There were still two days left before the college entrance examination. The school had given students a week off so they could study at home.
This was done to allow students to identify and fill gaps in their knowledge, as well as to relieve some of their stress.
During these final days, Xia Yu also gave Guizixiao time off. It wasn’t because he feared pressure would overwhelm him, but because Xia Yu’s test-taking education skill had already reached level 5.
He took out a set of simulation test papers he had previously kept hidden and completed them, then calculated his score.
450 points.
That was more than twenty points higher than the liberal arts champion from last year.
With this score, he should be safe.
Feeling reassured, Xia Yu logged into Yin Shulan’s body.
At that moment, Yin Shulan was playing mahjong with some elderly female neighbors.
Xia Yu pretended to receive a phone call and left the mahjong table.
He headed to the medical university’s laboratory, where he used the five experience cards he had accumulated over these days and continued conducting experiments.
Beside him, a young man in his thirties assisted him.
This researcher had been assigned by the Yu family to work with Xia Yu. Officially, the reason given was to introduce Xia Yu to the usage of various instruments and assist him.
In reality, it was to ensure Xia Yu didn’t use the research lab for any illegal activities, so the young man was there to monitor him.
Xia Yu pretended not to know this and treated the young man like a servant, which was actually quite convenient.
“Keep track and record the data,” Xia Yu told the young man.
“Yes,” the young man immediately went to the instrument and started recording data.
Meanwhile, Xia Yu began his next experiment.
The young man had no complaints whatsoever about being ordered around by an elderly woman.
Initially, when he first arrived and saw that Xia Yu didn’t even know how to use the instruments, the young man indeed looked down on him.
However, this disdain quickly transformed into admiration over the following days.
He had witnessed with his own eyes as the elderly woman progressed from complete ignorance to skillfully conducting research, and the progress was rapid.
Although there hadn’t been any concrete results yet, the experienced researcher could tell from observing the experimental data.
What the elderly woman was researching was a muscle-related drug that had already undergone animal testing with significant effects, although it did have some side effects, albeit not serious ones.
The next step was to find ways to reduce these side effects.
The young researcher had personally witnessed the development of this drug from scratch. Based on his intuition, the project was already at least a quarter complete.
It was well known that normally developing a drug required at least one to two years, meaning a quarter completion would equate to about seven or eight months of effort.
In reality, however, the drug’s development had only lasted a little over a month, and that was with only the two of them working on it.
This was precisely why the young man admired Xia Yu.
He diligently collected data and sensed something was off—it seemed this wasn’t the same drug research project as before?
“I wonder what we’re researching today, Professor Yin?” he asked Yin Shulan.
“A new direction,” Xia Yu replied.
The young man was greatly surprised, “Weren’t we about to achieve results with the previous drug? Why change directions suddenly?”
“Because that drug wasn’t what I wanted.”
Xia Yu’s response left the young man momentarily speechless.
Could drug development really be this arbitrary?
“Professor Yin, that previous drug had great potential for treating muscle fiber injuries. Once successful, the profits would have been substantial!” The young man assumed Xia Yu had abandoned the project due to its low potential and tried to explain, “This drug holds great promise for tendon-related diseases, a major threat to athletes. Many star athletes have retired early due to such issues. If we could cure them, they’d be willing to pay any price!”
To help Xia Yu better understand, the young man gave an example, “Take Xiaoxuanfeng, for instance. His annual contract was worth at least 100 million, but he retired early due to tendon disease. Tell me, would he hesitate to spend tens of millions on this illness?”
“Besides, a drug isn’t developed for just one illness. If it’s effective for athletes, it could also be used to treat other muscle diseases, although we don’t yet know exactly which ones. With such effects, it could generally be widely applied.” The young man tried hard to persuade Xia Yu.
“Oh,” Xia Yu calmly responded.
He understood all these points, but this drug couldn’t cure Xu Youxiang.
As the young man continued chattering away, Xia Yu chose to ignore him.
After eight hours passed, Xia Yu recorded some notes. To the young researcher, it seemed like Xia Yu was documenting what needed to be done next to remind himself. In reality, Xia Yu was leaving reminders for Yin Shulan.
After he returned to his own body, Yin Shulan would continue with some simple observations and experiments.
Just as when Xia Yu used An Siyao’s body to play the dizi, allowing An Siyao to rapidly improve her dizi skills through shared sensations, Yin Shulan’s pharmaceutical abilities were also rapidly advancing.
At this point, she had already surpassed the young researcher.
“Professor Yin,” the young man sat before him again.
“There’s no need to continue persuading me. I’m not doing this for money now,” Xia Yu stated directly.
The young man was silent for two seconds before asking, “Then will you continue this drug research in the future?”
Xia Yu thought for a moment and replied, “Most likely not.”
After reaching level 6 in pharmaceutical skills, he would abandon Yin Shulan’s body, making it impossible to continue this drug research.
“Then could we purchase it from you?” the young man looked at Xia Yu with anticipation.
“How much would your company offer?” Xia Yu had no objections.
“That depends on discussions with the company, but at the very least, tens of millions. It could even reach nearly 100 million, depending on the company’s evaluation.” The young man revealed the bottom line to Xia Yu.
Xia Yu could sense Yin Shulan suddenly becoming tense.
Tens of millions was a number Yin Shulan had never dared to imagine.
In reality, however, the materials Xia Yu had used over these days were already worth several million.
The research and development funds for a new drug could even reach hundreds of millions of dollars. Each new drug was essentially a major gamble.
Nodding, Xia Yu agreed.
The young man immediately took out his phone joyfully to report the matter. With Xia Yu’s permission, he sent some documents to the company.
As for what followed, Xia Yu didn’t witness it. After eight hours had passed, he had already returned to his own body.
He glanced at his game points and discovered he had gained the equivalent of four additional experience cards.
Was the extra allocation of game points meant to encourage them to be themselves?
Therefore, when rebelling, An Siyao generated extra game points; when experiencing novelty, Wen Ziying generated extra game points; and when making money, Yin Shulan generated extra game points.
He recorded this information and went to his desk, flipping through all the college entrance exam papers from recent years.
He wasn’t reviewing but predicting the exam questions.
He also searched online for the question setters of each subject and looked up the questions they had previously set. Using his level 5 test-taking education skill, Xia Yu began guessing what kind of questions they would set.
It only took a few hours anyway. He considered it a farewell gift for Guizixiao.
That female programmer list had helped him a lot initially, and over the years, he had also received much care from other places.
After finishing compiling the predicted questions, Xia Yu sent a complete version to Guizixiao. After thinking for a moment, he also posted a censored version in the class group chat.
After sending the documents, he didn’t emphasize them, merely stating they were ordinary review questions before turning off his phone.
Whether they could grasp the opportunity depended on themselves.
Guizixiao received more help because of their good relationship, while ordinary classmates naturally didn’t receive such treatment.
If Yan Wei had been around, the girl would have received even more attention.
In fact, Xia Yu hadn’t put in much effort for Guizixiao, just helping casually.
Studying with Guizixiao was mostly because he had grown bored with doing exercises alone and wanted to change methods to practice, so he brought Guizixiao along.
Therefore, he only taught him math, not mentioning Chinese or history at all.
With his math tutoring combined with these predicted questions, Guizixiao’s chances of passing were definitely secured.
He climbed into bed and slept. The next day was his final day of high school, and Xia Yu went to An Siyao’s place.
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