Chapter 186 The tacit understanding between partners

Mu Zhengguang and Xu Ying saw the remaining cake at the door of their house. There was no doubt that this was Gu Tingzhou's masterpiece.

Xu Ying picked up the cake, opened the door and went into the house, then put the cake on the coffee table in the living room.

"These two people... Gu Tingzhou sent a cake, and Zhao Yuxi sent a necklace. What they did was impeccable. Moreover, the necklace Zhao Yuxi sent was very expensive and worth a lot of money."

Xu Ying's attitude towards these two people is "regrettable": these two people have the ability to do things well, even to perfection, but unfortunately, Zhao Yuxi's moral bottom line is obviously problematic. Gu Tingzhou agrees with Zhao Yuxi's approach, which shows that his moral bottom line is not high either.

"Zhao Yuxi gave us such an expensive gift. Does she want us to do something for her?"

"No. The necklace is not expensive for her, and it is not expensive for us either. Even if a necklace costs ten thousand yuan, it is only a day's salary. This necklace does not meet our consumption level, but it meets her consumption level. Just treat it with a normal mind and don't pay too much attention to the price of the item."

Based on Xu Ying's understanding of Zhao Yuxi, she would not do something like using a gift worth 10,000 yuan to buy people's hearts. This is too stupid and does not make any sense. Zhao Yuxi gave a gift worth 10,000 yuan just because she wanted to.

If one day, the gift Zhao Yuxi gave her was an asymptote or something else of vital importance, then she would re-evaluate the nature of the gift and consider whether to accept it or not.

"oh, I understand now."

"I'm going to call my mother later, do you want to come with me?"

Xu Yingze has been at the Academy of Sciences for more than ten days. During this time, although she often video chats with her mother, this is the first time she has been away from home so far and for so long, and her mother is worried about her. Today is her birthday, and she wants to call her mother again.

"Let's go together. You've been working in the Academy of Sciences for so long, will your aunt be worried?"

"I'm sure I'll be worried, so I need you to say a few words. If necessary, you can tell me about the work in the Class II laboratory. Don't talk about other laboratories, as it makes people feel uneasy. Besides, my mother is not a staff member in the laboratory, so she cannot know this information."

"Okay, okay, I get it. Our work is easy and labor-saving, and the income is high. We shouldn't let Auntie worry about this."

"Yes. But you don't need to emphasize too much how good this job is. We won't stay in the Academy of Sciences forever, nor will we stay in the Institute forever. We are not good at handling the overall work of the Institute. One day, we will leave the Institute to do other things that we are better at and like more."

Mu Zhengguang never thought that "one day, we will leave the institute". Since joining the institute, he rarely thought about "doing other things that we are better at and like more". Unconsciously, this job has occupied a heavy weight in his heart. He has adapted to and become accustomed to the life of being the dean and person in charge of the branch, and no longer envisions the possibility of "leaving the institute".

If he were to leave the institute, what would he miss the most? He thought about what he had seen, heard, and gained in the past few days.

The most obvious gains are positions and seals, two positions, two seals, two identities, and two powers.

The second is colleagues. There are superiors like Zhao Yuxi and subordinates like Tang Jingming. Although Zhao Yuxi is no longer his superior and Tang Jingming is no longer his subordinate, these experiences are real and worth remembering.

Then there is the salary. The dean of a third-level branch has a monthly salary of 32 yuan, which is undoubtedly a huge sum of money, and you can get such a huge sum of money every month. It only takes about one year to work in the institute to make enough money, and then you can consider resigning and doing what you like.

Mu Zhengguang admired the child very much: "Thank you for reminding me of this." "You're welcome. Sometimes I feel that what I say is too complicated. If it were someone else, they probably wouldn't want to hear me say so much. I'm going to start a video call. You sit with me. Oh, I'll take a picture of the cake too."

The picture appeared and the sound came.

"Yingying, it's your birthday today. What did you eat for lunch? Xiaoguang is here too."

Xu Ying moved her phone so her mother could see the whole cake: "Mom, look, this is the big cake my colleague gave me. I had delicious sea bass and braised pork for lunch."

Wang Hongyu saw the three-layer cake. There were many kinds of cream and fruits on the cake, which looked like a small castle. Two people might not be able to finish such a big cake in two days. However, such a big cake was indeed worthy of her. Her sixteenth birthday was a very important event, but as a mother, she was a little regretful that she could not be with her daughter. But fortunately, Xiaoguang was there too, so neither of them would feel lonely.

"Your colleague is really nice, sending such a big cake. How is your work over there? Is everything going well?"

Xu Ying replied: "It went well. Everything went well."

Mu Zhengguang agreed, "Auntie, our work is very easy and our colleagues here are very nice. We will go back as soon as the work is finished."

Xu Ying laughed at the side: "We will go back soon." I should be the one to say this. But there is nothing inappropriate about you saying this. We have been a family for a long time. Coming to my house is like going back to your own home.

Wang Hongyu also realized that there was something wrong with the words "We will be back soon". She was willing to become a family with Xiaoguang, but when she thought about her daughter getting married and going through the things that would happen after marriage, she felt a little dazed and thought that time was passing so quickly.

"It was agreed that you would go back with me."

"Ah?" Mu Zhengguang was stunned for a moment. He said "I'll go back right away", and the emphasis was on "right away", meaning that he didn't want to stay in the Academy of Sciences any longer. However, Ying repeated this sentence and emphasized "go back". For his classmates, going home is going home, but for him, it seems that it can't be called going home yet.

Thinking of this, he felt a little embarrassed. He wanted to say something, but didn't open his mouth.

Xu Ying chatted with her mother for a few more words, then hung up the phone. Then, she looked solemn and said, "Little friend, I invite you to go home with me."

Mu Zhengguang responded to her with the same gesture and tone: "As you wish."

His seriousness only lasted for a moment, and after saying "as you wish", a shy smile appeared on his face again.

Xu Ying was also laughing: "Hey, you've been to my house so many times, there's no need to be so shy."

"Ah."

(End of this chapter)