Professor Qian has lived for half his life, how could he not understand the underlying principles? However, this is after all a place of learning, and as guests, they should respect the rules. The host cannot afford to lose face over such trivial matters, or it would be detrimental to the harmony between the two schools.

  Although the two schools didn't have much of a relationship to begin with.

  Zhao Tian walked up to Xian Yu's side, poked her waist, and whispered in her ear: "They're too much, you mustn't show mercy later, give them a good scare, see if they dare to look down on us like this again."

  In fact, Zhao Tian didn't say it, but she also had this intention.

  This project is almost done, only the final data run and model experiment are left. The time given by Shi Lian is half a year, her intention is to take it slow, drag on for two months, and submit the results when the semester is about to end, so as not to be too conspicuous.

  Plans can't keep up with changes, she had already exposed her strength to Professor Qian and promised him and Zhou Mei that she would bring them to become the future female scientists of the motherland, so the project could be ended as soon as possible, and it's more important to focus on Zhou Mei and the others.

  She still remembers the moist eyes of Professor Qian when she made this promise and the starlight shining in Zhou Mei's eyes for their dreams, which was the most beautiful light she had ever seen so far. She didn't want such starlight to be extinguished.

  "Let's see what Professor Kan says."

  Xian Yu didn't say a word, but Zhou Wei pointed at Professor Qian and said to Zhao Tian.

  They'd better wait and see for now.

  Professor Qian didn't say anything, just smiled politely and then led them into the multi-functional hall together.

  As soon as I went in, I saw six men and two women sitting together chatting, with a somewhat discussion-like appearance, but the tension was completely invisible.

  As they entered, these people stood up and called out "Professor Zhu", then nothing more was said.

  Wang Meng and several others looked at this situation, suddenly even more angry, even Professor Qian's face stiffened.

  It's fine if they don't greet these students, after all, everyone is of the same generation and it's hard to avoid being a bit arrogant. But Professor Qian is their superior, in the same generation as Professor Zhu, yet these people treat him as if he's invisible, not even willing to call out "Professor Qian", which is really too disrespectful.

  "Haha, Professor Zhu's students are also top-notch talents, like you, with high vision!" said Professor Qian, looking at the eight students.

  Zhao Tian listened to Professor Qian praising those people, her face turned red with anger, and she leaned into Xian Yu's ear, saying indignantly: "Why is Professor Qian still praising them?!"

  She smiled helplessly and turned away, "Do you know what idiom is used to describe someone with high standards?"

  Liu Jia hastily replied: "I know I know, it's 'no dust under their eyes', Professor Qian is being sarcastic towards them!"

  A few people stood far away, speaking in low voices, so no one heard their whispers, but two girls from the B squad looked at them with great disdain.

  Seeing this look, Zhao Tian's temper flared up and she glared back fiercely. To prevent her from being too impulsive and causing trouble, Zhou Mei pulled her hand hard, telling her not to be rash.

  Xianyu naturally also saw the eyes of these two girls, probably because of the reason for repelling each other, from the moment they came in, these two girls had been looking at them with such arrogance, and she was looked at with a few points of anger.

  "What are you pulling me for? Can't you see how they're looking at us? It's so infuriating!" Zhao Tian struggled and struggled, but couldn't get away, so she turned around and said to Zhou Mei with a flustered expression.

  Zhou Mei still held her hand and did not let go, softly asking her: "Not holding you, would I let you rush up and argue with them? Don't you see what kind of occasion this is?"

  One sentence extinguished Zhao Tian's anger, she weakly slumped down, and Zhou Mei only then let go of her.

  "It's getting late, and don't stand around anymore, let's get started quickly. You are the guests, you come first." After a few more pleasantries, Professor Qian didn't want to listen to Zhu Wei's hypocritical flattery anymore, so he pretended to look at his watch and said to everyone.

  This news was exactly what Professor Zhu and his students had expected, as the project with Shilong Airlines had been rumored for some time. A high-ranking executive at Shilong Airlines' headquarters used to be a student of B University, so when Shilong proposed this decision two months ago, Professor Zhu already knew about it. The proposal for cooperation between the two schools was also made by that executive.

  And they had already started researching this project two months ago, so they were way ahead of Q in terms of progress, which is why they didn't take Q seriously. This was a competition where the outcome was already predetermined.

  "Alright, then let's get down to business. Mu Ying, you go ahead and give everyone an update on our R&D progress."

  It was quite impolite. As soon as Professor Qian asked them to come first, Zhu Weilian didn't even bother to decline and directly waved his hand for one of the two girls to go on stage.

  The multi-functional hall was not very big, so the seats were close to the stage. The idle girls walked to the second row, waiting for Mu Ying, who looked down on them, to perform.

  Mu Ying, who had long been prepared, took her computer and U-disk and walked towards the stage. The aisle was wide enough for two people to walk side by side, but Mu Ying deliberately bumped into her heavily as she passed by.

  He was knocked into a stumble and rubbed his sore shoulder, but before he could speak, Zhao Tian preempted him, "You..."

  "Oh no, sorry sorry, did I bump into you?"

  Zhao Tian was cut off by Mu Ying as soon as he opened his mouth, and the insincere apology blocked Zhao Tian's next words.

  Hearing the noise over here, Professor Qian walked over and saw Xianyu rubbing his own shoulders. He asked, "What's wrong?"

  Zhu Wei also walked over, not giving Mu Ying a chance to speak, and pulled Mu Ying along, saying: "Look at my memory, I haven't even introduced you guys yet. This is Mu Ying, she's only a senior this year, and she's one of my proud students."

  The implication of shielding cannot be more obvious.

  Xianyu stopped Zhao Tian from speaking up and calmly said: "It's nothing, I accidentally bumped into him."

  "Haha, this passageway was narrow to begin with, and you were standing right in the middle, so it's no wonder you got bumped into. Thankfully nothing serious happened, but next time don't stand in the middle of the passageway, okay?" Professor Zhu chuckled and said, as he patted Xian Yu's shoulder with his hand, coincidentally exactly where he had been bumped.

  Xian Yu's brow furrowed, Professor Qian looked at Xian Yu's position on the edge of the aisle, even the friendly expression on his face couldn't be maintained. He was about to speak when he saw Xian Yu shake his head at him, "Alright, Professor Zhu, thanks for your concern, let's hurry back and sit down so that Mu can go up and present her research results."

  "In that case, Mu Ying, you'd better go up quickly. This classmate is eager to hear about your research results."

  With a smile, Professor Zhu and B Da's people dispersed and returned to their respective positions.

  Wang Meng and others saw the situation and had no choice but to swallow their anger and sat back down.