Baird Lane picked up his coat and headed for the door, returning to her as he went, “I won’t be out at the office for a while.”
“Why?” Christine White was slightly surprised.
Baird Lane opened the door, “I agreed with Hugh Dong that I would not show up at the office and would have Gates deliberately publicize to the public the falsehood that company secrets had been stolen.”
“You want Owen Dong to misunderstand that The Lane Family is dying, and then force Owen Dong to strike against The Lane Family? “Christine White guessed his meaning at once.
Baird Lane lifted his chin, “That’s good, only then will Owen Dong reveal himself, and I can follow the traces and eradicate his power bit by bit.”
“But won’t this work? Just ask Hugh Dong to reveal Owen Dong’s hiding place to you directly, then can’t we just arrest him?” Christine White didn’t quite understand why he was being redundant.
Baird Lane pressed the elevator, “It’s not as simple as you think, you think it’s a TV show, you can solve everything by catching the thief first? What I want to do is not only to break Owen Dong, but also to liquidate the entire Dong family, the Dong family’s power is very big and complicated, even if I break Owen Dong, Dong family has other people to take over his power.”
“Then I probably see where you’re coming from, you’re trying to say that if Owen Dong is gone and the rest of the Dong family accepts his power, there’s a chance that they could take on The Lane Family again too right?” Christine White blinked for confirmation.
Baird Lane hmms softly, “The Dong Family and The Lane Family have been immortal for a long time now, only one of the two can survive, so in order to settle the feud between the Dong and Lane Families once and for all, the only way is to make the Dong Family disappear from history.”
At that, a cold light flashed quickly in his dark eyes.
Christine White sighed, “It seems that I still thought it was too simple, I only thought that I could bring down the Dong family by catching Owen Dong, but Owen Dong’s whereabouts, did Hugh Dong tell you?”
“In the villa area north of the city.”
“What about Leo Bort? Was he there too?” Christine White clasped her hands together and hurried after him.
That was what she wanted to know at the moment.
Baird Lane knew exactly why she was so eager, but shook his head regretfully, “He’s abroad, and as for Molly Bort … don’t know yet, and there’s another thing I want to tell you.”
“Hmm?” Christine White looked at him, “What is it?”
Baird Lane saw the elevator arrive and took her by the wrist, pulling her out of the elevator and then pinning her against the wall next to it.
“You … What are you doing?” Christine White looked around with her little red face to see if there were any passersby or anything.
Otherwise, it’s a shame.
“Haven’t you always meddled with that business of mine with Molly Bort?” Baird Lane gazed down at her.
Christine White’s expression froze and the blush faded from her face, “What the hell are you trying to say?”
“I want to tell you, that day I really didn’t have anything with Molly Bort, just lying on a bed and posing intimately, as for the marks on my body …” Baird Lane’s face instantly darkened, and he spat out a sentence through his teeth in annoyance, “It was Hugh Dong who wrung it out!”
“What?” Christine White listened flabbergasted for a moment, then begged uncertainly, “You’re saying that nothing happened with Molly Bort and that the marks on you were wrung out by Hugh Dong?”
“It’s that kid, he was there.” Baird Lane’s hand, braced against the wall, balled up into a fist.
Christine White frowned and looked at her in disbelief, “How did you know he was there?”
“He told me that and showed me the evidence.” Baird Lane returned.
Christine White raised an eyebrow, “Evidence? What evidence?”
“Evidence that he screwed me, and when he did, he took a video.” Baird Lane’s face darkened even more.
Christine White froze for a few seconds and finally couldn’t hold back a laugh, “Hahaha … Screwed …”
“Laughing at what?” Baird Lane pursed his lips in displeasure.
Christine White’s tears came out of her eyes as she laughed, it took a while before she stopped and took a deep breath back, “Nothing nothing nothing, Hugh Dong did this, I think he wanted to threaten you or mock you with this later on, but it turned out that you became his brother before he even did it, and you should be thankful that he didn’t do it, or else you’d have made a fool of yourself. ”
Baird Lane slid a few black lines down the corner of his forehead and grunted heavily.
Christine White rubbed her stomach that hurt from laughing, “The fact that he’s telling you this shows that he already recognizes you as his brother.”
At that, Baird Lane’s smelly face looked much better, “That’s if he knows what he’s doing.”
“Come on, you should be thanking him for keeping you clean or Molly Bort might have come for real.” When she said that, Christine White was thankful too.
Be glad that Hugh Dong was around at that time, and be glad that nothing really happened between Molly Bort and Baird Lane.
Thinking of this, Christine White gently patted her chest, and the stigma within her heart, at this moment, was finally completely released.
Baird Lane could see the change in her expression and his thin lips hooked, “Are you comfortable now?”
Christine White pouted arrogantly and didn’t answer.
Baird Lane reached up and gave her rising lips a gentle squeeze, “Let’s go.”
“Wait a minute.” Christine White slapped his hand down.
Baird Lane took a step back, “What’s wrong?”
“What you just said, how did Hugh Dong get there at that time?” Christine White was concerned.
Baird Lane sank his eyes and replied, “He told me that it was Molly Bort who approached him, that The Bort Family and the Dong Family were in the midst of a joint effort to deal with The Lane Family, and that Molly Bort wanted us to misunderstand each other, so she came up with that tactic, but she couldn’t have done it alone. So she asked Hugh Dong to help her.”
“And then what?”
“And then she knew I’d come after her later, so she wanted Hugh Dong to help her get out of C-City without any problems before I came after her.” Baird Lane straightened his cuffs and said lightly.
Christine White laughed, “But Hugh Dong didn’t help her leave.”
“Exactly.” Baird Lane lifted his chin, “Count him as doing the right thing.”
“Yeah, or you didn’t catch Molly Bort that easily, but unfortunately, Molly Bort still got away.” Christine White regretfully lamented.
Baird Lane’s eyes flashed sternly, “Don’t worry, she can’t get away.”
“I believe you, but will you promise me something?” Unsure of what came to mind, Christine White’s small face tightened.
Baird Lane lifted his chin slightly, signaling her to speak.
She took a breath and spoke slowly, “Let me know when Leo Bort catches it, I want to ask him myself why he did that to my mom!”
“Good.” Baird Lane nodded in agreement.
Christine White gave him a grateful smile, “Thanks.”
“There’s nothing to thank you for, but since I promised another thing, shouldn’t you promise me something too?” Baird Lane looped his arms around her and looked at her.
Christine White cocked her head in confusion, “What is it you want me to promise?”
“Moving back, when are you going to move back, since I didn’t do anything to wrong you, do you still want to stay out here?” Baird Lane asked what she meant.
Christine White rubbed the tip of her nose, “Tomorrow, tomorrow I’ll go back.”
Her purpose in staying at Hugh Dong’s apartment is to listen in on Hugh Dong to see if she can hear any clues.
But not anymore, Hugh Dong is already on their side.
Naturally there would be no point in her listening in, and also the whole thing with Baird Lane and Molly Bort was a misunderstanding, so there would be even less reason for her to live out there.
“Okay, I’ll send Aunt Lucy over tomorrow to help you pack.” Baird Lane headed out of the apartment complex.
“Your call.” Christine White followed close behind.
The two left the apartment and went to the nearest florist to buy a bouquet of flowers before driving to the mausoleum.
It was noon when I returned from seeing Ella Smith.
Baird Lane dropped Christine White off at the bottom of the apartment building and drove off, as if there was some kind of meeting, she wasn’t quite sure of the details and didn’t ask.
Back at the apartment, Christine White tossed her bag onto the couch and laid herself down, resting a little before going to take a shower and get some sleep.
As a result, just as she got up, a wave of nausea came straight from her stomach, making her want to vomit.
“Vomit …” Her face changed and she let out a dry retch, covering her lips in a hurry and running towards the restroom.