Chapter 544


    After dealing with the affairs that were going on outside the conference room, Benji and Renee


    returned to the room, only to find Hesper still sitting on the chair, thinking about something.


    "Thank God—thank you very much, Ms. Rivera. If it weren’t for you, Duval Group would’ve fallen into


    someone else’s hands today." Benji was a little incoherent for a while. He had followed Rickard around


    for so many years; he never thought that there would be another person who could win him over


    through herpetence.


    Hesper shook her head. Renee could see that something was bothering her, so she turned to Benji and


    said, "Ms. Lane and I will take our leave. We’ll leave the rest to you."


    "Of course!"


    Renee stepped forward and helped Hesper up. However, as soon as she saw her flushed hands, she


    felt nervous for a split second, and her expression turned solemn. "Ms. Lane! What happened?! Be


    honest with me. Did someone hit you?"


    "...Huh?" Hesper was still deep in thought and had not realized the condition of her hand at the


    moment. She then nced in the direction of Renee’s gaze and discovered that she had gone all out


    when she was pping Juniper just now that her palms were now extremely flushed and slightly


    inmed. She immediately cleared her throat in embarrassment.


    Benji seemed to be able to guess how things went from the side, so he could not help but snicker


    twice.


    Renee looked at the two of them in a daze. Hesper tugged at the hem of her clothes and exined,


    "Don’t worry, from now on, I only instill grievances in others, not the other way around. As for who


    would dare to hit me, they haven’t been born yet.”


    Hearing this, Renee nodded, albeit a little confused. She had always taken whatever Hesper said as


    theplete truth, so although she did not get it, she agreed with what Hesper said.


    Benji, who was standing on the side, realized that he seemed to be a bit of an eyesore at that moment.


    He was about to leave the room when he received a message from Professor Miles.


    "Ms. Rivera! Ernest has woken up!"


    Hesper was stunned when she heard the news. She licked her mrs with slight annoyance.


    ‘Rickard Duval, you really don''t know when to wake up, do you? If we''d waited for you to wake up,


    Duval Group would’ve already been wrapped up, garnished with a bowtie, and sent on its merry way


    into Carter’s possession.


    ...


    The news that Hesper had be thergest shareholder of Duval Group spread like wildfire. Ernest


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    was one of thest people to know about it, and it was only because Wendy identally clicked on the


    article while reading the news.


    "This... Hesper is more than just capable now." Ernest put on his presbyopic sses and read the tiny


    words on Wendy’s phone.


    Wendy felt a little helpless. "Mr. Duval Sr., you’re being too lenient to the youngsters. After all, you


    spent half your life umting that wealth. Now that it’s in Hesper’s possession, she might not return


    it to the Duvals."


    "Sigh, Hesper wouldn''t do such a thing." Ernest smiled and shook his head. "Rickard''s road growing up


    was too smooth, so he never encountered any setbacks in his life. That’s why he acts just like a robot


    that has been programmed with certain codes.”


    Wendy was a little surprised. "I thought this is what you wanted him to be like."


    Rickard had been an excellent individual since he was a kid. He was the obedient and overachieving


    boy that everyone envied, and he had never caused Ernest to worry about him. He had also begun to


    take over the reigns of apany as huge as Duval Group at a very young age. In this regard, Rickard


    had done an impable job.


    Ernest took off his sses and shook his head.


    "When I was younger, I really cared about these things. After all, I worked so hard to build thepany


    up to where it was back then, so how could I not care?" Having said this, Ernest sighed. "But deep


    down, thepany is nowhere near as important as having a harmonious household. Perhaps


    everyone does think that I value Duval Group more. But in my opinion, Duval Group is also a burden to


    Rickard too."


    ...


    Hesper did not want to see Rickard at first, but now Duval Group was in her possession. She did not


    care about it, let alone want to take over, so it would be better for her to find a suitable time to hand it


    back to Rickard.


    However, if anyone were to find out that Hesper, who was now the biggest shareholder of Duval Group,


    wanted to hand it over to someone else, they would all say that she was out of her mind.


    Following the address Benji had given her, Hesper arrived at Rickard’s current residence. Professor


    Miles was the one who opened the door.