Brainoid

Qi Min finished eating the pancakes and felt a little strange on the way back to the laboratory while carrying the baked cold noodles.

Why did she meet Hua Ruiming after inviting Ke Yue to dinner that day? He was not someone who often went to eat Japanese food, and it didn't look like he was eating there at that time. Naturally, Qi Min thought that someone in her laboratory might be reporting news to Hua Ruiming.

It's not that this is serious as "snitching", it's just that the friend who gave Hua Ruiming information might think he was helping him, but in fact he was just wasting his time, and might even be harming him. Although Hua Ruiming will probably graduate next year, as long as he is a doctoral student, he is within the constraints of the school's regulations that teachers cannot fall in love with students. Even a one-sided pursuit of influence is not good, especially since there are not many PIs in the Department of Biology and Medicine of the University of Science and Technology of China. If he has to ask Qi Min to review his graduation defense, there is no guarantee that he will not be suspected by others.

Qi Min felt that she had to talk to Wang Xin and Chen Linyou one by one, so that they would talk less about themselves when they teamed up with Hua Ruiming to eat chicken in the future.

She returned to the laboratory with Ke Li's lunch. She couldn't do the experiment alone while Ke Li was eating, so she simply called Chen Linyou, who had just gone to the instrument room to freeze the cells in liquid nitrogen, to come out to talk alone.

Chen Linyou was a little confused when he was called out. He finally understood after hearing Qi Min talk about his "accidental encounter" with Hua Ruiming in the hotel: "Oh, that... Wang Xin just mentioned it. She is just a little petty, Brother Ke. It’s normal for Senior Sister to invite him to dinner when he’s just arrived.”

Qi Min knew that he was not the one who provided information to Hua Ruiming, but still told him: "Don't talk about this kind of thing outside in the future. You know..." She made up a reason and deliberately lowered her voice and said, "Teacher Zhou Xiaoshan over there doesn't really want others to know that she is cooperating with our research group. Besides...'Nimbus' computing resources are also limited. If other groups compete with us, the progress will be delayed. very slow."

Chen Linyou nodded quickly: "I understand. Wang Xin just said it casually. I guess Senior Brother Hua just listened to it and wouldn't publicize it outside."

Qi Min patted him on the shoulder and asked: "By the way, how is your neurological ORGANOID differentiated?"

"Uh... not bad... maybe." Chen Linyou said hesitantly, "But I think this batch of differentiated nerve cells is not pure. Maybe FEEDER didn't do it well. How about you go take a look, senior sister?"

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Qi Min went to look at the cell FEEDER photos taken by Chen Linyou with a phase contrast microscope and found that the FEEDER they made this time was indeed relatively complex (FEEDER is usually fibroblasts that have lost the ability to divide, and EPS cells are cultured on them). But since it’s all made like this, it can only be used in this way. Qi Min suggested that he try again. If it didn't work, he would have to start over with making FEEDER.

After that, Qi Min went to find Wang Xin.

Always be more careful when dealing with girls. Qi Min did not reveal that she was here specifically for Hua Ruiming's business, but pretended to suddenly want to see what Wang Xin had when she went to the cell room to get PBS and culture media. experiment before chatting with her.

Qi Min said that she was very busy with experiments recently, and asked Wang Xin how her work was progressing, and then asked: "Are you still forming a team to eat chicken at noon?"

"I don't play much anymore. I usually play during dinner." Wang Xin said, "It's boring for me and Chen Linyou at noon. In the evening...and Senior Brother Hua takes us with us. Hey, Senior Sister, why don't you do it now?" played?"

In fact, Qi Min didn't quit playing games, he just changed to staying up late playing after returning home.

"I... am busy doing experiments." Qi Min explained with some guilt, and then added, "Isn't it quite stable to have No. 1 with you? He should be able to recruit someone to form a team." .”

"Where can I get someone else? If you don't play, Senior Sister, even Senior Brother Hua won't be able to lead us." Wang Xin said quickly, "He always asks about you."

It seemed that Wang Xin's news to Hua Ruiming was indeed true. Qi Min decided to guide her tactfully, so he said: "He overestimates me. I am only average at eating chicken. There are so many experiments in the medical department. In the room, there must be teammates with a higher level than me."

"There must be people with high standards, but Senior Brother Hua is interested in you." Wang Xin couldn't help but said, "And I think he is pretty good... Do you want to consider it?"

This was the point, so Qi Min smiled and said, "But I have a boyfriend."

Wang Xin was shocked and realized that she had done her senior sister a disservice.

"No...then..." Wang Xin whispered awkwardly, "Senior sister, why have you never mentioned it? I don't even know..."

"There's nothing to say." Qi Min was a little helpless. She thought it would be weirder if the lab PI took the initiative to tell the doctoral students about their emotional status. Although they are not much different in age, there are still subtle differences in status. Being a mentor is considered half an elder, so it is not appropriate to talk about these emotional issues due to the lack of seniority.

"Then this is my fault, I thought..." Wang Xin embarrassedly scratched her wavy shoulder-length hair, "Forget it..."

"Do experiments well and don't think about introducing partners to others every day. You can't issue paper and you can't make money." Qi Min joked and teased her.

"I know." Wang Xin nodded immediately, and then asked a little guiltily, "Senior sister, is your boyfriend from our school?"

"No." Qi Min replied. She was not going to take the initiative to introduce Anton to the people in the laboratory. After all, the young laboratory PI's partner was a food deliveryman and he also had a daughter he picked up. This kind of thing was still a bit shocking.

"That's good." Wang Xin breathed a sigh of relief and said in a rather serious tone, "Senior sister, Senior Brother Hua just wants to chase you. In my opinion, he is very determined. You'd better avoid him and don't let him go." My brother-in-law saw it.”

Qi Min didn't expect her to "change sides" so quickly, and felt a little funny in his heart, but still said: "It's not that serious. I have made it clear to No. 1 that we will still be friends in the future, just don't take the topic in that direction That’s it.”

She took the PBS solution and antibiotic-added culture medium from the refrigerator. Just as she was about to leave, she heard Wang Xin ask from behind: "Hey, senior sister, then you and senior brother Ke..."

"Ke Yue? I will do experiments with him." Qi Min was a little surprised as to why she would think in that direction, "It's similar to the relationship between you and Lin You."

"Oh." Wang Xin nodded guiltily.

She was indeed overthinking. Although Qi Min took good care of Ke Yue, in fact she took more care of Wang Xin and Chen Linyou. It turned out that Qi Min just wanted to have a good relationship with the people in the laboratory.

Moreover, Wang Xin and Chen Linyou were lent to her by other PIs in the department, and Ke Yue was sent by researcher Zhou Xiaoshan to help her. These relationships must be treated well. Qi Min couldn't help but feel that it was really not easy to be a PI. She started to owe others even before she published the article.

I don’t know if it’s my imagination, but in reality it’s quite easy for boys in our department to find a partner if they want to (although the male-to-female ratio in my department is greater than 2:1). Maybe it's because people who have a certain understanding of physiology and animal behavior generally don't become straight men... Of course, there are also singles based on their abilities, but that's because they are serious about doing scientific research and not dating. When the time comes to publish big articles, they won't have to worry about not having a girlfriend. (error)

(Of course, it may also be that the rate of abnormal sexual orientation is generally high in science departments. Bisexual girls can choose boys, and bisexual boys can also choose boys, so the actual competition pressure does not seem to be that great...)