Before the soiree was over, Herschel strode back into the hallway and nodded at Javier. He had not tried to hide it from prying eyes, so Adolf caught it and knew the demigod he used to know existed no more.It was terrifying. They were all outwardly humans, and Adolf himself was commonly regarded as one of the world’s elites. Now, however, he knew there was more to it. Some people were simply born to be godlike. He had always thought George was the only one like that, but now, that seemed like a premature conclusion. At the very least, he now knew Javier was one of them and that he was even more of a god than George ever could be.He sidled up to Javier, a little frightened and intimidated, but ultimately mustered enough guts to admit, “Mr. Kersey, I’d like to work for you.”Javier laughed. He knew what Adolf meant. He was hoping to work for him so he could climb that social ladder. The world did not lack like-minded people, and they had all swarmed toward Javier too. However, few c
Javier’s actions had stupefied Suzanne. She had really thought he was going to take her untouched body to town tonight. As a matter of fact, Javier let her go as soon as the kiss ended. His hands at least knew how to stay put.There was one part of him that refused to stand down, and it was not the kind of thing Suzanne’s present bashfulness was about to let her speak of.Suddenly, Javier said, “Looks like we’re free tomorrow. Wanna hang out, go sightseeing, and just enjoy ourselves?”With her cheeks still flushed, she nodded softly. She had to wonder if she’d said yes because she was too scared to say no—what with the man’s body being on top of hers right now—or if she genuinely wanted to go out with him. Regardless, her answer was yes, even though she then pointedly turned her feverishly pink cheeks away from him to avert her gaze.Javier’s finger grazed against the softness of her cheek. “You, Suzanne, are beautiful,” he breathed approvingly. “So much so that you could make anyo
“You…didn’t secretly study all this before we left, right?” Suzanne asked aloud, feeling shocked. The breadth of his encyclopedic knowledge was just too hard to believe.Javier smiled and nodded. “Definitely! I even learned how to predict the future last night. That’s how I knew ahead of time that we were gonna visit Gauthe’s residence.”Suzanne knew he was joking. Javier would never learn any form of augury, and it was even more impossible for him to have known that she would want to visit Gauthe’s house. It had been a spur-of-the-moment request on her side, as Javier had never made any formal traveling plans.In other words, Javier had not been secretly memorizing trivia about Gauthe—he was genuinely a pro.As the two of them talked among themselves, another foreign couple stepped closer to them. Judging by their conversation and the language they used, they were Chineans too. The woman, Mallory Cadman, told her boyfriend, “I’ve never read Fowst before, but I know it’s like, supe
As Javier spoke, Donny was baffled. He did not even have the confidence to retort to the insult thrown at him at the end of Javier’s sentence. That was because he felt that Javier was not acting cool and making things up. He really knew what he was talking about.It was then a blond, blue-eyed foreigner came over and clapped formally.“Excellent. Mister, you’ve successfully dispelled my impression of Chineans being ignorant and foolish just now. Thank you.”The foreigner spoke Chinean fluently, but what he said was kind of disgruntling.“Oh, my bad. I think that didn’t come out accurately, but please, believe me, I don’t mean what you think I meant. It was because of this man’s nonsensical explanation just now that I think he’s ignorant and foolish. I wasn’t generalizing.”Javier felt slightly better with the explanation. Certain people could be ignorant and foolish, but one must not put the label on everyone. That would be a suicide attempt.The foreigner then turned to Donny.
Traveling these days allowed Javier and Suzanne to interact more.Suzanne was deeply impressed by Javier’s profound knowledge. She did not know how his head could store all this stuff. It was like he knew everything. Her instinct as a medical researcher even filled her with the impulse of dissecting his head. She ought to study if Javier’s head was battery-charged and contained a microcomputer in there.Javier grew to like Suzanne even more as well. The woman was kind and intelligent, a little sly at times. Women like her were popular among men, so the reason she had not been dating all these years must be due to her concentration in medical research—not that she was purely chasing after wealth.Nathaniel had promised her before that as long as she fulfilled a certain number of years working for him, he would let her put her name on one of the patents. That was why Suzanne had been working so hard and did not even have the time for a boyfriend. She wanted to prove her worth!There
After what happened at Gurtuh’s the last time, Mallory had no longer wanted anything to do with Donny, but the man resorted to sweet words and repeated promises that he would not lie to her again. Thus, she had chosen to forgive him—yet, he not only tried to steal today but also lied to her without batting an eye like she was a fool.Mallory was furious. Her hands may be cuffed, but it did not stop her from raising her leg and kicking Donny with her heels-clad foot, making the latter hiss in pain.Javier could care less about this. He had more important things to do.“If you both want to leave this place, the best thing to do now is to shut up and let me handle it.”“Why must we—”Another kick from Mallory shut Donny up.If Javier had not been worried about the incident embarrassing Chineans, he would not even care about these two people. Donny, especially, could be drowned in the lake for all he cared!Swinging his hand, Javier slapped Donny again without any forewarning. Donny
That night, Javier did not return to his room but slept with Suzanne. Even then, nothing actually happened between them as Javier chose to respect Suzanne’s wishes.Of course, it also had to do with the lab being abandoned after he offended Suzanne back then.After returning from the overseas trip, the assembled equipment arrived soon after them. Usually, the vice CEO would send such a huge order over. Still, Javier was obviously not a usual case to Heinfensmirtz Inc. Adolf sent it personally and promised that there would be a 60% discount when the rest of the equipment would be sent over within half a month.The discount was shocking—taking 96 million dollars off 160 million dollars—so Javier could not help asking, “You’re done being the CEO, is that the case?”Adolf was determined. “Even if the board of directors kicked me out, I stand firm to show my favor to you, Mr. Kersey. I strongly believe that you’re my lucky star.”Javier chuckled. “What if I watch you get kicked out a
Most of the researchers who were on leave had returned by the time the equipment arrived. Compared to the original research team, a total of five people were missing. Alyssa was—well, who knew where she was decomposing right now, while the other four had left the team for their own reasons.Luckily, they were only assistants and would not hinder the research progress. They were not too aware of the invention process in particular either. In Suzanne’s words, they were people who could not provide any insightful answers even if other research teams recruited them.Suzanne led the members to begin installing the adjusting equipment and running the experiment on the psoriasis vaccine once more. The effect turned out well. The vaccine could both prevent and treat psoriasis and demonstrated a decent efficacy. The result pleased Javier.Hence, the drug manufacturing plant began to manufacture in batches while Javier sent the vaccine to relevant departments as well as went to a professional