Afternoon.
Villa Number One.
Everyone else had left, and Xie Guoliang came downstairs as well.
Xie Guojian glanced upstairs. "Second Brother, where's Sister-in-law?"
"Xiao Ran and Xiao Hao can't keep their mouths shut. Yanzhen and Lifen heard about Little Dong, so Sister-in-law is on the phone with them explaining it," Xie Guoliang said.
Xie Guojian said, "He's back anyway. It's fine if they know."
Xie Guoliang asked, "Xiao Zhong and the others left? What did they say?"
Xie Guojian said, "They went to see Deputy Chairman Zhang. They'll probably arrange a department and position for Lizhen first, then assemble researchers and a Research Office for Lizhen to lead."
Dong Xuebin interjected, "Which department does Auntie want to go to?"
Xie Guojian pondered it. "From the sound of it, she wants to go to the Chinese Academy of Sciences."
Xie Guobang spoke up then. "While I was upstairs just now, Old Master called me too. He told us to pay more attention to Lizhen's future development."
Xie Guojian was taken aback. "Dad means...?"
Xie Guoliang glanced at Dong Xuebin.
Dong Xuebin was tactful enough to immediately say, "I'll head upstairs first."
Normally, matters like this were not discussed in front of the younger generation.
But Xie Guobang pressed a hand down. "Sit, Xiao Bin. Listen in too."
Xie Guojian gave Dong Xuebin a long look, then smiled.
Dong Xuebin was startled. Something clicked in his mind, and he obediently sat back down. Letting him sit in was clearly an acknowledgment of him. Even Xie Ran, the leading figure of the Xie Family's third generation, probably would not have been qualified to sit here at this moment. Xie Ran was still young and had not yet spread his wings. With the Xie Family's second generation still at its peak, it would be