Chapter 52 Sister-In-Law Said People Who Smoke Too Much Will Die Early
Jayden spent a huge sum of money to treat Sydney and Hunter to dinner. Even when he returned
home, he walked with a swagger.
He had already signed the tryout contract, and Hunter and Sydney would keep it a secret for him.
After the tryout, he would officially join the national basketball team. He would not be afraid of Julien
confronting him about it after the fact.
Jayden hummed a song and went to the porch to change his shoes.
In the living room, he was caught off guard to see Julien on the sofa, smoking in lounge clothes. His
posture wasnguid.
"B-Big bro." Jayden was startled and stammered, " Why are you back so early? Isn’t Lyra still in the
hospital? Why didn''t you go see her?"
Julien nced at him. "Have you eaten?"
"Yes.”
"Come here.” Julien tapped the cigarette on the edge of the ashtray. "Let''s talk."
Jayden''s scalp instantly went numb.
Damn it. Did Lyra tell Julien about him participating in the tryout?
Jayden clutched his school bag and warily walked over. His entire body was tense as he settled on
the sofa next to Julien. "It was my fault..."
He wanted to admit his mistake first and take the me for everything. He would be punished to
kneel at most. Otherwise, Julien might find something out and me Sydney instead.
"If you want to y basketball, then go ahead."
As a result, Jayden had only said a few words before he was interrupted by Julien.
He looked at the man in shock and wondered if he had heard wrong. "Julien, you’re... letting me
y basketball?"
"Yeah," Julien said faintly, "I won''t stop you from doing what you like, and that includes basketball.
I’ll talk to Mom about it."
When he came back in the evening, he watched the two videos that Hunter had sent and thought a
long time about the words that Sydney said.
Then, he finally figured it out.
He got involved in his family’s business when he was studying because he had a talent for it and did
not hate it. However, Jayden loathed finance and did not want to join Flint Corporation.
Julien called the coach who went to the school earlier, and from the coach''s words, he could feel his
fondness for Jayden. He kept praising Jayden''s talent, saying that this seedling would shine in the
sports world if he was trained well.
Jayden was not willing to take over the family business, so Julien should not force him, lest Jayden
ends up hating him.
He also did not want to kill Jayden''s talent for basketball.
"Really?" Jayden’s eyes lit up. He was shocked to the point of disbelief. "That’s great! You''re the
best brother in the world! Don''t worry, I''ll make the national team ande back with multiple
trophies!"
Julien said, "You picked your own path, so make sure to see it till the end. Don''t disgrace yourself
and the Flint family."
"Yes!" Jayden nodded heavily and handed his brother some fruit and water. "Julien, did you obtain a
good project today? You seem particrly gentle and reasonable today!"
"How was I in your heart before?" Julien looked at him with a thin smile. “Fierce?"
Jayden scratched his head and said in a low voice," Not exactly. I used to feel like your employee,
working under you. I get scared just talking to you."
Julien could not help butugh. Then, he was silent for a moment before saying, "It''s because a
woman taught me a lesson today."
Up till now, he thought that he knew everything.
However, it was only after listening to what Sydney said that he realized he never cared about what
Jayden wanted.
He was like a superior in front of Jayden and did not act like the older brother he was supposed to
be, so there was barely any affection between them.
"Woah, which woman is arrogant enough to dare to teach you a lesson?" Jayden eximed in
surprise," Was it your former school teacher?"
Julien did not answer and asked him casually, "What did you eat with Sydney tonight?"
"We had bbq. It was super delicious. I ate four tes of beef by myself..." Jayden was full of praise
for tonight''s dinner. However, as he chatted, he seemed to realize something was wrong and
suddenly stopped.
"Uh, I still have an essay to write... I''ll go upstairs now!"
Jayden clutched the school bag and went upstairs. Then, he turned back and shouted at Julien,
"Bro, don''t smoke so much. Sister-inw said that people who smoke too much will die early."
Julien''s cold eyes swept over to him. Jayden shrunk his neck in fear and quickly ran away.
Julien stared at the half-finished cigarette in his hand and vaguely remembered Sydney from that
night. He also recalled their cigarette kiss.
He lost interest in smoking and threw it in the ashtray.
When Sydney called Luke to ask for the time, it was on the morning of the 26th. The two of them
flew to South Lake.
Ibul Resort was located in the northernmost part of South Lake and was thergest ski resort in the
country. Every winter, there was an endless stream of guests who went there for a ski vacation.
Outside the airport were cars also going to the resort.
On the way to the resort, Sydney admired the snow outside the window and asked Luke again,
"Won’t it be cold skiing outside at minus ten degrees Celsius?"
"You''ll be wearing ski equipment, so of course, it won''t be cold." Luke knew that Sydney did not like
crowded ces and had not yed sports like these much. He raised his brows. "I''ve won the
national ski championship before. How about I be your teacher and teach you?"
Sydney rolled her eyes. "We’re here to talk about business, not to y."
"Yes, yes, business is most important. I’m not important." Luke sighed. "The whereabouts of
SweetHeart’s boss are tightly concealed. Where did you get the information, babe?"
"The important thing is that we know where he is.
Don''t ask so many questions.” Sydney turned her head to look out the window and did not pay
attention to him anymore.
She could not tell him that it was information given to her by a one night stand, right?
After arriving at the resort, Sydney and Luke went to the hotel to check in.
She was still thinking about how she would find an opportunity to talk to SweetHeart''s boss when
the man in question suddenly came back from skiing with his friends. He entered the hotel and
crossed paths with them.
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"Mr. Idris," Sydney stepped forward and greeted the man in front of her. "I''m the Vice President of
Skylight, Sydney Raines."
Sydney checked the background of SweetHeart’s boss, Michael Idris, after she got the information.
She knew that Michael''s father was also an entrepreneur and he had earned a lot from his own
business.
However, because of a conflict with his father, he would rather SweetHeart go bankrupt than get
financial support from his father.
That was fine. It gave her a chance.
"I know, you''re the new female Vice President of Skylight." Michael shook Sydney''s hand. The smile
on his face was a little faint. "What a coincidence to meet you here."
"It''s not a coincidence. I came here specifically to find you." Sydney knew he was not a fool and did
not try to conceal her motives. "Did you juste back from skiing? May I borrow you for ten
minutes when you''ve rested? I want to talk to you."
Michael said, "Sure. I''ll contact you when I finish resting. Goodbye."
Then, he left with his friends.
"He didn’t even ask for your number. How the hell is he going to contact you?" Luke huffed from the
side." Why don''t we just follow him and force him to talk now? Hispany is going to be acquired
sooner orter anyway, so it’s better that Skylight acquires them."
"Do you think everyone is as shameless as you?" Sydney snapped. "Maybe he has ourpany’s
number.”
"Yeah right!” Luke sneered.
However, even on the second day, Sydney did not get a call from Michael.
Luke mocked rudely, "See, darling? I told you he doesn''t give a damn about you but you didn’t
believe me. Do you believe me now?”
"Stop rubbing it in.” Sydney was speechless.
"I asked the front desk earlier. He went to the ski resort with his friends." Luke wrapped an arm
around Sydney''s shoulders and walked out. "Come on. Let''s go to the ski resort and find him!”
“The ski resort is huge. Are you sure we can find them?"
"If we can''t, then we’ll just go skiing!"
As soon as they left the hotel, an elevator opened on the other side, and a man and woman came
out from inside.