Jiang Fuyue went to the hospital ward to visit on the eighth day after Lou Mingshen had been admitted to the hospital.
At that time, Fu Choujun was not there.
The bodyguards had also been withdrawn.
“Sis…” Seeing her, the man’s expression was full of disbelief, and tears quickly welled up in his eyes.
Jiang Fuyue put the flowers down and sat on the chair beside the bed. “Feeling better?”
“Mhm!” He nodded heavily.
If his body and limbs weren’t wrapped up like a mummy, it would have been more convincing.
Jiang Fuyue did not expose him.
After sitting for a while, she got up to leave. “I’m going. Take good care of yourself…”
“Sis.” Grievance surged in his eyes, and his lips trembled lightly. “You… can you forgive me?”
Jiang Fuyue: “After I learned you weren’t involved later on, I stopped blaming you.”
“But we can’t go back to how things were before, right?”
She lowered her eyes. “Mingshen, I need time.”
“Okay.” The man on the hospital bed smiled. He was no longer young; he had the appearance of a mature man, with faint wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. “I’ll wait. No matter how long, I’m willing to wait. But, Sis, don’t say things like we won’t meet again in the future, okay?”
That hurts more than killing him!
Jiang Fuyue: “Okay.”
“Sis, take a look at the two documents on the cabinet.”
Jiang Fuyue opened them and glanced through roughly, then froze.
“…Equity transfer agreement?”
Lou Mingshen: “Lou Group originally belonged to you. At first I thought I’d just let Lou Mingxin run it into the ground, perfect to bury with you. But later she went to prison. After I took over the company and saw the ten-year plan you left behind, I felt you would want to see it getting better and better.”
That was why he was willing to take on this mess.
“Now I’m returning it to its rightful owner. I’ve already signed my name. Two copies, after you sign, I’ll have the lawyer start the process. It should be done within a week.”
Jiang Fuyue closed the documents and put them back where they were. “I’m no longer Lou Mingyue, and I don’t plan to take Lou Group back either. You’ve managed it very well. Leaving it to you, I’m very reassured.”
“Sis, you…”
“No need to say more. Focus on recovering. Don’t do impulsive, foolish things again.” Jiang Fuyue stood by the bed, her somewhat disdainful gaze falling on him. “Do you think you’re still the young guy you were twenty years ago? Lou Mingshen, you’re in your forties. Stop doing things only chuunibyou teenagers would do.”
“?”
After saying that, Jiang Fuyue prepared to leave.
Lou Mingshen lay on the hospital bed, unable to move, but he muttered quietly, “A man is a boy until the day he dies, haven’t you heard…”
Jiang Fuyue couldn’t be bothered with him and walked out directly.
Lou Mingshen watched her back as she left, until it finally disappeared by the doorway. He had felt quite aggrieved before, but the more he looked, the more he couldn’t help smiling.
This was already very good.
Truly very good.
She was still alive, and still willing to let him call her “Sis.” That was enough.
At that moment, Lou Mingshen suddenly understood Ming Yu’s feelings.
As long as she was alive, it was heaven’s greatest gift. There was no need to ask for more.
…
The weather grew colder day by day, and the breath of winter became heavier.
After resting at home for a period of time, Jiang Fuyue returned to the laboratory and became busy again.
She started a new research project and also registered a personal laboratory at Wujin Building.
Adding her original independent laboratory, it meant she now effectively had two labs.
Xu Kaiqing and Old Peter were even more impressive. Besides the laboratory they already had at Q University and the newly opened one in Wujin Building, they often came over to Jiang Fuyue’s independent laboratory to use the equipment. Strictly speaking, they had “three nests.”
Q University’s president Zhou Zhengqi was not very happy and mocked Old Xu: “How big of a bird are you that one nest can’t hold you, you need three?”
Xu Kaiqing directly shot back: “What the h*ll do you know!”
Zhou Zhengqi: “…” Quietly, he didn’t dare say another word.
One day, Jiang Fuyue had just finished her work when she received a call from Xiao Shan.
“…What’s wrong?”
“Come to the office. Let’s talk in person.”
“Okay.”
…
When Jiang Fuyue arrived, Ming Yu happened to be there as well.
The two of them had probably just finished talking, because he had already stood up and was preparing to leave.
Jiang Fuyue glanced at his legs.
Under the suit trousers, his legs were long. When he stood up, his movements were smooth, his actions normal. He no longer needed the help of crutches.
Ming Yu: “You two talk. I’ll go back to class.”
“Okay.”
When leaving, he did not forget to thoughtfully close the door.
Jiang Fuyue sat in the chair he had just used and looked up at Xiao Shan. “You needed me for something?”
“Ahem, ” He coughed before speaking, his eyes evasive. Obviously something was up.
“Well… the end of the year is coming soon.”
“So?”
Xiao Shan rubbed his hands together. “All the major universities are starting to rush the rankings. Whether our Ming University can rank near the top of the many university rankings this year depends on this final push.”
Every year, domestic and international third-party organizations release rankings of famous universities.
For example, abroad there are QS, US, Times, as well as the monthly or annual ESI index rankings; domestically there are the Higher Education Development Index rankings, the Ai Ruishen Alumni Association rankings, Wu Lianshu rankings, and the (Shanghai) Soft Science global rankings, etc.
Basically, they evaluate universities’ overall rankings based on various assessment indicators and then announce them to the public.
In the past, Ming University, being the number one “wild chicken” university, wouldn’t even dare think about such rankings.
But now things were different. Not to mention how many high-quality faculty members Ming University had recruited this year, and how many advanced courses had been opened, just Jiang Fuyue’s academic achievements alone were enough to carry the rankings!
So now the issue was no longer whether they would “make the list,” but how to “rank near the top.”
Xiao Shan said, “For foreign rankings like QS, US, and Times, we’ll just let them do whatever they want.”
With a Lasker Award holding things down, the ranking wouldn’t be too low anyway.
“Right now the main concern is several domestic rankings. One of their indicators is results in academic competitions, and it carries quite a lot of weight. But Ming University doesn’t have any achievements in that area yet.”
Jiang Fuyue raised an eyebrow. “So what are you getting at?”
“Hehe… the Qiu Chengtong University Student Mathematics Competition is about to start. Why don’t you go join the fun?”
Before Jiang Fuyue could respond, Xiao Shan slapped his palm on the table. “Great, it’s settled! I’ve already registered you, no need to thank me~”
Jiang Fuyue: “?”
“Relax, it’s a piece of cake for you, just treat it as playing around! Come on! Whether Ming University can charge into the top ten of the rankings depends on you!”
“….”
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