Chapter 318

Valerie answered without hesitation, "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would've forgotten the competition entirely." Owen blinked. "So, you're still entering?" "My name is already on the list. Why wouldn't I?" She had simply pushed the matter to the back of her mind. It wasn't that she intended to skip it. As for the project itself, there was still time. Owen could never quite decipher Valerie's thought process, so he dropped the subject. "By the way, there's a medical lecture this afternoon. Want to go together?" Arcton University often invited high-level scholars to speak, but Valerie had attended two of those events in the past and found them dull and empty—a complete waste of time. "I'm not interested." Owen added, "The lecturer this time is Marcellus, the Guldners' second son." Valerie finally reacted. "Why would a Guldner give a lecture here?" Owen explained patiently, "Mr. Marcellus is well known in the medical field, especially for founding C Lab. He's not just coming