The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius
Chapter 283: This Dr. M is Really Arrogant

Chapter 283: Chapter 283: This Dr. M is Really Arrogant

At night, the elderly lady called her grandson and granddaughter-in-law home for dinner.

The old house had been decorated early, with large red lanterns hanging high and festive lights everywhere.

When Jiang Man walked into the backyard, she discovered a Christmas tree set up in the yard.

Lu Xuemei was decorating the Christmas tree while the elderly lady sat beside, warming herself by the fire, laughing and talking with Jiang Man.

"Manman, you finally came!"

Lu Xuemei, upon seeing Jiang Man, immediately beamed with joy.

She tossed the decoration she was holding to a servant and strode forward to greet her.

"Zhou’er told me you two went to Hong City? Did you cure grandpa’s illness?"

"Yes," Jiang Man responded faintly, glancing at the Christmas tree with a somewhat bemused smile.

Surprisingly, it was adorned with many fertility blessing bags, large and small, seemingly sourced from various temples.

Meng Lian couldn’t have children, Lu Xuemei was single—It was obvious for whom those fertility blessing bags were intended.

"Manman, isn’t New Year’s Day a three-day holiday? I’d like to visit Hong City, see your grandpa and the four uncles," Lu Xuemei said to Jiang Man.

The elderly lady stood up from her rocking chair, inviting Jiang Man inside.

"It’s cold outside."

In Hong City, it was over twenty degrees during the day, but here in North City, it was only a few degrees during the day, and it could even drop below freezing at night.

Jiang Man, robust in health, wore only a white turtleneck sweater and a black corduroy short jacket.

Black jeans matched with a pair of black Doc Martens.

She was tall and slim, not bulky at all.

In contrast, Lu Xuemei seemed overdressed, her slightly plump figure wrapped in a white mink coat, making her look like a cuddly mascot.

"Come on, let’s go inside!" Lu Xuemei took Jiang Man’s hand.

As they entered the hall, where the heat was turned up high, Lu Xuemei immediately took off her mink coat and sat down at the dining table.

"Why hasn’t Zhou’er arrived yet?"

"Let’s not wait for him. He’s working overtime today; the project with the National Research Institute is going smoothly, and he said he needs to do the PowerPoint himself for the board’s report,"

"Ah? He’s doing the PowerPoint himself, that’s rare," Lu Xuemei couldn’t help but exclaim.

Indeed.

When has such a trivial task like making a PowerPoint ever fallen to the president himself?

"Zhou’er said he is very optimistic about this project," the elderly lady came over with a beaming smile, inviting Jiang Man and Jiang Man to join them at the table.

Lu Yaobang accompanied Meng Lian back to her mother’s home, and Wen Jingya didn’t return from school.

So it was just the four of them for dinner tonight.

"What project has Zhou passionately involved?" Jiang Man sat down, blinked her eyes, and was very curious.

"The brain device project," the elderly lady chuckled, "They’ve brought in a world-leading scientific expert to oversee it, a Dr. M."

"I don’t understand much about scientific research," Xuemei picked up a soup spoon, thoughtfully ladling soup for the elderly lady.

Seeing this, Jiang Man quickly stood up, "Mom, you sit. I’ll do it."

As she served the soup, she casually remarked, "Those involved in scientific research are very impressive. This Dr. M must be extremely capable, right?"

"Zhou’er mentioned, he’s the youngest contemporary scientist, a successor to Hawking," the elderly lady proudly stated.

After all, being able to bring such a luminary to work on a Lu Corporation project was an honor.

"A successor to Hawking, huh..." Jiang Man clicked her tongue, feeling it was a bit of an exaggeration.

She was familiar with Hawking’s renown.

But this Dr. M was unheard of to her.

A true luminary should be someone even laymen have heard of, right?

Jiang Man served soup to the elderly lady and Lu Xuemei, and then thoughtfully handed a bowl to Jiang Man.

After serving herself last, she sat down and quietly began eating.

The elderly lady picked up a spoon and had just taken a sip of soup when the butler approached, holding her phone.

"Madam, it’s a call from Miss Lu Yingxue."

Lu Yingxue, Lu Zhennan’s eldest daughter, was a talented physics major at Tsinghua University.

This child was somewhat reclusive, showing interest in nothing but her studies.

She had one more year until graduation.

Lu Zhennan wanted her to join the Lu Corporation.

But Lu Yingxue said she wanted to enter the National Research Institute.

Normally, this child rarely contacted the old lady, except at New Year’s—seeing each other scarcely twice a year, and never a phone call.

"Hello? Yingxue," the old lady picked up the phone and turned on the speaker.

However, the voice on the other end of the line wasn’t Lu Yingxue’s, but her younger sister, Lu Yingyang’s voice.

"Great-grand-aunt~"

The sweet, coquettish voice melted the old lady’s heart.

"Is it Yingyang?"

"It’s me, it’s me," great-grand-aunt, are you keeping well lately?

"Quite well," the old lady laughed so hard she couldn’t close her mouth. "Haven’t seen you and Yingxue for a long time, when are you coming to visit? You came back to the country three times, stayed over on my side, and you two should come see him when you have time."

"Sure!" Lu Yingyang’s voice was bright and sweet.

A deep urging voice accompanied from the side.

Lu Yingyang lowered her voice, "We definitely need to exchange pleasantries before asking the main question..."

"Ask now." The urging voice not only did not listen but became more impatient.

The old lady smiled kindly, "Yingyang, is there something you need?"

"Actually, yes," Lu Yingyang awkwardly said, "My sister is about to graduate, right? I heard that the National Research Institute recruits from Tsinghua, and my little uncle is collaborating with the institute..."

"Yes, he is collaborating, but we can’t pull any strings." The old lady cut off Lu Yingyang bluntly, preventing her from finishing.

"No, no, we don’t want to pull strings. My sister wants to enter on her merit! I heard that Dr. M will be giving a lecture at Tsinghua, the lecture is not open to the public, there are only 10 spots available, and my sister was hoping you, great-grand-aunt, could speak favorably to my little uncle, maybe help secure a spot?"

"So that’s the matter," the old lady was visibly more pleased, "Alright, I’ll ask him."

"Mhm, thank you so much, great-grand-aunt~ We’ll come to visit you in these next few days, also, we still haven’t met little aunt yet, looking forward to it, hehe."

"Whenever you two want to come, you’re welcome anytime."

"How about on New Year’s Day? Both of us will have a holiday then."

"Alright, at that time, your brother Zhan should also come over, it’ll be a great family reunion."

"Sounds great!"

Jiang Man was sipping her soup as if she were an outsider.

Yet halfway through, she furrowed her brow.

She was going to give a lecture at Tsinghua?

Why hadn’t she, the person in question, heard anything about this?

"Grandma, who was that on the phone just now?" Jiang Man, who had kept silent until the old lady hung up, finally couldn’t hold back and asked.

The old lady smiled, "Your grandfather’s brother’s grandson’s daughter."

Jiang Man did not catch on at first.

"It’s your second cousin’s daughter." Lu Xuemei explained with a smile, "Lu Zhan is your first cousin’s son, Lu Yingxue and Lu Yingyang are your second cousin’s two daughters."

"Oh, got it," Jiang Man smiled awkwardly.

At a young age, her generational ranking was surprisingly not low.

Lu Yingxue and Lu Yingyang must be about her age, by generational ranking, should she call them ’little aunt’?

"Grandma, is Dr. M really that impressive? If one isn’t a student of Tsinghua, can they attend his lecture?" Jiang Man switched topics instead of dwelling on family rankings.

The old lady’s brow twitched, "If you’re not a student you probably can’t listen, Yingyang’s intention, not open to the public."

"Oh," Jiang Man pouted.

For some reason, a strong feeling of jealousy suddenly surged within her.

Jealous she wasn’t a talented student at Tsinghua, jealous that this Dr. M was so pretentious, to meet him was so difficult?

She wasn’t really interested in any doctor; she just wanted to see the world, to show off to Ming Xiang later...

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