Chapter87

As a technical staff member, Harriet had her own private office

by the window, with a view that took in most of Amberville at a

nce.

After getting familiar with thepany in the morning, Harriet

went to theb in the afternoon, where she did facial

recognition registration and received herb ess card.

By the time she finished getting acquainted with theb and

returned downtown, the other alumni were already waiting for

her at the restaurant.

Reginald was there too.

As Harriet entered the private dining room, Reginald smiled and

introduced her to everyone, “Harriet, you’ve all heard of her,

right? From now on, she’s part of Gxy Innovations.”

“Of course we’ve heard of her. Harriet is a legend at Amberville

University.”

“Wee to Gxy Innovations, Harriet.”

“Wee to Gxy Innovations, Harriet. Looking forward to

working with you.”

There were seven or eight guys in the room, all graduates of Amberville University.

Harriet’s field was male-dominated, and she was the first

female R&D employee Reginald had hired.

Everyone called her junior because they had graduated before her. Two of them had joined thepany the year before and the year before that, but both had PhDs, so they had started

university earlier than Harriet.

“Thank you, thank you all. I hope to learn a lot from you seniors

in the future.”

After a brief round of introductions, everyone quickly found

Harriet was amazed-she had only been away from her field for

three years, yet equipment manufacturing had advanced so

much. She hadn’t expected Gxy Innovations to be even more

impressive than she thought, with a business scope that was

truly astonishing.

After dinner, when everyone was leaving, Reginald gave Harriet

a ride home.

On the way back, Reginald talked to her about many

professional topics, as if he wanted to make up for the three years Harriet had missed in just one day.

Harriet listened very attentively.

When the car stopped at the entrance of Auburn Heights,

Harriet unfastened her seatbelt and politely said to Reginald, “Thank you, Mr. Barton. I’ll head in now.”

“Go ahead. The sooner you get familiar, the sooner you’ll be back in the swing of things.”

“Okay.” Harriet nodded in agreement, opened the car door, and

got out.

Reginald rolled down the window, said goodbye to her again,

then turned the car around and drove off.

Watching Reginald’s car drive away, Harriet turned around,

finally opened the gate, and went inside.

***

In front of the bedroom’s floor-to-ceiling window, Ellsworth stood with both hands in his pockets, looking calmly

downstairs.

His face was expressionless.

Downstairs in the living room, when Harriet quietly opened the

door and entered, Jacquelyn and the others were already

asleep.

Back on the second floor, she opened the bedroom door and

saw Ellsworth in the room, turning away from the window.

Harriet was startled by him.

But she quickly regained herposure, smiled gently, and

greeted him, “You’re back.”

She hadn’t seen him for a week and thought he would stay

away like before, but unexpectedly, he had shown up again.

Without a word, Ellsworth watched Harriet, then picked up a

cigarette and lighter from the cab and lit one for himself.

A faint ring of smoke slowly drifted from his lips as he asked in

a t voice, “You went to Gxy Innovations?”

“Yes, I just reported in today.” Harriet added, “I asked Dad to

sign my resignation letter.”

Ellsworth flicked the ash from his cigarette and just looked at

Harriet.

Seeing this, Harriet met his gaze calmly and said, “Dad will handle my departure from thepany. It won’t affect the

At this, Ellsworth finally let out a small, amusedugh.

He then bent down, stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray,

looked up at Harriet, and said in a t voice, “It’ste. Get some

rest.”

Now that she had already reported to Gxy Innovations, Ellsworth couldn’t be bothered to say much more.

She had expected a tough confrontation, but to her surprise, Ellsworth didn’t say anything to her or get angry. Harriet was a

little taken aback.

So she nced at Ellsworth, said nothing more, picked up her

clothes, and went to the bathroom.

When she came out of the bathroom after her shower, Ellsworth

was sitting on the bed reading a book-one of her professional

texts.

As Harriet tied her hair into a low ponytail and got into bed,

smart home robots?”

“Yes.” Harriet was surprised that Ellsworth suddenly brought up her field, and added, “I’ll be joining the projectter. We’re

mainly trying to develop apanion robot that can do

housework, but we also want to integrate current Al systems to provide more emotionalpanionship.”