Chapter 622
Chapter 622 Be Your Teacher
The convention officially began, and Catherine sat on the left of Marshall, with a representative from
Ellinos Academy sitting on his right.
This university ranked far above Styre University in the world. Unfortunately, their research and
development in this experimental project were far behind that of Styre University’sboratory. The
Ellinos Academy representatives were very dissatisfied with this.
Seeing Marshall bringing a student here, the representative of Ellinos Academy, Atticus Sterling,
sarcastically remarked, “It looks like Styre University’s research has made breakthrough progress,
huh?”
This sudden remark attracted everyone’s attention. No one knew what was going on with Atticus.
Curiously, someone asked him, “Mr. Sterling, have you received some secret information?”
Atticus sneered. “No, but it’s just obvious, isn’t it? Look, Professor Hartley is bringing his student to this
convention, allowing a freshman tomunicate with us. If there hadn’t been significant achievements,
how could he do this?”
His implication was that Marshall looked down on them by sending a student tomunicate to talk
with them. This statement made everyone’s expression turn sour. All eyes shifted back and forth
between Marshall and Atticus.
Marshall looked embarrassed, not knowing how to exin. He struggled to say, “Please, don’t
misunderstand. I didn’t mean that. The reason I brought Catherine here is because I believe in her
outstanding abilities. She has great insight into the experimental project and is much more capable
than I am.”
Atticus coldly scrutinized Marshall and said, “Professor Hartley, why bother? You don’t have to belittle
yourself like this, do you? If you’re less capable than her, why don’t you let her be your teacher? I heard
she’s just a freshman!”
Marshall’s face became extremely embarrassed, not knowing how to exin himself.
Catherine snapped out of her daze and looked at Atticus. His heart skipped a beat when her cold and
indifferent gaze swept over him. He didn’t expect a young girl to have such an intimidating look in her
eyes. He was stunned for a moment before slowly regaining hisposure.
“You’re Professor Hartley’s student, right? Do you have a problem with what I said?” Atticus asked.
Catherine coldly stared at him. “You’re absolutely right.”
Seemingly surprised by Catherine’s response, Atticus then smiled triumphantly and looked at Marshall
with a smug expression. “Professor Hartley, your student seems to agree with my statement. Why don’t
you tell us how your project has progressed and why you seem to look down on us?”
Marshall’s face darkened in an instant. He didn’t know what Catherine was thinking. He always knew
that Catherine wasn’t that kind of person, but what did she mean by this?
Before Marshall could figure it out, he heard Catherine coldly say to Atticus, ” You’re right. Not only can
I be Professor Hartley’s teacher, but I can also be yours.” She then raised her eyebrows and looked at
Atticus mockingly. “Come on, be my student, and maybe I’ll kindly teach you something.”
Atticus’s face immediately darkened, and he mmed his hand on the table, angrily shouting at
Catherine, “How dare you? Who do you think you are to speak to me like that? Don’t underestimate
Ellinos Academy.”
Catherine looked at him disdainfully and said loudly, “So what if I look down on you?”
She didn’t understand why such a small fry dared to speak so arrogantly in front of her. Maybe she had
been so friendly recently that these people, who didn’t know their ce, began to act arrogantly.
The atmosphere became tense, and everyone watched the battle between Styre University and Ellinos
Academy with great interest.
Suddenly, a burst ofughter caught everyone’s attention.
Seeing others look at him, Patrick raised his hand and said, “Sorry, I just couldn’t help it. Please
continue.”
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Seeing that it was Patrick whoughed, Atticus immediately said to him, ” Professor Phillips, you’re
laughing because Styre University has be too arrogant, right?”
Patrick had a higher status in the field than Marshall. Among the people present, his research results
were the most impressive. In the academic world, it was all about the results. Whoever had the most
impressive achievement had the final say.
Patrick didn’t want to get involved in the first ce, but since Atticus had mentioned him, he had to say
something.
“Mr. Sterling, in this field, abilities speak louder than words. If you really want me to say something,
then I will tell you something. In this field, Catherine is my teacher as well.”
Atticus widened his eyes in disbelief as he looked at Patrick.
“Professor Phillips, are you sure you’re not joking?”
Patrick looked at him seriously and said, “Mr. Sterling, you know I never joke around.”
Everyone present was shocked. First, Marshall said that Catherine was even more talented than him,
and now Patrick said that Catherine was his teacher. If Marshall was biased toward his student, what
about Patrick? Why would he do that?
Facing the curious looks of everyone, Patrick decided to pass the difficult question to Catherine. “Miss
Swann, why don’t you tell us about your research results? Since this is a convention, we might as well
learn from you!”
Catherine stood up with the microphone in her hand. The people sitting in front of her were all big shots
in the field. Standing in front of them, she remained calm andposed. She casually held the
microphone and exined the more straightforward parts of her research results.
At first, the big shots in front of her were just listening out of curiosity. But as they listened, they became
increasingly serious.
When Atticus noticed that the professors sitting next to him had all started taking notes, he looked
increasingly embarrassed. At this moment, they did look like a bunch of students.
Catherine didn’t like to talk much, and her speech was concise, even at a convention like this. Yet, her
words were all essential. After speaking for five minutes, she stopped and said, That’s all I have to
say.”.
As she finished speaking, many people were still immersed in it. Someone proactively suggested, “It’s
over? Please continue, Miss Swann. We want to hear more.”
One person stared at Catherine for a long time and eximed, “Miss Swann, have I seen you before?
Weren’t you at the Mistel Institute of Technology for an academic exchange five years ago?”
Catherine nodded slightly, admitting it.
The Mistel Institute of Technology was the top-ranked school in the field globally. Other universities
weren’t its match. Yet now, a professor at this university said that Catherine had been to the Mistel
Institute of Technology for an academic exchange five years ago. But how old was she five years ago?
Once again, everyone looked at Catherine in disbelief, wondering who this extraordinary person was.
Now, they finally understood why Patrick had seen her as his teacher. It made sense.
When Catherine’s identity was confirmed, Atticus realized how naive he had been. He now felt like a
clown standing in the middle of everyone, extremely embarrassed.