The Glamorous Comeback of the Ousted Heiress

Chapter 619: Meet at 244, incident occurred at _1

Academician Ma tapped on the keyboard, typing out a line of text, and upon hearing the monitor’s words, he slowly pushed up his glasses with a hand.

“Okay, you are the boss, Jiang; what you say goes.”

The door behind slowly closed.

In the front, the driver looked toward the co-pilot, where Yun Assistant was seated, afraid of disturbing Academician Ma, he lowered his voice, “Professor Yun, do we still wait for Young Master Jiang?”

“No need,” Yun Assistant gazed at Jiang Fulai’s retreating back, a figure as solitary and indifferent as ever, he withdrew his gaze, “Head straight to the headquarters.”@@novelbin@@

Some problems arose with a few people in the project team, leading to a delay.

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In recent times, the chill emanating from Jiang’s body was heavier than that of a ghost, leaving no blade of grass growing wherever he passed.

After the car drove away, Yun Assistant checked his mobile phone and suddenly remembered something. He glanced at the rear-view mirror; not everyone knew that Academician Ma was going to teach the Tongfeng class this year, but those with information channels had known about it early on.

There shouldn’t be many applying for the Boyuan class this year, but the number of students applying for the Tongfeng class is expected to grow exponentially.

**

Upstairs.

The few in room 407 were still chatting.

“I heard our new freshmen have two big shots in the physics department this year, and neither went abroad,” Kong Wei, who had just arrived at this legendary top educational institution, couldn’t settle down.

All three of them were not locals; two from Xicheng and one from Beicheng, and they all shared a passion for physics.

They felt an immediate closeness, especially with Kong Wei being an active person.

As Bai Lian listened to their conversation, she read her book, lazily turning the pages and occasionally responding with a word or two when Kong Wei asked her something.

Until her mobile phone lit up briefly, she glanced at it. It was a message from Xu En—

[We are leaving now.]

Today, he and Ji Mulan had accompanied Xu Zhiyue to the school. Upon arrival, he wanted to meet Bai Lian, but she chose not to see them.

Xu En didn’t insist; he only had Xu Assistant pass the gift they had brought for Bai Lian to her.

Bai Lian: [Okay.]

On the other side of the phone, Xu En picked up the car keys, looking at Ji Mulan beside him, whose belly was now quite large, “Alian didn’t say she wanted to see us.”

Ji Mulan fell silent for a moment.

She reached out to touch her belly and shook her head, “Let’s go back.”

She had anticipated it all; if Xu En had been alone, Bai Lian would certainly have met with him. Ji Mulan found it harder and harder to read Bai Lian now.

**

After replying with a single word, Bai Lian just put down her phone when another call came through; she glanced at it indifferently.

There was no contact name, just a Jiangjing local number.

Her fingers, which were about to flip the page, paused on the paper, cold white fingertips resting on the sky-blue tabletop. She hesitated for a few seconds before lifting her head and picking up the phone to answer on the balcony.

On the other end of the phone, the voice was as calm as ever, speaking unhurriedly, “Have you returned to the dormitory?”

When Jiang Fulai was busy with engineering work with Academician Ma and others, he couldn’t make calls, and even for external contact, he needed to use the special mobile phone from that place.

You could tell from his voice that he was a bit worn out.

Bai Lian leaned casually on the balcony railing, looking down at the flower bed below, “Just got back to the dorm; I’m reading about quantum many-body theory.”

It was related to quantum field theory in condensed matter physics of high-energy particles.

Jiang Fulai quietly listened to her speak. School had just started, and many older students were selling second-hand books and trinkets downstairs by the female dormitory, creating a bustling scene at this moment.

Through the phone, some noise could be heard.

“Where are you?” Bai Lian heard some raucous noise; he seldom made phone calls from the lab, and even when he sent voice messages, the background was always extremely quiet.

Holding the phone, Jiang Fulai’s gaze rested on the entrance to the female dormitory, and he inadvertently said, “Bai Lian, I’m outside the female dormitory building.”

**

Outside the entrance to the female dormitory was a main road flanked by sweetgum trees that formed a dense canopy, with the nearby solar lamps providing dim illumination. Near the entrance, there was a convenience store to the left and an eyeglass shop that was still open.

At the moment, down the stairs to the supermarket, many senior students had set up stalls selling second-hand items to junior students.

As Bai Lian emerged from the dormitory entrance, she immediately saw a towering figure standing under a sweetgum tree to the right, dressed in black including a newsboy cap which did little to hide his haughty demeanor.

The figure was faintly enshrouded in the cool light from the back, not looking up, yet radiating an intense presence.

Students delivering food on campus instinctively stayed away from this direction.

He was looking down at his phone, its screen still brightly lit.

Seeming to sense someone coming out, he looked up, his gaze precisely finding the person who had just emerged, cutting through the crowd.

Dressed in an ivory-colored garment with a slanting collar, the material was soft, only the cuffs and the hem were embroidered with large patches of green tendrils, making the girl’s face look as luminous as jade.