Chapter 445: Chapter 445: Inviting People from All Walks of Life to a Celebration
Frank sincerely told Gu Jiaojiao that he wanted to stay in the Empire and study medicine with her.
Gu Jiaojiao turned to the principal standing beside her. "Principal, Frank says he wants to stay in the Empire to study medicine."
"Our university would be delighted to have Frank stay for mutual learning. You are welcome to stay for as long as you have time."
Principal Shen extended the invitation happily. ’These experts are top-tier specialists who’ve toured the entire world!’
If even one of them could stay at their university long-term, foreign exchange students would pour into the Imperial City to study.
’This is more effective than any TV advertisement!’
He also knew that it was because of Gu Jiaojiao’s abilities that the foreign expert was even considering staying.
As the principal of Imperial University, Principal Shen was naturally well-connected. He had long known that Divine Doctor Su Gu was at his school.
However, he wasn’t sure which student it was. Judging by Gu Jiaojiao’s performance today, it had to be her.
At this thought, Principal Shen’s own knees nearly gave out, almost making him kneel before Gu Jiaojiao.
He had reviewed all the information on the foreign experts before their arrival in the Empire. Frank was said to be related to royalty.
His family was illustrious abroad; his paternal aunt was the Queen of some country.
Once Frank had Principal Shen’s approval, he immediately dropped to both knees before Gu Jiaojiao and shouted in broken Chinese, "Old West, hello."
Gu Jiaojiao was speechless.
Though utterly baffled, Gu Jiaojiao was still polite enough to help Frank up with both hands.
The female students, both on and off the stage, all wore expressions of envy, jealousy, and hate. Some of the more petty ones even had their faces twisted in resentment.
All the male students gazed at Gu Jiaojiao with admiration, some even with infatuation.
The student named Xu Lin, who was still on stage, was so furious she was practically spewing fire, her face contorted into a vicious snarl.
She lowered her head, not wanting the other teachers and students to see her hideous, twisted expression.
’I recognized Gu Jiaojiao the moment she came on stage,’ she thought. ’That vixen knows how to bewitch men wherever she goes.’
’Now, even a foreign expert has been so enchanted by her that he’s knelt at her feet.’
’I have to tell my grandpa and uncles. They can’t be fooled by this vixen anymore.’
Frank, confident in his own superb surgical skills, felt he had accomplished his goal of finding a master.
He decided to stay in the Imperial City to teach surgery while learning Chinese medicine from Gu Jiaojiao on the side.
So, he shook Principal Shen’s hand with one hand and held Gu Jiaojiao’s with the other, waving to the students together.
The audience below naturally burst into cheers. "We warmly welcome Professor Frank to stay and teach at our university!"
The female expert grabbed Gu Jiaojiao’s other hand and quietly started asking her all sorts of questions.
Tossing her husband aside, she, Gu Jiaojiao, and Frank walked off the stage side-by-side.
Gu Jiaojiao was young and beautiful, with a natural air of proud nobility, carrying herself like a heartthrob adored by thousands.
The female expert was even more enchanting, especially when walking in step with Gu Jiaojiao.
Her back was held ramrod straight, but her hips swayed from side to side, as graceful and alluring as a willow branch floating on water.
Never mind the men; even other women couldn’t help but curse under their breath, "What a flirt!"
Combined with her slender, willow-like waist and a mane of wavy blonde hair, she was an absolute magnet for countless eyes.
Frank said with a grin in English, "My two lovely ladies, being with you is a lot of pressure. See? Everyone is looking at me with jealousy!"
"Haha, Professor Frank, you’re so funny. They’re all looking at you because you’re so handsome. What does that have to do with us?"
"Yes, yes, Jiaojiao is absolutely right," the female expert chimed in excitedly. ’I think I’ve found a kindred spirit,’ she thought.
Seeing Gu Jiaojiao holding Frank’s hand, Xu Lin lost her mind and went to grab the hand of another expert.
As luck would have it, she grabbed the hand of the female expert’s husband, who shrieked in alarm, "Young lady, please have some self-respect! I will not accept you as my apprentice."
After giving lectures in other countries, they had often been accosted by students wanting to become their apprentices, so his refusal was automatic.
After taking a step back, he continued to protest loudly, "If anyone is going to be an apprentice, it should be me apprenticing myself to Miss Gu Jiaojiao! Not just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can approach this professor!"
The other two experts quickly pulled people next to them to act as shields. "Miss, please don’t come near me."
The scene made Principal Shen so angry he nearly fell over backward.
He never would have dreamed that the experts would be scared into screaming by one of his female students.
In truth, the experts had encountered even crazier students while lecturing in some countries. Their screaming was just an instinctive reaction.
When Gu Jiaojiao heard the scream, she stopped and turned back to see Xu Lin sprawled on the stage after being thrown off. She pretended not to know her.
’This god-granddaughter is such a disgrace,’ she thought. ’I will never acknowledge her.’
Soon, Xu Lin was dragged away by her homeroom teacher and other faculty, and the farce came to an end.
"Are all the girls in the Empire this bold?" the female expert asked Gu Jiaojiao in a low voice.
Hearing this, Gu Jiaojiao joked lightly, "You must run into devoted fans like this when you lecture in other countries, right? The really crazy ones probably even try to rip your clothes."
’In my past life, I ran into this situation while lecturing abroad, which is why I always wore jeans. They’re impossible to rip,’ she thought.
"Haha, Jiaojiao, how did you know?" The female expert was particularly fond of Gu Jiaojiao.
She was captivated by Gu Jiaojiao’s beauty and talent. Her own family was a formidable presence in her home country.
She considered herself to have received an excellent education growing up, but her poise and talent didn’t measure up to even a ten-thousandth of Gu Jiaojiao’s.
Therefore, she was genuinely willing to befriend Gu Jiaojiao, and when you want to befriend someone, you naturally want to learn more about them.
"My master once traveled to many countries. She’s the one who told me," Gu Jiaojiao said. She couldn’t possibly admit that she herself had attended many international conferences.
"My grandmaster is amazing!" Frank, who understood the Empire’s culture, immediately called her "grandmaster."
The other three experts also gathered around the trio, and the group began talking about which countries held the most exciting medical exchange conferences.
Since Gu Jiaojiao had experienced them firsthand, she had no trouble at all contributing to the conversation.
The top-tier experts were from different countries, and when they got excited, they would slip into their native languages.
Gu Jiaojiao didn’t just know English; she understood several other languages as well, so she naturally replied to them in their own tongues.
With no language barriers, their conversation flowed smoothly. They found more and more in common, to the point that the other experts were now considering staying at the university for two months as well.
This made Principal Shen and the other school leaders ecstatic, especially Grandpa Gu and Mr. Gu.
They were grinning from ear to ear. ’His granddaughter (daughter) is just incredible!’
Although they wouldn’t say it publicly, the professors who were close to them knew that Gu Jiaojiao was their daughter (granddaughter).
It wasn’t that their university had no foreign teachers, but this was the first time they had encountered experts of this top-tier caliber.
Principal Shen happily announced that the university would prepare a celebration ceremony to welcome the top-tier experts, extending a wide invitation to figures from all walks of life to attend.
