My Substitute Wife is a Bigwig (Loud and Lily) novel Chapter 209

Late at night, a man sat on the couch of a luxury villa in the suburbs. Holding a glass of red wine with squinted eyes, he carried himself like a monarch.

His subordinate, dressed in a black suit, stood across from him. The man in black kept his head low and reported dutifully, "My lord, Lily Brooks isn't involved in Arthur Laurier's poisoning."

"Oh?" The man raised his tone. "I underestimated her, then. She's quite patient."

"We might have made a wrong judgment. She might not even be skilled in medicine at all. From what I learned from the Lauriers, Neil Austin is the one who detoxified Loid Laurier. Should we shift our focus to Neil Austin instead?"

"That's just a ruse to confuse you all." Taking a sip of the red wine, the man rose from the couch without any expression. "Neil Austin wouldn't have kept Loid Laurier waiting for half a year if he truly had the antidote to the Bloodbane poison. Only fools would believe that he's Shadowbane."

His subordinate frowned. "Do you mean we should continue to keep an eye on Lily Brooks?"

The man fell into silence as he mused.

"My lord, we have wasted too much time on Lily Brooks. Your grandpa's condition can't wait. Why don't we pressure Alchos so that K will look for Shadowbane? We need Shadowbane's help," suggested the subordinate.

The man shot his subordinate a cold glare. "What do you take Alchos as? Do you want to get my family blacklisted for putting pressure on Elliot Quade?"

"That's not what I meant," the subordinate hurriedly explained with his head hung low.

The man scoffed. "K refused to take our requests after ten such attempts from our side. Either K or Shadowbane refuses to entertain us. If so, it's pointless to put in more requests."

Shadowbane was hard to locate. Whether among the Four Great Families of Bridgeport or the Hidden Families, no one could trace Shadowbane through their networks.

The only person who had access to Shadowbane was K from Alchos. Those fortunate enough to have their requests channeled by Alchos through K were more likely to secure Shadowbane's assistance.