Chapter 53 This wait lasted five years

He remembered that she looked exactly like this when he first saw her at the freshman debate competition at Kyoto University five years ago.

Standing on the stage, he debated with the crowd with clear logic, and his eyes shone with a light that he had never seen before, brighter than the stars.

It was that light that made him provoke her in order to help Luo Luo get revenge, and he had to erase that light from her eyes bit by bit.

He thought he had succeeded.

But now, the light has returned.

And it's more glaring than ever before.

Xu Yueqing walked to the center of the podium under Professor Chen's excited and gratified gaze.

She stopped and calmly took the microphone from Professor Chen.

Countless pairs of eyes in the audience, some astonished, some curious, some jealous, focused on her like searchlights.

She just smiled slightly, and there was no trace of timidity or arrogance in that smile, which was as calm as a deep pool.

He nodded gently to everyone in the audience without being humble or arrogant.

"Hello everyone, I'm Xu Yueqing."

Her voice was carried through the speakers to every corner of the hall.

"He's the last researcher in Professor Chen's team."

The words fell.

The entire hall fell into silence for two seconds.

Immediately, thunderous applause exploded from the audience!

Professor Chen couldn't stop smiling. He picked up the standing microphone in front of him and spoke like a patriarch showing off his own children, his voice full of uncontrollable pride.

"Yue Qing is the most proud student I have ever taught in my life!"

"Five years ago, when she was only a freshman, she won the highest award in the country with her 'AI drone medical positioning rescue' solution!"

"From that time on, I personally brought her into the core project team of the research institute."

When Professor Chen said this, he changed the subject and there was a hint of regret in his tone.

"Later, due to some problems, she temporarily withdrew from the institute. I told her that I would wait for her."

"This wait lasted five years."

"Today, I finally got her back!"

These words contain a huge amount of information.

The applause still echoed in the hall, but the heat had begun to fade.

At this moment, an untimely voice clearly penetrated the gradually subsiding noise.

"Wait a moment."

A man wearing gold-rimmed glasses stood up from the front seat, holding a conference book in his hand.

He confronted the stage and questioned, "Professor Chen, if I remember correctly, the 'AI Drone Medical Positioning Rescue' proposal you mentioned was signed by Yueliang."

He slapped the booklet, making a loud clapping sound, and the sound became higher.

"How come it's now Xu Yueqing's achievement? Can such an important thing be named after someone else? Or is it that the research institute is willing to resort to academic plagiarism just to promote new talent?"

As soon as the word "plagiarism" came out, the atmosphere in the entire conference hall changed.

Everyone's eyes were immediately filled with scrutiny and suspicion.

The whispers bubbled up like boiling water.

"Yeah, I also remember the name Yueliang. It was quite powerful back then, but there's been no news since then."

"What's going on? This happened right after I got here?"

Professor Chen's face, which was full of wrinkles from smiling, suddenly became gloomy. He clutched the microphone, a breath stuck in his chest, and was about to explode.

A hand gently pressed his arm.

Xu Yueqing shook his head at him soothingly.

She even smiled, but it was a very faint smile, and there was no smile in her eyes at all.