The daughter-in-law of a wealthy family does not lie flat

“No matter how tough the situation is, as long as you can face it bravely, you are a warrior, regardless of success or failure.”

This was the text message Fu Jiayi received from her sister-in-law Lin Luqing before going to bed last night.

Fu Jiayi repeated this sentence in his mind as he prepared for today's speech.

I woke up before six in the morning, read my speech for the thousandth time, and put on my most confident look in front of the mirror.

Fu Jiayi did not tell her family that today was the official date. She did not want to add pressure to herself. It was her first time to present results on behalf of the school alone in her hometown, and she was already very nervous.

At breakfast, the more nervous she was and the less she could eat, the more she forced herself to eat something. After eating two slices of toast and an egg, Jiayi drove to the venue by herself.

Jiayi drove away. Luqing hadn't eaten yet, so she said to Fu Yanheng, "Jiayi might be giving a speech today."

"Did she tell you?"

"No, if she told me that, how can it be called 'maybe'? I saw that the suit jacket she wore today was the most expensive one, and she usually only eats one slice of toast for breakfast, but today she had two slices."

Fu Junlin drank his milk and said noncommittally, "Maybe she's hungry."

Lu Qing shook her head. "Look at her face. She doesn't want to eat at all, but she forces herself to eat. I was like that when I was preparing for my thesis. I was so anxious that I couldn't eat anything, but I still had to try to eat something in order to persevere."

Fu Yanheng suggested that everyone go and cheer her up when they have time, but Lu Qing disagreed.

"My little sister doesn't say it because she doesn't want us to go. I think we should be cautious."

Today, Fu Jiayi was the first to make a presentation on behalf of Columbia University.

The title is deep enough - "Study on the mechanism of fully assembled secondary splicing structure." This is Fu Jiayi's three years at Columbia University, and of course the teachers also carefully guided her.

The participants arrived one after another. The meeting host read out Fu Jiayi's name and briefly introduced her resume and achievements, and the audience responded with warm applause.

I don’t know why, but when I heard the applause and the host calling her name, Jiayi was not nervous anymore.

Jiayi walked to the front stage from behind the scenes with ease, nodded to the staff who were helping her to play the video clip of her speech, and then began her explanation slowly and leisurely.

Jiayi followed this project from beginning to end. She didn't even need to look at the big screen for all the experimental data, as she memorized them all.

The audience and the students who came to study all listened carefully to the presentation of the results by this young but experienced girl.

These people did not notice what brand her suit was or how much it cost, that her shoes were handmade in Italy, or that the little swan brooch on her chest was the latest limited edition. Everyone was paying attention to her research results.

Among the audience below, there was also an "auditor".

Zhang Xueren had Jiayi's hair ring in his pocket and had intended to give it to her during lunch, but then another friend informed him that they wanted to have a small gathering and it was inconvenient to bring Fu Jiayi along, so he took the opportunity to come to the venue.

As soon as he entered the door, he heard the host introducing Fu Jiayi's name. Knowing that the speech was about to begin, Zhang Xueren found an empty seat and sat down to listen.

Different fields have different meanings, and the professionalism is really too strong. Xue Ren really didn't understand. He picked up the materials on his seat and flipped through them. He found that he recognized both the Chinese and English words, but couldn't understand them at all when put together.

However, Fu Jiayi's speech in a combination of Chinese and English showed a temperament and demeanor that was completely different from usual, as well as her love for the things she studied, which surprised Xueren very much. This girl was shining on the stage.

Faintly, that feeling came back again. Where did that familiar feeling come from?

In an instant, a flash of inspiration came to Zhang Xueren, and he suddenly understood that several angles, the expression, and the blue clothes she wore when they first met at home, all looked very much like Lin Luqing.

Xueren shook his head, scolding himself for being sick and imagining things. Young girls always have similar expressions! Why make random associations?

Just as he was in a daze, the speech ended and the audience burst into applause. Some people even stood up and applauded. A few people came forward to present flowers. Zhang Xueren also stood up and clapped loudly.

Fu Jiayi smiled and bowed to express her gratitude while holding the flowers. For more than three years, day and night, the time she had to stay in the laboratory and the pain of the bottleneck period all appeared before her eyes one by one.

Suddenly she saw Zhang Xueren smiling at her and applauding her in the audience. When she saw his eyes, Jiayi's heart skipped a beat.

Fu Jiayi stepped down from the stage and the host came back up to introduce the next speaker.

Jiayi took her things, walked to Zhang Xueren, and gestured for him to go out and talk.

When he got outside the venue, Fu Jiayi finally took a deep breath and said, "Ah! I'm finally done! This is my first solo presentation. Can you believe it? This is how it feels after I finish it."

Zhang Xueren sincerely congratulated her.

"I really didn't know it was today, otherwise I would have prepared a bouquet of flowers. Here, the hairband I fixed for you is a little looser than the original one, so it's not easy to restore it."

Fu Jiayi didn't take it and turned her head away. "Can you help me put it on? It's hard for me to do it without a mirror."

"Ah, oh, okay."

It was the first time in Zhang Xueren's life that he put a headdress on a girl, so he was inevitably flustered and it took him a lot of effort to tie it up.

"Thank you!"

Zhang Xueren said, "You are really suitable for your current major. I feel that you are very different on stage than you are in normal times. Normally you are like a little girl, but on stage you are so professional and confident. Don't you need to look at those numbers?"

Fu Jiayi was born into a wealthy family and was a so-called genius girl since childhood. She had heard countless compliments and flattery throughout her life. Somehow, Jiayi blushed at just a few simple words from Zhang Xueren.

"Professor Zhang, am I really okay?"

"Of course! You shine brightly on the stage. You are definitely a rising star!"

When Fu Jiayi heard Xueren's praise, she suddenly didn't want to wait any longer, so she mustered up the courage to say, "Professor Zhang, I know I still have a lot of shortcomings, but are you willing to accept me?"

Zhang Xueren suddenly became confused, "Accept what from you?"

"I mean, can I be your girlfriend?"

Now it was Zhang Xueren's turn to blush.

"Jia Yi, you are much younger than me. I regard you as a student and a junior. In fact, you are almost like my sister. I have never thought about it in that way."

Fu Jiayi's face turned pale, and her eyes were a little wet. "Am I not good-looking?"

"No, you are very good and beautiful! I am sorry that my mother's behavior that day may have caused you to misunderstand. I can only say that I have no intention of finding a partner at the moment."

Fu Jiayi understood, nodded, said goodbye, turned around quickly and ran back to the venue. She knew that if she was any slower, tears would fall.

Zhang Xueren stood outside the venue, stunned for a long time.