All Her Secrets By Chestnut

Chapter 709 Team-Building Excursion

Catherine glanced expressionlessly at Marshall. “Professor Hartley, just tell me what you need.”

Marshall turned and handed a document to Catherine. “The Bide Cup, held every four years in Alton, is about to begin. As the highest institution in Eskana, Styre University naturally needs to participate. Due to the last project leak, our reputation was damaged. This competition is important for the school, and the higher-ups also attach great importance to it. Mr. Farrell is under a lot of pressure.”

Originally, Marshall wasn’t one to care about competition rankings. He valued experimental research projects. However, this competition held considerable weight in the industry. If the ranking in the competition is too low, it could affect Styre University’s global standing.

Ultan approached him to come up with a solution. As a teacher at Styre University, he didn’t want the school to lose face. And it was a fact that their team’s leak incident had brought a lot of negative publicity to Styre University.

Catherine understood Marshall’s meaning. She was not fond of participating in such competitions. For her, competitions were just a group of people playing a boring game.

However, since Marshall rarely made such requests, Catherine chose to agree. Joining a competition wasn’t too difficult; it would just take some effort.

Catherine stood up expressionlessly. Let me know when it’s time to depart.”

Sensing Catherine’s agreement, Marshall smiled. As Catherine was about to leave, he quickly stopped her. ” Wait!”

Catherine continued walking without turning her head. “Is there anything else?”

“I have the competition details here. Take a look. If you have time, I’ll go through the key points and analyze them with you,” said Marshall.

“No need,” Catherine said assertively, disappearing from Marshall’s office.

at the empty office door, Marshall

and talent, and for some reason, he was particularly fond of her temper. She was

that Catherine had a consistently displeased expression after getting into the

atmosphere and silently raised the partition between the front and

held her hand and gently rubbed it in his palm. “What’s wrong?

upset,” Catherine

in her demeanor indicated some

professor wants me to participate in the Bide Cup in Alton,” said

the past, Catherine never used to share her unhappiness with anyone, even if something bothered her deep

more considerate in her actions. Now, she even started sharing her inner thoughts and emotions

whole story. The last leak incident not only became

scrutinizing the backgrounds of their research personnel from parents’ generation to grandparents’ generation. It was almost as if they were about

wasn’t in the research circle, he knew

the higher-ups wouldn’t let the opportunity pass. To secure a solid victory in

the forefront of research projects throughout Styre University. Though Marshall’s team was competitive, there was no certainty

go?

as Catherine disliked something, he advised rejecting it all. No one could make Catherine do

like making a

pinched her cheek. “Consider it a vacation, okay? How about I accompany you? After the competition, there should be a two-day break. Despite Alton’s notorious reputation, some places there have decent scenery. I’ll take you for a two-day

Branden attended college in Alton, and later on, he even pursued his Ph.D.

struggling to find a breakthrough in her experimental projects. Although her experiments were progressing at an almost unimaginable pace,

the experimental bottleneck and move on to the next stage. However, her impatience made her

relax this morning, a fleeting thought crossed Catherine’s mind.

her silence, Branden gently reached out and pulled her into his embrace. “Don’t