Special Agent’s Rebirth: The Almighty Goddess of Quick Transmigration - Chapter 347

Ye Shaohua continued using her chopsticks to leisurely pick up food.

There was no surprise, no astonishment.

The old man didn’t fully understand the specifics, only vaguely catching the name “Ye Shaohua.”

But he saw the incredulous looks on the faces of everyone else at the table, especially Li Siqi’s.

“What is the person on the phone saying?” Grandpa Ye turned his head to ask Yun Xiao.

Upon hearing the phone call, a flicker of confusion also passed between Yun Xiao’s brows, but he reacted faster than the others, quickly regaining his usual composure.

Hearing the old man’s question, he translated in great detail.

“M Institute of Technology?” Although the old man didn’t understand foreign languages, that didn’t mean he was unaware of M Institute of Technology’s reputation. “Really?”

To be honest, the old man himself found it hard to believe.

Li Siqi fell silent for a moment. “The GRE exam? The GRE testing period is long over, right? I heard Miss Ye didn’t attend university. How could she get a recommendation letter from a professor without a university background?”

The GRE is a graduate-level standardized test, essentially for senior-year undergraduates. Confident students might prepare for it in their junior year.

After taking it, you still need recommendation letters from professors or advisors. Every year, so many people apply to M Institute of Technology.

Why would they choose you?

Li Siqi had three recommendation letters from professors and still didn’t succeed in getting into M Institute of Technology. How could Ye Shaohua?

She dropped out of school in her third year of high school.

As Li Siqi spoke, she glanced at Madam Yun and the others, specifically observing their expressions.

“So Shaohua got into M Institute of Technology?” Xu Peipei covered her mouth with a light laugh, though the laugh carried no praise.

Ye Ming also felt the embarrassment was becoming too much. He tried to ease the atmosphere. “These days, there are so many scam calls. They even target our family. Dad, just hang up.”

Li Siqi looked at him and Ye Shaohua. That meaningful glance made Ye Ming feel even more humiliated.

“Hang up what?” Ye Shaohua finished the food in her mouth before speaking unhurriedly. “Just reply to him that I agree.”

This last sentence was directed at Yun Xiao.

“Enough, aren’t you ashamed?” Ye Ming, who had been barely holding on, couldn’t maintain his composure after Ye Shaohua’s remark. “Apologize to the elders immediately. Who knows who you’ve been mixing with this past year outside? And you’re actually taking a sales call seriously.”

If not for concerns being at the Yun family home, Ye Ming would have slammed his chopsticks.

But seeing Ye Shaohua’s words becoming more and more outrageous, he couldn’t help speaking up.

“A dirty mind sees dirt in everything.” Ye Shaohua looked up at him.

Her tone was cold.

“Is this how I taught you to speak to your elders?!”

If he hadn’t mentioned teaching, Ye Shaohua might not have been so angry.

But bringing it up, Ye Shaohua also raised her head. “Did you teach me? Then let me ask you, my dear father. Last month, you held a coming-of-age ceremony for Ye Ruxue. Do you remember my birthday? Do you know why I never played the piano again?”

Ye Ming’s words caught in his throat.

He was utterly stunned.

When Ye Shaohua was young, Ye Ming did remember her birthday. But at some point, Ye Shaohua’s presence began to fade into the background.

Grandpa Ye looked at Ye Shaohua’s expressionless face, and for a moment, his breathing hitched.

His heart also felt heavy. “Let’s discuss this matter at home. I’m sorry, they are being childish and causing you trouble.”

Li Siqi watched the scene, a natural smile curling on her lips.

“Aunt Yun, please, have some food,” Li Siqi said gently, smiling. “Perhaps Miss Ye was just joking. But Miss Ye, in the future, you really shouldn’t make such jokes…”

“You submitted a paper to the Science journal?” Yun Xiao, who had been communicating with the person on the phone, finally hung up and looked at Ye Shaohua.

His words simultaneously cut off Li Siqi.

Ye Shaohua nodded.

A flicker of surprise passed through Yun Xiao’s eyes, and he chuckled, turning to Grandpa Ye. “Grandpa Ye, that call just now wasn’t an advertisement. It was academic staff from M Institute of Technology. Shaohua indeed passed the assessment. She really doesn’t have recommendation letters, but she has something even more important than that.”

Initially, hearing Ye Ming say the call was a scam, Grandpa Yun felt somewhat disappointed.

Now, hearing Yun Xiao’s words, Grandpa Ye’s eyes widened. “R-really?”

“That’s right. Science journal is a top international journal. I have a doctoral senior who successfully published a paper there and was easily admitted to a school he couldn’t get into before.” Yun Xiao explained slowly.

Yun Xiao was also curious about what paper Ye Shaohua had published and immediately searched for it online.

When he found the paper page, he was stunned for a long while.

Grandpa Yun couldn’t understand those squiggly symbols but was extremely excited just hearing that Ye Shaohua had truly been admitted to M Institute of Technology.

As for Madam Yun, she rarely saw her son look so stunned. “What’s wrong with this paper? Show me quickly.”

She stood up and directly took the phone from Yun Xiao’s hand.

She had heard of the reputation of the Science journal. Along with Nature, it represents the highest level of natural science research.

So, hearing that Ye Shaohua, who dropped out in her third year of high school, had published in Science, she was also very surprised. Especially seeing Yun Xiao’s expression, she couldn’t help but snatch his phone.

Beside her, Li Siqi glanced at the phone screen, and her face, which had been wearing a gentle smile, froze.

“‘Conceptual Space of Spacetime Thinking’?” Although Madam Yun didn’t understand the content, just the title made the article seem profound and impressive. Moreover, the article’s heat was incredibly high!

At a glance, there were overwhelmingly positive comments from highly authoritative figures in the field.

Mr. Yun, who didn’t understand these things, found it strange. “Is it really that exaggerate?”

“It’s more than exaggerated! That’s because you’re not in this circle, so you don’t know,” Madam Yun said after a long while, “Did you see this sentence? The discovery of this four-dimensional spacetime can change the technological landscape of this world! It’s a pity that China is still a bit behind in this area. All we do is push out all sorts of messy news all day long. When will we be able to report some useful news?”

After saying this, Madam Yun smiled at Grandpa Ye. “Old sir, congratulations indeed. Your family has a little genius.”

Though, her son’s vision was truly not bad.

This statement felt like slapping Li Siqi, Xu Peipei, and the others hard across the face!

Especially Li Siqi, since she was the one who started it.

Even with her impeccable manners, she couldn’t maintain her smile at this point.

“Although matters of the Ye family are not for me to interfere with,” Madam Yun now looked at Xu Peipei, “Mrs. Ye, you’re not Shaohua’s birth mother, are you?”

Xu Peipei’s face stiffened. She nodded with a smile. “I usually accompany Ruxue to more piano competitions.”

That was all her daughter had to show. In truth, she was so angry her fingernails were digging deep into her palms!

“I guessed as much.” Madam Yun looked utterly understanding. She took a tissue handed by a servant and dabbed her mouth.

It’s a good thing these two never taught Shaohua.

What kind of people can someone with such a character, who can’t distinguish right from wrong and is too cunning, raise?

After this meal, Madam Yun treated Ye Shaohua with even more warmth.

If Ye Shaohua hadn’t declined, she would have loved to have Ye Shaohua stay at the Yun house for a few days.

In contrast, Madam Yun became quite cold towards Li Siqi.

“I just saw news on the foreign website saying a research institute in M Country wants to spend fifty million to buy the research result of this paper,” Madam Yun glanced at Ye Ming, then smiled at Ye Shaohua. “Have you considered selling it? Also, why did you sign it with just a ‘Y’? If not for the author information at the end, I wouldn’t have known it was you.”

Madam Yun had been shocked by this piece of information earlier.

Hearing Madam Yun’s words, Ye Ming stared disbelievingly at this daughter he had always overlooked.

Although truly hearing Ye Shaohua had gotten into M Institute of Technology surprised him, it didn’t bring him much joy.

He even felt somewhat annoyed.

Such an important matter, and Ye Shaohua didn’t tell him.

But hearing Madam Yun’s final words, he finally fully grasped what Ye Shaohua’s achievement meant, and he stared fixedly at her.

The total assets of the Ye family currently added up to roughly that amount.

He had always taken pride in Ye Ruxue. After she successfully started dating Chu Yan, his favoritism towards her grew even stronger.

Ye Ming’s thinking was simple: Chu Yan wanted to use “The Vast Sky of Gods” to make Emperor Entertainment the number one entertainment company in China.

He, in turn, wanted to further expand the Ye family through the Chu family.

A top-tier research paper might not mean much. But making a M Country research institution offer fifty million? You probably couldn’t find another case like that in the entire country! Compared to this, Ye Ruxue and Chu Yan really didn’t amount to much!