The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 240 - 239 "Night Raid" (1520+) _1

Chapter 240: Chapter 239 "Night Raid" (1520+) _1

If he could get through this test, Huo Yingjie would have a much broader horizon in the future.

Huo Yingjie took it and, in front of Chief Engineer Sun, opened it and glanced through. It was, as he had guessed, that project.

"I will give it my all," Huo Yingjie said. Completing this task, if things went smoothly, would probably take two months, but if not, then the timeframe was uncertain.

Fortunately, Huo Yingjie was prepared, and this project was somewhat related to the previous one, so some of the work could be skipped.

"Still, take care of your health; health is the capital of revolution, allowing you to serve the country better," Chief Engineer Sun said. "This is not just lip service. For those in scientific research without good health, their work is affected. Moreover, although you are very young and energetic, you cannot neglect your well-being. Remember that your body belongs to you and also to your family."

"Understood, Chief Engineer Sun!" Huo Yingjie replied and went back to his office with the documents.

In the afternoon, Zhou Yuanchao and Qian Miaomiao also came over to help.

"You still have vacation time; why don’t you rest properly?" Huo Yingjie was quite surprised to see them.

"How can we rest when you are working hard!" Zhou Yuanchao said. "We also spoke to Director Liu and Chief Engineer Sun about taking time off. If you take vacation, we will take ours as well."

Huo Yingjie laughed and said, "Alright, let’s step it up! Finish this work and you’ll have at least half a month of continuous vacation to rest up properly."

Half a month, my goodness, enough time to go home and spend a few more days there!

After a busy morning, the group went to the cafeteria for lunch!

Having thought they would run into the persistent Zhou Yuanyuan, Huo Yingjie had been worried, but to his relief, he did not see her even after lunch had finished.

For several days in a row, Huo Yingjie’s surroundings were very peaceful.

However, this was just the calm before the storm.

The silence was eerie and foreboding.

Zhou Yuanyuan’s vacation time had arrived, but she received the hospital’s duty roster; she was on call and could not leave for the research institute.

Zhou Yuanyuan hadn’t gone out for two weeks. She had previously made plans with Huo Yingqi and now she couldn’t leave, which made her furious.

"On call, on call, is the hospital really that busy!" Zhou Yuanyuan fumed. If Huo Yingjie hadn’t been here to invite her, she would never have come!

The attending doctor who was conducting rounds with Zhou Yuanyuan overheard her muttering and chuckled inwardly, thinking what a naive girl she was to still be so unaware of her limits here.

After finishing the rounds, Zhou Yuanyuan couldn’t hold back and said, "Director, I want to take a leave."

The attending doctor, still looking over the medical records and not at Zhou Yuanyuan, said softly, "We are short-staffed right now. If you have an issue, please bear with it for the moment. We can discuss your leave after we get through this busy period."

"Then why do others get vacation time and I don’t?" Zhou Yuanyuan complained. "I’ve done everything I was supposed to do. Why should I work during my vacation time too?"

"That’s because you had taken time off before and others hadn’t," the attending doctor said. "Besides, you have only had a short period of training in the medical team and haven’t undergone systematic study. Shouldn’t you be focusing on learning and improving yourself now?"

Zhou Yuanyuan’s skills were at most sufficient for a nurse, and it was a mystery how she had passed the doctor’s qualification exam.

Hearing the attending doctor’s words, Zhou Yuanyuan’s face flushed red with embarrassment.

Others might not have known the situation, but she was aware.

She was a poor student with weak fundamentals and had not the ability to pass the exam. Instead, she had seen Huo Yingqi’s answers.

But no one else knew that.

"Who says I haven’t undergone systematic study?" Zhou Yuanyuan dissatisfiedly retorted. "I am a qualified doctor who passed the exam. You are the ones not giving me opportunities. I can only do miscellaneous tasks and don’t get the chance to show my capabilities!"

The attending physician looked up and smiled, "That’s why I kept you here. It was the director’s specific instructions to let you practice more so you can become a revolutionary warrior as soon as possible."

"You..." Zhou Yuanyuan suddenly realized, falling right into the pit that old woman had dug for her.

"Alright, I have a minor surgery later. Follow me," the attending physician said, "Here’s the case history. If you’re free, you can take a look at it. Remember, you’re a doctor now, the other person is a patient in need of your care. I hope you’ll take this seriously."

With those words, it was clear the doctor wanted Zhou Yuanyuan to leave.

Zhou Yuanyuan, unable to unleash the anger boiling inside her, took the case history and went out.

She then reluctantly followed the doctor to the operating room, dragging through the day listlessly!

Her heart was entirely fixated on Huo Yingjie.

By nightfall, she found herself outside Huo Yingjie’s lab once again.

But it was guarded now, and she couldn’t get in!

It continued like this for several days!

Unable to go out, she couldn’t get guidance from Huo Yingqi; staying at the research institute all the time, she also couldn’t see Huo Yingjie!

For Zhou Yuanyuan, those days were unspeakable torture!

In a state of agitation, Zhou Yuanyuan did something outrageous, climbing over the wall and entering Huo Yingjie’s dormitory through the window.

Huo Yingjie, who hadn’t slept for twenty-four hours, washed up after getting back to his dormitory and fell asleep immediately.

In the middle of the night, he felt something touching his face and thought it was the blanket. He turned over and continued sleeping.

In the darkness, Zhou Yuanyuan sat in front of Huo Yingjie’s bed, her emotions stirred up. This was the first time she was seeing Huo Yingjie from such a close distance.

She wanted to stretch out her hand to continue stroking Huo Yingjie’s face, yet Zhou Yuanyuan’s hand stopped when it was just about ten centimeters away from his face.

The quiet Brother Yingjie looked as elegant and noble as a prince!

In fact, watching Brother Yingjie like this was also nice, at least he wasn’t as harsh and stern as when he was awake, looking at her with angry eyes!

Zhou Yuanyuan sat like that, breathing the same air as Huo Yingjie in the same space, feeling blissfully happy already.

Maybe it was because her nerves had been tense for a while, but now, being so close to Huo Yingjie, she relaxed, her vision grew blurry, her eyelids heavy, and she fell asleep unwittingly.

The next morning, Zhou Yuanchao came back from the lab to rest, yawning while scanning the room.

One look was all it took to scare the sleep away!

There was a woman sleeping beside Huo Yingjie!

And this woman was none other than Zhou Yuanyuan, the one Boss tried so hard to avoid!

Oh my, what a mess, what a mess!

Zhou Yuanchao covered his mouth to stop himself from screaming out loud.

Tip-toeing and with utmost care, Zhou Yuanchao approached the bed and shook Huo Yingjie, saying, "Boss, wake up!"

Huo Yingjie, lying on his side, opened his bleary and melancholic eyes, red-veined and confused, as he looked towards Zhou Yuanchao.

Zhou Yuanchao didn’t speak but pointed behind him instead.

Huo Yingjie turned over, also startled, his eyes widening. He quickly got up and wrapped his body in a thin blanket. Now in early summer, Huo Yingjie was wearing a tank top and large underpants, though the underpants were rather cooling.