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Chapter 245 The Only Two People with Connections (Updated)

The goal of forming the joint project team is to achieve real results and solve practical problems.

Not only is the scale large, but the selected personnel also undergo rigorous screening.

In general, they were all teachers and students with real talent and ability. Only two of them got in through connections: Du Yuelan and Lu Youyou.

Moreover, Lu Youyou was a transfer student who joined the program a month after it was launched, and this kind of treatment made her stand out like a crane among chickens wherever she went.

Her appearance is striking enough; to the average person, someone like that would only be suited to be a femme fatale. It seems absurd for her to appear in an academic research setting.

Lu Youyou is indeed famous at Tsinghua University, but she studies marine engineering, which has nothing to do with agriculture. She also rarely goes out, so it's normal that people at the Agricultural University don't know her.

This gaze reached its peak after the last participant entered.

"Sorry, I'm late."

He kept saying sorry, but neither his tone nor his expression conveyed any sense of remorse.

A short-haired woman carrying a shoulder bag came in, nodded to the bigwigs sitting at the head of the table, and then casually found an empty seat to sit down.

Others were used to it, but today was different. Everyone looked to the left and then to the right.

Of the only two people with connections, could Lu Youyou be the next Du Yuelan?

Lu Youyou didn't know who Du Yuelan was. To be precise, apart from the team leader and Lu Fang, she didn't recognize anyone else present.

The group meeting briefly summarized the research progress of the previous week. Lü Guangfu listened attentively to the group reports from several subgroups and then assigned tasks for this week.

Lu Youyou listened attentively; she wouldn't ignore seemingly uninteresting content just because she thought she was a genius.

It's fair to say that everyone in the conference room was very attentive, except for the one who almost arrived late.

Du Yuelan woke up late today and hasn't eaten breakfast yet, so she can't concentrate at all. Even if she could concentrate, she wouldn't understand.

If her family hadn't told her not to be late or leave early, and that her name would be on the list if the project succeeded, she wouldn't be coming to clock in every day.

Du Yuelan yawned listlessly, rubbed her eyes, wiped away the tears that welled up, and caught a glimpse of an unfamiliar face out of the corner of her eye.

Du Yuelan was undoubtedly a good-for-nothing, but she never missed a thing when it came to judging people.

Lu Youyou's posture, expression, skin that glowed from the inside out, and her long, simply tied-up hair that was as smooth as seaweed...

Only someone who has been pampered could be raised to be like this!
Du Yuelan had always enjoyed the best of everything since childhood, but neither she, her biological mother, nor her always aloof aunt could compare to Lu Youyou in how... how...

Du Yuelan couldn't describe it.

She imagined herself to be like this, but now she and Lu Youyou are only one room apart, and it's obvious to anyone that she is inferior to the one opposite her in every way.

This fact ignited a nameless anger in Du Yuelan's heart.

Her father was the deputy director of the Xiaowen Education Bureau, her second uncle was a professor at Peking University, her eldest aunt's husband was a deputy general manager and a chief of staff, and her youngest aunt's husband was a leader in the Beicai Zhengwen Bureau of Beijing.

Du Yuelan believed that her family background had reached its peak, and there were only a few people above her, most of whom she had met. When did such a person appear in the capital?
She didn't believe that beauties could come from remote, impoverished areas; physical beauty and this kind of inner and outer aura were not the same thing.

Everyone sitting here is from the project team. Du Yuelan subconsciously thought of a possibility: Could this woman be like her?

Du Yuelan was never ashamed of using connections to get ahead. Being able to enjoy the benefits of her elders was her own skill, and she didn't care if people were jealous.

But Lu Youyou is even more outrageous than her. She managed to squeeze in even after a month of this project, which is a national-level project!

During the hour-long meeting, Du Yuelan imagined countless possibilities in her mind, each one carrying a hint of romance.

It must have taken someone of at least the deputy head level to put in a good word. With Lu Youyou looking like that, could she be some big shot's... you know? Du Yuelan speculated maliciously. Besides this, she had nothing else to do.

She couldn't understand the meeting content, and since she was just a figurehead and wouldn't be assigned any tasks by the group, all her attention was focused on Lu Youyou.

Lu Youyou naturally noticed such blatant stares, and with a casual glance, she spotted a woman who seemed out of place.

She had seen that look many times, both in her past life and this one.

He glanced at it casually, then looked away just as casually. This nonchalant attitude undoubtedly stung Du Yuelan.

She felt both contempt and jealousy, but for the time being, she dared not do anything.

Firstly, her family had repeatedly told her not to cause trouble on the project. Secondly, she wasn't sure which big shot's female boss this was; what if she was someone she couldn't afford to offend?

Du Yuelan endured the group meeting with a troubled mind, only to see the usually stern-faced group leader, Lü, beckoning Lu Youyou to go to the laboratory together.

"Hey, wait a minute!" she stopped Lu Fang. "Who's that new woman?"

Lu Fang had always kept his distance from this nepotism-ridden person who was more trouble than he was worth. He casually replied, "Recommended by Tsinghua University."

"I'm asking you what her name is!"

"Lu Youyou."

Lu Fang left as soon as he finished speaking, not giving Du Yuelan a chance to pester him.

He was thankful countless times that Du Yuelan wasn't in their group, otherwise he would have been like the unlucky guy next door, having to do the work of two people.

Du Yuelan stomped her feet in anger. "Would it kill you to say a few more words? It's such a simple message, you could ask anyone. Why did you have to come to Lu Fang?"

What an ungrateful bookworm!

Du Yuelan ignored her group members, and they all tacitly acted as if she didn't exist, going about their own business.

Once, Du Yuelan insisted on helping on a whim, and ended up breaking a box of precious samples. Everyone remembered this incident, thinking that she was a menace and that it was best to stay as far away from her as possible.

Du Yuelan didn't care what these people thought at all; the thoughts of ants were unimportant.

She's currently focused on Lu Youyou. It's rare for someone to pique her interest, so how can she not figure her out?

After Du Yuelan got home, she started calling out, "Mom, where's Dad? Is he back yet?"

"Didn't I tell you? Your dad went to the Northeast for an inspection and won't be back until next week. What, do you need to see him?"

Lu Yanping peeked out from the second floor and saw that Du Yuelan's cheeks were flushed, so she quickly came down.

"Is it that hot outside? Look at you, all sweaty. Go wash up. I'll get you a bowl of mung bean soup."

Du Yuelan was too lazy to drink, and as soon as she heard that Du Guanghan was not there, she turned around and walked out.

"Hey, where are you going? It's almost time to eat!"

"I'm not eating anymore, I'm going to find my cousin."

Which cousin?

"Sun Jinhai!"

Lu Yanping was stunned for a moment, and immediately tried to call Du Yuelan back, but by the time she reached the door, there was no one left in the yard.