She felt guilty and took out her phone to find Tina’s contact, but she didn’t know what to say. She typed several messages, only to delete them all. The words “thank you” seemed too insubstantial. She was still internally ming Tina, yet Tina had helped her unconditionally. She felt she had no right to say thank you. After hesitating for a long time, Juliet exited the chat and dialed the phone.


    “Hello?”


    Tina’s cool voice came through, and Juliet pursed her lips tightly. “Tina, I… thank you.”


    Tina chuckled lightly, “Thank me for what? Aren’t you my sister?”


    The matters of the Reed family had started because of her, but she truly considered Juliet’s family as her own. Her own family was small, and she was willing to return the favor to those who genuinely cared for her. Moreover, the acquisition was a minor issue for her. Incredibly minor.


    Juliet paused, then suddenlyughed, “Right, I am your sister, and you will always be my little sister.”


    What did it matter if they were not rted by blood? She and Tina could still be sisters, or even best friends.


    Tina smiled, “Just don’t make me lose money, sis. I’m poor!”


    Juliet burst outughing, “Boss, I’ll definitely make back the money you spent on acquiring New Star. My business skills are no worse than Ember Saffron.”


    Tina’s voice was cheerful, “Good, I’m waiting for your good news.”


    Another person to make money!


    Excellent!


    After hanging up, Tina put away her phone. Outside, Courtney knocked on the door, “Miss Reed, we should be leaving now.”


    Tina came back to her senses and walked out the door. Courtney still wore her ck-rimmed sses and her hairzily scattered over her shoulders, dressed in inconspicuous clothes.


    Tina frowned, “Can’t you change your outfit?”


    Now that Courtney was to apany her constantly, there was no need for such disguises.


    Courtney scratched her hair somewhat embarrassedly, “I’m used to it.”


    Tina took off Courtney’s sses, “After theb, I’ll take you shopping.”


    The money hadn’t even arrived, and it was already being spent!


    Not at all economical!


    Courtney nodded.


    She would follow Miss Reed’s arrangements; that was the first rule given to her by “Wolf” when she epted the task.


    Inside theb, everyone was busily engaged in various experiments. Only Lockie, wearing his signature silver-rimmed sses, squatted on the floor looking at the dynamic simtion of the potion’s dposition.


    He seemed out of ce.


    “Why is it like this?”


    “Why only threeponents separated?”


    “It’s obviously a poison, how can it have a healing effect?”


    Lockie muttered to himself, unaware of Tina approaching him.


    Tina bent down, looking at the simtion with Lockie, “Medicine is a poison in part; even good medicine can cause harm if misused, don’t you understand?”


    Lockie still didn’t look up, “No, no, no, I mean, it shouldn’t produce a healing effect, not with this dosage, these data, and it being a poison, what is it trying to heal?”


    Tina’s lips curved slightly.


    The potions left by her mother were highly toxic, a mere milliliter could kill a robust adult, even more lethal than Crimson Silk. Thus, she had been developing antidotes to these potions over the years. However, during the analysis, she discovered that under certain idental conditions, the potion could produce a healing effect. She had fused several viruses with the potion. The viruses were not dposed but were consumed by the potion, forming a new virus. Moreover, the toxicity was even more severe.


    Undeniably, while the healing aspect of the potion consumed and dissolved the virus, the new virus formed was far more vicious, failing to achieve any healing effect.


    Lockie had just asked the very question Tina had been seeking answers to for years. Tina turned her head to look at Lockie, “Understanding what it truly aims to heal will take more time.”


    Lockie nodded, “You make a good point.”


    As he turned back to face Tina, his eyes lit up, “It’s you! I knew you were the only one in the entireb who would understand what I’m talking about.”


    Tina’s smile deepened, her gaze meaningful, “You’re a genius.”


    “That’s what everyone says.” Lockie raised his eyebrows proudly, confident in his self-assessment.


    Tina stared at Lockie, then added, “Never met your match, have you?”


    At this, Lockie’s expression darkened.


    His eyes seemed to mix a hint of jealousy and anger, along with a touch of resentment.


    It was clear he was suppressing his anger, snuffing out all grievances within the palm of his hand, “No, I have.”


    Tina narrowed her eyes, “Then, good luck to you.”


    With that, Tina left the YQb with Courtney.


    In the car, Courtney studied the drug dposition simtion but couldn’t make out any clues.


    “I’m still too green.” Courtney had to admit,pared to her mother back in her day, she was mere child’s y.


    At least her mother had been a capable assistant to Lark, whereas she could only follow Tina and learn.


    “Don’t worry, the path to being a genius isn’t easy,” Tina said, asionally ncing at the rearview mirror as she held the steering wheel.N?velDrama.Org exclusive content.


    Courtney twitched the corners of her mouth, “Are you being sarcastic?”


    Tina spun the steering wheel, executing a beautiful drift, “No, I’m just being realistic.”


    Courtney looked up and finally spotted the clue.


    She looked back, her eyes narrowing slightly, “Tail caught up again?”


    “Yes, let’s y a game,” Tina pressed on the elerator, heading towards the central mall.


    Behind them, Lockie drove an unremarkable white sedan, keeping up with Tina.


    His lips always bore a faint smile, asionally hidden in shadows, adding a sinister touch.


    Tina leisurely drove to the mall’s underground parking lot and took the elevator up with Courtney.


    As the elevator doors closed, she saw the nondescript white sedan also entering the parking lot.


    Courtney vigntly followed Tina, who patted her on the shoulder, “Know how Hayden lost his tailst time?”


    Courtney shook her head.


    “Because he was too nervous,” Tina’s smile brightened, “Rx, the show has just begun.”


    Courtney hadn’t expected Tina to truly rx.


    She was led by Tina from one fitting room to another, and within an hour, her shopping bags were almost overflowing-all new clothes for Courtney.


    Meanwhile, Jared was in a video meeting.


    A stream of payment notifications popped up on his phone.


    Nathan and the others in the meeting: “Mr. Farrell, are you sure your credit card hasn’t been stolen?”


    Jared justughed.


    The youngdy was finally spending his money again.


    This was a good start!


    He muted his phone and sent Tina a message: “Buy something for yourself too.”


    At the mall.


    Courtney swung her shopping bags, “Miss Reed, I think I’ve shopped back my entire eighteen years on the streets.”


    Tina handed Courtney a cup of milk tea.


    Courtney sighed silently, and the moment she took the milk tea, she noticed Tina’s fingertips lightly tapping on the cup.


    Courtney’s gaze sharpened.


    Poison!


    Tina had just bought sunsses and ced them on her face, “Your turn.”