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Chapter 30
Remembering their elegant yet sharp–tongued professor, her smile faded slightly: “I saw in the news that the professor came back for the celebration.
How is the old man?”
“He’s well, just extremely annoyed by his disgraceful students like us showing up before him every now and then.”
Freya laughed, nostalgic for the days when their mentor would press them to write papers.
Johnny: “Come back, Freya.” Freya gripped her teacup tighter, took a deep breath, and nodded: “Alright.”
She had been studying artificial intelligence since childhood. She truly loved this field.
She had already abandoned her dreams for six or seven years because of her love for Matteo.
After being away for so long, catching up might take considerable time. But she believed that with effort, it wasn’t
too late.
Johnny asked: “When can you return?”
“I need to wait for someone to take over my current work, it might take some time.”
“That’s fine, there’s no
”
she was coming back, what was a little more wait?
After chatting a while longer, Johnny checked the time and said: “My team introduced me to a genius in algorithms. They just returned to the country recently. We’re meeting shortly – since you’re here, why not join us?”
Freya shook her head:
“Alright then.”
familiar with your team members. Maybe next time.”
Just as Johnny left, Freya saw Matteo’s sister, Maria, approaching.
She had seen her in the news too. But she hadn’t expected to run into her here by chance.
She greeted her: “Hi Maria.”
Maria didn’t respond, frowning at her: “Why are you here?”
“It’s T University’s celebration today, I came back to look around.”
If Freya hadn’t mentioned it, Maria would have forgotten she was also a T University graduate.
But besides current faculty and students, those returning today were mostly invited honorary alumni.
“What was a nobody like her doing here making a scene?” Well, never mind.
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As long as she didn’t talk nonsense outside and embarrass Matteo’s family, she couldn’t be bothered with her.
Maria hadn’t expected Freya to refuse. After all, Freya had often lowered herself to please Matteo’s family for Matteo’s sake.
Freya had never refused her before, so when she said she was busy, Maria assumed she must truly be occupied–how else could she pass up an opportunity to curry favor?
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