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    Zoey’s mouth dropped open. “How did you know? Did he tell you? That creep, what does he even want?”

    “Zoey, I’m going out for a bit. Josie grabbed her backpack and headed outside.

    Josie said, “Whatever you do, don’t soften towards Aiden! He’s not worthy of you. Colby is your perfect

    match!”

    Before Zoey could respond. Josie had already run out the door.

    Only after leaving the dorm did she realize she was being too impulsive. She quickly took out her phone and called bn /bin advance.

    The paper Natalie Kinberg published reminded Josie of a very important event from her previous life, rted ton. She needed to see him immediately.

    The two arranged to meet at a café near the research institute.

    Upon entering,n had already ordered coffee.

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    Josie sat down and thanked them, picked up her coffee, and took a sip. The high–intensity research work of her previous life made her develop a habit of drinking coffee.

    Nowadays, it was almost like drinking water to her, with little effect.

    The slightly bitter espresso had a beautiful heart–shapedtte art on top, but Josie didn’t notice it at all. After drinking it, bshe /bwent straight to the point.

    Josie said, “I’m really sorry. I got a bit excited after seeing the paper and came to find you on impulse. I hope I’m not disturbing you?”

    Jan stared at the half–empty coffee cup. Thette art inside was now shapeless. He felt a faint, inexplicable bsense /bof disappointment.

    However, Josie’s impulsive nature, where she rarely paid attention to anything besides research and her own field, also struck him as somewhat endearing.

    She always seemed tock a certain sensitivity to the outside world, especially in interpersonal rtionships. She rarely noticed the small details of how others treated her, good or bad.

    Yet, she bwas /balways foolishly single–minded and bwore /bher heart on her sleeve. With a personality like this, she must have suffered a lot in David’s team before, but she never seemed to blearn /bher lesson.

    Sharp–tongued but soft–hearted, she appeared fierce but was actually very tender towards others.

    Call her careless? Sometimes she was very sensitive, able to empathize with negative emotions and others‘ sadness almost instantly.

    He really wondered what she had experienced.

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    He thought she was like a rabbit, or like a fox, and at times even ba /bsmall hedgehog.

    And every side of her made him utterly captivated. What should he do? He really liked her!

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    Josie took out her phone, pulled up the paper Natalie had published, and only then noticed Ian was spacing

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    “Are you okay?” Josie raised her bhand /band waved it in front of his eyes.

    Ian almost instinctively raised his hand and held her hand. “It’s nothing; you haven’t disturbed me. I’m very d you came to me. Is coffee good? Would you like some more cake?”

    “No, thanks. I want to talk to you about something!” Josie’s fingers twitched slightly, and she pulled her hand back instant.

    She didn’t know why, bbut /bshe didn’t like the feeling ofn grabbing her fingers.

    It wasn’t disgust, just a pure feeling that it wasn’t right.

    But their hands had only brushed lightly; Ian hadn’t even held on firmly. It was over in an instant, yet it already made Josie feel ufortable.

    Ian noticed her unusual behavior and felt some regret for his earlier impulsiveness.

    He wondered if Josie would think he was frivolous.

    He suppressed his emotions, his expression turning serious. “What is it?”

    “You’ve seen this paper, right?” Josie handed him her phone. “Any thoughts?”

    She recalled that in her previous life, after this paper was published, Ian wrote a critical review article in which he raised several points of skepticism.

    It was precisely his skepticism that enabled Natalie to achieve a minor breakthrough in the revised experiment. Following the publication of her new argumentative paper, she gained widespread recognition.

    It was from that point onward that Natalie began to distinguish herself within the professionalmunity. advancing step by step to reach the pinnacle of the medical field.

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