Alexander was surprised. He asked in a low voice, “Is it that Rodriguez family?”
Noah’s face darkened, “Besides that Rodriguez family, who else can be mentioned in front of Henry?”
“What do you plan to do?” Matthew suddenly looked serious, “Stay away from that old man in The Rodriguez family, he’s not easy to shake off.”
Henry squinted, “Sell the information to The Rodriguez family.”
David quickly understood Henry’s intentions and asked, “Boss, how much are you planning to sell it for?”
“Ten million.”
“Ha?!” Alexander chuckled softly, “Ten million. Henry, you’re quite cunning.”
“Will you pay for The Rodriguez family then?” Henry asked.
Alexander shook his head quickly, “No, I don’t have the money.”
“Then shut up,” Henry replied and instructed David, “Contact ‘Shadowguard’ to deal with him.”
David knew he was referring to Adrian and nodded before leaving to carry out the orders.
…
In the villa.
Adrian fainted as soon as Evelyn left.
Mia quietly got up and started dressing. She initially thought about leaving immediately but hesitated, considering Evelyn’s warning.
If Evelyn did inform Jasper, she would truly be in trouble.
After a brief observation of Adrian’s condition, Mia hatched a plan. She dragged Adrian into a corner, then she tousled her hair, tore her clothes, and then forcefully reddened her own face, smashing her phone in the process.
After a while, she completely transformed into the image of a victim. Mia huddled at the door, using the broken phone to call Jasper, crying pitifully.
“Jasper, I’m dirty, so dirty. I miss you so much, can you come and save me? Jasper, don’t despise me, …”
Jasper anxiously inquired about her current location. Mia, still crying, revealed the address.
In less than half an hour, Jasper rushed over. Seeing the chaos on the floor and Mia, his face turned grim.
“Jasper… Jasper… You finally came…”
Mia lifted her head, as if summoning courage, and rushed into Jasper’s arms.
“I thought I’d never see you again. Jasper, I killed someone, did I kill someone? He, he…”
“It’s okay, I’m here.” Jasper could see Adrian’s breathing and concluded that he wasn’t dead. He quickly asked, “How did you end up here? Who brought you here?”
Mia bit her lip hard, “It was Evelyn.”
Saying this, Mia cried loudly, “This man said Evelyn sold me to him. He tore my clothes… Jasper, I was so scared that I hit him, kept hitting him. Is he… is he really not dead?”
“It’s okay.” Jasper hugged her, his eyes full of fierceness, “Anyone who dares to hurt you will pay the price, including that woman.”
He never expected Evelyn to do such despicable things. He suddenly flashed the image of Evelyn playing the piano in his mind. Jasper shook his head immediately.
Noticing his change, Mia quickly cried out in pain, revealing the deliberately inflicted injury on her ankle.
“Are you injured?” Jasper forgot everything and became nervous, “I’ll take you to the hospital.”
“Okay.” Mia nodded, immediately revealing a trace of triumphant smile.
Not long after they left, Adrian regained consciousness. He looked at the mess in the room, moved his sore body, gritted his teeth, took out his phone, and dialed a number.
“Help me find a woman, I want to kill her.”
The person on the other end readily agreed. However, when Adrian mentioned Evelyn’s name, the other party immediately nervously hung up the phone.
“Damn, I don’t believe it. That little bitch, what can she do to me…”
Before he could finish his sentence, there was a loud bang at the villa’s door. Following that, a towering blaze engulfed the entire mansion.
Adrian crawled to the window, intending to jump from the second floor. However, as the window opened, a spherical object like an iron ball was thrown in.
Before Adrian could grasp its true form, another ‘bang’ echoed, and the mansion turned into ruins within seconds.
When Evelyn woke up, this incident had made its way to the top of the trending topics.
She glanced at the man calmly reviewing documents at his desk. Walking over, she handed her phone to Henry.
“Boss, you’ve committed a crime. I’m an informant, you know!”
Henry raised an eyebrow, “And then?”
“Evelyn.” Henry encircled her waist, “I haven’t committed a crime.”
“Hmm?”
“Those things are his own,” Henry explained.
Evelyn was momentarily stunned, thinking of the banned explosives mentioned in the reports. In an instant, she felt that Adrian’s death was not unjust. Anyone daring to deal with such items was not a qualified good citizen and perhaps didn’t deserve to live.
Evelyn nodded, reluctantly accepting this explanation.
After this incident, Mia directly moved to Jasper’s villa. Her style of doing things became much more high-profile as a result.
Evelyn learned of this news half a month later when she was She was busy chasing after a new batch of reagent No. 05.. If unsuccessful, the research and development would be halted for a long time.
While negotiating with the other party, Harper came in with a distressed expression, holding a stack of documents.
“Team leader, a new task.”
Evelyn glanced at it, “I know, Minister Caleb has already informed me.”
Probably because she had injured Spencer, Caleb had a particular dislike for her. In just a few days, he assigned her a project to develop a children’s nutritional pack, demanding it be completed within a month. Now, ten days had passed, and the documents were just delivered. Caleb didn’t seem to want her to complete the project, and his intentions were becoming more evident.
Ryan made sarcastic remarks with a chilly tone, “With a new team leader, it seems like resignation is one step closer. No ability and still offending people, making us all suffer with you.”
Kester, Joshua, and the returning Anthony exchanged glances.
After a while, Anthony was the first to speak, “The team has faced urgent projects before. We’ll get through it together.”
Ryan retorted, “The previous urgent projects had all the necessary data and reagents. This time, the most scarce reagent hasn’t even reached our hands. How can we compare it to the past?”
Anthony suddenly looked awkward, a bit tongue-tied.
Evelyn threw him a grateful glance and said, “The reagent issue has already been resolved. Harper, get it by tomorrow.”
With that, she provided Harper with the contact information.
This was her advance arrangement with Frank, the sole reagent manufacturing plant in all of Memphis.
Harper also knew about this manufacturing plant, her eyes filled with surprise, “Leader is truly amazing. The reagents from this place are usually for internal consumption, and anyone who can buy from there undoubtedly has the power.”
Harper happily went out to make the call, but she returned in less than ten minutes, “Leader, it seems like the reagents have been snatched.”
Upon hearing this news, Evelyn immediately stopped what she was doing, “Who did it?”
Harper’s expression was extremely unpleasant, “They said it was done by Spencer…”
“Spencer?” Evelyn frowned, “Is he healed? Coming out to show off again?”
Hm, considering the force she used and the effect of sulfuric acid, how could Spencer possibly be discharged from the hospital so quickly?
That didn’t make sense.
“The research institute gave Spencer the special medicine. It’s designed for rapid recovery from external injuries,” Harper explained.
If Spencer really came back, Minister Caleb would undoubtedly provide him with more conveniences. Wouldn’t that make their future days even more difficult?
“What do we do now? The factory said the next batch of reagents will be produced in half a month, but we’re already running out of time.”
Upon hearing this, Kester whispered, “We can only go and ask Spencer to share some reagents with us. I heard that this children’s nutrition pack research and development project is government-funded. They value it highly and are in a hurry, so we can’t afford to delay.”
Spencer knew this too, which was why he came out to cause trouble.
However, asking Spencer for help was impossible.
Evelyn was contemplating how to solve the immediate problem when Spencer swaggered past their office door, sending a provocative look towards Evelyn.
Evelyn chuckled, then took out her phone, opened the chat with Frank, and asked a few questions.
Spencer thought she was deliberately focusing on her phone to ease the embarrassment. He felt quite pleased when he returned to the office.
At this moment, the director of the reagent manufacturing plant called.
Spencer answered the call, “Director, thanks to you.”
The director chuckled, “We’ve had a relationship for so many years, I certainly won’t sit idly by and watch her oppress you without doing anything.”
“But we’ve agreed. The new reagents from HL company must not enter the research institute.”
Spencer assured, “Rest assured, HL company’s stuff is already strictly prohibited within the institute. No one dares to try. Just wait for them to go bankrupt.”
…
On the other side, ‘HL company’ appeared on Evelyn’s phone, recommended by Frank.
Looking at the familiar name, Evelyn suddenly remembered the black horse of the scientific research field and the leader in the reagent industry in her previous life. However, those events happened several years later. The current HL company might still be facing the risk of closure.