Chapter 833 Give Me a Reason


    Rn was quite happy when Catherine called him, but his expression turned dark as soon as he answered the phone. Despite her generally cold demeanor, he could tell that this time, her coldness was different. While she was typically aloof, her current tone wasced with hostility, which he found uneptable. “What do you mean, Catherine? What have I done to make you so angry?” he asked.


    Catherine responded in a cold tone, You know what you’ve done. I don’t care about your intentions, but if you interfere with my experiment, you’ll be in trouble.”


    Upon hearing this, Rn realized that Catherine must have found out about his connection to Reelyne Technologies, which prompted her call.


    He cursed inwardly the two people he had sent to handle the matter, ming their ipetence. Since Catherine had known, he understood that denying it wouldn’t change anything. She could see through his lie easily.


    “You don’t know how envious I am of Branden,” Rn said. “I see how he sponsored your school and easily gained ess to yourb to spend time with you. I also wanted to get closer to you in the same way. I didn’t mean to make you angry.”


    “Is that your only intention?” Catherine asked.


    Rn responded confidently, “What else would I do? And what else can I do? Catherine, can’t you understand my feelings for you?”


    After a few seconds of silence, the call ended. Rn put down his phone, his gloomy expression reced with a hintof satisfaction.


    Catherine hung up the phone and stepped out of theb, where she ran into Marshall.


    Seeing her upset expression, Marshall immediately began to reassure her, ” You don’t need to worry about the sponsorship. I’ve already turned down the offer from Ultan. We have the Duncan Corporation as our major sponsor now. So we don’t need another patron. I’m not that foolish.”


    Catherine’s influence yed a part in securing the Duncan Corporation’s sponsorship for theb. Since the Duncan Corporation’s funding came in, they no longer had to worry about financial constraints. The Duncan Corporation was generous, and most importantly, it didn’t interfere with their work, allowing them to carry outexperiments as they pleased.


    In Marshall’s opinion, the Duncan Corporation’s sponsorship was the most satisfying he had received in years. He had no desire to terminate it for anything else.


    Catherine nodded. However, inwardly, she remained on edge. No one understood Rn better than she did. She knew he would stop at nothing to achieve his goals. She hadn’t seen an issue with his methods before, given their shared history of oveing adversity. She didn’t agree with his actions but chose not to intervene. Her life experiences had taught her that observing from a distance reduced trouble. However, at some point, she found herself increasingly unable to ept Rn’s way of doing things. Now, she could only work behind the scenes to prevent him from getting involved in this mess.


    sh pushed open the door of the confinement room. Because of the information provided by Roninst time, sh was rewarded with a meal. As the door swung open, the fragrant aroma of barbecue greeted sh.


    Ronin sat at the center of the hall, enjoying the barbecue.


    “You seem to be enjoying yourself,” remarked sh, a hint of sarcasm in his voice.


    Ronin, seemingly oblivious, looked up at sh and gestured for sh to join him. “Hurry. Sit down and eat with me. Barbecue is best enjoyed withpany. I used to have it with Catherine every day, but not anymore…” Ronin rambled on for a while before falling silent.


    sh eyed him and coldly questioned, ” Go ahead.”


    Ronin shrugged nonchntly, appearing somewhat resigned. ” There’s no point in talking about it. There’s no chance in the future.” After a pause, he picked up a pepper, stuffed it into his mouth, and swallowed it expressionlessly.


    “Is it because you betrayed Catherine, so you can’t face her anymore?” sh guessed.


    Ronin gave him a thumbs-up in appreciation. “Exactly. You’re not as foolish as you look. Catherine despises betrayal the most. Since I’ve betrayed her, I know better than anyone how dire the consequences would be if I were to show my face again.” His icy voice was filled with bitterness and resignation.


    sh, who had originally intended to lecture him, changed the subject. ” When will you continue to retrieve the data? There are only three days left,”he asked.


    Ronin red at sh. “I’ve already told you, it’s double-encrypted and takes time. I can’t do it right now. If you want me dead, you might as well kill me right now.”


    sh observed Ronin, not missing any of the changes in Ronin’s expressions. sh had reported the situation to his superiors, and after their investigation, they found that Ronin wasn’t lying to them. Catherine had enlisted Winston to implement multipleyers of encryption. Even if her encryption system were cracked, it would be futile. Only under a double decryption scenario could one ess the core area and obtain the experimental data.


    “What if Professor Warner is right in front of you?” sh said expressionlessly.


    Ronin, who was having a barbecue, paused in an instant. He squinted at sh. “What do you mean?” he asked.Original from N?velDrama.Org.


    “Exactly what I said,” sh responded coldly.


    Ronin went furious and mmed his fist on the table, bellowing, “I warn you. Don’t touch Professor Warner, or I’ll kill you!”


    “Humph.” shughed coldly, not taking Ronin’s threat seriously. “What? Is your attachment to Professor Warner deeper than your loyalty to Catherine? You betrayed Catherine, yet you’re afraid of us capturing Professor Warner. Don’t you find that ridiculous?


    Catherine not only saved Ronin’s life but also supported him for many years. Their bond was closer than that of siblings. While Winston was just Ronin’s mentor. sh didn’t believethat Winston was more important to Ronin. However, Ronin’s disy of anger seemed almost instinctual, which couldn’t be faked.


    sh was curious about the reason behind it. He fixed his gaze on Ronin -and questioned him, “Give me a reason why we can’t touch Professor Warner.”