A genius student? Ha, they're nothing but ants at your feet!

Chapter 234 features two thrilling scenes.

Su Hao sat up from the sofa and immediately saw a familiar face sitting in a chair next to him, watching over him.

"Ellie?"

Ellie, who was sitting in the chair, heard the noise.

She looked away from the large mathematics book in her hand and turned to look at him.

"Thank God, you're finally awake."

Ellie closed the book and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't be nervous, the school doctor just rushed in with a first aid kit and checked on us."

They said your vital signs are all normal; you just fell asleep due to mental exhaustion and fatigue. It's nothing serious.

Su Hao awkwardly ruffled his hair.

"I'm so sorry to have made everyone worry. Actually, I'm perfectly fine."

But Ellie's expression didn't relax; instead, she looked somewhat conflicted.

"Stop being so stubborn."

In fact, we all know very well that you have been pushing yourself to the limit in order to fill this huge hole.

Not only me, but everyone in the entire project team saw it.

"what?"

Su Hao was stunned, momentarily unable to comprehend the sudden, tragic atmosphere.

"The sad thing is, you've overdrawn yourself to this extent, but no one has tried to stop you. Not even a single word of advice has been offered."

Ellie's tone carried a hint of helplessness.

"The project is facing cancellation due to lack of funding, and the algorithm's progress is also in dire need of attention."

Although I'm just a peripheral assistant, I can sense that everyone sees you as their last lifeline.

Everyone has staked their lives and fortunes on you, believing you're the only way out for this project.

Listening to these poignant and sentimental words.

Su Hao felt like a million alpacas were galloping through his mind.

dissuade?

Overdraft limit?

What kind of crazy, melodramatic scenarios are you MIT's top brains imagining?!

To him, reconstructing the underlying logic was simply a matter of transferring the blueprints in his mind onto a blackboard.

Actually, I didn't feel that deriving this formula was too mentally taxing; it just made my wrist a little sore.

But looking at Ellie's guilty expression, which was almost making her cry, she was shocked.

Su Hao understood that this had likely caused unnecessary speculation and misunderstandings from others.

Never mind, there's no way to explain it.

Su Hao had no choice but to lower his head and take the heavy blame upon himself.

"I'm sorry to have worried you."

Hearing that Su Hao actually apologized instead.

Ellie shook her head frantically as if she had been electrocuted.

"No, the one who should really reflect is me!"

Do you know that around 2 a.m., I saw you through the glass, like a lone warrior, struggling with those formulas in front of the blackboard all by yourself?

At that moment, the only thought in my mind was to rush in!

Even just being your assistant, like we used to do group projects, would be great!

But to my dismay, I found myself standing outside the door, too afraid to take a single step inside, and feeling utterly helpless!

Her eyes were filled with a deep sense of frustration.

"Those formulas are too advanced."

Even someone as advanced as me now isn't qualified to understand the underlying logic you wrote on the blackboard!

The atmosphere instantly became heavy.

Ellie lowered her head and fell silent.

Her fingertips unconsciously dug at the edge of the book, and after a long while, she spoke again in a low voice.

"You have no idea... When I first found out that I was incredibly lucky to be selected for this amazing project team that the whole school was looking forward to, I was ecstatic. I felt like I had finally got my ticket to the top of the pyramid."

But what was the result? What did I actually do every day? All the most menial and peripheral tasks!

Organize a pile of documents that are like scraps of paper, and write meeting minutes that no one will ever read.

Oh, right! I also have to act like an idiot every day, setting alarms to grab meeting rooms for you guys, and even adjusting the focus of those old, broken projectors!

Ellie forced a smile, revealing a bitter, self-deprecating laugh that was even uglier than crying.

"I kept reassuring myself that I knew very well that as a student assistant at the lowest level, doing these administrative tasks in such a big project was my duty."

But... but when all the big shots are helpless and can only helplessly pin their hopes on you alone...

I found myself ridiculously feeling a sense of resentment.

"Forehead......."

Su Hao scratched his head, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

Faced with cold machines and complex formulas, he can overcome all obstacles with a single sword strike.

But when faced with a girl's sudden, heartfelt analysis of her inner thoughts, he seemed at a loss.

"No, Ellie, it's not what you think..."

"Let me finish speaking!"

Ellie rudely interrupted him.

"So, I'm telling you this now with all seriousness!"

If I ever work on a new project again, I'm definitely not going to do those soulless human copy machines again!

I am determined to work hard and become a truly helpful core member of the team!

As for those utterly worthless chores like making coffee or running errands for photocopying, let the other unlucky bastards do them!

It was as if he was afraid that his aura was not strong enough.

As if issuing a cruel challenge to the heavens, she clenched her fists tightly in front of her chest, half-jokingly.

After doing all this, she took a deep breath.

"Alright, I feel much better now that I've said what's been on my mind."

"I won't bother you anymore. You should continue to rest and replenish your energy. I'll be going now."

Ellie forced a bright smile.

She waved at him decisively and turned to leave.

"Okay! Thank you, Ellie."

Watching her retreating figure, Su Hao suddenly raised his voice and shouted with utmost seriousness.

"There's one more thing you need to know."

You just said that you've been doing odd jobs all this time and that you're useless, but that's wrong.

You really helped me a lot!

If it weren't for you running around day and night, helping me collect those extremely accurate basic test data to provide support...

Even if I calculated until I had a brain hemorrhage, I still couldn't build the prototype boundaries of the underlying architecture.

Ellie stopped abruptly in her tracks.

Hearing this completely unexpected affirmation.

She stared in surprise, her eyes widening.

"Hahaha."

She tried to cover herself up by laughing out loud, as if nothing had happened.

but.

At that moment, scalding tears burst forth without warning.

Large tears welled up in her eyes without warning and slid freely down her cheeks.

With her strong sense of self-respect, she had no intention of exposing herself to Su Hao as someone who crumbled instantly at the slightest compliment.

She turned around abruptly, like a deserter who had lost all armor and weapons, and fled the laboratory in a very disheveled manner.