Chapter 288


    Tomy in the room until five in the evening before he regained some strength.


    He was about to get out of bed when his phone vibrated.


    Seeing that Julian was calling, he lifted the phone with much difficulty and answered the call.


    “Tom, where did you go? Why haven’t youe home for so long? Mom and Dad are starting to


    comin,” Julian’s voice was gentle as usual.


    Tom tried to keep his voiceposed and natural. He summoned all his strength to say, “I went out


    for a trip with some friends, and I’ll be back in two days.”


    “It’s almost time for New Year’s. There’s a lot to do at home, soe back quick,” Julian urged.


    “Got it.”


    “Alright then… I’ll wait for you. Right, Tom, the one who caused you this much harm… has been


    identified.”


    Tom’s body quivered as the spirit returned to his mind. “Who was it?”


    “It’s not one, but many. They’re all our rivals in the food industry,” Julian said.


    Tom’s eyes were filled with disbelief when he heard. “Isn’t X among them?”


    “She really isn’t… I’ve investigated X Quest many times in detail, but there wasn’t any evidence


    of her participating in this,” Julian added.


    Tom let out an exhausted sigh and simply ended the call.


    There were no words to describe the guilt in his heart.


    So it wasn’t X. He was just overthinking.


    ***


    On the day before New Years, X had received Jeremy’s call early in the morning, asking her to


    return home for dinner.


    After she agreed, she drove her car out for shopping.


    Having been busy for so long, she nned to rx during this rare day off.


    She did not deliberately dress up but merely put on a basic skincareyer and wore a set of outfits


    from a trendy brand she had bought online.


    She was wearing a ck fleece sweater paired with a pair of tight-fitting ck jeans. On her feet


    were a pair of ck Converse sneakers, making her look just like a student.


    She headed directly to Goldfield za.


    Once inside, she went straight into Chanel’s official store and nned to choose some new spring


    outfits.


    She had just reached the store’s entrance when the outfit on disy on the mannequin outside


    caught her attention.


    It was a white chiffon midi dress paired with a mist blue knitted cardigan. There was a silver belt at


    the cardigan’s waist, just nicely entuating the wearer’s shape.


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    She instantly turned to the sales attendant and said, “Take this down for me to try on.”


    “I’ll take this. Just wrap it up for me,” Just then, a beautiful woman in a mink coat walked over and


    said to the sales attendant.


    X knew this person, Faye White. She was an actress who had just debuted one year ago in X


    Entertainment. The girl was currently considered a C-List celebrity within the country.


    X knew Faye, but she knew Faye didn’t know her.


    Although she regrly went to thepany when she wasn’t busy, she always did it discreetly and


    ran into any celebrities.


    She basically stayed inside her office when she was there. Even for meetings, she would only


    attend therge-scale higher management meetings. As for those involving individual celebrities,


    she would never participate in but leave them to Georgie.