Chapter 435: Chapter 434 Stirring Trouble

Chi Gui finished washing up and did not rest right away, instead, he analyzed the progress of the medicinal trials from the past two days, revised his original ideas, and sent the new plan to Peng Xiao.

As the head of the research institute, Peng Xiao had to approve the initiation of any new plans.

It was now past eleven at night, but shortly after Chi Gui sent his message, he received a reply from Peng Xiao, “I think this line of thought is very good overall, but some parts still need to be adjusted…”

With that, he sent over a document.

Chi Gui took the document, carefully reviewed each suggestion within, and finally replied, “Should point 5 be amended like this…”

The two of them delved into a discussion about the new plan until the sky began to brighten, when they finally finalized it.

Chi Gui sent the revised plan to Peng Xiao, and after confirming there were no issues, he shut down his computer and sent a message to Peng Xiao: “I’m heading to the institute now to share the plan with everyone else.”

Peng Xiao replied after a while, “I will head over soon.”

Chi Gui: “Okay.”

After replying, she put away her phone, quickly washed up, had her breakfast, and then went to the institute.

Staff at the institute always arrived early. When Chi Gui arrived, he saw everyone gathered around the shelf where the medicinal agents were stored, their expressions ugly, tinged with anger.

And on the floor in front of the shelf, the medicinal agents they had painstakingly restored yesterday were once again shattered into pieces, with glass fragments mixed with the dried-up agents forming a messy puddle.

The scene was exactly the same as yesterday!

Seeing Chi Gui, everyone crowded around him, voicing their complaints in frustration, unable to hide their anger.

“The person in charge, there must be someone deliberately sabotaging! You must thoroughly investigate this!”

“Whoever did this is simply disgusting! Not only wasting everyone’s hard work but also deliberately delaying the research progress!”

“And the surveillance even happened to break down at this time!”

Chi Gui listened quietly to everyone’s complaints. Before he could speak, Shi Liyun hurried in from outside.

She naturally saw the anger on everyone’s faces and the mess scattered all around, a shadow crossing her eyes before she stepped back in shock, “What happened? Wasn’t this just fixed yesterday? How did it break again?”

After speaking, Shi Liyun subtly glanced behind her, raising her voice, “Professor Chi, this is the second time, right?! With this damage, everyone’s hard work and the precious time of these past days have been wasted!”

As her words ended, Peng Xiao walked in with two assistants.

Peng Xiao clearly heard Shi Liyun’s last remark, his gaze darkened as he looked down at the mess on the ground.

Shi Liyun stood aside, her face full of shocked fear, yet a hint of smugness flickered in her eyes.

Her actions last night were flawless; even if they were investigated afterward, it would only conclude that the “shelf was not securely placed,” and it definitely wouldn’t trace back to her!

Originally, she had wanted others to convey to Academician Peng, letting him know that during Chi Gui’s tenure, two major identical accidents had occurred.

Unexpectedly, Academician Peng had just arrived–fate itself seemed to be helping her!

After Shi Liyun finished, she shrunk to one side, waiting for Chi Gui to be reprimanded or even dismissed on the spot by Academician Peng.

The others also stood by, not daring to say a word, only able to look at Chi Gui sympathetically.

Academician Peng was always stern in his work, not tolerating even the slightest fault.

Now not only had Chi Gui made a mistake, but the same error had occurred twice… It seemed this time the outcome might be truly unfortunate…