When Academician Cao saw him fall silent, he assumed he was embarrassed. "Little Ji, no need to be shy. At your age, you'd normally be in college. Campus romances are perfectly normal."
Ji Ting pressed his lips together. "Thank you for the kind thought, but I already have a partner."
Academician Cao looked surprised. His lips moved, but before he could speak, Ji Ting added, "He's wonderful, and I've already proposed to him. We'll get married when I go back."
"You-you've already proposed?"
"Yes."
Academician Cao's urge to play matchmaker instantly turned to curiosity. "What did she study? Something related to physics too?"
Only when asked did Ji Ting realize he didn't know what Ji Yanzhi had majored in at university. But there was one thing he could say for certain. "He didn't study physics."
Academician Cao was rather surprised. After all, he had assumed that anyone who ended up with Ji Ting would surely share a strong connection with him in their professional fields.
"Then she must be outstanding in her own field?"
Ji Ting nodded. "Yes."
Academician Cao smiled with the teasing air of an elder indulging a youngster. "She must be pretty too, right?"
Ji Ting lowered his eyes slightly, his nod tinged with shyness this time. "Exceptionally good-looking."
"That explains it." Academician Cao laughed. "Any girl who has our Chief Engineer Ji so eager to marry her must be a fine young woman."
"You've misunderstood. He isn't..."
"What girl?" Director Chang had come over at some point and looked curiously at the two of them. "Academician Cao, what are you talking about?"
"I wanted to introduce Little Ji to someone, but it turns out I'm too late. He's already getting married to his partner."
Academician Wang looked at Ji Ting in surprise. "You're getting married so