Chapter 232: He Rejected It Himself
Xie Yanchuan paused, seemingly not expecting Xu Jinzhi to ask him such a question. Once he realized, he instinctively glanced at Xu Jinzhi.
But now that Xu Jinzhi was hugging him, even as Xie Yanchuan lowered his head, he couldn’t see the expression on her face.
Xu Jinzhi said nothing, waiting for Xie Yanchuan’s reply, while the living room fell into an uncomfortable silence.
After a moment, Xie Yanchuan finally spoke in a deep voice, "I told you last time, I just finished a project and haven’t had any new ideas yet, so I’m going to take a break for a while."
"But I heard that your research group is going to be disbanded," Xu Jinzhi’s voice remained steady, seemingly without much emotion.
Only Xu Jinzhi knew how shocked she felt upon hearing this news.
Xie Yanchuan was also taken aback, his mouth opened as if to explain, yet he couldn’t find the words to say at first. It took a while before Xie Yanchuan continued, "No, that’s not it. Our four research groups are merging into two."
Indeed, they weren’t being disbanded, but such changes were still considered major internal alterations.
"You’re not going to the lab now, aren’t you being ostracized?" Xu Jinzhi lifted her head to look at Xie Yanchuan, a trace of anger flashing in her eyes.
Originally, in their group, Xie Yanchuan was the deputy leader, but with the merging of the two groups, there were suddenly more people, and their positions were naturally altered.