Annie was born and raised in Genovia. She came from a middle-class family, and her parents had done everything they could to allow her to study in Emmeria. A few months back, she had returned to Genovia and joined Beryl Laboratory. She was her parents’ pride and joy—to them, her achievements were the stuff of fairy tales, and they sang her praises to everyone they knew. Unbeknownst to them, there was someone equally outstanding as her—Cassandra, whom she had met in Emmeria.They’d secretly competed against each other since their first meeting, but none of them had spoken about it before. This changed when Cassandra discovered Annie had stolen the dissertation she had put her heart and soul into—Annie hadn’t admitted to it, though. She insisted they just had the same idea.Cassandra followed Annie all the way back to Genovia, refusing to let the matter slide.She threw herself into her research; Annie was no different. Thanks to their hard work, less than two months later, Beryl Labo
As Annie struggled to think of a solution, she heard two girls nearby whispering among themselves. “It’s so dumb to spend so much money on a bag. I bought an imitation, and it’s not even a tenth of the price of the original! Look, don’t you think it’s exactly like the actual one?”Annie glanced at it. Indeed, they were almost identical.‘I’ll just buy an imitation, then,’ she thought. ‘No matter what, I can’t let Cassandra win!’She asked a friend to introduce her to some sellers. After getting their numbers, she bought a fake Birkin for six thousand dollars—the original cost 60 or 70 thousand. This time, she was going to take Cassandra down a peg.Annie brought her six-thousand-dollar bag to work. Those who weren’t in the know admired it, but it only took Cassandra a single glance to tell it was an imitation. As expected, Annie would do anything to defeat her. Sooner or later, Cassandra would expose and humiliate her…but not now. Instead, she silently put her bag away and stopped
After hanging up, Ned thought, ‘How dare Cassandra give Joshua something that hasn’t been clinically tested! Is she using him as a lab rat or something?’He tapped his fingers on the sofa’s armrest. He had to find a chance to visit the factory and warn Cassandra.Ned called the factory’s manager and made an appointment for a visit.…Bolton Pharmaceutical.Today, Caleb and Sheila came to the factory for a site visit at Beryl Laboratory, which was the factory’s core. It was the heart of the factory’s operations.As the leader of the rhinitis medication research team, Annie gave the shareholders a presentation on the Walt reagent’s quality and effects on rhinitis. It promised to cure rhinitis and stop it from plaguing the patient again.Caleb kept nodding in agreement.Sheila couldn’t help feeling jealous of Annie—she was so capable at such a young age. When she was Annie’s age, she was nothing but a rich kid who leached off her parents.Developing a reagent to cure rhinitis was
Michelle had Hermès bags of her own, but she couldn’t tell the difference between originals and imitations. Besides, plenty of imitations these days looked even more like originals than the originals themselves. Cassandra had taken a huge leap from a canvas bag to a Birkin, so Michelle couldn’t help wondering whether she had bought an imitation. Had she embarrassed herself so thoroughly in front of Sheila?She had been wanting to thank Cassandra but had failed to think of something. Besides, James had given her an Hèrmes bag when Fiona got engaged, so she also wanted to take this opportunity to return the favor.So, she went to the shopping mall and bought a brand-new Birkin as a present for Cassandra.However, she was afraid Cassandra would be embarrassed if she brought it to Cassandra. Her actions would indirectly tell Cassandra that Michelle knew she was using an imitation. Since Ned was going to the factory the next day, Michelle handed the bag to Ned and asked him to pass it to
Cassandra's family was very wealthy. Although her elder brother had been sent to prison, which was Cassandra's doing, Annie still couldn't compare to how rich Cassandra's family was. Besides, Cassandra had a close relationship with one of the investors, Caleb. It seemed Caleb had even introduced Cassandra to his son, who was the sales representative of Bolton Pharmaceutical.And now, was Cassandra dating Ned Lawrence! Did they know each other?Why did Cassandra get everything that was good in life? Why did it seem like she knew every big shot there was?The thought of it infuriated Annie....When Ned arrived outside the lab doors, he took off his lab coat and walked to the parking lot. Cassandra followed behind him, wondering what he wanted from her.When they came to a Rolls Royce, Ned took out a beautiful Hermes box from the car's back seat and handed it to Cassandra. Having done that, he didn't leave. He simply leaned back against the car and lit a cigarette, looking like he
"Did you need something from me?" Annie asked, clearly not as angry as she had been before."Yes. Your bag is an imitation. It's best to stop using it to avoid making a fool of yourself," Ned said.Annie was speechless. For a moment, she felt like she couldn't breathe. Having been exposed so bluntly by Ned, she felt her reputation and image crumble before her eyes. She balked when her eyes landed on her bag. Even she couldn't tell which part was fake, so how could Ned have known?However, she could tell from the corner of her eyes that Cassandra was staring at her, so she swallowed her anger and said with a smile, "Oh, okay, President Lawrence. I'll do that. Thank you."After saying that, Annie hung up the phone in high spirits, then went back to looking through the data in her hand.A few days ago, when they had finished with the rhinitis medication, she had signed up to join a research group in the lab. She had just received a message in WhatsApp that she had been accepted into
"You just won't leave me alone, will you, Cassandra?" Annie huffed. "What will it take for you to quit?""You started it back at Emmeria when you copied my thesis," Cassandra said in a relaxed manner. "It's not impossible for me to withdraw. First, you can't have a relationship with Ned. It's best not to talk to him at all. Second, you'll be at my beck and call. If I call, you come.""You must be joking! Do you think I'm your slave?" Annie said defiantly."If you don't want to listen, that's fine. I'll be going to Mylar, then.""Fine!" Annie would agree to anything if it got her out of traveling with Cassandra, provided the other woman didn't go too far with her demands, of course."Obviously, it wouldn't make sense to make you my slave for the rest of your life. Let's keep it for a week," Cassandra said.Cassandra figured that something should happen this week, and Sheila would very likely call her out for dinner. There were a lot of things she wanted to say but it would be diff
Caleb had also been forced into the impossible task he was given. He was never that interested in Roger's marriage, but Sheila insisted he went out to buy food and cook. Soon, Roger returned home, and everyone was present.During dinner, Sheila asked Cassandra excitedly, "Have you gotten used to Genovia?""Yes, I think so. It's quite comfortable to travel wherever here," Cassandra said as she ate her meal demurely. "Do you and Roger see a lot of each other at work?" Sheila asked."Not really. I'm always inside the lab working on experiments all day, and he's mostly out in the field, so he's not in the office most of the time," Cassandra replied."That's right, Mom. Don't worry too much about it."Even though Roger was a little interested in Cassandra, he knew they were people on two opposite sides of the spectrum. It was obvious from the few chats he had with Cassandra that she was the kind of person who planned ten steps ahead, whereas he was a person who was more concerned a
Benjamin walked to her side and suddenly hugged her. It was as if there were thousands of words that could not be said. Jacey did not refute. It was as if the two of them had known each other for a long time. It was as if they had known each other for a long time."Your mother did a good job with this exhibition," Jacey said."It's good. After all, you're an expert in this field," Benjamin said. "Or if you have any requests when you get married, tell my mother and let her customize the most beautiful jewelry for you.""Married?" Jacey didn't understand.She had never thought about marriage. Why did she feel so close to her when Benjamin mentioned it?She still felt quite confused."I'll treat you to a meal later?" Benjamin said. "What do you want to eat?"Jacey's eyes lit up. "Hotpot? How about a hotpot?"Benjamin smiled and said, "I thought you had a profound hobby. This is it."Jacey smiled again.Jacey didn't like the feeling of being surrounded by people, so she chose the
Kenny smoked as he spoke. He had the look of a veteran in society. It was hard not to believe that he was a nouveau riche who did not hesitate to sacrifice the lives of his subordinates to save money."Sir, you've found the right person. Come and take a look." The workshop owner said. Then, he whispered a few words into Kenny's ear and asked, "Can you accept it?""What's so unacceptable about that? I'm definitely showing it to Party A. These people grew up in the countryside. What kind of milk have they drunk? I can't tell if it's true or not," Kenny said."Alright, alright," the workshop owner said with a smile."Just don't make it obvious. I'll go take a look at the manufacturing workshop." Kenny said.The owner of the workshop was initially quite shy, but Kenny said that he had ordered a lot, so the other party agreed.As soon as he entered the workshop, Jacey secretly turned on the pinhole camera when the workshop owner was not paying attention and filmed the production proce
Jacey felt that under Kenny's serious and unsmiling appearance, there was a soft and warm heart.This note looked like it had been around for a long time. It was unknown how long Kenny searched last night before he found it and gave it to Jacey so easily.Jacey left.However, she did not expect that something would happen on her first day there.She brought a vacuum camera and made her clothes look like rural women's. After finding the milk production point, she said that she wanted to order milk in large quantities because she heard that the milk here was very cheap.The people in the workshop looked at each other and said, "I'm not selling!"The people in the workshop were very smart and vigilant. Their workshop had a fixed delivery channel. This woman was alone and was unlikely to be here to order. They found an excuse and sent Jacey away.No matter how much Jacey dawdled, the other party refused to let her in.For a moment, Jacey didn't know what to do. She was quite depres
Jacey was a little stunned. She really didn't know much about what the parents were talking about.Moreover, she hadn't interacted with Benjamin for a few days. Moreover, when Ashlyn came to visit this time, she didn't say a word about him. It made her feel very uneasy. She even wondered if he didn't mean that at all. It was all her own wishful thinking…For the past few days, Benjamin had not come to look for Jacey. She had not contacted him either.However, a few days later, Jacey received a Whatsapp message from Benjamin. There were many photos. It was a rather high-class living room. There were boxes in the living room. The living room was simple and noble, like a top-notch courtyard house.[This is the showroom and display cabinet for my mother's medieval jewelry. How about letting your mother take a look?] Benjamin said.[Where is this place? This place is so beautiful.][My mother's dowry. The courtyard house in Genovia.] Benjamin said.Jacey thought to herself, "As expec
Today, Benjamin had already returned home."How is it? How's your first time meeting your in-laws alone?" Calvin teased Ashlyn."It's quite good. I'm preparing to hold a medieval jewelry exhibition and then let my employees learn medieval video skills. I said that I wanted to use their jewelry as an exhibition, but they didn't even want the deposit. How generous," Ashlyn said lazily as she leaned against the sofa."It's… it's over?" Calvin looked at Ashlyn and said in surprise.Benjamin sat there and smiled."What else?" Ashlyn asked."What are you going to do this time? Aren't you going to look for your daughter-in-law? Did you see what she looked like?" Calvin poured a cup of tea for Ashlyn.After so many years, Ashlyn still hadn't changed from her usual macho self. In fact, she was even more macho than before. Perhaps Calvin had been the one to deal with everything after marriage, developing Ashlyn's habit of not using her brain.Of course, it only meant that she didn't use
For some reason, Ashlyn felt like crying when she saw this. In the past, these jewelry had traveled to another country. Now, these jewelry were all back with stories.She thought about how the person who owned these jewelry had brought them overseas and brought them back…She felt that the Irving family was worthy of admiration.Linda had gone out at some point. Seeing that Ashlyn was looking at her very seriously, she didn't disturb her.When she came in again, she was carrying a cup of coffee. The fragrant Americano she'd just ordered from the coffee machine on the first floor. It was made from good coffee beans.She handed the coffee to Ashlyn."Have a cup of coffee when you're tired. Anyway, these jewelry don't have long legs. They won't run away on their own," Linda said. "You can come and take a look whenever you want. I've always been here."Only then did Ashlyn feel that she had been watching for an hour or two, but she had always been like a pious primary school student
On Saturday afternoon, Ashlyn drove to Jacey's house, a very simple villa.Ashlyn knew that writers liked to live in such a quiet place because they had inspiration in such a place.Jacey's mother, Linda, was already standing on her steps to welcome her.Linda was dressed in a Chinese-style robe. She looked very ancient, but because she was slender, she looked especially good. She looked like a fairy.Ashlyn was dressed in a very fashionable modern outfit. She was wearing a knee-length skirt, pearl earrings, and earrings. She looked especially round and beautiful. One look and one could tell that she was the kind of person who had never experienced the blow of life."I'm Jacey's mother. Nice to meet you, Mrs. Conrad." Linda reached out and held Isobel's hand. "Jacey said that you're coming to our house to take a look. I am so happy. I specially brought all the jewelry from the other houses here and packed them up. If these jewelry can be displayed in the exhibition and let everyon
"Excuse me, how did you know about me?" Jacey asked."Oh, Benjamin's phone was on the table that day. He went to the washroom and I happened to see the photo album he was looking through. I picked it up and saw these few pieces of jewelry. You know it too. As jewelry makers, we won't let go of those rare jewelry no matter what. I asked Benjamin where these pieces of jewelry came from and he told me about you," Ashlyn said neither servile nor overbearing.She understood a girl's mentality very well. She knew that if the woman found out that the man had taken the initiative to leak her news to her parents, she would be very disgusted and feel passive. Therefore, she did not say that. Instead, she said that she had seen it herself. She even said that Benjamin was looking at these photos at that time.Jacey's heart would probably feel warm. After all, a man was looking at her photo behind her back. She should have a good impression of this man.Jacey really thought so. When she heard A
After Benjamin returned home, he showed Ashlyn the jewelry he had taken for Jacey.Ashlyn was very knowledgeable. One look at this jewelry and she knew that it was priceless.Moreover, the girl wearing the jewelry also had extremely good skin and was extremely delicate.Calvin, who was sitting at the side, also watched.However, Ashlyn didn't just look at the jewelry. She said, "You only bought jewelry. Who is this person wearing jewelry behind you?"Ashlyn asked Benjamin gossipily."Don't ask," Benjamin said.Ashlyn smiled. "You said that you only took photos of the jewelry but didn't take photos of her. Aren't you trying to arouse my curiosity? Now that I'm curious, you're not making a move. However, I've been working on researching National Jewelry recently, so I'm lacking samples in this area. When are you going to ask this girl out? Let me take a closer look. From her appearance, I think she's dressed very well. Moreover, I can see her face from her bone structure. I think