August 2024, Utopia
Finn Ruth, the one who has the power in that field, was already working on it before Luca asked. His eyes, which were glowing blue, widened, and said "It seemed like… the two who went scouting are… likely… dead sir."
In his gaze, Luca is still seeking further explanations from Finn.
Finn continued, "Before the connection disappeared, the heart rate from the watches was unstable, it must have been because they were fighting and now there's no heart rate.". Furthermore, their watches seemed to have been destroyed."
"They found out," Luca muttered.
'But how?'
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August 2024, Earth
"I accept the competition," Charlotte said to the chairman.
Why not? She has nothing to lose and Charlotte was determined to win the 5% the chairman talked about. If she gets it, she will be on the same level as the chairman who has 35% right now. The old man seemed to be overconfident that his grandson would be the winner. How great would it feel if she destroyed his confidence?
'Bring it on'
Charlotte changes her sitting posture into a comfortable one, putting her arm on her armrest. Her hand covering the lower half of her face. She smirked.
Hearing her answer, Gu Wei was overjoyed to know that he will be competing with his role model.
'Charlotte Huan just waits, I will show you what I have learned as an admirer of yours.'
"Great Great! Then let's end the meeting there shall we?" The old man said to the people inside the room.
But there were no replies to his farewell.
Those words from the chairman finally jolted some people from their thoughts a moment later. Even if a competition like this occurred in a small company, many people would be shocked, but for the chairman to do something like this? 5% of the shares of the Gu Crop? All of the board members here have between 1% and 10%. It would have been a golden opportunity if it had happened to them. They regretted not having a level of bluntness like Charlotte Huan. Since most of the chairman's grandsons have failed in business, she stands a good chance of winning this competition. Is it possible that Gu Wei is different from them? It's their first time hearing his name, as well. Throughout the years, they have always kept an eye on their chairman's grandson. They were sure that he wasn't listed in the family chart last year. Where did he come from?
With his black cane in hand, the chairman rose and walked towards the door to leave. Gu Wei followed him and before his grandfather got near the door, he sped up to pull it open with a smile. Seeing this, a big smile spread across Chairman Gu's face. There was a certain atmosphere surrounding the two. After they left, the chairman's secretary also followed them.
While most of the eyes of the board members were at the door, Charlotte got up from her seat holding her blazer. Taking her bag, she wore it on her shoulder.
Secretary Hao followed her up to her side when he saw she got up.
They eventually reached the parking lot once again. Secretary Hao helped open the car door for his boss first before getting on by himself.
From the rearview mirror, he glanced at Miss Charlotte as he started the car. He could see her softly chuckling. Although he knew the reason for his boss' actions, he decided to ask anyway.
"How's it today Miss?"
"It's well good."
"I guess it is Miss. What do you think of the chairman's grandson? I have never seen him before, not even in the family tree."
Hao Niang inquired. It is true that he has never seen Gu Wei in the family chart because he had once looked into chairman by his own accord to help his boss further. Later on, he decided to do some research on him on his own.
"He seemed confident," Charlotte answered, then her eyes shifted to the raindrops outside of the mirror. Rain continues to fall as the car emerges from underground.
She continued to mumble to herself "and… familiar."
It's as if she had seen him before. She couldn't remember where. Her head began to hurt from recalling the memories so she decided to just ignore the feeling that Gu Wei was just a passerby from her memory in her past which she already decided to forget the painful memories for her.
Charlotte closed her eyes and rested her head on the car's headrest.
Seeing the rare moment of his boss relaxing, Hao Niang slows down the car and drives steadily on their way back to Miss Charlotte's house.