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Chapter 447
The SK Group was a foreign-invested, medium-sized company in Swallowston.Quite a number of Luposians were working, and Tanner was one of them.For the longest time, Luposians had never received any restrictions while conducting their business here. They were not even affected by the constant battle in the outlands. In fact, many locals worked for SK.Adrian soon arrived at their gates and was about to drive inside when the company’s security guards stopped him. SK’s internal security consisted solely of Luposians. Locals were hired as security because the company was afraid they might be proven to be irresponsible, thus opting to use their own people.One of the security guards knocked on Adrian’s car window before gesturing for him to step out of the car for an inspection.“No outsider and their cars are allowed within the premises so what are you doing here? Are you here to meet someone?” a Luposian security guard in his uniform asked in broken Navillian, the native language of
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The woman brushed her hair away from her face and beamed when she realized Adrian was not able to recognize her. “Do you not recognize me?”Adrian tried his best to recall, and a figure suddenly appeared in his mind. Instantly, he knew who the woman was.“Ms. Vivian?” Adrian asked.Ms. Vivian, or Vivian Arce, was Adrian’s homeroom teacher back when he was at Swallowston High. It was she who chose Reiss to be the class monitor. Vivan was only twenty-five years old at the time and was now well over thirty. Adrian’s memory of her was still quite vivid.Seeing that he finally recognized her, Vivian chuckled and walked towards Adrian. “It really is you, Adrian. Long time no see. When did you get so tall?”Adrian was very surprised, not expecting to find Vivian there. She was the one who helped him become fluent in Lupolish.After being Adrian’s homeroom teacher for three years, one would be right to say that he had Adrian spend most of his life in high school with her.Still surprise
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Vivian started asking about Adrian’s personal life.After all, he had been her student once and they were able to run into each other out of sheer luck.However, Adrian had no idea how to answer her question. After a brief pause, he said, “I’m married too, Viv.”“What?” Vivian seemed pleasantly surprised as she looked at Adrian. “Well done, you! You’re such a handsome man so I’m sure you bagged yourself a beautiful wife as well, haven’t you? So, who’s the lucky girl?”Adrian remained silent for a while before smiling sheepishly. “You’ve probably heard of her. Her name’s Samantha Cowell.”“S-Samantha?”“Samantha Cowell,” Adrian repeated.Vivian was instantly shocked and could not find the words to say for a while. She had an awkward expression on her face and seemed caught in a daze.After a long pause, she still seemed to be in disbelief as she said, “There have been so many rumors going around about how the eldest son of the Xanders married the eldest daughter of the Cowells…
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Adrian was just about to ask her a question he had in mind too.“Are you acquainted with a guy by the name of Tanner Dunn?” Adrian asked.“You mean our deputy director?”“Yes, that’s him.”“I’ve rarely seen him. Twice over the past four years that I’ve been working with SK, to be exact. They were both during some special meeting too. Is there a reason why you’re looking for him?” Vivian asked.Adrian chose not to answer her question but asked another one of his own instead. “What does your company do? Do you guys regularly receive and deliver goods?”Vivian sounded sure of herself as she said, “Of course, we do. We have imports and exports almost every month. Most of them are sent to Sandy Bay Harbor, while others are done at some smaller harbors. Why do you ask?”“Have you noticed them receiving anything that seems suspicious?”Vivian thought about it for a moment. “Such as?”“Something that’s rather mysterious or unique. So much so that not even the people who unload them ar
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Vivian was referring to a hub within another hub inside of SK.This special hub was located in the outskirts, but the entrance to enter it was inside their company’s main hub, which was operated by Luposians. It was impossible to conceal a secret forever so it was only natural that someone would catch wind of what was happening.Hearing this, Adrian asked, “Do you know where the entrance to this hub is?”Vivian shook her head. “I’m not sure, but I know that it’s called the Scorpio Hub. The Luposians inside the company are very tight-lipped about it so we locals have no idea what’s going on inside. What we do know is that the entrance to Scorpio Hub is from Hub Four.”‘Sounds like the weapons I’m looking for are inside Scorpio Hub,’ Adrian thought.“Viv, you should stop working at SK. Also, could you please take me to the hub where I can find Scorpio Hub? I need to get inside so that I can apprehend them,” Adrian said.Vivian fell silent for a while, hesitating. After a while, she
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Vivian, who was from an ordinary family, could feel how spectacular Jewel Road was and could not help taking in the scenery for as long as she could.She looked out the car window and saw all the luxurious villas along the way, her heart racing. ‘I can’t imagine any woman who wouldn’t want to live such a life.’Of course, this included Vivian herself.As the car pulled into One Jewel Road, Vivian quickly got out and said, “Wow… Do you live here?”Adrian smiled after getting out of his car and said, “Yes, I only just moved in recently. Let’s head inside, Viv. I’ve invited a few others to join us. They’ll be here soon.”“What? But… Hang on. We were in such a rush that I forgot to bring a gift. Also, is your wife home?” Vivian seemed slightly frightened and embarrassed as she spoke. She was in an unfamiliar environment, which made her feel uncomfortable.“I’m happy that you’re here. There’s no need for a gift. Sam’s at the office, but my mother and little sister are home.”Vivian h
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Without a shadow of a doubt, that voice belonged to Reiss.Sure enough, she and Chuck were carrying a barbeque pit up the stairs while also carrying some materials to start a fire. On top of that, they had some lamb and vegetables for the barbeque as well.They were sweating buckets by the time they arrived at the sky garden.Vivian was startled when she saw them. “Chuck? Reiss?”Chuck and Reiss both raised their heads at the same time and looked at Vivian.Reiss, who was instantly able to recognize the woman before her, looked surprised as she asked, “Ms. Vivian?”Vivan was overjoyed and ran toward them. “Chuck! Reiss! It really is you!”“What are you doing here, Ms. Vivian?” Reiss sounded surprised too. After that, she saw Adrian, who was standing close by, and said, “I get it now, Adrian’s the one who brought you here.”Vivian turned around and asked, “Are they the ones you were talking about, Adrian?”“Yeah, it’s them—your former class monitor and the student who gave you
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“Come on, Viv. I’m starving! I’ll help you, Juno.”Reiss helped Juno get out of the pool and to the dining area. The three ladies took their seats while Adrian brought over a carton of beer.Reiss opened one up and clinked bottles with Vivian. Soon after, Rue brought up a few plates of ravioli and they all sat around the table to enjoy their food.As the oldest amongst the youngsters, Vivian smiled and said, “Who would’ve thought we’d see each other again here after seven years? I’ve got a few more friends in Swallowston now. Cheers, everyone!”“Cheers!”The group clinked glasses and enjoyed the atmosphere, chatting the day away.Vivian could not help but shed a few tears when she heard about Chuck’s ordeal. It was only then she realized how each and every one of them had their own hardships. Chuck, Reiss, Adrian… They had all gone through extremely painful experiences.In comparison, Vivian’s life was much calmer, albeit not that great.After chatting for a long time, they sta