Chapter 51 Eugene Learns What Estranged Really Means

Even his most famous work, the one where he used the surgical robot and indocyanine green fluorescence real–time imaging to save a patient with recurrent renal deformities, was actually a technique Scarlet bhad /bfound buried in a pile of obscure research papers. The truth was, she’d always cherished their bond bas /bfamily.

So why did he insist on thinking Scarlett had aplished nothing in the past two years? That she was bjust /bsome useless parasite living off the Joyner family?

“And by the way, over at Skycrest Labs, Scarlett single–handedly convinced several top cancer researchers bto /bjoin,” someone added.

“She’s seriously my idol! You probably didn’t know this, but John actually wanted to fast–track her PhD- wanted to mentor her personally. That’s the kind of opportunity people dream about for generations! And she turned him down!”

“What?”

Eugene’s train of thought shattered. He suddenly rushed forward, grabbing hold of the students.

“You just said John wanted Scarlett as his disciple? Are you sure you heard that right?”

The Joyner family was well–known.

But among the three Joyner brothers, only the youngest–Stanley–was a celebrity who often appeared in public. The other two kept a low profile.

So the students didn’t recognize Eugene.

They just instinctively thought this man had issues.

Still, emboldened by their numbers, they stared at him with open annoyance.

“Dude, what is wrong with you? Jumping out like that to block people, what, are you mentally unstable or something?”

Eugene didn’t care in the slightest about their mockery. He took another step forward;

He grabbed one male student by the cor.

“Exin it to me. What did Scarlett do to catch John’s attention?”

The guy, furious, shoved Eugene hard. His expression turned dark; he looked ready to throw punches.

Luckily, the others pulled him back, sparing them all from an actual brawl.

“What the heck?b” /b

“He’s gotta be one of those creeps/who spy on Scarle

all the time.”

“Scarlett’s absolutely brilliant at Skycrest Labs, what the heck are you? Just a toad thinking he bdeserves /bsomeone way out of his league/

“Exactly! John’s the one begging her ito /ibe his student; you can stew in your jealousy all you want.

vapter 51 bEugene /bLearns What Estranged Really bMeans /b

bThe /bbgroup /bbscoffed /bbin /bunison and turned to leave.

b“/bbNo /bbpoint /barguing with a lunatic. He may not care about his life, but bwe /bsure as bhell /bbdo/bb. /b

Eugene swayed, reaching out to steady himself against a nearby tree. That dizzyb, /bboverwhelmed /bfeeling the kind that hit when too much information poured in at once, finally began to fade.

He immediately sent someone to investigate.

It wasn’t a secret, so the results came back quickly.

Scarlett hadn’t made a sound in years, but when she finally did, it was like thunder.

Not just John, experts across multiple fields had taken notice and extended offers to her.

If she’d been faking her aplishments, it was hard to believe she could’ve fooled so many brespected /bprofessionals.

Maybe theck of recent public achievements was just because she didn’t want topete with Rebab. /bBut even that exnation didn’t quite add up.

She’d openly used Reba of stealing her research and had been pressuring her to hand over a potentially award–winning project.

iThis/i… He rubbed his eyes, feeling his thoughts turn into chaos all over again.

“Ms. Joyner, could you sign this for me? You’re my idol!”

A voice rang out from nearby.

He instinctively looked up.

Scarlett was walking toward the library, a copy of iThe /iiYellow /iiEmperor’s /iissic /iiof /iiMedicine /itucked under one

arm.

A student had stopped her, asking for an autograph. She didn’t get flustered or impatient; she gently declined the signature and offered the student a bookmark instead.

The student spun around in excitement, giddy with joy.

Scarlett smiled softly as she watched.

She was nothing like the meek, uncertain girl who used to follow the Joyner family around.

She wasn’t trying to please anyone, either.

It was like she’d be someonepletely different.

“Scully,” he murmured.

Scarlett didn’t hear him. She simply turned and continued walking toward the library.

It wasn’t until that moment that he snapped out of it and rushed after her.

“Scully, stop! You still haven’t exined anything to me!”

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Scarlett blinked, confused.

For one, she was surprised Engene had managed to spare time from his packed schedule toe to

campus.

More than that, she was stunned that he’d called her “Scully.”

Pesit

He hadn’t used that nickname in agestely, he only ever called her by her full name, and always with a heavy dose of annoyance.

There had even been a time when she’d reflected on her own behavior, wondering if she’d done something wrong to make Eugene angry.

“They say decent people don’t stand in the way. So what exactly are you doing, Mr. Joyner?”

Stanley flinched at that.

In his memory, Scarlett had always been gentle and easygoing.

Back when she lived with the Joyner family, she practically catered to their every need.

Sometimes, all it took was a nce from him, and Scarlett would bring over whatever he wanted.

Forget snapping at someone–he couldn’t even recall her raising her voice before.

So this new yersion of herpletely threw him off.

He was actually starting to panic a little.

“What happened to your manners? I’m your Eugene!”

Scarlett gave him a deathly smile. “We’re estranged,”

Eugene fell silent.

It had been days, and she was still holding a grudge.

iSeriously/ii, /iihow /iilong /iiis /iithis /iigoing /iito /iigo /iion/ii? /i

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“That’s enough. You really think everyone in the Joyner family is just going to let you keep throwing tantrums?”

Scarlett frowned.

There it was again–that overwhelming urge to p someone.

But she reminded herself of a personal motto. iNever /iiargue /iiwith /iiidiots/i.

So she stepped around him, nning to keep walking.

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