After the divorce, my ex-husband and son lined up to pursue me.

Chapter 57: Diverting trouble to the east
The audience erupted in an uproar.

Yan Guozhong also glanced at Ke Hetai first, his gaze repeatedly reprimanding him for not stopping Lou Yushi.

Ke and Tai were speechless and could only lower their heads.

Yan Guozhong shook his head, then thought of going up on stage, only to see Xin Rou pick up another megaphone, turn it on, and smile at the audience: "Yes, Junior Sister is right, these data were indeed not completed by me alone."

Upon hearing this, even Lou Yushi, who was about to speak, was stunned.

Xin Rou didn't look at her and continued to explain to the audience, "I didn't mean to take credit. I just didn't want to disrupt the professors' meeting, so I wanted to put it at the end of my presentation."

Yan Guozhong stopped moving.

Some were also taken aback and incredulous...

Amidst the shocked and puzzled gazes of the audience and the occasional murmur of discussion, Xin Rou's eyes turned to Ruan Muhuai, who had just entered the conference room.

Not wanting to disturb the professors, he moved quietly and avoided their gaze, going around to the back row.

After taking his seat, Ruan Muhuai looked at Xin Rou on the stage with some curiosity.

Their eyes met, their gazes meeting with a gentle, captivating light.

Xin Rou's face, softened by the light, was beautiful and radiant. The unrestrained expression in her eyes and brows seemed to reveal an undeniable arrogance, a haughtiness that drew admiration.
In just a moment, Ruan Muhuai's dormant and forgotten feelings were stirred up again.

"To be honest, all of this data was..." Xin Rou deliberately drew out her words, her smile carrying a deeper meaning, "...made by Jiang Xia."

A simple sentence, a clear name, yet it silenced the entire room.

Professor Zhong, a white-haired professor sitting in the main seat, was drinking water from his thermos when he heard this. He froze, glanced at the stage with a complicated expression, and then turned to look at his side: "Who did she say made it?"

"Uh... I must have misheard."

"It's probably someone with the same name."

The people around thought they were hallucinating and hurriedly tried to explain to Professor Zhong.

Xin Rou insisted on exposing their self-deception and reiterated once again: "Jiang Xia, Jiang from Jiangnan and Xia from summer, everyone should be familiar with her. She is Professor Yan's favorite student and one of the earliest planners of the Cortex-7 project."

"She is exceptionally capable. This time, she and her senior, Xu Fei, were the main leaders in restarting the Cortex-7 project. However, due to some unforeseen circumstances, she was unable to attend this seminar."

After Xin Rou finished speaking, the audience was completely silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop!

She turned off the loudspeaker, turned her profile, and gave the stunned Lou Yushi a provocative look.

The nail that sticks out gets hammered down. Lou Yushi, that outspoken and silly girl, has gotten herself into so much trouble for Jiang Xia.

Xin Rou chuckled coldly and deliberately mouthed two words: "Idiot."

Lou Yushi couldn't stand this. Her eyes narrowed instantly, and anger welled up inside her: "You dare to curse me..."

Before she could even finish her closing remarks, Xu Fei rushed over, grabbed her, and snatched the megaphone. He mumbled an apology to the audience, "I'm sorry, teachers, our junior sister has made a fool of herself."

Then, ignoring Lou Yushi's resistance, Xu Fei forcibly dragged her down.

Xin Rou raised an eyebrow, her smug gaze as if she were looking at a clown. Then, her expression changed instantly. She bowed politely to the audience and gracefully stepped off the stage.

The farce was over, but the eerie atmosphere in the audience lingered. Led by Professor Zhong, everyone held their breath, their faces grim, and their gazes all turned toward Yan Guozhong.

"Jiang Xia is back..."

Professor Zhong spoke, his tone ambiguous and his gaze serious: "So the Cortex-7 project has been handed over to her again. Old Yan, you can forgive and forget for the sake of your student, but..."

Old Zhong paused, then shook his head slightly. "That's about it."

These words didn't sound harsh, but everyone present could tell that the sarcasm and insults had reached their limit.

Because the true meaning of this statement is—

Jiang Xia's existence will not affect Yan Guozhong's status in academia, but it has already caused him to lose face in the education field!

It was also a veiled criticism of Yan Guozhong, implying that he was not a good teacher and could not produce good students who were virtuous enough to live up to their position!

After all, how much does a family have to sacrifice to raise a scientific researcher? How much help do all the mentors along the way provide? And how much effort does one have to put in? Looking around, there are female researchers, and not all of them are single and infertile, but who is like Jiang Xia, who throws everything else to the wind for the sake of marriage and having children?!

Isn't this Yan Guozhong's responsibility? Isn't it because he, as the teacher, failed to teach well?

Yan Guozhong was speechless and deeply ashamed.

“Jiang Xia knew she was wrong a long time ago, and she has been very regretful ever since. Now that she’s back, she keeps apologizing to me…”

Yan Guozhong suppressed his complicated feelings and had to try his best to defend Jiang Xia with a smile, otherwise how would she survive in the academic world?

Old Zhong wasn't buying it at all, and just smiled: "Then why didn't she come this time? She's got quite the airs."

Many people around agreed, while others coldly remarked, "No wonder she's a young mistress who married into a wealthy family; she's just different from us."

No one cares who Jiang Xia married or what kind of family she married into. What angers everyone is her irresponsibility back then, leaving without a word!
Even quitting wouldn't be as bad as her doing it.

Who in academia doesn't have a bit of scholarly integrity? How could she be so indifferent to her own research project!

Yan Guozhong gave a wry smile, embarrassed: "This time it's really not her fault, she was in a car accident..."

"Oh my, what a coincidence!"

……

Xu Fei stood not far away, watching Yan Guozhong bowing and scraping as he tried his best to speak well of Jiang Xia. He clenched his fist secretly, then glanced at Lou Yushi, who was still indignant: "Look! It's all your fault!"

Lou Yushi was stunned; she never imagined that her good intentions would backfire...

“I know it’s not your fault, but you shouldn’t have done it at this time…” Xu Fei gritted her teeth and turned her face away helplessly: “Forget it, calm down, let’s go outside and wait for the teacher.”

Lou Yushi bit her lip, swallowing her anger, and looked around. Finally, she saw Xin Rou walking out the back door with a man. She frowned and said to Ke Hetai, "You go first, I'll come find you later."

After that, she hurriedly chased after Xin Rou in the direction she had left.

Lou Yushi's intuition told her that Xin Rou was doing this on purpose today.

While shining brightly herself, she also shifted the blame to Jiangxia, dragging them down with her. Even without Lou Yushi's rise to power, Xin Rou would have found an opportunity to direct the conflict towards Jiangxia!

So Lou Yushi video-called Jiang Xia while following over, hoping to expose Xin Rou's true colors, but instead stumbled upon a scene of them embracing and kissing passionately!
(End of this chapter)