Catherine nced at Sophia and calmly uttered two words.


    “Not interested.”


    After saying that, she walked past Sophia and left the ssroom directly.


    Seeing Catherine leave, Amelia blinked at Sophia and said, “ss monitor, you should go find others.


    We’re not interested. Oh, gotta go. Bye.”


    After saying that, Amelia quickened her pace to catch up with Catherine.


    “Catherine, it’s still early for dinner. Shall we go back to the dormitory or take a stroll around campus?”


    “Go back to the dormitory,” Catherine replied. She had no interest in wandering around the campus of


    Styre University. Beforeing to school, she had studied the map and memorized the locations of all


    the academic buildings.


    Having woken up early for ss, Amelia was tired. She nodded in agreement with Catherine’s


    suggestion.


    “Alright, let’s take a shortcut back. We can save some time by walking through the middle corridor.”


    After listening to her suggestion, Catherine turned to the side and took a turn onto a small path.


    This area was the botanical garden of Styre University located in the northwest corner of the university.


    Cutting through there could indeed shorten the distance.


    Catherine walked quickly, takingrge strides. Amelia had to almost jog to keep up with her.


    In her haste to catch up with Catherine’s pace, Amelia didn’t pay attention to the ground beneath her


    feet. As a result, she identally stepped on a tree branch on the ground and suddenly bumped


    forward.


    Amelia bumped into Catherine’s back, pushing her forcefully.


    The sudden movement caught Catherine off guard. She reflexively stumbled forward, coincidentally


    colliding with the person in front of her.


    The other person seemed to be just like Amelia, not paying attention to the path while walking.


    In the next moment, pieces of paper flew up in the air, falling down like snowkes.


    After Amelia steadied herself, she saw the consequences of her actions and silently shrunk her neck.


    She immediately helped Catherine up and asked, “Catherine, are you okay?”


    Catherine shook her head and turned to look at the person she had bumped into.


    Ignoring what had happened, the person lowered his head and quickly picked up the scattered


    documents on the ground.


    Catherine and Amelia stepped forward, trying to help. They gathered the documents from the ground


    and handed them back to the person.


    When the person looked up and saw Catherine, he froze for a moment.


    After recognizing the person, Amelia was also shocked. Her voice became a bit stammered as she


    said, “Professor Hartley…”


    Catherine remained calm and politely called out, “Professor Hartley!”


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    Marshall was walking with his documents, deep in thought about the experimental data, when he was


    suddenly interrupted by these two female students. His mood became particrly sour.


    He was a typical old schr. Research was more important to him than his life. Amelia’s heart skipped


    a beat when she saw Marshall’s dark expression.


    “Why did you walk so recklessly? Be careful next time,” Marshall scolded.


    Amelia caused this trouble, so it was her responsibility to apologize. She hurriedly approached


    Marshall, bowed, and apologized, “I’m sorry, Professor Hartley. It was my fault. I wasn’t watching where


    I was going and bumped into you. I promise it won’t happen again.”


    Marshall was focused on organizing his messy documents and didn’t even nce at Amelia. He waved


    his hand, gesturing for them to leave. He didn’t want to me the students. He just didn’t have the time


    to deal with them.


    Catherine noticed the dense calction data in Marshall’s hands and immediately spotted a problem.


    She reached out and pointed at the documents Marshall was holding, saying in a calm tone, “Professor


    Hartley, look here. There’s an extra datum.”


    Marshall’s hand paused, and his gaze focused on the spot Catherine was pointing at. He furrowed his


    brow and carefully examined it for a few seconds. He then gestured toward Catherine.


    “Wait… wait a second…” he said urgently, as if afraid that Catherine would leave.


    After speaking, he took out a pen from his chest pocket and began calcting on the spot.


    Catherine wasn’t in a hurry, so she stood still and waited for him.


    Amelia stood there,pletely confused. She had no idea what was happening. But since the two big


    shots didn’t move, she didn’t dare to move either.


    Half an hourter, Marshall roughly went through the data on threerge sheets of paper. He looked up


    with a face full of joy.


    If any students familiar with Marshall saw this scene, they would be extremely surprised. Marshall was


    always serious and never smiled, but now he looked very happy.


    Marshall approached Catherine with the three pieces of paper full of data, looking at her with


    excitement.


    “Your name is Catherine, right? I remember you.”


    Catherine nodded.


    Marshall’s eyes, hidden behind his ck-framed sses, stared intensely at her. “How did you know


    that this was an extra datum and that there was an error in the calction result?”


    He had been working in theboratory for three whole days without any clue. With this data error,


    nothing else could be done. He was even too distracted to attend sses, tirelessly calcting day and


    night. If it weren’t for a student suggesting that he go outside and breathe in some fresh air to improve


    his thinking, he would never have stepped out of theboratory.


    But unexpectedly, he had indeed found a new approach.


    If one listened carefully to Marshall, they could sense the excitement in his words.


    Catherine nced at the data that Marshall was calcting. The reason she coulde to a


    conclusion so quickly was that she had conducted the same experiment a year ago and sessfully


    calcted the results. She had encountered the same problem that Marshall faced. Therefore, she


    could pinpoint the key issue.


    Catherine looked calmly at Marshall. ” Professor Hartley, when I was helping you gather these


    materials earlier, I took a look at your calctions and noticed the problem.”


    This response shocked Marshall, and he involuntarily widened his eyes. “Just like that? In such a short


    time?”


    Not only could Catherine understand his calctions, but she could also point out the error that he had


    been looking for for a long time.


    Marshall’s heart was filled with excitement. Alongside the overwhelming shock, it felt as if there was a


    beam of light in front of him, showing him hope.


    “Come with me to theboratory. Let’s conduct research together and solve this problem.”


    Many students chose the electronic information engineering department at Styre University because of


    Marshall. Some even made it their lifelong goal to enter Marshall’sboratory and conduct research


    with him.


    Amelia, who was standing beside them, couldn’t contain her excitement, even though it wasn’t about


    herself. She was almost about to faint.


    On the other hand, Catherine remained calm and indifferent, maintaining her usual demeanor. She


    even declined this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that would be considered extraordinary for an ordinary


    person.


    “Let’s talk about it another time. I need to go back to the dormitory now.”