Celine hesitated for a while, then asked, ” Are the things you just told me trade secrets?”
“If you ask me as a subordinate, then yes. I
f you ask me as my niece, then I can only
tell you, please make the right choice.”
After Paulson said these meaningful
words, he ended the video call.
Meanwhile, Celine sat in her study for a
long time, spaced out.
More than half an hour later, Celine called Jasper directly.
She made a choice, at least the one she thought was the right choice.
Jasper had just fallen asleep when he
received Celine’s call.
However, he had long been accustomed to
being called back to work by an emergency call at any time, so Jasper regained his vigor as soon as he got on the call.
He glanced at Wendy, who was sleeping
next to him, and stood up lightly. After
walking out of the bedroom, he said to the
phone. “It’s me.”
On the other end of the phone, Celine explained to him the whole situation as briefly as she could. Of course, she did not tell him Paulson’s theory of the chess player and abandoned pawn.
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