But they were all very cautious. They would glance secretly and then quickly look away, pretending to talk to the people around them, pretending that nothing had happened.
Xie Xinyao is the exception.
She was the one who almost openly excluded Qiao Nian in the Level 8 laboratory.
Ever since Qiao Nian didn't give her face in person and made it clear that he was the newcomer who was parachuted in, Xie Xinyao's face has been dark and her expression is visibly gloomy.
No matter how many times she walked around in the laboratory, and how many times she passed by Qiao Nian and Xue Zhu.
Xie Xinyao was so stingy that she gave Qiao Nian a look that was extremely cold and exclusive.
She took the lead in blatantly ostracizing the newcomers.
No one else in the lab dared to offend her.
This resulted in a strange atmosphere shrouding the laboratory for the entire morning. Although everyone was peeking at Qiao Nian, no one came up to talk to Qiao Nian.
It was around noon.
Xie Xinyao was the first to drop her things and ask the people around her to go out for dinner.
Cao Yanhua had just returned. Seeing this scene, he called her over and said, "Xie Junior Sister, today is Qiao Nian's first day in our laboratory. Let's have a meal together to celebrate. I'll treat you."
Xie Xinyao almost couldn't hold back the anger she had been suppressing all morning. She frowned immediately, not even giving Cao Yanhua face. She turned cold and said, "I don't eat with people I don't know well!"
"Qiao Nian has joined our laboratory, she..." Cao Yanhua originally wanted to say that she was also one of us. According to the laboratory's previous rules, every time a new person came, everyone would get together to have a meal to celebrate.
But before he could finish his words, Xie Xinyao had already turned her face away and walked away without looking back.
As soon as Xie Xinyao left.
Some people in the Level 8 lab who were trying to curry favor with Xie Xinyao also said to him, "Senior Brother Cao, then... shall we go eat first?"
Seeing that he couldn't stop them, Cao Yanhua could only let them go.
Another group of people, with the attitude of not offending anyone, found excuses to leave as well.
Suddenly, only a few people were left in the huge laboratory.
There were only two members left in the Level 8 laboratory: him and Han Cheng, and the rest were Xue Zhu and others.
Cao Yanhua was a little dumbfounded. He rubbed his temples, trying to suppress his embarrassment. He walked up to the girl, coughed, and said, "Well, Qiao Nian, don't take it to heart. They are not ostracizing you. Junior Sister Xie may have some misunderstandings about you, so..."
Xie Xinyao's behavior was so obvious, so obvious that Cao Yanhua felt a little embarrassed when he tried to explain it for her, and he couldn't continue.
"It doesn't matter." Before he finished speaking, the girl had already picked up her baseball cap from the laboratory table and put it back on. Her fair white hands were particularly eye-catching, but not as visually impactful as the delicate and eye-catching face under her baseball cap.
Qiao Nian glanced at her phone nonchalantly: "It's not a misunderstanding. I came in through the back door anyway."
Cao Yanhua was distracted for a moment, but soon came back to his senses, smiled, and said, "Han Cheng and I don't have any plans for lunch, how about we go out for lunch?"
Han Cheng also came over with a smile: "Yes, little sister, what do you want to eat?"
Qiao Nian had just seen the message Ji Nan sent her and hadn't replied yet when she received a call from Ye Wangchuan.
Qiao Nian looked at the people who had disappeared for almost two days, and said to Cao Yanhua and the others, "Next time, you guys go eat first, I'll treat you next time."
"I'm leaving first." She said, picked up her shoulder bag and walked away.
(End of this chapter)