Chapter 226 - 153: Dr. Jiang
Upon hearing this, Jiang He added, "Director Xu, there's one more thing I need to ask of you. I've mentioned to Shen Yu before that she should get regular check-ups. Juanzi will be taking her to see you, so I'll have to ask you to look after her."
"Do you even need to ask? Rest assured. Right now, nothing is more important to me than giving those two kids their check-ups. I'll personally keep an eye on things to make sure they're both perfectly healthy, with no hidden issues whatsoever."
They briefly discussed a few more details about polishing the paper, then ended the call.
Jiang He put down his phone and let out a long, relieved sigh.
He was just about to shut down his computer and catch up on some sleep when his QQ icon suddenly started bouncing.
Shen Yu: [Dr. Jiang, were you up all night doing research again? Fess up! No lying! (bonks head emoji)]
Jiang He scratched his head.
'A spy must have leaked the intel.'
'It was either Chen Hao or Cheng Xiyao.'
'Teacher Shen comes to Southern China for one trip and manages to recruit another spy to her cause.'
'Tsk, these psychology majors are just too powerful.'
'I should award Teacher Shen a title: Head of the Morale Committee!'
Jiang He: [Just finished. About to get some sleep.]
Shen Yu: [Get in bed! Right now!]
Another message followed immediately: [Call me. We're staying on the phone. I'll keep you company while you sleep. I'm going to supervise you until I hear you've fallen asleep.]
A gentle smile touched Jiang He's lips unconsciously as he replied: [Don't you have class this afternoon, Teacher Shen?]
[Never mind whether I have class or not! My job right now is to make sure you get to sleep! Hurry up and call me!]
[Alright, alright, I'm going to sleep now.]
Jiang He gave a resigned smile.
He got into bed and made the call.
Shen Yu: "Are you in bed?"
"Yeah, I'm in bed, Sister Yu."
"Oh? What's with the new nickname? Hehe, not bad, not bad at all, Little Brother Jiang. Now close your eyes. No more talking. Should I read you the news for a while? Or the newspaper?"
Jiang He said nothing.
Shen Yu: "Answer me!"
"Didn't you say I wasn't allowed to talk?"
"You idiot. You're allowed to answer my questions!"
"Oh, okay. In that case, just talk about anything. I can fall asleep just by listening to your voice."
"Okay."
Through the receiver, Shen Yu talked about how the ginkgo trees on the North Normal University campus were starting to turn yellow, how the cafeteria's new *roujiamo* wasn't very good, and how her medical psychology elective was actually quite interesting...
Jiang He's consciousness began to fade.
Just before he drifted off to sleep, a thought surfaced in his mind:
'When I go to the Capital City at the end of the month, I need to find a chance to take things to the next level with Teacher Shen.'
'A confession? Or maybe I should just propose we get engaged.'
'Once we're engaged, I can legitimately bring her home to meet my parents at the end of the year.'
At this thought, an image of Shen Yu's parents floated into Jiang He's mind.
'His father-in-law and mother-in-law from his past life had been very ordinary, but also incredibly kind people.'
'His father-in-law had been a volunteer teacher in a rural area, and his mother-in-law had worked for the neighborhood committee. Though their family income was modest, they had raised Shen Yu wonderfully.'
'If they made their relationship official sooner, he could justifiably use his current wealth and resources to start taking care of his future in-laws.'
In his ear, Shen Yu's voice grew fainter and fainter, like a gentle breeze.
"Dr. Jiang... are you asleep?"
"...You dummy, you have to learn how to rest properly."
"You make me worry so much... What am I going to do with someone who makes me worry so much..."
In his dream, Jiang He smiled at her words.
Then, he fell into a deep, sweet sleep.
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「Over the weekend.」
On the Southern Medical University campus, students were either out shopping with friends, holed up in internet cafes playing games, or pulling dirty tricks on their buddies.
But inside Jiang He's lab, everyone was bustling with activity.
Chen Hao and Cheng Xiyao were in charge of data entry, Tang Pei and Lu Xiaolin were responsible for verification, while Yi Xiangwan and Gu Yizhou imported the organized spreadsheets into the master database in batches.
Everyone worked like a nuclear-powered donkey, seemingly tireless...
「Monday morning.」
Chen Hao announced, "The last file—the anonymized patient record from Peking Union Medical College Hospital, ID number XH-502—is all in."
Jiang He clicked 'Merge Datasets'.
A moment later, a perfect ROC curve popped up in the center of the screen.
The multi-center, large-sample validation was complete.
AUC value: 0.915.
Jiang He stated calmly, "It ran successfully. The multi-center data is a perfect match. The conclusion is valid."
There was a two-second silence.
"FUCK!" Chen Hao grabbed Lu Xiaolin next to him. "It worked! Senior, it worked!"
Lu Xiaolin, caught up in the emotion, slapped Chen Hao's back forcefully. "It worked!"
Cheng Xiyao's eyes welled up as she and Tang Pei hugged each other tightly.
Yi Xiangwan was so excited he was wringing his hands. He turned to Gu Yizhou, arms spread wide to pounce. "Senior! Let's hug!"
Gu Yizhou's face was cold as he recoiled. "Don't touch me."
Yi Xiangwan: "C'mon, c'mon."
Gu Yizhou: "Get lost!"
Yi Xiangwan: "If you don't hug me, I'm going to start telling my jokes."
Gu Yizhou: "Alright, a quick hug, a quick hug. You worked hard, brother, you worked hard..."
Jiang He chuckled, saved the resulting chart, inserted it into the corresponding section of the paper, adjusted the formatting, generated a PDF, and finally, saved it to a flash drive. He then said,
"I'll handle the rest with Director Yang. You've all worked hard."
Chen Hao, still buzzing with excitement, sidled up to Jiang He. "Boss, you got any more golden ideas? Quick, quick, hit us with another one! I feel like I'm on fire right now, totally unstoppable! I could input another five hundred patient records!"
Cheng Xiyao chimed in from the side, her hands clasped as she started daydreaming aloud. "A top-journal paper in just three days... doesn't that mean we could publish ten in a month? That's over a hundred a year... Oh my god, if we keep this up, I'll call it a conspiracy if we don't get the Nobel Prize next year."
Jiang He glanced at her, his face impassive. "Nice."
'Of course, he knew the truth of the matter.'