In entrance of the scholar’s pc desk, there was an intimate photograph of Duan Yang and his trainer. Whereas Lin Chen nonetheless had some puzzlement, most certainly this “trainer” Duan Yang talked about was in all probability Mr. Duan Wanshan*, who supported the medical development amenities in Africa. With reverence, Lin Chen rigorously noticed the older man within the photograph.

*Notice: Duan Wanshan (段万山) and Duan Yang (端阳) are usually not associated. They’re completely different Chinese language characters.

Mr. Duan Wanshan appeared like a typical scholar. Within the photograph, he was carrying a beret and a checkered scarf. Maybe as a result of he was holding an umbrella in his hand, it gave Lin Chen the impression that he as soon as studied in England, revealing a sublime educational aura and making him much more admirable.

Pondering of this, Lin Chen turned his consideration to Trainer Duan’s pupil.

The younger man’s face appeared just a little purple beneath the desk lamp. He had already retreated to the chair and sat down.

Lin Chen thought for a bit, then requested, “Do you or do you not need me to ask about your relationship together with your trainer?”

The kitten in Duan Yang’s hand gave a mild meow; its eyes have been as blue because the sky, as if it have been answering his query.

“Alright, I received’t ask,” Lin Chen replied critically.

“No… It’s not what you assume.”

“What do you assume I feel?”

Duan Yang was so tongue-tied for the time being that he couldn’t communicate. Lin Chen smiled. Unexpectedly, he was in a superb temper. He sat on the beanbag casually.

Duan Yang appeared much more depressed than earlier than. “Trainer Duan was my undergraduate tutor. Initially, he solely supervised graduate college students, however he made an exception and introduced me in. Throughout summer season trip of my junior 12 months, he immediately resigned and joined Medical doctors With out Borders in Africa. When he left, he didn’t even ship me a textual content message.”

“How bizarre.” Lin Chen’s hand hung to the bottom as he sat on the beanbag. He knocked on the ground and checked out Duan Yang.

“What’s bizarre?”

“Since your trainer didn’t say goodbye and didn’t ship a textual content message, why did he immediately contact you about hostile drug reactions a few years later. Does your trainer haven’t any former colleagues or pals? How can he depart such an essential matter to a pupil?” Lin Chen requested.

“I!” Duan Yang’s face turned purple once more, wanting extraordinarily cute beneath the sunshine.

“Hm?”

“I secretly inquired about it. How might trainer depart this type of factor to me? He wouldn’t say a phrase to me.”

Seeing that Duan Yang’s gloomy expression wasn’t faux, Lin Chen began to get confused over this twisted relationship. “Inquired?”

“My former shijie went to work as a trainer within the Dana Area. I requested her to inform me some information about my trainer now and again. She secretly informed me stuff on and off. It was in all probability on the finish of final 12 months or the start of this 12 months that my shijie and the others by chance discovered {that a} paper by Professor Tan Kang was very near a drug that my trainer had studied. At the moment, Professor Tan Kang had already printed his paper, so it’s tough to show that he could have plagiarized my trainer. They thought it was only a coincidence, however later, they realized that it’d actually be trainer’s analysis outcomes that have been leaked. As a result of the experimental circumstances of the Dana Area have been too poor, they might often ship issues to laboratories in large cities for evaluation…”

“And a few of these labs belong to Zhourui Pharmaceutical?”

“I don’t know the main points. It might simply be a laboratory that Zhourui invested in, however there’s no option to show that my trainer’s analysis findings have been really stolen from a lab.”

“Except you discover a key particular person and admit that he leaked one thing, however even then, the opposite celebration has already obtained the drug’s patent rights, and patent possession is tough to confirm.”

“Certainly, it’s very laborious.”

“What occurred after?” Lin Chen requested.

Listening to this, Duan Yang immediately laid down on the mattress and set free a protracted sigh.

“What’s fallacious?”

“I don’t know what occurred afterwards. My shijie didn’t keep within the Dana Area for lengthy.”

“Why didn’t she keep there for lengthy?”

“As a result of… As a result of my shijie stored sending me secret messages about trainer and when he came upon, he drove her out and again to the nation.”

Listening to this, Lin Chen immediately dragged out his tone. “Scholar Duan Yang…”

“What?”

“There’s a phrase known as fool. Do you assume this fits you?”

“Advisor Lin.” Duan Yang smiled bitterly. “Don’t make enjoyable of me, okay? Don’t you’ve got anybody you care about? You miss them on a regular basis, however you by no means hear from them, so it’s a must to beat across the bush to get information about them.”

Lin Chen thought, ‘I can’t even beat across the bush to get information now.’ He immediately didn’t wish to speak to Duan Yang about caring or worrying any longer. He continued along with his unfinished query from earlier. “I nonetheless assume there’s an issue right here. In line with what you mentioned, you’re really a nosy particular person. Since your trainer is conscious that this new drug with severe unwanted effects is about to enter the market, why didn’t he personally step ahead? Even when communication issues exist within the Dana Area, he ought to have entrusted this to a 3rd celebration.”

“That is additionally the place I’m fearful.” Duan Yang appeared solemn. “I actually don’t know what occurred later, however I’ve been listening to educational journals at house and overseas. Nobody has printed papers of an opposing nature. In academia, we nonetheless should depend on experiments and knowledge. I all the time really feel that trainer’s experiment hasn’t been accomplished, so he hasn’t printed his paper. I can solely guess he didn’t count on Zhourui Pharmaceutical to finish Section 4 of scientific trials so shortly, however I actually don’t know what’s happening.”

Lin Chen nodded.

The issue now was that Zhourui Pharmaceutical supposed to launch a brand new drug which will trigger hostile reactions. The particular person concerned was within the Dana Area making him tough to achieve. All that was left was a present veterinarian who was fired from a hospital making an attempt to stop this from taking place, however that was like a mantis making an attempt to cease a automotive.

“So why precisely did you invite me to your residence?” Lin Chen immediately requested.

“I’ve one thing I wish to provide you with. Are you able to stand up for a bit?” Duan Yang mentioned softly.

Lin Chen was greatly surprised for a second earlier than realizing that the younger man had hidden one thing contained in the beanbag he was sitting on.

“Why are you so cautious?”

Lin Chen felt his legs have been just a little numb, so he didn’t instantly get up.

“Simply final month, I discovered that my pc appeared to have been moved. Within the night, there was a collective barking from the pets within the pet retailer. I went downstairs and located that the door was open, as if somebody had snuck in. Since then, I’ve used a desktop pc to hook up with the web and stored all the info on a laptop computer that’s not related to the web.”

“So, what I’m sitting on…”

“Is my laptop computer,” Duan Yang replied.

Lin Chen hurriedly received up, however the second he stood up, he immediately felt dizzy. He held onto the wardrobe, however his knees softened, and he fell to the bottom, unconscious.

Later, he was woke up by one thing licking him. The again of his hand was tingling, and when he opened his eyes, he discovered himself mendacity on Duan Yang’s mattress. He appeared down and realized that it was the kitten that Duan Yang was holding that was licking his hand.

Lin Chen tried to take a seat up, and located it wasn’t tough. When he sat up, he noticed a needle in his arm, and Duan Yang was hanging up an IV bag.

Seeing him get up, the younger man hurriedly mentioned, “Why are you in such poor well being?!”

“I used to be in a hospital whenever you known as me out.”

Listening to what he mentioned, the younger man mentioned embarrassingly, “Sorry, I didn’t know.” He paused, and his expression modified, like a physician an indefatigable affected person. “Your neutrophils are critically lowering. Did the hospital examine on this? Are you able to present me your medical information?”

“Did you give me a blood take a look at?” Lin Chen was speechless.

“We’re in a pet hospital. It’s not like we will’t do easy checks.”

Lin Chen appeared on the liquid that Duan Yang gave him. “Then that is?”

“Glucose. The ratio is okay. It may be used on people.”

Lin Chen resisted the urge to drag out the needle. He was afraid that if he did this, the younger man in entrance of him would beat him.

In awe of the physician, Lin Chen replied obediently, “I had my complete physique checked. There’s nothing severe and the first sickness is slowly lowering.”

“Then it’s essential to concentrate. The lower in neutrophils can simply result in repeated infections. It’s been sizzling just lately, so be sure you don’t catch a chilly or one thing. Additionally, what’s with that harm in your hand?”

Lin Chen appeared down on the gauze round his palm. “Let’s speak about what you wish to give me first.”

Duan Yang was somebody who was simply distracted.

Listening to what he mentioned, the younger man set free an “oh” and took out a small SD card from the bedside desk. “That is all of the related knowledge concerning the new drug. Some are the contents that my shijie handed on to me, and a few are the outcomes of my very own animal experiments. There may be additionally some scattered knowledge from Zhourui Pharmaceutical {that a} pal obtained.”

Lin Chen frowned. “Good friend?”

“Sure, he’s in administration at Zhourui. He revealed a number of inside data to me, however I can’t inform you who he’s. In any other case, his life could also be in peril.”

Lin Chen appeared on the small SD card in Duan Yang’s palm and mentioned solemnly, “However I can’t take this.”

“Why?”

“There could also be proof obtained by means of unlawful means. If I learn it, then the related chain of proof will not be admissible to the court docket.”

“However!”

“No buts.” Lin Chen put his ft down from the mattress, lifted the adhesive tape that was mounted to the again of his hand, pulled out the needle, after which pressed the bleeding level along with his different hand. “Have you ever given this factor to anybody else?”

“My pal additionally has one.”

“Don’t let others know that you’ve got this materials. Additionally, I recommend you make faux knowledge and put them in your pc, then conceal this SD card.”

“As a result of different individuals already know that I’ve this materials, so the earlier infiltrator was on the lookout for this?”

Lin Chen requested, “Do you’ve got the rest of worth?”

Duan Yang shook his head. “Not that I’m conscious of.”

Whereas talking, Lin Chen had already placed on his footwear and started to stroll to the door.

All of the sudden, the younger man realized one thing and tried to cease him. “Advisor Lin, when you don’t wish to take a look at it, superb, however that doesn’t imply you’ll be able to go house now. You have to present me your medical information tomorrow.”

“There aren’t any information.” Lin Chen began strolling downstairs.

“How can that be when you’ve simply been hospitalized?”

“Clearly, as a result of I escaped.”

Unexpectedly, Lin Chen was stopped by an enormous tabby cat, permitting Duan Yang to seize his arm. “I’ll take you to the physician tomorrow.”

“Aren’t you a physician?” He rotated and requested the younger man incredulously.

“Ah?”

“I’ll come see you tomorrow. I’m actually drained now and wish to go house and relaxation.”

“Then I’ll take you again. I’m fearful about you whenever you’re like this.” Whereas Duan Yang was speaking, he began to search for his keys.

“No want,” Lin Chen mentioned to Duan Yang. “We don’t know one another effectively. In case you’re a nasty particular person, wouldn’t I’ve revealed my handle to you?”

Duan Yang’s mouth dropped open, uncertain the way to reply.

“Look, I simply don’t like individuals coming into my residence. I stay shut by.” Lin Chen shook his cellphone and walked in the direction of Yanjia Lane. “I’ll name you once I get house. Don’t fear…”

After he completed talking, Lin Chen walked into the expansive evening.

The truth is, he didn’t misinform Duan Yang. When he left Duan Yang’s pet store and turned left, he might hear the sound of water. After strolling alongside the river for about eight minutes, he had reached house.

It was very late, so there was nearly nobody within the alley.

Maybe it was as a result of he simply had an IV infusion or had lain down for some time, however he not felt dizzy. Quite, he was fully sober, so he might assume critically concerning the time he left house and whether or not he wanted to vary the sheets. No less than earlier than he noticed the particular person ready for him beneath the eaves, he felt he was nonetheless clear-headed.

Within the evening, the person standing beneath the eaves was neatly dressed. It was apparent he had been ready for a very long time.

Lin Chen immediately regretted that he didn’t let Duan Yang take him house, as a result of the one who was ready for him on Yanjia Lane and was standing in entrance of Xing Conglian’s home was fairly a hard man.

And this troublesome man occurred to be named, Huang Ze.