The man in the backseat was wearing an all-black coat. The hat on his head was almost covering his whole face, and with a mask on, his face was not visible at all.
Sophia spotted him at first glance and asked out of curiosity, “Hey, Linus. Is that your friend?”
“A friend from back home came to visit me. The haze in Bayside City is too severe. He can’t bear with it, so he’s leaving today.”
“Oh.” Sophia took out two red packets from her basket and weaved her hand through the gap of the passenger seat to give them to him.
The man lifted his hat slightly and revealed his blue and deep-set eyes. It was obvious that he was from overseas.
The man reached forward to retrieve the red packets. “Thank you.”
He enunciated those two words clearly in a robust voice. There wasn’t a hint of an accent and he did not sound very old either.
He must be Linus’ relative!
Linus interjected, “We have to get going now. My friend’s flight is in the afternoon.”
With that, the car drove off. Sophia stared aimlessly as his car vanished into the distance.
Inside the car, Fass opened the red packets he had just received. There were eight one-hundred notes in each one along with a name card.
Printed on the front of the card were a name and the picture of the girl from before.
The girl had a beautiful smile and looked full of youthful energy.
Her name was Sophia Edwards.
Her position was the deputy general manager of some IT company.
On the back of the card, there was a QR code to download their newly launched game as well as a QR code to add her on Messenger.
Fass flipped the card back over and stared at her studio portrait shot.
He pondered, This girl looks like…
Linus drove Fass to the airport. As Fass was about to enter the gate, he turned around to look at Linus. Patting him on the shoulder, he said in earnest, “Linus, don’t make trouble for yourself. The Michel Group is yours.”
Linus looked down but did not say anything.
He knew that any explanation or argument made in front of Fass would be in vain.
After he sent Fass off, Linus went back home and turned on his computer only to find that he had lost connection with Nicholas. Fass had modified the durability of the backdoor, and Linus was unable to fix it even if he wanted to.
Linus put a surveillance robot next to Nathan, but just as expected, he had lost connection with it. The information he secretly gathered on the Fletchers was also gone. He had also lost all connection with the devices in Michael’s home.
…
After dinner, Sophia brought Nicholas for a night run, intentionally going past the Harper Residence to eavesdrop.
She loved seeing the bustling activity there.
Just as expected, they were in another big fight today. She pricked up her ears and listened in. Mrs. Harper was sobbing in anguish while Mr. Harper and Xyla were arguing. Richard, the coward, was trying to mediate between them.
He seems to be doing well. A very exciting life, indeed.
“Let’s go, Nicholas.”
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