h4Chapter 141: Chapter 139: Baiting Out the Ultimate with Basic Attacks/h4

    "Norman Bet, why are you here?"

    As soon as Elliana Lyle sat in the front passenger seat, the man leaned over to buckle her seatbelt.

    The man’s profile was handsome, but hisplexion wasn’t great, giving her an oppressive feeling of cold frost.

    This attitude made her unsure—it seemed like he was angry, yet maybe it was nothing at all, just a purely badplexion.

    The man didn’t answer her question. After the car started, he asked, "What have you been doing these past few days?"

    The past few days?

    She immediately understood what Norman Bet meant and answered truthfully without hiding, "Luna and I followed Simon King to collect photos so his wife would divorce him."

    Then she thought of the matter of Luna’s sry deduction and said a bit boastfully, "Luna said it would apply pressure on Simon King and slow down his coboration with Rnd, isn’t that nice?"

    "Hmm."

    Just a simple word was Norman Bet’s greatest affirmation.

    He hadn’t expected the little girl to care about this matter. Even so, what needed to be med still needed to be addressed.

    "And what else?"

    What else? Elliana was puzzled—was there anything else? Probably not.

    So she shook her head, "Nothing else, I suppose."

    "Confess to be treated leniently."

    Upon hearing the man’s rather stern voice, she suddenly became rmed!

    She’d been nesting in inte cafes the past few days... but how did Norman Bet know? And she hadn’t told Lana where she was.

    She was about to speak but dismissed the thought—no, no, she couldn’t fall for a simple trick and reveal everything!

    "Norman Bet... could you give me a hint, please, hehe..." she chuckled dryly, ncing at the man.

    The man showed no mercy, "Confess on your own!"

    Elliana: "..."

    After holding it in for a long time, she hesitantly murmured, "I shouldn’t have stayed in the inte cafe ying games these past few days—I’ve made a mistake."

    The man’s hand paused on the steering wheel, and his face instantly turned ice-cold, freezing hard enough to make a popsicle, and then the car fell into dead silence.

    He had thought the little girl merely disregarded medical advice and went to a hot pot restaurant for spicy food, not knowing she was nesting in an inte cafe.

    "Norman Bet? What’s wrong?" Elliana cautiously probed, wasn’t it said that confessing brings leniency? Why did it seem even angrier now?

    The man ignored her, focusing seriously on driving. Wasn’t it said that confessing brings leniency? Why did it feel like the offense got worse?

    "Norman Bet, are you angry? I swear I’ll never go again."

    "Norman Bet, don’t be mad, weren’t you the one who said confessing brings leniency?"

    Elliana kept admitting her mistakes, yet the man was no longer very angry, he just said, "Forgot what the doctor said?"

    Though the words seemed unrted, they immediately clued her in! The hot pot restaurant she went to with Luna was the biggest in South City, and it was acquired by Norman Bet...

    So that’s how it was!

    By now, she began to regret it, why mention the inte cafe so carelessly.

    Elliana: My intestines, they’re turning green...

    The man continued, "Avoid highly stimting foods."

    ...

    ――― Bet Family Vi.

    Five in the afternoon.

    Elliana sat nkly on the sofa while the man had already gone upstairs.

    Noticing something was off, Lana approached with a cat in her arms, "Young Mistress, Little Lotus has gotten even fatter recently."

    A round, plump cat was ced before her by Lana, who she remembered hadn’t been this fat just a few days ago.

    She reached out to rub the fluffy, round head of the cat, feeling the thickness of its fur, and said to Lana, "Lana, cut its meals in half from now on, if it gets any fatter it won’t be healthy."

    Little Lotus: ???

    Lana replied, "Okay."

    ...

    At night.

    Elliana had already showered and changed into pajamas, but the man was still in the study.

    After thinking for a bit, she decided to go check on him.

    She tiptoed to the study door, hesitated for a few seconds, then raised her hand to knock.

    "Come in."

    With the invitation, she turned the handle and pushed open the door. The man was busy at theputer and lifted his eyes to nce at her as she entered.

    "Norman Bet, are you busy?"

    "Hmm."

    ...

    The conversation was awkward.

    She walked up to the man’s desk, propped her elbows on the edge, and cupped her face with both hands, seriously looking at him.

    Truth be told, Norman’s concentration was mesmerizing—the eyebrows were pleasing, the nose was appealing, the mouth even more so, everything about him was just how she liked it.

    Thinking about this, she suddenly remembered her past life, why had she stubbornly refused such a great man for that bastard Shane Southwell?

    If this were written in a novel, it would definitely be a clichéd scenario forced by the author!

    "What are you looking at?" The man’s gaze met hers, his tone icy, yet his eyes were tender.

    She boldly asked, "Can I sit on yourp while I watch you work?"

    Her words received no verbal response, but after a moment, the man scooted his chair back a few inches, that jasper-like hand elegantly and calmly tapping twice on his ck suit pants.

    Elliana giggled and sat on the man’sp without hesitation.

    She liked pressing her face into the crook of the man’s neck, enjoying the faint lotus fragrance.

    "Norman Bet, it’s said on Weibo that you’re keeping me out of sight, and that I’ve had an abortion for you, should you help clear the rumors?"

    The man paused his actions, looked down at her in his embrace andforted, "Rumors that stir up trouble— the more you care, the more trouble it bes."

    "But... I’m a bit upset. I haven’t offended anyone, so why nder me like this? And they ndered you too."

    At this point, she abruptly stopped. If they wanted to nder, didn’t they typically target just her? Why involve Norman Bet this time?

    Could it be...?

    She stared at the man and asked, "Norman Bet, did you offend someone?"

    The man smiled faintly and tapped her forehead with his finger, "Not too stupid."

    "Who did you offend?" She looked at the man with curiosity.

    "Capitalists."

    Just three words, but they epassed a lot. Elliana nodded, somewhat understanding but still puzzled.

    The man patiently exined, and only then did she grasp the gist.

    In North City, the Bet Corporation, as a leading group in the domestic heavy industry, has always been a target for coboration from otherpanies.

    But domestic business reforms greatly impacted the heavy industry. Back then, Norman Bet foresaw the future of the industry, realizing that heavy industry reform was imperative.

    Despite repeated persuasion, his father remained unmoved, leading Norman to leave The Bets. Coincidentally, a cosmeticspany was failing due to poor management and was on the brink of bankruptcy.

    Norman Bet saw potential in thispany and discussed it with his grandfather, who supported the endeavor without conditions.

    After acquiring the cosmeticspany, they established Melody Harmony, and with the few factories given by his grandfather, within just a year, Melody Harmony transformed from an obscurepany to a well-known perfume and skincare brand.

    Thepany continued diversifying from cosmetics to hotels, tourism, andter into the entertainment and film industries.

    Thispletely shed the burden of the heavy industry, but along the way, it touched many people’s interests.

    Such as Simon King, the giant in the livestreaming industry.

    Yet behind Norman Bet, there was always the support of The Bets, a behemoth not easily bullied even if it took a nap.

    Since the livestream industry boomed four years ago, no new streaming tform in the country has survived a year, even those under White Goose have faced various suppressions.

    This time, the acquisition by Radiant Light has drawn dissatisfaction from the streaming industry.

    Actually, if it weren’t for the malicious nder involving Evelyn Dunn against Elliana, Norman Bet wouldn’t have intervened so quickly in this circle. For Melody Harmony, chemical industry remains its core, and trying to transition to other directions is no easy task.

    After all, taking a piece from someone else’s pie will inevitably make you a target for many.

    Initially, Melody Harmony only intended for Radiant Light to gradually seep into this young circle, but due to a leak, it fell into this predicament, stuck between a rock and a hard ce.

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