The Glamorous Comeback of the Ousted Heiress

Chapter 717: 284 The Newly Emerged Outlaw, Bai Lian’s Confidence!_3
 

“As for public relations, the two of you handle the negotiations.” Dean Jian lowered his head, stretched out his hand to flip through the Calligraphy Association’s quota, and was surprised, “The representative changed?”

Vice Director Liang was contemplating the publicity matter, “I heard there was a problem with the candidate selection.”

Dean Jian never involved himself too much in the affairs of the Calligraphy Association. He hadn’t really remembered the few young people featured by the Calligraphy Association in their last report. He just had someone investigate their backgrounds, and as long as those were clean and simple, it was sufficient.

This time was no different. He held a pen and briefly flipped through each page, encountering names unfamiliar to him.

On the last page, he pressed down on the list, about to sign as he looked down, but sensed something was off.

The next second, he released his hold and flipped back to the previous page—

[Young Representative (Female)]

Name: Bai Lian (Bai Jian)

Age: 20

If it were just the name, Dean Jian might think it was a coincidence, but the other name was the same, and so was the age. All these coincidences together—could they still be coincidences?

Dean Jian: “…?”

“Dean Jian?” Vice Director Liang saw Dean Jian pausing on that page, delayed in signing his name, “Is there a problem with the list?”

“Not necessarily,” having spent time in Xiangcheng, Dean Jian knew about the unclear connections between the Calligraphy Association, Shenkang, and the neighboring martial arts school. The recent events in Jiangjing were all related to Bai Lian, “I was just thinking…”

“There’s a possibility that we won’t need to do any publicity.”

What is she up to now?

Dean Jian was puzzled. He remembered Bai Lian’s Guange style calligraphy; it wasn’t part of the grass script and Liang style calligraphy this time.

**

Tuesday afternoon.

In the cafeteria of Jiangjing University, Hen Shuyan, holding a cup of milk tea, bid farewell to Song Min and Bai Shaoqi, “Junior brother, junior sister, goodbye.”

“Senior Hen, take care; see you tonight,” Song Min bid him farewell.

Hen Shuyan had secured experimental funds through Song Min, and after back and forth interactions, the three had become quite familiar with each other.

Bai Lian spent two hours in the Ion Laboratory that afternoon. After sending the data and summary to Ding Wenyang, she took off her lab coat, ready to leave early. Qiu Xuezheng and Jian Zhe were soon to arrive in Jiangjing, and Bai Lian was going to have dinner with them and discuss the Four-Nation Exchange event.

Ning Xiao was still analyzing the weekend’s data.

Seeing Bai Lian leaving, Hen Shuyan entered the laboratory with his milk tea and looked at her, pausing, “Bai Lian, are you going out again?”

Hen Shuyan was a doctoral student mentored by Sun Fu, the youngest among the doctoral students he supervised. He usually didn’t manage others, but now that he was supervising several new students, he couldn’t stand seeing them idle on regular days.

No matter who it was, anyone with free time would be assigned a task.

“Senior Hen,” Bai Lian picked up her cloak. At this moment, she was still courteous; she always completed the tasks in the research center quickly, “I’ve finished the group data for today.”

“After finishing, you should double-check it twice. Scientific research requires rigor,” Hen Shuyan handed her another set of data from the side, “and by the way, calculate this too.”

Bai Lian looked down briefly; it wasn’t a group assignment.

She held her cloak, calmly and coolly said, “I don’t have time, next.”

As the lab’s doctoral students, Ding Wenyang and the others always treated Hen Shuyan politely.

Bai Lian wasn’t warm to them on a daily basis but was always courteous.

This was the first time she was so outspoken. Hen Shuyan hadn’t expected Bai Lian, who usually spoke the least and seemed “the most honest,” to be so sharp-tongued.

Beside him, Tang Ming had long found these senior and junior students displeasing and gave a very quiet laugh.

Hen Shuyan’s expression stiffened a bit.

“What happened?” Outside, Su Yuanzhen, dressed in a white lab coat, came in and swept her gaze across the lab.

Bai Lian looked down at her phone, sending messages in a steady and unhurried manner, without joining the conversation.

Hen Shuyan relayed the entire matter to Su Yuanzhen, “Senior Sister, it’s like this. The research distributed by the teacher, I’m doing it for their own good, giving them these training opportunities. We need to report by Friday…”

Bai Lian almost laughed. She slightly lifted her hand, without humility or arrogance, and interrupted Hen Shuyan, her long black hair sweeping across her brows, “Hen Shuyan, this training opportunity, do you want it?”

Her tone was very casual.

Beside her, Tang Ming didn’t dare to make any move.

Having been around Bai Lian for so long, even when she was angry, she never interrupted someone else.

She didn’t even call him “Senior Hen” anymore.

For a freshman, Bai Lian’s attitude was a bit arrogantly out of nowhere.

Of course, Su Yuanzhen sided with her own junior brother. She gestured dismissively, “Classmate, you have to be steadfast. The chance to experience the academic atmosphere in the laboratory isn’t available to every new student. Your Senior Hen is also considering your welfare. Apologize to your senior brother. I don’t want to report everything to the teacher. It wouldn’t be good to send you home for self-reflection.”