Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Remembering their elegant yet sharp tongued professor , her smile faded slightly : I saw in the news that the professor came back for the celebration . How is the old man? Hes well , just extremely annoyed by his disgraceful students like us showing up before him every now and then . Maggie laughed , nostalgic for the days when their mentor would press them to write papers . Johnny : Come back , Mag . Maggie gripped her teacup tighter , took a deep breath , and nodded : Alright . She had been studying artificial intelligence since childhood . She truly loved this field . She had already abandoned her dreams for six or seven years because of her love for Franklin . After being away for so long , catching up might take considerable time . But she believed that with effort , it wasnt too late . Johnny asked : When can you return ? I need to wait for someone to take over my current work , it might take some time . Thats fine , theres no rush . Since she was coming back , what was a little more wait ? After chatting a while longer , Johnny checked the time and said : My team introduced me to a genius in algorithms . They just returned to the country recently . Were meeting shortly since youre here , why not join us ? Maggie shook her head : Im not familiar with your team members . Maybe next time . Alright then . Just as Johnny left , Maggie saw Franklins sister , Maria , approaching . She had seen her in the news too . But she hadnt expected to run into her here by chance . She greeted her : Hi Maria . My Top Tio F1 Driver 15.7 % hapter Maria didnt respond , frowning at her : Why are you here ? Its T Universitys celebration today , I came back to look around . If Maggie hadnt mentioned it , Maria would have forgotten she was also a T University graduate . But besides current faculty and students , those returning today were mostly invited honorary alumni . What was a nobody like her doing here making a scene ? Well , never mind . As long as she didnt talk nonsense outside and embarrass Franklins family , she couldnt be bothered with her . With this thought , Maria got straight to the point : David says he wants to eat your cooking . Ill have someone send him to you and Franks place later . David is Marias son , a year or two older than Isabella . Maria and her husband had a strained relationship , and she had barely supervised her child in recent years due to work . Now their child had grown increasingly rebellious , and when she tried to manage him , she found she could hardly control him . Learning that her son liked Maggies cooking , Maria had been sending him to her and Franklins whenever possible these past two years . Except for the old madam , no one in Franklins family took her seriously . Children at that age were expert copycats . Though Marias son liked her cooking , he looked down on her as an aunt , treating her almost like a servant when he visited . 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