Chen Ping had been quite sincere when he addressed him as his senior brother several times.
After all, laboratories everywhere were places where academic ability mattered, with few unwritten rules.
If there really were any unwritten rules, they were to call your senior brothers and sisters a little more sweetly, and help take out the trash or bring breakfast when you had nothing else to do.
Your senior brothers and sisters did not want anything else from you. Call them that a few more times, and chances were they would invite you into the little group chat without the supervisor.
They could explain all the pitfalls to avoid, share the incoming fire and get scolded alongside you during group meetings, and at least give you something to draw on when your thesis stalled. Now that was a genuine opportunity.
Sure enough, when He Caitou heard how sincerely Chen Ping called him his senior brother, he immediately beamed and thumped his chest thunderously.
"Good, good, junior brother. If you have any questions, just come and ask me. Anything I can solve, I'll definitely solve for you. Anything I can't, I'll take to my supervisor and have him solve it for you."
"Oh, right, junior brother, what's your name?"
He Caitou's question immediately left Chen Ping feeling a little awkward.
Wait, if he remembered correctly, wasn't He Caitou Fan Yu's disciple?
He had just sent that old witch Zhou Yi off to become a vagrant, and He Caitou...
"My name is Chen Ping."
Those few words were brief and to the point. Chen Ping raised his head to watch He Caitou's expression, but a flash of surprise first crossed He Caitou's eyes, followed by-delight?
He Caitou turned rather nervously to glance at Qian Duoduo. Only after noticing that Qian Duoduo had wandered