‘Oh, I see! It’s the kind of affection that elders have for younger generations!’ Josie quietly let out a breath, her eyelashes trembling slightly. She felt a trace of disappointment, yet also a sense of reassurance.

It was good that he liked her. Whatever kind of liking it was, it was still liking. That was a good thing.

In an instant, she composed herself and looked up at him with a smile. “I know! If you didn’t like me, you wouldn’t treat me so well!”

“You know?” Sean asked skeptically.

Josie nodded solemnly. “Of course I know. Not just you, but also Patti, Professor Delilah, and Claire… you all like me, that’s why you’re so good to me! Right? I like you all very, very much. You are my only family in this world!”

All the warmth missing from her childhood, she had found in them. She was truly grateful.

Sean knew she had misunderstood again, but he didn’t explain further. “I’ll be even better to you in the future, and you will have more and more loved ones. Josie, you deserve all the beautiful things in life!"

“Oh!” Josie’s face flushed red. “You’re making me shy, Sean. Don’t be so good to me, you’ll spoil me!”

Sean smiled warmly and said, “It’s okay. With me here, you will always be the best!” Because he would let her be herself, happily and completely, without any worries.

They had reached the dormitory entrance. Josie waved goodbye, thinking it was a pity she hadn’t managed to find out about Elliot’s situation. Still, she really should find time to visit the Reedshaw estate; maybe she’d run into Elliot then.

Just as she was about to go upstairs, she heard Sean’s reminder from behind. “I’ll look into Elliot’s matter. Tell your friend not to get involved anymore.”

Josie’s heart skipped a beat. “She really didn’t tell me anything!"

“Yeah!” Sean smiled broadly. “I know. I didn’t say she said anything. I’m just giving you a heads-up in advance. Elliot is not someone to be trifled with!”

Josie was silent for a moment. “If I offend him, will he give her internship report a negative evaluation?”

Sean could not suppress his laughter. “Well, it’s hard to say. In any case, it’s best not to provoke him. Of everyone in the Reedshaw family, he is the one I fear most."

Josie returned to the dormitory, visibly preoccupied. Upon seeing Allison, her expression fell. “Allison, perhaps you should consider liking someone else. Let’s forget about Elliot.”

“I’ve already told you I didn’t…” Allison said, lacking confidence. “What’s wrong with you? Does Mr. Reedshaw really have some… problem?”

Josie said, “I don’t know if he has problems, but I do know that if you provoke him, your internship evaluation will most likely be very bad."

Matters of the heart couldn’t be influenced by outsiders. Just like how Aiden simply didn’t like Natalie. There was no way to force it.

Aiden looked at the documents Natalie was bringing over, making no move to take them.

He said. “I have decided to withdraw from the team and will probably not continue this line of research in the future. There is a considerable amount of material, much of which could be published as papers with some organization. I’m giving all of it to you.”

Natalie stared at Aiden in disbelief. ‘Aiden… What do you mean by that? Are you… Are you asking me to publish these academic papers?’

Although this was precisely what she had in mind when she initially coaxed Kyle Langton into stealing Aiden’s data.

She was about to enter her fifth year and so far hadn’t published any decent papers. Her only achievement was probably joining David’s team and winning a third prize in a university competition with the team. However, within the medical community, this can hardly be regarded as an achievement. Even compared to Josie, she had nothing noteworthy to put on her resume!

She desperately needed some academic credentials to prove herself!