A crowd had gathered around Charlene and Stewart.

When Dr. Hamilton and Professor Zimmerman approached, the people nearby were about to greet them, but Dr. Hamilton smiled and gestured for them to remain silent.

Dr. Hamilton and the others joined the edge of the group, listening as Stewart and Charlene answered questions from the others.

The networking event was teeming with graduates from prestigious universities, filled with plenty of capable and knowledgeable people.

Charlene and Stewart, while responding to questions, occasionally found a few people who could engage in more in-depth discussions with them.

Their back-and-forth dialogue was captivating to those with a broad knowledge base. However, for those less versed in topics like material manufacturing, it might as well have been Greek. Professor Zimmerman and Dr. Hamilton were clearly the former.

Vesta was mostly able to follow along too.

In fact, after chatting for a while, Charlene and Stewart had already picked up on the knowledge gap between

them and the others.

When discussing topics, they instinctively started to simplify their explanations.

Professor Zimmerman and Dr. Hamilton were enjoying every moment of it.

Just as they intended to continue listening, someone in the crowd noticed Dr. Hamilton and Professor Zimmerman, exclaiming, “Oh my, it’s Dr. Hamilton and Professor Zimmerman!”

Charlene and Stewart paused, following the gaze of the crowd. Sure enough, they spotted Dr. Hamilton and Professor Zimmerman, along with Thorne, Vesta, and Moran.

Charlene and Stewart instinctively overlooked Thorne and Vesta.

Since Dr. Hamilton was there, Stewart had no choice but to stop and, alongside Charlene, go over to greet them. “Dr. Hamilton, Professor Zimmerman.”

Dr. Hamilton chuckled and clapped his hands as he looked at them, saying, “You two are truly Mr. Wagner’s students, impressive indeed.”

Stewart grinned but before he could say anything, Dr. Hamilton continued with a smile, “I’m not surprised by your excellence, Stewart, but this young lady by your side matching your prowess is what really impresses me.” He laughed, “Aren’t you going to introduce us?” Stewart hesitated for a moment before saying, “This is Charlene, one of our technicians at PrimeStar.”

“Ah, a technician from PrimeStar,” Dr. Hamilton replied. “Your company certainly has another bright young talent alongside you, no wonder PrimeStar is thriving.”

Stewart replied, “You’re too kind.”

Professor Zimmerman also stepped forward to greet them.

Hearing Charlene converse so fluently with others, Vesta was indeed surprised. It seemed Charlene wasn’t as clueless as she thought. Stewart was Mr. Kenton’s student, and given his prowess, it made sense that Charlene would learn well by his side. However, materials were just one piece of the puzzle.

Given that Charlene graduated from college at 18, her learning capabilities were certainly evident.

If she stays focused, with her learning ability, she can definitely pick up a thing or two from Stewart.

Years ago, Vesta had heard about Charlene skipping grades in high school and getting into a top-tier university. She thought Charlene was exceptionally talented.

However, over the next few years, she observed that Charlene’s college performance was somewhat mediocre compared to her impressive entrance scores.

Charlene hadn’t participated in many international competitions. In contrast, even if Vesta’s entrance scores weren’t as dazzling, during her college years, she had won several awards, which secured her a spot in a top-tier graduate school, and she smoothly progressed to a Ph.D. Thinking of this and seeing Dr. Hamilton praise Charlene, Vesta smiled but said nothing.

She glanced over at Thorne.

Thorne had a neutral expression, looking elsewhere, seemingly unfazed by the compliments Charlene was receiving from Dr. Hamilton and others. Like Vesta, he didn’t seem to think Charlene was all that extraordinary. With that thought, Vesta smiled.

To Moran, all this talk about advanced materials and Al was like listening to a foreign language. Hearing Charlene engage so smoothly and Dr. Hamilton praising her, Moran was a bit bewildered.

He turned to Thorne and Vesta, “Is she really that amazing?”

Before Thorne could reply, Vesta smiled at him, “What do you think?”

Moran was at a loss. How would he know? If he did, he wouldn’t have asked them.

However, judging by Vesta and Thorne’s reactions, it seemed… Charlene might not be as impressive as he thought?

Noticing that Dr. Hamilton seemed to be engrossed in his conversation with Charlene and Stewart, Vesta suggested, “Thorne, don’t you have something to attend to? Maybe we should head out?” Thorne agreed, “Alright.”

With that, he took a couple of steps forward and said to Dr. Hamilton, “Dr. Hamilton, we have to run some errands, so we’ll be taking our leave.”

Dr. Hamilton nodded, “Alright.” He smiled and nodded at Vesta as well.

Thorne gave Charlene a cursory glance before he, Vesta, and Moran turned to leave.