Chapter 513


    Heather pushed open the windows and turned around to smile at Leon as she inhaled the fragrant


    scent of the flowers in the air. “ Leon, have you heard of Caleb Moriarty?” Perhaps Leon knows


    something about him, she thought to herself.


    However, Leon stared at her with a confused expression. In all honesty, he couldn’t quite recall this


    person at all, so he asked rather perplexedly, “Is he from Bradfort City?”


    Heather shook her head in reply. “Could you help me look into this man? He’s a general from Leisfeld.”


    Surprised, Leon wondered, How did she get involved with someone from Leisfeld? He furrowed his


    brows and ced his cell phone aside.


    “Why are you asking me to investigate this person out of the blue?” he asked, needing a usible


    reason from her.


    Heather, on the other hand, said resignedly, “Today, he paid us a visit and mentioned our arranged


    marriage…” She couldn’t quite bring herself to mention the rest of it. Obviously, no one would be able


    to ept this sudden appearance of a so-called fiancé!


    “Arranged marriage? Between you and him?” Leon stared at her with an incredulous expression. What


    the heck? They don’t even know each other!


    Generally, an arranged marriage was all due to benefits, but he couldn’tprehend the reason for


    this arranged marriage between Heather and Caleb. After all, he couldn’t see what benefits their


    marriage would bring to the Langstons.


    “I’m equally confused too! Otherwise, I wouldn’t have asked you to investigate this person,” Heather


    muttered with a glum face. There’s no way I’ll agree to this arranged marriage with Caleb!


    I’d rather choose Matthias over Caleb! Truth was, she herself was quite surprised by her sudden


    notion. Leon noted the indignation on her face and wondered, Did Caleb do something to offend her?


    Why does it seem like she hates him so much?


    “Do you dislike Caleb?” he asked carefully.


    “It’s more than just dislike. Frankly speaking, I loathe him. I presume you are aware of the current


    situation in Leisfeld? For him to achieve his position, surely there would be a lot of innocent lives who


    suffered from his actions.” Heather could not bring it upon herself to have good feelings toward one


    who disregarded human lives. She intensely disliked Caleb’s pair of eyes that resembled a deep,


    lifeless pool of water thatcked glimmer.


    “I know what you mean, but we can’t quite judge whether people like him are good or bad. You,


    however, have biasedly decided that he’s a bad guy.”


    “Come with me into the bedroom.” Leon considered the situation before mentioning that. Heather’s


    words had managed to pique his curiosity.


    His set of tools were stored in his bedroom. As soon as Heather walked in, she furrowed her brows.


    How did his bedroom get to this state?


    She was met with the sight of an extremely messy room; there was even an opened bag of potato


    chips on his bedside table. How can Leon live in such a mess?


    “I’ll send the cleaners over tomorrow.” Heather couldn’t stand this mess but she was quite anxious to


    get the important things sorted today, so it wasn’t the best time for any cleaning right now.


    Meanwhile, Leon stared at her questioningly. He reckoned that his room was quite tidy, and he had


    even sprayed some air freshener too. Why is she giving me such a disgusted look?


    “I can clean my own room and I don’t need a cleaner,” he protested vehemently. I can do this quite


    nicely, so there’s no need to hire a cleaner!


    However, Heather didn’t want to pursue this topic regarding hiring a cleaner further and she thought to


    herself, I don’t care what he says but I’m definitely sending the cleaners here tomorrow! Out loud, she


    said, “Let’s put that aside for the moment. Find me the information on Caleb first.”


    Leon nodded to indicate his response before he headed straight to his work desk, which was chosen


    for him by Heather. The minimalist, European-designed desk looked simple yet elegant.


    Then, he switched on hisputer. Truth was, he had spent a lot of his pocket money on this machine;


    it wasn’t like any ordinaryputer and it was actually his personalputer, which belonged to him


    exclusively.


    Leon didn’t take much time to investigate Caleb this time around. This was all due to the ample and


    detailed information provided by Heather.


    He flicked through the information and it confirmed her deduction. Caleb is indeed a military general!


    Staring at the picture of Caleb in his military uniform, Leon concluded that Heather was quite right in


    her description. This guy does tend to instill a sense of fear.


    “How did someone like him seek an arranged marriage with you?” Leon asked this with a look of


    disbelief on his face. He’s young and talented with a bright future ahead of him. Shouldn’t he be going


    after someone with a political background to further cement his position? Why did he go after one with


    a corporate background all of a sudden?


    “ording to him, our families were close to each other during Grandpa’s generation,” Heather


    murmured, but she was skeptical about this because Robert clearly didn’t look enthusiastic upon


    seeing Caleb. The former was at most in awe of thetter.


    That’s not how close family friends would be around each other. Besides, Caleb didn’t even show


    Grandpa much respect, so I don’t believe that they’re our family friends!


    “But how is that possible? Leisfeld and Bradfort City are miles apart from each other. I don’t quite


    understand your definition of close family friend,” Leo remarked snidely, feeling perplexed by the


    situation.


    Just then, Heather pointed to a string of words on theputer screen. “Look—Caleb’s of Asian


    descent and the Moriartys actually originated from Bradfort City, not Leisfeld.” She shot him an


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    annoyed look. He seems to be enjoying himself making snide remarks about the situation.


    “Sorry; I didn’t notice that. I have to say, he’s quite a legend to have achieved the position of a general


    in Leisfeld despite being of Asian descent, and at less than forty years old at that!” Leon couldn’t help


    but admire the other man. After all, it was quite natural for men to have their goals and to yearn for


    power too.


    Heather, on the other hand, looked at him quite solemnly. In fact, she was quite unhappy to hear these


    words.


    “Are you trying to say that I’m not good enough for him?” she questioned with a sarcastic tone. Frankly,


    she had no interest in Caleb.


    “Heather, you sure have a great imagination!” Leon muttered and he had the sense that he couldn’t


    seem tomunicate with women well, as each of them seemed to be on their own somehow.


    “Can you get me a more detailed report? I can’t find anything on the Moriartys rtionship with us, and


    this is the most crucial part!” Heather tugged on Leon’s elbow and persuaded him; right now, she could


    only depend on his skills.


    “It’s not that simple. Leisfeld keeps a tight lid on the information of their military staff, especially with


    him being a general,” he said with a troubled look. Although he was an experienced hacker, there were


    some things that were difficult to achieve as well.


    “So, do you need to hack into Leisfeld’s Department of Intelligence to get the true information on


    Caleb?” Heather made a quick guess.


    “That’s about right. The details of their important military personnel are stored safely in the database of


    the Department of Intelligence,” Leon said this with a resigned look, and there was nothing else he


    could do about it.


    “Forget about it then. I’m worried that you’ll eventually get kidnapped by some Leisfeld secret agent


    because of this someday,” she yfully remarked. I guess this is all the information I can get.


    “It looks like youck confidence in my skills.” Leon winked at her with a yful look on his face.


    “Although I don’t dare to hack into the Department of Intelligence, I’m actually quite good at gaining


    spection and news from my informants. I can’t guarantee the authenticity of the information, but at


    least we can cross-check all the information andpare everything. We should be able to get the big


    picture by doing so.” In fact, Leon was quite confident in himself; his previous actions were merely a


    joke and he quite enjoyed pulling her leg.


    “Hurry up then!” Heather rushed him urgently. She had no time to entertain his antics as she was quite


    anxious to obtain detailed information on Caleb.


    “Be patient. Data analysis isn’t that simple and there’s quite aplicated process involved. You


    should join me.” Analyzing all that data was not only a boring job, it also required great judgment. Just


    then, Leon felt quite energized at the thought of having Heather working with him.


    “How long will it take?” She nced at the time. If it takes too long then I might not make it for dinner.


    “If we’re quick enough, then one or two hours would be sufficient; otherwise, it could take us half a day


    if we’re not that productive.” For now, Leon couldn’t quite give a specific timeframe as he hadn’t started


    on it yet.


    “I need to start preparing dinner in two hours’ time,” Heather said this with a solemn voice. Cooking


    dinner was a serious event for her as she had never cooked for anyone else before. This was her first


    attempt today and it was all for Leon.


    “That’s not a problem. Let’s do this first. I must say that I’m so lucky to have you cooking for me!” Leon


    eximed excitedly. He was so happy that he nearly wanted to burrow himself into Heather’s arms.


    “Hurry up and do your work!” She pushed his head, which was moving closer and closer to her, aside


    without hesitation. This boy is so hyperactive and I don’t want to be his mother figure.


    In the end, Leon quickly dug up information on Caleb and recorded everything he found—regardless of


    its authenticity—into a Word file. Meanwhile, Heather looked at him working so skillfully andmented


    in her heart, This is my first time seeing him do this.


    After some time, Leon finally finished his data collection and he hadpiled a fair amount. That was


    all obtained from multiple different sources, and he had hacked into every other website except for the


    government agencies.


    Heather opened the Word file and she immediately had a headache upon seeing all the words bunched


    up together. As for Leon, he had done this for the whole afternoon yesterday as well, and repeating this


    today was a pain for him too.


    However, he had his own specific method to remove any simr information and just retain one of it. In


    no time at all, half of the information was deleted from the Word file.


    “Look—everything is starting to fall into ce.” He signaled to Heather with aical expression and


    he beamed widely at her as he looked at the end result, feeling a huge sense of aplishment.


    Meanwhile, Heather nced at her watch and saw that one and a half hours had passed without them


    realizing it. “How can you determine the authenticity of all of these results?” she questioned curiously.


    Leon smiled without answering her question and he asked, “Isn’t it time for you to start on dinner?”


    “I’ve got another half an hour to go, so I’d like to briefly go through this information first.” In all honesty,


    she couldn’t wait to look at this half-finished work.


    However, he rejected her outright as he smiled cunningly. “Heather, why don’t you go and start on


    dinner earlier? I’ve got onest step to finish and I should be able to finish my work once you’re done


    preparing dinner.”


    It seemed that Leon intentionally wanted to string her along. Heather looked at him indignantly, but all


    she could see was him clicking on the close button for the Word file. From his actions, it was quite


    evident that he wasn’t prepared to let her join in on thest part of the analysis.


    “Okay, then.” She curbed her curiosity and left. After all, it would only take at most one to two hours for


    her to ess the information. There was no need to be anxious about things right now.


    And so, she walked out of his bedroom and shut the door lightly after her. Leon then shifted his gaze


    back to hisputer screen and rubbed both of his eyes. I’ll eventually overwork my eyes if I keep this


    up. He yawned and prepared to continue his work once again.


    Very soon, the answer would be revealed and he had his own method to authenticate the information. It


    was quite aplicated process and it required a lot of brainpower, so he reckoned he would be


    overworking his brain soon.


    Meanwhile in the kitchen, Heather was preupied by thoughts of Caleb. A while ago, she had noticed


    something amiss in the pile of information she had seen. Although she wasn’t sure of the authenticity of


    the information right now, it kept popping up in her mind.


    The Moriartys originally owned a corporation in Bradfort City and had close ties with the Langstons.


    Furthermore, the Harts were also closely linked with the two families as well. Never in a million years


    did she expect the Hart family to be implicated too. As far as she knew, since young, the Harts and


    their family steered clear of each other.


    However, she was quite surprised to note the link between the three families and wondered what


    happened back then. It seemed that something major must have urred then and been kept a secret,


    and she couldn’t help but link this to the incident where Myra and Tony were trailed by someone when


    they were abroad. Perhaps the incidents are linked?