Chapter 2499: Application to Join

"He received a phone call this morning and rushed back to the hospital," Cao Yong responded on behalf of his second brother.

"What urgent matters led him back to the hospital?" Ren Chongda casually asked.

Unexpectedly, there was no answer from the other side.

Seeing Senior Cao’s sudden silence, Xie Wanying recalled the phone call he had made on the balcony earlier.

"Have breakfast." Cao Yong proactively uttered these three words, once again confirming his avoidance of the question.

Some secrets, as medical staff, cannot be disclosed, even to colleagues or fellow students.

Due to the minor impact of the wound, Xie Wanying walked into the private bathroom to brush her teeth, rinse, and wash her face.

In the ward, she heard Senior Cao questioning her advisor, Teacher Ren.

"What did you talk about with Fu Xinheng last night?"

The suspicion arose because these two did not return to the ward after leaving last night, as if plotting a conspiracy behind others’ backs.

"Nothing much," Ren Chongda replied.

Cao Yong didn’t let him off easily and sternly said, "Stop lying. You have previously shown signs of hiding something from me."

How can an old classmate deceive an old classmate, standing by the robot, wondering what he was up to.

"No!" Ren Chongda raised his hand in oath.

"If there are no secrets, just tell me what he pulled you out to say," Cao Yong asked.

Pushed to the brink of sweating, Ren Chongda wiped his forehead and said, "I mentioned it to you all earlier. Since you graduated from the eight-year program, you’re more aware. If you’re willing, you can actively apply to be a research advisor to our class. What Fu Xinheng talked about with me last night was precisely this, saying he’s willing to become a research advisor for our class."

In our school, finding research advisors typically follows a dual-choice principle. Students can seek and choose their mentors. Similarly, mentors can select their students. This way, both parties are satisfied, which is ideal.

The issue is that not all students can smoothly find advisors. The school must consider a realistic problem that some students may lack capability and fail to locate suitable teachers. What should be done then? The school at least needs to provide a safety net for these students.

The pre-established research advisory group for the eight-year program was made for this reason. After all, students from the eight-year program, unlike other doctoral or master’s students who progress gradually through exams, don’t start by finding advisors before engaging in research studies.

According to the school’s plan, the research advisory group will invite qualified doctoral advisors to join, typically consisting of four to six advisors. In this way, the advisors don’t have to mentor too many students and become overwhelmed, while students have ample choice among advisors.

As someone who graduated from the eight-year program, Cao Yong recalled this detail. What caught him off guard was that Fu Xinheng had plenty of excellent students seeking his guidance, so why actively join such an advisory group? It’s crucial to understand what kind of student would seek an advisory group; outstanding students can effortlessly find the advisors they desire.

"What is he calculating?" Cao Yong asked.

"How should I know," Ren Chongda conceded, not being the circuit board inside that robot’s head.

"Did you agree with him?"

"Hey, having him onboard benefits my students, why would I refuse him," Ren Chongda explicitly stated his advisor’s identity, speaking righteously.

"Besides him, who else?"

"This one," Ren Chongda recalled how last night after Fu Xinheng spoke, Chang Jiawei hastily followed and expressed his desire to join.

"He is not qualified," Cao Yong said.

Being appointed as a doctoral advisor has its thresholds.