The advancement of technology was built on the backs of the forefathers.

  Huo Yao suddenly thought about the person who had taught her everything. That person ended up disappearing for the sake of the so-called advancement of technology.

  Huo Yao sighed before turning off the computer.

  Huo Yulin finally came home in the evening after working day and night for two days at the laboratory. He was skinny and fair. Now that he had stayed up late, he looked haggard and sick.

  Huo Yao knew he was returning home this evening, so she had already ordered takeout, but it was not here yet.

  Huo Yao went over to the refrigerator and retrieved a bottle of water for him. She examined his pulse while she was at it. He simply looked pale from working late, otherwise everything was fine with him.

  “Have you reported at school yet?” asked Huo Yulin after opening the bottle of water and taking a sip.

  Huo Yao nodded. “Brother Yulin, no matter how busy you get, you have to rest.”


  Huo Yulin smiled. “Uh huh. Got it. Things will get better when we get the final results of the research.”


  Huo Yao did not ask about his research. After all, these scientists had signed NDAs with the government, so they could not mention a word about their work, not even to family members.

  The doorbell rang. Huo Yao got up and said, “The takeout is probably here. I will go get it.”


  “Uh huh.” Huo Yulin put down the water in his hand and waved at the smart robot butler. He habitually pressed a button on the device to punch in.

  The moment he pressed it, the infrared light in the robot’s eyes flashed and it seemed to be recording something. Huo Yulin was caught by surprise. He did not recall the robot doing this in the past.

  He turned his head sideways quizzically before taking out his phone to check on the AI system and concluded that everything was normal.

  Huo Yao had already come back with the take-out. She told Huo Yulin to come over for dinner while setting the dining table.

  Huo Yulin got distracted by this interruption and stopped thinking about it. Instead, he stood up and went over to the dining room.

  After dinner, Huo Yulin recalled something and told Huo Yao not to go up just yet. He hurriedly went to the garage.

  He retrieved a white paper bag from the car and went back into the living room and gave it to Huo Yao. “Yao, this is for you. Use it during military training so that you don’t get a sunburn.”


  Huo Yao took the bag and saw three bottles of unlabeled sunscreen inside.

  Huo Yulin cleared his throat and explained. “Some other department came up with this product. I heard it is very effective.”


  Huo Yao was just thinking about whether she should spend some money to buy sunscreen, so she said sweetly, “Thanks, Brother Yulin.”


  Since she had a rational personality most of the time, she was extra adorable when she behaved cutely. Huo Yulin’s heart turned to mush and he automatically raised his hand to touch her head.

  She was such a sweet girl.

  Huo Yulin sighed happily.

  But Huo Yao went quiet.

  **

  School was to officially start on 1st September in Tsing University.

  Although Tsing University’s Biology department was number one in the country, not a lot of students applied for it. The freshmen intake in the university was around 2000 students, and less than 200 of them applied for Biology.

  Huo Yao was assigned to Information Science and her teacher had already sent her a text message informing her about the same yesterday.

  Bioinformatics was about using the computer to study patterns in Biology.

  No laboratory research was required for this division since it was all about using the computer to identify patterns through data study. Of all the subjects, it was the least demanding of talent.

  Huo Yao had applied for Biotechnology, but unexpectedly got assigned to Bioinformatics.