System Came When the Doctor was Thirty

Lu Cheng’s expression tightened: "And then? Or rather, what if not?"

Mu Nanshu really couldn’t hide her urgency about things. When she encountered issues, she’d either rush to solve them or shut herself away.

If Mu Nanshu was merely reading literature for her project, she wouldn’t be behaving so seriously and earnestly.

The project is a long-term task, not something that can fundamentally change in one or two hours.

Mu Nanshu said, "Otherwise, it would be a lose-lose situation."

Lu Cheng didn’t get angry, nor would he blame Mu Nanshu.

The things Mu Nanshu did were indeed quite "sneaky," not a righteous path.

But it was Mu Nanshu’s subjective choice, what she wanted to do.

"So what do you think?" Lu Cheng asked.

People are independent individuals. When others are forced into a corner, they might also take the "extreme" path like Mu Nanshu!

"Honestly, I’m not afraid... My project isn’t tricky or large; I just seek a safe graduation. If they want to reject this project, they’d have to topple at least four to five basic project plans first."

"To withdraw my paper, they’d need to spend time and effort to overturn other project foundations, which would be a total waste." Mu Nanshu had done thorough preparation in the early stages.

She had considered all aspects in the topic selection of the paper.

"Haven’t we all stopped doing that? Why are they still coming after you?" Lu Cheng felt very puzzled.

Mu Nanshu’s email was open; this is the kind of contact many scholars must provide when publishing papers to facilitate communication with readers.

So it wasn’t surprising that they could reach out to Mu Nanshu.

Mu Nanshu chuckled, "Brother, do you think Huashan Hospital is Xiangzhou People’s Hospital?"

"Withdrawing a few papers and publishing a few more, as if nothing happened at all??"

"Do you think Dai Linfang came to our project group for no reason?"

Mu Nanshu rubbed her thumb and forefinger together.

Having a paper retracted impacts primarily on academic integrity and ethics, and secondly, it traces back to project funding.

Once a paper is retracted by a journal, the influence in the academic circle ends there, but troubles for the individual just begin.

Lu Cheng immediately understood that they were talking about the previous paper issue, closed his laptop, and made a decision: "Forget about past matters!"

"If they can discern the truth, let them discern it."

"If they can’t, it’s their fault!"

Mu Nanshu didn’t refuse Lu Cheng’s boldness, "But if they come to trouble me? What should we do?"

Lu Cheng calmly replied, "Let them come."

"If we’re wrong, we’ll admit it and correct it."

"I don’t have an individualistic mindset. If I’ve truly not done well enough, it’s normal for them to correct us."

"Will you shield me from harm?" Mu Nanshu stood up with a bit of a playful and coquettish tone.

"Yes!~" Lu Cheng looked at his skill points, then at his daily skill point earnings, nodding heavily.

Lu Cheng didn’t want to take the "obscure cold path" that Mu Nanshu chose for "revenge," pleasing oneself by damaging others.

But if the other party was really going to force it, Lu Cheng wouldn’t mind digging in for a decade to mess with their minds directly.

Surely, what Mu Nanshu did was not quite above board, targeting someone’s vital area, and she was the one who provocatively initiated it.

But Mu Nanshu was Lu Cheng’s Mu Nanshu, so Lu Cheng would always stand by her side.

"There are actually better ways to handle and resolve this."

Mu Nanshu brushed her hair, a strand unintentionally flicking onto Lu Cheng’s face.

Lu Cheng was not so easily teased and immediately scooped Mu Nanshu into his embrace, holding her close: "Like what?"

Mu Nanshu shrugged her shoulders lightly, "They contacted me and thoroughly understood the things from back then. They said they were willing to offer some compensation."

"To give us some conveniences now."

"We can’t always look back..."

"The paper I just reviewed actually served two purposes: one was checking for omissions, and the other was selecting the project direction."

Mu Nanshu hinted at the other party’s offer of a ’peace proposal’ in a veiled manner, lying quietly to open the ’Car Mastery’ app!

Leaving the rest for the other side to handle.

"We are no longer the carefree young; do we need any conveniences from them now?" Lu Cheng scoffed.

Mu Nanshu turned over, hands draping over Lu Cheng’s shoulders: "Lu Cheng, you are more stubborn than I am."

"Isn’t funding good? So many years have passed since those issues."

Lu Cheng tilted his chin up: "Of course funding is good, and Huashan Hospital is definitely strong, but these few people you’re talking about can’t represent Huashan Hospital."

"In Hua Country, not even Huashan Hospital can call all the shots."

"Can you guess why I went to Kyoto before?"

Lu Cheng had told Mu Nanshu about the matter with Xiao Mingqi, only briefly mentioning his visit to Professor Lu Mang, but didn’t specify what kind of project funding he went to acquire.

"Wasn’t it because Professor Lu helped you apply for some project funding?" Mu Nanshu asked.

Lu Cheng had explained to Mu Nanshu that Professor Lu Mang was someone Xiao Mingqi recommended to return a life-saving favor to Lu Cheng.

"It’s project funding, but not entirely. Professor Lu gave me this project funding because he valued the development prospects of my Liver Suturing Technique and the Liver Preservation Surgery!"

"Recently, a team in Germany officially announced they would launch a project on Liver Preservation Surgery, and many teams in other countries are secretly starting similar projects."

"Professor Lu said our Hua Country cannot be absent, and the top assigned him a task to participate. Since he couldn’t find the time, he passed the project funds on to me."

"Those who contacted you, how much can they offer?" Lu Cheng’s voice was full of disdain.

"Even if they have lots of money, it’s just a one-time deal. What I’m on is a long-term investment, following the national steps."

Hearing this, Mu Nanshu was speechless.

And then said softly: "Indeed, efforts mean nothing compared to talent."

"After that person came today, I asked Dr. Dai and Dr. Xie to meet him for me, intimidating him with our networking level until he left Shanghai overnight."

"Now?"

"We can truly not worry about this matter anymore."

All nationals, even if not from Lu Province, know that following the path and major direction of the country’s development is the most correct route.

The problem is, where is the door? In which direction does the route open?

Not to mention official documents!

When official documents are released, all the opportunities have been taken by others, leaving only scraps.

This kind of gate, Professor Chen Song doesn’t know about; even at the Xiangya Second Hospital where Professor Chen Song is, they probably know very little.

Actually, Mu Nanshu didn’t really understand the specific nature of this matter, but she could sense that Lu Cheng certainly had stepped a foot into the real gateway of research.

Research is high-end, private matters.

Even in the relatively high-profile mathematics field, those so-called geniuses you know are actually just relatively ordinary people within the industry.

"Then, should we take a shower first?" Lu Cheng whispered in Mu Nanshu’s ear.

Lu Cheng still had to be on standby tomorrow, and it was still early.

"Not too late." Mu Nanshu was slightly coy...

Mu Nanshu was carried horizontally to the bathroom.

Carried out horizontally and placed in the bedroom.

After an hour and a half, a well-cuddled Mu Nanshu was carried back into the bathroom.

The next day.

Both Lu Cheng and Mu Nanshu felt refreshed, planning to have breakfast and head to the lab to start their new workday.

But Lu Cheng’s phone rang!

It was Tian Zhiliang: "Xiao Lu, can you come to the department? There’s a small meeting here; the hospital leadership hopes you can participate. It won’t take long."

Lu Cheng was already in the driver’s seat and replied: "Director Tian, is it something very important? I have plans with others today."

The project team also had a group meeting scheduled for the morning.

Lu Cheng was on standby today, a rest day, so he hadn’t even thought about needing to request leave from the department.

"Yes, the meeting is very important."

"Xiao Lu, this matters to the personnel of our emergency surgery department; you must come." To pique Lu Cheng’s interest, Tian Zhiliang revealed some information in advance.

"Someone suggested having me move to the trauma center, leaving my current position for someone else."