CHAPTER 35: CHAPTER 35: TWO OR THREE THINGS ABOUT SENIOR SISTER’S FATHER

"Thank you, Senior Sister."

Shen Jingqi took a sip.

A light flavor, with a hint of sweetness, followed by a touch of bitterness.

The three flavors blended together in an organic fusion.

Shen Jingqi was drinking this kind of tea for the first time.

The other senior sisters and brothers in the office often drank tea too.

Varieties like Longjing, Tieguanyin, and various floral teas such as rose, lily, and chrysanthemum.

They could be seen everywhere in the office.

But ginkgo leaf tea was something unseen.

"Senior Sister has a special connection with ginkgo leaves, doesn’t she?"

"Why don’t you ask me why I like ginkgo trees?"

"Sure, if Senior Sister is willing to share."

"The ginkgo tree holds memories and flavors from my past."

Li Baiyu raised her hand.

"When I was in elementary school, my father would pick me up for school every day. After school in the evenings, he was busy, so he’d take me to the campus."

"He often worked late, and I wandered around the campus."

"From then on, I wasn’t too keen on interacting with outsiders. I wouldn’t go too far. Right outside my father’s office, there was a very large ginkgo tree. I often sat underneath it so I could see the light from my father’s office."

"Sometimes, the ginkgo leaves would fall upon me, and I found myself quickly falling asleep. My father would come and find me, laughing."

"I was clutching a ginkgo leaf, saying it was a gift for my father. My father laughed even more."

"He said, ’My good daughter truly loves me, giving me my favorite ginkgo leaf.’

"He saved the ginkgo leaf, saying he would cherish it. Later, he brewed tea for me, saying ginkgo leaves need to be processed before drinking, or else they could be toxic."

"One day, I saw a sign on the ginkgo tree introducing its details. It turned out that the tree was planted by my father."

"Later on, when I was in senior grades of elementary school, for reasons unknown, he resigned from his teaching position at the university and entered the business world."

"After that, I also got into this college. The ginkgo tree he planted was still there."

"Later, I met Tuantuan under the ginkgo tree."

"I also got to drink ginkgo leaf tea."

Li Baiyu picked up her teacup and gently took a sip.

"This is one of the beautiful and warm memories from the autobiographical part of the Senior Sister."

Shen Jingqi didn’t know why Li Baiyu suddenly decided to open up and share her childhood stories about her father.

These stories helped Shen Jingqi represent Li Baiyu in a more tangible way.

Her father was busy during her young age.

Even though Shen Jingqi didn’t know what kind of person Li Baiyu’s father was, based on the few strokes of description, it seemed he had an interesting soul.

Unknowingly, it was almost two in the afternoon.

"I have rescheduled a meeting today to leave some time for tomorrow afternoon."

Li Baiyu glanced at her itinerary.

"Senior Sister, you go ahead with your work, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow."

Shen Jingqi walked out of the VVIP room, realizing that, when he thought of Li Baiyu, his mood had become much more enriched than before.

Ding—

[Sensory Paradise Testing Team]

[Zhao Xin’an] @Everyone: Please reconvene on the fourth-floor conference room today from 3 to 5 p.m.

[Qin Si] Received.

[Zheng Lin] Received.

@Shen Jingqi: Dr. Shen, the neuron connection sensor you used this morning is still in the conference room. Each person should have one of these sensors, which are bond-linked to the user. Following this, you will consistently use this device to log in. This afternoon, please also share your experiences, Dr. Shen."

[Shen Jingqi]: OK.

[Zheng Lin] @Qin Si @Dean Zhang: This afternoon we invite Nurse Qin and Dean Zhang to conduct a test and then share their experiences."

[Qin Si]: Sure.

[Dean Zhang]: Yes.

Shen Jingqi returned to his office, waiting for the meeting.

In his mind, he was still recalling the things Li Baiyu had told him.

He opened his computer and began searching.

Currently, real-world navigation VR technology is already very mature.

Although Shen Jingqi had graduated, he still retained access to Shen University’s portal.

He logged into his personal account and entered the [Roaming Shen University] module.

Searching for "ginkgo tree."

Shen Jingqi quickly found the one he was looking for.

Standing tall on the ground, adorned with golden leaves.

Shen Jingqi focused on the trunk of the ginkgo tree, rotated multiple times, and finally saw a sign.

[Ginkgo Tree

Number: 110526A00001

Family: Ginkgoaceae

Age: 336 years

Scientific Name: Ginkgo biloba]

There was also a QR code on the sign.

It seemed the ginkgo tree had been around for a very long time.

Shen Jingqi captured an image of the sign.

The sign only contained the introduction of the ginkgo tree, no extra useful information other than confirming its location.

Shen Jingqi looked around again.

Not far away, there was an office building.

A sign was hanging on it.

[Shen University Biological Building]

Could this be where Li Baiyu’s father worked?

Last name Li, biology.

Input keywords.

Shen Jingqi searched in the #Shen University Biological Sciences Faculty# window.

Among them, there were eight professors and researchers with the last name Li.

Six of them were male.

Through appearance and background, Shen Jingqi finally locked onto a name.

Li Yuanshin.

Then, the introduction of Li Yuanshin unfolded before Shen Jingqi.

"Li Yuanshin, professor of biology at Shen University, expert in gene editing, Yangtze River scholar, deeply engaged in genome editing and gene sequence topics, has published multiple papers as corresponding author in journals such as Science and Cell. Later, he shifted his focus to cognitive neuroscience, conducting cross-research between gene editing and cognitive neuroscience, combining behavioral studies with large-scale neuroimaging technologies to explore the neural mechanisms of behavior, committed to developing large-scale neuroactivity imaging technology. He has published several papers in journals such as Nature Cell Biology, Cell Research, Neuron, and PNAS. As project leader, he presided over the National Natural Science Foundation’s Jiang Scholars Project and the Ministry of Science and Technology’s key R&D plans."

Regarding teaching experience, Li Yuanshin served as a professor at Shen University’s School of Life Sciences until twenty years ago.

Afterward, as Li Baiyu mentioned, Li Yuanshin ventured into business.

Shen Jingqi searched online but could not find any information related to business beyond Li Yuanshin’s teaching background at Shen University.

Based on Dean Zhang’s introduction, Li Baiyu’s father likely owned his own companies or industries.

However, Li Baiyu did not rely on her father and was completely independent in her entrepreneurship.

Considering his age, Li Baiyu’s father should be in his fifties or sixties.

Looking at the photo of Li Yuanshin from twenty years ago, the resemblance in the eyes and brows between him and Li Baiyu was about seventy to eighty percent similar.