Chasing His Ex: The Tycoon's Hidden Twins

Xu Junjie was speechless. "There’s a process, you know? You just turned in your startup application yesterday and you want it approved today? Do you think you own the school or something? That it gets approved the second you say so? Besides, I have to wait until I see the professor to give him the form."

"Oh, alright then. In that case, I’ll have to trouble you, Minister Xu, to hand in my startup application for me when you see the professor," Jiang Sifan replied.

"Got it, got it."

With that, Xu Junjie went back to his game.

Seeing this, Jiang Sifan decided to leave the dorm.

"Close the door on your way out." 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Jiang Sifan was getting angry hearing those curt words from inside the dorm.

’Damn it, what’s he so smug about? He’s just a department minister, what’s there to be so cocky about? If I decided to run, I’d probably be the one sitting in his chair next term,’ Jiang Sifan grumbled to himself.

For now, all he could do was wait.

He couldn’t apply for a classroom to use as a studio until Xu Junjie handed the application to the professor.

But there was no telling when that would happen.

Who knew when that would be.

Jiang Sifan was at a loss for words.

’Whatever. I’ll go to the Dual Innovation Department again tomorrow and see if I can stake it out and catch the professor,’ he thought, deciding to head back.

He was about to head back to his dorm, but then he remembered Wen Wan was still at the library.

So, he sent Wen Wan a message.

Jiang Sifan: [Wen Wan, are you at the library?]

Wen Wan: [I’m back in my dorm. There weren’t any seats at the library.]

Jiang Sifan: [Oh, I see. Well, let me tell you, I’m so pissed. That Minister Xu is so arrogant. He wouldn’t give me a clear timeframe, just told me to go back and wait. Said he’d give my startup application to the professor whenever he happens to run into him.]

Wen Wan: [Oh, okay.]

Jiang Sifan noticed that Wen Wan didn’t seem very interested in chatting.

Normally, she would have tried to comfort him.

So Jiang Sifan asked: [What’s wrong? Did someone upset you?]

Wen Wan: [It’s... it’s nothing. I’m not upset. Really.]

Jiang Sifan: [Really?]

Wen Wan: [Yeah.]

Jiang Sifan didn’t think much of it.

’After all, it’s normal for a woman’s mood to fluctuate for a week or so every month.’

’Perfectly normal.’

Right now, his mind was completely focused on how to make Starry Studio bigger and better.

「Meanwhile.」

Xiaoya’s team had spent just half a day comparing all of the judge’s design works against his students’ portfolios.

Soon, Jiali received a message from Xiaoya’s team.

She immediately showed it to Lu Fan.

Lu Fan looked at the information sent by Xiaoya.

"Chen Laide. Vice President of the Jiangsu Province Garden Design Society, Chief Designer at Green Water Architecture Design Co., Ltd., and an honorary professor at Jiangsu Forestry University. He certainly has a lot of titles."

Lu Fan was dismissive of such empty titles.

In his eyes, they were worth less than the title of "billionaire."

Jiali explained from the side, "A few years ago, this Professor Chen won an award for a piece that looked a lot like one of his student’s designs. It’s possible he entered the competition using his student’s work. What’s more, some of his students’ works also have designs that mimic other award-winning projects. It’s safe to say that both Professor Chen and his students are serial offenders."

"So they’re the serial offenders, yet they have the nerve to turn around and accuse my daughter of plagiarism! The audacity is unbelievable!"

Lu Fan immediately stood up and asked Jiali, "Where is this Professor Chen now?"

"He’s at Jiangsu Forestry University for the next two days, hosting a garden design academic symposium," Jiali replied.

"Chen He, we’re going to Jiangsu Forestry University. Now." Without another word, Lu Fan prepared to leave.

He was going to have a little ’chat’ with this so-called Professor Chen.

「At the same time.」

Ever since Jiang Ming added Ma Xiaofei, the two had been chatting enthusiastically during work hours.

Ma Xiaofei: [Haha, Brother Ming, do you have abs?]

Jiang Ming: [I do, yeah.]

Ma Xiaofei: [Wow, I love guys with abs. So many guys don’t have them.]

Jiang Ming: [Haha, sounds like you’ve dated around enough to know.]

Jiang Ming wasn’t an idiot. He figured a woman as beautiful as Ma Xiaofei must have an extensive dating history, and he wanted to take this chance to have some fun.

Of course, if she was the type of girl anyone could sleep with, he wouldn’t be willing to invest too much effort.

Then again, he also fantasized that a girl as beautiful as Ma Xiaofei might intimidate most guys, meaning she might not have much dating experience after all.

This was also what Jiang Ming hoped for.

Ma Xiaofei replied: [I haven’t dated that much! Did you forget? I’m a physical therapist, so of course I get to see other people’s abs.]

Jiang Ming: [Can I be bold and ask how many times you’ve been in a relationship?]

Ma Xiaofei: [Twice. Once in school, but I don’t really think that counts. The other was right after I started working. I got duped by an old sleazeball at the office.]

Jiang Ming: [Oh? How did he dupe you?]

Ma Xiaofei: [He was really nice to me at first and said he liked me. Then I found out he had a wife and kids. I slapped him and quit my job.]

Jiang Ming: [Good for you. Guys like that deserve to get the crap beaten out of them. Those old predators love to prey on young women who’ve just graduated.]

Ma Xiaofei: [What about you? How many relationships have you had?]

Jiang Ming: [Just one, back in college. We broke up after we graduated, and I’ve been on an endless string of blind dates ever since.]