Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 257 Who says top students can't repeat a grade?

Xi Jingyue's shameless remarks made Du Desheng laugh out loud.

This kid is taking advantage of the fact that I'm unwilling to give up this shield that can help my granddaughter cover up her troubles, and he's trying to extort money from me!

Just then, Du Anrao, who was enjoying the moon with Qin Yanqing in the courtyard, heard a loud shout from the inner room: "Get out! You brat, you better get as far away as possible and never let me see you again. Otherwise, I'll beat you every time I see you, until you dare not show your face in front of me again!"

Du Anrao was startled by the loud shout and shuddered. After a while, he turned to Qin Yanqing and asked cautiously, "Grandma, does Grandpa have some prejudice against Mr. Xi?"

Qin Yanqing almost couldn't hold back, and pinched Du Anrao's still slightly chubby cheek with a mixture of amusement and exasperation.

"You heartless brat, how can you be so sure that's prejudice? We haven't even done anything to him yet, and you're already siding with outsiders. If your great-uncle finds out, he'll be heartbroken."

"I just think Mr. Xi is a really good person. He's meticulous in his work and very helpful. He helped me win those two plots of land and even helped me find someone to audit the auction house so I could take over smoothly. He's been picking me up and dropping me off every day these past few days..."

"So you were bribed?"

"grandmother!"

"Alright, alright, don't meddle in their business. Parents with little girls are like this; they see everyone as a 'Yellow Hair' (a derogatory term for a young, unattractive person)."

Du Anrao: "???"

Yellow hair? Mr. Xi, a successful, handsome, and wealthy man, is just a yellow hair in my great-uncle's eyes? Isn't my great-uncle's standard a bit too high?
No, if Mr. Xi is Huang Mao, then who is the little girl who was deceived by Huang Mao?

Just then, Du Desheng stormed out of the house, and the two suddenly locked eyes, creating an awkward atmosphere.

After Xi Jingyue left, Du Anrao, out of caution, still called his third brother.

"Third brother, what year are you in college this year?"

"Why are you suddenly asking this in your junior year?"

"It's nothing. I just suddenly remembered that you and your fourth sister are about three years apart. She's already a freshman in college, and you're only a junior."

"...That's because your third brother had to repeat a year due to some special reasons."

"Repeated a year?" Du Anrao was taken aback. "Third Brother, aren't you a top student? How could you be repeated a year?"

Du Yihan almost laughed out of anger: "Who says top students can't repeat a grade? And who told you I was forced to repeat a grade? I repeated a grade voluntarily!"

"What's the difference?"

"The difference is huge!"

Du Anrao sensed that his third brother was on the verge of exploding, so he quickly stopped while he was ahead and asked again to confirm, "So, you're still a college student, right?"

"Nonsense, I haven't graduated yet, of course I'm still a college student. Have you lost your mind from that cold and fever these past few days?"

Du Anrao: "..." You're the one whose brain is fried, your whole family's brains are fried, no, your whole family includes me!
Du Anrao, bewildered by his third brother's words, almost gave up and stopped caring about whether his third brother lived or died.

In the end, reason prevailed, and she tentatively asked, "Among the labs you work in, are there any PhDs with the surname Du?" "PhDs with the surname Du?" Du Yihan narrowed her eyes. "No, none of the PhDs I know have the surname Du."

Du Anrao patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."

"You called me specifically just to say these nonsensical things?"

"Of course not, I just wanted to remind you to pay attention to the time of your grandfather's wedding and make arrangements in advance. It would be bad if your parents, your older brothers, your fourth sister and your older brother all came, but you, who are from B City, were not there. That would be hard for your parents to explain."

"Okay, okay, don't worry, I'll definitely be there on time."

"Then it's settled. I'll hang up now."

"Wait a minute, I heard from my older brother that you recently inherited a super-rich auction house. Little sister, if you become rich and powerful, don't forget me! Remember to pay me back double the money I borrowed from you last time."

Du Anrao: "..." Putting everything else aside, Third Brother, you're a real jerk! I'll never call you first again!
After confirming that Dr. Du was not his third brother, Du Anrao breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time began to worry about where the real Dr. Du was hiding.

Little did she know that as soon as she transferred 160 million, Du Yihan received an urgent package.

"Dr. Du, Dr. Du."

Upon hearing this sound, Du Yihan immediately put away her phone, which was still displaying the transfer balance message page.

"I'm here."

"Your package is here."

The package Du Yihan received contained his certificate and trophy for winning first place in a competition he had participated in abroad. After the competition, he had a new idea for an experiment he had been working on, so he flew back to China overnight without even collecting the certificate and trophy.

These two items could only be entrusted to the mentor who was still leading the team abroad at the time for safekeeping. When the main group returned, he came to City B again.

He happened to need these two items recently, and since he wasn't planning to go back anytime soon, he asked his advisor to mail them to him.

"Thank you, Uncle Yang. Just call me by my name. I'm not a PhD yet. If you call me that, it might cause misunderstandings if other people in the lab hear it."

"Hey, wasn't this just a matter of time? Now everyone in Professor Qi's lab knows who you are, Xiao Du." The security guard smiled and gave a thumbs up. "Not only can you flexibly meet all of Professor Qi's requirements, but you can also debate with him on equal terms. Your papers were approved not long ago, right?"

"And these certificates and trophies, I heard you participated in competitions abroad and won first place every time. That's incredible, you're competing against people all over the world, not just your own people. To be able to get first place like that, you're definitely a genius among geniuses."

"Now we have all the basic requirements, and the procedures are almost complete. It's just that the review won't be finished in time because it's almost Chinese New Year. Once the person in charge returns after the New Year and the review is approved, you'll be the youngest PhD in our school and lab. What difference does it make if we announce it a few days earlier or later? We'll have to get used to it eventually."

Du Yihan smiled and didn't dwell on the topic with the old man: "I have some things to take care of in the lab, so I'll head back first. Thank you for bringing this to me personally."

"Go ahead, go ahead. If you need any help, just let me know. It's nothing I can do for you."

Du Yihan carried the small box towards the laboratory. As she turned the corner of the corridor, she turned her head and glanced back, only to find that no one was following her.

Thinking of the questions Du Anrao had just asked, his brows furrowed involuntarily. He felt that he should take advantage of this wedding to try and get some information out of his youngest son.

(End of this chapter)