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Luca was in a stun and stared at her in disbelief.

Keira casually said, “I said, it was sent to your inbox last Friday.”

Luca swallowed. “Wasn’t that an empty email?”

Keira was bewildered.

Luca realized something and ran to his workstation. Looking at his email on the computer, he indeed saw the attachment!

But he still couldn’t believe it. He opened the attachment nervously!

The development of new energy is different from software coding.

Not only did they use computer simulators, but they also had to go into the lab for real experiments.

Keira had finished the task assigned to her last Friday, so Luca spent all morning in the lab assisting Jalen, and that’s why he didn’t notice.

Once the attachment was downloaded, Luca couldn’t

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wait to look at it.

As he read through it, he immersed himself in the

report.

The application of core technology was a bit complex. Some of it took him quite a while to understand.

Seeing his silence, Keira prepared to take the elevator to the 60th floor where the archives were located.

The elevator arrived, and she entered it just as a group

of members did.

The R&D Department and the laboratory were located on different floors of the tower, and they each had

their own tasks to do.

“Beep!”

The elevator alarm beeped, indicating that it was

overloaded.

Someone said, “Keira, you better get off.”

Their tone was tinged with displeasure.

Keira was taken aback and raised her head, “I wasn’t the last one to get on.”

The person scoffed. “Even though that’s the case, work

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is first come first served. We’re in a hurry, and you’re so idle. If you’re not busy, why don’t you get off first?”

The others immediately echoed.

need to work;

Don’t waste

us. Would you be responsible if

the hostility of

what was going on, she took a deep breath and got off

need to argue about

a researcher, she understood the exasperation when a problem couldn’t be resolved promptly. Besides, there were eight elevators in total. It was just a matter of wasting a bit more time.

doors closed, someone

bit too

tactless… She doesn’t do

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achieve results, she

too. That’s not fair!”

another elevator and hastily looked for a book

she studied hard, she was sure she could solve old Mrs. Horton’s

discovered her

Keira was dumbfounded.

the bookshelf, but no matter how much

to be reading

the Horton

be taken

the

realized something…

who could get a book out of here!

top

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with his own

through the thick volume in his hands.

book was about neuroscience.

subject due to

understand. He was also curious to know why

Mrs. Horton’s fondness for her and acting as she

not

Tom was perplexed.

boss seemed to be speaking up for

be his

asked, “This book doesn’t seem to have much

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we return

tapped on the book, thinking about the girl’s anticipation when she saw it today.

sudden, he felt dry-mouthed, “No need for

now.”

book from Lewis, but when she remembered their

end, she strolled back to the R&D department.

Jalen and team members drinking

all had weary expressions on

laid-back demeanor, someone couldn

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