The Undercover Heir is Actually Tycoon's Secret Girlfriend-Chapter 441 - 359

The whole August in Beijing was spent under thunderstorms, with the best weather being cloudy. It rarely cleared up, and every time people went out, they stepped in puddles, always coming back drenched.

Lin Qiming shook the umbrella, scattering raindrops. Some splattered on his shoes and pants, but he couldn’t be bothered. After putting away the umbrella and wiping his face, he greeted the researchers on the ground floor before heading straight to the third-floor laboratory via the elevator.

After the pupil recognition was complete, the mechanical door opened, revealing the bustling people inside.

Lu Si hurried past him with documents in his arms, glanced sideways, and casually said, "You’re back."

"Yeah," Lin Qiming ensured he’d changed into clean clothes before stepping through the door, "Has Teacher Rong gone home?"

"Not yet," Lu Si lifted his chin toward a certain direction from beneath a stack of documents, "She’s chatting with Academician Zhao in the back lounge, do you need her for something?"

Lin Qiming nodded, said a word to Lu Si, then headed towards the lounge.

After a month and a half of overtime, the CSS project’s third experiment was conducted last Monday, with data perfectly matching expectations, finally completing the CSS project that took nearly a year, allowing all participating researchers to breathe a sigh of relief.

Excitement and happiness followed, but amidst the joy, they needed to finish the final tasks, report the project to Huajing Group, then mass-produce it for formal use.

They’d been busy up until now when all the final tasks were completely finished.

As the project leader, Rong Zhi talked with the Huajing Group people in the morning and was ready to pack up and go home, but just as she was leaving, Zhao Hecheng suddenly had something for her.

In the lounge, Zhao Hecheng explained what Cheng Yunjing notified her about to Rong Zhi.

"...That’s how it is, the project’s complete, you already qualify to join the Engineering College. Just say the word, and I’ll put your name down now."

Zhao Hecheng smiled warmly: "I even applied for your Level 1 Professor honorary title with Mr. Cheng; he’s agreed. When the semester starts, I’ll apply for the Academician title for you."

These two honors can’t be applied for simultaneously; for now, Rong Zhi can only use her Mayer University Ph.D. diploma to obtain the professor title, while the Academician title has to wait until the CSS project is formally used to apply.

After he finished speaking, he looked at the girl across from him, who was sitting lazily. Her long bangs hung down, covering her eyes. Suddenly waking from a dream, she casually brushed them aside.

"Ah." Rong Zhi drawled slowly, her voice slightly hoarse, her appearance betraying fatigue.

She carefully recalled Zhao Hecheng’s words for a couple of seconds, then nodded slowly, "Okay."

Finally hearing an accurate and genuine response from her in this lifetime, Zhao Hecheng, despite his age, nearly jumped for joy.

"Okay, okay, okay!" He was so happy his voice shook, "Rest well in the next couple of days, you’ve worked hard. Enjoy your time at school, wait for my news!"

Rong Zhi responded in a muffled tone, "Mhm."

Knock knock.

The door was knocked, and she lazily glanced sideways, her long legs lazily crossed, and calmly said, "Come in."

"Academician Zhao, Teacher Rong." Lin Qiming opened the door, greeted the people inside, and then looked at Rong Zhi, "I have something I’d like to discuss with you."

Zhao Hecheng knew the project people had been busy lately, so he didn’t want to disturb them, especially since he had other matters to attend to. He smiled at the girl, saying, "You guys get busy. I’m leaving now; I’ll contact you later."

Rong Zhi: "Alright."

After Zhao Hecheng left the lounge, Lin Qiming felt instantly more at ease. He’d been at the Engineering College almost a year, and no matter how amicable Zhao Hecheng was, he couldn’t help but feel a reverent unease, making him cautious. But he wasn’t as serious in front of Rong Zhi.

Not wasting time, he shared the Principal’s request with her: "Principal Lu asked me to tell you, he’d like you to visit his office on the third of the semester for a chat."

Rong Zhi leaned back, she remembered Principal Lu from Lin Qiming’s words. A patient of Xu Ningxing, who had a reasonably good relationship with him, once trying to recruit her to teach at Jing University, but Xu Ningxing hadn’t agreed.

Perhaps seeing her studying at Jing University this time, he had reignited that hope.

"Got it."

Though she didn’t want to be a teacher, the principal was an elder, and having been directly named, she certainly needed to meet him.

Lin Qiming chuckled, "Alright, I’ll go reply to him."

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Rong Zhi lay in the Engineering College for most of the day before heading back home.

After a month and a half of absence, she almost didn’t recognize Tingshan Villa upon entering.

And the few playing poker inside clearly hadn’t expected her return at this time.

Rong Zhi looked expressionlessly at Ying Hengyu, who was down to only a vest, Xu Ningxing shirtless across from him, and Jiang Gu Jun ready to take off his briefs, before silently retracting her gaze.

The visual impact was too tremendous; she needed a moment.

Xu Ningxing’s face still had many sticky notes, floating up and down with his breath. At the moment he made eye contact with Rong Zhi, the notes flew off completely, his face instantly turning dark as the bottom of a pot.

Ying Hengyu blurted out, "What the heck, Brother, why are you back?"

"Finished working, so I came back."

Rong Zhi moved calmly through the chaotic scene in slippers, seemingly oblivious to their embarrassment, catching everyone’s silent sigh of relief before turning her head, a slight smirk on her lips, teasingly, "Do you need me to accompany and play a round?"

Ying Hengyu: "..."

No, I refuse, goodbye.

He didn’t want to lose until he had nothing on.

Xu Ningxing simply covered his face with his jacket, his ears turning red enough to avoid meeting anyone.

Rong Zhi glanced at their faces, instantly understanding their thoughts. She casually curled her lips, her tone particularly light, "Cowards."

"???"

Ying Hengyu threw down his cards, his mouth agape with astonishment, "No way, did you go out just for a bit and come back with this new attitude?"

Rong Zhi was too lazy to respond, heading directly upstairs, leaving the bewildered trio.

It was now a little past four in the afternoon, with ten minutes to go until the nine-to-five workday ended. Bai Su wasn’t home.

Considering his position, he didn’t have to frequently go to the office, but perhaps the recent RH Group’s high demand for new tech chips had forced Rong Jin to ask him to oversee things.

After understanding the reason, she stopped typing, deciding not to send him a message. She turned off her phone, tossed it aside, picked out clothes from the wardrobe, intending to shower and sleep.

Despite setting an alarm, once she hit the bed, the alarm’s sound faded away, and waking up, she felt a strange sense of disorientation.

She blinked slowly, sensing the slight depression beside her from some weight, then reached out curiously, her voice sleepy and sticky, "Bai Su?"

The person caught her hand, his palm warm, loosely clasping hers as he lazily intertwined their fingers.

"I’m here," he lifted their joined hands to his lips to kiss them, laughing in a voice soft as feathers, strumming an enthralling tune, "Still sleepy?"

Rong Zhi muttered, "A little."

"Then sleep a bit longer."

Saying this, he lifted the tightly wrapped blanket from her, lay beside her, then wrapped it over both of them. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Rong Zhi rubbed her temples, ready to speak, suddenly felt herself encircled at the waist.