“Yes, why?” Mike inquired innocently, spreading his arms.Lily was speechless.Balling her hands into fists, Lily curled her lips. “As you said, you’re a businessman, and you only care about if you can make money. I can’t answer this question, and you should consider why La Beauté Group would pull out of the project. Do you truly want to be involved in this?”Looking at her, Mike smiled without a word. His gaze was unfathomable, and his smile was just a front. There was no way to tell what he was thinking.Lily had no idea why he was doing this, but it was clear that he either did not want to tell her or could not.“Since you’ve come from upstairs, can you tell me if Professor Thomson is there?” She took a deep breath and changed the subject. She pointed her chin upward, knowing that the place was out of bounds for her.He followed the direction her chin was pointing, then nodded. “He should be coming down soon. He still has something to attend to.”“Besides Professor Thompson a
Mike was surprised. “As you said, even if I go over there, there is nothing I can do. He has his things to do, and I have mine. Since Professor Thompson is upstairs, he should be coming down soon. I’ll wait for him.” She turned and went downstairs. The grin on his face faded and his expression became serious as he stared after her. Shaking his head, he let out an almost inaudible sigh. Lily was indeed worried about Alexander, but she also knew it was of no use. Besides, she had a lot of work to do. Her son needed her, and if both of his parents were away, he most likely would not get used to it and would become scared. Entering the lab, Lily did not experiment. Instead, she sat down before the laptop to start sorting and compiling the data, starting with the ones she had gathered from her first experiment.She had sorted the data before, but it was a bit messy as she had done it separately for several groups. Now that she had put everything together, she saw that her most r
“Lily, don’t get so worked up. I’m asking you to take a break not because we don’t need you but because you’ve done a lot. With your success, I believe things will get easier from now on. You’ve undoubtedly contributed a great deal, and we’ll never write you off!”Thompson thought she was angry at being kicked out of the project and hurriedly explained. However, Lily just shook her head. “Professor, whether you’re keeping me here or not, you must stop the experiment. If you continue with it, it won’t bring any good to mankind.” “No, it will certainly bring changes!” Although he once doubted himself, Thompson was still hopeful about his initial idea. “I believe it would surely succeed, although we’re still at the experimental stage. Do you know that every success is built on countless failures? You pulled it off, didn’t you? “Did you know that your finished products got an anorexic child to eat something? We've just placed a pot of flowers by his bed, along with a few drops of es
“We’ve all worked hard for this. You have no right to delete the data!” Thompson wanted to grab the laptop from Lily, but he was no match for her. Their fight over the laptop drew others over.“Professor Thompson? What are you doing?”“Hurry, grab the laptop! She’s trying to destroy the lab data!” Thompson hurriedly asked the others to help.The others were hesitant at first, but after hearing what he had said, they charged over to help him. Lily noticed a lot of people swarming over and held up the laptop. Then she smashed it heavily on the floor with a thud.Everyone was stunned when they saw the laptop breaking into pieces. A dead silence ensued. They hardly knew how to react since they did not know what was happening.Everyone in the lab had looked up to Lily since Thompson had always asked them to listen to her. However, the two got into a fight, and Lily even smashed the laptop to destroy the data.“Y-You’re…” After about ten seconds of silence, Thompson sank to his knees a
“Austin, heed my advice. Don’t continue with the experiment.” Lily looked at him and continued, “I know you want to compete with me, but you don’t have to do it here. This experiment shouldn’t…”“Enough!” Austin cut her off and chuckled coldly. “Who do you think you are? Why do I want to compete with you? I think the experiment is meaningful and should continue. If you don’t want to do it, you can leave, and no one will stop you. Why destroy all the data? Who the hell do you think you are?”Lily did not know what to say. ‘It looks like I can’t convince them. Pig-headed people won’t listen to anything we say.’She walked over and stood before them. Staring at the stern-looking Austin and the grieving Thompson, she said blandly, “I’m nobody, but what I’ve destroyed is data I’ve personally gathered through the experiment. Since I created them, so what if I destroyed them myself?”She turned and left while others whispered among themselves, clueless of what happened and why Thompson an
"No, Aunt Tasia…" Galen pointed inside with his little finger."Lily, you're back!" Anastasia exclaimed with a smile. Although she was sitting at the dining table, it seemed she had not touched the food. It was evident that she had not started eating yet.Lily was a little surprised to see that. Usually, Anastasia would have almost finished her food by that time."What's wrong? Is today’s food not to your liking?" Lily was the one who had personally picked these dishes, avoiding the food that Anastasia did not like."No, it's not that!" Anastasia smiled slightly. "I just wanted to wait for you to come back so we can eat together.""Oh?" Lily looked at the different dishes in front of her. There were roasted chicken thighs with sauteed mushroom, steamed egg, steamed sea bass, and some salad. However, they looked a little cold. It was apparent that the maids had served them quite a while ago.Lily had informed the maids about Anastasia's meal time, so they prepared the food accordi
Lily smiled lightly. "Who told you?"Anastasia stiffened. Her fair skin betrayed the redness that appeared on her face."N-No one. I was just curious."There was a conflict in her heart. On the one hand, questioning Lily like this felt like she distrusted her friend. How could she believe a stranger so easily? On the other hand, Anastasia had some doubts about Lily.The man told Anastasia that she had been put under a spell, and he said all of this confidently. It was her own body that was put at risk."Is it Austin?" Lily asked after thinking about it. He was the only one who would get in between her and Anastasia, belittling Lily in various ways.She had never met a man as petty as he was. She had nothing against him. All the times he had fought against, belittled, and suppressed her were due to his sexism. Lily was bored with it.After being called out, Anastasia couldn't hold herself back and lowered her gaze before softly muttering, "I'm sorry.""There's nothing to be sorr
Anastasia should not have doubted Lily from the start."You have the right to be suspicious, and I should explain it to you," Lily said. "I didn't tell you before because I was unsure.""Unsure about what?" Anastasia asked curiously.Looking at her, Lily pondered for a while before saying, "I wasn't sure what poisoned you."When she said this, the colors immediately drained from Anastasia's face out of fear."You…don't have to be scared. The poison isn't fatal," Lily quickly reassured Anastasia after noticing her fearful expression.Anastasia wasn't frightened by the fact that she was poisoned. Instead, it was because Lily and that miracle doctor said the same thing. They both said the fact that she was unable to lose weight over the years and that she was always tired and disheartened was because she was poisoned.After calming herself down, she asked, "Then what am I poisoned with?""It's something relatively complicated. I think it's something that you've ingested for a long