Chapter 477: They’re All Workaholics

He immediately called in Xiao Li, who hadn’t left yet.

"Xiao Li, did you see Teacher Fu home safely?"

Xiao Li looked dumbfounded. "Huh? No! Has Teacher Fu left?"

Director Liu: ...?

"You didn’t see her off? Don’t tell me she’s still in the conference room."

He raised his wrist to look at his watch—it was already midnight.

He strode out quickly. "Come on, let’s go check."

She had to teach at the university tomorrow.

This was far too late.

Hearing this, Xiao Li quickly followed.

However, when the two of them arrived at the conference room...

...it was completely empty.

This struck them as very odd.

"Huh, where did everyone go?"

"Director Liu, could they have already gone home for the day?"

After all, why else would it be completely empty?

Director Liu saw the documents still on the conference table and noticed the lights were on. He felt that was impossible.

"Let’s go check the workshop."

That was the engine research and development workshop.

Xiao Li hurried to keep up.

When they reached the R&D workshop, they found the group that had been missing from the conference room was there.

And the person surrounded in the middle was none other than Teacher Fu, the very person they were looking for.

Director Liu walked over. "Why haven’t you let Teacher Fu leave yet? She has to teach at the university tomorrow." ’If worst comes to worst, maybe I can just have Fu Mingxue come back again tomorrow?’

Fu Mingxue spoke up herself. "No rush. We just need a little more time."

And so, another hour and a half passed.

"Alright, let’s leave it at this for now. I’ll come back tomorrow."

As soon as Fu Mingxue said this, the crowd, which had been reluctant to see her go, became ecstatic.

Even Director Liu, who had been standing on the sidelines, was incredibly happy to hear she would be coming back tomorrow.

"Xiao Li, quickly, take Teacher Fu home. You must ensure she gets home safely."

He then turned to Fu Mingxue and said, "Tomorrow afternoon, I’ll have Xiao Li come pick you up—"

"No need, I’ll just ride my bike over myself. By the way, I’d like to requisition some electrical parts from your side. I want to have the technicians help me modify my bicycle."

’It’s better to have one of your own than to rely on others.’

With her previous experience modifying a bike, doing another one now would be much easier and faster.

She really needed an electric bicycle.

Director Liu had heard that she’d modified a bicycle before. Hearing that she wanted to modify her bike here in Beijing City as well, he agreed without a second thought.

"If you need any materials, just tell the workshop or tell Xiao Li, and have Xiao Li get everything sorted out for you."

"Alright." Fu Mingxue said her goodbyes to the others and then left with Xiao Li.

Xiao Li drove her to her front door.

He waited until she was inside before driving off.

Fu Mingxue tiptoed inside—

—but it wasn’t long before Mrs. Fu came out anyway.

"Why are you so late?"

"There were a lot of problems to solve. Mom, you don’t have to wait up for me in the future."

Mrs. Fu didn’t respond to that, simply saying, "I’ll make you something to eat—"

With that, she turned to head for the kitchen.

Fu Mingxue quickly pulled her back. "Mom, I’m not eating. I need to get to sleep. You should go to bed early, too."

’If I eat something now, I probably won’t get to bed until three in the morning.’

"Fine. Then hurry up and get to sleep." Mrs. Fu returned to her room.

Fu Mingxue first took a shower, then went to her room to sleep.

The next day, she woke to find it was already six o’clock.

She still felt sleepy.

However, after lying in bed for a minute, she got up anyway.

To an overachiever, the ultimate maxim was: Why sleep so much in life? After all, death is an eternal slumber.