Ruan Mei: Ji Yuan Can Actually Agree with My Ideas? First Update

"What was he trying to do? Did he really think he could master Ruan Mei's knowledge after reading for just a few hours?"

Phantylia thought to herself.

Curious, Phantylia turned her gaze toward Ji Yuan as he returned to his room and began arranging his materials.

While Phantylia watched, Ji Yuan learned through the system's rewards that she had been watching him the whole time. He did not care anymore. I'm doing scientific experiments here. Watch if you want.

Phantylia could not make heads or tails of the gaudy array of solutions and formulas. She could only patiently keep watching.

"It looks convincing enough. I just don't know whether it's real or an act."

She watched for four or five hours, until Ji Yuan placed a Fernling into a reagent. With a bang, a puff of white smoke rose before him.

Hmm!?

Phantylia focused her attention. Soon, a little thing flew out of the smoke. She recognized it at a glance—it was the Fernling Ji Yuan had just placed into the reagent.

It even had a pair of wings that allowed it to fly.

Phantylia was both speechless and surprised.

Ji Yuan's proficiency made her wonder whether he had already studied life sciences before this.

His talent was terrifyingly extraordinary.

Phantylia's urge to destroy grew even stronger.

Early in the morning, Sushang walked out of her lounge while yawning.

After seeing Ji Yuan become just as much of an "academic failure" as her yesterday, she had slept incredibly well.

"Ah~, time to get up and eat."

She muttered to herself.

At that moment, she suddenly sensed something flying toward her.

Hmm? An enemy?

Sushang instinctively raised her fist, intending to knock it down. But just as she lifted her arm, she felt a hand press it down.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't move. Your brother spent all night making that thing. Don't you dare break it."

Ji Yuan's voice rang out beside Sushang's ear.

"What is it?"

Only then did Sushang clearly see what was flying toward her. Green leaves and branches—it was that what-was-it-called plant. But why did this plant have a pair of wings?

Watching those tiny wings flap back and forth as they kept the plant hovering in midair, Sushang wondered if she was still asleep.

"I must still be dreaming. I have to still be dreaming."

She hurriedly rubbed her eyes.

When she opened them again, the plant was still flying around in front of her.

Sushang quickly turned her head and saw her brother. His eyes were exhausted and bloodshot, but he looked at her with complete smug satisfaction.

Sushang stammered as she asked Ji Yuan, "Th-this... what is going on?"

"This is the result of my experiment. Look."

Ji Yuan beckoned, and the Fernling flew onto the back of his hand and wrapped itself around it.

Sushang's eyes widened as she cried in disbelief, "Didn't you give up? Yesterday, I saw you sleeping... Ow! Why did you hit me!?"

Halfway through speaking, she felt Ji Yuan rap her on the head.

"You dared to secretly spy on your brother? And you said I was sleeping? Do you think I'm like you? I was meditating, thinking over the contents of those texts."

"You were meditating, but when I do it, it's sleeping?"

Sushang quietly retorted.

Ji Yuan said to Sushang word by word, "I closed my eyes and created new life. You closed yours and accomplished nothing except earning yourself another nickname from your teacher."

Sushang's fists itched with anger. But she could not outtalk her brother, could not beat him either, and did not even have reason on her side. She could only lower her head in dejection.

"So from now on, study properly with your brother. Also, no dating early! I'm going to see Ms. Ruan Mei. Remember to study hard."

Ji Yuan did not forget to remind Sushang not to date too young.

Sushang glared at Ji Yuan resentfully.

You won't let me date, but what's going on between you and Sister Tingyun? Only you-know-who gets to set fires, while no one else gets to you-know-what!

No, wait. I wasn't even planning to date anyone in the first place!

Watching Ji Yuan walk away, Sushang gritted her teeth in anger.

Just as she was about to stomp her foot, she heard Huohuo say behind her, "Sister Sushang, wh-what's wrong?"

"Hmph, my brother mocked me. That guy was clearly studying, yet he pretended to be asleep. Then just now, he made a flying plant right in front of me. It's so infuriating." Sushang angrily stared at Ji Yuan's departing back.

"Hm?"

Hearing what Sushang said Ji Yuan had made, Huohuo tilted her head in confusion.

But she seemed to understand one thing.

Her teacher had not been sleeping. He had actually made something incredible.

At that realization, Huohuo immediately puffed out her small chest.

As expected of Teacher. He really was amazing.

Ji Yuan arrived outside Ruan Mei's guest room. Before he even reached the door, he saw her standing in the corridor, gazing at the starry sky beyond a pane of glass. Hearing his footsteps, she turned to look at him.

She first noticed his bloodshot eyes, messy hair, and the stack of books in his right arm.

These were the books she had given Ji Yuan yesterday. He was returning them today. Had he given up?

Hmm. He had decisively given up after failing to figure things out in one night. That was quite sensible.

Ruan Mei thought so to herself.

But that thought vanished the next second.

She saw the flying Fernling on Ji Yuan's arm.

With her eyesight, she could naturally tell that it had been newly cultivated.

This strange creation had been documented in the learning materials she had given Ji Yuan yesterday. Yet it had appeared in Ji Yuan's hands.

Ji Yuan handed the Fernling to Ruan Mei and said, "Ms. Ruan Mei, I've already understood what you gave me yesterday. Look, this is the organism I created. Please take a look."

Ruan Mei reached out and took the Fernling into her hand, surprise appearing in her eyes as she looked at Ji Yuan.

This was the first time Ji Yuan had seen genuine emotion from Ruan Mei rather than her previous facade.

Ruan Mei said mildly to Ji Yuan, "Yes, this is indeed quite a good creation. Have you truly never studied works related to life sciences before?"

As she spoke, she swiftly gestured across Ji Yuan's neck. Ji Yuan had experienced that several times during those five hundred hours. He was almost getting used to it.

"Of course not. I learned all of this from you."

Ji Yuan hurriedly replied.

Ruan Mei's gaze roamed back and forth over Ji Yuan, as if trying to see through him. Her expression still held that gentle smile, but Ji Yuan could see a trace of sincerity within it.

Ruan Mei would not completely ignore him.

Ruan Mei said to Ji Yuan, "To reach this level in a single night—even I could not have done that back then. Your talent for life sciences truly intrigues me."

Could she have encountered someone even more talented than herself?

Ruan Mei's expectations of Ji Yuan rose greatly at that moment.

She even felt a hint of excitement.

Chapter 65: Ruan Mei: Ji Yuan Can Actually Agree with My Ideas? First Update

"Come, let me examine the organism you created."

Ruan Mei reached out and took the flying Fernling from Ji Yuan's hand.

The flying Fernling was utterly incapable of resisting in her grasp.

Ruan Mei immediately returned to her room. As she entered, she did not forget to take Ji Yuan's hand and pull him inside with her.

At that moment, Yanqing was patrolling nearby. Seeing Ruan Mei actually pull Ji Yuan into her room, his eyes widened.

"W-what's going on?"

Yanqing's still-young mind could not understand the situation before him.

Hadn't Big Brother given up yesterday? What did this woman mean by taking Big Brother into her room?

Without realizing it, Yanqing abandoned his patrol and began watching this side instead, wanting to see what that woman would do to his big brother.

After taking Ji Yuan into the room, Ruan Mei ignored him. She placed the winged Fernling on the table and began studying it. She did not even sit down, merely bending over to examine the plant directly.

Standing behind her, Ji Yuan happened to have a perfect view of her graceful, bent figure. Her waist was slender enough to seem graspable in one hand, while the curve of her hips beneath the smooth satin was quite full.

Worried that Ruan Mei might notice, Ji Yuan quickly shifted his gaze away.

Ruan Mei paid no attention to Ji Yuan's gaze. At that moment, she was deep in thought as she examined the plant.

At first, she had wanted to inspect the completeness of Ji Yuan's work and see where he had fallen short during its creation.

Hmm, its movements were normal, and the connections were normal as well. There were no signs of forced fusion using energy. Seeing this, she nodded noncommittally. If he could not even accomplish this much, then he would not be qualified to study her life sciences. But considering he had only needed one night to gain a preliminary grasp of it, he could already be considered a genius worthy of attention.

Then she began observing it more carefully, wanting to understand the specifics. After close examination, she discovered that the plant Ji Yuan had created lacked several pieces of genetic information compared to the ones she made, while also containing one additional piece.

After briefly considering Ji Yuan's additions and deletions, surprise appeared on Ruan Mei's face.

She discovered that the several deleted pieces of information were redundant and useless. She had unintentionally added them before out of habit when creating other organisms. Not only were they useless, they also occupied genetic space.

Meanwhile, the new piece of information Ji Yuan had added increased the Fernling's flight speed and extended its lifespan.

These were all things she herself should have noticed. But she had been busy with other experiments and had never paid attention to this. They were not written in her teaching materials, yet Ji Yuan had figured them out on his own.

Ruan Mei wondered whether she could have reached this level at his age and with his experience.

No, she could not have. Was this Ji Yuan truly encountering life sciences for the first time? Or had he been quietly studying it long before this?

Ruan Mei silently thought to herself.

"Come. Explain your reasoning behind these modifications."

She turned and questioned Ji Yuan.

"It's like this. I believe this part was inherited from the Fernling's ability to absorb nutrients from the soil. But since it is meant to move, there is no need to retain this genetic information. On the other hand, if it is meant to fly through the air, then it should be able to absorb nutrients from the air..."

After those five hundred hours of instruction, Ji Yuan was exceptionally proficient in this introductory knowledge. Hearing Ruan Mei's question, he immediately began answering.

As she listened to Ji Yuan, Ruan Mei's expression gradually became serious. At first, she had occasionally applied some of the things Ji Yuan mentioned in certain experiments. Someone diligent enough might have found traces of them. But later on, all the things he mentioned were matters she had only considered in her own mind. She had never said them aloud or written them down. Some were no more than vague notions she had barely formed. There was no way the young man before her could have known them.

That meant these conclusions were truly things this young man had reached through his own thinking.

Ruan Mei was extremely confident in her own abilities. Yet what Ji Yuan said not only perfectly matched her own thoughts, but even improved upon them. It filled her with intense curiosity about him.

As a member of the Genius Society, she had always believed that the experiment she most wanted to complete could only be carried out silently by herself. But now, it seemed that if Ji Yuan's talent received a little guidance, perhaps he could become her assis—

No, that was not right. He should be a collaborator.

His ability and talent could not be described with the word assistant.

Seeing Ruan Mei remain lost in thought, Ji Yuan felt somewhat uneasy. He did not know how Ruan Mei would react after hearing him say all this.

She should approve, right?

At first, Ji Yuan had been certain. But seeing her thoughtful appearance now, he became less sure.

He looked at Ruan Mei and said, "Um, Ms. Ruan Mei..."

Only then did Ruan Mei emerge from her thoughts and raise her head to look at the young man before her.

"May I study life sciences with you now?"