The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius
Chapter 291: Suspicion: An Alternate Identity? Connected to Scientific Research?

Chapter 291: Chapter 291: Suspicion: An Alternate Identity? Connected to Scientific Research?

Jiang Man’s gaze lingered between Wen Jingya and Jiang Man.

For a moment, she was uncertain—whose words were actually true?

But on reflection, Jiang Man’s words had holes.

If she truly had the ability to get entry tickets for Lu Yingxue, wouldn’t her own be easier to procure?

Compared to that, Wen Jingya managing to bring all four of them inside seemed a bigger feat, right?

"Yaya, how did you get to know the people from the research institute?"

Jiang Man stepped forward, smiling warmly.

Wen Jingya glanced at her, "You’re already a part of the Lu Family now. Shouldn’t you get to know more about the family members?"

"I did ask the servants about you all, but there are many things they’re not at liberty to discuss..."

"Then they didn’t mention that I play the pipa well?"

"They did say that, your pipa is an antique and you play it very well."

"Captain Wu’s son is interested in me, get it? He saw my pipa performance at the grand theater."

"So that’s how it is," Jiang Man realized suddenly.

It seemed that Captain Wu’s son was pursuing Wen Jingya, so for his son’s sake, Captain Wu would also do Wen Jingya a favor.

Done! The meeting with Dr. M is settled!

Who says it always has to be bright students from prestigious universities?

Who says there are only ten designated spots?

It’s all about connections; personal relationships outweigh any rule.

As soon as Jiang Man finished speaking, a middle-aged man in a navy blue Sun Yat-sen suit approached.

Wearing a pair of glasses, he looked refined and scholarly.

Not like a military man, more like a civil official.

"Uncle Wu~" Wen Jingya took the initiative to greet him.

With a smile, Captain Wu’s gaze fell on her, "It’s Jingya, what brings you here?"

"It’s like this, there’s a lecture by Dr. M today, right? My friends and I specifically came over; we’d like to listen too. Could you please let us in?"

"That’s not possible." Captain Wu’s smile vanished instantly, replaced by formality and sternness.

"Not possible...? My friends and I are all university students; we won’t disrupt the doctor. We can sit in the back row and won’t bother anyone."

"Jingya, I’m truly sorry, this session is a private internal lecture, not open to the public. If Dr. M has a public lecture next time, I’ll make sure you’re the first to know."

"..." Wen Jingya, upon hearing this, instantly felt awkward, her smile fading.

She had assured everyone in front of them, especially in front of Jiang Man, so confidently that she had a way.

Now that they couldn’t enter, she didn’t need to think about it; she would probably be ridiculed by Jiang Man and the others later, right?

"Yaya, if we can’t get in, it’s okay, my grandmother asked my brother last night, and even he couldn’t manage it." Jiang Man stepped forward to console, trying to offer Wen Jingya a way out.

Feeling humiliated, Wen Jingya too wanted to take the offered way out and leave the scene as soon as possible.

"Auntie?"

Just then, a low voice came from behind.

Wen Jingya turned around, and the little girl quickly corrected herself: "Should I call you Auntie now?"

"Yingxue, what are you doing here?" Wen Jingya looked suspiciously at the young girl ascending the steps.

With a high ponytail and wearing the Tsinghua University uniform, she looked quite naïve but still carried the academic flair of a student from a prestigious institution.

In contrast to Wen Jingya and Jiang Man, two poor students, she seemed refreshingly simplistic.

"I came to listen to Dr. M’s lecture." Lu Yingxue approached with a smiling face, "What about you?"

She glanced around; the few girls were not wearing the Tsinghua University uniform, clearly not here for the lecture.

"We also came to listen to the lecture, but we can’t get in," Wen Jingya admitted truthfully.

"Of course you can’t get in, this session is an internal lecture open only to Tsinghua, and I also went through a lot of trouble to get these entrance tickets."

"How did you get them?" Wen Jingya asked eagerly, her eyes lighting up.

"You didn’t know?" Lu Yingxue cocked her head, a face of pure innocence, "My little aunt got it for me."

"What?" Wen Jingya couldn’t help but raise her voice, her eyes intently staring at Jiang Man not too far away.

Jiang Man subconsciously covered her mouth, gasping with a ’ya’ sound.

"Little auntie, what’s wrong?" Lu Yingxue still wanted to continue the pleasantries, but glancing at her phone, she immediately became flustered, "Let’s not talk now; I need to go in first!"

"Ah? Yingxue, wait..." Before Wen Jingya could finish her sentence, Lu Yingxue, like a little rabbit, showed her entry ticket to the guard and dashed off without a trace.

"Tsk, so Miss Lu was just boasting, huh? You couldn’t actually bring us in."

"Exactly, acting all high and mighty just now, and that’s it?"

Mao Lili and Zhang Ziqi couldn’t resist scoffing.

Wen Jingya, furious, her face turning green, glared at Jiang Man, clenched her teeth, and stormed off.

Unlike her rage, Jiang Man approached Jiang Man, lowered her voice, very softly, "Sister-in-law, since you could get Yingxue an entry ticket, could you get us in too?"

"I can’t, didn’t you hear? If you’re not a student from Tsinghua or Peking University, you can’t enter."

Jiang Man stood with her hands in her pockets, looking both drag and cool.

"Lili, Qiqi, let’s go." saying this, she turned to leave.

At this moment, Colonel Wu also planned to leave, but when he saw Jiang Man not far away, he closed and then opened his eyes, making sure he wasn’t seeing things, before walking over with a steady pace.

"Jiang..." He didn’t say the word ’Doctor’, considering he needed to protect Jiang Man’s personal safety and couldn’t reveal her identity publicly.

"Miss Jiang, since you’re here, why not come in and take a look? Maybe keep an eye on things?"

Colonel Wu’s words took everyone by surprise.

Already descending the stairs, Wen Jingya turned around as if she had seen a ghost upon hearing this.

Jiang Man raised an eyebrow, "What about my friends?"

"We’ve arranged a lounge..." Colonel Wu forced a smile, "They cannot enter."

"Sister, you go ahead. Qiqi and I will take a walk around Tsinghua; we haven’t been here before."

"Exactly, just go in. Don’t worry about us; we’ll head back to school after our tour."

"Alright." Jiang Man nodded.

Since she was here, it wouldn’t hurt to take a look.

"Please wait a moment." Colonel Wu seemed to think of something and summoned a nearby guard with a wave.

The guard nodded and turned to walk inside.

Soon, he came out with four canvas bags.

"These are the small gifts Dr. M prepared for the students attending the lecture."

"Are you giving them to us?" Mao Lili could hardly believe it.

"Yes." Colonel Wu smiled and nodded. Out of a total of 15 portions, excluding the 11 students attending, the remaining 4 were originally backups.

"Wow! Thank you so much!" Mao Lili immediately stepped forward to receive the canvas bag.

Flipping through the contents, she couldn’t stop exclaiming, "Is this an autographed book by Dr. M? And a Casio electronic dictionary, and Google translation glasses too?"

While these items were basically useless for them as poor students, receiving such gifts still made them very happy.

The contents of the bag were worth about ten thousand yuan; Dr. M was indeed very generous!

"How about you?" Colonel Wu looked toward Wen Jingya, who was walking away.

Zhang Ziqi and Jiang Man clamored to get one.

Wen Jingya clenched her teeth in frustration but eventually turned around.

With this bag of items, she had enough to show off.

Today’s trip wasn’t a waste after all.

However...

Wen Jingya’s peripheral vision fell on Jiang Man, who was being respectfully escorted inside by Colonel Wu, her face full of resentment.

Could it be that Jiang Man, apart from being the Divine Doctor and a songwriter, had another identity? And this identity seemed to be related to scientific research?