Chapter 499


    This was precisely why Heather held Leon in special regard. In addition to being a highly-skilled hacker,


    Leon had some distinguishing qualities that were absent in other people. Such a person was a great


    help to Heather, so she was d that she and Leon were friends instead of enemies. “Gifts for friends


    should only be the best, of course.” Heather attached great importance to gifts, so she always strove to


    give the best and the most suitable presents. Furthermore, she put a great deal of care and thought


    into the gifts she chose. She was an earnest person most of the time, though she didn’t know how


    attractive her personality was.


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    “I don’t need anything—just prepare a table full of delicious dishes for me tomorrow.” Leon manifested


    a mysterious hint of danger. He had never tasted Heather’s cooking before, for thetter was always


    too stingy to cook for him. Therefore, he had been coveting the food she made.


    “It’s a deal,” Heather agreed without hesitation.


    “What’s the story about the person you want me to look into?” Leon couldn’t possibly look into a person


    based on a photo alone. There could be tons of information about a person, and he didn’t know what


    kind of information Heather wanted.


    “Myra was tailed by this guy when she was abroad. I want to have a background check done on him,


    but it’ll be even better if you can find out whose orders he was under,” Heather exined while looking


    at the photo on her cell phone. This guy looked ferocious and sinister and was by no means a kind


    person.


    “As expected, you’re doing this for Myra. You couldn’t have fallen in love with your bestie, could you?!”


    Leon couldn’t understand the friendship between best friends, but he had a feeling that Heather was


    willing to do anything for Myra. At the thought of this, he was somewhat jealous deep down inside. If


    only Heather could treat me the same way. I wonder how Myra bought Heather off and made her so


    devoted to her back then, he thought to himself.


    “Stop talking nonsense. Can’t you grow up?” Heather asked helplessly.


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    “All right, all right. Matthias is the person you love, and your feelings for Myra are purely sisterly.” Leon


    was still unwilling to let Heather off. If it wasn’t illegal tomit murder, Heather would have killed him


    a zillion times.


    “Do you still want me to cook for you?” Heather asked abruptly on a threatening note.


    “Of course I do. I’ll shut up, so just take what I said as bullsh*t.” Leon kept his mind on driving.


    However, it didn’t take long before he went wild again. “By the way, my mission is to find out this guy’s


    background. As for whose orders he’s under, you’ll have to sleep with me for one night to know that,”


    he said shamelessly once again.


    Heather massaged her temples; she really felt defeated by Leon, for he never kept quiet even once.


    “Make a turn at the front, then stop after you drive past the traffic light.” She just wanted to get rid of


    Leon, and she felt that her head would explode if she kept on listening to his nonsense.


    “Hey, are you really treating me as a driver?” Leon was peeved by the way Heather brushed him off.


    I’m feeling very aggrieved, okay? he thought to himself.


    “I’m getting off.” Heather opened the car door right away as soon as Leon pulled up.


    “Be careful and take your time, youdy!” Leon shouted caringly, but Heather was already far away


    from him. As he looked at her from behind, he could only smile in resignation.


    When Leon started his car again, the look on his face vanished and was reced by a serious


    expression that resembled an ancient Greek sculpture. Blessed with ethereal handsomeness, he


    looked as good-looking as a legendary god. He fixed his eyes on his cell phone’s screen; the photo of


    the stalker was disyed on it, and he was trying hard to imprint the stalker’s looks in his mind. He had


    to drive back to his apartment as soon as possible, for that was where hisptop was. With hisptop in


    hand, he would be an almighty God.


    …


    It was almost noon when Heather reached the Langston Group. Not surprisingly, ke was sitting in


    her office. Heather frowned at the sight of him, but she suppressed the feeling of disgust and


    impatience within her. She had wasted an entire morning because of Matthias, and now she was going


    to keep on wasting the wee bit of working hours she had left because of ke. “Good afternoon,


    Director ke.” She decided it would be better to call him ‘Director ke’ to tter his vanity.


    “You don’t have to be so formal with me, Heather,” ke replied with a contented look. Truth be told,


    being called this way by Heather gave him quite a sense of fulfillment.


    “It’s quite improper to keep calling you by your first name in thepany. It would sound more formal


    to call you ‘Director ke’ anyway.” Heather didn’t want toe into conflict with ke again.


    However, ke always did everything possible to give her a hard time. “You left home early this


    morning, so why didn’t you arrive at thepany until now? Were you at an appointment with your


    client to discuss business-rted matters?” he asked insincerely. He wouldn’t fall out with Heather


    openly andpletely, but he would make things difficult for her in every way possible.


    “No, I didn’t. I was involved in a car ident on my way here, so it took a bit of time,” Heather replied


    with a forced smile.


    “A car ident?” ke immediately stood up from his chair and pretended to be concerned. “Are you


    hurt? Since you were involved in a car ident earlier, you shouldn’te to thepany. Hurry up


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    and go to the hospital for a check-up.” However, it was evident from ke’s expression that he couldn’t


    wait for something bad to happen to Heather.


    Heather shook her head and said, “My car suffered some serious damage, but I’m fine.”


    “It’s good as long as you’re fine.” There was no trace of sincerity in ke’s eyes, and Heather couldn’t


    quite understand why a family rted by blood would reach such a point. “You must have been


    traumatized. Should I give you some time off this afternoon?”


    However, the sight of the insincere look on ke’s face turned Heather’s stomach. Great, I don’t even


    have to eat lunch at noon, she thought to herself. “Thank you for your concern, Director ke. I still


    have lots of work to do, and work alwayses first.” She smiled politely. How could she have the


    nerve to rest when ke gave her a higgledy-piggledy mountain of unimportant work to do every single


    day?


    “I’ll help with the work, so go and take a rest now,” ke urged while dialing Robert’s cell phone


    number. Not only was Heather unable to stop him at all, he was scheming enough to deliberately push


    the hands-free button lest she couldn’t hear the phone conversation clearly.


    Then, ke directly told Robert over the phone about the car ident. Robert was thest person


    Heather wanted to tell about her car ident, yet ke ryed the situation to him on purpose. Robert


    was in poor health in the first ce, and she didn’t want to give him a scare. “ke,” she called


    helplessly. It’s really abominable of ke to do this, she thought to herself.


    Robert’s worried voice could be heard from the cell phone. “Let Heather answer the phone.”


    As such, Heather could only answer the phone despite having an urge to sh ke to death in a


    frenzied knife attack. She thought to herself, Hasn’t it ever urred to ke that Grandpa might be too


    weak to stand the shock? No wonder Grandpa doesn’t have much love for ke as an elder. How


    could ke demand that Grandpa show loving care for him as an elder when he hasn’t done enough to


    deserve it? She answered the phone and said softly, “Don’t worry, Grandpa. I’m all right, so don’t worry


    about me!” Her coquettish tone of voice disgusted even herself.


    ke was also very unustomed to such a tone of voice, but he had to admit that Heather was really


    sweet and sensible in front of Robert. What a pretentious woman she is, he thought to himself. He


    despised her inwardly upon recalling how she usually conducted herself in front of them. Perhaps he


    wouldn’t have hated her that much if she had a more adorable personality, but the lofty expression she


    always put on made her the kind of person he hated the most. He even found the words ‘The golden


    boy’ extremely annoying. He and Heather were both born into the Langston Family, but why did he


    have to be overshadowed by her? She outshone him in every aspect, and the potential she showed


    should have been his!


    Meanwhile, Robert didn’t let Heather off until she reassured him and promised to go back at once for


    lunch with him. After putting down the phone, she gave ke a long stare. She wanted to smooth out


    her rtionship with ke at times, but the final oue always turned out this way—the tension


    between them could never be eased. “ke, don’t you know that Grandpa is in poor health? How could


    you tell him about this directly?” she asked in displeasure while trying hard to suppress her anger. She


    was already numbed by how angry Matthias had made her, yet ke wouldn’t leave her in peace.


    Meanwhile, ke pretended to wake up to the realization. “Just look at my poor memory—I forgot such


    an important thing in a moment of anxiety. It’s my fault this time.” However, such an act was rather


    affected.


    Heather didn’t bother giving ke another nce, for she thought she had probablymitted a sin in


    her previous life to meet such an enemy now. “Perhaps it’s because you never cared about Grandpa


    that you forgot about his poor health,” she said before storming off since she couldn’t y nice to


    ke.


    As he looked at the angry and determined Heather from behind, ke was lost in thought; thest part


    of her speech had stabbed him in the heart. He remembered how Robert had high hopes for him when


    he was a child. At that time, Robert would even put him on his shoulders to let him ‘sit on the shoulders


    of giants.’ He began to muse about his past. His rtionship with his grandfather wasn’t so hostile back


    then, so when had their rtionship be like this?


    However, he could no longer remember it clearly. The more he wanted to acquit himself well in front of


    Robert, the more mistakes he made. As a result, he couldn’t do a good job of everything, and this


    made him feel a profound sense of loss. “Did Heather really seize all of Grandpa’s attention?” He


    couldn’t help making a self-examination. He always believed that he never did anything wrong and that


    it was all Heather’s fault, yet he reflected on his past on this day—it was really strange.


    …


    Meanwhile, Robert was sitting at the center of the living room with an air of authority when Heather


    returned to the Langston Residence. She had no idea what this situation meant, but she had a bad


    feeling about it.


    Just then, Robert beckoned to her and said, “Come over here, Heather.”


    Heather hurried up to Robert. Right now, she had to appease him carefully lest he fell ill from being


    upset. She wished he could enjoy a long life, for his presence brought some warmth to the Langston


    Family. If Robert passed away one day, she might not even be willing to go back to the Langston


    Residence. After all, she had no feelings for the rest of the Langstons, her parents included.


    “Why didn’t you tell me that you were involved in a car ident?” rebuked Robert sternly.


    Heather looked as timid as a primary schooler who obediently received a talking-to. Not daring to even


    look up at Robert, she hung her head and pretended to be reflecting deeply upon her mistakes.


    “I’ve already called a doctor over to give you a check-up.” Robert pointed at a strange man sitting


    nearby.


    It was only then did Heather notice this man, for his presence couldn’t be felt at all. “I’m really fine,


    Grandpa. I don’t need a check-up.” She was difited upon learning that Robert had called a doctor


    home. Isn’t this a bit exaggerated?! she thought to herself.


    “Perhaps you suffered internal injuries that aren’t visible to the naked eye.” Robert insisted that Heather


    had a check-up, though. He could never be at peace if she didn’t undergo a medical examination.


    At that moment, she finally realized that Robert was lying when he told her toe home for lunch. In


    reality, he wanted to force her into having a check-up. “Medical instruments are needed to examine


    internal injuries. You merely called a doctor over, so I’m afraid he won’t find out anything.” She was still


    finding excuses to put up ast-ditch struggle.


    However, how could Robert not know what was on Heather’s mind? After giving her a fierce re, he


    said something that distressed her even more. “In that case, I’ll take you to a big hospital for a proper


    check-up.”