2014 What a Coincidence, We Meet Again
[Indigo Collar: Where are you?]
Qiao Nian replied to him.
She got a headache upon seeing Xue Zhu looking at her. She put down her phone and said, "I'm not going, either."
"You're not going, either?" Xue Zhu was a little disappointed and dispirited.
Qiao Nian pressed down the brim of her baseball cap and explained simply, "I'm meeting a friend. Another day."
Xue Zhu was stunned upon seeing that her expression did not seem to be fake. She opened her mouth but then quickly closed it again.
She thought that Qiao Nian had casually made up a reason before.
Who knew that she really had an appointment tonight?
She was actually quite curious.
After all, Qiao Nian was not from the Independent Continent. She had not been here for long. Who was this friend?
However, this was her privacy.
Although Xue Zhu was curious, she knew her limits. She did not insensibly try to find out who Qiao Nian was meeting tonight.
* * *
Ten minutes later.
Qiao Nian left the First Research Institute.
She sent a message to Ye Wangchuan, saying that she was going to see a friend and would be back later tonight.
Ye Wangchuan seemed to be very busy.
She did not get a reply right away.
Qiao Nian put away her phone and went to the roadside to take a taxi.
She had an appointment at the Seaview Pavilion. The First Research Institute was a distance away from the Seaview Pavilion, and it would take about 20 minutes to drive there.
It wasn't far, anyway.
The taxi had just stopped by the roadside.
Qiao Nian opened the door and was about to get in when she saw Xu Yi on the other side of the road, talking to someone on the phone and pacing back and forth.
Qiao Nian was far away and could only see that his expression was a little ugly and agitated.
A few seconds later, a black luxury car stopped close to him. A man in a suit got out.
That person walked straight to Xu Yi.
Qiao Nian watched as they chatted for a while before Xu Yi followed that person into the car.
The car drove away in the blink of an eye, raising a cloud of dust.
Throughout the entire process, other than Xu Yi's ugly expression, he showed no intention of resisting. It seemed like he knew those people.
Qiao Nian did not think too much about it. She retracted her gaze and got into the taxi.
…
When she arrived at the Seaview Pavilion, Cao Yanhua and the group from the Level 8 laboratory had just arrived as well. The waiter was leading them to a reserved private room.
Cao Yanhua turned around and saw a familiar figure.
"Qiao Nian?"
He was a little surprised. He did not expect such a coincidence.
"Senior Brother Cao, who are you talking about? Qiao Nian? This name is so familiar… I think I've heard it somewhere before."
Other than the waiter, a few members of the Level 8 laboratory were also present.
Cao Yanhua had already told them that he was going to treat them tonight. Even if Qiao Nian and the others did not come, he would be too embarrassed to turn them down.
Therefore, tonight's 'compensation' became an internal gathering of the Level 8 laboratory members.
Han Cheng had a good relationship with him.
When Cao Yanhua called out a name, he raised his eyebrows and looked in the direction his friend was looking. He only saw the girl's back.
She stood upright with an arrogant aura.
Coincidentally, someone asked who Qiao Nian was. Seeing that Cao Yanhua was still in a daze, he simply smiled and interrupted gently, "I think he's talking about the newcomer king who entered our research institute this year. She came in with full marks in the selection assessment. She's very famous in the research institute and is one of the more eye-catching newcomers. Her Team 10 even took first place in the December group assessment. We saw them during the day."
