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Celeste drove off after the meal with Beck and Shanice. On the way home, she received a call from Lottie."Cel, where are you? I'm exhausted! Hurry up and come pick me up for dinner."Celeste didn't mention that she had already eaten. "Where are you?""Yorkshire Garden," Lottie said. "It's that classical courtyard-style residential complex developed a few years ago. I've been here all morning with my aunt, looking at houses. I'm dead tired.""Okay."After hanging up, Celeste adjusted her GPS and headed toward Yorkshire Garden.About ten minutes later, Lottie called again. "Damn! Guess who I just ran into?"Celeste paused. Lately, there was only one person who could make Lottie curse right off the bat."Trevor and Wynn with her whole family! He's here showing the Locket family around!"Staring straight ahead, Celeste's expression remained unchanged as she let out a neutral hum.Most of the time, when Trevor and Wynn went out, they would bring Jordyn along. So, the reason he ha
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When Celeste came out of the restroom, ten minutes had already passed.After having dinner with Lottie, she suddenly felt the urge to visit the nursing home.But remembering Isabelle's condition and the director's instructions that she shouldn't see familiar people, she hesitated.She had already driven to the entrance of the nursing home, but in the end, she didn't go inside and just drove back home.Once she got home, she locked herself in her room and focused on her work. She wasn't sure how much time had passed when her phone rang.It was a call from Trevor.Celeste glanced at the screen, noted down the data she was working on, and ignored the call.The call naturally disconnected. However, a few minutes later, he called again.She still didn't answer.Shortly after, a message from Trevor came through: "Grandma wants us to go back to Fleming Manor for dinner."Celeste didn't reply.On the other side, Trevor saw that she hadn't responded and silently stared at his phone f
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After hanging up, Celeste went back to work.After a full mental workout, she was already feeling much better.At that moment, Matthias called. "Wanna hang out?"Half an hour later, Celeste arrived at the bar.Matthias came out to meet her and asked, "Want a drink?"Celeste hesitated for a second before saying, "Yeah, a little."Matthias leaned in to take a closer look at her. "Not in a good mood?""I'm much better now."Matthias didn't press further and ordered her a low alcohol cocktail.Celeste held the glass, taking small sips while listening to Matthias chat with his friends. Neither of them noticed that someone upstairs at the bar counter was watching them.Xavier commented, "So, it's her and Matthias."The man next to him followed his gaze. Seeing Celeste, he paused.Xavier noticed and smirked. "Is she your type?"His friend didn't answer but asked, "You know her?""Yeah," Xavier replied. "She's the woman I told you about the other day—the one Jorge was into at fir
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Of course, that was just a joke. There was no way Matthias would actually let Celeste pay.Besides, he was also worried that Zachary might find out he had taken Celeste out drinking at a bar. So, after settling the bill at the counter, he left with her.The next day at noon, Celeste drove to Zachary's villa to pick him up.Once Zachary got in the car, she asked, "Mr. Newman, where are we going?"Zachary gave her an address.Half an hour later, they arrived at a restaurant. A waiter led them to a private dining room.When they pushed the door open, two men were already seated inside. Both were middle-aged men with imposing presences.Seeing them enter, the two men stood up. "You're here."Zachary, as indifferent as ever, introduced them, "Theodore Robinson, Harold Jennings. My student, Celeste Rodriguez."Celeste had seen them in the news before. One held a high-ranking position in the military, while the other was a major figure in politics.But despite their status, their de
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After lunch, as soon as Celeste got home, Matthias called.After hearing why Zachary had asked to see her, he said, "Theodore and Harold? Yeah, I know them."Then he added, "By the way, that Jorge is actually Theodore's son. Tsk, with a father that impressive, I really don't get how the son ended up being blind at such a young age."Celeste didn't expect Jorge to be Theodore's son. But it didn't concern her.…On Tuesday, InnovaTech conducted the initial test of its self-driving car.Celeste and Matthias went over to InnovaTech early in the morning. By the time they got there, Jorge, Xavier, and the others had already arrived.When they saw Celeste and Matthias, they glanced over briefly before looking away.Matthias didn't care to acknowledge them either and pulled Celeste along to focus on the test preparations.Seeing that everything was set up, but the test hadn't started yet, Matthias asked, "Why hasn't it begun?"Henry replied, "Mr. Fleming is coming to observe the test
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Wynn didn't even spare Celeste a glance. Clearly, Celeste wasn't included in her apology.Jorge wasn't paying attention to Celeste at all, so he naturally didn't notice these details. He simply said, "It was just a few minutes, it's fine.""How generous of you, Mr. Robinson," Matthias stood up, his tone chilly. "Now that everyone's here, let's not waste any more of our time. Let's get started."Trevor maintained his politeness. "That was our mistake, Mr. Yoder. Please, go ahead."Matthias let out a cold huff, grabbed Celeste, and walked out of the meeting room first.Trevor saw how closely Matthias held onto Celeste, but he quickly looked away, showing no reaction, as if he didn't care.However, Beck glanced at them a couple more times.Among the group, Trevor and Wynn were undoubtedly the center of attention.When they arrived at the test track, the staff respectfully reported, "Mr. Fleming, Ms. Locket, everything is ready."The way they acted made it clear they regarded Wynn
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As they left InnovaTech and got into the car, Matthias was still fuming.Something suddenly occurred to him, and he turned to Celeste. "By the way, who was that woman in the business suit standing behind Wynn? She looked at you strangely. Do you two know each other?"Celeste replied, "Wynn's cousin.""So, it's already bad enough that Trevor brought Wynn into InnovaTech, but he actually took in her family too? At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised if InnovaTech changes its name to Locket in a few months."Celeste felt the same way. But she simply hummed a response.Given how much Trevor adored Wynn, she wouldn't even be surprised if he handed InnovaTech over to her entirely. Letting the Shaw family work at InnovaTech was nothing.Matthias decided to stop talking about it before he got even more frustrated.That night, Celeste and Matthias stayed out late, working on replicating the engine specs of Trevor's self-driving car.On the way home, snow began to fall.When they arrived
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"Okay."Celeste went back to the Rodriguez residence for a meal on Saturday morning. She asked Ivan about the new project.After confirming there were no issues with the new project, Celeste finally felt at ease. At 2:00 pm, she drove to the campsite. Beck and Shanice had just arrived as well when she did. Beck's people were working on pitching the tents and preparing the grill. It had been showing for the past few days. Thus, there was a thick layer of snow stretching across the mountains. The moment she arrived, Shanice tugged at her excitedly, saying she wanted to build a snowman together. Celeste used to build snowmen with Jordyn as well.Hence, it wasn't a complicated task for Celeste.Before long, Celeste and Shanice put together a small snowman. Shanice even prepared a scarf for the snowman. When the snowman was done, she asked the helpers to look for the scarf and carrot for her. Beck walked up to Celeste. Celeste didn't say anything upon seeing him. Bec
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The group chatted while playing golf.However, it was obvious that Theodore and Rowan were far more interested in the topic they were discussing than in the game itself.At first, they talked about international affairs. As the conversation went on, Theodore and Rowan ended up simulating a battle arrangement right there on the spot.As they got more and more into it, Celeste and Matthias simply stood by and listened, along with Trevor and Wynn.Maybe not wanting the younger ones to just stand around, Rowan said, "Why don't you join in and share your thoughts?"After a moment, Celeste spoke up, "With strong enemies on all sides, it's not suitable to charge in alone. So for now, staying put would be a good choice."Hearing this, Wynn paused.She had to admit, it was a good idea. If Celeste hadn't said it first, she honestly wouldn't have thought of it herself.Just as that thought crossed her mind, she saw Rowan smiling and nodding in agreement.Matthias reacted quickly too. He
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Rowan said to Trevor, "Since you're here, why don't you stay and join us for a while?"Trevor replied, "Sure."After exchanging a few pleasantries with Trevor, Rowan turned back to Harold, Matthias, and the others and asked, "Where were we just now?"Matthias answered, "We were discussing how we should appropriately handle the situation if we discover a foreign probe entering our controlled area."Hearing this, Wynn couldn't help but start thinking about it too.Rowan smiled and asked, "What do you think? Cel, do you have any thoughts?"Earlier, Matthias and Celeste hadn't had time to really think about it before Trevor and Wynn showed up.Now that Rowan asked again, Celeste and Matthias both paused briefly.When Wynn heard Rowan call Celeste by her nickname, she suddenly got distracted.Cel? Rowan was addressing Celeste so intimately.Moreover, she noticed that whenever Rowan looked at Celeste, his demeanor was very warm and kind—he genuinely seemed to admire her.She frown
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After dinner, Jordyn followed Celeste back to the Rodriguez residence.That night, she received a call from Rowan, inviting her and Matthias to play golf the next morning.Celeste agreed. However, when she saw the address Rowan sent, she hesitated for a moment.The golf course happened to be a property owned by the Fleming family. She had been there before.Still, since she had already agreed, it wouldn't be appropriate to back out now.…Early Saturday morning, she drove out as planned.When she and Matthias arrived at the golf course, Rowan, Theodore, and Harold were already there.Seeing them, Rowan and the others greeted them with a smile, "You're here."Celeste nodded.Rowan asked, "Do you know how to play golf?"Celeste nodded again. "I've learned a bit."After some polite small talk, they began playing golf while chatting casually.Not long after, just as Celeste was putting away her club, she saw two people walking toward them from a distance.It was Trevor and Wy
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Although Celeste and Matthias had already asked Candice to politely decline Cayden's request for a meeting, he still showed up uninvited two days later.Since he had come in person, Celeste and Matthias couldn't completely refuse to see him.They gave him a brief, symbolic reception, but after chatting for just over ten minutes, they politely sent him off.After that, whenever Cayden tried to arrange another meeting, they simply ignored him.With Celeste and Matthias maintaining a firm stance, and unable to meet with them, Cayden invited Wynn out for a meal the next day instead.During the meal, Cayden chatted with her about the developments in the industry for a while before saying, "If you had joined YodaVision last year, you would've grown so much by now. What a shame."At their last meeting, Cayden had asked about her current situation. After hearing she hadn't gotten into YodaVision, he didn't comment much.But now, recalling the matter, he couldn't help expressing his regr
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Celeste didn't care how Trevor thought of her or looked at her, nor was she interested.After leaving the restaurant, Celeste and Matthias' group headed back to Fleming Tech for a meeting.This time, Lilian and Linda didn't follow. But Wynn did.Seeing Wynn come along again, Matthias secretly rolled his eyes and said, "Mr. Fleming, about Ms. Locket—"Trevor seemed to know what he wanted to say.Before Matthias could finish, Trevor spoke up, "If you're concerned about confidentiality, you don't have to worry. If anything does happen, I'll take full responsibility."Matthias had expected him to say that. After all, when they first started working with InnovaTech, Trevor had said exactly the same thing.Even so, Matthias still needed clear assurance.Hearing Trevor's words, Matthias put on a half-hearted smile and said, "I feel better with your assurance."During the meeting in the morning, the seat at the center of the table was occupied by Trevor alone. Now that Wynn was here,
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Before Trevor could respond, his phone rang.He stepped outside to take the call, and by the time he returned, the food was being served.Miles' question was left hanging—brushed aside just like that.Right now, the author of the paper that engineers in the country and abroad were scrambling to read was sitting right in front of them.As the meal progressed, Rodney and his students couldn't help but ask Celeste questions as they skimmed through the paper's core content and experimental data.Whether they asked about specific parts of the paper or about broader problems that had puzzled them in their own research, Celeste responded to everything fluently and confidently.Wynn watched in silence. Her heart was calm.Watching Celeste speak so assuredly with Rodney and the others actually seemed like she did know what she was talking about.But was that really possible?Given Matthias' capabilities, if he was willing to credit Celeste as first author, then he must have ensured she
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It really was Celeste?Even though Jorge, Lilian, and Linda didn't specialize in AI and couldn't fully grasp how groundbreaking Celeste's paper was, they did know one thing—Wynn's advisor, Cayden, was a major figure in the AI world.A world-renowned expert like him paying this much attention to a paper—personally messaging Wynn and urging her to study it thoroughly—was a huge deal.On top of that, Rodney's student had just said Celeste's paper had caused a massive stir both at home and abroad, with top engineers staying up all night to read it.All of this pointed to one thing: Celeste's paper had real weight. But how could such a powerful paper possibly have come from Celeste?Rodney, not knowing who Celeste was or her history with the Lockets and the Shaws, hadn't read the paper yet.Still, just hearing that it had increased large language model efficiency for long-text processing over tenfold was already enough to get him excited.He immediately turned to Matthias and asked,
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Linda looked smugly at Celeste.Lilian also felt genuinely happy for her daughter. Celeste, as usual, couldn't even be bothered to look in their direction.She quietly lowered her head and sipped her tea, blending into the background, not participating in the discussion between Wynn and Rodney at all.Seeing Wynn receiving so much admiration from all these seasoned experts, Jorge finally felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart.Just then, Cayden sent another message to Wynn."YodaVision is a truly astonishing and innovative company. Not only is its founder Matthias, but many of the engineers under him are highly creative. "I'll likely visit again soon. I hope to have an in-depth conversation with Matthias and some of his engineers."The NMI journal adopted a strict double-blind review process, where reviewers couldn't see the identities of the authors. So until now, Cayden had no idea who had actually written the paper he was so impressed with.Wynn saw his message and ass
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As soon as the words were spoken, a knock sounded at the private dining room door.It was Miles and Beck.Miles pushed the door open, and upon seeing how many people were already inside, he exclaimed in surprise, "Whoa, so many people?"This restaurant was owned by his family.He and Beck had just come over for a meal. After hearing from the restaurant manager that Trevor was dining here, they decided to drop by and say hello—they didn't expect such a large gathering.And on top of that, it was full of familiar faces.Seeing so many people there, Miles instantly felt that just the two of them dining alone would be no fun, so he asked, "Trevor, since there are already so many here, do you mind if Beck and I join as well?"Trevor turned and asked, "Professor Milford, Mr. Yoder, I wonder if—"Since Rodney had just voluntarily invited the Lockets and the Shaws to join, Trevor couldn't very well refuse his own friends.Rodney replied graciously, "Of course, I don't mind. I wonder w
