The First Rule of Scientific Research

Updated daily at 6 p.m. For more frequent updates, tag @Jinjiang Shuyueqing #Power-couple workaholics#Same-school senior and junior fall in love and fight# Nan Wei, a newly minted master's supervisor, faces two major problems: First, she has no money. Second, she can't recruit any students. Her friend is puzzled. “Teachers are usually the ones who choose their students. How can you not find any?” Nan Wei sighs. “It's nice to have a big tree to shelter under. Do I look like a big tree to you?” Before long, Nan Wei faces the prospect of being “promoted or dismissed,” while her research project stalls at a critical step due to a lack of funding. Just as she's about to sell off her belongings, and even swallow her pride and borrow money from her nemesis, a friend offers her an idea: “Why not try making content online? Dr. Liu from the lab next door livestreams product sales, and made enough research funding in just one month!” Nan Wei: “I'm a scholar, thank you very much.” Later, Nan Wei becomes popular online for making courses such as How to Raise Mice Scientifically and An Introduction to Drawing. Netizens can't help remarking: “The internet age is great. You can watch a provincial top scorer perform for a living, and a master's supervisor raise mice.” A popular online comment reads: “I forwarded her videos to my mom. She said, ‘What is this? What's so interesting about rats?’ Later, I told her the woman was a master's supervisor at the medical school of Haidu University. Mom put on her reading glasses and watched the videos ten times straight. She said, ‘People with an education can even raise rats until their coats shine.’” After finally earning enough research funding, Nan Wei flees in tears of joy. Later, she successfully secures two National Natural Science Foundation grants, earns a professorship, and reaches the pinnacle of her career. Romance-focused version On Nan Wei's first day in the lab, her senior female colleague warned her: 1. Don't date someone in the lab. If you do, keep it secret. 2. If you run into Senior Brother Meng, take the long way around. Nan Wei listened, but not entirely. She secretly dated Meng Yiyuan for a year and a half, then had a huge fight with him over their research theories and broke up. Only after their breakup did she realize that her senior colleague's advice had been nothing short of the truth. Even more awkward than dating someone in the lab was a failed lab romance, and the awkwardness dragged on after they graduated and stayed on at the university. Nan Wei kept secretly competing with Meng Yiyuan until she was promoted to doctoral supervisor and could finally hold her head high. She always assumed Meng Yiyuan felt the same way. Who knew he was such a lovesick fool, still hoping to get back together with her? Nan Wei stared at him in disbelief. “Have you lost your mind?” Nan Wei said with heartfelt dismay, “I don't like men who aren't very bright.” Theme: Love scientific research.