CHAPTER 448: CHAPTER 448: LYING IN WAIT

Ashley Shaw nodded, "Bringing her back was a good idea; she not only has a poor tolerance for alcohol, but her behavior is also bad when drunk. She tends to speak nonsense when she’s had too much. Please help me take care of her for now; I’ll go to the pharmacy at the school gate to buy some hangover remedies."

Jocelyn Hayes asked her, "Can you manage? You seem to look very tired."

Lynn Redding said, "How about I go instead?"

"No, you three carried her all the way here; I’ll go. Plus, I know which brand works best for her."

"Okay! Hurry up and come back; there’s only half an hour until the dormitory curfew."

"Alright."

Ashley Shaw wasted no time, grabbed her phone, and headed out.

The campus is huge, and the dormitory building is almost located at the center; Ashley Shaw ran all the way to save time.

She finally bought the hangover remedies and was on her way back when she bumped into someone at a corner.

Ashley Shaw quickly apologized, "Sorry..."

"Ashley?"

The voice above her made Ashley Shaw pause, instinctively looking up.

It turned out she had bumped into Tyler Joyce.

Tyler Joyce immediately noticed the hangover remedies in Ashley Shaw’s hand, his brows furrowing, "Did Ariana get drunk?"

Ashley Shaw hesitated, met with his concerned expression, couldn’t bear to hide it from him, and nodded honestly, "Yes, but she isn’t really drunk. I bought this just in case."

Tyler Joyce spoke in a low voice, "Alcohol is not allowed at school; put that back in your pocket, don’t let anyone find out."

"Thanks for the reminder..."

"No need for thanks between us; Ariana’s matters are my matters."

Ashley Shaw tugged a little at her lips, unsure of what to say.

She suddenly felt that Tyler Joyce seemed pretty nice.

Even between Leon Zeller and Tyler Joyce, she felt a bit partial towards Tyler Joyce.

No matter how, that’s just how people are; one is far away, completely out of contact.

While the other is right in front of her, showing concern for Ariana Grant.

She truly couldn’t be fair and just.

But the decision in such matters lies with Ariana Grant herself, so Ashley Shaw didn’t say much else, just thanked him again.

"No need for thanks; hurry back. There’s only fifteen minutes left until curfew."

"Where are you headed to?"

Tyler Joyce smiled helplessly, "Meeting, start-of-school matters are many, but I have a curfew card, no need to worry about the curfew. If you ever come back late to the dormitory, just tell me; I can help you open the door. My curfew card can also open the girls’ dormitory door."

"Thank you. Then I’ll head back now."

"Hurry up!"

Ashley Shaw didn’t delay any longer, quickly hurried back to the dormitory.

But when she returned to the dormitory, Ariana Grant was already sober.

The drink had a very low alcohol content, only causing drunkenness for a short while.

Ordinary people wouldn’t even feel it at all.

But sadly, both Ariana Grant and Ashley Shaw couldn’t handle even a drop of alcohol, usually not daring to even drink herbal wind-relieving water when suffering from heatstroke because it would surely make them drunk.

Jocelyn Hayes said, "I saw she was fine, so I called you, but you didn’t pick up..."

Ashley Shaw picked up her phone and saw that she had accidentally pressed the mute button.

Sure enough, there were two missed calls from Jocelyn Hayes on the screen.

But more importantly, there was also a notification about an email reply on the phone screen.

Ashley Shaw’s breath hitched; she found an excuse to go to the toilet and slipped into the bathroom.

She opened her phone, the sender displayed: quxingyu123.

It was Xavier Quincy’s email!

For a moment, Ashley Shaw was so happy her hands were trembling, but she managed to steady her breath and quickly clicked in.

The content of the reply was very simple.

Only two words.

At first glance, Ashley Shaw felt they seemed familiar, but she couldn’t immediately recall who these names were.

But their surname was also Prescott.

Ashley Shaw replied to the email saying she had seen it.

However, after waiting for two minutes, there was no response.

Still, Xavier Quincy mentioned that these two names were very crucial, Ashley Shaw didn’t continue waiting for a reply; instead, she dialed Assistant Lowell’s phone number again.

Assistant Lowell answered quickly, with a clear inquiry in his tone, "Miss Shaw, is there anything else?"

He had somewhat of an understanding of Ashley Shaw; knowing she often wouldn’t make calls rashly without having already asked him.

Ashley Shaw kept her voice down and straightforwardly said, "I just got in touch with Leo...I mean Xavier Quincy, you know?"

"I know, he’s a friend of Mr. Prescott Jr."

"Yeah, before Warren Prescott set off, he seemed to have mentioned some matters to him. But due to the special nature of his work, he couldn’t reveal much."

Assistant Lowell on the other side became a bit excited.

"Please go ahead!"

"He only told me two words; could you please investigate these two people?"

After speaking, she recited the names from the email.

Assistant Lowell was momentarily astonished, then said, "The company’s two Deputy Presidents Prescott?"

Ashley Shaw suddenly remembered that these two individuals’ father was Elder Prescott’s brother’s son.

Warren Prescott referred to the female as aunt and the male as uncle.

To express closeness, he usually directly calls them aunt and uncle.

Ashley Shaw recalled that in the past life, these two were attempting to overthrow The Prescott Group and replace Warren Prescott.

Assistant Lowell soon calmed down.

"Thank you, Miss Shaw, your information provides us with a direction for investigation. I’ll inform Chairman Prescott now."

"Okay..."

Ashley Shaw didn’t delay him anymore, quickly hung up the phone.

Assistant Lowell quickly informed Lars Prescott about this clue.

Lars Prescott, not one to be naive like a rice ball, quickly had some thoughts and sent Mr. Rowan to investigate.

Once they started investigating, they indeed found some things.

For instance, Morgan Schultz turned out to be one of their people; the embezzled funds mostly ended up in their pockets.

In other words, Morgan Schultz was their pawn; they wanted to send Morgan Schultz out.

With this clue, things became much easier.

Lars Prescott directly used the excuse of a meeting to call the two people to the company.

As soon as they entered, they were immediately apprehended.

When it comes to interrogating people, Lars Prescott has plenty of methods.

Within half an hour, he extracted a clue from Warren Prescott’s aunt.

They had connections in Senvira; initially, they planned to let Morgan Schultz hide there for a few years.

Soon, the male side was also forced to reveal the contacts connected to Morgan Schultz.

With these pieces of information, they just needed to wait for the cruise ship to dock tomorrow and be ready to catch them like rabbits.

Assistant Lowell received the information and informed Ashley Shaw of the situation via WeChat.

Ashley Shaw let out a long sigh of relief.

At least she was able to be of some help.

Perhaps this was fate.

Fate reminded her suddenly of Xavier Quincy; fate allowed Xavier Quincy to log into his email at this opportune moment.

Maybe because things seemed to progress slightly, the tension Ashley Shaw felt in her heart loosened.

So this night, since she came to Aethelgard, she slept the soundest.

The next day, she was awakened by the ringing of WeChat.

Ashley Shaw thought it was Assistant Lowell calling, sat up with a jolt.

When she reached for the phone under her pillow and looked, it was the class sports committee member, Leo Bell, calling.