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‘ Ms. Quill , you-
Grace sputtered.
From her expression, I could tell she wanted to say, “You really will say anything to save your pride. How will you get in if you won’t follow us?”
Just then , a few people walked out of the hall. At the lead was an elderly man with white hair.
Upon seeing me, the elderly man’s stern expression morphed into smile. “Emilia! You’re here!”
I returned the smile and walked up to greet him, “Hello , Professor Weiss. ”
I had met several influential figures during the Global Technology Forum in Lestoria. Among them, I had gotten along best with this man, Professor Richard Weiss.
After exchanging pleasantries, Professor Weiss turned to Mitchell and asked, “Who is this man? What gives him the right to bar you from attending the conference and call you an academic fraud?”
Professor Weiss was the biggest name in the physics field. He was someone everyone respected and dared not offend.
Hearing this, Mitchell quickly explained, “It was a misunderstanding! It was all because of a misunderstanding! ”
Even though Grace had vouched for me earlier, Mitchell still had doubts. But now, with Professor Weiss speaking up for me, he didn’t dare doubt me anymore.
Professor Weiss gave Mitchell a cold look. “Since it’s a misunderstanding, you should apologize to the beautiful Ms. Quill! She’s a scholar we specifically invited to this conference!”
While the invitation had been sent to me through my college, the conference organizers had specifically requested that I attend.
Mitchell’s face became gloomy upon hearing Professor Weiss demand that he apologize to me. But considering Professor Weiss authority and status, Mitchell turned to me and said, “I apologize, Ms. Quill, for the misunderstanding.”
I smiled at him. “It’s alright. Just don’t believe everything you hear next time, Mr. Slate. It’ll save you some trouble.”
With that, I followed Professor Weiss into the hall and didn’t spare Mitchell, Irvin , or Grace another glance.
Emma stood frozen in shock, still trying to process the sudden turn of events. But when she saw me walking away, she quickly collected herself and hurried after me.
me
Grace’s expression darkened as she watched go. Irvin, on the other hand, was beaming with pride.
He felt this was expected of me. Just by putting my mind to it, I had developed something others couldn’t do even after a lifetime of research. On top of that, I had top industry figures–who people could only dream of reaching–personally coming out to welcome me.
I truly made Irvin so proud.
Meanwhile, Julianne had grown impatient waiting for Mitchell. She was about to step out of the hall to look for him when she
saw me walk inside.
Her eyes immediately darkened. I had clearly been barred om entering, so she couldn’t understand how I had managed to get
Just then, she spotted Mitchell entering the hall and briskly walked toward him. She wanted to ask him what had happened and why he had allowed me in. She was so focused on questioning Mitchell that she didn’t notice Irvin walking in right behind.
Catching hold of Mitchell, Julianne demanded, “Why did you let that academic fraud in?”
As Irvin had entered closely after Mitchell, he heard her clearly. Realizing she was the reason I had been mistaken for an academic fraud and barred from entry, Irvin’s gaze instantly darkened..
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He was about to find out who she was and give her a piece of his mind for speaking carelessly. However , the moment he saw her face , he was dumbstruck.
When I saw the way Irvin was staring at Julianne , I suddenly felt that today’s conference might give me the resolution I needed.
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