When the car stopped downstairs of the Hall Group, it was during the rush hour.Terry's car today was unusually low-key, casually parked downstairs without attracting much attention.Jessica undid her seatbelt and said, "Thank you, I will treat you to a meal another day."Terry looked at her and said, "You must have said this more than three times. Which day exactly, Ms. Hall?"Jessica thought for a moment and said, "I should go to Fresno in a couple of days. I won't be in LA this week, but I'll treat you to dinner when I come back next week, okay?""Just kidding."He said, handing her a packaged cup of black sugar ginger on the side, "It's cold weather, drink more, it's beneficial."Jessica didn't react at first. "What is this?"Not until she held it in her hands and smelled the faint scent of ginger did she know what it was."Thank you."It was getting late, and Terry took the initiative to open the car door for her.Jessica got out of the car holding a cup of ginger tea with brown
Jessica was not someone who couldn't bear hardships, and she only found out about the Hall family being the richest after she became an adult.She was raised as an ordinary girl from a regular family since she was young. The conditions at home were slightly better than average, but she still understood the hardships of life.But Graham saw that Jessica was not speaking and felt a little uneasy in his heart. "Ms. Hall, is it possible that these conditions--"Jessica smiled and said, "Graham, you misunderstood. It's just that I haven't been on such a long car ride in a while, so I might feel a little carsick."Graham had no way of knowing whether Jessica's words were true or false, but seeing her gentle demeanor, he didn't say anything further. "This way is all mountain roads, and it can be a bit bumpy to go up the mountain. It's also getting late. Ms. Hall and Wendy should freshen up first, and later we can have dinner inside the hotel."This place was really poor, as Jessica saw on he
Because it snowed, the road was difficult to walk on. The originally three-and-a-half-hour journey took over four hours. The group arrived at the base after 1 pm.The so-called base, in fact, was just a red brick wall surrounding the area. Facing the main entrance were two connected two-story bungalows, which housed the research lab and offices.Including the researchers, there were a total of five people at the base.Graham led Jessica and introduced her to the personnel at the base. The people at the base knew that a "big shot" was coming today, so they had prepared lunch early.They also tried their best to help Selma out of poverty. For lunch, Jessica had a lot of rare and precious mushrooms that she rarely ate, as well as a pot of herbal chicken soup, which was stewed with local specialty herbs.After lunch, Jessica and Wendy rested for half an hour and then followed Graham and the researchers to visit the greenhouse.I have to say, Jessica really didn't come in vain this time. T
Jessica didn't sleep well last night. Just now, she was sleeping soundly in the car when she was suddenly awakened. She didn't pay much attention to what Harold said.Wendy saw her frowning, looking a bit confused, and explained, "Ms. Hall, a tree fell and blocked the road. I didn't notice it earlier, so I had to brake suddenly."Jessica woke up at this moment and nodded, "I understand."She responded by glancing outside the car window. The wind and snow outside had become much heavier compared to when they had set off. Looking into the distance, she saw a vast expanse of white snow and heavy snowfall with strong winds. The visibility was only about two or three meters, so it was no wonder Harold hadn't noticed that tree earlier.With that in mind, Jessica averted her gaze and looked ahead at the car.Harold had already reached the fallen tree trunk, which was not a very big tree, but it had fallen to a height of seven to eight meters and was very sturdy, weighing around three to four
Terry arrived at Selma's a little after three in the afternoon. This time, he came with a poverty alleviation project, but the poverty alleviation project in Terry's hands is not in Selma, but in Riverdale next to Selma.Terry knew that the Hall Group was also building poverty alleviation projects here this year, and thinking of what Jessica said that day, he guessed that Jessica had come over here.Jerry took some time to find out that Jessica went into the base in the mountains today, but Jessica and Wendy will take a flight the day after tomorrow morning, and they will definitely return to town tonight."Mr. Davison, Ms. Hall will definitely come back tonight. It's still early, so why don't we go to the place where Ms. Hall lives and wait for her?"Terry looked out of the car window at the wind and snow, with lowered eyes and a somewhat cold expression. "Hmm."The snow seemed to be falling heavier and heavier.Jerry heard Terry respond and instructed the driver to go to the house w
The villagers, who were quite old, rode a horse and rushed through the wind and snow, directly blocking the front of the main force.Terry's temper was particularly bad at this time. He lowered his head and lit a cigarette, but nicotine couldn't calm his inner irritability.He squinted his eyes, stepped on the accelerator, and drove straight to the front of the queue.Suddenly, a car emerged, startling the elderly villager who was in the middle of negotiating.Jerry saw the situation and quickly jumped out of the car and ran to Terry's car, saying, "Mr. Davison..."The snow was so heavy that as soon as Jerry opened his mouth, he was hit in the face by the wind and snow.But he knew that Terry was now like a fierce beast, uncontrollable by anyone.The villager said something unknown, and the leader of the rescue team frowned, "None of us knew how to ride a horse."With a semi-dialect accent, Terry still managed to understand as he looked at the old villager leading the black horse, sud
Wendy pulled Jessica and said, "Ms. Hall, shall we go forward a little more?"Jessica glanced at her, her hands and feet were already numb from the cold. Looking at Wendy's pleading eyes, Jessica bit her lip.Her cracked lips were suddenly bitten, causing blood to flow. The taste of blood made Jessica slightly sober. She glanced at Harold, who was waiting ahead of them, and said, "Let's go."Once stopped, I didn't want to continue walking.Jessica remained silent and followed Wendy silently all the way.Wendy's situation wasn't good either, but she knew that this time, she had to bring Jessica back safely.When Jessica fell down, Wendy was scared for the first time.Harold heard a scream and quickly turned back, but he didn't have much strength left. He gritted his teeth and barely managed to carry Jessica.Harold lifted Jessica from the snow and pinched her philtrum. When his hand touched Jessica, Harold's hand trembled slightly. "Ms. Hall, she has a fever!""What should we do, Harol
The medical staff quickly drove down to pick up Jessica. "Ms. Hall's blood oxygen level is a bit low; blood pressure is too high; heart rate and breathing are both speeding up. She needs to be quickly taken to the hospital for emergency treatment!"Terry froze for a moment upon hearing these words.Jessica in her arms was carefully handed over by the nurses and placed onto the ambulance bed, and then lifted onto the vehicle.Terry wiped his face, reached out and grabbed the car door, and got into the ambulance.In the heavy snowfall, the ambulance rushed towards the hospital with its siren blaring.This unexpected blizzard caught people off guard. Selma was severely affected, and Jessica was not the only one sent to the hospital for treatment.However, only a few people were rushed into the emergency room for treatment, and Jessica was among them.Jessica's situation was very grim. The doctor worked tirelessly for over forty minutes before the door to the emergency room was finally op
The Howell family and the Hawthorne family had been neighbors for so many years. When Hannah was just born, Georgia said that Kendall's mother would come to the Howell family every day, saying that she just wanted to have a daughter.Later, as she grew up a little, Kendall's mom would always mention how envious she was of Georgia for having a daughter like her.As she grew older, she even mentioned, intentionally or unintentionally, about having her and Kendall become doll siblings.However, Georgia did not agree and has always been refusing.Ever since Kendall's parents divorced, Hannah hasn't seen Kendall's mom much.I didn't expect that this time, Kendall's mom would call her directly.The person on the phone seemed to have changed, as soon as they spoke, they asked her if Kendall was with her.Hannah didn't feel anything was wrong at first, and politely explained that she was on a business trip.No sooner had she finished speaking than the woman on the other end of the phone sudde
It was a dinner party in the evening, and Hannah returned to her hotel room after 9 o'clock at night.At tonight's dinner party, she was offered quite a few drinks, even though it was just red wine with a moderate alcohol content. However, Hannah hasn't really been drinking for over half a year.At that moment, the person returned to the hotel room and didn't feel like taking a shower. They collapsed on the sofa and just wanted to sleep.Sophia worried about her and, not knowing where she got it from, made her a cup of honey water."Ms. Howell, drink some honey water slowly."Hannah squinted her eyes and looked at Sophia, then smiled and said, "Sophia, was I great today?""Yes, yes, Ms. Howell performed really well today!"Sophia had been Hannah's secretary for almost three years, so she knew Hannah quite well.During this period, Hannah suddenly made great progress, which surprised everyone in their company.Sophia knew that Hannah had a childlike personality, and she had been praisi
The train arrived at four o'clock, and Hannah and Hollis got off the train only to find that it was already dark. Both of them were momentarily stunned and asked, "Did we miss our stop?"How did it get dark around four o'clock?The wind blowing over was especially cold, and Hannah's face felt like it had been scraped by a knife. She looked at the weather forecast on her phone and said, "There will be a heavy rain today. I need to hurry, or else I'll have to spend the night at this Train Station!""It was quite cold today!"Hollis straightened his clothes and said, "Let's hurry up and go!"The two of them dragged their suitcases and walked outside. It was difficult to hail a taxi in this weather, but luckily there was a subway.Hollis had no plans to look for a job and followed Hannah back to the villa.The two of them came out of the subway station, and the rain had already stopped.Hannah took a taxi half an hour in advance, so she didn't have to wait for long.With such heavy rain,
LA in November became completely cold, Hannah made an appointment with Hollis to go to the hot springs.Hollis recently became unemployed as well, with nothing to do all day, he went to look for Hannah.Two idle people gathered together, always thinking about how to have fun every day.Hannah booked a villa just for her and Hollis. The villa had a hot spring, so they didn't have to go to a public hot spring pool to soak."Hey, I heard that Kendall was going to get engaged to that Sabrina Novak. Do you know about this?"Hannah paused for a moment with her phone in hand and said, "I haven't heard.""Did Kendall look for you before?"Upon hearing Hollis' words, Hannah glanced at her and said, "Who's been feeding you nonsense again?""My younger brother, he said that one day he saw you with Kendall, and you two seemed quite close. He originally wanted to go up and say hello to you, but then he thought it would be better not to.""Drake had a bad look in his eyes, how could the word 'intim
All of her belongings from her student days are inside the miscellaneous room at home. Georgia only allows people to organize them, but she has never thrown away any item.Hannah quickly found the gift that Kendall had given her back then. After nearly fifteen or sixteen years, the outer wrapping paper had become slightly worn.Hannah held the package and returned to the room. The adhesive tape had completely stuck the wrapping paper, and she couldn't open it, so she had to tear the wrapping paper directly.Underneath the wrapping paper, there was a gift box. She opened the box and inside, there was a bed of lavender. The first thing she saw was the postcard placed on top.Hannah raised an eyebrow, picked up the postcard, and turned it over to see the message Kendall had left for her.To say or not to say, Kendall's handwriting was quite nice.Hannah, there's something I've been hesitating about for a long time, but I feel like I should tell you. I don't even know when it started, but
That night, Kendall indeed did nothing. The two of them, rarely calm and peaceful, sat together, reminiscing about the things they had experienced in the past decade.Many things were brought up again, and Hannah realized that she had many misunderstandings about Kendall as well.For example, it was not Kendall who told Georgia about her failing mid-term exam, but Georgia went to school to bring her some snacks and casually asked about it.Back in college, the incident where Kendall switched the love letter she intended to confess with was because that senior was not a good person. Kendall knew that she wouldn't listen if she told her, so she took matters into her own hands.The two of them chatted until after three in the evening. Hannah didn't even know how she fell asleep, but when she woke up, Kendall was already not in her villa.The mess on the desk has been tidied up, and everything on it is neatly arranged. Under her water cup, there is a takeout receipt, on which Kendall left
The box was just sitting there on the side, and Hannah found it to be in the way. She had just put on gloves to eat the crayfish, but she couldn't resist and took off one glove. Then she took the box and walked over to a shelf nearby, and stuffed the box into it.When she turned back, Kendall looked up at her.Hannah glanced at him and said, "What kind of look is that?""Did that box offend you?"Hannah sat back down and, as she put her gloves back on, she hummed, "If you keep asking, you will soon offend me.""OK, I didn't ask anymore."Hannah ate four or five crayfish and felt like something was missing. She looked at Kendall beside her and said, "Don't you think we're missing something?""What was missing?"Kendall handed her the peeled crayfish, and Hannah didn't hesitate to take it: "Beer, huh? Don't you drink beer when you eat barbecue?""There were a few cans of beer in the refrigerator, go and get them!"Hannah kicked him directly, Kendall took off his gloves, and got up slowl
Hannah started the car and returned to the villa, paying no attention to Kendall: "There are guest rooms on the first floor, don't come up to find me unless it's necessary."This was Kendall's second time coming to Hannah's place. Last time, Kendall didn't stay for long before being chased away by Hannah.This time, I came over...Wasn't it a little better, at least he got to sleep in a guest room on the first floor, right?Hannah finished speaking and went upstairs. Kendall didn't feel like guessing what idea he had in mind, and he didn't have the patience to play with him either.Since he was coming to stay over, she decided to give him a guest room, as there were plenty of rooms in her house.As for the rest, he can dream on!However, she thought well, but reality turned out to be somewhat contrary to her wishes.Hannah had just played two rounds of King of Glory by herself when Kendall's phone rang."What's up?""Were you playing King of Glory?""Yeah, do you have any opinions?""
Mona was not surprised at all. She only became acquainted with Hannah after junior high school, when she was young and naturally couldn't see the constant arguments between Hannah and Kendall.Later in high school, she also had a crush on Kendall, and when she saw what Kendall did to Hannah, she vaguely understood something.She remembered in her sophomore year, she even told Hannah that Kendall might like her.Hannah's reaction was very strong, telling her not to make such jokes, she couldn't handle it.Not long after, it was heard that Kendall had a girlfriend, and Mona even briefly doubted if she had sensed something wrong.Later on, Kendall went abroad after studying in her home country for only two years. After going abroad, she also vaguely heard from mutual friends in the circle that Kendall had a girlfriend again. Mona no longer mentioned Kendall's feelings for Hannah.Five years ago, Kendall came over to this side of LA to find Hannah. She was quite surprised because at that