She Quit Her Family and Found Herself novel Chapter 267

And on top of that, their conversation had explicitly mentioned the Conrad Atherton Institute and a press conference!

Right then, Mrs. Gower let out a sharp gasp. She hurriedly unlocked her phone, pulling up the search history she had made just an hour earlier.

Tapping the link, the official wiki page for the Conrad Atherton Institute popped up on her screen.

Her eyes went wide with shock as she held her phone up for the others to see. "The Conrad Atherton Institute? Isn't that the insanely prestigious research facility we were just talking about?!"

Reminded by Mrs. Gower, the other society ladies quickly connected the dots.

Just a little while ago, they had been gossiping about that very institute, showering Herbert and Sylvie with praise because H&J Technologies was supposedly on the verge of partnering with them.

Mrs. Gower looked at Hulda with dramatic flair. "What did the CEO of Zenith just call that girl? Director Atherton? So... she's a director at the Conrad Atherton Institute?!"

"Yes! And he didn't just call her a director, he said she created some kind of world-class invention," another woman chimed in.

"Oh my god, Mrs. Owen's niece is the real deal." Covering her mouth in shock, Mrs. Gower subconsciously shot a glance at Valery.

It all made sense now. Earlier, Joanna had boasted that her niece was incredibly successful, claiming that people would kill for just a five-minute meeting with her.

At the time, they all assumed Joanna was just blowing hot air to save face. None of them imagined she was actually telling the truth.

And wasn't she incredible?

She was a Go prodigy who casually beat an opponent that even Wade Jewell couldn't handle, drawing the entire academy over to watch.

Her calligraphy was flawless enough to win the admiration of an actual expert among their ranks.

And now they discover she was a director at a highly secretive, top-tier research institute. A woman with so much power that even the CEO of a tech giant like Zenith Data was bowing and scraping just for her attention.

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