"Don't give her any more unrealistic hopes."
After the video call was connected, Molina looked at the man who was writing on the other side of the screen. She couldn't help but feel angry as she spoke in a cold tone.
Lu Zhou, who was sitting at his desk, finally put down the pen in his hand.
He raised his head and looked at Molina. He didn't know what was going on, so he spoke in confusion.
"Her? What are you talking about? "
Last night, she sent an email asking if she had time to video chat. He waited for a long time, but he didn't know what she wanted to say.
Molina took a deep breath and spoke in a cold tone.
"I'm talking about Miss Vera Pulyuy!"
Lu Zhou frowned and gradually realized that the situation was a bit serious.
"What's wrong with Vera?"
She seemed to be hesitating whether or not to say it, but when she thought about her heartbreaking face, she clenched her teeth and couldn't help but break the promise of not telling Lu Zhou.
"She is very sick now. She has been coughing and having a fever since last week. It doesn't look like a normal cold! I don't know if there is any agreement between you and her or if you are working on a project together, and I'm not interested in asking. I just want to tell you … She is overdrafting her health! "
Molina stared at Lu Zhou on the screen and spoke in a serious tone.
"I beg you, don't push her too hard."
Molina reached out and grabbed the mouse. While Lu Zhou was dumbfounded, she ended the call.
"Wait a minute! Is she already dead? "
Lu Zhou didn't have time to stop her. He looked at the black screen and had a complicated expression on his face.
Molina's last words lingered in his ears.
What do you mean I pushed her too hard?
Lu Zhou repeated this sentence in his heart and asked himself if he had ever done such a thing.
However, no matter how he asked himself, he couldn't remember asking her to do anything.
Holy shit!
Can you not say half of what you want to say? Finish it properly!
What did I do?
As he thought of this, Lu Zhou felt an indescribable sense of irritation in his heart. However, he could not tell where this feeling of irritation came from. In fact, he did not even know why he was feeling irritable.
As if the camera had captured the gloominess on Lu Zhou's face, a string of colorful bubbles appeared in the lower right corner, quietly reflecting a line of text.
Xiao Ai: [Master, that … do you need Xiao Ai to reconnect the video call? (> person <;)]
Lu Zhou took a deep breath, opened his mouth, and finally shook his head.
"… No need."
Although Xiao Ai did have the ability to do so, there was no point in doing so.
Molina obviously expressed what she wanted to say before hanging up. Even if he reconnected the video call, it would only add to the awkwardness.
After all, the human heart was not a code, and it could not be changed by a few jumping characters.
Lu Zhou leaned back in his office chair and sighed as he spoke to himself.
"… I really want to go to a quiet place, preferably with no one."
There was no worldly wisdom, and there were no worries outside of research.
There was only pure truth.
It would be great if he could add an endless time and space setting to it.
At least in his opinion, there was nothing happier than this.
Lu Zhou closed his eyes to escape reality for a while. He suddenly shook his head and sat up from his chair.
No!
I can't just leave her like this!
Regardless of whether it was because of him or not, no matter what, she was still the student that he was most proud of …
I can't just watch her do something stupid that ignores her health. After all, not everyone could be like me, who relied on the potions rewarded by the system and never had a serious illness for seven years. He could work for 72 hours straight and still be fine.
With this in mind, Lu Zhou opened his email and wrote in the email.
[I heard you have a cold …
[I'm sorry, I'm not good at comforting people, and my advice is definitely not as professional as a doctor's. I just want to say …
[No matter how important research is, I hope you can put your health first and put aside your work. Research can be done at any time, but everyone only has one chance at health. Not to mention that your body has always been weak, so you need to be more careful.
[If you fall sick, I will be very sad.
[Also, remember to drink more hot water …]
After typing the last line of words, Lu Zhou went silent for a while. He felt like the last sentence was inappropriate, so he pressed the backspace button and deleted the sentence. He then clicked the send button.
After doing this, Lu Zhou quietly sat in front of his computer and waited.
Although he also wanted to study mathematics problems to pass this torturous time, it was a pity that he couldn't focus on the mathematics problems at all.
Just like that, time passed minute by minute.
Even though the minute hand had only passed two bars, for Lu Zhou, these ten minutes felt like a century.
When Lu Zhou saw that there was still no reply, he took a deep breath.
He was sure that Vera wasn't asleep at this time. Her computer must be next to her, so she must have seen his email.
"Did I go too far?"
"But what did I do …"
Lu Zhou looked at his right hand and shook his head in annoyance. He tried to get rid of the distracting thoughts in his mind.
"Now is not the time to worry about these things.
"At least, I have to figure out what happened to her!"
Lu Zhou immediately opened his email and wrote another email.
[… If you are in Princeton, please visit Vera Pulyuy on my behalf. I heard from her colleagues that she has a bad cold, but I can't contact her right now.
[If it's convenient, please send my regards to her. Also, help me find out what kind of illness she has. Please.]
He opened his contact list and sent the email to another of his favorite students, Qin Yue.
Even though Qin Yue didn't talk much and didn't look very enthusiastic, he was actually a very enthusiastic person. If it was Lu Zhou's request, Qin Yue would do his best to complete it.
Not to mention that other than Qin Yue, Lu Zhou couldn't find anyone else to ask.
After the email was sent, Lu Zhou let out a sigh of relief and leaned back in his chair. He silently prayed in his heart.
"I hope she's fine …"
If she really got sick, regardless of whether it was because of him or not, he would feel extremely guilty.
As for the scariest thing …
Right now, he didn't want to think about it.
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