Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Chapter 2688: Chapter 2683: At Your Beck and Call

Yes, the Bone Horseshoe Crab.

The reason there was a certain non-human element in that scream is precisely because it was too accurately replicated.

Of course, it wasn’t because the wound healed so well that Fu Qian burst into tears of joy; at that moment, he was imitating the gift Professor Lisa had once given him.

The Bone Horseshoe Crab that she had hand-assembled and sent as a milestone research result.

Just pressing it would produce an ear-piercing scream, which had disturbed the public once before.

So why did Professor Fu disturb the public again?

Simply put, he missed her dearly after not seeing her for a few days and was just inviting Professor Lisa for a chat.

The seat was just too comfortable, he really didn’t want to ask in person.

”I just knew it was you...”

And at that moment, the concept of telepathy was demonstrated; seeing Professor Fu lounging there despite ostensibly being out on a field study, Lisa showed no surprise, only indignation in her eyes.

”Do you think Heaven’s Commencement Institute hasn’t been complained about enough? Even if you had something to discuss with me, you could have let them call me instead.”

And truly worthy of an intellectual, on the way over, she had clearly sorted out the context, guessing it was probably the Great Summoning Spell.

But the more she guessed, the more indignant she became, considering he showed no respect for people and totally disregarded his own image.

”They’re busy too.”

Facing Lisa’s overly fierce gaze, as if sharp fangs would appear the next moment, Fu Qian couldn’t help but recall how she behaved in the previous task.

Even though it was an embodiment of his consciousness, similar to an NPC in a dream, its characteristics had to align with the original person.

Professor Lisa’s impulsive behavior to poison without a second thought showed decisiveness and responsibility, although slightly impulsive.

Even seeing things going south at the end, she was ready to use her trump card and transform at any time.

All in all, in Fu Qian’s view, it was quite an outstanding performance.

So even if she was a bit rude at the moment, he didn’t mind at all, pointing at Wen Li and the other to patiently explain.

”Busy?”

Her attitude was still good, but unfortunately, the reasoning was rather weak.

Lisa’s glance swept over the three cups of tea on the table with a brief snort.

”Almost forgot, Liushuang, quickly make some tea.”

Unfortunately, Professor Fu clearly misread this look’s meaning, realizing the esteemed guest had been here so long without being offered a seat and tea, quickly apologized, and gave instructions.

...

”How come you’re back so soon? Didn’t things go smoothly?”

One does not hit a smiling face, especially when the lab assistant genuinely smiles and offers a cup of tea.

It was primarily due to the minor offense of calling people with a rattle that Professor Fu’s amiable demeanor had already calmed most of the anger.

Faced with this courtesy now, Lisa also chose not to hold the grudge any longer, even proactively showing concern for Professor Fu’s trip after sitting down.

”Don’t worry, it went smoothly.”

In the corner of his eye, he could see Wen Li and the others with similar expressions, looking somewhat worried; Fu Qian gestured to them not to worry.

”And you? How’s the work in the archive room progressing?”

Meanwhile, despite theoretically being colleagues, Professor Lisa, always ready to be summoned, couldn’t escape the fate of a group meeting.

After taking a generous sip, Professor Fu immediately focused on some work arrangements from the past few days.

”You’ve got some nerve bringing that up...”

This exploitative behavior immediately triggered dissatisfaction, with Professor Lisa rolling her eyes heavily.

”What’s the matter, any difficulties?”

Proving once again that he lacked the bad habit of ”I just want results,” Fu Qian immediately inquired about the difficulties he encountered.

”No, everything is going very smoothly.”

In response, Lisa let out a cold laugh, surprisingly mimicking his answer.

”Considering that the Dean really likes this idea and following the principle of doing it well if you’re going to do it, we are currently in the second phase of recruiting cases, and the number of materials I have to hand has more than doubled.”

Oh... There’s such a thing?

It was indeed impressive how strict the Dean’s requirements were.

At that moment, Fu Qian sighed lightly, unable to hide the emotion.

Additionally, it was entirely understandable why Professor Lisa carried some emotion.

Not everyone could appreciate the leadership’s diligent efforts, and it’s normal for frontline staff to have some opinions when the workload suddenly more than doubles.

”Some administrative work indeed consumes a lot of time and energy.”

Without just talking without any experience, Fu Qian empathized with Professor Lisa’s predicament.

Moreover, this indicated that the latter still held some principles.

Initially, when the work was more manageable, she could rely on personal connections to gather extra help, recruiting Miss Liushuang and the others to assist.

But now, with a pile of materials thrown over, she didn’t pass on the pressure and instead released all extra hands.

”You know...”

Of course, understanding is mutual.

Fu Qian knew of Professor Lisa’s hardships, and Professor Lisa understood that no matter how tough things got, trying to grab Professor Fu’s extra help was still very challenging, her eye-roll momentarily continued.

”Of course, the challenges in everyone’s work are something I would never ignore.”

Professor Fu maintained his composure, thoughtfully stroking his chin, as if taking the responsibility of creating a favorable research environment for everyone.

”As the scale expands, the workload of your project indeed increases, and even the transition from quantity to quality occurs, raising the overall complexity...

”Considering scientific management, it’s necessary for procedures to be optimized and upgraded under such circumstances.”

In Professor Lisa’s eyes, saying ”what are you concocting again,” Mr. Fu Sr. seemed genuinely to analyze the problem.

”How to upgrade?”

With a tone somewhat diverging from ordinary discourse, Professor Lisa, who seemed not to have read operations management seriously, expressed confusion.

”Haven’t you already taken the first step? Dissolving the temporary makeshift team.”

Fu Qian pointed to Wen Li and the others, looking surprised.

”With the current project’s scale, you can apply for a workgroup entirely, and considering the project’s open and inclusive nature, workgroup members may not be limited to within Heaven’s Commencement Institute.

”Then, you can lead the whole thing, which is also a chance to showcase our Heaven’s Commencement Institute’s influence; Cass likely won’t object.

”All you need to do next is coordinate and allocate resources, avoid a large amount of frontline work, and only make decisions on particularly sensitive content.”

...

”That does make some sense.”

The legendary ”leadership guiding work” truly existed, and Professor Fu’s high-level analysis made Lisa’s eyes sparkle.

”Though dealing with a bunch of people is still somewhat bothersome.”

However, the inertia of a person is boundless. After some consideration, her elegant eyebrows did not fully relax.

”Don’t you have an assistant with an administrative post?”

Even this was something Mr. Fu Sr. had considered in advance, casually reminding her.

”You’re a researcher, the core is still to do your main job well; let her handle the administration for you.”