The Glamorous Comeback of the Ousted Heiress-Chapter 864 - 337 plus one

Assistant Wang finished speaking and peered through the door crack at Bai Lian inside.

Vice Dean of the Physics Department at Jiang University.

This type of esteemed professor, Assistant Wang had only heard about from the Gao Family members, as well as from Ren Wanxuan previously.

At its peak, the Mu Family was able to invite one or two academicians to preside over their affairs.

Now, they were hardly able to invite Professor Yin; who knew that instead of Professor Yin, they ended up inviting Zhou Wenqing.

Having followed Mu Yining for seven years, Assistant Wang only understood the company’s matters and was unfamiliar with the three research institutes.

But even he,

could sense Zhou Wenqing’s oppressiveness through the Qian Du Qian Ke platform.

He felt a bit dizzy, having started at the grassroots level of the Mu Family’s sea water engineering project; he always had a sense of unreliability, and now...

he was very hopeful.

Mu Yining calmed down and returned the cell phone to Assistant Wang.

Into the office.

In the office, Ji Shaojun’s secretary poured a cup of tea for Bai Lian, and the office no longer had the previous urgency and tension.

Bai Lian stood in front of the office’s floor-to-ceiling window, casually picked up the cup of tea, tilted her head to thank the secretary, and watched the vehicles coming and going below with her dark pupils.

"Why isn’t Miss Chen with you today?" Ji Shaojun suddenly remembered Chen Beixuan.

Lately, wherever Bai Lian was, Chen Beixuan would follow her.

But today she was nowhere to be seen.

Bai Lian shook her head.

Nevertheless, it was just as well that Chen Beixuan wasn’t here.

**

Meanwhile,

At the Jiang Family.

Opposite the massive gate stood a well-equipped medical research institute.

At that moment below the institute, a crowd of men in black stood guard.

Jiang Xijue, Ming Dongheng, and Chen Beixuan gathered outside the top-floor intensive care room, only able to look through the glass at the person lying on the bed.

The elevator door opened.

Gao Shu didn’t wait for the elevator and hastily climbed the stairs to the fifth floor.

Dressed in a black dress with a colorful scarf fluttering at her neck and high heels on, she stood breathlessly in front of Director Ma and looked up, "Director Ma, what’s his situation?"

Information about Jiang Fulai had always been blocked; the moment he arrived in the capital, the Chen Family had notified Gao Shu.

"Just like when he was eight," Director Ma took the report handed over by a doctor and looked up, speaking seriously, "No external injuries, indicators normal, but he’s fallen into a coma."

Gao Shu took a step back.

Falling into a daze, she didn’t dare to think back to what happened when Jiang Fulai was eight.

Rebirth from a desperate situation.

Back then, Gao Shu had also sought many specialists for him, and it wasn’t until a week later after treatment by the old traditional doctor of the Luo Family that he regained consciousness.

Afterward, twice a year, two medical research institutes would check Jiang Fulai’s blood for problems, but they never found any.

The Luo Family didn’t provide any answers either.

Everyone, including Gao Shu, was relieved, afraid that he would lapse into a coma again; fortunately, it never happened after that.

"We need to keep this a secret," Gao Shu took a deep breath, "we can’t let others find out."

Otherwise, the Jiang Family would be torn apart overnight.

"Also," Gao Shu remembered something else, she turned her head to look at Ming Dongheng, "the situation is tense right now, Alian, you need to go there, be careful not to reveal any information; the Mu Family is also at a critical moment, we can’t distract her."

No one knew whose hand was behind the matter with Jiang Fulai and Ma Institute.

There must be a group of people aware of Jiang Fulai’s condition, and they wouldn’t fail to find Bai Lian; her safety during this time was of utmost importance.

"Let Xiaoming stay here on guard," Chen Beixuan, well aware of Ming Dongheng’s superior abilities, narrowed her eyes, "Ms. Bai has always been under my protection; we can’t change that."

Bai Lian wasn’t foolish; the moment Ming Dongheng showed up, she should’ve known that Jiang Fulai had returned to the capital.

Now, given the matter involved the circle, they couldn’t let Bai Lian and her group of students get involved.

Gao Shu stared through the glass window.

"When is the Luo Family coming?" Gao Shu recalled something and asked Director Ma again.

The Luo Family, a leading name in traditional Chinese medicine, was now subtly being replaced by Xuan Kang.

However, with over 300 years of heritage, Gao Shu had heard about the Luo Family’s acupuncture techniques.

Director Ma slightly turned his head, "They have replied, but they have a condition."

"What is it?"

Director Ma: "They want to acquire Xuan Kang."

They continued their conversation at the door.

Downstairs,

Xu Nanjing also hurried over.

He walked through the heavily guarded yard and at the first-floor main entrance, he saw an elderly man.

He stopped, respectfully greeted, "Butler Jiang."

The butler, with his back to Xu Nanjing, turned around upon hearing him, "Young Master Xu."

Butler Jiang stayed with the Jiang Family and rarely came out, even Xu Nanjing rarely saw him.

"How is Brother Jiang?" he inquired.

"The same as before," the butler pondered for a moment and shook his head.

Xu Nanjing nodded and walked toward the staircase to go upstairs.

The butler looked at his retreating figure and suddenly asked, "How is Miss Bai doing now?"

Xu Nanjing wasn’t surprised that the butler knew about Bai Lian. He turned his head and replied, "She’s fine, dealing with family affairs."

The butler turned slightly and whispered softly, "That’s good."

He waved his hand, signaling Xu Nanjing to go upstairs.

**

Gao Family.

Gao Yi had gathered a group of cooperative professors.

He held a wine glass and asked the person next to him, "Old Wu, what’s the situation now?"

"Professor Xu has been persuaded by me. At the autumn recruitment the day after tomorrow, the Mu Family won’t have many capable professors to offer." The Wu Family stood with Gao Yi and also mediated Gao Yi’s plan to annex the three research institutions of the Mu Family.

Listening to the Wu Family’s words, Gao Yi nodded.

He had initially sent friendly messages to the Mu Family and got along quite well with Ren Wanxuan, but it all changed because of Bai Lian, as Mu Yining remained unyielding.

This had also angered Gao Yi.

Gao Yi toasted the two individuals beside him with a smile, "Old Wu, Professor Yin, you’ll have to put in more effort at the autumn recruitment the day after tomorrow."

"I’m not important," Professor Yin, having received a substantial amount of research funding from Gao Yi, said with a laugh, "With Jiachen here, we don’t really need me. A tiger father has no dog sons; Jiachen is definitely your strongest front."

Everyone loves to hear flattering words.

Although Professor Yin was somewhat exaggerating, his words held some truth.

While Gao Jiachen’s reputation in the scientific community wasn’t as great as He Wen’s, it was still considerable.

"After the autumn recruitment, if they can’t recruit the right people, they won’t last long," the person from the Wu Family also raised his glass, slowly adding, "By then, we just need to seize the opportunity, and we will certainly deal them a major blow, taking over their heavy metal resources, but..."

He paused at that point.

The person from the Wu Family paused slightly, looked up, and lowered his voice, "But I heard that they are connected with the Jiang Family."

Although he was from the Gao Family, he was still fearful of what he should be.

"Don’t worry about that," Gao Yi set down his glass, looked up, his eyes twinkling, "They shouldn’t have the time to deal with it right now."

**

At night.

Chen Beixuan returned to Shanhai Apartment again.

When she arrived at apartment 303, she saw an elderly man sitting on the sofa.

"You..." Chen Beixuan squinted her eyes and then recognized the elderly man, "President Shi? What are you doing here?"

Chen Beixuan, having graduated from a military academy, was unfamiliar with Jiang University but had seen Shun Yu at the Chen Family.

She could still recognize him.

However, Shun Yu did not recognize Chen Beixuan. He stood up, his expression solemn, "I’m here to find someone."

To find someone?

Chen Beixuan wondered silently, could it be for Bai Lian?

Just as she was thinking, someone knocked on the door outside.

Pu Xiaohan went to open it.

Zhang Shize, wearing a white T-shirt and a buzz cut, held a wooden stick in his hand, casually playing with it, his posture upright and his appearance handsome and distinguished.

Upon entering, he and Shun Yu locked eyes.

Zhang Shize "123" turned around, stretching out his hand to close the door again.

Shun Yu "teng" stood up immediately and blocked Zhang Shize, "Student Zhang, you scored full marks in biology and chemistry. It’s really a pity if you don’t come to our Jiang University. Physics, Chemistry, Materials, Life Sciences, Mathematics Department, you can choose any department you want..."

Zhang Shize scratched his head, "President Shi, I really can’t."

"Why? You’re in the top ten nationwide, even if you don’t choose our school, please consider other schools’ science programs," Shun Yu said earnestly.

Zhang Shize rested the stick on the ground, helpless, "With that said, Professor Chi will have to take you all to the Supreme People’s Court."

He didn’t want to bring up Chi Yundai.

But he had refused Shun Yu so many times, and the latter had been relentless.

Shun Yu: "Professor Chi?"

"Chi Lu, Professor Chi Yundai," Zhang Shize clarified.

Shun Yu: "..."

Pu Xiaohan shrugged nonchalantly and called Chen Beixuan, "Sister Chen, Sister Bai is in the study."

Chen Beixuan also heard the conversation between Zhang Shize and Shun Yu.

She knew Zhang Shize had scored well, but she hadn’t expected him to be in the top ten nationwide.

More surprisingly, was Zhang Shize a student of the notorious Professor Chi?

"Miss Bai is inside?" Chen Beixuan thought for a moment, knocked on the study door, and greeted Bai Lian.

**

In the study.

Bai Lian was on the phone with Ji Shaojun.

"Uncle," Bai Lian looked at the document on her computer, scrolled down a bit, and then turned to the message sent to her by You Xinzheng, "Is the official autumn recruitment tomorrow?"

"Yes, we initially planned to poach some people from other places," Ji Shaojun recalled Zhou Wenqing and thought for a moment, "but there’s no rush now. Professor Zhou said his students will join the three labs."

All his students were either graduate or doctoral students, and mostly specialized in materials science.

Their majors were relevant.

"Uh-huh," Bai Lian’s eyes narrowed slightly as she thought briefly, "you are just trying to attract more people?"

Hearing Bai Lian say this, Ji Shaojun looked at her sideways.

He didn’t quite understand why Bai Lian was bringing this up again, but still explained, "The autumn recruitment is indeed important. The reason Yining and the others are looking for professors is for their influence. Professor Zhou is enough."

He had just heard the introduction from Bai Lian.

"Uh-huh," Bai Lian’s eyes narrowed slightly again, "then let’s add another one."