Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 161

Victor's gaze immediately snapped toward Lillian; he sensed something was off.

Sebastian, too, was staring at Lillian, his face a mask of disbelief.

Next-gen aviation tech?

Lillian's company was working on advanced aerial mobility?

Previously, the Blake Group had considered a similar venture, but they were ultimately deterred by the insurmountable challenges Bella had laid out.

They had all assumed Lillian’s new company was just a hobby, a little game to pass the time. No one expected her to be so audacious, to dream so big and act on it.

A fiery spark ignited deep in Sebastian's eyes.

It was a look he'd never given Lillian before, an emotion he hadn't felt even during the years she had relentlessly pursued him.

But now, an indescribable ripple spread through his heart and soul.

Sebastian had once proposed a similar idea. Bella had tried to run with it, even traveling abroad multiple times to seek out the best technology and programming experts. But in the end, she never found a viable path forward.

So, Bella knew better than anyone just how immense the difficulty was.

It required not just cutting-edge technology but a team of geniuses, incredibly powerful algorithms—perhaps even more advanced than Nathan's prized Li Algorithm, which might not have the processing power for such massive datasets.

On top of all that, it demanded an absolutely colossal amount of capital. A project like this would be hemorrhaging cash every second of every day.

An ocean of money!

Looking at the buggy code that had been posted, those in the know could see it had a faint glimmer of technical sophistication.

They shrewdly guessed that the sophisticated parts were Victor's handiwork.

But everything else, all the buggy garbage surrounding it, was pure trash—probably cobbled together by some amateurs Lillian had hired.

In an instant, countless people were secretly mocking Lillian. Beyond the ridicule, there was a shared sense of pity for Victor's predicament.

How had a programming god like him ended up working for such a train wreck of a company?

Everyone's minds were racing, wondering if this was the perfect opportunity to poach Victor from Lillian's company.

And even if they couldn't hire him away, maybe they could convince him to take on some freelance work on the side?