So the next day, I solemnly announced at the dining table that I had a boyfriend.

　　My dad: "Sigh, what a pity." Me: ??? My dad: "What a pity, Xiao Lian is such a good kid.

　　How did this precious jade cabbage end up being stolen?" "Dad, I think there's a high probability that I'm not your biological daughter, there may have been an error in the test, let's do it again another day." "Hey hey hey, I misspoke.

　　Xiao Lian is lucky to be my daughter's boyfriend." Old, double-standard, Shen.

　　Then, Old Shen's focus shifted to Shen Mingxi: "Older sibling, you're almost thirty, your sister is dating, and here you are, still single and croaking like a frog in the field.

　　Don't you have anything to say?" Shen Mingxi quickly put down his chopsticks, grabbed his bag, and left: "I suddenly remembered there's an urgent document at the company, I'll go first, you guys enjoy your meal." Old Shen looked at my older sister.

　　Shen Yaoxi: "I suddenly remembered there's something I need to do in my studio, I'll leave first, little sis, you enjoy your meal." Me: I always feel out of place in this family because I'm not passionate enough about my work.

　　The laboratory on Monday is always bustling and busy.

　　In the afternoon, as I went to the hallway to get some water, I heard a lot of commotion coming from the neighboring room, with many people whispering outside the door.

　　I pulled aside a junior colleague from the neighboring lab and asked what was going on.

　　"It's Zhao Shi-jie's relatives who have come," she said angrily.

　　I am familiar with Zhao Shi-jie, whose full name is Zhao Yin.

　　She is a prominent figure in this experimental building, known for her excellent research.

　　The building often refers to both her and me as the "Cold Spring Harbor seed players," with some exaggeration, but it does reflect her skills.

　　Although we are technically competitors, I have met her a few times privately, and she is a hardworking and outstanding person.

　　"Zhao Shi-jie's family has always favored males over females.

　　She had to work multiple jobs to pay for her PhD tuition.

　　She has come this far with great difficulties, yet her family has now come here, saying they want her to drop out and get married because her younger brother wants to get married but can't afford the dowry.

　　They want to sell her!"

　　Hearing this, my fists clenched.

　　The cursing inside the room became increasingly unpleasant.

　　I heard Zhao Yin's advisor trying to persuade them, but his voice was drowned out by a middle-aged man's voice: "What's the use of a girl studying so much! Besides, I heard that there's radiation here.

　　What if something happens to her future fertility? While there are still people willing to give dowries for her, she should hurry up and get married!"

　　Then came the shouting of a middle-aged woman.

　　I walked back to the laboratory, casually grabbed a reagent, and returned to the meeting room, kicking the door open.

　　Zhao Yin was being scolded by someone who looked like her mother, while the dean and her advisor were anxiously standing by.

　　I rushed forward, pulling Zhao Yin behind me.

　　"Can you all speak slowly? You're too noisy, and it's affecting my experiments," I said.

　　Upon closer inspection, I saw that her entire family had come, including the legendary "Zhao family's precious son," Zhao Yin's younger brother.

　　"Who are you?" the middle-aged man, likely Zhao Yin's father, asked me.

　　"I'm from the neighboring laboratory, where Zhao Yin is.

　　You guys are being too noisy," I replied.

　　Zhao's mother tried to charge towards me, seemingly wanting to pull Zhao Yin back.

　　I held Zhao Yin's hand and took a step back, lifting the reagent in front of them.

　　"I advise you to think twice before making any moves.

　　This reagent in my hand is worth 350,000; if it suffers any damage, I can have all of you sent to prison for ten or eight years," I said.

　　Sure enough, upon hearing the value of 350,000, this family of three fell silent for a few seconds.

　　They did not approach me anymore, but Zhao Yin's younger brother's eyes darted around.

　　"Sis, didn't you say you didn't have any money? If this item is so expensive, can't you just sell a bit of it to solve your problem?"

　　Upon hearing this, both the dean and Zhao Yin's advisor were infuriated.

　　I sneered, "If she really takes it, it would be her who ends up in prison.

　　Then you won't have any money for your wedding.

　　" Before this family could say anything, I looked at the fallen potted plants and the scattered items in the office due to the commotion just now.

　　"Hey, Dean, isn't this potted plant the 500,000 Luo Han Song you bought at the auction?" I looked at the dean and gave him a signal.

　　The old man understood immediately: "Of course, just look at this...

　　this..." As he said this, he clutched his chest as if he was about to collapse.

　　The junior disciple closest to the door hurried over to support him, anxiously shouting, "President, what happened? You can't have any problems! President!" Indeed, each person in this building was missing an Oscar.

　　I pointed to the thermal cup that Zhou Yindao had given to Professor Zhao, which had been smashed: "Professor, is this the cup that Senior Han gave you last time? It's said to be high-tech from abroad, and Senior Han spent 200,000 to buy it."

　　Very well, the old professor also acted like he was having a heart attack.

　　The whole family saw that I was about to start counting things and quickly said, "These things have nothing to do with us! It's all that damn girl's fault! If she had obediently gone back to get married, would these things happen?!"

　　I interrupted them, "If Zhao Yin has to compensate for the loss of the Experimental Building, she would have to work for free for our Experimental Building for ten years.

　　If it's you who compensates, it would be even easier to handle, only 110 yuan would solve the problem."

　　I took out my phone, preparing to make a call.

　　The family disappeared quickly.

　　News about the laboratory spread quickly, and my sister was very interested in this girl who had experienced so much adversity yet remained strong.

　　She asked me to arrange a meeting with her.

　　In a quiet private room, the three of us sat down.

　　"Student Yun, about what happened last time, thank you," Zhao Yin broke the silence.

　　"You're welcome," I replied.

　　My sister took a sip of coffee and asked Zhao Yin, "I heard from Song Lan that you have received an offer from a famous foreign university." "Yes, but..." "Why don't you plan on going?" Zhao Yin lowered her head and remained silent.

　　"Can I ask a more personal question?" My sister looked at Zhao Yin.

　　"Your hukou, is it still at your home or..." "I made an excuse to transfer my hukou out when I was in college." My sister seemed relieved.

　　"Song Lan mentioned your situation to me, and I really like your personality.

　　You can go abroad, and I can support you financially until you finish your studies abroad." Zhao Yin looked up at me.

　　"My sister doesn't lack money, you don't have to be polite to her.

　　When you go abroad, you'll be far away from the annoying quirks of that family." Zhao Yin remained silent for a moment and then looked up, "Miss Shen, I will write you an IOU." "Okay."

　　A month later, I saw in Zhao Yin's Moments: Goal: Cold Spring Port! The photo was the Fitzwilliam Museum.

　　After that, I finally managed to finish my project before my sister completed her driving license! Along with a large sum of money, there was also an offer from a foreign laboratory.

　　I refused it.

　　In order to fulfill my previous promise, I sent a bouquet of flowers to my boyfriend's company every day, of course, this time I didn't have to pay.

　　Today, I finally had some time, holding a large bouquet of roses, I entered Lian Chonglou's office.

　　This time, he didn't continue his work after I came in.

　　"I heard that you turned down the invitation from the foreign laboratory," he said seriously.

　　I paused as I was looking for a book on the bookshelf, "Are you so well-informed?" His expression was solemn, "Why didn't you go?"

　　"I walked over and sat directly on my boyfriend's lap: 'My dear boyfriend, do you think that because I, your girlfriend, am having a love brain attack, I can't bear to part with my gentle and considerate boyfriend, so you refused?' Lian Chonglou remained silent.

　　I laughed, suddenly feeling that my boyfriend was a bit cute.

　　I lifted his face and kissed his forehead: 'My dear boyfriend, you should believe that the probability of love brain in the Lao Shen family is extremely low.' After all, Lao Shen constantly reminds me to reject love brain.

　　'Lian Chonglou, I like you, really like you.

　　But I will not stop my progress for anyone, even if that person is my lover.

　　I may have some reasons for refusing your invitation, but it will never be my only reason.

　　I have thought deeply before making this decision.' I was waiting for him to get angry because, based on my years of experience in reading novels, male leads usually get upset when they find out that they are not number one in the female lead's heart, becoming a male lead with nine exploding hairs and one especially exploding hair.

　　But Lian Chonglou didn't seem to be angry, on the contrary, he seemed to be happier than before...

　　'I am glad that I didn't become a burden to you; I am also honored that you chose me to be your boyfriend.' I set up my own laboratory.

　　I am definitely not short of funds, with Lao Shen, my brother, my sister, and Miss Lao Yueyun.

　　I am now quite wealthy—I can even casually browse the Zeiss official website! I refused Lian Chonglou's money; I don't want other factors to be involved in our relationship.

　　But it seems...

　　my boyfriend got angry because I prevented him from giving me money? In the end, my boyfriend still placed two machines in my laboratory.

　　The laboratory quickly started running, and I often exchanged opinions with Zhao Yin from overseas.

　　Everything is developing in a positive direction.

　　The sky is blue, the clouds are beautiful.

　　My boyfriend came to pick me up again.