Min Yun replied cheerily, "Zhiyuan, that move of yours is brilliant! Xue Mingqing is probably going to lose face all the way to the Pacific Ocean!"
Wu Zhiyuan: "What kind of mess is this! What exactly happened?"
Min Yun was quite surprised, "No way? It was Professor Chi whom Academician Peng really valued, and Shi Liyun was lying about this the whole time... You really didn’t know?"
Min Yun: "I saw you left right after giving the gifts, I thought you knew everything, even that Academician Peng was going to see Professor Chi..."
Wu Zhiyuan was instantly alarmed, "Academician Peng went to see Chi Gui?! To the Fu Family??"
Min Yun furiously said, "How could you be such a mentor! You’re unfit for the job, just let Professor Chi be my apprentice!!"
Others couldn’t beg for such a treasure of an apprentice, and Wu Zhiyuan seemed so indifferent that it immediately maxed out the hatred!
Wu Zhiyuan: "Buzz off!"
He reviewed the messages from the others again, and finally understood what had happened at the Fu Family then, and he regretted it so much that his guts turned blue! ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel(ꜰ)ire.net
Why did he have to leave early?
The next second, Wu Zhiyuan suddenly remembered the post he had just made on social media, hurriedly switched over, was about to delete it, but then saw—
Peng Xiao had liked the post.
As a top figure in the Huaxia Medical Industry, when he attended international medical conferences abroad, he naturally exchanged information and added these big shots as friends, but had never actually talked to them.
He hadn’t expected the first time Peng Xiao liked his post on social media, it would be that one...
Wu Zhiyuan looked at this awkward like and felt troubled.
If he deleted it now, that would seem too obvious.
But not deleting it wasn’t great either.
Wu Zhiyuan pondered for a long time, and his usually low EQ brain suddenly had a bright idea, and he posted another message—
"There aren’t many big shots like Academician Peng who have such a discerning eye! Truly a model for our generation, I must learn more from him in the future!"
Right after he posted that, he received a message from Peng Xiao: "I hear you’re Professor Chi’s mentor? Truly a case of a great teacher producing a distinguished disciple, let’s interact more in the future."
Peng Xiao’s ancestors were Huaxia people, and although he had grown up abroad, he spoke Huaxia language quite well.
Wu Zhiyuan urgently replied: "Yes, yes, of course."
Meanwhile, Chi Gui also saw those two social media posts.
She sent a concerned message to Wu Zhiyuan: "Master, are you okay?"
Wu Zhiyuan: "You still dare to ask! Why didn’t you tell me earlier that you had impressed Academician Peng!"
Chi Gui: "You didn’t ask."
Wu Zhiyuan was immediately choked.
Yes! He hadn’t asked!
But shouldn’t this kind of thing be flaunted proactively!
Look at the neighbor, boasting even while lying!
Wu Zhiyuan dared only think this in his mind, fearing that if he said it out loud, he might get a lecture from Chi Gui instead...
Compared to Wu Zhiyuan’s gleeful pride, the Jin Family was much more dismal.
Old Sir Jin, Xue Mingqing, and Shi Liyun were all present.
Upon hearing Shi Liyun’s explanation, Xue Mingqing stood up furiously, "Are you kidding me! How could you deceive ? You’ve lost all our faces including Old Sir Jin’s!"
Shi Liyun’s eyes were brimming with tears, crying miserably, "I’m sorry... Master... I didn’t want to, at that moment... my mind just blanked out... and then there wasn’t a chance to clarify things afterward..."
Old Sir Jin sat on the sofa, deeply sighed, and signaled Xue Mingqing to calm down, "At this point, whether it’s right or wrong isn’t important anymore, the only way to salvage our reputation is to turn this lie... into truth."