Mr. Wen enthusiastically invited three elderly men whom Gu Jiaojiao didn't recognize, along with Xi Guodong and another young man, to sit at the same table as Su Shuochi and his wife.
At the dining table, Mr. Wen exchanged a few pleasantries with everyone and introduced the scientists from the research institute to Su Shuochi.
Then he picked up his chopsticks and invited everyone to eat, acting as if the fight his daughter just had with Sheng Yueyue never happened.
Gu Jiaojiao remained a background figure the whole time, wearing a polite yet distant smile.
She had always preferred to keep a low profile. Her only public achievement was being the top scorer in the province for this year's college entrance exams.
But with a rising star in research like Su Shuochi present, a top exam scorer was hardly worth anyone's notice or compliments.
The person everyone was trying to flatter was Su Shuochi, because he had recently "developed" two new medical devices.
