relationship with your parents, I definitely want you to take another step forward, but the problem is that you haven’t achieved anything yet!” Dean Qi frowned and glanced at Jiang Rong sitting in front of him.

When this girl is not speaking, she sits there looking gentle, quiet, and lovely. But once you get her to speak, she’s a complete idiot. No matter who’s in front of her, she’ll talk back without hesitation or discussion.

However, Dean Qi couldn’t do anything about it; the girl had the connections! Her parents were both high-ranking officials. Sending their daughter here, to put it nicely, was to let her experience the hardships of ordinary people; to put it bluntly… she was just going through the motions, getting some prestige, and then she could sit in a much higher position than him.

“Dean Qi, what kind of results do you want me to produce?” Jiang Rong adjusted her glasses and asked with a serious expression.

“Hmm… at least get a city-level award, right?” Dean Qi thought for a moment, then said, “This time, your qualifications for being promoted from lecturer to associate professor are only average. If you slowly work your way up in seniority, you won’t have a chance until you’re thirty. So this award must be significant, not some low-quality award. Otherwise, it won’t be convincing to the public, and even if I wanted to help you, there would be no way to do so.”

Jiang Rong nodded, stood up and said, “Dean Qi, in that case, let’s give this opportunity to a qualified teacher! I think I can handle thirty years old.”

Dean Qi’s eyes twitched a few times with anger. This silly girl, you can endure it, but do you think about whether your parents can endure it? If you really have to wait until you are thirty years old to be promoted to associate professor, your parents will blame me to death.

“…That’s not how it works. Your other qualifications are all excellent and you fully meet the requirements. Now you just need a prestigious award. Think of a way; it’s not that difficult,” Dean Qi could only say.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Rong shook her head and said, “Even if I succeed in the experiments I have, I won’t win any awards, so let’s just forget about it!”

Dean Qi was so angry he was grinding his teeth. “If you can’t do it, ask your parents to come up with a solution! With their status and position, even if they don’t just give you an award outright, they can at least find two people to help them and scrape together one.”

“You…go back, go back and call your parents, then give me an answer,” Dean Qi said in a deep voice. The child may be immature, but surely the parents are?

Jiang Rong saw that Dean Qi was talking nonsense and didn’t understand why he was angry, but she still nodded, said goodbye to Dean Qi, and left the office.

Back in the lab, Jiang Rong pondered for a moment. She wasn’t stupid; she naturally understood what Dean Qi meant. Her mother had a lot of influence in the education department, and her father had considerable connections. As long as Dean Qi didn’t ask her for the Nobel Prize, she could actually think of a way to help him with other things.

Jiang Rong had her own ideas. She was right to receive the award for her participation in the experiment, but what was the point of having her parents find someone to piece together a result? If others found out, they would criticize her behind her back, and she would feel humiliated and unable to defend herself. So she preferred not to be promoted to associate professor.

“Let it be!” Jiang Rong shook her head, looked at her experimental table, and finally smiled. Science is interesting; one is one, and two is two.

After tidying up the lab bench, Jiang Rong prepared to conduct an experiment. However, just as she put on her gloves, she heard someone knocking loudly outside the door.

Jiang Rong initially didn’t want to pay attention, but then she heard Chen Feng’s voice from outside: “Jiang Rong, classmate Jiang, are you there?”

“Chen Feng?” Jiang Rong took off her gloves and opened the lab door. She saw Chen Feng with a happy expression and asked in confusion, “What’s wrong? Is your self-rescue device having problems again?”

Chen Feng laughed and shook his head, saying, “No, no, how can I always encounter problems? Not only did I not encounter any problems, but I also made a big splash. Here’s what happened.”

Chen Feng recounted how the self-rescue device saved people in the well. Jiang Rong went from being indifferent at first to showing surprise at the end, and then smiled after Chen Feng finished speaking.

“How about it? Our work has been a great help this time,” Chen Feng said.

Jiang Rong nodded repeatedly and said, “Indeed, if it weren’t for your chemical oxygen self-rescue device, something terrible would have happened. It’s great that you were able to save two people.”

Chen Feng laughed and said, “Not only that, Section Chief Wu remembers our kindness and is preparing to apply for commendation from the Mining Bureau and the city using the self-rescue device, so I came to inform you.”

“Notify me? Notify me for what?” Jiang Rong asked, somewhat puzzled.

Chen Feng replied, “Of course we had to let you know! This thing was made by the two of us together, and you’ll definitely get a share of the recognition later, so you should know first, right?”

Jiang Rong shook her head. “This has nothing to do with me. You designed the chemical oxygen self-rescue device, and you made it yourself. I only helped out a little. How could I steal your credit?”

Chen Feng hadn’t expected Jiang Rong to be such a straightforward girl. He smiled and said, “That’s not how it works. You sponsored the potassium superoxide, didn’t you? After my first failure, I couldn’t figure out why the chemical reaction was delayed. You were the one who pointed it out, weren’t you? And later, using an oxygen candle as the primary oxygen source was your suggestion, and you were the one who experimented with it, right? You’ve done so much. Now, if you ask me to say that I made this self-rescue device myself, I wouldn’t have the face to say that!”

Jiang Rong listened and found Chen Feng’s words to be more and more reasonable. It turned out that she had also done so much in the matter of the self-rescue device, so she couldn’t help but laugh and say, “Now that you mention it, it seems to be true.”

“Of course not. I’m an honest person, and I don’t lie to other Chinese people,” Chen Feng said matter-of-factly.

Jiang Rong covered her mouth and chuckled, then nodded and said, “Okay, I understand. If there is any commendation, I will definitely accept it.”

“That’s right.” Chen Feng glanced at the sky and then said, “I think it’s almost lunchtime. How about I treat you to a meal? Consider it a celebration and a way of thanking you for helping me so much before.”

Jiang Rong didn’t refuse and nodded, saying, “Okay, let’s have a meal together then.”