Lin Jie returned home, it was already past ten in the evening.

An Kexin and Lin Miao, who were watching TV together in the living room, greeted him in unison.

"Brother, are you hungry? Do you want me to make you some supper?"

"Ah Jie, are you tired?"

Lin Jie patted Lele's head, who had run over affectionately, and replied, "Although I had takeaway for dinner, I ate quite a bit, so I'm not hungry."

"I'm not tired either."

An Kexin held Lin Jie's arm, asking with concern, "You look worried, is there something troubling you?"

"Not really anything worrisome, mainly a challenge with the surgical plan. I haven't figured out a good solution yet."

As they talked, the three of them went to the sofa and sat down together.

Lele crouched between Lin Jie and Lin Miao's legs.

"Brother, have some fruit!"

Lin Miao handed over a plate of cut fruit, and continued, "Brother, sometimes when you can't think of a good idea, don't force it. Just let it go for a while."

"Like me, sometimes I can't remember certain financial knowledge. When I don't deliberately try to recall it, it just pops up on its own."

Lin Jie used a toothpick to pick up some fruit, ate it, and nodded, "Alright, I'll listen to you. I won't force myself, and I'll let it go for now."

"How was your time with Nannan this evening?"

Lin Miao put the fruit plate on the table, smiling as she said, "It went very well. She nodded, and I spoke, and we communicated like that for a while."

"I called myself 'aunt', and Nannan accepted it."

"Also, I gave her legs a massage."

Lin Jie accepted a glass of water from An Kexin and took a sip, advising, "Miaomiao, Nannan's legs are currently being looked after by a hospital physiotherapist to help her leg muscles recover as much as possible."

"Don't give her massages casually; it might disrupt the physiotherapist's rehabilitation plan."

Lin Miao replied somewhat defiantly, "Brother, I'm a certified traditional Chinese massage therapist, a professional, okay?"

"Do you think I could even hurt her legs with my massage?"

Lin Jie wrapped an arm around Lin Miao's shoulder, saying, "Hmm, you're professional. I overlooked that. I apologize."

"Now that's more like it."

Lin Miao said seriously, "Brother, even though you're very skilled in medicine, I've put in several years of hard work in traditional Chinese massage and I'm very good at it."

Lin Jie hummed in agreement, acknowledging her words.

He let out a yawn, stood up, and said, "I'm going to take a hot shower and then get a good night's sleep. Maybe when I wake up tomorrow, a good solution will have come to me."

"You two should get to bed early after watching this variety show..."

After Lin Jie took a bath and went to the bedroom, he found that An Kexin was already in bed.

"Ah Jie, is Nannan's surgery... very difficult?"

Lin Jie sighed and spoke bluntly, "It's mainly because I increased the difficulty, wanting Nannan to recover soon so her father can leave without regrets."

"Currently, I'm facing a situation where time is tight and the task is heavy."

"If I can't think of an effective solution soon, I'll only let Nannan and her father down."

An Kexin comforted, "Ah Jie, you've done enough already, don't put too much pressure on yourself."

"Oh, let me tell you something. Someone sent a message to the chairman of Bowei International School to apologize to your dad for his wife's offensive words and threats this morning."

Lin Jie, remembering something, asked, "Wasn't that chairman detained by the authorities?"

An Kexin explained, "Detained, but not arrested."

"After all, he's a man of status, capable of communicating with the outside world, and can quickly be informed about what's happening."

"I also heard that the parents of another deceased girl are preparing to unite and sue Bowei International School and Hao Yuxi's parents."

"The reason, they claim, is that they believe Hao Yuxi orchestrated the whole incident, and the three girls were coerced and unable to act of their own accord."

"They believe that the lack of supervision by the school and the indulgence of Hao Yuxi's parents were partly responsible for the deaths of the three girls."

Lin Jie scornfully remarked, "What an excuse. At most, they were accomplices to the crime, all birds of a feather."

"Any girl with a decent character, even if scared and choosing self-preservation, wouldn't participate in such bullying at the least."

An Kexin sighed softly, saying, "These four girls, although they lost their lives, are the victims of the case..."

"Their parents are also experiencing the pain of losing their daughters, but instead of widespread sympathy, they are being criticized by most people."

"Their pressure must be immense, urgently needing a scapegoat to justify their neglect in upbringing."

Lin Jie dismissively remarked, "Let them tear each other apart. These people aren't worth our attention."

"Let's get some sleep..."

Some undetermined amount of time later, the half-awake and half-asleep An Kexin felt a bit cold.

She couldn't help but inch closer, wanting to snuggle up to the warmth of a "small stove" nearby.

She nudged a few times but didn't feel anything, nudged more, still didn't feel anything, nudged again...

Suddenly, startled awake, she stopped moving.

She discovered half her body was hanging off the bed, nearly falling.

That's when she realized she was alone in bed; Lin Jie was no longer there.

An Kexin glanced at the electronic clock on the nightstand: 3:41 AM.

There was no light in the bathroom, so she put on her thick winter fleece pajamas, got out of bed, and went out of the bedroom, seeing light seeping from the study door.

Gently pushing the door open, she entered the study and saw Lin Jie busy at the desk, working on the computer.

"Ah Jie, can't you sleep properly and work when the sun rises?" Her tone was full of reprimand, mixed with a lot of concern.

Lin Jie looked up at An Kexin, speaking with some excitement, "Miaomiao was right. When you don't deliberately try to think, the solution will come to you."

"Kexin, I had a dream."

"That dream gave me inspiration, and I thought of a good method."

"What dream?" An Kexin asked curiously.

Lin Jie chuckled and said, "I dreamt of becoming an astronaut, and a colleague suddenly started bleeding."

"Because it was a zero-gravity environment, the blood sprayed everywhere, and I couldn't stop it."

"In a panic, I woke up, but it gave me a solution to a major challenge in Nannan's postoperative recovery."

An Kexin gently inquired, "What challenge?"

Lin Jie enthusiastically gestured, "Nannan's bone recovery requires the hip bone and major leg bones to be divided into small pieces and reassembled for proper shaping. This surgical process is mainly intricate and complex, but not extremely difficult."

"The main difficulty lies in the postoperative recovery."

"Without sturdy support to protect these reshaped bones from the effects of body weight and external forces, they're highly prone to deformation or even re-breaking during the recovery process."

"Dreaming about astronauts made me think of a great solution."

This time, before An Kexin could ask again, Lin Jie hurriedly explained, "Astronauts train in water tanks on Earth to simulate zero gravity, using buoyancy to counter gravity."

"After the surgery, I can place Nannan in a liquid of a specific density, keeping her in a zero-gravity or microgravity liquid environment until her bone recovery reaches a certain point before taking her out."

An Kexin paused, feeling Lin Jie's idea seemed a bit sci-fi.

"Ah Jie, is this method really feasible?"

Lin Jie seriously replied, "In theory, it's feasible, but in actual practice, there will definitely be some issues that need experimentation to verify..."

An Kexin responded, "Let your students worry about the specific implementation."

"Isn't there a saying that when a teacher has issues, the disciples handle the labor? Your dozen students are not just there to do nothing."

"Now, go back to bed, quickly."

Faced with the now authoritative An Kexin, Lin Jie reluctantly left the study and returned to bed...

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