The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 480

Citrine hesitated, unsure how to introduce the newcomers. After a brief pause, she finally spoke. "They're... friends."

At the word "friends," both Hilda and Wade couldn't help a fleeting look of disappointment, though it vanished as quickly as it appeared.

Citrine took the initiative. "This is the Dean of our Medical Department, and this is a professor of traditional medicine."

Hilda immediately extended her hand to the two men. "It's a pleasure to meet you both."

They shook her hand in turn.

Compared to Hilda's composure, Wade was clearly nervous and awkward.

"H-hello, professors," he stammered, looking at the two men as if he couldn't quite believe they were real.

It was surreal. Never in his wildest dreams did Wade imagine he'd ever be talking to the dean and a professor from Crestwood University. He'd always been the underachiever, the class clown, scraping by and barely making it into an average university after high school. He was no different from the other trust-fund kids in his circle, spending a couple of years abroad for show after graduation.

people he'd only ever seen on TV or in the newspapers.

the dean and the professor, Citrine was indispensable-a star pupil, a prodigy. By extension, her friends naturally

glad to have you here at our university." Henry added, "And the food in our cafeteria is fantastic. You must come by more

turned to Citrine. "We'll leave

watched them walk away, she

both men before-along with the head of the chemistry department who'd just left-and had even watched several interviews featuring the three of them. The dean and the professor were legendary in the medical world, not only holding prestigious positions at Crestwood University but also serving as top experts at the Crestwood Medical Research

ago, yet it had quickly become the city's leading research institute.

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reputation for combining Western and traditional

complex cases and perform

groundbreaking surgeries, earning it

recognition as the most

authoritative institute in Crestwood.

her own daughter to have such close