Soon, the young geniuses present changed the topic to the clown pharmacist, and no one took Steve seriously. Although Steve was a little mysterious, having a lot of cash and a vast amount of knowledge about pharmaceutics, they still mostly regarded Steve as an ordinary F-grade pharmacist who would not even qualify as their opponent!

In fact, if it hadn't have been for the fact that they had been embarra.s.sed by and slapped in the face with Steve's cash, they would've probably just ignored him altogether! Christina didn't take Steve's partic.i.p.ation into account either, and she soon jumped into the conversation, which had now veered toward the conference, with the others.

Today's exchange conference was a rare opportunity for Christina. As long as she could do a great job, it would bring great benefits to the Masa Group.

Philip, Hardy, Franklin, and the others were also very happy to have the opportunity to approach Christina in hopes of getting information from her about the clown pharmacist. In the process, many of them expressed their love for Christina. Unfortunately, they were all politely rejected by her.

"Why do you refuse them? Each of them is from a big group or is an heir to a great empire. If you could be with any of them, the Masa Group would be able to flourish and have an abundance of material and financial resources under their control." Steve smiled at her as he spoke.

Christina walked over to Steve, her face full of weariness as she sat down beside him. She then shook her head and said, "I know what they're thinking. They don't care about me. They only care about Mr. Clown. For them, I'm just a means to get in touch with Mr. Clown. If I were to put them in contact with Mr. Clown, they would not hesitate to abandon me and the Masa Group."

Perhaps it was because she felt that Steve was different from the others and didn't want to use her, but for some reason, Christina opened up to Steve and told him the truth.

"You're a smart woman. Unfortunately, they don't appreciate your true beauty," Steve said.

Christina smiled and said, "Well, I don't think I'm any worse than them, but some people are born at higher starting points, and as such, they have more advantages than others in life. If I am honest… Although they want to make use of me, am I not also making use of them too?"

"Actually, you have more advantages than others as well, especially more than ordinary people like me." Steve put down his gla.s.s and smiled at Christina.

"You're not ordinary! You're the most unusual civilian I've ever met!" Christina held her chin in her hands as she looked at Steve adoringly.

She then said, "I'm curious. You're just a civilian, so how can you have such a shocking family background?"

Since the military base had Steve's family background records, Christina knew that Steve was really born into an ordinary family. Hence, he did not have an impressive and influential lineage like Douglas, Philip, and the others had suspected.

His records also showed that his situations from his childhood to adulthood were very unstable. Specifically, he was was an ordinary civilian that had lived in the slums and had even suffered the death of both of his parents at a very young age. At that point, he had a.s.sumed the responsibility of taking care of his sister.

As such, despite his story being a bit sad, there was nothing extraordinary about him. But… He did have such a shocking amount of funds!

"I've already said that I'm the clown pharmacist, and that's the money that I earned from selling the serums!" Steve laughed and said.

"Stop joking! This joke is old now and not funny at all!" Christina shook her head and said, "If you don't want to tell me, I won't force you."

After all, everyone had secrets that they didn't want to tell. Christina thought that Steve must've gone through some extraordinary experiences to have such amazing wealth.

Steve laughed. He was secretly tickled to see that sometimes the truth was even more unbelievable! This was because reality sometimes goes beyond one's imagination!

As for this beautiful misunderstanding, he decided that he would simply let it continue. After all, it sure made his life easier!

"The compet.i.tion is about to start, so you should come in too." When Christina heard the compet.i.tion music, she looked at Steve and said, "I'm looking forward to your performance."