898 Vera“s Condition

Molina was raging on the inside as she spoke coldly to the man in her video call.

Lu Zhou, who was sitting at his desk, put his pen down.

He looked at Molina on his screen and felt a little confused.

“Her? What are you talking about?”

Last night he received an email from her, asking to arrange a video call. But now he had no idea what she was trying to say.

Molina took a deep breath and spoke coldly.

“I’m talking about Vera Pulyuy!”

Lu Zhou frowned and began to realize this might be more serious than he had imagined.

“What’s wrong with Vera?”

Molina hesitated for a second and broke her promise on not telling Lu Zhou. She clenched her jaw and spoke the truth.

“She’s had a cough and a fever since last week, and it doesn’t seem like a normal cold! I don’t know if you two are working on a research project together or what, I don’t care, I just want to tell you… She’s overworking herself because of you!”

Molina stared at Lu Zhou through the screen and spoke in a serious manner.

“Please, I’m begging you, don’t overwork her.”

Molina reached over and grabbed the mouse before ending the video call.

“Wait a second! Did she hang up?”

Lu Zhou stared at the blank video screen with a confused look.

Molina’s words lingered in his mind.

What do you mean by don’t overwork her?

Lu Zhou repeated this sentence in his mind, asking himself if he had ever done such a thing.

However, he didn’t remember overworking Vera at all. He never even asked her to do anything.

F*ck!

Can’t you just explain what you meant!

What did I do?

Lu Zhou suddenly felt annoyed; he couldn’t explain why he was irritated, but he just was.

A string of text bubbles appeared on the lower right corner of his screen.

Xiao Ai: [Master, um… Do you want Xiao Ai to call her back?]

Lu Zhou took a deep breath and shook his head.

“It’s fine…”

There was no point.

Molina clearly hung up after saying everything she wanted to say. Calling her back would be meaningless.

It was unlikely Molina would clarify herself.

Lu Zhou leaned back in his chair and sighed as he muttered to himself, “If only I were in a quiet place, a place where I’m alone.”

A place where nothing will disturb my research.

It would be nice if time were frozen while I’m in that place.

That place seemed like heaven to Lu Zhou.

Lu Zhou closed his eyes and tried to escape from reality, but he suddenly shook his head and stood up.

No!

I can’t just leave her alone!

Regardless of whether or not it’s my fault, she is still my best student…

He couldn’t just stand aside and watch her destroy her body. After all, not everyone had his system enhanced metabolism pills. He hadn’t been sick in seven years and could easily stay up all night with no side effects.

Lu Zhou opened his email and carefully began to type.

[I heard you’re sick…

[Sorry, I’m not good at comforting people, nor am I a doctor. I just want to say…

[No matter how important your research is, I hope you can prioritize your health. You only have one body. Not to mention, you’ve never been in great health, so you should be even more careful.

[I’ll be very sad if something happens to you.

[Make sure to drink more water…]

Lu Zhou went silent for a while and decided to delete the last line. He then clicked the send b.u.t.ton.

After that, he quietly waited in front of his computer.

Even though he wanted to use this time to research mathematics, he couldn’t concentrate at all.

Time slowly ticked by.

It had only been ten minutes since Lu Zhou sent that email, but Lu Zhou felt like it had been hours.

Lu Zhou stared at his empty mailbox and took a deep breath.

He was certain that Vera was still awake, with her computer in front of her.

“Is this my fault?

“But what did I do…”

Lu Zhou stared at his hand and anxiously shook his head, trying to remove the distracting thoughts from his head.

“Now is not the time to think about those things.

“I have to find out what happened to her!”

Lu Zhou opened his email and began typing again.

[… If you’re in Princeton right now, please visit Vera Pulyuy for me. I heard from her colleague that she is ill. I am unable to reach her right now.

[If you can, please check up on her for me and ask what kind of illness she has. Thanks.]

Lu Zhou opened his list of contacts and sent it to another one of his students, Qin Yue.

Even though this guy generally stayed pretty quiet and reserved, he was actually quite a caring person. Qin Yue would definitely try his best at helping Lu Zhou.

Moreover, other than Qin Yue, Lu Zhou didn’t have anyone else to ask.

After sending the email, Lu Zhou sighed and leaned back in his chair as he silently prayed in his heart.

“I hope nothing happens to her…”

If she really was sick, whether or not it was his fault, he would still feel immensely guilty.

What if she’s hospitalized…

Lu Zhou didn’t even want to think of the possibility.