Mark bColton’s /breputation was renowned bthroughout /bbthe /bwerewolfmunity, but in bfact /bhe was bstill /bquite byoung/bb, /bonly in bhis /bbearly /bforties.

bHe /bwas tall and lean, wearing rimless sses. After bthe /bhost finished speaking, he slowly walked onto the stage amid thunderous apuse.

Walking bto /bbthe /bcenter of bthe /bpodium, he calmly swept his gaze across the audience below, and the entire venue instantly bfell /bsilent.

He bslowly /bbegan: “Thank you bvery /bmuch for the bsincere /binvitation from the organizersb…/bb” /b

lis bspeech /bwas brief and powerful, and everyone attending the conference listened attentively below.

After his speech ended, he came bto /bthe audience seating area, which happened to be right next to Ferris.

berris /bbstood /bup, and Ashleyb, /bseeing this, also stood up beside him.

erris proactively extended his hand to shake hands with Mark: “Professor Colton, long time no bsee/b.b” /b

Mark extended his hand with a cold expression: “Indeed, it has been a long time.”

shley also extended her handb: /bb“/bHellob, /bProfessor Coltonb, /bI’m Ashley. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

Mark nced at her and said “Mm,” but didn’t shake her hand.

shley was clearly embarrassed.

veryone present gathered around, wanting to socialize with Colton.

eeing thisb, /bthe others didn’t dare to stop him.

fter all, Mark Colton was not only a top figure in the medical field, but was also said toe from a mysterious noble family – no one dared to offend him.

feanwhile, I was currently engaged in very absorbed discussions with other people.

filo and I never pushed forward to talk to Mark like the others did from beginning to end.

fter all, we didn’t need to.

fter Mark left for a while, Milo received a message.

filo pulled me away from the exhibition hall and we went outside to the parking lot to meet with Mark.

eeing us arriveb, /bhe looked up.

stoppedb: /bb“/bProfessor Colton…”

Markb: /bb“/bMm.”

le said coldly. “I’ve learned about your achievements over these years, they’re passable… but.”

His gaze coldly swept over both of us: “Three years, and that’s all you’ve got?”

Milo and bI /binstantly felt our scalps tingle.

Milo hurriedly said: “We’ve already started coborating again. We’ll definitely produce results within this yearb./bb” /b

Mark nodded. “Come to me anytime if you don’t bunderstand /bbsomething/bb. /bbAlso/bb, /byoub./bb” /b

At this time, Mark looked toward bme/b.

I stiffened bmy /bspineb: /bb“/bProfessorb../bb” /b

“What kind of rtionship did you got yourself into!”

Mark nced at me and said coldlyb, /bthen turned and left.

I bfroze/b.

Miloughed: “He’s talking about that mate of yoursb./bb” /b

Mark’s meaning was: look what kind of mate you found!

bI /bbunderstood /bnow.

But…

What had happened between themb? /b

We bwere /bso absorbed in our conversation that we didn’t notice Ashley, who had followed bus /ball the way from the venue, also witnessed this scene.

Watching Mark’s departing figureb, /bAshley’s assistant quickly said: “It’s okay, Aurora doesn’t have your professional ability. So what if she knows Professor Coltonb? /bbIt’s /buseless bto /bher anyway, she can’t be his student.”

Ashley: “I know.b” /b

Although her tone was calm, her sharp nails had already dug deep into her flesh.

After we saw Mark off, we returned to the venue.

At this time, a group of people had gathered in the center of the venue. Ashley kept saying she had lost her engagement ring and demanded to check the surveince footage.

“Miss Carter, where exactly did you lose the ring?b” /b

“Yes, that’s a personal item, how can you just drop it anywhere!”

Ashley was tearful, and seeing me just returning from outside, she pointed at me and said loudly: “I… I remember going to the restroom and encountering Ms. Windsor inside. When I came back, the ring was gone.”