Chapter 22
Chapter 22
That guyughed and said, “Mr. Hartley is not only young and talented, but also cares a lot about the
general public.”
His topic suddenly shifted. The locals here have been living off farming and raising sheep for
generations, and they just don’t get how to run a B&B or something like that”
The locals here were very simple, but many sppoke dialects, so it’s quite challenging to run a restaurant
or B&B.
Marcus had been exploring the business world for many years and knew exactly what the other person
was thinking, “The Hartley Group has arranged a professional team that will teach them step by step so
that everyone here can live and work in peace and contentment”
The leaderughed again, this time very pleased.
After lunch
After sending off the leader, Cornelia didn’t idle around, and together with Ben and Marcus, they
inspected the situation around the scenic area.
There’s only one road, going straight from the airport to the scenic area, surrounded by rugged mountain
roads and some shabby houses.
The vigers’ homes were s****d all over the mountain, and although it looked close from one house to
another, it took at least half an hour to walk back and forth along the mountain
road
Marcus didn’t mind the tiredness and dirt, he visited each household to learn more about the situation
that he couldn’t learn from Helena.
Just as they were about to return, a loud noise suddenly came from the mountain
As the earthquake struck, loose soil and stones smashed towards them.
“Mr. Hartley, watch out!”
Cornelia shouted
If something happened to Marcus, the entire Hartley Group would be plunged into chaos, and her high-
paying job might not be secure.
Her body reacted faster than her brain, and she quickly pounced on Marcus, trying to block the stones
with her body.
Marcus was facing away from her to her left, noticing the dangerter than she did.
When he heard her shout, he turned around and saw Cornelia spread her arms and pounce on him.
Instinctively, he reached out to catch her, and her soft body mmed into his arms, then he felt a stone
hit her shoulder and fall to the ground.
If it weren’t for Cornelia blocking the stone, it might have hit him in the head.
A few secondster, the surroundings became quiet
Cornelia immediately backed away, ‘Mr. Hartley, are you okay?”
Marcus felt something sticky on his hand and looked down to see blood.
His eyes suddenly turned cold, “Where did you get hurt?”
Cornelia’s left arm hurt badly, but she still managed to smile, Tm so lucky I didn’t hit any vital spots, just a
bruise on my arm.”
“Dont talk!” Marcus’s expression darkened, and he carried her to a rtively safe ce nearby, “Ben, call
a doctor right away”
In the just passed danger, Ben instinctively protected himself, and now he was still hiding behind a huge
rock.
Seeing Cornelia get hurt to save Marcus, he felt very ashamed, “Mr. Hartley, I’ll make the call right away”
He pulled out his phone, but it was void of any signal. “Mr. Hartley,” he said, “There’s no reception here, I
can’t ce the call”
“Go to the hotel for help After calmly instructing, Marcus quickly tore off his white shirt, “Cornelia, I’m
going to help you take off your coat and give your wound some initial treatment. Try to endure the pain”
Cornelia knew her injury was severe, and stopping the bleeding was crucial, so she didn’t pretend to be
weak, ‘Marcus, don’t worry, I can bear the pain.”
She has always been afraid of pain since she was young, but she didn’t want him to think she was
pretending to be weak. At the same time, she was also afraid of the cold, wearing a long down jacketBelongs to N?velDrama.Org - All rights reserved.
outside, and a sweater and bottoming shirt inside.
She unzipped her down jacket with her uninjured right hand, but it was difficult to take it off, so she had to
leave the task to Marcus
Marcus originally nned to help her take off only the left side of her clothes so that he could treat the
wound, and she wouldn’t feel cold. But since she couldn’t move her left hand, it was impossible to take
off just one sleeve