The Unveiling of Secret Queen

Chapter 382: Research on Which Knife is Good for Cutting Watermelon_1

"So that’s how it is," Jethro Yapiter, adept at observation, noticed her indifferent expression when she spoke of Adelle Wafford and had his suspicions confirmed. He laughed, "I thought you knew her."

He didn’t continue with what he had intended to say.

For instance, he had planned that if Nathalie Quinlan knew Adelle Wafford, leveraging that connection, they could prioritize Wafford’s project for financial support, or perhaps bypass consideration altogether and select it directly!

But if the situation were the reverse...

Jethro didn’t say it, but in his heart, he had already dismissed Wafford’s project from this year’s funding list.

Nathalie Quinlan read very quickly, scanning ten lines in a glance. To her, the obscure professional jargon seemed to pose no difficulty, and in short order, she had gone through most of the documents on the table.

After reviewing a dozen projects, surprisingly, she hadn’t found a single promising research topic.

With just one document remaining on the table, she frowned, irritation evident on her elegant face, and reached for the document.

Written on the white cover in bold, flamboyant characters was "Cranial Trauma Studies."

"What’s this?" Nathalie Quinlan was genuinely interested, her voice a bit hoarse.

All the other documents had been typeset and printed, but the one she was holding was entirely handwritten.

Seeing her pick up that document, Jethro hurriedly said, "Ah, that document... Ms. Quinlan, you don’t need to read that one. It was something I originally had my assistant throw away. I don’t know what happened; maybe he forgot to discard it and it got mixed back in."

"We previously established that projects submitted to us must be legitimate, legally compliant, and researched by professional teams. We also required comprehensive printed project proposals from all teams, so we can understand the projects they want to research, their research directions, and future prospects," he explained with some frustration.

"I’m not sure who submitted this document—entirely handwritten—and there’s no introduction of themselves or their team. They just sent over a research topic, leaving only a signature and contact information... Hmm, it also mentioned that some drawings are not clear or accurate enough when produced on a computer and that hand-drawn manuscripts are more intuitive."

Nathalie had already flipped through several pages of the document.

Compared to the minimally invasive cranial surgery research she had just been looking at, the one in her hands was far more interesting and concrete!

The author first outlined the Western medicine perspective on cranial injuries, then refuted them one by one before presenting alternative treatment schemes from the perspective of Chinese Medicine.

How should one put it—although a bit radical.

It was clear the author had his own insights into traditional Chinese surgical practices, and what he wanted to research and develop was cranial surgery in Chinese Medicine.

Nathalie tapped her fingers on the pages, lost in thought.

After musing for just a minute, she handed the document over to Jethro and lifted her gaze, her dark and lustrous eyes settling on him decisively, "Let’s go with this one!"

As Jethro took the document from her, his expression was one of indescribable complexity, "Er, Ms. Quinlan, are you sure we should fund this project?"

"This is Chinese Medicine surgery... There’s basically no such concept domestically..."

Even if the research concludes, neither domestic nor international communities would recognize it, right?

Isn’t that just like tossing money into a fire?

Nathalie exuded a restrained wildness, her black long-sleeve T-shirt accentuating her porcelain skin and the slender nape of her neck, and those jet-black eyes unnerving to behold. She addressed Jethro’s hesitance, "The absence of a concept domestically doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist."

"I’ve looked into the application of that minimally invasive surgery in neurosurgery. Although it’s a direction, both are related to cranial surgery, but her research wouldn’t be of much use."

"Do you think it makes sense for us to invest billions for her to research whether it’s better to cut watermelons with kitchen knives or fruit knives?"