Chapter 1078
Serena had changed into a white lab coat.
Her striking, elegant features took on a solemn, academic aura.
It only amplified her aloof, untouchable presence, making her look entirely out of his league.
Adrian’s eyes instantly locked onto her.
Back when the Wynn family first brought Serena back.
The first time he laid eyes on her.
He had been utterly captivated by that face.
But then p>
Everyone around him started mocking him for having a fiancé from a backwater town.
They ridiculed her rural background, laughing at how she hadn’t even finished high school, assuming she wouldn’t understand a word if a conversation turned slightly intellectual.
They joked that spending too much time with her would make him reek of poverty.
Over time.
Adrian had subconsciously begun to despise her.
The more he looked at her face, the more he felt she was nothing but an empty shell —beautiful, but devoid of substance and soul.
Even when she stood beside him.
She looked less like a fiancé and more like a lowly servant.
Yet, for some inexplicable reason p>
The more he watched her now, the more he felt a fatal attraction pulling him in. That face.
Just one glance was enough to leave him breathless.
It made his heart race.
Serena stood in front of a piece of research equipment, her slender, fair fingers adjusting something on the machine.
Adrian’s gaze shifted to the apparatus.
It had a matte black metal casing, completely bare, without a single trademark or brand logo.
It looked dull and unremarkable, like some haphazardly assembled DIY project.
Completely unimpressive.
In Adrian’s mind.
The most crucial factor in experimental data research was high-end equipment.
Only top-tier machinery could guarantee precise data.
Subpar equipment would lead to massive margins of error in the results.
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The machines donated by the Doyle family, as well as the batch he had brought, were all premium international brands ssleek designs with unparalleled accuracy.
Compared to the gear he had provided.
The setup Serena’s team was using looked like absolute junk.
Adrian chuckled.
Even if Serena had managed to secure the best dorms and the best lab for her
team, what difference did it make?
They lacked high-end research equipment.
They lacked funding.
Serena’s background was rooted in the slums.
And her teammates were destitute students who had only made it into Marington College and gotten this far thanks to the Doyle familys sponsorships.
Such a pathetic, impoverished team.
Without any corporate backing.
What kind of decent equipment could they possibly afford?
As for Nicholas p>
Adrian refused to believe Nicholas actually saw Serena as a real girlfriend.
Someone with Nicholas’s status.
Would never allow a woman from the slums to become his future wife.
Therefore, Nicholas would never invest in Serena’s team.
He had already done his digging and knew that The Hope Initiative was the only
team in the competition without corporate sponsorship.
Adrian let out a soft laugh, slipping one hand into his pocket as he straightened up, trying to project a more imposing and confident posture.
“Serena p>
He stood outside the lab doors, his
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voice smooth and deliberate. “This competition must be incredibly important to you, right? Are you seriously planning to complete your experimental research with that pile of unbranded scrap metal?
“That junk is only going to drag down your progress p>