Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat-Chapter 446 - 441 Who has the final say?

Mu Miao had called less than ten minutes before, and Mu Jiawen arrived in a flash, riding a brand-new mountain bike. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"What’s going on?"

She parked the bike by the roadside, wiped the sweat off her face with her hand, and glanced first at Mu Miao with her dark eyes before turning to look at the fair-skinned young man beside her.

This was the second time Mu Jun had seen Mu Jiawen. The last time he saw her was last winter, when his family of four had been dining out and just happened to see his aunt leaving the restaurant with her. At the time, his father had simply sighed wistfully and hadn’t gone up to say hello.

Seeing her again today, rushing over in such a fluster because of his situation, Mu Jun couldn’t help but feel a bit remorseful.

He briefly explained the situation, and when Mu Jiawen heard that the receptionist and a few boys had been blocking him, she couldn’t help frowning.

If Yu Yue had arranged to meet Mu Jun, he should have informed the front desk. Even if he hadn’t, shouldn’t the front desk have called internally to check?

But without even asking, they just tried to send him away; what kind of practice was that?

She was a bit angry.

"Come on, I’ll take you inside."

After Mu Jiawen spoke, she turned and headed in, with Mu Jun and Mu Miao, the siblings, exchanging glances and quickly following her.

At the reception, besides the on-duty senior sister, there were also two boys standing there, laughing giddily about something they had said that had made the senior sister chuckle.

Seeing the three of them enter, the smiles immediately faded, and they straightened up from leaning against the counter. They first looked at Mu Jiawen leading the way, their eyes flashing with admiration.

Then they turned to Mu Jun following behind, their expressions unfriendly, "Tsk, what’s with this guy? Can’t even get rid of him."

Pan Jian said, "Mu Jun, out of consideration for our colleagueship, we gave you some face, don’t be ungrateful!"

Mu Jun’s expression was very ugly, while Mu Miao was so angry that her face turned bright red. She wanted to say something but was stopped by Mu Jun.

Mu Jiawen swept a cold gaze over the two, ignoring them, and instead looked directly at the senior sister sitting behind the front desk, asking, "Did Yu Yue tell you today that someone was looking for him this afternoon?"

The senior sister, who had been enjoying the spectacle, was suddenly taken aback by Mu Jiawen’s question.

Seeing her not responding, Mu Jiawen tapped impatiently on the desk, "Speak up!"

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to go directly to look for Yu Yue; it was just that the lab was a sensitive area not to be entered casually, and she also didn’t know which room Yu Yue was currently in.

The senior sister came back to her senses. She first glanced at Mu Jun standing behind and then hesitantly nodded at the young woman in front of her, "Professor Yu did indeed..."

Mu Jiawen interrupted her without courtesy, "If he told you someone was coming this afternoon, why didn’t you go in and ask when Mu Jun arrived just now?"

The senior sister and Pan Jian were suddenly stunned, all three looking at Mu Jiawen in surprise, only then realizing she had been calling the professor by his full name, their relationship with the professor... what was it?

And this Mu Jun, he actually had an appointment with Professor Yu?

Pan Jian felt a flutter of panic. He knew the real issue with the experiment better than anyone, but then he thought about Ceng Tianbao, his cousin, and whether they had found Professor Yu’s second in command, could it compare to the face his cousin had with the professors at Beijing University?

With this thought, he relaxed again, calmly pulling out his cellphone and sending a text message to his cousin without any rush.

Meanwhile, the senior sister also realized from the young woman’s words that Professor Yu had made an appointment, probably with Mu Jun, but...

She slightly tilted her head, stealing a glance at Pan Jian without them noticing, just as she stood up to speak, when suddenly an awkward, not quite standard Chinese voice cut in, "Xue Yan, what brought you here?"

As his voice faded, a blond, blue-eyed foreign man with chiseled features walked over from inside the laboratory, looking quite surprised to see Mu Jiawen, "Your Brother Shan isn’t here, but Brother Ye is. Are you looking for him?"

Mu Jiawen nodded to the other, "Yes, I had an arrangement with Brother Ye."

"Then follow me,"

Speaking of which, probably finding Chinese too awkward, he switched to rapid English, roughly meaning to ask when Jiang Yan would be free to join him for a meal.

This was Sergei Bull, Yu Ci’s college classmate and an important member of his team, whom he had lured to China upon returning from abroad.

The only reason for luring him was the abundance of Chinese cuisine!

Geniuses often have their quirks, and Sergei was no exception, so he had few friends he got along with, but Yu Ci was definitely one of them. Sergei felt quite lost when Yu Ci first returned to China, but the promise of bringing him along and the prospect of delicious food had him eagerly following.

He had praised the dishes Jiang Yan cooked during a few previous visits to his home, proclaiming them miraculous. Since then, he would take any chance to scrounge a meal there.

As Sergei led Mu Jiawen and the other two, chatting and walking inside, the receptionist and Pan Jian were left dumbfounded, their hearts greatly shocked!

What did Sergei just say?

Who’s Brother Shan?

Who’s Brother Ye?

This damn language barrier—having been in China for so long, how can he still not speak well?

Although they didn’t quite understand Sergei’s words, seeing how he greeted the young lady with familiarity, they knew the two must have a significant relationship. Adding in the fact that the young lady initially called Professor Yu by his full name...

Pan Jian, who initially thought nothing would happen, finally began to panic. He walked out with his phone, calling Ceng Tianbao as he went.

His cousin had something to do that afternoon and wasn’t in the lab, but what a coincidence... Dammit, Mu Jun, is he out of his mind? He’s just a graduate student—if he can’t enter the lab, so be it. Why insist on pulling strings and taking the back door?

Once the call connected, he said anxiously, "Bro, that Mu Jun found a girl, and she seems to have some connection with Professor Yu. She’s quite familiar with Sergei too, and it was him who personally led her inside."

"Who did you say brought her in?"

"Sergei, and he was quite warm to the girl."

A few seconds of silence on the other end before the rebuke came, "You’re panicking over this little matter? I’m about to finish up here, and I’ll be over shortly. Have Xue Yan go ask Professor Yu Yue’s assistant for some information, find out who that girl really is."

Ceng Tianbao handled various odds and ends for the lab, as well as negotiations with Beijing University and other entities, so his authority was not small. He thought, even if Yu Yue found out the truth, would he disrespect him and keep Mu Jun while sending his own cousin away?

It wasn’t that big of a deal, and he didn’t think Yu Yue would do such a thing.

Meanwhile, Mu Jiawen had already led Mu Jun and Mu Miao inside, following Sergei into Yu Yue’s office.

Seeing him arrive, Yu Yue was quite surprised, "Are you worried I can’t handle things?" wondering why he had made the trip himself.

Mu Jiawen said unhappily, "It’s not that I wanted to come, but what’s with the person you had at the front desk? They were stopping us from entering."

Yu Yue frowned, "I had already spoken to Xue Yan about this."

Who exactly is in charge of this laboratory?