Chapter 394: How Can You Be So Useless
The voice sounded so familiar. Olivia turned around and, without any surprise, saw Zoey.
She looked at her with indifference in her eyes. Zoey's gaze was full of spite and resentment,clearly up to no good.
Standing beside her was Charlotte.
Compared to Zoey, Charlotte's expression was even more obviously vicious, as if afraid people wouldn't notice.
Same old stupidity as always.
Olivia couldn't help but let out a light snort.
They couldn't hold back and were already rushing to their own deaths.
The games start anyway. It's better to deal with them all at once, so they don't ruin it.
Olivia said, "If you dare show up, why wouldn'tdare?"
"Medica Vitae Sect is naturally invited in high society circles. I wonder, which family are you representing?"
That simple question madeZoey's face flushed a very bright red..
Zoey's family was no wealthy household, nor was it some high-ranking official's family.
Her parents are just ordinary employees at a company.
Being able to meet Oscar and Charlotte ,these two were already the most elite people she knew.
Tonight, she could only be here thanks to Charlotte.
Seeing the magnificent, luxurious ballroom and those noble heirs she could never befriend in her lifetime, Zoey couldn't help but feel inferior.
But this also made her feel she had to cozy up to Charlotte, so she could be with Oscar.
As long as Charlotte helped her, Oscar's family could return back to high society in the future.
And she would be the future lady of Oscar's family.
Then she could become part of these balls too, with all the wealth, fame, and privileges she could want.
Wouldn't that be better than working herself to death at the research institute?
Thinking of this, Zoey threw caution to the wind and launched into sharp mockery, "You have the nerve to mention Medica Vitae Sect's name?
As the current leader of Medica Vitae Sect, doing such shameful things, if I were your teacher, I wouldn't want to acknowledge you either!"
As soon as Zoey said this, everyone who didn't know what was going on looked completely confused.
"What does that mean?"
"What happened with Medica Vitae Sect?"
"Wait, she's talking about Olivia. What shameful thing did Olivia do?"
"I want to know too. Does anyone know what's going on?"
"Not sure, I think I heard people discussing this earlier."
Whispers spread through the crowd, with everyone's attention on Olivia and Zoey.
Evelyn couldn't take it anymore. Hearing Zoey talking nonsense, she immediately stepped forward.
"Who the hell do you think you are? Speaking for her teacher?" she shot back sarcastically. "Her teacher hasn't said anything, so what right do you have to criticize here? Is it your place to speak?"
With Evelyn speaking up, Benjamin also stepped forward. "Strange, wasn't tonight's ball supposed to be for people from wealthy families? How did someone of such low status get in?
I don't remember anyone named Zoey in our circle.
"What's your class to stand here with us?"
The question pierce Zoey's heart. She thighly clench her fists and feel ashamed.
The guests' expressions became awkward.
Some of them, watched this situation with interest.
Some of the prestigious guests frowned.
Because Benjamin had a point, everyone knew how exclusive this ball was.
Now suddenly having some nobody mixed in simply lowered the ball's standards.It was natural that they would be unhappy..
The gossip that should have been about Olivia now fell on her instead.
Zoey's face paled, especially noticing everyone's contemptuous looks. She panicked even more.
How did things turn out this way?
She had wanted to put Olivia down first.
But unexpectedly, they seized the initiative and questioned her status instead.
This wasn't what she'd expected. Zoey didn't know how to respond and could only look to Charlotte beside her, hoping she'd help.
Charlotte hadn't expected Zoey to be so useless!
Just a few words from them and she couldn't even respond.
She glared at Zoey fiercely and stepped forward, saying, "Zoey came along to take care of me, after all, my hand hasn't fully healed yet.
Though her family background is ordinary, her medical skills and character have always been excellent. She's even a specially hired technical specialist at the National Research Institute. I've always admired her, so we became friends."
Here, Charlotte paused, then looked at Olivia. "Speaking of which, Zoey and Ms. Smith are colleagues. I wonder if you know each other?"
Seeing Charlotte come to her rescue, Zoey breathed a sigh of relief and quickly echoed her words: "Ms. Ross, you may not know, but we don't just know each other - we work in the same group.
Ms. Smith is our team leader."
"Really?" Charlotte said with a smile. "Truly worthy of being Medica Vitae Sect's leader - your abilities are exceptional.
I remember Ms. Smith hasn't been at the institute very long, right?
And you've already stood out among so many talented people to become team leader?"
Then, she playfully scolded Zoey, "Since you know each other, Zoey, you should be more polite. You'll need to look out for each other back there."
But Zoey sneered, "Someone who has to rely on her teacher's influence to get a team leader position - how does she deserve my respect?
Besides, Ms. Ross, you might not know - she's no longer with the institute."
As this news came out, the onlookers' expressions became lively again.
"No longer with the institute? What does that mean?"
"Yeah, didn't she just say Olivia became team leader through her teacher's connections?"
"No way, the research institute is national level. Can you really get in through connections there?"
"Right, I heard everyone who gets in has to pass strict evaluations."
"Did I miss some information just now?"
The crowd's eyes turned to Zoey, waiting for her to explain.
Noticing everyone's attention, Zoey looked at Olivia with even more malice and announced loudly: "Naturally, it's because someone made a mistake in a research project, causing innocent people to pay for her error, and the person responsible refused to admit it.
The institute's leadership was furious. To give the victims an explanation and not damage Rodolfo's reputation, they had no choice but to temporarily suspend her.
The leaders publicly claimed they needed time to investigate.
But it's been over half a month since the incident, and there's been no result. Who would believe that?
Everyone probably already knows the real situation - they just don't want to embarrass her too much.
The research institute absolutely won't tolerate any bad apples. I think the official dismissal notice will come down very soon."
"There's such a thing!"
As Zoey's words ended, heated discussion broke out at the scene.