Chapter 573: Winning the Award

He picked up his phone, intending to call Lin Wu.

But after thinking it over, he didn’t dial.

He put down the phone, his gaze returning to the computer screen, watching netizens praise Rong Ci—his eyes grew cold once more.

……

Rong Ci had no time to care about others’ thoughts.

That afternoon, she accepted an interview with a major media outlet.

After finishing the interview, she opened her phone and found a message from Feng Jingxin: Grandpa and Grandma had returned home, and Feng Tingshen asked her to come back to the old mansion for dinner tonight; she was already on her way.

Rong Ci saw her message and replied casually: 【Okay, Mom knows.】

The video of her interview was officially released that evening—and made it onto Central News.

When the news aired, the Feng family had just finished dinner and were sitting in the living room eating fruit and chatting.

Even Feng Lao Tai, who now ignored all outside affairs, had heard about Rong Ci’s work at Changmo—how much more so the others?

They had naturally also heard about the renewed public uproar over Rong Ci’s paper that morning.

The only one who didn’t know any of this was probably Feng Jingxin.

Feng Jingxin knew Rong Ci had gone for a journalist’s interview that morning, but she didn’t know why Rong Ci had agreed to it.

She was still young and didn’t fully understand the news, but she could tell the host was lavishing praise on Rong Ci—her eyes sparkled, and she couldn’t help exclaiming: “Wow, Mom is so amazing! Is Mom really this amazing?!”

Feng Tinglin and Sang Qian were not unaware of the small portion of online criticism directed at Rong Ci.

Hearing Feng Jingxin say this, they said nothing—but Feng Tingyi, who had sent Rong Ci a congratulatory message that morning, now picked up Feng Jingxin and happily pinched her pretty little face: “Of course she is! Your mom is super amazing!”

Feng Jingxin became even happier, picked up her phone, and said: “I’m going to call Mom.”

The TV was a bit loud, so Feng Jingxin walked farther away to make the call; Feng Tinglin watched her retreating back and said: “I heard she’s already published three papers. Publishing so many high-quality papers all at once—she should have a real shot at every major AI award in China and abroad this year, right?”

Regarding awards, the host had mentioned this very point during Rong Ci’s interview today.

Feng Tinglin’s remark was clearly directed at Feng Tingshen.

Feng Tingshen responded with a grunt, then said: “Unless something goes wrong, the chances are high.”

Feng Tinglin and Sang Qian weren’t sure whether Rong Ci truly had such genuine talent.

If she did—

Then Rong Ci’s future prospects would be truly boundless.

Feng Tinglin said coolly: “We really underestimated her.”

Feng Tingshen and Sang Qian said nothing.

Feng Lao Tai disagreed.

Seeing how well Rong Ci’s career seemed to be going, she was very pleased and retorted: “Xiao Ci has always been outstanding—she was an exceptional student back in school. I think if she hadn’t abandoned her field, she would’ve won awards long ago!”

Feng Tinglin rolled her eyes. “Grandma, you’re overthinking it.”

In her view, Rong Ci won awards only because she met Yu Moxun.

Without Yu Moxun, she’d never have reached this height.