Jude discovered that Seth would only respond when the conversation was about Noreen.


    If he talked about anything else, Seth would mostly remain silent.


    Or simply couldn''t be bothered to reply.


    For instance, when Jude asked, "Seth, why did you name thepany NoMore Corporation? Is there some special meaning behind it?"


    "No."


    "Just picked it at random."


    Somehow, Jude didn''t believe him.


    He clearly remembered when he had visited him in prison and asked about thepany name.


    He remembered the flicker of light in Seth''s eyes.


    And the tone in his voice when he said the words ''NoMore Corporation.''


    It was more resolute than he had ever heard him.


    That meant he had thought of the name long before, which was why it came out so spontaneously at that moment.


    Jude just had never figured out what it meant.


    He tried a few other topics, but as expected, received no response.


    The problem was, he didn''t dare to leave either.


    "By the way, there''s a business dinner tomorrow. Seth, why don''t you go? I really can''t handle it."


    Jude grumbled about the client.


    She was an important overseas client for NoMore Corporation, a woman in herte forties named Nina.


    Every time Jude met with Nina, she would make unwee advances.


    It had gotten to the point where the mere thought of seeing Nina made his skin crawl.


    Seth''s advice was, "If you run away from problems instead of solving them, you''ll never ovee that hurdle."


    "But you have to give me time to learn how to handle it," Jude said, feeling wronged.


    "Where do you think you''ll get all the time to slowly learn how to deal with people? People only learn to grow in harsh environments."


    With that, Seth stood up and brushed the dust off his jacket. "I''m heading back. You should go home early too."


    Jude was dumbfounded.


    Seriously? He had spent the whole evening freezing in the cold wind with him, and he was just going to up and leave?


    He wasn''t going to help him deal with Nina?


    Was he really that heartless?


    Was he this heartless to Noreen back then?


    Jude paused, scratching his head.


    Actually, yeah, he was pretty heartless!


    Even harsher to her than he was to him!


    A real taskmaster!


    But he wasn''t Noreen; he wasn''t that strong.


    He was just a delicate little flower.


    Oh, wait!


    He forgot to ask where Seth lived again!


    ...


    Halley called Noreen, inviting her to be a guest lecturer at Rivercrest University next week.


    It was an order from her mentor, one Noreen couldn''t refuse.


    She carved out time from her busy schedule to prepare the lecture topic.


    The topic was one she had used


    during her doctoral studies at


    business school, but she had left the relevant materials with Henry Brooke, who was still studying there.


    So she called Henry and asked him


    to sender the files so she c


    Henry was very efficient, quickly emailing Noreen the materials she needed.


    Noreen then casually asked, "You''ll be able to graduate this year, right?"


    Henry fell silent.


    That hit a nerve.


    Same timeframe, same program.


    Noreen hadpleted her master''s and doctorate in just four years.


    And him... he still needed another two years just to get his master''s degree!


    That was the difference between people!


    It was also his own fault for being too ambitious, trying to keep pace with Noreen.


    But he forgot that Noreen was a genius.


    Shepleted a six-to-eight-year curriculum in just four years.


    So even though Noreen had returned to the country, he was still


    stuck at business school trying to earn his credits.


    Even his father had called to ask him, "Noreen is already back. Why aren''t you?"