Only after her death did I realize that she was the white moonlight of a billionaire CEO.

Chapter 43: A hypocrite!

But then again.

"Does Jiang Xinghe even have the brains for that?" Li Xi wondered.

“Jiang Xinghe is actually a PhD in chemical engineering.” Gu Zhen’s sudden remark startled Li Xi, making her eyes widen in surprise.

"What did you say?" Li Xi pointed to the door of Jiang Xinghe's apartment and said incredulously, "Him? Jiang Xinghe? He's a PhD in chemistry?"

Gu Zhen nodded affirmatively, "Yes, it's Jiang Xinghe."

After saying that, Gu Zhen turned around and opened his front door. He walked to the entrance and leaned against the wall with his arms crossed.

The warmth from the indoor heating system wafted towards Li Xi.

Attracted by the warmth, Li Xi subconsciously moved outside the gate.

The two of them spoke with the door open.

Gu Zhen told Li Xi, "Did you know that Jiang Xinghe's biological mother was a chemistry teacher at a high school in a small town?"

Li Xi was indeed aware of these details. "All I knew was that his mother was a teacher in town."

“Jiang Xinghe is not only not stupid, but also very smart.” Nodding his head, Gu Zhen said, “How much a person can achieve in the field of learning is actually determined by genes by about 80%.”

"Diligence can make up for lack of talent, and it also makes up for the two missing layers. Those who can learn well and succeed by studying diligently are actually children with smart genes."

This sounds cruel, but it's the reality.

Most of the children who can get into 985 and 211 universities are children who are intelligent and willing to study hard.

Children who are born intellectually challenged will find it difficult to overcome the genetic barrier to intelligence and achieve great success, even if they study late into the night until 2 a.m.

Diligence can only make a person better than they were before.

“The Jiang family did not care about Jiang Xinghe’s education at all. From the time he started kindergarten, they sent him to a full-time boarding school.”

"Before junior high school, Jiang Xinghe's grades were just average. It wasn't until he entered high school that he met his homeroom teacher who taught them chemistry."

"Influenced by that homeroom teacher, Jiang Xinghe developed a strong interest in chemistry. His college entrance examination scores were terrible, but he was the only student in his school to get a perfect score in chemistry."

Li Xi clicked his tongue in amazement, "That's pretty impressive."

It's not uncommon to be good at one subject but to get a perfect score in a particular one is quite remarkable.

"After graduating from high school, the Jiang family simply packed Jiang Xinghe up and sent him abroad, sending him to some shoddy university and then abandoning him..."

The Jiang family abandoned Jiang Xinghe, but Jiang Xinghe did not give up on his life.

Once abroad, Jiang Xinghe successfully infiltrated a local chemistry enthusiasts club thanks to his social skills.

There, Jiang Xinghe gained the appreciation of his mentor, Professor Edward. Edward was actually a professor of chemical engineering at MIT...

Upon hearing this, Li Xi quickly took out his phone and searched for "Adway" on Baidu Baike.

She actually found it.

Edward's biography is short, but every honorary title he has received is extremely prestigious.

In short, Edwards is the kind of superstar who is so highly regarded that research institutes have to visit him three times to invite him to be their core leader.

"Jiang Xinghe was a student who was taught by Edwards personally and without reservation. It is said that before the professor passed away due to illness, he passed on all his research insights to Jiang Xinghe."

Li Xi silently turned off her phone, her expression flushed and somewhat dazed.

"You really couldn't tell."

She had always thought Jiang Xinghe was a good-for-nothing playboy, but she never expected him to be so cunning.

Thinking about Jiang Zhulang's attitude towards Jiang Xinghe, Li Xi was quite curious about one thing: "Does Jiang Zhulang know about Jiang Xinghe's achievements abroad?"

"If a family like the Jiang family, which makes money through immoral means, could produce a top-notch scientific researcher, it would be a great honor for the family. If he knew that, would he still be willing to keep Jiang Xinghe as a good-for-nothing outside?"

They had already announced it to the whole city with great fanfare.

The thought of Jiang Qingkong, whom Jiang Zhulang doted on like a treasure, turning out to be a spoiled and domineering wicked woman, and his eldest son, whom he treated like a football to be kicked around, turning out to be a valuable scientific researcher, was unbearable.

Li Xi immediately felt that there was something to watch.

Noticing that Li Xi had her hands tucked in and her nose was a little red from the cold, Gu Zhen said, "It's getting late, go to sleep first, we can talk about it tomorrow morning."

Li Xi immediately stood up straight, waved to Patrick Star behind Gu Zhen, and then looked up at Gu Zhen and said, "Good night, Professor Gu."

"Good night."

After watching Li Xi enter the elevator, Gu Zhen knocked on Jiang Xinghe's door again.

Jiang Xinghe opened the door and looked up to hear Gu Zhen say, "You've been holding back for so long, why did you suddenly explode?"

Gu Zhen knew that Jiang Xinghe was not stupid; there was no need to beat around the bush when talking to a smart person.

Jiang Xinghe gave an irrelevant answer, "Since you firmly believe that I set the fire, why don't you expose me in front of Li Xi?"

"Rental collector, I'm the arsonist, and you're the one who covered it up."

"Yes," Gu Zhen admitted, "I was covering for you."

This time, it was Jiang Xinghe's turn to be surprised.

He dropped his nonchalant, carefree expression. "Why?"

Jiang Xinghe, with calm eyes, said again, "I heard everything you said to Li Xi just now."

He was standing behind the door eavesdropping.

"Nobody in China knows that Professor Edward is my mentor, at least nobody in Dongzhou City knows. Brother Zhen, who exactly are you?"

Gu Zhen remained calm in the face of Jiang Xinghe's questions.

“Jiang Xinghe,” Gu Zhen reminded him, “you rent my house, pay me the rent on time, and I will be responsible for your personal safety. Other than that, you don’t need to know anything else.”

Jiang Xinghe was taken aback.

He chose Lanting Apartment because it has the best security.

Since his mentor passed away, he has been surrounded by many ill-intentioned people, and he is so annoyed by them that he moved into Lanting Apartment.

In the year or so since moving to Lanting Apartment, he has had a lot of peace and quiet.

He thought those people had given up, but it seems they hadn't; they were simply turned away by the landlord's security team.

"You're really amazing." Jiang Xinghe gave Gu Zhen a thumbs up and said, "The security at Zhongnanhai is probably not as strong as yours."

Gu Zhen remained silent, his dark eyes fixed on Jiang Xinghe.

Jiang Xinghe was unable to withstand the attack.

He sighed before saying, "It was Li Xi's words that enlightened me."

"Li Xi?" Gu Zhen was somewhat surprised. "What did she say?"

“She called me a coward, saying that since we couldn’t find where the Jiang family hid my mother’s ashes, we should just burn down the Jiang family’s house and use the whole Jiang family as my mother’s grave.”

"I can't believe I never thought of that before..." Jiang Xinghe said with some annoyance, "I should have thought of it sooner."

Gu Zhen: "..."

He subtly curled the corner of his lips and said, "Don't listen to her nonsense."

Jiang Xinghe could tell from Gu Zhen's tone what the doting was all about.

Jiang Xinghe glanced at Gu Zhen suspiciously before steer the conversation back on track, "Brother Zhen, why did you cover for me?"

Gu Zhen said, "I simply can't stand what the Jiang family is doing to you."

After saying that, Gu Zhen turned to go back into the house.

Jiang Xinghe waved to him, "Goodnight, Brother Zhen."

Gu Zhen did not react.

Seeing that Gu Zhen was about to close the door, Jiang Xinghe couldn't help but complain, "As usual, you should have said goodnight to me."

Gu Zhen: "Oh."

He closed the door without looking back.

That tightly closed door was like a mocking face, laughing at Jiang Xinghe: Do you deserve me to say goodnight?

Jiang Xinghe curled his lip, "Double standard dog! He says goodnight to Li Xi, but ignores me completely."

"Ha, Li Xi even said you were a refined gentleman, pure and innocent. In my opinion, you're just a plain white dumpling with sesame filling, cunning and treacherous!"

"Could it be that you like our Xixi..."

Gu Zhen turned off the door, his eyes quickly turning cold and resolute.

Really sorry.

Surprisingly, the fire didn't kill anyone.