novelraw Chapter 250
Chapter 250
Chapter 250: What Is STEM
Wei Yu’s mouth—its power had been proven formidable by countless people.
He could coax a group of talented individuals into being moved to tears with gratitude, vowing to devote their lives to their undertakings, and he could also make the Eldest Prince so elated that he affirmed his confidence as a military commander.
That flashy, emotional performance—while the person involved was utterly enchanted and out of sorts, the onlooker, the Third Prince, saw everything clearly.
Wei Yu said, “Eldest Brother, look at your physique—tsk tsk, so upright and proper, you’re obviously a prodigy in martial arts! I think if Eldest Brother had enlisted earlier, he’d probably have become the Grand General of our Great Wei by now!”
Eldest Prince replied, “You can’t say it like that, you can’t. Our Great Wei still has many talented military commanders.”
“…”
No matter how the two argued beside him, the Third Prince silently sipped his wine.
Go ahead and brag, flatter, change the subject, seek benefit while avoiding harm—when it came to these things, he, the Ninth Brother, was truly skilled in myriad ways.
Eldest Brother had a straightforward nature, and when he was happy, it was really hard for him to stay sober. The Third Prince sighed almost imperceptibly and poured another cup of wine.
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In the end, the Eldest Prince was supported by Wei Yu as they returned.
They had such a pleasant time dining today that they accidentally drank a bit too much; originally they only planned for a small gathering and then to continue traveling, but plans couldn’t keep up with changes.
Since it wasn’t good to travel drunk, the Eldest Prince could only rest in the city overnight for the time being.
Once Eldest Brother was settled, Wei Yu went to find Third Brother.
When the Third Prince returned to the residence, he went straight to the study to handle official business.
When Wei Yu arrived, Third Prince was sitting behind his desk.
“Third Brother, my dear Third Brother~”
Having had a bit of wine today, Wei Yu was a bit excited and, upon entering the study, flopped onto the redwood couch in the inner room.
The Third Prince was busy with work and didn’t lift his head, saying, “If you’re drunk, then go back, don’t come here.”
Wei Yu felt a little dizzy, lying on the couch, hugging a nearby cushion to his chest, “Ah, Third Brother, why are you so heartless? I’m already drunk and you haven’t even shown any concern for your brother?”
The Third Prince glanced up at him, “I thought not exposing you in front of Eldest Brother was already concern enough.”
Wei Yu pouted.
His Third Brother was so unfeeling!
“Ah.”
Wei Yu turned over, adjusted his posture with his back to his Third Brother, closed his eyes and said lightly, “Thank you for your tolerance, Third Brother. Don’t worry, after I go back I’ll tell Father Emperor to strive to let Third Brother live the life he wants.”
The pen in the Third Prince’s hand paused.
He frowned and looked up at Wei Yu, “What do you mean by that?”
“Third Brother doesn’t like attending court sessions, right?”
In response to Wei Yu, the Third Prince quietly looked at his back without saying a word.
Having hardly drunk before, tonight he was a bit sleepy. Wei Yu yawned as he casually replied, “Just like Fourth Brother likes doing business, Fifth Brother enjoys watching dramas, Sixth Brother loves eating, what Third Brother likes is actually quite simple, it’s science subjects…”
Science subjects?
The Third Prince, who had never heard of that before, was stunned.
He keenly sensed there was something hidden within those words, something yet to be revealed to the world, and quickly asked, “What do you mean by science subjects? How do you know what I want to do?”
“Uh… STEM talents…”
His head a bit heavy, Wei Yu felt sleepy but because he was minded to reply, his thoughts wandered back and forth causing him to speak intermittently and without much logic.
“Suitable for researchers, when we return… to the Research Institute…”
After a few sentences, the Third Prince waited a moment longer.
Once sure Wei Yu had fallen asleep, the Third Prince frowned deeply and remained silent.
What talents, what personnel, which institute—three or four sentences but only one was understandable. He really couldn’t figure out what Wei Yu was trying to say!
The Third Prince gave Wei Yu a deep last glance.
Oh well, he would talk to Wei Yu again when Wei Yu woke up.
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Wei Yu ended up sleeping quite long, almost eight hours.
When he woke up it was already afternoon; the Eldest Prince had long since risen and left the city, probably already within the area of the next county city.
“Oh dear, drinking isn’t good!”
Wei Yu didn’t expect his tolerance to be so poor—just two pots and he was drunk until now. Luckily it was on his own turf; drinking this much elsewhere might have caused more trouble.
Before sleeping last night, he hadn’t washed up, so after waking up, Wei Yu called for hot water for a bath.
After washing, he sat on a stool with his hair down and closed his eyes as Fang Sheng wiped his hair for him.
With no attendants around, Fang Sheng was an old maidservant nearby who knew how to do everything.
After finishing wiping, Fang Sheng reminded him, “Your Highness, Third Highness wants you to come find him now that you’re awake.”
Wei Yu ran his hands through his hair while asking, “What is it?”
“Don’t know.”
“What? Don’t know?”
Wei Yu found that odd.
He knew that when he was with his Third Brother, the latter never took the initiative to look for him without reason; if he sought him out, it had to be something important.
Wei Yu thought about it.
It seemed this time whatever Third Brother wanted to talk about probably wasn’t something for outsiders to hear.
Curious, after having Fang Sheng help him put on his hair crown, Wei Yu went straight to find the Third Prince.
This time Third Prince wasn’t in the residence; Wei Yu found him in the backyard of Yiqi Hall, going through recent ledgers.
“Third Brother, what did you want to see me about?”
Seeing Wei Yu arrive, the Third Prince immediately sent all others out of the backyard.
At the sight of that, Wei Yu thought something was a bit off.
He blinked and motioned for Fang Sheng behind him to wait outside first.
“Third Brother, what are you doing? Why so cautious?”
Wei Yu walked up to Third Prince and sat in the chair beside him.
The Third Prince put down the ledger and looked at Wei Yu, then directly asked the question that had troubled him all day: “What is STEM?”
What?!
Wei Yu was dumbfounded.
Why was his Third Brother suddenly asking about STEM? How did he even know about it?
Wei Yu felt something was wrong; recalling that last night before falling asleep he had come to his Third Brother’s study, he felt uneasy.
“Ahem, well…”
Wei Yu blinked, looking at his Third Brother and cautiously asked, “By chance… did I mention STEM?”
The Third Prince quietly looked at him.
Okay, he got it.
Wei Yu closed his eyes.
Drinking really causes trouble!
Unexpectedly, his Third Brother came to know about science, technology, engineering, and math because Wei Yu got drunk.
Although a bit annoyed, Wei Yu didn’t dwell on it.
After all, sooner or later, he was going to persuade his Third Brother, this STEM talent, to join the Research Institute.
Now that it’s out, might as well say it all!