Chapter 611: 611
Book after book was piled up at the head of the bed, at least fifty of them . These were all science-related books in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, optics, and so on . Every book was very technical and difficult to understand . An ordinary person would need a few months, or longer to even finish comprehending one of the books, but Xia Lei only spent a fortnight to finish ‘gnawing’ through them .
In these two weeks, Xia Lei’s head was like a ball-shaped sponge, soaking in the knowledge in the books . The quantity of knowledge stored in his brain had increased by several times in this period of time . Knowledge which others took a lifetime to acquire was obtained by Xia Lei in a fortnight .
Rather than saying this was a miracle, it was better to say that his brain was a miracle .
No matter what book it was, how complicated or profound the information was, his left eye just ‘scanned’ it and his brain would start operating like a huge computer, absorbing the information and understanding it from various angles . At the same time, this knowledge was constantly being arranged in combinations, and even evolve . It then transformed into his memory, becoming a part of his brain .
However, this miracle was only known to Xia Lei . Other people would never believe this .
If he had gone to the Academy of Science two weeks ago, he would definitely have been nervous . Now, he could enter the Academy easily, and chat casually with the scientists and old Fellows about scientific knowledge or questions regarding scientific experiments . The reason was simple . He had knowledge, and a belly full of it too!
In these two weeks, he had thrown all his energy into learning . This had let him forget the pain Shentu Tianyin had brought him, and could be considered a type of psychological therapy .
On the morning of the sixteenth day, Tang Yuyan came to the detention room again .
Tang Yuyan and Long Bing had come to see him several times over his imprisonment, but because of Bureau 101’s rules, visitation time was never over fifteen minutes every time they visited .
“Ok, Lei, you completed your prison sentence so you’re released now . ” Tang Yuyan spoke teasingly to Xia Lei as she walked into the detention room .
Xia Lei put the book on advanced physics in his hand down and smiled . “Just in time . I’m done reading this book too . Let’s go . ”
“What did you say?” Tang Yuyan’s gaze swept over the wall of books at the head of the bed . She was shocked . “You’re saying… You finished reading all these books? How is this possible? I borrowed these books from the library for you . I can’t even understand any of the books if I read it for half a year . You are actually telling me that you finished reading them all?”
Xia Lei shrugged . “I’m boasting . Can’t I boast?”
Tang Yuyan punched Xia Lei lightly on the shoulder and said in annoyance, “I knew you were lying . ”
This punch of hers hardly held any power, and it tickled Xia Lei .
How was this beating someone up? She was simply teasing him .
He knew that she was teasing him but Xia Lei didn’t dare to respond in any way .
“Lei, come to my house . I prepared a fire pan for you . Once you jump over it, all the bad luck will disappear . ”
“This, I . . . . ”
“Why are you hemming and hawing? My grandfather said he hasn’t seen you in a long time and he wants to have a few bouts with you . Are you not going to give the old man some of your time?” Tang Yuyan pouted .
Xia Lei recalled how she had been taking good care of him over this period of time, even borrowing so many books for him, so he felt like he could not refuse this . He nodded . “Okay . I will go to your house but no need for jumping over fire pans and whatnot . ”
Jumping over the fire pan was a type of custom, but people usually jumped in front of their own houses . Wouldn't he become part of the Tang family if he went to the Tang family to jump over the fire pan?
A smile appeared on Tang Yuyan’s face . “Sure . If you don’t want to jump, then don’t . I didn’t prepare it anyway . ”
Just then, Long Bing suddenly appeared in the doorway . She frowned when she saw Tang Yuyan in the detention room .
“Bing, you came too . ” Xia Lei was a little awkward . He smiled and greeted Long Bing .
Long Bing gave a soft grunt in response and said, “I came to pick you up . Come to my house today . I bought a lot of groceries . I’ll cook lunch for you . ”
Xia Lei’s headache increased twofold .
Tang Yuyan rolled her eyes at Long Bing . “I’ve already invited Xia Lei to eat at my house . How can he go to your house? I’m treating him to a meal . Must there be a first and a last when treating someone to a meal?”
Long Bing didn’t even look at Tang Yuyan . She stared at Xia Lei .
Xia Lei understood her . He knew that she was waiting for him to make a decision . If he chose to go to Tang Yuyan’s house, she wouldn’t force him to her house, and she wouldn’t even complain about it . However, her fairness and reasonable attitude troubled him ever more . Tang Yuyan and him were friends, while Long Bing was his lover . He didn’t want to offend anyone but he would be wrong no matter who he chose .
Click, clack . . .
The sound of the high heels came to their ears . The footsteps stopped in front of the detention room .
The three people in the detention room all looked over at the same time .
An honoured guest had come to the door — Fan Fan .
Xia Lei thought to himself, ‘If she also came to invite me to a meal, I will go on a hunger strike for three days . ’
“Why are you here?” Tang Yuyan asked .
Fanfan smiled sweetly . “Hello, Section Chief Tang and Section Chief Long . Nn, hello, Fellow Xia . ” She paused before she said, “I came to invite Fellow Xia to a meeting . ”
Xia Lei relaxed once he heard that it was an invitation to a meeting . “What type of meeting?”
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