Celeste thought for a moment, then stood up and said, "I'll tell you later. I'm going to take this call."After greeting Bryson and the others, she turned and stepped out of the private room with her phone.Watching her leave, Matthias suddenly processed what was happening. His eyes widened in disbelief.Though he had wondered once whether there might be something between them at a banquet last year, when he saw Celeste dancing with Caleb.But that idea had faded since they'd had no further contact afterward.So, how could this be happening now?Hearing Matthias questioning Celeste, Kieran instinctively looked over at her.He didn't know Caleb, had never heard of him.But when he saw the hint of discomfort on Celeste's face, he immediately sensed something unusual. And Matthias' reaction only confirmed his suspicion.So, this Caleb... Could he and Celeste really—?Trevor knew Caleb.So, after hearing Matthias speak, he casually glanced toward Celeste. At first, he only meant
At noon, Celeste and Trevor's group arrived at the restaurant for lunch after their meeting.Just as they walked up to their private dining room, the door of the room next to them suddenly opened.As if afraid people wouldn't hear, Linda called out loudly, "Trev!"Seeing Wynn was there as well, Bryson smiled and said, "So, Ms. Locket is dining here too—what a coincidence."Wynn smiled. "Quite the coincidence indeed."Though she said that, the truth was that this encounter wasn't coincidental at all.The news that Trevor and Celeste had officially gone to the courthouse that morning to file for divorce had already reached their entire family.When Linda learned that Trevor would be dining in the area at noon—and that Celeste would be there too—she deliberately had their own private room arranged directly opposite theirs.That was how this "coincidental" meeting happened.The thought that Trevor had immediately called Celeste to file the divorce paperwork right after settling th
On Isabelle's birthday, Celeste received a reminder from Trevor about their divorce.How fitting.Just then, Jason continued, "Mr. Fleming said if you're free on Monday, he'd like to meet at the courthouse at nine in the morning to handle the paperwork. Ms. Rodriguez, does that work for you?"Celeste replied, "I'm free Monday morning.""Alright," Jason said. "I'll let his lawyer know.""Okay."Aside from Jason's call, there were also several missed calls from Trevor.He was likely calling for the same reason. So, she didn't bother calling him back.She spent the weekend at the Rodriguez residence.…On Monday morning, Celeste drove out a little after eight.When she arrived at the entrance of the courthouse, Trevor was already there.She hadn't taken their marriage certificate with her when she moved out. So today, he'd brought both the marriage certificate and the divorce agreement with him.Back when they registered their marriage, he hadn't even waited for her afterward
Although Celeste and Wynn both attended the symposium at Quendall University, they had absolutely no interaction the entire day.By around three in the afternoon, Celeste and Matthias were preparing to leave the university.As Bryson and the chancellor walked them out, Bryson extended another invitation, "There's another seminar this Saturday. I wonder if the two of you..."Celeste paused in her steps as her gaze happened to fall on Lilian, who was standing not far away. She quickly looked away, pressed her lips together, then replied, "I'm sorry, I have something important to attend to on Saturday. I won't be able to make it."After saying their goodbyes to Bryson and the chancellor, Matthias finally asked once their car had pulled away from Quendall University, "Something was off with your mood just now. What happened?"He had noticed her subtle emotional shift the moment Bryson mentioned Saturday's event, especially when her gaze landed on Lilian.Since there were others aro
Some time ago, when Cayden found out that a paper he had highly praised during peer review was actually written by someone from YodaVision, he made a special trip to Ceravelle just to meet Celeste and Matthias.During that visit, he told her that if she had joined YodaVision when she returned to Ceravelle last year, she would have made significant progress.At that time, she wholeheartedly agreed and felt that Celeste had deliberately blocked her from entering YodaVision, causing her to miss a crucial opportunity for personal development.But now, seeing so clearly how much Celeste had grown in less than a year by staying at Matthias' side, she realized she may have lost far more than she originally thought.After all, it wasn't just Matthias—there was also Zachary.Zachary's formidable strength, along with his access to the most up-to-date and critical information in the field, played a huge role in the growth of both Matthias and Celeste.Just as her mother had said, if she had
After Celeste and Matthias greeted Bryson and the others, the symposium officially began.Celeste and Matthias were seated in the front row, near the center. While Wynn sat in the second row.As representatives of the new generation, both Celeste and Matthias were invited on stage to share their approaches and experiences in learning and conducting research, as a reference for the students in the audience.Once the segment ended and the discussion session began, many of the prominent experts at the event were the first to approach Celeste and Matthias.These experts were all fairly well-known within the country, and each had their own specialized research focus. Whether the topic was convolutional neural networks, embodied intelligence implementation, multimodal interaction, or something else entirely, Celeste handled them all with ease.She even offered insights and suggestions on issues troubling these experts—like missing modalities and computational efficiency—which made the
After finishing their discussion, Celeste and Matthias moved on to talking about work.A while later, Bryson called her to ask if she would be available next week to attend the AI symposium being held at his university.The invitation to Quendall University's AI symposium had actually been sent to YodaVision two weeks earlier. At the time, they had only invited Matthias.However, after Celeste's paper was published a few days ago and caused a sensation, her reputation skyrocketed.Given the paper's high quality and impact, the university now hoped that Celeste would attend the symposium as well.Celeste didn't originally plan to participate in Quendall University's event.Though her paper caused a major stir, she herself had remained very low-key and hadn't accepted any interviews.Bryson said, "A lot of students are really hoping to talk with you and learn from your experience."After some persuasion, Celeste agreed to attend the symposium.…The Quendall's symposium had inv
Bryson's assistant didn't know that both Celeste and Matthias were Zachary's students.So, when Bryson commented that Matthias was lucky to be with Celeste, the assistant added, "Last night in an interview, Mr. Yoder said that as a student of Mr. Newman, he had always been held to very high standards."Mr. Newman constantly made him stay on top of the latest developments in the field and required him to thoroughly understand every technical breakthrough."Mr. Newman would also fill in any gaps in his knowledge based on his research."Ms. Rodriguez is already quite capable. After getting together with Mr. Yoder, she also has his guidance. That means she'll be able to grow even faster."So really, being with Mr. Yoder is a good thing for Ms. Rodriguez."That much was true. However…One of Rodney's students then said, "So what you're saying is—the insights Ms. Rodriguez just shared were largely a combination of the result of Mr. Yoder's and Mr. Newman's research?"In other words,
Bryson, unaware of the grudge between Celeste and Wynn, followed up on Rodney's words and said, "Yes, we were just discussing some new developments in the industry."Ms. Locket also studied AI—more minds mean more ideas. It would be great if Ms. Locket joined the discussion."Wynn responded, "Oh, I see..."As she spoke, she glanced over at Celeste.After finishing the serious work discussions, Celeste had planned to leave. But unable to resist Rodney and Bryson's enthusiasm, she stayed and chatted with them for a while longer.Now with Wynn's arrival, she finally had an excuse to excuse herself.She stood up and said, "It's getting late, and I have something I need to attend to. Mr. Fleming, Professor Leonard, Professor Milford, let's chat again next time."Besides Celeste's recently published paper, a few other companies in the AI field had also made significant technical breakthroughs lately.When they were chatting earlier, Celeste had quickly grasped the core of those break