Reborn as a Mortal Heiress Pampered by Big Shots-Chapter 445 - 288 is not a fake ticket, it’s a VIP ticket...

Xia Ye arrived late and was stuck at the end of the line. Ahead of her, separated by a distance, were Huang Yan and Ji Xiaomin.

"Did you receive the transfer I sent you?"

An arrogant voice inquired beside her. Xia Ye turned her head slightly; it was Shen Zhiqiao.

As she replied, Xia Ye raised an eyebrow, "So, how is it? My medicine sells well, doesn’t it?"

Shen Zhiqiao scoffed, "If not for the Shen family’s face, do you think President Liu would accept your rip-off prices?"

"President Liu, huh...?" That name sounds familiar. Xia Ye tapped her chin lightly, "Are you sure it’s the Shen family’s face?"

"Of course," Shen Zhiqiao haughtily said, "he collaborates with my brother."

After saying that, she shoved her hands into her trench coat pockets and strutted past Huang Yan and Ji Xiaomin to a place further ahead in line.

Of course, she wouldn’t do something so tacky as to cut the line; the moment she arrived, a man respectfully offered her his spot, "Miss Shen, it’s crowded here, please be careful."

Shen Zhiqiao nodded, "Alright, you can go back."

Knowing today’s meeting would be packed, Shen Zhiqiao had a servant queue up early on her behalf.

It saved her an hour’s time just like that.

Especially since it was late autumn and early winter, when it was coldest, the queue area lacked a cover and was outdoors, with the morning breeze cutting like a knife into people’s clothes.

Those who queued themselves up, or arrived late like Xia Ye, were definitely in for a chill.

Standing behind her, Ji Xiaomin, who had arrived early to queue, bundled up in her thick down jacket and sighed, "The daughters of wealthy families really are different."

Huang Yan felt no envy whatsoever, "Queuing up ourselves is significant in its own way."

Shen Zhiqiao slipped into the queue with a victorious posture and glanced sideways at Xia Ye, who was over twenty people away.

Catching her glance, Huang Yan, remembering how he had thought of coming to the meeting with other members without telling Xia Ye and felt guilty, turned around and waved at Xia Ye, "Junior sister, let’s swap places; you come here."

Shen Zhiqiao glanced at him, but luckily, Xia Ye soon responded, "No need, I’m not in a hurry."

Only then did Shen Zhiqiao look away.

Soon a staff member from the meeting came to check admission tickets to prevent uninvited attendees from slowing down the queue.

The Medical Pioneers Meeting was crucial to the Capital City and there had indeed been instances of forged tickets in previous sessions.

The staff, wearing a badge and holding a scanner that was neat and official-looking, said, "Excuse me, those at the back, please show your admission tickets."

With the scanner beeping persistently, ticket after ticket was approved.

But when it came to Xia Ye, the scanner beeped twice abruptly.

’Beep beep.’

Shen Zhiqiao and others turned around. What did that sound mean?

It couldn’t be a fake, could it?

After all, Xia Ye had confidently pulled out a stack of tickets at that time.

Given how precious these tickets were, and having a stack of them, the probability of them being fake seemed quite high...

Shen Zhiqiao began to feel sorry for those Prospective Students and researchers who had gotten tickets from Xia Ye and thought they could actually attend the meeting.

But just when everyone was worried, they saw the staff member’s eyes widen as he looked at the scanner screen, then politely smiled at Xia Ye, "Ma’am, you have VIP tickets. There’s no need to queue. Come with me, I’ll take you inside the venue early..."

Suddenly, the line fell silent, and everyone’s gaze towards Xia Ye turned envious.

"Wow, that girl has a VIP ticket?"

"I struggled so much just to get a regular ticket, where did that girl get her VIP ticket?"

"I heard VIP tickets are all in the hands of big shots..."

Xia Ye glanced at the ordinary-looking ticket in her hand and didn’t react much, she just ’oh’ed:" Then, thanks."

The staff stopped checking tickets and respectfully escorted her towards the VIP entrance.

Unlike the crowded masses in their area, the VIP entrance was spacious and comfortable with partition walls on both sides, not requiring any queuing at all.

At 9:30, half an hour before the meeting officially started, Xia Ye had already entered the warm venue.

At this moment, standing in the cold wind, Shen Zhiqiao, who had felt especially superior just a second ago, said, "...

What, is, this, situation?!"

**

The Pioneers Meeting started on time.

There wasn’t an array of lavish dishes, just hot tea and coffee prepared for everyone.

But that was enough, as the focus here was on the sharing of knowledge.

The host introduced each of the invited authoritative professors.

When introducing Luo Yi San, Xia Ye’s gaze lingered on his face for a moment.