The Mysterious Night of Beijing

"Let's go back."

A server malfunction could affect the operation of the entire lab, consequently impacting future points output.

The probability of earning 500,000 within 15 minutes by trading with Suna here is getting lower and lower.

"What's the problem?" he asked.

"I don't know the specifics either. Minister Wang said it was urgent and told you to go back immediately."

Su Qing's tone was very certain.

Chen Ziming glanced at Su Na, whose face showed a regretful expression.

"Consultant Chen, since you have urgent business, let's reschedule our technical discussion for another day."

Suna took back the tablet.

Chen Ziming paused for a moment, staring at her.

"Five hundred thousand," he suddenly said.

Su Qing: "?"

Suna: "Huh?"

"Five minutes of my consultation time have already been taken up. According to the agreement, you should pay 125,000 yuan."

Chen Ziming looked at Su Na very seriously and began to do the accounting.

The entire hallway fell silent instantly.

Su Qing looked at Chen Ziming as if he were an alien. She had considered a million possibilities, but she never imagined that he would come to collect the debt on the spot.

Suna was also confused by his actions. She opened her mouth, but had no idea how to respond.

"Alternatively, you can choose to pay the full amount."

Chen Ziming added, "I can tell you the solution to that problem right now, and it won't take more than three minutes."

Looking at his serious face, Suna felt like she wasn't on some high-level mission, but rather haggling with someone at a market.

"I……"

"Advisor Chen!"

Su Qing couldn't stand it anymore. She grabbed Chen Ziming's arm and dragged him back to the dormitory. "The server issue is really urgent!"

As she dragged herself along, she turned back to give the stunned Suna a professional smile. "Miss Suna, excuse us, we'll have to go now."

And so, Chen Ziming was dragged into the dormitory by Su Qing.

The door slammed shut, leaving Su Na alone in the hallway, looking a little disoriented.

"Five hundred thousand, gone."

As soon as he entered the room, Chen Ziming shook off Su Qing's hand, his tone filled with dissatisfaction.

"Do you know that woman has a problem?"

Su Qing ignored his complaints, locked the door behind her, and lowered her voice.

"I know," Chen Ziming replied calmly.

"You knew she was still going back to the dorm with her?" Su Qing's voice rose a little.

"The transaction will take place in my dorm, which will save me ten minutes of travel time, making it the most efficient option."

Chen Ziming explained.

Su Qing was speechless for a long time after being choked by his reason.

She forced herself to calm down. "Her problem isn't the kind you're thinking of."

"I just asked her a few basic questions about quantum communication, and her answers were full of holes. She doesn't seem like a researcher who has been studying this field for half a year at all."

"Her knowledge was acquired quickly and was used for deception."

"If someone approaches you posing as a tech expert, what do you think their purpose is?"

Su Qing looked at him.

Chen Ziming walked to the refrigerator, took a bottle of water, unscrewed it, and took a sip.

"I have no interest in who she is."

He said casually, "All I know is that she's willing to spend 500,000 to solve a problem that I can fix in fifteen minutes. That's a good deal."

"You..." Su Qing felt her blood pressure rising, "Aren't you afraid she'll steal your techniques?"

"She can't learn to walk."

Chen Ziming's tone was very calm, "What I give her and what she can understand are two different things."

For him, what he showed was no different from a university professor explaining the multiplication table to elementary school students.

Even if the other person memorizes the multiplication table, they still can't understand the underlying principles.

They are not comparable because they are different dimensions.

Looking at his nonchalant attitude, Su Qing suddenly felt powerless.

She realized that she and Chen Ziming were not thinking on the same wavelength at all.

She was worried about the security of the country's core technologies, while he was heartbroken over the 500,000 yuan he hadn't yet received.

"In short, stay away from that woman," Su Qing could only say in the end. "She's more dangerous than you think."

"Hmm," Chen Ziming responded, indicating that he had heard.

Then, he went to his rocking chair, lay down, and put on his blindfold.

"What exactly is wrong with the server?" he asked.

Su Qing paused for a moment, then said irritably, "No problem, I lied to her."

Chen Ziming took off his blindfold and glanced at her.

[Ding! Due to ineffective social interference, the host has lost an opportunity to gain 500,000 points and wasted an additional eight minutes of sleep time. The total loss of points is incalculable.]

The system notification sounded in my mind.

Chen Ziming felt that Su Qing was sometimes more troublesome than that Su Na.

Su Qing's appearance instantly froze the situation.

Chen Ziming felt his 500,000 yuan was rapidly evaporating. 500,000 yuan could be exchanged for a basic neural connector to aid sleep and increase the efficiency of point acquisition by 3%.

Now, this efficient revenue stream has been blocked by this troublesome woman, Su Qing.

"The server is fine," Chen Ziming said to Su Qing, stating the facts.

"There's a problem," Su Qing said firmly. "Minister Wang personally ordered you to go back and handle this immediately. It's extremely urgent."

As she spoke, she forced a professional smile at the completely stunned Suna.

"Ms. Suna, I'm so sorry, this is a national project, we'll have to take our leave now."

After saying that, she didn't care whether Chen Ziming agreed or not, and pulled his arm to walk towards the laboratory.

Chen Ziming didn't struggle. He was quickly calculating in his mind that arguing with Su Qing here would waste more time, and the 500,000 was already gone.

The most important thing now is to stop the damage and prevent this ineffective social interaction from further deducting his points.

"etc."

Suna's voice came from behind, and she quickly caught up, her face showing regret and a hint of grievance.

"Consultant Chen, since you have urgent business, our technical discussion will have to be rescheduled for another day."

She paused, looking at Chen Ziming.

"However, you just said that you could solve my problem in three minutes, and I'm still very curious."

She took a black bank card out of her bag and handed it to Chen Ziming.

"There's a million here, and the password is six eights."

Her voice wasn't loud, but it was clear enough for Su Qing next to her to hear clearly: "Consider this my advance payment for the consultation. We can schedule another appointment whenever you're free."

Su Qing's expression darkened; she hadn't expected this woman to pull such a stunt.

Chen Ziming stopped in his tracks and looked at the black card.

One million is a lot. It can be exchanged for a more advanced sleep aid device, and you might even have some points left over to upgrade the lab's servers.

[Ding! High-value transaction request detected. Accept the request and complete the technical consultation to earn 100000 points.]

Ten quarters of a year.