Branden's account looked like it had just recently been registered, as the level had not even been displayed yet.There was only one post on his account. Below this post, there were actually thousands of comments.According to the usual practice, if a company was involved in a scandal, the company's public relations team would immediately come out to suppress the negative public opinion, lower the heat, and then slowly manage the public relations. However, this time, Branden bucked the trend by opening an account and posting updates on social media despite rarely making public appearances or speaking in public.The post was very simple, just one sentence. "The investor is me. I dote on her."The simple sentence seemed to confirm the speculations in the post. Branden financed the Styre Laboratory for Catherine, providing financial support to Styre University.After Branden's update, the following comments went crazy.The official account of the Duncan Corporation immediately retwe
"Exercising" before going to bed really helped with sleep. Catherine had a good night's sleep, sleeping straight through until morning without any dreams. If it weren't for Branden waking her up in the morning, she would have been late.As soon as Catherine entered the laboratory building, she ran into Marshall. Unlike yesterday, he seemed lively and energetic today. "Professor Hartley," Catherine greeted him.Marshall warmly responded, "Hey, come on. Let's go upstairs together." Just as they got to his office, they heard a student delivering a message. "Professor Hartley, Mr. Farrell wants to see you in his office!"Marshall had intended to chat with Catherine, but he hadn't expected Ultan to summon him so early. Guessing it might be about a donation, Marshall had no choice but to go. "You go to the lab first, and find me at noon. We'll talk then," he told Catherine.As Marshall was about to leave, the student delivering the message awkwardly scratched the back of his head and s
Rylan was quite happy when Catherine called him, but his expression turned dark as soon as he answered the phone. Despite her generally cold demeanor, he could tell that this time, her coldness was different. While she was typically aloof, her current tone was laced with hostility, which he found unacceptable. "What do you mean, Catherine? What have I done to make you so angry?" he asked.Catherine responded in a cold tone, "You know what you've done. I don't care about your intentions, but if you interfere with my experiment, you'll be in trouble."Upon hearing this, Rylan realized that Catherine must have found out about his connection to Reelyne Technologies, which prompted her call. He cursed inwardly the two people he had sent to handle the matter, blaming their incompetence. Since Catherine had known, he understood that denying it wouldn't change anything. She could see through his lie easily."You don't know how envious I am of Branden," Rylan said. "I see how he sponsored yo
Ronin grabbed Flash's collar, glaring at him angrily. "I said, don't touch Professor Warner, and I mean it!"The atmosphere in the room became tense in an instant. Despite Ronin's anger, Flash, remained composed, pressing on, "Give me a reason!"This was Flash's territory; Ronin was merely a prisoner in captivity. The only reason Flash hadn't laid hands on Ronin was because Ronin had some use left. But that didn't mean Ronin could do as he pleased. Once Flash found Ronin's value insufficient, he would get rid of Ronin.Ronin gritted his teeth and glared at Flash, but he didn't voice his reason.Flash didn't press him further. Instead, he stood up, preparing to leave. "Ronin, you may have been enjoying yourself these days, but don't forget your current situation. Who we target is not for you to decide!"Faced with Flash's threat, Ronin retorted, "Even if you capture Professor Warner, you won't be able to access the core data if I don't cooperate." Winston was an expert, but he co
"Professor Warner, have you made your decision?"Upon hearing the voice, Winston silently raised his head, his face filled with disdain. "You might as well stop wasting your time. I've said it before. I will not cooperate with you, never."Winston would rather die than betray the school or his friends. He would never go against his conscience and morals. As a professor, he conducted experimental projects with students and knew well the amount of manpower and resources required for a project to come to fruition.Marshall once said it was the result of his life's work. If it weren't for Catherine, the experiment would never succeed.Now, these scoundrels wanted to reap benefits without effort, and Winston would never let that happen. He stiffened his neck and glared at Flash. "If you have the guts, just kill me. Since you call me Professor Warner, then you should know my identity. Just because you capture me doesn't mean you can get what you want from me. My school and my superiors w
Flash calmly engaged in psychological warfare with Winston. The more composed he appeared, the more flustered Winston would be. Seeing Winston's psychological defenses starting to crumble, Flash continued, "Professor Warner, you're a professor in the computer science department. Do you know medicine? When a person's major artery is damaged, how long does it take for that person to die?"Flash's sinister laugh caused Winston's face to turn ashen. He began to plead with Flash, asking him to spare Ronin and to treat Ronin. Leaning forward with his hands on the table, Flash fixed his eyes on Winston. "Professor Warner, I'm not the one who can save him; you are. Do you want to save him? Tell me," Flash said. "He's not even 19 years old. It's a young man's life, right? I remember him telling me that you are his most respected teacher, just like his father. Are you going to watch him die?"Winston broke down, pounding the table with his hands and shouting madly, "I agree to your demands!"
Sebastian Johnson, the head of the police station escorted Branden to the entrance and said in an exceptionally respectful and amiable manner, "Mr. Duncan, rest assured. We will thoroughly interrogate this group of thugs. They dared to attack you and disturb the public order in our city. It is a vile and egregious example of such behavior."After hearing this, Branden gave a polite glance at him and softly said, "Thank you, Mr. Johnson."Sebastian's heart bloomed with joy. He was worried about not meeting performance targets, but he hadn't expected Branden to deliver such a significant case to him. It was a perfect opportunity to get his subordinates to start a serious investigation.Sebastian was preparing to personally escort Branden to his car when suddenly Branden stopped and looked back. "By the way, I've heard that recently a group of individuals illegally entered from abroad and were brought to the police station. I wonder how they are being handled?"When Sebastian heard th
Rylan was busy with official business when his secretary walked in. "Mr. Melton, here is the list from Styre University." Without looking up, he replied, "Didn't I put you in charge of the funding for Styre University? Just allocate the funds. There's no need to consult me."The secretary had indeed received such orders before, but this time, the amount was so substantial that she didn't dare to decide on her own. "Mr. Melton, the amount involved exceeds our expectations. I think it's best if you review it yourself."Rylan knew that the secretary had worked for him for many years and wouldn't disturb him unless it was something unusual. So he reached out to take the list from her. However, being a person who was accustomed to dealing with large figures, Rylan was still taken aback when he saw the numbers on the list.Rylan had thought this lab's request would amount to a few tens of millions at most, but the number in front of him now was several hundred million dollars.Noticing R
In the end, Branden couldn't stand it anymore. He took the initiative to snatch Catherine back, only then did the scene come under control.Now, no one dared to continue touching Catherine's belly.Once he snatched Catherine back, he held her tightly in his arms and prevented anyone from touching her. He thought in his mind, "Since these people like this brat so much, I'll just give the brat to them when Catherine gives birth. Saves one more person from sharing my wife with me."Triston smiled and watched the crowd as the birthday party began exactly as it should.The big screen began to show all the images of Audrey from her debut until now that were outstanding or worthy of recording. Some of the images weren't even in Audrey's possession, but Triston had found them and made a video of them.As the images flashed by, Audrey's tears couldn't help but fall from her face. She cried not only because she remembered the hardships she had endured in showbiz for many years, but also bec
Since Triston brought Audrey to meet his family, he had worked non-stop to put their marriage on the agenda.Audrey was a popular actress, and to not affect her career, Triston chose to propose in a low-key manner.Triston arranged a party on Audrey's birthday and invited many of Audrey's friends.Audrey originally thought Triston was too high-profile, but Triston insisted. "I didn't participate in so many of your past birthdays. I finally have a chance to participate this time."He persuaded Audrey repeatedly. Audrey couldn't resist him and could only agree to let him arrange the party.Luckily, he only invited Audrey's close friends and did not send out invitations widely, so she could take this opportunity to have a gathering of friends.Audrey was surprised to see Catherine when she arrived.Catherine was now eight months pregnant. Normally, she would be rejected by Branden if she wanted to visit Catherine.Branden was now very careful with Catherine every day, and Audrey w
Sure enough, only after Audrey said those words, Willa's face completely darkened.Seeing that Willa was about to explode, suddenly...Triston applauded happily, which instantly attracted the crowd's attention.Triston calmly met everyone's gaze and looked at Audrey gently. "Good. You're worthy of being the woman I love. I'm most annoyed with those women who stay at home day in and day out and like to gossip when they have nothing else to do. You have your own career and I'm very supportive of that."Triston said this with a proud look on his face and raised his eyebrows at Audrey, full of smugness.Willa's face instantly turned gloomy.Her son had demeaned her by calling her a gossipy woman just to please another woman, and it made her furious.Egbert kind of realized that his son was totally in love with Audrey. He thought it was good because Triston used to be a playboy and was always surrounded by messy women. At that time, he was really worried that Triston would marry an u
Although Audrey was born into a wealthy family, Triston's mother, Willa Lambert, had always been prejudiced against showbiz and therefore did not approve of Triston's pursuit of Audrey.In Willa's opinion, female celebrities in the showbiz industry had always appeared in public, which was not like the demeanor of a lady from a wealthy family.It was only after learning that Audrey and Triston might be together that she eagerly introduced Triston to girls in the first place. She didn't realize that after all this time, her son still hadn't given up on Audrey, and this was the first time she'd seen her son so attached to a girl.If it weren't for that, she wouldn't agree to appear at today's dinner party now.Triston led Audrey into the door, and everyone from the Lamberts had already arrived.The scene of everyone sitting in the private room made Audrey feel a bit guilty. She looked guiltily at the crowd and whispered, "I'm sorry. I'm late."Triston's father, Egbert Lambert, had a
Audrey never expected to be so suddenly arranged to meet Triston's family.She couldn't react when Triston talked to her about it. Looking at Triston with disbelief in her eyes, she said, "Pardon me?"Triston's handsome face carried a gentle smile. "I've inquired with Kim. You don't have any work arrangements since this afternoon, and you can also take a day off tomorrow. It's just right for us to have dinner together in the evening."Audrey frowned and asked inwardly, "Is that what I care about?"What she cared about was who Triston had just said she would have dinner with tonight. "Why are you suddenly asking your family to have dinner with me?"The Swanns and the Lamberts were both in Casier and they were also considered to be friends. For Triston's family, although Audrey was not familiar with them, she had seen them at major parties.But in the past, they used to meet as ordinary friends.Now that she and Triston were in a relationship, his sudden proposal to take her to di
Audrey hesitated for a moment but still answered the phone with a nervous heart.She believed that Catherine definitely had a way to get her to answer the phone, but things would be troublesome if she made Catherine take her actions.She put her phone to her ear and inquired in a low voice, "Morning, Kathy. What's the matter?"Catherine's voice remained as cold as ever, without any emotion. "Tell me, what is it that you haven't told me?"Audrey had already figured out a strategy to deal with it and how to excuse herself, but as soon as she answered the phone, Catherine asked her so directly, which made her suddenly unable to react.Audrey had no choice but to tell Catherine the truth.After listening to her trembling narration, Catherine only asked coldly, "Are you sure you want him to be your boyfriend?"Audrey was a bit hesitant. Everyone blessed her and Triston after they found out they were together again, but Catherine was the only one who asked her to calm down and think i
Faced with Triston's questioning, Ronin looked arrogant. "Catherine and Audrey are sisters, so Audrey is my sister. You can bully anyone, but you can't bully her. Or else, we can't even be friends."Ronin's words sounded childish, but there was seriousness inside his eyes when he said those words. He grew up with Catherine and regarded Catherine as his most important family member. To him, Catherine's sister was his sister.After listening to Ronin's words, Triston faintly laughed out. "I see."Ronin thought that Triston didn't take his words to heart, and immediately felt a burning anger. "What do you mean? You don't understand my warning, do you?""Easy!" Triston gestured for him to calm down, then said calmly, "Even death row inmates have a chance to explain, right? You should at least hear me out.""Hmph!" Ronin snorted disdainfully. He secretly thought in his heart, "If Triston says any more asshole words, I'll definitely not show him any respect."Triston put away that cyni
They had an appointment at a recreational manor, a new property Zobber had just bought. Zobber had invited them to come along for the experience.Since Catherine's pregnancy, the entire Hacker Alliance had had much leisure time. Even though there was less to do, they had earned no less money and were basically in a dominant position.Zobber enjoyed the current situation too much becasue there was still money to be made easily. They might only have one business per year, but the profit from this business was already enough for them to spend for a year.After wandering around with her friends, Zobber excitedly looked at everyone. "How about this place? It's not bad, right? I bought it at a high price!"This was Casier, and Triston was aware of any changes in the real estate industry.He had indeed received the news when Zobber auctioned off the manor, and he also knew that Zobber had given an above-market price to take the land. But he knew that Zobber had plenty of money. It was fi
Since that dinner, Audrey had been in a special kind of relationship with Triston.Although they didn't make it clear, Triston could feel that Audrey had slowly accepted him.The number of times they met increased, and most of Audrey's work this year was in Casier.Whenever Triston had free time, he would stay alongside Audrey.Whether on set or during recording sessions, one could always catch a glimpse of Triston.Everyone kind of knew deep down that Triston was the man behind Audrey.But nobody ever exposed this whole thing, mainly because of Triston's identity.Neither he nor Audrey wanted too much attention paid to their relationship right now. If he didn't spill the beans, who else would dare to report on it?Besides, the reason Audrey and Triston's dating didn't cause much jealousy was they were a good match.Among the Four Noble Families in Casier, the Lamberts and the Swanns each held a seat, and the Swanns' power was not weaker than the Lamberts.Plus, now that Cath