Inside a hotel conference room in Ushuaia.
Ye Yuan greeted Old Nie politely.
"You're too kind."
Ye Yuan knew that saying anything to this man at this point would be superfluous.
What he needed to do now was speak less.
Everyone took their seats according to the nameplates in front of them.
Seeing that Ye Yuan had actually been seated at the very end,
the experts became even more puzzled.
The seating arrangements for this trip
had been handled entirely by Qiao Na's people.
If Ye Yuan were the young master of some great family,
Qiao Na should not have been unaware of it.
Yet even if she knew,
she had still assigned him such an inconspicuous seat.
Wasn't that looking down on him?
No matter how low-key a young master like Ye Yuan might be,
his family's dignity still had to be respected, didn't it?
That left only one possibility.
Ye Yuan was not from some great family at all.
As for why Professor Nie was being so polite to this junior,
it could only be for personal reasons.
If that was the case, no one would think so highly of Ye Yuan anymore.
It had to be said that people's thoughts were forever unfathomable.
Just one minor seating arrangement
had led these experts to so many conclusions.
If they put all that thought into scientific research,
who knew how great their contributions might be?
It could only be said that these people were too restless at heart.
They were nothing like people wholeheartedly devoted to research.
Qiao Na inadvertently took in every expression on everyone's faces.
Naturally, she understood their little thoughts.
At the same time, she also knew Ye Yuan's low-key nature.
That was why she had not placed Ye Yuan in a conspicuous position.
She had