Chapter 260 Baby Granny (1/2)
Lexi knitted her already creased brows by the indistinct snicker coming from the corner of the large lab. She stopped pouring droplets of alguronic acid on the product she was experimenting on and slightly took a glance at the group of ladies, wearing their own white coats, hairnets, and all of the proper attire inside the lab— same as hers.
Seeing that they seemed to be gossiping about something while glancing at her from time to time, somehow, Lexi wasn't offended as she let out a faint chuckle and mildly shook her head sideways.
She then continued to gently squeeze the small container and drop a few more of the said extract with caution afraid that she would pour more than needed.
”Are we visiting the lab later?” Beside her, a deep voice of a man— the only man in their class inquired without looking in her direction as he closed the cap of a small container that he poured on his product.
”Mhmm... it should be done by now.” Humming a soft tune, Lexi drew away from the small round container and closed the tiny bottle of the extract she added on her product.
Lexi then turned her chair to her left, where the young man, who was almost the same age as her, he had dark clean-cut hair similar to the color of his eyes protected by thin glasses. His pointy nose, naturally long lashes that women would love to have, full thick brows, oval lips, and a delicate jaw could make him a fresh young model. Overall, he doesn't look ugly or normal— just the right facial features for someone as knowledgeable as him.
”Nic, look.” Lexi slid the small round container to him for him to see the one she made. ”I will call that, hmm...” Seeing that Nico Zhuang picked up the sample she made for their exhibit in a few days, Lexi pondered on the name of her baby.
”Don't give him a weird name, please.” Without giving her a glance, Nico Zhuang put the small container near his nose to get a whiff of the cream she made.
Just the vanilla scent of it that gave off a faint sweetness of a baby— not redolent or bland— just the right light scent for a strong cream, Nico Zhuang nodded in approval. ”Not bad.”
”Should I call it baby granny?” Ignoring the praise from the top student in their class, Lexi grinned as she announced her nickname to her product. ”Well, the product aims to firm wrinkles— it's an anti-aging cream so the baby part. Also, it's not a he but a she.” Referring to the part when Nico Zhuang said 'not give him a weird name'.
”I will submit this along with mine before we visit the lab.” Ignoring her banter and whatever thought he had in mind with another nickname she gave to her product, Nico Zhuang decided to divert their conversation and started to close the lid of the small container of hers.
”Alright.” Lexi raised her brows and smiled as she watched the man pack his things as he took her products with him.
In the past three months, Lexi had busied herself in studying to formulate skincare products while researching about the said industry. While she was attending these classes and different seminars, Lexi noticed that Nico Zhuang took the same classes as her.
Even though no matter how hard it is for her to believe that this was all mere coincidence, however, Nico Zhuang never approached her or even tried to interact with her. If not for the fact that the two of them were paired in one of the projects two months ago, they wouldn't talk to each other.
Nevertheless, the outcome of that project made her gain a new friend who was knowledgeable on things and had different theories about combining each ingredient to make the product more effective— leading her to a question: ”Why is he studying in this industry?”
His answer? It was quite silly: ”I have nothing to do since I'm smart and learned many things all at once.”