Vivian could not belie her discouragement. “It’s no use. Edward will either physically alter his fingerprints through some unknown means, or he will swap his prints in the authorities’ database to someone else’s so that the results will never match.”A soft chuckle escaped Joan. “Oh, the records in the database have been tampered with. That much is true, but their handiwork is a tad bit sloppy. They left one out somewhere they thought is unimportant, but a very persistent old lady has found it.”
Jake came to a sudden halt. He turned around and gazed at Baldie as disbelief radiated from his eyes. Baldie looked at him back in a hoity-toity manner. He refuted, “This is the shining example of what people would call a fire at the city gates bringing disaster to the fish pond. Anyway, everyone only goes for the low-hanging fruit. It’s Mr. Levin who ordered me to cut his finger off. Miss Carraway doesn’t dare to find fault with him, so she comes to me. Mr. Levin is also the same. How could h
Both of them began their show again, squabbling like two kids vying for their favorite toy. Vivian could see they were playacting again, so she pressed her lips into a thin line and turned around. She raised her arm and hurled the phone even further away into the lake. When the phone dropped into the water with a plop, she felt as if a stone had been lifted off her heart. Jake and Baldie were a little stunned. They stopped their bickering and looked in unison towards the rippling water. The w
Jake drove over to look for Edward who was in a video conference. His secretary checked his schedule and noticed that there was no appointment with Jake, so she sent the latter to wait in the reception room courteously. She would consult Edward about whether he would see Jake when the conference ended. Due to Levin Enterprise’s new project in Southeast Asia facing some issues, a few agendas were added to Edward’s already fully-packed schedule. It was so tightly packed that he had no time for a
On the other hand, he was late to the scene by twenty years compared to them. No matter how much effort he put in, he could only lament his weakness before the vast disparity. Alfred watched Edward’s expression cautiously when he did not receive a reply. “Noted.” Edward behaved apathetically on the surface. He waved his hand to dismiss Alfred while he flipped through a few documents in silence, appearing as if he was caught in a trance. He took out his phone and called Vivian. “What are you
Officer Konstantin stayed in a rather old residential building that still preserved the architectural style of the previous century around the 80s or the 90s. There was no elevator and the corridor was narrow with dim lighting. Vivian felt like she might just faint as she ascended the concrete staircase step by step. Only then did she see the greenish-gray burglar bars. She raised her head to look at the house number and ensured that it was the right house before she knocked on the door gently
Vivian had limited time, so she dared to stay for too long. She did not take the information with her. On the contrary, she passed it back to Madam Konstantin and said, “It’s best to leave this item with you. It will actually be safer. I’m going to try to figure out a way to take Edward’s fingerprints. I just wonder if I can find someone reliable to make a comparison for me.”“Leave that to me,” Madam Konstantin said. Vivian stood up and bade her farewell. She encountered Estelle who had just
Vivian kept quiet for a long time upon hearing the question before she forced a smile and answered as if she was expressing her innermost thoughts ambiguously, “Try not to contact me first if you can. You can contact me when there comes a time that I won’t even be able to find you.”When there came a time that she could not even find him, Edward would not be able to find him either naturally. He understood her hint. He nodded and answered, “Alright.”He went to the bedroom to pick up something