Chapter 252 - Taming Laziness

While Zhao began to familiarize himself with his new beast, Ren mentally reviewed his upcoming projects. Lin's egg was close to completion, then would come Liu's, and shortly before the end of the semester, those for the noble cousins. 

The annotation work with Wei was progressing exceptionally well, recording the first phase of the project at a good pace... The professor seemed renewed, as if he truly cared more about knowledge than ego since Ren had defeated him. The pride that had once clouded his judgment had given way to genuine scientific curiosity.

But not all projects were advancing; one of them encountered a pause for the first time.

One that seemed like a distant dream.

"Rest," Lin declared firmly, crossing her arms while observing Ren with an inflexible expression. 

The silence that followed this simple word was so profound that one could have heard a pin drop. In the room, four faces looked at her with varying degrees of disbelief.