After returning to the dorm, Cassandra placed the notebook with Ned's name on the table. She sat at her desk for a long while, feeling very restless. In the end, she sent Annie a text.Cassandra: [Drink with me.]Annie: [What's wrong? I'm writing for a comedy act now.]Cassandra: [Come out and have a change in scenery. I'm in a bad mood.]Annie: [There's a hot pot restaurant called Sichuanese between my place and the campus. Shall we go there?]Cassandra: [Sure.]Cassandra left home right away.She didn't change her clothes. She took a taxi because she knew she wouldn't be able to drive after she got drunk, and she wanted to get extremely drunk.Annie wore comfortable-looking clothes she usually wore at home, and she didn't bother combing her hair. She looked quite adorable.Cassandra felt unusually agitated, and it wasn't only because of what happened to her eldest sister. She was already feeling this way before her sister told her about the incident."What's the matter? Say
Cassandra opened Phosphorescence. There, she could hear Annie's creative line. "She's dawdling at work and chatting with others. At some point, Ned appeared by the lab entrance. Annie quickly sat upright.”To Cassandra's surprise, the video Annie found of Ned was recorded the day Roger delivered food to her. At that time, Ned was standing by the lab entrance. The sunlight was hitting him at the perfect angle. It took Cassandra a single glance to see him, for he stood out from the crowd. That was where it all began.Annie also sent the link of the video to Ned. Annie: [Mr. Lawrence, this idea came to me out of the blue. I might have edited it in a hurry. Anyway, Cassandra isn't in a good mood. I'm having a meal with her outside.]Ned: [Alright.]After that, Cassandra and Annie continued to drink.Cassandra observed that many people commented below Annie's video.[Is he the second son in the Lawrence family? He's so handsome!][Not only is he handsome, but he's also extremely ta
Having said that, Ned carried Cassandra to the couch outside. Cassandra leaned against the couch and nearly fell asleep. However, she did everything she could to stay awake.She could hear Ned cleaning up in the bathroom, as well as the sound of water being flushed in the toilet. She also heard the shower being switched to the highest level…After a while, Ned finally got out of the bathroom."All done. Go and take a shower." Ned walked over to help Cassandra up.Cassandra wanted to get up, but she couldn't.Ned carried her into the bathroom. She took off her own clothes and placed her underwear in the sink. She wanted to wash them while she took a shower…Outside, Ned saw Cassandra's phone on the bed.Bored, he picked her phone up. As soon as he switched it on, he saw that she hadn't closed the application she was using. It was Phosphorescence. In fact, she was watching…the video Annie posted earlier. There were many comments about how handsome he was, and there were many netiz
"You must’ve drunk a lot. If you're having second thoughts about getting married because of what happened to your sister, we can always postpone our wedding. It's fine. Don't be afraid of marriage, alright?" Jeremy's voice was gentle, and warmth blossomed in Cassandra as she listened to him. Now that she thought about it, she felt increasingly sorry toward Jeremy. She wanted to love him, but she simply couldn't do it. She could never move past a platonic relationship with him. On the other hand, with Ned, she didn't need to try hard at all. He practically lived in her heart."Alright. What time are you coming?" Cassandra's voice became gentle."In about half an hour."Cassandra got up despite her headache, and put on some clothes. She couldn't recall what happened last night at all. Meanwhile, she happened to be fully naked. This made her feel a little embarrassed, as she had never slept naked before.After putting on her clothes and walking out of the bedroom, she saw Ned setting
Jeremy spotted Ned in her apartment right away.It was ten in the morning, yet Ned was in Cassandra's house. In fact, there were two bowls of porridge on the table.It was hard for Jeremy to not feel suspicious.He frowned a little.However, he remained polite. "Mr. Lawrence. You're here too.""Yes." Ned didn't bother to explain further."He's here to discuss work with me, Jeremy. My cousin will be coming over later, too. The conference ended yesterday, and we'll be doing a recap of our plan. My tutor’s away, and he entrusted this task to me. We've been talking all morning. Also, the porridge I made this morning tastes pretty good. I'll let you try some," Cassandra said before walking into the kitchen.Ned sat there and calmly ate his porridge.Cassandra looked into the pot, and saw that it was empty. That meant Ned only cooked enough for two.She was taken by surprise.Did Ned find this amusing?"It's fine, Cassandra. I already had breakfast. It's almost time for lunch," Je
After closing the door, Cassandra carefully thought about what she had done wrong. There wasn't anything that stood out. At the very least, Jeremy had no proof that Ned spent the night here. She had already stacked up the duvets in the bedroom, and she put one of the two pillows in the cabinet.Nothing was out of place.Jeremy certainly didn't notice anything wrong. However, he felt a little strange. Instinctively, he felt very uncomfortable."Cassandra, my sister-in-law gave me a call yesterday. She knows about what happened to your sister. Your sister caught her husband in bed with another woman. It got pretty bad, and the rumor spread… Your brother-in-law has already left the house. He's forcing your sister to get divorced," Jeremy explained.Cassandra instantly plopped down on the couch, staring straight ahead. "What?! How is Fiona supposed to accept this? How can she? Weren't the two of them on good terms? How did this happen? How am I supposed to believe in love again?!"Jer
Cassandra was an academic. How could she possibly allow others to catch her in such salacious images? What would they think of her?Ned: [That depends on how obedient you are.]It reminded her of what he had said to Bonnie the other day.Obviously, getting women to hang on to his every word was a common trick of his. Though Cassandra couldn’t stop her heart from racing, at least she still had some rationality.She didn’t reply to him. Well, he could do whatever he wanted.Ned: [Call me your hubby.]She ignored him and slumped on the sofa, feeling restless.At this moment, “Saving Mankind” texted her.Cassandra didn’t remember when this had happened, but she had saved a client’s number on a business trip once. That client then added her to a group chat called “Pharmacists of Genovia”. The creator of the group had asked her a few questions about her pharmaceutical knowledge before allowing her to stay, and it seemed one had to have a few achievements under one’s belt to be a memb
That evening, Cassandra returned to Soleil Garden. When she arrived there, Fiona was already waiting for her outside her apartment.“Fiona.” Cassandra saw how haggard and pale Fiona looked. She seemed to have suffered a devastating blow.“Cassandra…” Fiona immediately started tearing up when she saw her younger sister.Cassandra quickly pulled Fiona into the apartment and shut the door. Fiona plopped onto the couch and burst into tears.“What’s wrong? Talk to me,” Cassandra said gently.And so, Fiona started talking. It turned out she and her husband, Randy Acton, were going through a divorce. She had thought about turning a blind eye to Randy’s adulterous ways, but he had gone overboard by not even returning home. Fiona had only intended to threaten him by mentioning divorce, but he agreed to it immediately and started looking into splitting their assets.Fiona regretted putting divorce on the table almost immediately. Once Randy started splitting their assets, Fiona was left wi
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