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    “Hahahaha, Rong! Your bad luck is truly innate, even the Heavenly Path can’t save you!” the System laughed, convulsing.

    Rong Ziyan, however, was relatively calm. He only wanted to see if the Heavenly Path was eavesdropping, and now that he had confirmed the answer, he didn’t care.

    But speaking of which, the Heavenly Path’s output value… Rong Ziyan suddenly thought that in just a moment, the Heavenly Path had provided him with 11,000 gold coins.

    So, Rong Ziyan couldn’t help but say to the System, “System! I kind of want to…”

    The System was slightly stunned, “You kind of want what?”

    Rong Ziyan put his hands together in prayer and said, “Heavenly Path Daddy, I wish for world peace.”

    System: ???

    [Heavenly Path Stunned Value 5000]

    Rong Ziyan continued, “Heavenly Path Daddy, I wish I could rank up to the strongest king in solo queue.”

    System: …

    [Heavenly Path Stunned Value 10000]

    Unexpectedly, Rong Ziyan still had more, “Heavenly Path Daddy, I also wish for all of humanity not to go bald.”

    System: Rong, I think the Heavenly Path is about to explode.

    Sure enough, a loud thunderclap exploded in the sky without warning, and at the same time, Rong Ziyan received a system notification, [Damn it! You unfilial child!]

    Rong Ziyan: …

    System: …

    You can’t always harvest the same patch of leeks, nor can you fleece the same sheep.

    Especially after angering Heavenly Path Daddy to the point that it stopped eavesdropping, Rong Ziyan and the System were a little regretful!

    Hey, just teasing it once gets a large amount of emotional value; doing it once a day is much more efficient than Rong Ziyan painstakingly running his WeChat Business.

    However, this little episode soon passed, and after the Eight Trigrams Golden Turtle recovered from its hidden illness, it wasn’t immediately taken back. It was said that the wildlife park was planning to redesign its living environment to make it closer to its original ecology.

    At the same time, the main venue for the Golden Turtle’s matchmaking was moved to the research institute.

    Rong Ziyan initially specifically instructed the keeper that if the Golden Turtle really didn’t want to, they shouldn’t force it. After all, it was so old.

    However, three days later, when Rong Ziyan went to see the Golden Turtle again, he found that the big brother was sunbathing with three young wives, and was also telling them about his glorious past.

    The tops of the four turtles’ heads were all glowing with blinding pink little hearts, and the whole place was filled with the scent of dog abuse.

    System: So, the whole ‘I don’t eat young grass’ thing is because…

    Rong Ziyan nodded: Yeah, because his dick was inflamed.

    [Shyness Value from Golden Turtle 10000]

    Rong Ziyan: Maybe this is what they call a ‘dog man’.

    System: …Rong, wake up, when it comes to being a dog, who can be a bigger dog than you?

    The small disturbance brought by the Golden Turtle returned to calm after it successfully found a match. During this time, the Little Overlord Anti-Hair Loss Shampoo that Rong Ziyan had previously provided had also successfully saved the bald tail of the peacock and the sparse hair of the brothers in the research institute, including the deputy director.

    Appearance really depends a lot on hair.

    For example, Rong Ziyan’s fellow apprentices looked particularly old and haggard when they had no hair. After their hair grew back, they instantly transformed into energetic young men.

    One of them couldn’t help but hug Rong Ziyan, with tears in his eyes, after looking in the mirror in the morning.

    “Little brother! From now on, you are the benefactor of my whole family! With hair, I will definitely not fail my blind date this time!”

    Thinking about how he had been rejected by women in the past for having sparse hair and not being their type, this fellow apprentice was certain that he would succeed in finding his true love this time.

    Early Sunday morning, he went out dressed in a suit, patting his chest and assuring his fellow apprentices, “Believe me! I will definitely be the first one of us nine to escape singlehood.”

    After saying that, the fellow apprentice set off with the aura of someone who could overturn the world.

    The others watched his retreating back and cheered him on, thinking that the first single dog of the institute’s youth would soon appear.

    However, unexpectedly, before afternoon, the brother returned with the dejected look of someone who had been defeated by the whole world.

    “What happened!? Did it not go well?” the eldest apprentice was the first to go and comfort him.

    He threw himself into the eldest apprentice’s arms and began to sob.

    “I was rejected by the girl right after we left the house. She said I was too much of a dog and told me to go to the shelter to find a manager.”

    “So, what did you do?” Rong Ziyan was also quite curious.

    “I didn’t do anything! We were chatting really well at first, and then after dinner we had nothing to do so we said why not play a game together!”

    “After playing, I was blacklisted.”

    Fellow Apprentice: I, I feel bitter inside!

    Rong Ziyan and the others: Disperse, disperse, you brought this on yourself.

    Using an ID like ‘I only want to be your little deer’ to play a game with a girl, if he didn’t get rejected, who would? Even big men wouldn’t want to play with a sissy!

    The fellow apprentices were all very disdainful, only the System was amazed and thought, you are all dogs in a den, what right do you have to look down on others.

    Does ‘I want to be your Yao’ sound more manly than ‘I want to be your little deer’?

    It’s simply ridiculous.

    The setback in love ultimately became the catalyst for promoting their careers. After that fellow apprentice, who had made a tentative move, was completely rejected by the girl, Rong Ziyan’s other fellow apprentices also gave up their scattered little hearts and turned their attention to research.

    And Rong Ziyan’s project was also approved. Contrary to everyone’s expectations, everyone thought that Boss Fat, valuing Rong Ziyan so much, would definitely let him manage the shampoo project, or transfer him to study the reproduction of endangered species.

    But that wasn’t the case at all, and he was actually given such an unpopular project like poultry diseases.

    This immediately led to more rumors in the institute.

    Rong Ziyan was originally a newcomer, and although the discovery of the Golden Turtle and the shampoo was remarkable, he was unlike the other fellow apprentices who had come with their own experimental projects.

    In addition, Boss Fat had brought him back himself and he was also from an agricultural university, which when put together, inevitably led to suspicions that Rong Ziyan’s skills were insufficient, and that the agricultural university had forced him in due to connections.

    If it had been someone else, they might not have noticed. After all, Boss Fat did not allow anyone in the institute to discuss staff members. Anyone who violated the order was immediately expelled and never rehired.

    But Rong Ziyan was different, Rong Ziyan could see the bullet comments over everyone’s head, so he naturally understood everyone’s doubts about his abilities.

    The System was so angry that it wanted to die: They don’t know anything! Host, quickly unleash your ultimate move and scare them all to death!

    Rong Ziyan didn’t care: It’s okay, it will be fine when the experiment starts.

    He knew that everyone Boss Fat could recruit wasn’t a good-for-nothing with high expectations and low skills, or just a freeloader. Even the most ordinary researcher would have his own unique abilities.

    It was normal for him to be doubted now that he hadn’t demonstrated corresponding strength.

    But the field of scientific research is different from others; it’s easy to get people to respect you, just show your ability.

    His project had already started, so now he just had to wait for everyone to arrive. As for how many resources he could get, it depended on Boss Fat’s ability. And whether he could do a good job would depend on his own ability.

    Boss Fat was also under a lot of pressure. First of all, the deputy director was very worried.

    “Little Rong is still young, can he handle such a big job on his own?” The deputy director had been in the industry for several years, how could he not know the situation of Rong Ziyan’s project?

    To put it bluntly, it was a project that might not yield any results in less than a dozen years of research. Rong Ziyan was so young, no one knew whether he could endure the long hours and wholeheartedly research.

    Moreover, this child was talented, why not send him to a group where he could get started faster and establish a foothold first?

    Boss Fat shook his head, denying the deputy director’s statement, “Ziyan’s temperament is far more composed than most people, even you and I. As for how long it will take to get results, it probably won’t be as long as you think. Perhaps it will be very soon.”

    He had seen Rong Ziyan’s thesis and estimated that it would be published in another month or two.

    Once published, these criticisms in the institute would disappear immediately. After all, no one was a fool. Whether Rong Ziyan was truly capable would be known at a glance.

    As for the rest, it would depend on Rong Ziyan’s luck. The road to scientific research also required a bit of luck to reach the top.

    Only the deputy director understood Boss Fat’s thoughts. The fellow apprentices were all very worried about Rong Ziyan’s situation, but when they asked Rong Ziyan, the answer they got was that it was okay, and not to worry.

    But the more they were told that, the more uneasy they became. But Rong Ziyan himself was used to it.

    After the project team was formed, he led the researchers assigned to him into the laboratory.

    But contrary to everyone’s expectations, Rong Ziyan had no intention of staying in the lab. Instead, he wanted to take everyone down to the villages.

    “Director! This is too reckless!” These researchers were already not very convinced by Rong Ziyan, and now that they heard that Rong Ziyan was going to take them to the countryside, they all exploded.

    They were formal scientific researchers hired by the state, and the experiments they conducted every day were related to people’s livelihoods and science. Going to the countryside to treat ducks? Were they crazy?

    But Boss Fat, who had always been very democratic, waved his hand and said that all opinions were rejected. They would follow Rong Ziyan’s arrangements.

    “He is your leader, you must obey his orders.”

    “I have never been to the countryside, I can’t go! I request to be transferred out of the group,” one of them with a bad temper directly made a request.

    Boss Fat didn’t tolerate that, “Okay! Go do the resignation procedures now!”

    “…” Now, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense.

    Just at this time, someone knocked on the door.

    “Come in!” Boss Fat called for someone to come in.

    Surprisingly, the person who came in was Rong Ziyan.

    He looked at the faces of the people in the room, and the bullet comments over their heads were all kinds of insults directed at him.

    The System was furious: They don’t know what’s good for them.

    Rong Ziyan thought for a moment and said to Boss Fat, “Teacher, I have found some help, let them go back to other groups.”

    Forced melons are not sweet. Anyway, it was the experimental sampling stage, and Rong Ziyan would rather work harder than have problems arise because the team members were not united.

    Boss Fat frowned, thinking that this wouldn’t work. But Rong Ziyan insisted, and in the end, he could only do as he said.

    Now, there were even more rumors about Rong Ziyan in the institute. Even when Rong Ziyan went to the cafeteria for meals, he would be surrounded.

    “These people have gone too far!” Even the kind-hearted eldest apprentice was indignant for Rong Ziyan.

    Rong Ziyan was as always, doing whatever he needed to do. When the departure date came, he prepared to leave.

    Unexpectedly, Rong Ziyan originally thought that the team members had all dispersed, but there was still one person waiting for him.

    Looking about twenty-seven or eight years old, he appeared calm at first glance, but his gaze revealed a hint of playfulness.

    “Team leader, shall we set off now?” Seeing Rong Ziyan come out, he took the initiative to greet him.

    Rong Ziyan was curious, “Why didn’t you leave?”

    The man was silent for a moment before saying, “I’m also from the veterinary medicine department at the agricultural university.”

    “I believe that our school has no incompetent people!”

    Rong Ziyan was slightly stunned, and immediately understood why he hadn’t left. After making some inquiries, he found out that he was actually a senior who graduated four years before him.

    Now the two of them had a lot to talk about.

    And after the conversation started, the relationship between Rong Ziyan and this senior also became a lot closer.

    “Hey, I still miss the department head! When I was studying, he always chased after us telling us not to skip class.”

    Upon seeing this, Rong Ziyan opened his luggage, took out a small package and handed it to him.

    “What is this?”

    Rong Ziyan: “Department uniform. I have two, this one is new. I’ll give it to you as a souvenir!”

    “Really?” The senior was very happy, and his favorability towards Rong Ziyan increased by several percentage points.

    The System felt that the plot development was probably going to start dog-like.

    Sure enough, half a minute later, the senior looked at the bright red short sleeve in his hand with the words “Agricultural University Veterinary Medicine Department” in emerald green, dumbfounded.

    Rong Ziyan also reminded him: “There are also words on the back.”

    The senior stiffly turned the shirt over, and the words on the back were even greener than the ones on the chest.

    It read “Friendship First, Competition Second”.

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