He didn't even look at Ji Ziyin, but stared at the direction where Qiao Nian and Zhou Zhou left. He frowned and said expressionlessly, "Why did you ask her about dinner on Wednesday? Is Wednesday an important date?"
Ji Ziyin used her hands to play with the hair beside her ears, pursed her lips, and said in embarrassment: "I... Actually, Wednesday is not a special day."
Gu Hengbo looked at her.
Ji Ziyin took a deep breath, and seemed to no longer be hiding anything, looking him straight in the eye: "I heard that Xie Tingyun has chosen an heir, and wants to adopt that person as her goddaughter. She has chosen Wednesday to host a banquet at the InterContinental Hotel, and will introduce her chosen heir to everyone."
The moment Gu Hengbo heard Xie Tingyun's name, the expression on his face became unnatural.
Ji Ziyin could see that he cared very much about this news.
She added weight: "…It is said that the dean will also be present."
Feng Yu is not someone that anyone can hire.
When Ji Hongyuan was still an elder of the Ji family, he once tried to invite Feng Yu to dinner on her behalf, but was rejected by Feng Yu on the spot.
This time, Feng Yu confirmed early on that he would attend Xie Tingyun's family recognition party.
All major forces in the Independent Continent are keeping an eye on the banquet on Wednesday.
"You said the dean is going?" Gu Hengbo saw Ji Ziyin nod, his heart was in a mess, he frowned several times and then relaxed: "... Do you suspect that the person Xie Tingyun is interested in is the newcomer who joined the institute this year?"
He seemed disdainful of mentioning Qiao Nian's name and kept replacing Qiao Nian's name with that of newcomers.
Ji Ziyin's eyes flickered and the corners of her mouth rose slightly, but she controlled it very well and it was hard for others to notice.
She nodded and said very sincerely: "I heard that the person Xie Tingyun wants to recognize is named Qiao, so I suspect it is her."
She immediately explained to Gu Hengbo: "But teacher, I just suspected it was her, I don't have any evidence."
Gu Hengbo figured out why Ji Zinyin called Qiao Nian and asked Qiao Nian where she would eat on Wednesday.
His face was gloomy and his emotions were undetectable.
Even though Ji Ziyin was anxious, she couldn't continue talking at this time, and could only suppress her nervous heartbeat. Gu Hengbo lowered his head and thought for a moment, then put his hands behind his back and walked forward.
Ji Ziyin had no choice but to follow him, and when she caught up with him, she heard him talking to her in a low voice.
"I'll find out."
*
Fast forward to Wednesday.
Ever since Feng Yu went to the Level 8 laboratory to find her last time, Qiao Nian's life in the laboratory has become much better.
At least Xie Xinyao and her group were a little wary and no longer targeted her as blatantly as before.
But the small movements never stopped.
For example, when she walked through the Level 8 laboratory, she would always see Xie Xinyao gathered with a few people around her. Whenever she passed by, Xie Xinyao would frown, acting as if someone owed her millions.
But Qiao Nian doesn't care about these.
She just wants Xie Xinyao not to cause trouble.
Nan Tianyi called early on Wednesday morning.
Qiao Nian asked for leave from Shi Fu early in the morning and wanted to sleep in, but was woken up by the ringing of his cell phone.
She got up from the bed in a rage, fumbled for her phone in her half-asleep state, and answered it: "Hello, Uncle Nan."
The girl's voice was obviously hoarse, and anyone could tell that she hadn't gotten up yet.
Nan Tianyi said somewhat embarrassedly: "Niannian, did I wake you up?"
"Well?"
Qiao Nian's mind was a little fuzzy and couldn't function normally yet.
(End of this chapter)