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Claudine walked over to the champagne table, picked up a glass, and brought it to Audrey. 

But Audrey didn’t take it. 

She stood there, looking down at the woman in front of her, her face full of superiority, though no one knew the jeal ousy she felt inside. 

These past few days, she had been at the hospital with her daughter. 

Unexpectedly, Darlene kept bringing up Claudine. 

Even in her dreams at night, she called out Claudine’s name… 

But she was Darlene’s mother! 

“Ms. Lavigne?” 

Claudine frowned, not understanding what Audrey meant. 

Only then did Audrey take the champagne. 

“Ms. Hogan, are you working here?” 

Claudine glanced at Audrey, not knowing why she harbored such hostility toward her. 

At that moment, someone nearby finally spoke up. 

“Ms. Hogan is Professor Nixon’s student. Back in school, she was quite the star!” 

“That’s right! Professor Nixon wanted her to pursue a PhD back then, but for some reason, she never did.” 

“I know about that. I heard she got married, and her husband already had a daughter. She became a rich wife!” 

“Then what is she doing here now?” 

“Maybe she couldn’t keep being a rich wife, so she found a job as a waitress.” 

“Hahaha…” 

Laughter erupted all around, and Claudine became the butt of everyone’s jokes. 

These people only remembered the resentment of being overshadowed by Claudine back in school. Now, they as- sumed she had lost her former abilities, and, not knowing the truth, they felt free to mock her and vent their old frus- 

trations! 

Claudine looked at the people in front of her and recognized quite a few familiar faces. 

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Prof Nixon, it’s time. Let’s go out 

As soon as Claudine entered everonese in the room All on Av 

“Adriana, is this the student yo 

“Oh my, why didn’t you tell me your student was so Autiful? Mind kiss, I would have brought a few of my single apprentices a 

“Hahaha, you’re quite the professor, even taking care of your students‘ personal lives?” 

“What else can I do? The whole lab is full of bachelors. The dom even told me to pay attention to my students‘ pers sonal issues–he’s about to assign me the task?” 

“Hahaha** 

The room was filled with laughter 

Claudine knew the professors were only joking, so she didn’t take it to heart. 

Besides, many of the professors here were fiends of her grandfather. She was even thinking of fishing a chance after the banquet to ask them if there was still any hope regarding her grandfather’s matter 

She stood obediently by Adriana’s side. From a distance, the two looked more like mother and daughter than teacher 

and student 

Most of the guests had already arrived in the main hall 

As soon as Adriana appeared, the rooms immediately quieted down 

At that moment, everyone noticed that Claudine, whom they had just mocked, was now standing right beside Adhes 

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ana. 

For a moment, the expressions on their faces were quite interesting. 

Of course, they didn’t believe that Claudine, as she was now, had the ability to compete with them for a doctoral posi- 

tion. 

But seeing how close Claudine was to Adriana, and recalling how they had just treated her, they couldn’t help but worry–if Claudine said anything to Adriana, what would become of their image in Adriana’s eyes… 

Thinking of this, they all began to regret acting on impulse. 

Audrey, however, was well aware of the relationship between Claudine and Adriana. 

Her earlier actions, aside from being about Darlene, were also meant to expose Claudine’s incompetence in front of so many people. 

That way, even if Adriana really played favorites and chose Claudine’s thesis, or personally guided her so that Clau- dine won the doctoral spot- 

Even if Audrey herself said nothing, the other students would have opinions. 

Looking at the many students who had come to celebrate her birthday, Adriana felt comforted, proud, and even happi- 

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