After hanging up, Olivia looked dejected. She didn't know when she would be able to go back to her children.She handed the phone back to Avery. "Thanks, Mr. Fordham."Avery saw the sadness in Olivia's eyes. "Olivia, you…"He was about to ask a question when Louis yelled excitedly, "Perfect! This is perfection!"There was a thick stack that was Olivia's physical examination report. "You've reached the optimal state. It has only been three years. You've recovered better than I expected. You've completely acclimated to all the herbs in your system."All of the herbs had different effects. A lot of the test subjects weren't able to last a week while consuming herbs during their pregnancy.Olivia didn't leave in good condition back then. At the moment, her body had already built up a resistance against most of the herbs. Olivia knew it was all because of the medicinal spring and Wendy. After the treatment and years of acclimation, she had become a true herb-imbued person."E
Life was just like that. One could never get everything they wanted.The warm sea wind blew, and Avery coughed a few times. "Mr. Fordham, what agreement did you have with Mr. Rivera?" Olivia didn't want to talk about her problems anymore. So, she changed the subject."He agreed to treat me when I offered him research funds and the rights to some of my medical products. "As you know, research takes a lot of money. He's a good researcher, but he's no businessman.""That's true.""The stuff he gave Toxic Hive allowed them to make a name for themselves. He would make a fortune if he applied for patents and released his products to the market. "What about you? What are you going to do?""Drag it out for as long as possible. I don't want to hurt Mr. Rivera's feelings, but I don't want to become a cyborg either.""Have you gotten back with Ethan? I heard that you two had a very serious falling out back then."Olivia smiled bitterly. "That's true. It's just a relationship I can'
Olivia acted as Louis' assistant like before. She had been good at doing these things in the past. She familiarized herself with the tasks very quickly. Louis was very satisfied with her work."You're so quick-witted, unlike the other fools."Olivia looked at the mechanical arms in a glass display case. They were more advanced than the limbs she installed for Marina. Louis was so crazy that he even made the skin on these arms perfect. They were exactly the same as human skin and even looked smoother than most people's skin.Louis was happy to see that she was staring at a mechanical arm. "Look, this is the newly upgraded version. You can barely tell it's a mechanical arm from the outside. The fingers are even more nimble than a human's. "Don't worry, Elise. I'll use all the best parts for you."The mention of the modification made her heart sink. "Mr. Rivera, it's not that I don't trust you. I just want to wait for a little while longer. It would cause you trouble if the pr
Back then, after Olivia's incident, Ethan broke his own sister's limbs to avenge Olivia. He wanted to keep Leia trapped for life.After all, a person who had lost all four limbs wouldn't be able to cause trouble.But Ethan seemed to have underestimated Leia's determination. She had experienced inhumane torture since she was young, so she was mentally far stronger than the common person.She had only lost her limbs, so of course, she wouldn't give up.Ethan and Janice thought that Leia would turn over a new leaf, but they were unaware that she was gathering strength as she awaited the right time.Ethan had been too busy in the past few years, and Leia was overseas. So, if Janice had hidden and defended Leia on purpose, Ethan wouldn't have noticed it.When Olivia saw Leia, she subconsciously touched her wrist.Back then, Ethan had injured her wrist because of Leia. Now, Olivia felt as if her wrist was still hurting even though her injuries had healed, and there weren't even any
When Leia spotted Avery, she subconsciously tried to escape, but Avery had already noticed her. "Begonia."The word drifted toward Leia in the night breeze.The woman's voice on the other end of the line sounded a little panicky. "Did someone approach you? Who are you with right now?""I'll contact you later." Leia hung up and quickly ran away. She was given mechanical legs, so she ran faster than a normal human.Avery wasn't feeling well, so he only ran after Leia for a little while before slumping onto the floor, panting.Unexpectedly, Leia turned back and ran back to him. She looked at him anxiously. "Are you okay?"She had noticed him leaning against the flowerbed, so she thought that something happened to him.Avery gripped her wrist. "Got you, Begonia."Begonia was Leia's alias in Peace's Embrace. Avery's voice was as gentle as always, and Leia had mixed feelings about that.No one knew this, but Avery was the only salvation she had in her life.Back then, when she ra
Avery approached Leia. "I still remember back when I just took you in. You were so skinny and small…""Enough, Mr. Avery. This is a private matter, and I don't want to talk about it. ""Was it because you didn't want to talk about it, or you couldn't? Begonia, someone is giving you orders, right? Tell me. Who is that person?"For whose sake can you go so far that you would even sacrifice your brother's happiness and separate his family?"Leia kept backing away from Avery. His eyes seemed to peer into the depths of her heart.She shoved Avery away. Before leaving, she said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Avery. I'll repay your kindness with my whole life, but I cannot tell you anything about this matter."Avery looked in the direction she left. His gentle gaze clouded over.When Leia came to a deserted place, she dialed the number again. The woman's anxious voice rang out. "Who was that man who talked to you just now?""He's Louis' assistant." Leia didn't tell the truth."Just an assistant?
Louis' words were like a slap to Leia's face. She meant nothing to him, and she wasn't even half as important as Olivia was.It was a huge shock to the arrogant Leia, but she didn't dare to act on it. She had no choice but to keep it in."I see.""Come with me." Olivia turned around and walked ahead.In the long underground tunnel, Olivia spoke up. "I know that you want to kill me.""I also know that you want to get revenge on me."They were well aware of each other's intentions, and they both knew that they wouldn't do anything on Louis' territory.Toxic Hive still needed to depend on Louis, and Olivia was his favorite student. Leia wouldn't be so foolish as to make enemies of Louis.Leia was Louis' important source of data, so Olivia couldn't do anything to her, either.After the transaction was done, Leia looked into Olivia's eyes. "I didn't expect you to actually become Louis' student. He hasn't had a student in years."There was a disdainful tone in Leia's voice. Olivi
Avery spoke some words of comfort before ending the call. Olivia felt that something was off."Mr. Avery, why didn't you mention that you're getting treatment?"Avery said slowly, "Someone wants to kill me."He spoke indifferently, but his words shocked Olivia."You're suspecting that the Fordhams are behind it?""I don't want to assume such things about my family, but there's something odd about my illness."For years, he didn't doubt his own family. At first, he only needed to find a suitable kidney to cure his illness. But oddly enough, he never managed to find one.Later on, he finally managed to find other sources via alternate routes. However, all of the donors would pass away in various accidents, hence delaying his surgery.If it only happened once or twice, it might have been a coincidence. But later on, things had gotten so outrageous that Avery finally felt that something was off.He had carried out investigations in secret for a long time. His enemy hid their t