"Xin Xin, what are you doing?"
"I'm at home, what's up?"
"Tonight is my boyfriend's birthday, and we're going to KTV. I wanted to invite you to join us. Ke Mei and Li Hua will also be there. It's just a few of us, no one else."
"Is that so? Okay, then."
"Emperor Palace, Room 888. Waiting for you."
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Xin Xin looked at Xiao Yu: "Sister-in-law Xiao Yu, it's my roommate's boyfriend's birthday, and she invited us to go to KTV. I'm going out for a bit. Tell my brother for me."
Xiao Yu put down the book in her hand: "Where is it?"
"Emperor Palace."
"Emperor Palace is quite expensive. Students are holding birthday parties there?" Xiao Yu asked.
"Her boyfriend isn't a student. He's a returned overseas master's student who has successfully started a business and has some income," Zhang Xin Xin said.
"Is that so?" Although she was puzzled that a returned overseas master's student would like a female college student who hadn't graduated yet, Xiao Yu didn't ask too much. "Here's my card for you, just in case."
"Sister-in-law, I can't even spend all the pocket money my brother gives me. I still have a lot of money in my card."
"Then come back early, and don't drink too much alcohol. Otherwise, your brother will definitely stop your pocket money."
"Okay." Zhang Xin Xin agreed, returned to her room to change her clothes, and left directly.
Watching Zhang Xin Xin's back, Xiao Yu put down her book and thought for a while, then picked up her phone: "Black Hawk."
"Miss Xiao Yu, what's the matter?"
Black Hawk's holographic projection popped up on the phone.
"Xin Xin is going to Emperor Palace to sing. Have two bodyguards follow her privately to protect her, and pick her up tonight," Xiao Yu said.
"Okay," Black Hawk nodded.
...
"How is it? Have they arrived yet?" Dong Quan looked at Liu Yan Yi and said leisurely.
"Yes, they all agreed and should be on their way," Liu Yan Yi put away her phone and said sweetly, "Darling,
What about your friends? Why didn't you invite them?"
"I haven't been back in the country for long, and the friends I've made are all business partners. They're all away on business trips recently and haven't returned," Dong Quan said with a smile.
"It's okay, darling, this is my birthday gift for you," Liu Yan Yi took out a gift box and handed it to Dong Quan.
"Okay, thank you." Dong Quan casually put it away.
...
In the laboratory, Chen Mo wore a mask and a white lab coat. In front of him was a transparent LCD screen with various gene sequence information on it.
Genetic engineering technology was already mature, and all kinds of basic equipment were readily available, which provided great convenience for his research. Unlike researching the Star Ring, he didn't need to prepare many basic technologies and materials that weren't currently available.
For the research on Loess Oxygen Grass, he only needed to synthesize two kinds of hormones, then put the target gene into the nucleus's genetic genes, and use the synthesized hormones to cultivate the plant buds.
If the grown plant has the target characteristics and functions, it would be considered a success.
"Brother Mo, the drought-resistant gene transfer was successful, and related proteins were detected in the culture medium," Mo Nu reminded.
"Wrap the buds and put them into the cultivation room for planting."
Chen Mo glanced at the data and turned to look at the sand room inside the glass window next to him.
That was a cultivation room built to simulate a desert environment, with several green plants inside: cacti and Haloxylon ammodendron. In the adjacent cultivation room, there were sunflowers and Monstera deliciosa. In the aquatic environment cultivation room, there were more than a dozen water hyacinths growing.
The partial gene fragments needed for Loess Oxygen Grass are in these plants.
During this period, because of nuclear fusion technology, the outside world was in an uproar, just short of a head-on confrontation with thermal weapons. He, the protagonist, rarely showed his face. Except for the initial official media interview, he spent the rest of his time buried in research.
The exposure of nuclear fusion technology has risen to the level of national games. Great power games, whether their company participates or not, is irrelevant. Just showing their faces is just asking for trouble.
Zhao Min handles all company affairs, and he only needs to focus on research.
After putting the culture medium into the incubator one by one, Chen Mo retreated from the laboratory, took off his lab coat, and left.
...
"You're back."
Xiao Yu, who was listening to music and reading a book, showed a gentle smile when she saw Chen Mo return. Now, the fetus in her belly was more than eight months old, and she was staying at home listening to prenatal music and reading parenting books, preparing to be a mother.
"Yeah." Chen Mo changed into slippers, handed his coat to the intelligent robot, and sat down next to Xiao Yu: "Where's Xin Xin? Where did that girl go?"
Now that Xin Xin had finished her postgraduate entrance examination, she would usually be at home at this time.
"She just went out not long ago. She said it's her roommate's boyfriend's birthday, and they invited them to go to Emperor Palace to sing."
"Ordinary students going to Emperor Palace? Are students so rich now?"
Chen Mo was a little surprised.
The minimum consumption at Emperor Palace starts at 5,000, which is not a place for ordinary college students to go. Emperor Palace is not far from Binhai University. When he was in college, the students of Binhai University knew that it was a high-end place, and ordinary students would not enter that kind of place.
"She said her roommate's boyfriend isn't a student. He's a returned overseas master's student who started a business and made money."
"A successfully started overseas master's student looking for a female college student who hasn't graduated yet to be his girlfriend? That's quite interesting. With that kind of condition, it shouldn't be this kind of combination. Is that girl very beautiful?" Chen Mo asked casually.
"Why do you think that girl is very beautiful?"
"Unless it's a long-term relationship, the so-called love at first sight is just lust at first sight. That's all men think about, isn't it? The conditions on both sides are not equal, especially an overseas master's student, who comes with a halo and has successfully started a business. His vision should be very high. If that girl isn't beautiful or doesn't have any other outstanding advantages, the probability of them being together is very small.
The circles on both sides are different, there isn't much intersection, and their worldviews and topics are different. In summary, either the man is attracted to her appearance, or he's just playing around. Rich people these days like the female college student type..." Chen Mo muttered.
"Our conditions aren't equal either. Were you also lusting after me at first sight? Or were you just playing around?"
Chen Mo felt something was wrong, turned his head, and saw Xiao Yu's non-smiling face. His desire to survive instantly soared.
"That was love at first sight. In the library back then, I suddenly discovered a pretty and lively girl. I was attracted by her temperament at first sight. In those four years of college, that was the first time I saw such a delicate and lovely girl.
Then, when that bookshelf fell down, I knew the opportunity was rare, so I pounced on it. Who knew that was the goddess of luck bestowed upon me by heaven, so I brought her home without hesitation. Sure enough, from then on, I became successful and awesome. It was that goddess of luck who changed my destiny. The conditions are indeed not equal. She's a goddess, and I'm a mortal, so I have to keep working hard."
"You have a sweet mouth. I'll let you off this time."
Xiao Yu smiled and lightly punched Chen Mo, gently leaning on him.
"I've seen Xin Xin's friend circle. Her roommates are all ordinary-looking and are girls from ordinary families. So I thought about it a bit more just now, and I'm also worried that there are people with ulterior motives, plus it's a place like a bar, so I had Black Hawk arrange two bodyguards to protect Xin Xin privately."
"Okay." Chen Mo nodded, his brow furrowed slightly. He felt that something was wrong, but he didn't think too much about it.