Qiao Jing narrowed her eyes slightly, looked at the staff with a scrutinizing gaze, and spoke slowly.
"What's wrong with Zhan Kaiyang coming over?"
When she saw Zhan Kaiyang appearing near the research institute, she felt a little strange. Later, when she saw the briefcase in his hand, she felt even more strange.
In fact, she didn't think much about the briefcase. To be precise, if it was just a briefcase, she wouldn't think much about it. The problem is, the staff...
Her intuition told her that something seemed to be happening.
The staff member was already feeling guilty. When he met Qiao Jing's scrutinizing gaze, he swallowed, his brain was running rapidly, and he quickly made up an excuse.
"I didn't say anything. Didn't I announce the initial success of our research institute this morning? I had some interactions with Mr. Zhan before, and he happened to be passing by the research institute today, so he called me out and said some words of congratulations.
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He was very nervous and paused before continuing:
"He said he wished Professor Qiao all the best in his future work at the institute and that he could make greater contributions to the entire empire. He hoped that I could help convey this."
After listening to the staff's words, Qiao Jing nodded thoughtfully and thought for a while.
This congratulatory message is more official, and Zhan Kaiyang doesn't know that she is Professor Qiao, so it is normal for these words to come out of the other party's mouth.
In the end, Qiao Jing was convinced that he was there and waved his hand to let the staff leave.
When she arrived at her research room, she found Chi Yuhang standing at the door. She didn't know how long she had been waiting.
She stepped forward with some doubts.
"Are you here to see Nan Qing?"
Zhan Nanqing, who was in the research room, immediately looked toward the door after hearing her name.
After seeing Qiao Jing and Chi Yuhang standing at the door, she came over with a gossipy look.
"What's the matter? What did you call me?"
Qiao Jing looked helplessly at the gossipy Zhan Nanqing and asked:
"Why are the ears so pointed?"
Zhan Nanqing laughed "hehe" twice.
"Then I heard you calling my name, so I came over. What's going on?"
Chi Yuhang looked at Qiao Jing cautiously and asked tentatively:
"Professor Qiao, I...I have a question to ask you."
Qiao Jing nodded, said a faint "hmm", and waited for Chi Yuhang to continue.
Chi Yuhang scratched his head in embarrassment and hesitated:
"I...just, aren't we going to have a celebration party tonight? My grandpa...he..."
After seeing Chi Yuhang's hesitant look, Zhan Nanqing frowned, feeling very curious.
But according to Chi Yuhang's appearance, he would definitely be unable to explain why he was hesitating for a long time.
Zhan Nanqing had no choice but to urge: "Just say what you have to say, why are you hesitating?"
Chi Yuhang hesitated for a long time before making up his mind and speaking.
"That is, can I bring my grandpa over to attend the banquet in the evening? My grandpa learned that the research was successful. He was very happy and wanted to say some words of congratulations to you in person. But... I just heard that we
You are not allowed to bring outsiders in at the celebration banquet held by the institute... My grandfather is old, and he really wants to congratulate you in person. I also know that such a request is a bit bad... But, but..."
Before Chi Yuhang could finish his words, Qiao Jing agreed without hesitation.
"Can."
She thought there was something she needed help with, so Chi Yuhang found it difficult to talk about it, but it turned out to be such a trivial matter.
I'm just here to attend a banquet, so it's okay to have one more person.
Zhan Nanqing frowned when she saw Qiao Jing agreeing so quickly, secretly pulled Qiao Jing aside and lowered her voice.
"But there is no precedent for this in our institute. Only our own people can attend the banquets in the institute."
She paused, glanced at Chi Yuhang secretly, and frowned even more.
"It's not that I'm targeting Chi Yuhang, but if Chi Yuhang's family is allowed to come, what about the others? What will happen if other people also want to bring their families? It's not good for you to make such an opening, isn't it?"
Qiao Jing lowered her eyes and thought for a while, but couldn't come up with a solution.
She had already promised Chi Yuhang that she could bring Mr. Chi over, so she wouldn't regret it temporarily, but what Zhan Nanqing said was indeed a problem.
Before she could think of a solution, Xu Hongzu's voice suddenly came from behind her.
"What's there to worry about? How about everyone bringing one or two immediate family members over, and then stipulating that the staff can't reveal Xiaojing's identity?"
Zhan Nanqing was startled by Xu Hongzu's sudden voice, took a few steps back and patted her chest gently.
"Mr. Xu, why are you here suddenly?"
"I was tired from work, so I just went out for a walk. As soon as I walked out, I saw you two standing here worrying about this matter, so I gave you a solution."
After hearing the solution given by Xu Hongzu, Qiao Jing's eyes lit up slightly.
Only then did Zhan Nanqing remember what Xu Hongzu had just said, her eyes lit up instantly, and she pulled Qiao Jing's arm.
"This is a good idea, Qiao Jing, what do you think?"
Qiao Jing thought for a while, then nodded.
"Okay, as long as my identity is not exposed."
Let the staff bring their families over to celebrate, maybe have a meal, so that everyone can have a happy time.
In short, any arrangement can be made without exposing her.
the other side.
As soon as Zhan Kaiyang returned home, he saw Zhan Nan and Zhan Bei looking at him eagerly.
After the two of them saw Zhan Kaiyang coming back, their eyes immediately started to shine, and they hurriedly started to get to the bottom of it.
"Grandpa, how's it going?"
"Are you going to teach Qiao Jing a lesson?"
Zhan Kaiyang shook his head.
"currently there is not."
He just went there to do more important things, and confronting Qiao Jing head-on was not an option. After all, there were Zhan Qi Pei and his family standing in the way.
After hearing that Zhan Kaiyang did not teach Qiao Jing a lesson, Zhan Nan and Zhan Bei looked away in disappointment.
Zhan Nan sighed.
"Then are we really going to suffer?"
Zhan Bei looked at the injuries he had sustained for several days, and finally recovered his hands and legs.
"I received a beating in vain..."
Zhan Kaiyang looked at the two brothers sighing and cursed.
"You're worthless! Who said you two were beaten in vain?"
As soon as these words came out, the two brothers suddenly raised their heads, thinking that something was wrong.
Zhan Nan looked at Zhan Yuanshan with confusion.
"But grandpa, didn't you just say that you were going out to teach Qiao Jing a lesson? When you came back, you said you didn't teach Qiao Jing a lesson. What happened?"
Zhan Bei asked anxiously:
"Grandpa, what do you mean by this? Have you thought of other ways to deal with Qiao Jing?"
Zhan Yuanshan sneered, took out the document bag from his bag and put it on the table.
"Look, what is this?"
Zhan Nan and Zhan Bei came to the table, picked up the document bag and began to study it.
On the outside of the document bag, the words "Professor Qiao Research Institute Research Report" are written.
Zhan Bei took the initiative to take it apart and check it out.
"Isn't this Professor Qiao's research report and some important information?"
Zhan Nan also flipped through it several times, but still couldn't figure out what this folder meant.
"Grandpa, didn't you say you wanted to teach Qiao Jing a lesson? Why did you bring this home?"
"Don't open it randomly. I promised others not to open it privately."
Zhan Kaiyang said, taking the document back and sealing it again.
Zhan Nan and Zhan Bei looked at each other and shrugged in unison.
"We can't understand such a professional thing even if it's shown to us slowly!"