When Wyatt and Hector returned to Emmeria about ten days later, Cassandra was also due to return from Ashweir shortly after. Wyatt drove to the airport with Hector to pick her up.When Cassandra saw Hector, she immediately swept him into her arms."Did you miss me, Hector?""Yes! Very much! I missed every strand of your hair!" Hector said as he stroked his mother's hair.Cassandra had originally been very sad because she had missed Hector for the entire month. Even though she had been busy before, she hadn't spent the nights out of the house and could still see him at the end of the day, so she didn't feel much. But she was away for a month this time, and Hector's words turned her sadness instantly into joy.Cassandra burst out laughing. "Who did you learn that from?""You!" Hector replied."Your Mommy doesn't have such a silver tongue," Cassandra retorted as Wyatt pulled her luggage for her."It's either you or Daddy. Who else is there?" Somehow, Cassandra couldn't bring
Cassandra had seen Ned's achievements in the past two years, and he was unstoppable. He was already great to begin with, and now, he was one of the most prominent figures in Genovia.Even his elder brothers, Neil and Calvin, could not compare with him. In fact, they were even falling further behind.Ned was determined, decisive, and extremely quick-witted.While Cassandra was zoning out in her mind, she received a message from Fiona.[Cassandra, I'm getting married. Do you have time? If you do, how about coming back for a visit?]Cassandra and Fiona hadn't been in contact much in the past two years, and there was now quite a distance between them. Mainly, it was Cassandra who didn't know how to tell Fiona about Hector. She was afraid that Fiona would tell Jeremy, which would embarrass him. As for Fiona, she also wasn't sure how to communicate with Cassandra. The two soon drifted apart, with Jeremy standing in between them.[That's great news. Who's your husband-to-be?] Cassandra
At New East Investment in Genovia, Ned was reading a story about the famous Kane Laboratory that had their scientists travel to Ashweir for experiments to contribute to the country's medical care. There was a special section dedicated to Cassandra. In the photo, she was wearing a white coat and mask and holding a test tube. She was performing an experiment in Ashweir's impromptu site, and there were many Ashweirian children behind her...Even though Ned had teased Cassandra a lot, he couldn't help but feel a sense of respect for her at this moment. She looked dignified and serious in the photo. Though her face was mostly covered by her mask, her eyes shone in determination. She looked like someone who couldn't be tripped up by mundane things, and her chest could hold a thousand worlds...but not Ned. After sleeping together for so long, Cassandra hadn’t once expressed her love to him. She hadn't even thrown a smile his way.Ned clenched his palm tightly.The article was written i
The trip to Lesia this time was different for Ned.In the past, Lesia was a place where he had a chance to turn things around. Later, it was just one of the many places he had visited, and there were no special feelings attached to it or anything.Now, he felt like the country was connected directly to his life. Whenever someone mentioned Lesia, he could feel his heart ache.Ned hated having such a weakness. Once he had a weakness, it was easy for others to use it against him. Yet, now it seemed that this was unavoidable.Just now when Ned went upstairs, he heard Oliver's relatives talking about Fiona and Jeremy's wedding. Everyone knew Fiona had introduced Jeremy to Cassandra back then. They speculated that perhaps Cassandra's requirements had been too high and Jeremy hadn't caught her eyes, so they broke up. That was why Fiona and Jeremy could marry.The Myer family strongly opposed this marriage. It was Fiona's second marriage, and she already had a child, after all. However, J
Oliver looked at the cute and handsome boy, then asked Ned, "Mr. Lawrence, who's this? Your illegitimate son? He looks a lot like you."Ned's hand stilled. If Hector were his illegitimate son, that would be great. In Oliver's eyes, anyone who was handsome looked like Ned."This is Cassandra's son," Ned said with a frown.Oliver was floored. "Cassandra? Cassandra has a child? With who?"Oliver looked up, and his eyes landed on the woman sitting in front of them. If that wasn't Cassandra, he would eat his shoe!Oliver poked Cassandra's shoulder and called out, "Cassandra?"Just then, the bride and groom entered. Cassandra didn't pay much attention to where Hector had gone and was standing up and applauding loudly. Besides, she wanted to see what state Jeremy was in when he married her sister.Cassandra had only returned the day before yesterday and was still jet-lagged because she had been working non-stop all this time. After she returned from Ashweir, she flew back to Lesia with
Ned, on the other hand, stood next to Oliver, sipping his brandy and acting as if he wasn't listening to what Oliver was saying."Cassandra, my dear cousin, have I loved you in vain for all these years? You didn't even tell me you went abroad to study. Plus, you didn't even contact me the entire time you were there! What's the meaning of this?" Oliver said.Cassandra held Hector's hand and said, "Oliver, I've been very busy abroad. I'm a professor under Professor Peter. Don't you know how busy I get? Besides, I thought Fiona told you everything about me."Ned laughed mockingly into his wine. What a straight-faced liar! Cassandra hadn't wanted to contact Oliver because she was afraid he would tell Ned about it, so she pushed the blame onto Fiona and boldly lied to Oliver's face.Wasn’t she ashamed of herself?However, Ned had a tacit understanding with Cassandra, so he said nothing."Also, I didn't know I became an uncle! Whose kid is this?" Oliver asked as he petted Hector's head
Ned watched Cassandra answer the phone from afar; he suddenly felt like this woman had a wall of steel in place, and he couldn't pry it open.Cassandra took several phone calls. Many academic institutions in Lesia knew she was back, and were calling to ask her to give a lecture. Also, Lesia University of Technology wanted to hire her as an honorary professor. In short, she was very busy on this trip back.After she was done with her calls, she didn't return to Ned's side but went to Jeremy instead.Ned kept his hands in his pockets as he kept his eyes on her. She had grown thinner over the past two years, and he knew that her years in Emmeria hadn’t been as easy and calm as she had made it out to be."Oh, Cassandra. You're back," Jeremy said with a smile.Presumably, because he was with the love of his life now, Jeremy had also become calmer and more at peace. He wasn't as awkward as Cassandra had thought he would be.Cassandra smiled with her head down. It was as if all the vent
Cassandra estimated that there was about fifty thousand dollars in the envelope, which might not even be considered pocket change to Ned. However, Cassandra had taught Hector to be frugal since he was young, so she knelt and said, "Hector, I'll help you save this money, okay? I'll give it to you in the future, okay? When you need money, just tell Mommy, okay?"Cassandra knew that Hector was a young child and had no need for money. She was only trying to convey the message to Hector that as his mother, she wouldn't refuse to give him money, but she would also not give him money indiscriminately."Cassandra, you have assets worth tens of billions of dollars. Ignoring your current life, or even the next few lives, you couldn't spend it finished. Do you need to go that far?""You don't understand," Cassandra said. “If you don't teach them at an early age, it'll be too late when they grow up."Ned extinguished his cigarette. Why did it feel like Cassandra was insinuating something in
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