Chapter 562
Chapter 562 The Grace of Dripping Water Should Be Reciprocated by A
Gushing Spring
After that day, there was no longer any connection between Shirley and Braden. They seemed like two
parallel lines that had suddenly taken the wrong path, intersecting briefly before returning to their
tracks. Braden spent his time apanying Alina and dealing with the affairs of the Stewart Group.
In the past six months, with Braden’s efforts, the Stewart Group managed to ovee the crisis, found
new chip partners, and experienced a steady increase in sales of their electronic products. The
quarterly reports of the group were quite impressive.
At the same time, Shirley’s Korita Group, with the assistance of KCL GROUP, their strongest
industry, even surpassing the Stewart Group’s momentum.
Although the twopanies were rivals, in these past six months, they strangely managed to avoid
any direct conflicts. They had a tacit understanding, clearly demarcating their territories without causing
trouble for each other.
In fact, this was also an agreement reached between Shirley and the Stewart family, the Gilmore family,
six months ago. She didn’t want to bring too much trouble to Braden, and she didn’t want the Stewart
family to cause her too many problems either.
On this day, Braden opened hisputer and focused on handling the contracts at hand when his
assistant, Liam Steele, sent him a video request.
“What’s the matter?” Braden casually asked while typing on the keyboard, his tone cold and indifferent.
“Boss, something serious has happened.” Liam Steele’s expression was far from rxed, his brows
furrowed, and he looked extremely serious.
“It’s not like Mars is about to collide with Earth, no need to be so serious.” Braden calmly teased.
Having experienced so many ups and downs, his naturallyposed personality had be even
more rxed and carefree.
“Heh, Boss, you’ve be quite humorous since your recovery!’ Liam Steele forced a smile but
couldn’t really find it funny.
He couldn’t help but marvel at how much Mr. Stewart’s personality had changed after his rebirth from
the fire. He used to be as cold as an iceberg, never smiling or joking, but now he seemed to have a bit
of Antwan’s shadow in his speech and demeanor.
“Speak up, what happened?” Braden stopped his busy work, his gaze coldly fixed on the screen where
Liam Steele looked extremely troubled.
“There was a fire at the factory in Yuena. Our uing products werepletely burned. If we can’t
deliver the goods on the specified date, we don’t know how those distributors will react. What should
we do now?” Liam Steele couldn’t help but sigh after finishing his report.
Originally, he didn’t want to burden Braden with this matter. After all, Mr. Stewart had only recovered for
less than six months and was supposed to enjoy a rxing honeymoon. Unfortunately, the problem
grew bigger and bigger, to the point where he couldn’t handle it alone. He had no choice but to report it
truthfully.
“The factory was burned?” Braden’s eyebrows furrowed, and his expression turned serious, “Indeed,
this is a tricky situation.”
“Boss, I’m sorry, it was my negligence. I’ve been focusing on research and development and didn’t pay
much attention to the production line. I thought our production line was mature enough and nothing
would go wrong. Who would have known…”
“Did you send someone to the scene to investigate? Was it intentional or an ident?”
“The board of directors immediately dispatched a professional team for investigation. The preliminary
judgment is that it was intentional, not an ident!”
Liam Steele clenched his fists, feeling quite angry.
“Who would do such a despicable thing?”
“Based on multiple pieces of evidence, it was our old nemesis, Crimson Pawnshop, who did it. This
time… Boss, you must strike back with a heavy blow and not let them go!”
“Damn it, it’s them again!”
Braden’s face turned cold, and he mmed the table heavily. He was truly infuriated, “Since they insist
oning to us with no way out, then don’t me us for being impolite!”
While Braden was exploding with anger, Shirley was ecstatic on her end. She was standing by the
artificialke in the hospital, holding her phone and video chatting with her brother, Larry Wilson, and
Bet.
“Brother, tell me honestly, is your main business still pawnbroking? Did you start a side business of pig
farming? Why do I feel like Bet and Alisha have gained weight?”
Shirley wasn’t exaggerating at all. Bet in the video had indeed gained quite a bit of weight. The
siblings used to be handsome young masters and beautiful princesses, but now their faces were round
and adorable.
“What about you?”
Larry Wilson had a stern face and said in a dissatisfied tone, “Is your side business being a nanny? It’s
been so long, and you’re still taking care of that guy, Antwan. You’re so devoted to him that you don’t
even care about your own two kids. Did he see youmit murder or save your life? Why are you so
infatuated with him?”
Larry Wilson had always been unhappy about Shirley abandoning her career and taking care of the
Stewart family’s man. But Shirley was good at acting cute, and a few sweet words from her made it
difficult for him to say anything too harsh. However, the more he thought about it, the more frustrated
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he became, and it didn’t sit well with him at all!
“I’m sorry, brother. I know you’ve been taking care of the kids and managing Korita Group for me. I’ll
handle things here ande back soon. To make up for your and Bet’s losses, I’ll perform three
lively songs for you on site. Will that make you happy?”
Shirley cleared her throat and was about to start singing.
“Enough, stop fooling around!”
Larry Wilson quickly stopped her and said in an annoyed tone, “You know I cant do anything to you. Go
ahead and vent your anger on me. It’s my duty to manage Korita Group. After all, the better the Korita
Group develops, the faster our Wilson family could achieve the development. However…
Bet and Alisha are pitiful. Bet can’t sleep because he thinks about you all the time. Can you
imagine how heartbroken he is?”
“I’m sorry!”
Shirley looked genuinely guilty, and she turned to Bet, “Bet, are you and your sister happy with
Uncle? Are you ming Mommy for not being with you?”
“Mama, since you don’t want Bet and me anymore, Bet doesn’t want to talk to you.”
Bet had always been aloof and sensitive, holding a grudge against Shirley for leaving without a
word.
The little guy had a strong personality. After saying that, he ran off to the side, no matter how much
Larry Wilson called him, he couldn’t get him toe back.
Alisha, on the other hand, was rtively obedient and sensible, but it was precisely because she was
so obedient and sensible that it made Shirley even more distressed.
“Alisha, are you angry at Mama too?”
Alisha shook her head, “Mama, Alisha is not angry at you. Mama loves Alisha and Bet so much.
There must be apelling reason for Mama to suddenly leave us. Alisha knows that Mama is more
upset than us.
Mama, don’t be sad. Bet and I will be waiting for you toe back.”
Shirley’s eyes couldn’t help but turn red, and she choked as she exined to the little one, “Alisha, did
Mama teach you a phrase before? ‘Gratitude should be repaid with a gushing spring.’ It means that if
someone sacrifices themselves to save Mama’s life and now that person is in trouble and needs
Mama’s care, should Mama take care of them or not?”
“Definitely!”
Alisha nodded without hesitation, and then, as if understanding but not quite, she said, “Mama, I
understand. You can rest assured and repay your benefactor. I’ll go help persuade Bet on your
side. We’ll understand you.”
“Thank you, sweetheart.”
Shirley was moved to tears, “Indeed, in this life, I have had many misfortunes. However, the two babies
make up for everything!”