Chapter 240 Laboratory
"Oh my God! Did you just throw away tens of thousands of yuan?"
"Is it an authentic product?"
"Smell it, it's light but refreshing… it is indeed an authentic product!"
The waves of astonishment eventually turned into a quest for exploration, but this made Li Mingjue even more uncomfortable. After Zhou Qingfeng finished giving away the stuff, he then carried on with his studies. Li Mingjue, however, did not know what to do next. A lot of people were surrounding her as they wanted to have a look at those high-end cosmetic products.
"Mamma mia! Stop looking at those cosmetic products and take a look at this bag! This value of this bag is out of this world!"
"This is Prada's classic, and if I'm not mistaken, this bag alone is worth more than the total value of the cosmetic products. It is worth hundreds of thousands of U.S. dollars!"
Li Mingjue, who was holding the bag in her hand, seemed to be fine at first, but the several people who surrounded her had almost fainted. However, once she realized the value of the items, she too could no longer stand it. She then hurriedly went to find Zhou Qingfeng.
"Little Zhou, I'm just a library clerk, and I didn't really help you with anything." Li Mingjue put the bag and cosmetic products on the table and pushed them toward Zhou Qingfeng, "These items are too expensive, I really can't accept them."
"If Aunty doesn't want to accept them, just give them away then." Zhou Qingfeng pushed all the items back to Li Mingjue, "These items aren't really useful to me anyway."
Li Mingjue was willing to return those items back to Zhou Qingfeng as she felt that it was part of her duty. However, she was not reluctant enough to part with those items, "Why aren't they useful? You can just give them to Little Wan too."
"Sister Wan has already gotten it… She'll be fine." Zhou Qingfeng put the stuff back into Li Mingjue's hands and said, "To be honest, I don't think I should be addressing you as Aunty. You're actually just around the same age as me. If you applied these cosmetic products, I think I should address you as Sister Li too."
"No way." Li Mingjue immediately disagreed with him, "I'm at least a generation older than you. You can call me Little Wan's sister, but you should never refer me as your sister. We have to respect the position in the family hierarchy at all times."
"I'll continue referring you as Aunty then, but please accept my gift." Zhou Qingfeng liked Li Mingjue's gentle temperament. Hence, he felt that it was reasonable for him to give her something as his gift for meeting her for the first time. He then asked, "Aunty, if you truly felt like you owe me something, help me out then. I want to find a place to do some biology experiments."
Biomedicine was a discipline that paid attention to practical operations. Zhou Qingfeng realized that if he did not conduct any experiments, he would not have any intuition to help him understand his area of study. As a result, his knowledge will be limited.
However, Li Mingjue replied, "Regarding this issue, you might have to reach out to Uncle Feng. He's in charge of many things in the affiliated hospital, and he has some connections in the university too. It'll be extremely easy for you to get a place to conduct the experiment if he's willing to reach out for you."
Feng Ruhai was extremely terrible in terms of academics, but he certainly had some sort of social networks. However, although Zhou Qingfeng knew that it was easy for him to ask for help, he too knew that easy things were often troublesome. Furthermore, Zhou Qingfeng did not want this man to know too much about his secret.
Li Mingjue sighed when she saw Zhou Qingfeng slowly shake his head. She too knew that although her husband seemed to be just and honorable, he usually had bad relationships with other people as he was extremely annoying.
"Are there any other laboratories that will be available? I won't mind even if it's low quality. I'll be fine as long as someone guides me." Zhou Qingfeng knew that he needed a teacher if he really wanted to progress further in his studies.
After thinking for quite awhile, Li Mingjue nodded, "There's an affiliated pharmaceutical factory at the Medical University of Shanghai. They used to produce some simple Chinese medicines in that laboratory, but it eventually got shut down due to poor sales performances. Fortunately, I believe that some experimental equipment from the pharmaceutical factory remains. There are also people who guard the equipment and they should be able to teach you something."
"Perfect, can I meet them as soon as possible?" Zhou Qingfeng had accumulated dozens of questions in the past few days, and he was eager to find someone for inquiry purposes.
Li Mingjue hesitated after she proposed the idea. However, for the sake of the expensive cosmetic products and handbag, she decided to give her friend a call, "Hey, Old Xu. It's Mingjue calling. I have something that might need your help……"
After the phone call, Zhou Qingfeng left the city library, following Li Mingjue. The latter did not ask Zhou Qingfeng why he was interested in biology. Instead, she only exhorted him to not tell anything to Feng Ruhai.
The biological laboratory that Li Mingjue mentioned was outside the Ronghua Medical University of Tianyang City. The exterior of the laboratory seemed to be dilapidated, but he found it to be a clean and well-facilitated laboratory after entering it. There were a regular sterile room and an animal laboratory with a large number of mice and rabbits inside the room.
Several researchers in the laboratory were conducting experiments. They usually did not allow outsiders to enter the laboratory. However, they did not stop Zhou Qingfeng from entering the laboratory as they saw that he was being led by Li Mingjue. Instead, they addressed Li Mingjue as 'Aunty' respectfully. Still, they shot weird looks at Zhou Qingfeng.
When Zhou Qingfeng entered the sterile room, he saw a middle-aged man sitting in front of an experimental bench inside the room. The man was rolling up his sleeve and holding a high-pressure syringe in his hand. It seemed like he was going to give himself an injection.
"Old Xu, you're crazy!" Li Mingjue instantly screamed at the sterile room's glass window once she saw the scene, "You really need to stop experimenting with your own body!"
The man inside the sterile room was startled. When he looked up and saw Li Mingjue, he sighed and put down the high-pressure syringe. He then walked out of the sterile room and said unsatisfactorily, "Why are you here?"
"I just gave you a call, don't you remember?"
"Oh… did you?"
His hair was messy, his cheeks were thin, his brain seemed to be very large, and his eyes were full of blood veins. He then looked at Zhou Qingfeng as if he remembered something, and asked, "My ex-wife said that you're looking for a biology teacher. Hehehe…… You seem to be looking in the wrong place. My lab does not accept rookies."
Zhou Qingfeng looked around before saying, "Mr. Xu, I think this laboratory is indeed well facilitated. Why don't we carry out a test so that you can determine my level before rejecting me?"
"Young man, do you even understand what biology is? Do you think this is a place where you conduct your high school worm dissection or acid-base test? Do you know that conducting experiments is a very dangerous task? I probably need to thank God if you actually know how to use a pipette."
The man was clearly unsatisfied with Zhou Qingfeng who suddenly appeared in the laboratory out of nowhere. He would not even bother with him if it weren't for Li Mingjue's sake. However, Zhou Qingfeng insisted on having a test. He even said that he would leave the laboratory if he f*cked up.
"Humph! Young man, fearless but ignorant." The man led Zhou Qingfeng to a lab bench and said, "Give me a bottle of 0.1 mg/ml of ethidium bromide."
Zhou Qingfeng immediately recalled the list of chemicals he had memorized through his mind after hearing the word 'ethidium bromide'. He instantly remembered that he had come across the word 'ethidium bromide' before in the 'Hazardous Chemical Reagents Encyclopedia'.
Ethidium bromide was poisonous and its toxicity was actually quite high. One would instantly die if he did not pay attention during the preparation process, hence making it unsuitable for a rookie.
"Can I first watch a demonstration from you please? This is my first time ever entering a proper biochemical laboratory." Zhou Qingfeng requested.
"Hahaha…… Kid, are you an idiot? Do you really think that you'll understand the entire process once you finish watching the demonstration? If it's really that simple, then universities wouldn't exist anymore." The man wanted to drive Zhou Qingfeng out of the laboratory on the spot, but thanks to Li Mingjue's persuasion, he softened his attitude once again.
The man seemed to be a failure, but his paragon instantly changed once he walked towards the lab bench. Although he was unwashed and unkempt, he had a style of devotion when he paid attention to his work.
Zhou Qingfeng stared at him for the entire process and tried his best to memorize his every move with his 'Naturally Gifted' ability. Li Mingjue was staring at the man as well, but she sighed instead of memorizing his movements.
The configuration of chemical substances was a process that placed great emphasis on the norm. The man's movements were steady and rhythmic, with a hint of scientific light hidden in them. Half an hour later, the man placed the ethidium bromide on a test tube rack and turned his head around sarcastically, "So kid, tell me… How much do you remember?"
"I think I remember all of them."
"Wow, kid. Kids today, all they talk about is big air. Come, I'd like to see how much you actually remember!" The man indeed made room for Zhou Qingfeng. However, he did not seem to be too fond of Zhou Qingfeng. He moved the positions of the raw materials and instruments away from their original positions, and it seemed that he wanted to catch him with his pants down.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step. Zhou Qingfeng was eager to start on the first step of his biochemical research. However, all of a sudden, someone strode into the laboratory and yelled out loud, "Don't move, this lab is under my supervision. Without my permission, no one is allowed to act recklessly."