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Meanwhile, a heated argument was taking place in Susan’s home.
“Dad, please just make a call and find out how my classmate is doing!”
Susan pleaded with her father to use his connections to gather information.
“No way!
Upon learning that the arrested person was Leones, Susan’s father flat–out refused to help and ordered his daughter to sever ties with that guy.
Susan had asked her father to investigate the truth back when the car accident happened, so he had some memory of Leones.
“He’s just a trash who’s been to prison. Why are you still in contact with him? If he got caught, he deserved it! He won’t change his ways, always causing trouble. He’s barely out of prison and has already gotten into a fight, and with the son of the Police Chief, no less! Such audacity! Does he still think he’s the heir of the Bloom family who can afford such reckless behavior?” Next to them, Susan’s mother chimed in. “Susan, honestly, not only did you not participate properly in the arranged meeting tonight, but you also helped your classmate beat up the son of Chief Jackson. How could this be appropriate? Your dad works under Chief Jackson. How should your father face him after this incident? Aren’t you just making enemies for us? Your father might end up being targeted!”
Susan’s father was just a regular employee, whereas Leonard ranked above him.
Even if Leonard wasn’t among the high–ranking, he was still superior.
“Geez, me being targeted isn’t that big of a problem, but you can forget about your job!” Susan’s father sighed heavily.
“Chief Jackson’s son is the manager of the human resources department at the Baker Group’s headquarters. I was hoping that through meeting him, you two could at least get acquainted. Even if you didn’t go on to date him, you could have used that connection to secure a job at a large company like the Baker Group. Now that you’ve pissed him off, forget about working at the Baker Group. With just a call from Chief Jackson, none of the big companies in Sherland would want
you.”
Upon mentioning her job, Susan couldn’t help but refute, “Leones has already helped me arrange everything regarding my job. It so happens that he knows Ms. Baker from the Baker family. Ms. Baker personally told me to report to their company tomorrow…”
However, after Leones offended the Baker family, Susan wasn’t sure whether that promise was still
valid.
Thus, her voice gradually trailed off as she spoke, and she didn’t sound convincing at all.
Her parents assumed she was lying.
“Haha, you have to come up with a better excuse if you want to defend that guy. He can’t even save himself, let alone arrange a job for you!”
“That’s right. Besides, how could he possibly know Ms. Baker? You might as well claim that he knows the patriarch of the Baker family! That would be even better! You could just replace Brian and become the manager of the company’s human resources department!”
Upon hearing that, Susan thought, “It’s true that he knew Orlando, though, who had actually toasted him in person.”
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However, she realized that no one would believe something like that.
Thus, she wisely shifted the conversation and continued pleading with her father, “Dad, just make a call. Maybe they’re about to torture him now. Can’t you help beg for mercy?”
“Forget about it!” Susan’s father retorted with disdain. “He’s the kind of person who’s better off cut out of your life. Why would I put in a good word for him again?”
“If you aren’t going to make the call, I’ll go check on him myself!” Susan said defiantly.
“Try me!” Susan’s father was furious. “If you dare step out that door, I’ll break your legs!”
Just then, the doorbell rang.
Susan’s mother opened the door, and it turned out to be an urgent delivery.
“Weird. Who’s delivering a package so late?”
Upon opening the package, the entire family was astonished.
Inside was a job offer letter, along with a uniform and an employee badge.
Susan’s father opened the offer letter and was dumbfounded.
“It’s a job offer from the Baker Group’s headquarters! Susan was offered the position of… the manager of the human resources department!”
“How is this possible?” Susan’s mother couldn’t believe it either. “Wasn’t that Brian’s position? Is this some kind of prank?”
Susan’s father shook his head and said, “There is the Baker Group’s official seal on it. It can’t be fake. Who would dare to forge an official seal? That’s a crime.”
Afterward, Susan’s parents looked at their daughter simultaneously. Although they found it hard to believe, the truth was evident.
“Susan, you… really got hired by the Baker Group?”
Susan looked at the job offer letter and smiled knowingly.
“As I said, with Leones‘ connections, I’ve been accepted into the Baker Group as an exception, but you didn’t believe me!”
Her parents were speechless at that point.
“If it’s really thanks to that guy…” Susan’s father changed his mind. “Then, I’ll make a call and check on his situation.”
Susan’s father made a call and found out that someone had already got Leones out.
After the call, Susan finally felt relieved.
“That’s strange… Why can’t I reach Leones‘ phone even now?” Susan was trying to call Leones to express her gratitude.
At the foot of Mountain Gloriland, Veronica returned to the villa area to meet Carlos after failing to capture Leones.
“Hmm? Isn’t that…?”
She unintentionally caught sight of a familiar figure on the mountainside, whose silhouette. disappeared into a villa.
“Is that Leones? How could it be him? Why would he be at the Cloud Nine?”
Veronica shook her head with a bitter smile, calming down. “I’m so fixated on capturing him that now everyone resembles him. I must be overthinking!”
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Following that, she entered a villa at the base of the mountain.
“Mr. Waltson!”
In the backyard, Veronica found her adoptive father engrossed in practicing martial arts.
“You’re still practicing boxing at this hour.”
Throwing sturdy punches and kicks was a bearded old man in his sixties. He seemed half his age, given how powerful his punches were.
The man was none other than Carlos Waltson, who went by the title “Zombric’s Cry” and was a powerful figure in the state of Zombric in Vericano.
“Hmm… I’m getting old, and my limbs aren’t as agile as before. If I don’t work hard, your juniors will surpass me…” The old man stopped practicing and laughed.
The accident from years ago had turned Veronica into an orphan. She was adopted by the old man, who taught her martial arts and completely changed her life’s trajectory.
“It’s so late, but you’ve come to find me. Is there something you need?”
Once they settled in the living room, the old man cut to the chase.
“Mr. Waltson, take a look at this.”
Veronica produced an item.
It was a pink diamond the size of a grape seed.
“Have you read today’s news? There was a car that went off a cliff. I happened to pass by and found this in the car. There was a similar one on the vehicle that killed my mother back then!”
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