The other successor candidate

With Principal Wei's words, the room became silent. 

Luo Zhelan furrowed his brow as his attention shifted away from the old man to the girl. 

Does Principal Wei know Jiang Yue?

"Uh— did you mistake her for someone else, Principal Wei?" Gao Jing couldn't help but ask.

Wei Guozhi's life rotates around the University and the Research Organization.

So it would seem highly unlikely that he knew Jiang Yue, which is why Gao Jing questioned.

The old man didn't reply to him and asked the girl instead, "What? Are you not gonna greet your Master anymore?"

The room was once again deafeningly quiet and even a drop of a pin could be heard.

Goa Jing and Qin Zirui suspected there was a circuit in their brains that was burnt, or why else are their minds malfunctioning?

They just heard Principal Wei call himself 'Master'.

Luo Zhelan was also taken aback as he glanced at the girl.