Chapter 210
“Alpha, we’ve investigated last night’s incident.”
I couldn’t hear their conversation, but from the changes in his expression, 1 could roughly guess what had happened.
“The person the Luna offended is a local gang leader named Jax. He’s involved in criminal activities, has been imprisoned several times, and has some influence
in this area.”
Simon’s tone was somewhat uneasy. “Our people were a step too late this time, and he escaped.”
Ferris frowned tightly, said nothing, just nodded lightly in acknowledgment.
Seeing his bad mood, Simon didn’t linger: “If there’s nothing else, Ill go out first.”
After he left, the room fell quiet.
Ferris sat on the sofa, silently looking at his phone, then glanced at my window.
Finally, he opened his computer and had customer service from one of his investment platforms hand over a company account to him.
On my end, the new drug development I’d been working on recently hit a bottleneck, and funding was tight.
With the previous collaboration falling through, I had to contact platforms again to see if any new investors were willing to discuss cooperative development.
Unexpectedly, early in the morning I received a reply from a biomedical platform, expressing willingness to sign an independent drug development profit-sharing agreement with me.
I had no idea this platform was under Ferris’s control, nor did I know he had already investigated what projects I was working on, even knowing my experimental progress and direction like the back of his hand.
He personally used the company account to coordinate with me.
I typed: [Hello, do you need to meet offline to discuss?]
The reply came quickly: [No need, we can sign online. I’ll transfer the advance payment directly to you.]
I was stunned, not expecting them to be so straightforward. After confirming the other party was indeed a platform-certified account, I signed the cooperation
agreement.
Soon, I received a transfer notification. 50 million.
I stared at my phone for a while before typing: [Thank you, pleasant cooperation.]
The other side replied: [I’ve reviewed your submitted drug research proposal, it’s very valuable. How many products have you developed in total?]
I replied honestly: [5 projects so far, with a few more in final refinement.]
He replied: [I’m very interested in this approach of yours.]
I responded: [Thank you for the recognition.]
The other party paused for a few seconds, then sent another message: [Can you also authorize other projects to me? You can name your price. As long as I can use them.]
I didn’t think much about it. Most projects had only signed non-exclusive agreements anyway. I directly wrote a basic package price; ten million.
Soon, this money also arrived.
My feelings were complicated. Besides gratitude, I didn’t know what to say, so I sent several emojis to express my appreciation.
Then, the other party suddenly sent: [May I ask if you’re married?]
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I was stunned for a moment.
Before I could reply. I saw him add: (If it’s inconvenient to share, you don’t have to say. I just think products need a spokesperson, and you’d be suitable, so I wanted to ask about your background…]
I paused for a few seconds and typed: [Married once, divorced.]
I didn’t think this was any secret. For a woman starting a business alone abroad, too many things couldn’t be avoided, and there was nothing to hide.
But what I didn’t expect was that the person seeing this message on the other end was Ferris.
He looked at the screen, his face terrifyingly dark, his knuckles tense and white.
When did she divorce? Why didn’t he know?
He never signed papers, never agreed – what right did she have to be “divorced”?
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