Miss Wang Weina, even your cousin won't do!

Director Henry has already headed backstage to prepare for his speech after the opening ceremony performance. In this speech, he will officially launch the Oripathy inhibitor—Saver—aiming to secure the first order of the entire technology expo and have Rhine Lab's name prominently displayed at the very top of the four-sided integrated display screen in the center of the expo venue.

Wayne is a shareholder of Rhine Labs, but he has little interest in acting. Having been granted early access to the guild hall, he immediately dispatched Kal'tsit to find the display stand for the Loken Water Tank Laboratory. Presumably, ten minutes later, given Kal'tsit's efficiency, she should have already found it.

He took out his phone and sent a message to Kal'tsit: "Where are you?"

A few seconds later, Kal'tsit replied: "Go east from the display screen, all the way to the end. You'll see me there."

Wayne looked up at the screen, then at his own spot, still too embarrassed to ask, "Is that east?"—a question that would somewhat lower his perceived intelligence in Kal'tsit's eyes. He waved to the security guard and asked:

Which way is east?

The security guard was completely taken aback when someone asked for directions inside the exhibition hall. He hesitated for a moment, then finally took out a walkie-talkie from his jacket pocket and asked:

"Boss, boss, which way is east? Over!"

Saria's voice came through: "The side with the toilet. Over!"

Wayne looked up at the restroom sign and nodded.

Saria is definitely more reliable.

Wayne immediately headed east. As he passed the restroom, he made eye contact with Saria, who was coming out of the restroom. Both of them seemed to realize something and wisely neither greeted the other, passing by as if they hadn't seen each other.

Wayne continued walking until he reached the end, but before he could see Kal'tsit, his path was blocked by a wall. He scanned the surrounding stalls, and after confirming he didn't see Kal'tsit, he took out his phone and sent her a message:

I've reached the bottom, but I can't see you.

"Have you really gone all the way?"

Kal'tsit, holding her phone, stepped out from behind the wall in front of Wayne and said with a slight smile.

"When did you learn the ability to walk through walls...?"

Wayne awkwardly muttered a complaint. Seeing Kal'tsit emerge from the wall, he realized it was probably some kind of imaging technology. Was it some new invention from one of the stalls?

That's really underhanded. Rhine Labs placed the Loken Aqua Tank display here, clearly trying to hide it from everyone. They're practically blatantly bullying you, but Loken Aqua Tank can't do anything about it. What can you do when Rhine Labs is the organizer?

Following Kal'tsit through the wall projection, they indeed found the projection equipment placed behind the wall. On the display stand where the projection equipment was placed, his staff were talking with several customers in suits, who seemed to be interested in investing in the product.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Putting aside everything else, this thing probably has a high military value, since it can be made to look so realistic.

But as Wayne walked past them, for some reason, he felt a sense of familiarity.

Did he see these people at Rhine Life last night?

Upon closer inspection, he realized he had indeed seen them before. He'd stayed at Rhine Life until almost midnight last night, waiting for Henry to discuss investment matters, and had met many of the company's employees. Although Henry had ultimately stood him up, he'd gotten to know the Rhine Life staff quite well. He was absolutely certain he'd seen these two among the Rhine Life employees!

Looking at them again, dressed in suits and speaking with great manners, and recalling the scene of them shouting "Long live Rheinlife" together the night before, Wayne gradually understood everything.

Well, Wayne thought that Rhine Life deliberately placed the Loken Water Tank display next to this company, which was bad enough. But he didn't expect it to be even worse. When no one came to do business with this company, they sent people to make sure that the projector was turned on and blocked the Loken Water Tank. So, is this why you ordered all employees to wear suits?

This is outrageous! The Iron-Eating Beast is starving to death! The Iron-Eating Beast Protection Association strongly condemns this!

However, even so, Kal'tsit managed to locate the Loken water tank display stand within ten minutes. That's some impressive efficiency...

Kelsey, you truly are a pillar of the nation! My Victoria cabinet has too many Humphreys and too few Kelseys. If everyone in the cabinet were like Kelsey, how could Victoria not prosper?

After walking about a hundred paces more, Wayne finally spotted the Loken water tank display stand in the corner. The stand was filled with a bunch of novel gadgets that Wayne couldn't understand at all; he wasn't a scientist, and his expertise was completely unrelated. But he could see the silent, thin man standing in front of the display stand.

Wearing black-rimmed glasses, with seemingly messy yet not disheveled short hair, and a meticulously groomed scholar's mustache that was clearly more well-maintained than his hair, and ear tufts characteristic of the Liberians, he wasn't dressed in formal attire like the others, but stubbornly insisted on a white lab coat and shirt. His eyes were slightly unfocused, as if he were lost in thought. This man was none other than Loken Williams himself.

"Williams."

Kal'tsit's words drew Loken Williams' attention back. The lean man turned his head, a rare, almost imperceptible smile appearing on his usually stern face, and replied:

“You’re back, Ms. Kal’tsit.”

Teacher Kal'tsit?

Wayne glanced at Kal'tsit in surprise, and Kal'tsit let out a soft hum, the curve of her lips widening even further.

Hmph, as a fellow guardian of this land, Wayne, the path you've chosen may be different from mine, but that doesn't mean you're any better than me.

At least with the network of connections I've built up over a thousand years, can you, Wayne, do that?

Chapter Twenty-Seven: My apologies, so you're my senior master!

When Wayne told Kal'tsit that he wanted her help to find the Loken Tank Laboratory's booth in the venue, Kal'tsit realized that the name Loken Tank might sound familiar.

As people get older, their memory doesn't improve, and they tend to forget ordinary, unimportant things. But since Kal'tsit still has some recollection of Loken Water Tank, it means that this company must have had some interaction with her, and perhaps even a close relationship.

The old lynx thought for a moment, then opened her little notebook to check. The notebook didn't have much content; each page was filled with dates and names written crookedly. Kal'tsit flipped through dozens of pages, but found no information. After thinking for a while, she flipped through the pages from back to front, carefully looking for a long time before finally finding the name in an old story from more than ten years ago—Loken Williams.

There's a label next to it; these are her students.

To be honest, Kal'tsit doesn't really have much of an impression of how many students she has had in her life. But that doesn't mean she doesn't care or remember her students. On the contrary, if someone comes to her with a student's name to ask her questions, no matter if the time span is one year, ten years, or even a hundred years, she can clearly remember things about them.

Every student personally taught by Kelsey was exceptional. Loken Williams was no exception. To be precise, Loken Williams' mentor was not Kelsey, but rather an old friend of Kelsey's from her time living in Victoria—Charles, a former professor of biology at the Royal University of Technology Victoria. Kelsey merely served as the professor's assistant for a period, interacting with Williams, a student whom the professor highly regarded, for a short time.

As for why Williams continued to call himself "teacher" afterward, the old lynx said that she didn't do much; she just shared some "common knowledge" with him during her free time. Mr. Williams happened to overhear this, became very interested, and wanted to be taught. This was something that happened frequently.

When Wayne heard this, he felt that the atmosphere of Versailles was almost overflowing when Kal'tsit recounted this experience, especially with the old lynx having a smug but not ostentatious smile on his face.

However, Loken Williams, the person involved, didn't care at all and even agreed with it, so much so that Wayne, the person being shown off, couldn't find a way to refute it for a while.

In conclusion, Kal'tsit believes that Loken Williams is an exceptionally talented individual, and compared to Rhine Labs, which she knows little about, Loken Tank has a much deeper foundation. She personally supports Wayne investing in Loken Tank rather than Rhine Labs.

Wayne could only manage a helpless smile, feeling a pang of regret for Kal'tsit.

You are probably a good teacher, but Loken Williams was definitely not a good student.

Putting aside Wayne's precognitive knowledge of the kind of research talent Rhine Lab possesses, just considering Loken Tank, if Kal'tsit knew about Loken Williams and the series of inhumane things the Loken Tank Laboratory is currently doing, would she still be able to immerse herself in the joy of reuniting with her teacher and student as she is now?

It's going to be tough. After all, the students have no shame. If Kal'tsit, who is known for her integrity, knew about this, she might be so angry that she would pull out mon3tr's whip and use it to beat him.

But it's too early to tell Kal'tsit these things now. Wayne's goal is to enter the Loken tank for an on-site inspection (investigation and evidence collection). If Kal'tsit is told about this, it will probably be difficult for her to calmly help Wayne open this "green channel".

Moreover, he's only making statements without any concrete evidence.

There are many taboos in interpersonal interactions, one of which is: making unfounded judgments about a third person's likes or dislikes without knowing their attitude towards them, which is very likely to provoke the other person's dislike.

Until there is sufficient evidence, or a sufficient opportunity to gather evidence, Wayne will not speak ill of Loken Williams in front of Kal'tsit, lest he displease the lynx—anyone would be angry if someone who has never met Loken Williams openly called him a morally corrupt scumbag in front of his teacher.

Now, let's get down to business.

"This is Veen, the investor I just told you about."

Kal'tsit volunteered to act as the middleman, introducing Wayne and Williams to each other.

"This is Loken Williams, my student, and the head of the largest biotechnology research institute in all of Colombia. A talented scientist."

Loken Williams nodded politely to Wayne. Wayne returned a forced smile.

He desperately wanted to use Originium Arts to force this scumbag, who had conducted human experiments on children and harmed more than one child, to commit suicide, but that would be too lenient and would only bring trouble upon himself. With a knife hanging over his heart, he had to restrain himself a little longer.

“Wien is very interested in the prospects of the biotechnology industry and is currently comparing two companies, RheinLife and LKK Tank, so I suggested that he come and visit you in person.”

"Kelsey said. Loken Williams looked slightly surprised, but quickly nodded knowingly.

Indeed, while Loken Aqua is still the most advanced biotechnology research institute on Earth, Rhine Lab is no longer the small, limited organization it was a few years ago. Have they unknowingly become, in the eyes of laymen, qualified to compete with Loken Aqua?

But without a doubt, Loken's technology is at the forefront of Silicon Valley, surpassing Columbia and Terra. Rhein Life Sciences still has to take a backseat.

Since Professor Kelsey had brought in such an investor, even out of respect for his teacher, Loken Williams couldn't refuse the suggestion.

So he immediately agreed:

"Of course. Today's expo will end at 7 p.m., and I will personally guide you to visit the Loken Water Tank Laboratory."

Things progressed unexpectedly smoothly. Before Wayne could even speak, Kal'tsit delivered a series of powerful blows, handing the victory to him. This dashed Wayne's hopes of paying up some money; indeed, sometimes, face is more useful than money.

Unfortunately, Wayne had nothing but money.

Having decided on the important matter, Loken Williams seemed a bit more relaxed. Since Rhine Labs had deliberately placed him in this remote corner, with an annoying wall blocking his way, he didn't expect anyone to find Loken Tank's booth. And the political crackdown on Rhine Labs wouldn't come so quickly. With nothing else to do, he simply started chatting.

“Excuse my intrusion,” Williams asked curiously, looking at Kal'tsit and Wayne, “what is your relationship with Professor Kal'tsit?”

"I am her assistant..."

"She is my wife."

Wayne waved his hand and said casually.

Kal'tsit was stunned for a moment, her face flushed, and she glared at Wayne. Just as she was about to explain, Wayne patted Kal'tsit on the back without saying a word and winked at someone behind him.

Kal'tsit blinked in confusion, turned her head, and looked at the group of "customers" in suits who seemed to have changed again, standing in front of the "wall" display behind her. What was wrong with them?

Wayne leaned closer, and amidst Loken Williams's astonished and admiring expression, grabbed Kal'tsit's twitching lynx ear and whispered:

"Anna, Jane, Marina, Tom. They are all employees of Rhine Life."

RheinLife employees....

With her decades-long, unwavering mindset, Kal'tsit easily deduced what was to come from Wayne's subtle hints—[Don't forget the persona you've cultivated for yourself in front of Rhine Lab!]

What is Kal'tsit's character design?

This all started with that self-righteous statement at the shareholders' meeting: "I am his wife."

Kal'tsit suddenly realized, staring at Wayne with a somewhat distorted expression, but after a brutal internal struggle, she still managed to force out a professional smile.

"really."

Having received Kal'tsit's approval, Loken Williams completely ignored Kal'tsit's somewhat strange facial expression and immediately looked at Wayne with admiration, saying:

"My apologies, my apologies! I didn't know you were my senior uncle!"

Wayne laughed and waved his hand: "It's nothing, it's nothing."

Only Kal'tsit stood by, barely managing to maintain a forced smile that seemed ready to crumble at any moment, the veins on her forehead throbbing.

Damn it, I thought I was just wasting my time with that title, but now it seems I really lost out!

Kal'tsit was consumed by impotent rage.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Kal'tsit, Do You Want to Know?

"My apologies, my apologies! I didn't know you were my senior uncle!"

Loken Williams admits that he has told too many lies in his life and has shown too many people fake, formulaic smiles and flattery, but at least at this moment, his surprise and admiration for Wayne are absolutely genuine!

My God, how could anyone dare to marry Kal'tsit? No, rather, it was Wayne who married Kal'tsit, not Kal'tsit who married Wayne?

Kal'tsit, that Kal'tsit, how could she be willing to be subservient to someone else? Loken Williams always thought that someone like Kal'tsit should be in a superior position, someone who is above others.