Eating melons

Chapter 758 Liu Lanfen is offline

Liu Zaisheng was really angry this time. He had just returned from the border. His father had passed away many years ago and he had almost no connections in Beijing. If he wanted to gain a foothold in Beijing, he mainly had to rely on the help of the Xiao family and the Li family.

Now Liu Lanfen has offended the Xiao family. Although it is just a dispute between the younger generation, it also hurts the relationship. After all, Xiao Xuemu is the only son of the second eldest son of the Xiao family.

Not only that, the Xiao family and the Li family are as close as brothers, and offending one is almost like offending both.

These two people have half of the connections in Beijing. Liu Lanfen can be said to have almost blocked his way. How could Liu Zaisheng not be angry?

All of Liu Lanfen’s pocket money and living expenses were immediately cut off.

And warned the family that no one was allowed to receive subsidies or assistance, otherwise they would be asked to get out.

Liu Lanfen is a college student and receives a student subsidy, so she won't starve to death even if she doesn't get the money.

When Liu Lanfen heard this, she felt like the sky was falling.

Liu Lanfen is still self-aware about some things. She knows why so many people surround her. It is because they value her status and what she has.

Without money, she can no longer squeeze into their circle, and the lower-class circle around her will definitely not surround her if they lose their things.

Thinking of this, Liu Lanfen lowered her head, her nails digging into her palms, her eyes full of jealousy and hatred.

She was unwilling to give up. She would never give up just like that. She would make Xiao Xuemu and Wei Wei pay the price.

When Xiao Xuemu returned to the Xiao family, Xiao Bai pushed his glasses and looked at Xiao Xuemu.

"You're too ruthless, kid. But it's time for Old Liu and his wife to take care of Liu Shengsheng. If they don't, something bad will happen sooner or later."

Xiao Song also nodded, "You did the right thing. To deal with such an ungrateful person, you have to show some attitude, otherwise she will always think that she has a backer and act recklessly.

I will talk to Lao Liu in the future and ask him to discipline his daughter and stop having anything to do with our family."

Xiao Xuemu hummed.

The atmosphere in the room returned to its previous warmth, but everyone knew that after this incident, the relationship between the Xiao family and the Liu family had become completely alienated.

Not only that, Xiao Song and Li Jing also secretly created many obstacles for Liu Zaisheng.

Liu Zaisheng had just returned from the frontier, and I hadn't established connections in Beijing yet. He was also tripped up by the two leaders, so naturally he suffered a lot.

Because Xiao Song and Li Jing's methods were very secretive, Liu Zaisheng didn't know that it was the Xiao and Li families who were behind this.

I'm still thinking about easing relations with the Xiao and Li families and asking them for help.

Xiao Xuemu is a man of action. After knowing that Liu Lanfen had bad intentions, he immediately took action.

The willow branches in Peking University's Yanyuan Garden have just sprouted new buds, and the corridor of the Physics Department's experimental building is still posted with a red slogan that reads "Scientific research is the guideline, seek truth from facts."

In the laboratory, imported oscilloscopes and scarce silicon transistors are locked in glass cabinets, and every record of their use in the registration book must be stamped with the official seal.

Xiao Xuemu is the experimenter here. Every day he derives data from the formulas on the wall. Liu Lanfen, who is responsible for equipment management, is a "special existence" in this small space.

In fact, Liu Lanfen is quite famous in the Department of Physics. Even though her reputation is not good, there are still many people who support her.

First, he has a father who is a commander, second, he looks decent, and third, he has decent abilities. Although he is not as good as that pervert Xiao Xuemu, he is still among the top ten in the class, and among the top fifty in their major.

According to Xiao Xuemu's personality, if something like this happened, he would not feel wronged by staying with Liu Lanfen.

But it is said that people don’t care too much when they do bad things, and Xiao Xuemu is the same.

The Department of Physics is preparing for a "semiconductor material research project." What they lack most are germanium diodes imported from West Germany. There are only twenty left in the entire laboratory, and they are locked in a metal cabinet managed by Liu Lanfen.

Xiao Xuemu found Li Shiyuan from the same department and got a note with the official seal of the "Physics Department Research Office" on the grounds that "the project requires cooperation with other schools."

He also got a recorder and voice changer from Wei Wei and recorded a segment about "the local electronics research institute urgently needs germanium diodes."

Xiao Xuemu even specially recorded a segment with an accent from another province, which sounded particularly authentic.

He played the recording outside the door while Liu Lanfen was sorting out the registration book alone.

"Tsinghua University said the local research institute is working on electronic modifications for agricultural machinery and is short on germanium diodes. They're willing to exchange two cartons of Beijing-brand milk powder for them. Unfortunately, our lab's supplies are strictly controlled..."

Before she could finish her words, Liu Lanfen stopped writing. These days, milk powder is a hard currency that is hard to buy even with coupons. If she exchanged two boxes for money, it would be enough to cover her expenses this year.

Ever since Liu Zaisheng cut off her living expenses, Liu Lanfen has been in complete agony. She has never known life to be so difficult.

Over the years, because her family has been supporting her, she has no awareness of saving money, so she does not have much savings. The little savings she has have been spent over time, and now she has no money left.

Life without money means that she can't fit into the upper circle, because she has no money to buy beautiful clothes and other nice things. When those people see that she doesn't buy them, they gradually stop taking her out to play.

The circle surrounding her below rarely gathered around her because less stuff was leaking out of her hands.

At home, after what Liu Zaisheng said, no one dared to help her, for fear of being kicked out.

After all, Liu Zaisheng was really angry this time, the atmosphere at home was getting worse day by day, and no one dared to help her.

Of course, even if help is needed, only Ma Naijiu would help her. As for Liu Lanyu and Liu Lanji, don't even think about it. The three sisters have been competitors since childhood and have been fighting since they grew up.

Now that Liu Lanfen is disliked by Liu Zaisheng, Liu Lanyu and Liu Lanji are too happy to express it.

So now Liu Lanfen has really run out of money and must find a way to make money.

I saw the voice coming from the other side again.

"Can it really be changed? Is that research institute reliable?"

Another person deliberately lowered his voice: "They say they are collaborating with National Tsing Hua University. They need the goods quickly. They need them by the end of the month, and they also need 'official laboratory receipt procedures', otherwise it will be difficult to do the accounting."

These words were like a hook, accurately hooking Liu Lanfen's mind.

She thought that the "formal procedures" were just the receipt she casually wrote, but she didn't know that this was exactly the evidence Xiao Xuemu wanted.

In the next two days, Liu Lanfen always found excuses to ask Xiao Xuemu about "the research institute's affairs". Xiao Xuemu knew that he couldn't be too nice to her, so he pretended to be hesitant and finally gave in impatiently.

In addition, a trusted person was found outside to liaise with Liu Lanfen. In fact, this was not a random lie, but a true event.

It’s just that some things can only be done between public and private parties; problems will arise if they are done between public and private parties.

“You can ask for equipment, but you must have a receipt with the equipment room’s stamp.

And you have to clearly write '20 germanium diodes for use in a collaborative project with an external school' to avoid problems later."

Liu Lanfen agreed without thinking. She felt that she had her father to back her up, so a receipt was nothing.

Although her father doesn't care about her now, he will definitely not let anything happen to her. If something happens, he will not really stand by and watch her die. Not to mention that this matter is very secretive and there is no chance of any problem. She has done this before, and she is definitely not the only one who does this. It is very safe.

That afternoon, Liu Lanfen took out a blank "Scientific Research Equipment Receipt Registration Form" from the metal cabinet, wrote down the details of the receipt stroke by stroke, and signed her name in the "Administrator Signature" column.

He took out the round seal of the equipment room from the drawer and stamped it on the paper.

When she handed the list to Xiao Xuemu, she didn't notice that Xiao Xuemu secretly made a small mark on the edge of the list with a pencil.

That was the mark agreed upon by him and Li Shiyuan from the Research Department, proving that the form was filled out by Liu Lanzhen herself.

Xiao Xuemu took the order, and Liu Lanfen had no idea that she had stepped into a trap.

The next morning, Xiao Xuemu did not go to find the "people from the research institute", but instead went to the school's disciplinary inspection team with the receipt.

He also brought another item with him—the record of Liu Lanfen's equipment usage anomalies that he had secretly recorded over the past two weeks:

On May 5, two oscilloscope probes were "borrowed" but not recorded in the registration book;

On May 8th, they took away five meters of copper conductor, but did not use it for any scientific research project.

These records are all signed by colleagues in the laboratory, and there is also testimony from an old professor who caught Liu Lanfen borrowing equipment privately.

We are now in a critical period of "setting things right" and have zero tolerance for "appropriating national scientific research materials".

The disciplinary inspection team immediately launched an investigation in conjunction with the Physics Department's Research Office. They first went to the equipment room to check the inventory—and indeed, twenty germanium diodes were missing.

The lock of the metal cabinet showed no signs of being pried, so it was obviously for internal use;

When Liu Lanfen was confronted again, she still tried to make excuses when she saw the receipt.

"Xiao Xuemu asked me to write this. He wants to use it for experiments!"

But when Xiao Xuemu produced the testimony of his colleagues, the old professor's record of encountering him, and the proof that "the institute never asked for the diodes", Liu Lanfen's lie was instantly exposed.

Liu Lanfen panicked and wanted to ask her father for mercy, but the school’s disciplinary inspection team had already reported the evidence to their superiors.

The country will never tolerate any behavior that "damages scientific research", especially in key universities such as Peking University.

Liu Lanfen was taken away at the beginning and had no chance to ask for help. By the time Liu Zaisheng found out, it was too late.

When the Liu family learned that Liu Lanfen was arrested, they were all stunned. Everyone in the Liu family thought that it was Xiao Xuemu who was behind it.

Ma Naijiu was about to go and settle the score with Xiao Xuemu, but was stopped by Liu Zaisheng.

Liu Zaisheng thought more than Ma Naijiu. If Xiao Xuemu was the one who did this, there must be enough evidence, and they would be ignored even if they asked for an explanation.

The only thing to do was to get to the bottom of the matter first. After much persuasion, Ma Naijiu finally calmed down.

Liu Zaisheng immediately went to inquire about the situation. After knowing the ins and outs of the matter, Liu Zaisheng almost fainted from anger and broke off relations with Liu Lanfen on the spot.

Because Xiao Xuemu did not intervene in this matter at all, Liu Lanfen suffered this fate entirely because of her own fault. She was the one who stole and embezzled public property and was caught red-handed. No one wronged her or framed her, but she framed Xiao Xuemu instead.

Liu Zaisheng not only severed his relationship with Liu Lanfen, but also warned Liu's family that no one could contact Liu Lanfen, otherwise they would all be kicked out.

Liu Zaisheng was really furious with his daughter, which made his already precarious position completely unstable. Because of Liu Lanfen's slander, the Xiao family was really irritated this time, and they almost stopped communicating with the Liu family.

The Xiao family and the Li family, both the previous and next generations, are so close that they can wear the same pair of pants, which makes it difficult for Liu Zaisheng.

Not only was his work affected by Liu Lanfen, the unfilial daughter, but he also lost his reputation in his later years because of raising such a daughter.

The other two sisters of the Liu family were also very angry. How could they feel proud when there was a person in their family who resold state property?

Both of them wished Liu Lanfen would die, so why did they want to return to Beijing alive?

Ma Naijiu was angry, annoyed and helpless. She didn't know why Liu Lanfen did this.

Although her family didn't give her any money during this period, she still received a financial aid from the school, which was more than enough for her living expenses. If she saved a little, she might not even be able to spend it all.

Her family had given her so much money before, it was impossible for her to spend it all without saving any money. There was no need for her to do such a thing.

Half a month later, the results of the handling came out. Liu Lanfen was found to have "seriously violated scientific research discipline and violated relevant regulations" for "taking advantage of her position to embezzle key national scientific research materials and hinder the advancement of scientific research projects."

In the end, she was sentenced to three years and six months in prison and was expelled from Kyoto University.

Xiao Xuemu stood by the window of the laboratory, watching the disciplinary inspection team take Liu Lanfen away, holding the germanium diode he had just received in his hand. The research project could finally continue.

As for the fact that Liu Lanfen would be released from prison in three years, she might vent her anger on them at that time, but Xiao Xuemu was not worried at all.

Three years can change a lot of things. According to the current progress, the level they will reach in three years will no longer be something Liu Lanfen can reach, so there is no need to worry too much.

Even if there are problems, they will be ready to deal with them when the time comes. They are not pushovers.

On this day, Kyoto University held an academic exchange meeting and invited many well-known professors and scholars.

Xiao Xuemu, an outstanding student in the Department of Physics, also participated in this exchange meeting.

At the exchange meeting, Xiao Xuemu published a paper on quantum mechanics, which attracted everyone's attention.

Many professors praised Xiao Xuemu's thesis and asked him many questions. Xiao Xuemu answered them fluently, demonstrating his profound academic foundation.

Professor Li smiled and said, "Student Xiao Xuemu, you are truly a genius. You will definitely make a name for yourself in the physics community in the future."

Xiao Xuemu is still very humble in academics because he has seen a wider world and knows how small what he knows is.

"Thank you Professor Li for the compliment. I still have a lot to learn."

After the exchange meeting, many professors invited Xiao Xuemu to work in their laboratories.

Xiao Xuemu politely declined, saying, "I still want to finish my studies first and then think about work later."