After knocking Mike out, James suddenly thought of something and looked behind him.There were many abandoned sacks piled up on the wall behind him. They were probably filled with clothes. In addition, there were abandoned clothes beside them. This was probably a clothes processing factory.James moved the bulging sacks to this side and built a sack wall between the door and them. He gagged Mike and placed him in one of the sacks. He wasn't enough to fill the sack, so James stuffed the empty space with clothes to make it seem like it was one of the other sacks.He placed the sack in the middle of the sack wall. He guessed that if Ned and Calvin came, they would definitely drive the car and break down this wall. Mike's location was the easiest place to break through!When he was done, he went to deal with Hector. First, he taped Hector's mouth, then flung him aside and went to undo the ropes binding her. He didn't remove the tape, though.She started kicking him as soon as she was
With Ned's personality, he wanted to ram the wall down, but Calvin stopped him."Are you dumb? Do you know what's inside? Besides, there's an old lady in our car!" Calvin got out of the car after saying that. He pulled out one of the sacks from the middle, which wasn't heavy because it was only stuffed with clothes. After he and Ned removed a few, everything else collapsed.Then, Calvin saw Ashlyn. Her mouth was sealed with tape, her head covered in sweat, and her face in a sorry state.Ashlyn looked like she'd seen her savior. She was about to run over to Calvin, but James reacted quickly. He grabbed Ashlyn's hair from behind. Ashlyn cried in pain, and Calvin's heart ached."James, don't you dare lay a finger on her!" Calvin shouted."You guys came quite quickly!" James said sarcastically. "Ashlyn, he's so good to you that I'm jealous!"Because James had Ashlyn in his arms, Hector quickly ran to Ned's side.Ned removed the tape for him. Hector threw himself into Ned's arms aggr
Ned finally understood why Cassandra did not want him to play chess. It was probably because she feared sowing discord between him and Hector. Didn't this prove how conflicting her personality was? She never wanted to voice her thoughts.Ned and Calvin heard the sound of a police siren.Calvin knew that at such a time, he had to be more careful of James to prevent him from doing anything desperate. He stared fixedly at James and saw that James' gaze was a little dazed. Rosemary's words had probably broken through his psychological defense. He suddenly pushed Ashlyn, making her fall into Calvin's arms.James ran to the back and drove a car out of the warehouse. He wanted to run away.There were no windows in this warehouse. If he wanted to leave, he could only force his way through the front door.However, Calvin and Ned did not expect him to hide a car here.However, the sacks clearly blocked his way. He bumped into one of the sacks and quickly turned the steering wheel to change
"What's wrong with my brother?" Hector pushed the child."What… what did you call him?" Ned had never stammered like this before."He said his name is Mike Lawrence, and he's my brother. That person asked him to kill me, but he was unwilling. He was beaten up by that person and put into a sack," Hector said.When Ashlyn and Calvin saw the situation here, they also came over.She had seen James put this child into a sack but didn't know which one. Moreover, she had been in a panic just now and had forgotten about this matter. She also didn't know this would be the sack James ran into…"Ned, James was the one who named him Mike Lawrence. He's probably your…" Ashlyn said. She was afraid of hurting him. Though Ned didn't acknowledge Mike as his own and had no feelings for him whatsoever, Mike was still dead. Besides, he'd died because he'd refused to harm Hector. Ned couldn't be unmoved by that."James is such a bastard, leaving this mess behind and dying so easily," Calvin said.Ro
Jeremy said to Cassandra, "By the way, when are you gonna give me a brother-in-law? I can't miss out on that, can I?""He hasn't been in a good mood recently. Let's talk about this next time, alright?" Cassandra said.Jeremy brought Rosemary and Martha back to Lesia.Ned brought Cassandra and Hector back to Hill Villa for a while. He wanted to calm down.Damien agreed. He knew Ned was in a bad mood after what happened to Mike.One day, Cassandra was on her way to the bathroom after tucking Hector in bed. As she walked past the living room, she saw Ned smoking on the balcony. He was looking up at the stars, seemingly preoccupied with something.She walked to him and hugged him from behind. "Are you in a bad mood?""Not really. It's just that I've been thinking more recently," Ned said.Then, the two of them fell silent."Why don't we get our marriage registered and have another child? I'm not that busy with work now, so the timing is perfect. What say you?" Cassandra asked."A
"Recently, Joshua won the first prize in an international physics competition. MIT has taken a fancy to him, and he's going abroad," Neil said indifferently. There was a note of bragging in his tone."Going abroad at such a young age?" Ned said. "He's even younger than when Cassandra went to university.""Don't talk nonsense. I studied at a normal age, and I wasn't a prodigy. What's there to show off?" Cassandra rolled her eyes at Ned."He's already sixteen; that's not young. Shall we send him off in a few days? The entire family will go," Neil said."Of course," Ned said.On the 28th of August, the whole Lawrence family gathered at the airport to send Joshua off.Neil and Michelle were going to the university with him, while the rest only saw him off at the airport.Joshua was tall and handsome. His strong physique, which had been trained from playing basketball all year round, made him very eye-catching in the crowd. Moreover, he'd taken over Merrilyn's business in Windmere Ci
If Joshua was a young god, Isobel was a goddess. She looked like her mother, but her temperament was similar to Calvin's. She was resolute, knew her limits, and was wise beyond her years. Countless people pursued her; she had a constant stream of love letters.Even Calvin said proudly, "It seems that my daughter is quite popular.""Dad, if anyone gets on my nerves one day, I'm gonna tell them you're my boyfriend. Don't say I didn't warn you!" Isobel said.She was only 14 years old but was already 5"4'. She looked perfectly grown up."Why, I'm not deserving of that honor," Calvin said."You've always said that Mom and I look like sisters. Why wouldn't you deserve it?" Isobel said. "I'm serious, Dad. Don't think I'm joking around."Calvin glanced at her. "Does that mean you really have a suitor? Who is it? Lemme have a look at him."Isobel smiled contemptuously. "Oh, come on. I have to set you as my standard when searching for someone, don't I? I'm not interested in anyone less th
Calvin opened the passenger door for Isobel, got into the car and drove away.Isobel kept looking out of the window without saying a word."Did you not do well?" Calvin asked."No, it was the same as always," she said.This meant she was among the top five in the city."Then why are you unhappy?""Dad, please stop asking." She curled up in her seat and covered her face with her bag.Calvin guessed that it must be something romantic. Isobel had told him before that she would tell others he was her boyfriend if it came down to it. It was likely all the boys had relaxed after the exams and confessed to her, putting her in a bad mood.Upon returning to the Lawrence family manor, Isobel returned to her room and closed the door.In the living room, Ned was teaching Celeste math.The expression on Celeste's face was exactly the same as Ashlyn's expression back then. She didn't understand it, but she was afraid that her father would be unhappy if she said it. She could only wear a bi
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