Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 493

Chapter 493: Chapter 493: An Unexpected Ally

When Mitchell Sheffield first learned that Brandon Walsh wanted to have Caleb Summers transferred, he had tried to talk him out of it. But Brandon’s attitude had been firm, so Mitchell hadn’t dared to press the issue.

Looking back now, Brandon Walsh’s expression at the time made it seem like he had a personal vendetta against Caleb Summers...

Mitchell Sheffield felt that Caleb Summers had, in all likelihood, offended Brandon Walsh!

Caleb Summers was completely baffled. Shaking his head in confusion, he replied, "How could I have possibly offended Director Walsh? I’ve barely exchanged a few words with him..."

Mitchell Sheffield frowned. He couldn’t figure it out either. Though Caleb Summers was mediocre, he was very smooth in his dealings with others and had mastered the art of flattery. Logically speaking, he wouldn’t go out of his way to offend a high-ranking official like Brandon Walsh.

Recalling something Brandon Walsh had said before, Mitchell Sheffield asked hesitantly, "Summers... you haven’t been running your mouth, have you? Did you get drunk and tell someone you were about to be made director?"

Caleb Summers was so scared by Mitchell Sheffield’s words he nearly pissed himself.

He shook his head frantically, his face filled with terror. "Impossible! I... I would never dare say something like that! Besides, I have no way of getting any alcohol!"

It wasn’t like before the cataclysm. Alcohol was an extremely scarce commodity now.

Forget real liquor; even counterfeit stuff made with industrial alcohol was hard to come by. The same fake liquor that people couldn’t give away on livestreams, no matter how dramatically they acted, was now a rare find.

Caleb Summers hadn’t touched a drop of alcohol in over a year, so how could he possibly have made any drunken blunders?

Mitchell Sheffield had no idea what was really going on either. He could only sigh and say, "Summers, I really can’t help you this time. You’d better go home and think hard about who you might have offended recently."

Caleb Summers left Mitchell Sheffield’s office, utterly crestfallen. Mitchell felt a sense of unease as well.

Mitchell Sheffield couldn’t understand why Brandon Walsh had suddenly targeted Caleb Summers, but he did realize one thing: if Summers had truly offended Walsh... then it was no longer appropriate for Jim Sheffield to marry his daughter. The marriage alliance might bring unnecessary trouble to the Sheffield Family.

His father, Mr. Sheffield, was already retired, while Deputy Director Walsh was a newly-appointed leader, very much in his prime. There was no need to risk offending him just for the sake of marrying Nina Summers.

With this in mind, Mitchell Sheffield took his wife, Lana Grant, to his parents’ house for dinner after work. He planned to persuade his parents to find a different wife for his third brother, Jim Sheffield, and drop Nina Summers.

But to Mitchell Sheffield’s surprise, he saw two unexpected people at his parents’ house—

"Winston? What are you doing here!"

Before the astonished eyes of Mitchell Sheffield and Lana Grant, Mrs. Sheffield finished a devout bow to the Buddha statue in front of her, then slowly rose and walked over.

Two young people flanked her, one on her left and one on her right. It was Winston Sheffield and Sylvia Lancaster. They had just been accompanying Mrs. Sheffield in her prayers.

Lana Grant was even more surprised to see Sylvia Lancaster. She blurted out, "What are you doing here?"

’She could understand Winston being here, but why was Sylvia Lancaster here too?’

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