Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Hualiang, who was behind the desk, suddenly widened his eyes.

"Hey! Old Cao, you can't just steal someone like this, can you?!"

Cao Liangcai rolled his eyes in annoyance: "What do you know?"

"I'm just... never mind, you wouldn't understand even if I told you!"

"Yu Tong, believe me, I won't lie to you."

"Spending time in a lab will be far more useful than learning from this old guy!"

Su Yutong's eyes twitched slightly, and she turned to look at Professor Guan.

At this moment, Guan Hualiang's face was flushed and his lips twitched slightly, clearly angered by Cao Liangcai's words.

Seeing this, Su Yutong quickly shook her head: "Academician Cao, thank you for your invitation, but..."

Guan Hualiang's eyes suddenly lit up, and his breathing became much easier.

He looked at Cao Liangcai with a smug expression: "How about that? He doesn't want to go with you, didn't expect that, did you?"

Cao Liangcai gritted his teeth in hatred and glared at Guan Hualiang: "You old man Guan, you really are... Come here, come out here, I want to have a good talk with you!"

As he spoke, Cao Liangcai stood up, grabbed Guan Hualiang's sleeve, and walked out of the office.

"Hey, wait a minute, what can't we say here?"

"You'll see when you come with me!" Cao Liangcai said in a muffled voice, "You're really driving me crazy!"

Watching the two elderly people drag each other out of the office, Su Yutong's eyes flashed with surprise and worry.

"Professor Guan...I hope nothing bad has happened to you?"

Su Yutong muttered to herself.

"Don't worry, despite what they did just now, those two actually have a good relationship. Nothing will happen."

Lu Yongchang's voice suddenly rang out.

Su Yutong trembled slightly, realizing that only she and Lü Yongchang remained in the office.

In just a moment, Su Yutong's mind went completely blank.

"I...you...hello..."

As soon as the words left her mouth, Su Yutong wanted to slap herself.

What am I even talking about?

Lu Yongchang glanced at Su Yutong, whose face was slightly flushed, with a strange expression, and nodded slightly: "Hello..."

"Thank you for helping me with that problem last time!"

As soon as she said it, a hint of regret flashed in Su Yutong's eyes.

Is that how you talk?

As for Lü Yongchang, his expression became increasingly strange: "It's nothing, it happened more than half a year ago, there's nothing to thank me for..."

The atmosphere in the office gradually became awkward.

……

outside the office.

"Stop, stop, stop!" Guan Hualiang snapped, shaking off Cao Liangcai's hand. "Now you can finally tell me, right? What are you really up to?"

"Let me warn you beforehand, Su Yutong is a promising talent I have my eye on, so don't get any ideas about her!"

Cao Liangcai rolled his eyes in annoyance: "Hey old man Guan, didn't you really notice anything at all?"

Guan Hualiang frowned: "What did you see?"

"Fine!" Cao Liangcai sighed abruptly, looking helplessly at Guan Hualiang. "I've realized it, you're just like that brat Lü Yongchang, both of you are blockheads!"

Upon hearing this, Guan Hualiang frowned even more deeply.

Suddenly, a thought struck him, his pupils dilated slightly, and he lowered his voice, saying, "Wait, I think I understand! You mean... Su Yutong has feelings for Lü Yongchang?"

"Otherwise what? You didn't see the look in Su Yutong's eyes just now, tsk tsk tsk..."

"So? That's your reason for stealing someone else's partner??"

Cao Liangcai gave Guan Hualiang a look of exasperation: "You really are..."

"That kid Lü Yongchang is a real gem. You've seen the changes in Xia Kingdom over the past six months."

"Currently, it seems that foreign countries have neither the opportunity nor the courage to take action against him, but don't forget, besides some forceful methods, they can still use other tricks!"

"What if, I mean, what if, they use a honey trap?"

"Hiss..." Guan Hualiang's expression instantly turned serious. "What you said seems to make some sense!"

"Right!" Cao Liangcai became more and more excited as he spoke, his eyes gleaming with gossip. "As the old saying goes, 'Don't let the good stuff go to outsiders.' We can't let Lü Yongchang's genes benefit those barbarians outside!"

"I think we should..."

……

"Squeak..."

Just as Su Yutong was awkwardly digging her toes into the ground, the office door opened.

"Phew..." She subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ahem! Yu Tong, I've been thinking about it, and you do lack some laboratory experience."

Guan Hualiang was completely different from before, cheerfully saying, "From now on, you'll be working as an intern in the lab!"

"Although your current skill level isn't high enough, broadening your horizons will still benefit your future research career!"

Su Yutong: "???"

"what?"

She looked at Professor Guan in front of her with a bewildered expression, not quite understanding what was going on.

Lu Yongchang, standing to the side, changed his expression slightly: "Professor Guan, the laboratory you mentioned is...?"

Guan Hualiang glanced at Lü Yongchang with a look of "surprise," his smile widening: "Didn't Lao Cao tell you?"

"It's the top laboratory in Xia Country that you're in charge of."

Su Yutong: "..."

Lü Yongchang: "..."

……

Lu Yongchang left Guan Hualiang's office with the two certificates in his hand, looking bewildered.

"Congratulations, Professor Lü! You are now a professor in the truest sense!"

Cao Liangcai seemed to be in a very good mood, radiating a cheerful aura.

Lu Yongchang looked at the certificates in his hand speechlessly. One was a graduation certificate from Sandaokou University, which was a bachelor's degree, and the other was a lifetime honorary professor certificate from Sandaokou University.

These two certificates were not unexpected for him.

Given his contributions, it would be only right to grant him academician status if the selection process hadn't been delayed.

Su Yutong's change, however, surprised him somewhat.

I remember more than half a year ago, this girl couldn't even solve a simple advanced math problem.

I have no idea what happened in the past six months...

Just like in my previous life!

Lü Yongchang's eyes flickered slightly.

If he remembers correctly, in his previous life, Su Yutong also stood out from a group of ordinary people in just over a year and eventually became his assistant.

The thought that Su Yutong would frequently appear in his sight filled Lü Yongchang with countless complex thoughts.

Cause and effect, destiny—these things are truly mysterious and unfathomable.

Even though he and Su Yutong only met once in this life, their relationship still ended up like this.

He gently shook his head, clearing his mind of distractions.

In any case, he is not in a position to talk about such matters of love and romance.

"Let's go, we should get ready for the meeting!"

Lü Yongchang took a deep breath and spoke softly to Cao Liangcai.