When Ivy heard what Frederick said, it felt like she had found her last glimmer of hope. She grabbed his arm and excitedly asked, "What do you have in mind?"He calmly said, "Let's pay her the two million dollars!"When she heard his so-called idea, she angrily looked at him, wondering what kind of stupid idea that was. If they were really going to pay each person two million dollars, the total would be 200 million dollars instead of 100 million. She wouldn't even dare to see Anya anymore!"You…"Ivy was furious. All they had to do was compensate the victims with a hundred million dollars in the beginning. However, the total doubled because she listened to him.However, Frederick wasn't anxious at all. Instead, he just smiled. "Don't you think it's weird how the ointment works on your face but has no effect at all when it's on her face?"When Ivy heard that, she was stunned, thinking how that was true. She couldn't help wondering why that was the case. She only dared to promise t
Instead, almost a hundred people started applying the ointment on their faces upon getting their hands on it. There was nothing Lena could do by herself.Soon, more than half of the crowd was done applying the ointment. When they did it, their faces felt cool and refreshed. Everyone was waiting to see how the ointment would fail so that they could get the two million dollars.As time slowly passed, the crowd looked at each other in shock. Their faces were destroyed earlier. However, they were gradually healing at that moment. In fact, they could see how fast their faces were recovering!When Lena saw what was happening at that moment, she still wanted to stop them. "Wash your faces now. I've told you not to put it on!"The people weren't fools at all, and no one would listen to her at that moment. Meanwhile, Frederick grabbed her arm so that she couldn't mess up the whole thing.Lena anxiously yelled at him, "Why are you grabbing me?"He said with a smile, "I know what's wrong wi
When they were back at Timbergale Corporation, Ivy was ecstatic. She was prepared to call Anya to tell her the good news."Frederick, tell everyone what has happened. I'll let Ms. Romero know about it."After receiving his instruction, Frederick gathered the people from Team One and Team Two. Naturally, that included Priscilla and Grace. They still hated him to the bone because of how Mitchell was captured yesterday.Grace said angrily, "Well, aren't you great, Mr. York? Does Team Two have to be in a meeting with you now? The company is going down soon, so what's the point of you acting all domineering? We were all doing great before you arrived. You're the reason why the company's reputation is ruined!"At that moment, Grace and Priscilla had lost all motivation to do their jobs. All they could think about was saving Mitchell.They heard about how the company had to pay a great amount in compensation fees that day. After experiencing the bankruptcy of Miller Corporation, they wer
"You might be able to fool everyone else with some party tricks, but you can never fool me!"As expected, the crowd became more anxious when they saw how Lena was getting compensated two million dollars. Since she was getting paid a million dollars alone, they thought there was no way the total was only 6.95 million dollars when there were 100 people to compensate.Considering how the company was seemingly going to be bankrupt soon, they figured they should just quit at that moment to avoid getting into trouble with the company.Frederick hurriedly said to everyone, "Please check the other agreements."Grace wanted to humiliate him more, so she said with a smile, "You sure don't know when to quit, Frederick. Fine! I'll read the total compensation in front of everybody now. Let us all see how much you and Ivy managed to lose!"Then, she hurriedly opened another agreement and saw that the compensation on it was only 50 thousand dollars. She said in disbelief, "50 thousand? How is it
Ivy was in her office, talking to Anya on the phone and telling her everything that had happened. When Anya heard that the 100 million dollar compensation had decreased to 6.95 million, she felt ecstatic."Haha! That's great! I'll tell the finance department to transfer the money tomorrow. By the way, will that Lena person really kneel and apologize after scamming us?"As she listened to Ivy's report, she felt like she was listening to a captivating story that kept her on her toes.Ivy said confidently, "Don't worry. He's really impressive. If he says she'll come kneeling and apologizing, she'll definitely do it."When Anya heard that, she said with a smile, "Wow, you're already so close to him after knowing him for a few days. Have you fallen in love, my dear Ivy? It finally makes sense why this new guy is working so hard. It turns out he's trying to impress you."That morning, Anya thought the company was about to go bankrupt, and she was in great distress for a long time. Unexp
When Anya noticed Ivy wasn't answering, she hurriedly asked, "What's wrong? Is that a problem?"Ivy hated Xavier because he wouldn't stop touching her when they met last time. She was so angry that she left right away. However, when she thought about how the branch company was giving Anya enough trouble, Ivy gritted her teeth and forced out a smile."Haha! No problem. Consider it done!"Hearing that, Anya smiled in satisfaction. Earlier that day, she was already planning to call her boss in Valyr City to tell him about the company. However, the tables had turned, and everything was getting better. So, she just had to wait to give him a surprise after she had built up the company.After ending the call, Ivy looked at Xavier's number and called it with gritted teeth. She figured she would just have to be careful and sit opposite him when they were having a meal.After making the call, she heard a lustful voice from the other end. "Oh? Is this my little beauty? Do you miss me already
After being busy for a day, it was almost time to get off work.Ivy suddenly came out while Frederick was packing up and ready to go home. He glanced at her and asked, "Is there something wrong, Ms. Mallin?"She said in embarrassment, "Frederick, I'm meeting Mr. Stewart from Tengates Corporation tonight to talk about business. Can you join me? It's just at the restaurant next to our company, and it won't take too long. I can send you home in my car."Since he had been with her outside the whole day and even gave out so much ointment, he was already doing way more than he should. Now that working hours were over, she felt extremely bad for asking him out again for a business meeting.However, she really didn't want to and didn't dare to meet that perverted Xavier alone. So, she had no choice but to ask Frederick for help.When he heard that, he thought about it. Usually, he would agree to her request without any hesitation. However, before Anya left that day, she told him to get ho
Releasing negative energy was exhausting. Without the Violet Spirit Vessel, it would be difficult for Frederick to release it alone.The negative energy in his body at that moment was like a glacier. Every time he tried to release it, he could do it a little. At that rate, it would be impossible for him to get rid of the negative energy entirely.Just as he sighed, he received a message on his phone. When he picked it up, he saw that it was Melissa. "Mr. York, how is the patient at your home?"Seeing how she was still caring about his family after returning home, he felt touched. "She's fine now."Then, she hurriedly replied to him: "I see. What are you doing now, Mr. York?"Clearly, she was doing her best to find something to talk about. She was like a young woman madly in love, wanting to talk to her boyfriend but had nothing to talk about.Frederick could only casually reply, "I'm in my bed."Melissa also noticed that she was being awkward, and she hurriedly found something e
Mary's case was the most severe, while Ivan's symptoms were the mildest, and Frederick could roughly deduce the sequence of transmissions among them. It was clear that Mary infected Nigel, who then passed it to Kimberly, then finally passed it to Ivan. Frederick also saw that Ivan was actually a decent person who unfortunately ended up being betrayed and infected. However, Nigel was primarily worried that Ivan might start trusting Frederick, as he wanted Ivan to believe in his capabilities to carry out his plan.Originally, he intended for Mary to insult Frederick for being poor and unskilled, but she ended up attacking him for having an unpleasant odor, which backfired when Frederick exposed her for contracting syphilis. Now, Nigel had no choice but to take matters into his own hands, he then said to Frederick, "Hehe, Frederick. We all know Ivy is a director, what exactly do you do to be worthy of her?"Nigel assumed that Frederick was just a low-level salesperson, something
Hearing Frederick's words, Kimberly jumped with joy and stopped crying. While wiping her tears, she pointed at Mary, laughing and said, "You're covered in syphilis, yet you're making fun of me.""Slut, I wonder how many people you've slept with!" After being pointed and insulted, Mary was furious and she was ready to fight Kimberly. "You bitch! I am going to teach you a lesson!" At this moment, Nigel felt terrible. If Mary was diseased, he'd be the first victim. He grabbed Mary and shouted, "Bitch, let me teach you a lesson first. Now I know why you always wanted the lights off! I thought you were shy, but you just didn't want me to find out."In a fit of anger, Nigel slapped Mary hard across the face. Just as Mary was about to explain, she was interrupted by another slap. Holding her face, she yelled angrily, "Nigel, how dare you hit me?! Do you want me to expose all your little schemes and tricks?"Nigel froze in horror; if Mary exposed him, it would have been disastrous.
Kimberly heard her laughter, and body odor had always been a sensitive issue for her; a wound she'd tried to cover up over the years. For Frederick to bring it up in front of everyone felt like rubbing salt into an open wound. Yet what hurt even more was Mary's laughter; as a fellow woman, it felt like salt to the wound, then roasting it. Kimberly was furious, pointed at Mary and said, "What are you laughing at? Do you want me to come over there and shut you up?"Mary felt wronged, she had only let out a reflexive laugh, but now Kimberly's anger was directed at her. "Did I laugh at you? What proof do you have that I laughed at you?""You're the one with body odor, yet you're taking it out on others. You're such an unreasonable woman!"Kimberly grew even angrier after hearing Mary's retort. "You're the one with body odor, your whole family has it!" "Look at what you're wearing, it's like you just threw on two pillowcases. You're a shameless woman, just trying to show off t
When everyone heard Ivy's words, they laughed even more. Her words effectively confirmed that Frederick did indeed have an unpleasant odor. It wasn't entirely her fault as Kimberly's words had been a bit of a trap. "Haha, if you smell, just take a shower and don't embarrass yourself here.""With all that cheap stuff on, no wonder he has a smell."Hearing this, Frederick simply gave a slight smile and then asked Mary and Kimberly, "Are two really that fragrant?"Mary and Kimberly lifted their heads proudly after hearing Frederick's words. "Why don't you ask everyone here, ask them if we smell good or not?""Exactly, go ahead and ask."Both of them considered themselves beautiful, and of course, they would smell pleasant. The men around them quickly chimed in, especially those eager to admire Mary, who was dressed in a way that gave them a bit of eye candy. "Of course, they smell good. How could these two beautiful ladies not smell good?""Hehe, Frederick with his cheap, th
In a hidden corner, Nigel said to Mary, "Damn it, that bumpkin Frederick keeps stealing my spotlight. I am worried that our plan won't go well later.""You should help me humiliate him properly, and Ivan's girlfriend will back you up."Mary pursed her lips and said to Nigel, "Every time something comes up, you just ask me to handle it. My bag hasn't been bought yet, and you've lost 300 thousand dollars"Although Nigel was annoyed by Mary hitting a sore spot, he kept his tone calm and replied, "Help me humiliate Frederick and talk him down in front of Ivan. After that, leave the rest to me. Once it's done, I'll get you more than one bag, I could get you ten bags and it wouldn't be a problem. I don't care about that small amount of money. You saw that Porsche just now, right? I wouldn't mind burning it if I had to." Hearing this, Mary was delighted and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you, babe." She hadn't realized that Nigel was so wealthy and even had a Porsche. Up until th
Knowing Martin as someone who knew a lot about wood, everyone immediately looked as though they were ready for a good show. They were convinced that the Saint George statue couldn’t possibly be made of anything valuable.Martin let out a strange exclamation. "What the hell!"Kimberly, thinking that Martin was angry, quickly said, "Mr. Lawson, tell us what’s so disastrous about this wood. Are you saying it’s just a piece of junk?"Contrary to expectations, Martin replied angrily, "I’m saying that whoever preserved this Saint George statue was a jerk. This is genuine sandalwood, and yet it’s completely neglected, covered in dust."Most of the group had no idea what sandalwood was worth, but judging by the name alone, it sounded impressive.Kimberly asked curiously, "Mr. Lawson, are you saying this is really antique wood?"Martin examined the statue carefully, scrutinizing every detail. "Judging by the texture, this carving must have been made at least 150 years ago."Everyone was
"The Saint George statue was indeed a fitting choice for a karaoke." Nigel chuckled, turning to Ivy.“Why didn’t you just go on Amazon and buy a new one for a few dozen bucks? This one is obviously second-hand. Or was it picked up from some junk stall?”Frederick heard Nigel’s mockery and nodded in agreement, a faint smile on his lips. “You’re not wrong. This statue actually was picked up from a street stall.”“At the Treasure Hall in the antique trade market, no less. And yes, it’s an antique.”The truth was, the statue was from the Victorian era. Even the owner of Treasure Hall, Dominic, had recognized its age but dismissed it as worthless, tossing it onto a stall outside.Frederick had picked it up casually, thinking it would come in handy one day, and now it was the perfect gift for Ivan.Hearing this, Nigel burst out laughing, clutching his stomach. “An antique? Treasure Hall? You’re really trying to fool us.”Kimberly chimed in, her tone dripping with sarcasm as she glance
The group’s attention was fully captured by Frederick’s words, their eyes all on him. Nigel, knowing that Kimberly had informed Ivy at the last minute and that she likely didn’t have a gift, sneered at Frederick."Well, if you’ve got a gift, go ahead and show it.""Considering Ivy and Kimberly’s relationship, the gift should be pretty decent, right?"Everyone was now staring at Frederick with anticipation, curious to see what kind of gift he could produce.Ivy, on the other hand, was completely flustered. She hadn’t handed any gift to Frederick, though she understood he was trying to help her out of a tough spot. But wasn’t this making things even more awkward?Nigel continued to press him, "Where’s the gift? Come on, take it out already.""After all this time, you still can’t take it out. Don’t tell me you don’t even have one."Frederick glanced at Nigel with a calm smile. "Oh? Are you planning to bet 300 grand with me again?"Nigel froze. There was no way he had another 300 t
Ivan was deeply moved, feeling as though all the unpleasantness from their school days had been swept away. A sense of childhood nostalgia, unique to old classmates, welled up within him.The crowd continued to shower Nigel with praise, giving him thumbs up one after another."A gift worth 10 grand is no small amount. Nigel is truly generous.""That’s right. These days, even classmates hesitate to prepare gifts, but Nigel has shown such generosity.."Most of the attendees had come because of their connection with Kimberly. Each had prepared gifts with costs ranging from a few hundred dollars. Compared to Nigel’s grandiose gift worth 10 thousand, their contributions paled in comparison.Hearing the compliments, Nigel waved his hand dismissively, feigning modesty. "It’s nothing, really. After all, Ivan and I are good friends from way back."Then, Nigel’s expression shifted slightly as he added, "Speaking of good friends, I’m sure it’s not just me and Ivan here who share a special b