Stardust Remembrance

Chapter 22: Choices (3)

Gyroscopic Life

Because of Loran's special identity, Feng Lin did not want to cause unnecessary attention and trouble and suggested that Loran work at the Institute as an ordinary person.

Her suggestion was exactly what Loran wanted, and she joined the institute as a new fae immigrant under the name "Luo Xun".

Anna had once said that the Alicata Life Research Institute was not only the best genetic research institute in the Odin Federation but also one of the best genetic research institutes in the entire interstellar world.

Even the best graduates would feel a lot of pressure when they entered the institute to work, let alone Loran, a genetics noob with zero knowledge.

"Let's go for a drink together after work?"

"I ...... still have things to do, some other time!"

Her coworkers knew that she was a new immigrant and worried that she felt lonely, they would make a point of calling her when there was a party, but the topic of conversation for this bunch of science geeks was not gossip and gossip, but scientific bottlenecks, genetic reports, and experimental papers. Loran went there once and was so fervently pressed by everyone about her previous work that Loran could not cry, but could only urinate.

She dared to tell everyone that she couldn't even understand what she was hearing. She recognized all the specialized terms when they were taken apart, but when they were put together, she had no idea what they meant.

As an assistant, she can't even do the most basic things like cleaning and sterilizing lab equipment.

Colleagues gradually realized that something was wrong with her, and were secretly discussing behind her back what kind of unseemly relationship she had to rely on to force herself into the best research institute in the Federation, and gradually turned from enthusiastic concern to cold isolation towards her.

Loran went to the gravity room and ran ten kilometers, sweating profusely as she sat on the bench outside the training hall, too tired to move.

She thought that if she worked hard, she could always do a good job, but imagination was beautiful and reality was cruel. In an institute where all the coworkers were highly educated and intelligent, only seriousness and hard work were not enough.

Loran was in a heavy mood, what should she do? Even if Feng Lin and Anna were willing to help her, there was no way to teach a guy with zero foundation, and the institute was not a charity organization, if her work performance stayed like this, she would surely be marginalized, and even if she stayed with a thick skin, she would not be able to learn anything.

A drink to replenish her physical energy was handed to her, and Loran looked up to see Chisoku in his training clothes, also having just finished his workout.

"Thanks!" Loran took the drink and took a sip.

"Why the heavy expression?" Chisoku asked as he sat down next to her.

Loran made a fake face and puffed out her cheeks as she let out a long breath, "Lack of workability, worried that I might not be able to keep my job!"

"This is the largest military base on Planet Alicata, it has almost everything."

"Hmm." Loran cupped his drink and hung his head absentmindedly.

"There's a military medical university attached to it, one of the best medical schools in Alicata, and I've heard that people who work at the Institute and the base can get tuition reductions if they want to further their studies."

Loran looked up sharply, his eyes burning, "Can I also apply to study there?"

Qian Xu smiled faintly, "It should be possible, but studying and working at the same time will be very hard."

"I'm not afraid!" Loran stood up excitedly, "I'm going back." She had to check the admission requirements and find a way to get herself in.

Luo Lan ran a few steps in a panic and suddenly remembered something, braking sharply, she turned back to Qian Xu and said loudly, "Thank you!"

Qian Xu smiled and waved at her, half a day of evening sunlight and a sliver of sunset, reflecting obliquely on him, coating his entire body with a warm orange-gold color.

Luo Lan's heart tugged tenderly, she had always felt that she was greedy and selfish, and to survive she even went so far as to impersonate a princess and deceive two-star nations. But at this moment, she suddenly came up with a noble thought, wanting to become the best gene repairer, wanting to cure Qian Xu's disease, wanting to treat this world gently, wanting this world to be able to be this gentle all the time, because-

She was treated gently by this world!

Luo Lan carefully finished the enrollment information for the Military Medical University and realized that she only had one way to go - through the back door.

Chu Mo is the honorary president of the Military Medical University, Luo Lan makes a bunch of delicious food, cheekily goes to beg Chu Mo, and asks him for a letter of recommendation.

Chu Mo promised, but specially declared, could give her a chance to study, but the results of the study were to rely on her own.

Luolan took Chu Mo's recommendation letter and registered as a paraprofessional at the Military Medical University under the astonished gaze of the enrollment teacher.

She could pay to take all the courses, but to get a formal bachelor's degree in medicine, not only did she have to take enough credits, but she also had to get a grade of B+ or higher in every course.

If she got an A or A+ in every class, she could go on to get her master's degree and also apply for an internship at the affiliated military hospital.

Although the conditions for her to get a degree were harsher than that of a formal student, Loran was satisfied, after all, she had enrolled in school through irregular means.

After registering successfully, Loran received a notice of the school's opening ceremony.

As a spectator student, she could not participate, however, Loran's memory was blank, she cherished this first-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and dressed up with gusto to attend the opening ceremony.

Hearing the chatter of the students around her, Loran realized that this year's opening ceremony had invited the Federation's commander to give a welcome speech to the new students.

"How could the commander attend our school's opening ceremony? I heard that last year, the military school next door asked him to attend the graduation ceremony were all rejected by his secretary officer."

"Don't even look at who our honorary principal is. The entire federation knows that Dean Chu and the commander have a special relationship."

"The commander is married, right? It seems to be a princess."

"The princess of the Al Empire, the Al Empire suffered a defeat under the Commander and sent it to curry favor with the Commander."

"The Commander is too cold, seriously lowered, I still like the learned and elegant Dean Chu."

"The commander doesn't look like he has a s*x life, I wonder where that poor princess is molding and growing fungus."

......

Amidst the snickers, Loran looked at Tatsusha on the stage with a straight uniform and cold expression, a forehead of black lines, worthy of being the future most outstanding doctor of the Federation, the topic is raw and cold!

Tatsuha briefly finished his speech, everyone thought it was over and snapped their hands, not realizing that he stood motionless on the stage, his gaze coldly staring down.

The applause was quickly frozen.

Whether it was the students under the stage or the school leaders on the stage, they all half raised their hands and looked at Tatsuya dumbfounded.

"This is a school, not Missy's afternoon tea party! If you're in a fun mindset, I suggest you drop out of school before it's too late, and don't waste federal taxpayers' money!"

Everyone looked at each other in disbelief, didn't that ...... commencement ceremony always take the gentle blessing route? When did it change to the threatening and intimidating route?

Loran stood straight and looked at Tatsusa expressionlessly.

She knew that she had disappointed many people by not honestly being an apple tree, but her life, only she could make the decision! Nothing that could be said now would be convincing, but time would tell.

Loran divided her time into three chunks: medical school, research institute, and training hall.

The medical school had professors in charge of answering questions and solving problems in various specialties, so all one needed to do was turn herself into a sponge and work hard to absorb the knowledge.

Although the work in the research institute was stumbling, she gradually got the hang of it, and when there was trouble, with Feng Lin and Anna's help, she was always able to cope with it.

Comparatively speaking, the problems she encountered when exercising physical fitness in the training center were more prominent.

Qingchu was not a qualified teacher, she had never brought up students before and did not know how to train them, moreover, she was more or less worried about her status as a princess and could not let go.

If you want to do a good job, you have to do a good job first. Loran pondered whether or not to spend money to hire a professional physical trainer, but, her physical goal was A-ranked, how could an A-ranked physical person engage in a job like a physical trainer?

When she told Chisoku about her troubles, Chisoku helped her out with a single sentence.

"I'll be your physical training teacher."

"Is that okay? Will it take up too much of your time?" Loran was surprised and uneasy.

"I've trained recruits in the army and I'm quite experienced, training you is simple. Moreover, the key to this kind of thing is the student himself, the teacher is just guiding, and it won't take up much of the teacher's time."

Loran thought about it, Qian Xu worked at the base and lived in the base's staff dormitory, she also stayed at the base every day, it was convenient for the two to meet, and this was indeed reliable.

"Then I'll be polite, don't be polite to me when you train me."

Qian Xu smiled and said, "Understood."

With Qingchu's previous experience, Luo Lan was worried that Qian Xu would not be strict enough, but after training once, she immediately withdrew all her worries.

Qian Xu was a professional soldier after all, no matter how gentle he was on the outside, he was made of steel on the inside.

When he stood on the training ground, he brought his pressure without uttering a word, and he would not be the least bit soft-hearted, he would force Luo Lan to do her movements to the highest standard, squeezing out the last ounce of her strength.

Loran's body was delicate, but she wasn't at all, no matter what Qian Xu asked her to do, even if it seemed very harsh, she would do it to the best of her ability.

Both teacher and student were pleased with each other.

Every day, Loran woke up at 5:30 in the morning, went to the gravity room for a run, ran enough for an hour, did an hour of equipment workout, then took a shower changed her clothes, and rushed to the institute for work.

On weekdays, she would use her work breaks to watch the professor's remote lectures on the Star Network, and in the afternoons after work, she would first go to the training ground to work out and complete the training tasks assigned by Qian Xu, then rush back home, read books, study, and complete the assignments assigned by the professor.

On weekends, when she didn't have to go to the institute to work, she went to the medical school to attend classes. When she didn't have classes, she spent her free time either working out at the base's training gym or studying at the medical school's library.

Every day was as busy as a gyroscope, not even having time to stop and rest, but Loran was very happy.

Because of the loss of her memory, she always felt like a floating leaf, lacking the security of having her feet on the ground, and now her busyness made her feel that every day was meaningful and gave her peace of mind.

She firmly believed that as long as she lived day after day, even a duckweed would sooner or later grow roots and become a big tree.