Chapter 636 The Relationship Between Ying Zijing and Xize Laurent [1st Update]
If Elizabeth didn't have some real talent and ability, she wouldn't have been chosen as Herwin's first researcher.
What is the most lacking thing internationally?
Scientific and technological talents.
We can't afford to lose such a talented person as Elizabeth just because of a single paper.
Brewer was certain that if he took full responsibility for the sale of the papers, he could position Elizabeth as the victim.
In any case, the first researcher wouldn't know the specifics of what happened.
The encryption level of the first researcher's identity information is even higher than that of Herwin.
Nobody knows whether they are male or female, let alone have made contact with them.
Ying Zijing doesn't have the ability to influence the top researcher.
What does Ying Zijing's phone call matter if the First Researcher just mentions it to Herwin?
Job neither nodded nor shook his head, but simply asked, "Whose paper did you buy? Did you apologize?"
“I apologized, of course I apologized,” Brewer said hastily. “But she’s determined to fight to the death.”
Job frowned even more: "I asked you whose paper you bought."
Upon hearing this, Brewer was overjoyed.
They've already asked for their names, so their families must be backing them up.
With the head of the Laurent family personally stepping in, how could Ying Zijin not back down?
Brewer couldn't wait to speak: "It's last year's ISC International Finals champion, a Chinese, Ying Zijin."
Elizabeth also said, "It's her."
Job's expression changed instantly, his eyes suddenly turning cold and sharp: "I'll ask you one more time, who is it?"
“Ying Zijin.” Brewer was certain. “Lord Job, I’m not mistaken, it’s that Chinese woman.”
Job finally smiled: "Alright, don't move, I'll go ask the master."
He turned and headed towards the heart of the castle.
Brewer's face was filled with barely suppressed excitement: "Daughter, I told you, the master would definitely help you."
People are naturally biased.
Of course, one should favor one's own descendants.
Ying Zijing had no choice but to submit.
Just as the two were waiting, footsteps sounded in the hall.
It is José Laurent.
“Jose, you wait.” Elizabeth raised her chin. “I’ll be able to rejoin the experimental project soon.”
Jose gave her a cold look, said nothing, and went upstairs.
Another set of footsteps sounded.
This time, the escort team arrived, along with Job, who had returned.
Elizabeth was secretly delighted, but remained outwardly composed.
Even the guards were mobilized, which shows that the master was completely enraged by Ying Zijing.
Brewer stepped forward, suppressing his joy: "Lord Job, I know where she is. I'll show you the way right away."
"Lead the way?" Job glanced at him. "Lead you to your death?"
Brewer was stunned and hadn't reacted yet.
Then Job took out Caesar's autographed warrant, held it up,
“By order of the master—” he said loudly and coldly, “from today onwards, Brewer and Elizabeth are no longer members of the Laurent family.”
“The master expelled them from the family and stripped them of their surnames.”
Brewer's smile froze instantly.
He exclaimed in disbelief, "Lord Job?!"
How come they're about to be expelled from the Laurent family in the blink of an eye?
They were even stripped of their surname?!
There have been instances of stripping someone of their surname in the history of the Laurent family, but they are not common.
Only those who collude with the enemy and betray their country will be punished so severely.
It wasn't just their surname that was stripped away, but also their reputation and their status in the upper echelons of O continent society.
Once Elizabeth loses her Laurent surname, she will have no chance to even squeeze into the aristocratic circles of O continent.
This is worse than killing them.
Elizabeth couldn't believe it either, her lips trembling: "Lord Job, what does Master mean by this?"
It's just a paper, how did it escalate to this point?
Job didn't say another word to them. He waved his hand and ordered the guards, "Throw them out of the castle and never let them set foot in again."
"The food and drink you eat and drink all belong to the Laurent family, so there's nothing for you to bring. The clothes you're wearing are a gift from your master."
Elizabeth and Brewer were stunned, their clothes soaked with cold sweat.
Xize personally gave the order, and the guards, without saying a word, imprisoned the two men.
Ignoring their struggles, they dragged them outside.
Jose said calmly, "I told you before, don't make a scene in front of the master, it will only make things more embarrassing."
I have no idea how this father and daughter are thinking.
Elizabeth's face flushed red, burned with pain, and turned ashen.
This time, let alone making a comeback, they were completely wiped out.
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The heart of the castle.
Xize was also very angry.
He pursed his lips, his deep blue eyes churning with turmoil, his anger deepening.
If Brewer and Elizabeth hadn't approached Job, he really wouldn't have known about this.
“Boss, someone plagiarized your paper, and it’s a junior member of the Laurent family. Why didn’t you tell me?” Xize immediately called Ying Zijing. “If you had told me, I would have kicked her out on the spot. Does someone like that deserve to stay in the Laurent family?”
He disliked physics and mathematics at all and paid no attention to news in these areas.
If Ying Zijing hadn't been researching the space carrier project, he wouldn't have bothered to gather information about the younger generation of the Laurent family.
Ying Zijing received the call just as she stepped out of the airport.
She yawned and said casually, "What happens to her has nothing to do with me; it's your family's business."
The paper has been retrieved.
This gray industry chain in academia is also being rectified.
Elizabeth was just one person in the buying and selling of academic papers; compared to the entire industry chain, she was insignificant.
She told Herwin because the space carrier experiment was too important, and she couldn't allow any oversights.
Even though Elizabeth's expertise in physics was indeed considerable, she absolutely could not allow someone with a criminal record to go to the experimental base.
"Alright, alright," Xize said helplessly. "Boss, if there's anything you need my help with, you absolutely must tell me."
“There is something,” Ying Zijing paused, “In a while, I will be going to join Norton, and I don’t know when I will be back.”
“Norton?” Caesar frowned. “Boss, where did you find him?”
Ying Zijin recounted the story of the City of the World to Xize.
"There's such a place?" Xize pondered. "But now that you mention it, I've noticed some clues."
“I told you before me, there was another very outstanding leader in our Laurent family.”
Ying Zijin: "Yes, you said that."
“He disappeared when he was thirty,” Caesar said. “Without a trace. I now suspect that he might have been recruited into the City of the World by this Sage’s Institute you mentioned.”
Ying Zijing narrowed her eyes slightly: "It's very likely."
She had asked what the criteria were for recruiting international talent at the Academy of Sages, but Sinai didn't know either.
Judging from this, she probably has some old acquaintances in the City of the World.
Sinai said that the City of the World stopped recruiting talent from the earth at the end of the nineteenth century.
However, when she first came to Earth, she had never seen anyone from the City of the World.
"Boss, I definitely have to go to the City of the World with you." Caesar said slowly, "It's been so long since I've seen that bastard Norton. Boss, tell me, am I more handsome or is he?"
"None of them are my type."
"..."
"Alright, stop fooling around." Ying Zijin said calmly, "You need to be mentally prepared for going to the City of the World."
Even she wasn't sure if she would come back alive.
Xize replied solemnly, "Definitely."
He paused, then asked, "Boss, shall I come find you? Where are you?"
“What a coincidence, I just arrived in Florence,” Ying Zijin said. “I’m helping to find someone.”
"Okay," Xize agreed. "Then I'll treat you to dinner tonight."
Ying Zijing ended the call, lowered her eyes, and asked, "Sinai, do you have any information about the Academy of Sages?"
"No, the Sage's Academy's information is not available on the internet, and downloading it is prohibited." Sinai shook her head. "However, I can tell you that the Sage's Academy has a total of twenty-two sages. These sages have special abilities that surpass those of ordinary people. They should be immortal, right?"
"The inhabitants of our world city worship twenty-two sages as gods, but they rarely appear in public, and few citizens have ever seen their true appearance."
Ying Zijing's eyes narrowed slightly: "Twenty-two..."
This number.
Before her thoughts could continue, her ears suddenly twitched.
Ying Zijin looked up.
Ahead were Elizabeth and Brewer, who had been driven out by Caesar.
The Laurent family is the absolute king of Florence.
They are to be deported.
The girl's appearance was stunning and extremely distinctive.
Elizabeth recognized him immediately.
The emotions that had been suppressed all the way finally erupted at this moment.
She screamed hysterically, "You still dare to come to Florence? Do you know that because of you, I've been expelled from the Laurent family!"
Ying Zijing's gaze was indifferent: "Congratulations."
Those two words shattered Elizabeth's nerves.
Without saying a word, she suddenly drew her sidearm from her waist and pointed it directly at the girl's temple.
Her eyes turned bloodshot, and her beautiful face contorted into a ferocious expression: "I'm going to kill you!"
"Bang!"
Gunshots rang out, bullets exploded and hurtled through the air.
Sinai's expression changed: "Watch out!"
In that instant, her body moved faster than her consciousness, instinctively shielding Ying Zijing.
However, the bullets stopped the next second.
"Buzz—"
The bullet was frozen in mid-air by the internal force, unable to move an inch.
Ying Zijing had already made her move before Elizabeth pulled the trigger.
She raised her leg and, with lightning speed, delivered a spinning kick, aiming directly for Elizabeth's head.
The blow struck Elizabeth in the temple, her most vulnerable spot.
Elizabeth's eyes widened, but she couldn't even utter a sound before she instantly fainted.
Brewer was horrified: "Elizabeth!"
Ying Zijing turned her head, frowning: "Why are you protecting me? Do you know you're only six years old?"
Sinai paused, then said, "I don't know."
After a long pause, she lowered her head and said, "Maybe I missed my brother too much and wanted to find their child too much. For a moment, I mistook you for my niece."
Residents of the City of the World are eligible to leave the city once they turn fifteen.
But having the qualifications isn't enough; you also need a pass.
The pass in Sinai's hand was left to her by the patriarch of the Lyinger family before he disappeared, but she was only a few years old at the time.
She had been searching for her niece since she was fifteen.
At the age of twenty, Sinai was forcibly given an alchemical drug, which fixed her body and age to six.
This alchemical drug not only damaged her body but also destroyed her nerves.
This caused a drastic change in her temperament and personality, making her unpredictable in her moods.
If the eldest daughter of the main family hadn't been found yet, Sinai might have already committed suicide.
Ying Zijing examined Sinai's body.
She had never heard of such an alchemical drug before.
She wasn't originally an alchemist, so she needed to find Norton, this genius alchemy fanatic.
Ying Zijing paused for a moment, patted her head, and took out a lollipop to give to her: "Until you recover your body, hide behind me."
Brewer raised his head, his gaze icy: "Ying Zijing, how dare you hurt someone! You're finished!"
How dare a Chinese person hurt someone in Florence?
That's absolutely reckless.
Since Elizabeth had fainted, there was no way to get her on the plane.
The guards exchanged glances, then took her to a villa next to the airport and informed Job.
Job arrived quickly.
He was startled when he saw the girl and quickened his pace.
"Lord Job," Brewer said angrily, "I'll set aside everything else—it's our fault—but she premeditatedly killed someone, and you're not going to do anything about that?"
Under Brewer's gaze, Job walked up to Ying Zijing with great respect.
“Miss Ying, the master has expelled her from the Laurent family. You may do as you see fit.”
(End of this chapter)
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