The Hope You Gave Me: 21-My Love

Cao Mu's house is on the far left of the townhouse. It is 180 square meters and has two floors, four bedrooms, two halls and two bathrooms. It is very exquisitely decorated. Yin Xu took them to visit upstairs and downstairs. It was the first time I came to the leader's house, and Min Hui was a bit cramped, but Zhou Ruji was a familiar one. She saw a few pieces of furniture in the living room and asked Yin Xu where she bought it from. Then he took a fancy to his refrigerator and washing machine, and asked how the performance was, and Yin Xu answered them one by one.

"Mr. Yin—"

"Call me Yin Xu."

"Yin Xu, do you like to play tennis?" Zhou Ruji curiously looked at a photo on the wall, where Yin Xu was holding a tennis racket.

"I am a tennis player. I used to be in the provincial team, but I was injured and retired."

"Where do you work now?" Min Hui asked.

"I worked as a tennis coach in a club for a few years, and then resigned. We have two children, and Cao Mu couldn't take care of them at all, so I took care of everything at home and let her concentrate on her work." Yin Xu He smiled and patted the flour on his apron, "The main reason is that she earns more than me. If I go to work and she quits, our family will have to sleep on the street."

Min Hui was slightly surprised. Among the men she knew, no one dared to admit that he was a full-time dad, let alone one who confessed so frankly and calmly as Yin Xu.

"Ha, when you say that, I'm too frightened to have children." Zhou Ruji couldn't help but glance at Min Hui, "Really? There are so many things at home with two children?"

"That's not it. I'm not talking about 24/7 when Baby is with me. Let's just say now: my son has weekly swimming, drawing, basketball, violin and taekwondo classes, and my daughter has a piano. Classes, recitation classes, gymnastics classes, ballet classes and badminton classes. At different times and places, after dinner, they were sent out to study and then picked up again. It was past nine o'clock. Cao Mu originally wanted them to attend the same class. Class, I also take it easy, but the two children don’t do it at all, because the interests are completely different, we as parents are not partial, we have to be satisfied.” Yin Xu sighed, “Fortunately, I am an athlete. Born, running around does not feel tired."

Min Hui asked with a smile, "Then you and Mr. Cao met in the tennis club, didn't you?"

"Yes. I taught her tennis. Don't look at her short stature and can't run fast. She has a good understanding and can learn it as soon as she learns it. Don't call Mr. Cao at home, call it Sister Cao." Yin Xu laughed He led them to the sofa in the living room and sat down, pouring each person a glass of juice, "This is freshly squeezed watermelon juice, drink more. Cao Mu will be here soon. I have the last two dishes, which will be served in ten minutes. Good."

Zhou Ruji immediately said, "Can I help?"

"No, no, the vegetables are all cut and ready to cook." After Yin Xu finished speaking, he turned and went to the kitchen. After a while, the range hood rumbled loudly.

Min Hui looked around, looked at the crystal lamp on the ceiling, and sighed: "Don't say, Sister Cao Mu's taste is really not bad. How much does such a large crystal chandelier cost? A few thousand yuan?"

"More than a few thousand yuan," Zhou Ruji said in a low voice, "don't look far from the city center, because the school district is good, and the house price is not much cheaper at all. For a real estate like this, it costs more than 9 million yuan to buy a house. If there is only one person earning money, the mortgage pressure is still quite large.”

"Maybe their parents are rich and give a down payment or something."

"Cao Mu's hometown is rural and has no money."

"Hey, Zhou Ruji," Min Hui patted him, "how do you know everything?"

"Yang Beibei said it."

"Maybe Yin Xu's family is rich?"

"It's quite possible." Zhou Ruji nodded, "Look at the furniture he bought, one piece of furniture, none of which are common goods. Even the toilet paper shelf in the toilet is carved."

"Have you even checked the toilet?"

"Just take a look at it." Zhou Ruji took a sip of watermelon juice and said, "This Yin Xu looks like a child who grew up in a rich family."

"How do you see this?"

"I'd be ashamed if I stayed home all day without work like he did. Look at him, introducing himself as a stay-at-home dad is as proud as introducing himself as a Wimbledon tennis champion! Nothing at all! I'm not comfortable, and my attitude is so unrestrained, it doesn't seem like it's pretending. Obviously, making money has no place in his heart." After saying this, Zhou Ruji's arm naturally fell on Min Hui's shoulder. Glancing at her, he pulled her into his arms, realizing that Min Hui's body was hard, and let go of it knowingly.

"Zhou Ruji, I think you are a bit gossipy."

"I can't be a full-time dad, at least I have to be a woman's friend, right?" He grinned and looked at her playfully, "I'm trying hard not to talk about the lymph node metastasis of breast cancer... Currently It seems like it's the only thing we'd like to talk about."

Min Hui immediately took out a small notebook and a ballpoint pen: "Let's talk about lymph node metastasis."

"Really chatting? Isn't it too unsightly?"

"I like to hear it. Anyway, I'm going to do this soon. It's good to be familiar with medical knowledge first. It's better to ask you than to teach yourself."

Zhou Ruji looked frustrated.

"What do you mean by metastatic breast cancer first?"

Zhou Ruji scratched her nails and said, "This is a metastatic tumor. Cancer cells leave the original tissue and travel to other parts of the body through the circulation and lymphatic system, forming new tumors. This new tumor Tumors are medically difficult to detect. Small metastases on individual slides can be missed 60 percent of the time by the pathologist's observation alone."

"So AI is needed?"

"Yes, if AI technology can detect these signs of metastasis, it can greatly improve the early detection rate of breast cancer." Speaking of professional Zhou Ruji, he immediately gushed, "You must know that the incidence of breast cancer in Chinese is It is lower than that of Western countries, but the growth rate is the first in the world. Last year, there were more than 270,000 new cases of breast cancer among women nationwide, and more than 60,000 deaths. The incidence rate rose rapidly after the age of 20, and the age of 55 Reaching the peak..."

Min Hui couldn't help but glance at her high chest.

"Do you need me to check it for you?" Zhou Ruji looked at her with a half smile.

"Go." Min Hui gave him a white look, and was about to ask, when the door suddenly opened, Cao Mu brought his two children into the entrance, and he heard his voice without seeing anyone: "Mylove, the guests are all here. ?"

"I'm sitting in the living room. The dishes are all ready." Yin Xu said in the kitchen, "It's time for dinner."

Zhou Ruji and Min Hui looked at each other and smiled. No one expected Cao Mu to call her husband so disgusting at home. When she saw her two children, she couldn't help cheering for Cao Mu. Both boys and girls are beautiful, with big eyes, fair skin, and Yin Xu's genes in both appearance and figure, and there is no trace of Cao Mu at all.

"I'm sorry for being ten minutes late," Cao Mu took off his jacket and came over to say hello, "These are my two children, the eldest Yin Di, who is seven years old this year. The second child, Yin Ning, is five years old this year." I was very active. After calling my uncle and aunt, I jokingly ran to the bathroom to wash my hands.

Everyone went to the restaurant to sit down, four adults and two children, five dishes and one soup, all meat and vegetables, among which a plate of squirrel mandarin fish cut with a cross knife was poured bright red with tomato juice, and the rest was dinner Home-cooked dishes: shredded pork with green peppers, Mapo tofu, shredded cabbage, dried bamboo shoots and bacon - plus a large pot of light and refreshing sea rice and winter melon soup.

Min Hui mainly eats three meals a day in Bencheng, and she almost never goes to the vegetable market. It has been a long time since she has eaten a decent home-cooked meal, so she can't help but eat two bowls. Although Cao Mu's family is the wife and the husband, the husband and wife are not at all unwilling or unhappy because of this "dislocation". Instead, they understand each other and cooperate tacitly, which makes Min Hui very envious.

After dinner, Yin Xu took the child to the second floor, and Cao Mu invited Min Hui and Zhou Ruji to the living room. After a couple of greetings, he said, "The AI ​​medical field has been very hot in the market in the past two years, and it's a bubble. Hospitals, universities, Internet, start-up companies, and medical device companies have all started projects in this area. Although everyone has their own emphasis, there are also many overlapping parts. Although Bai'an comes from afar, it is a small company after all. Concentrate on being meticulous and meticulous. Today I went to the headquarters to have a chat with the bosses. Everyone believes that the current business of Bai'an is still based on the AI-based medical image analysis platform, and has developed a competitive product for a single disease, striving to become the industry leader. Best, for example - breast cancer screening. Then move on to other diseases: nasopharyngeal cancer, liver cancer, brain cancer...even retinal, cardiovascular, Alzheimer's can be done."

Min Hui thought to herself, Cao Mu's remarks can obviously be left at the company's meeting, why should he say it at home for dinner?

Only listen to Cao Mu continue: "As far as I know, there are five or six big competitors in the field of AI imaging breast cancer screening. To the start-up companies in the B round, there are also industry giants such as Guanchao International and Dongli Group. Bai'an's advantage is data, but now it is becoming more and more limited. After all, it started with hardware and does not pay enough attention to software. , the reason is very simple: AI image analysis has just become popular, how to integrate upstream and downstream, and how to solve practical clinical problems - these are still inconclusive. Just like a child of six or seven years old, everyone knows that there is a future, but the child has not yet When I grow up, no one knows what will happen next.”

"After the heat is over, one or two batches of these companies are always going to die." Zhou Ruji said with a smile.

"That's right, few of the current startups have survived the C round." Cao Mu nodded, "I specially invited you here today because I want to talk about this direction and see how difficult it is and what needs to be done. About how long it will take, I can plan it here. Like Min Hui, I have limited knowledge of medicine and urgently need supplementary courses. Ru Ji, I heard that your university has also opened an AI medical research group this year. Can you tell us about the research trends and major achievements of the Block International?”

"Hey, Mr. Cao——" Zhou Ruji couldn't help but complain, "I and Min Hui came to you, are you really here to talk about work?

"Yes."

"Then why don't you stop us and have a small meeting when you get off work? Why bother your brother-in-law to make such a big table of dishes in a big way?"

“Isn’t the atmosphere better for chatting at home, having something to eat and drink?”

Min Hui: "..."

Zhou Ruji: "..."

As a result, the three of them chatted about breast cancer for two hours in the living room before Min Hui and Zhou Ruji got up to say goodbye.

***

Getting into the car, Zhou Ruji asked, "There's a takoyaki in the mall in front of you that does a good job. Let's go shopping?"

Min Hui asked in surprise: "Aren't you full yet?"

"We got married on Tuesday, so we have to go shopping and scrambling along the road, right? Otherwise, wouldn't it be a bit sloppy?"

Min Hui thinks so too. What's more, Yin Xu's food was too slow. She was a little tired and wanted to eat loose, so she nodded and said, "Okay."

Although she has lived in Ben Thanh for a while, Min Hui's activities are limited to about five kilometers near the company. I don't know much about the west of the city where Cao Mu lives, but I only know that there are many high-end shopping centers in this area. But Zhou Ruji was obviously very familiar with this area, holding her hand to shuttle freely among the crowd.

“There are many brand stores on the second floor, do you like Chanel or Gucci?”

"I've heard of it but never bought it."

"Go and have a look."

Min Hui grabbed him: "Forget it, let's just go to the snack bar."

"No. You have to register soon. I didn't even give you a decent present. I'm so sorry." After saying that, she dragged her up to the second floor and entered Chanel's counter.

"This black and gold medium leather Leboy is very versatile." The waitress graciously handed her a sample, "Miss, you will definitely like it."

Min Hui tried it on her back and posed a few poses in front of Zhou Ruji.

"That's it." Zhou Ruji took out her credit card and was about to pay at the counter when she noticed that Min Hui's body suddenly stopped moving, as if there was a wolf behind her, and it was as if she had seen a ghost.

He handed the credit card to the waiter and heard footsteps behind him. A tall man walked to the counter and said to another waiter, "I want this suit, please wrap it up for me. , and these shoes, thank you."

His voice was low and pleasant, and after he settled the bill, he left quickly.

Zhou Ruji didn't see his face clearly, only knew that he was wearing a light gray trench coat, tall and straight, and calm. He watched the man in the trench coat enter the elevator, and then walked to Min Hui's side with the shopping bag. Seeing that she was still in shock, he gently patted her shoulder and asked, "Do you know that person?"

Min Hui smiled unnaturally and shook her head.

"If you guessed correctly, he is Cheng Qirang, right?"