Joan asked, “Is he doing this for money?”
“It’s obvious that he wants to acquire the branches. But now we’re the prey, and he’s the predator. Things don’t look good for us, especially since we have no idea what he plans to do next.”
“You can’t even find out the IP address for the new email?” Nancy said as she frowned. She had not expected so many things to happen one after the other recently. It was getting harder and harder for them to move on.
Lines and lines of alphabets covered the screen on Caspian’s computer. As he tapped on the keyboard, he said, “Yeah, this guy didn’t even leave us an address this time…”
“Type softly! You’re going to break my computer!” Nancy complained.
“I’m finding another route to get the IP address of this S person. I’m not trying to boast, but I’m the only one that can solve something this complicated…”
As Joan played with the little doll on the sofa, she noticed Caspian’s extremely gloomy expression. Those who saw it would certainly unconsciously become fearful.
“What… What’s wrong? Is there something wrong with the ‘green channel?’“ asked Joan.
Nancy had on a cocky expression as she said, “Huh, you’ve bragged too much, haven’t you? Who was the one that said he could solve it? Aren’t you embarrassed now?”
For once, Caspian did not refute Nancy’s words and stared at the computer screen with a dull face. Realizing that the situation was not good, Joan put everything down and hurriedly walked over to Caspian.
“Did it really get blocked?”
“Huh? Did I seriously get it right?” Nancy instantly got nervous. Despite her harsh words, she still leaned forward into him.
By then, small beads of sweat had already appeared on Caspian’s forehead. He obviously felt helpless about the matter too.
Then, noticing that he had not moved in a long time, Joan said, “Caspian, check on Alpire Group.”
“Alpire Group?” Nancy asked uncertainly.
“Nancy, you know them?”
She nodded. “Alpire Group’s a joint venture between a local and foreign company. I’ve seen my dad’s collaboration proposals before. This Alpire Group was on it.”
Caspian’s eyes lit up. He looked at her and asked, “Does that mean we can get more information about Alpire Group from your dad’s contract?”
“Of course not!” Nancy’s expression instantly became serious. “Once you sign a contract, it means you have to bear the legal consequences. If you leak confidential information of other companies, you’ll go to jail! Also…”
Nancy then glanced at Joan and secretly shot her a look. As soon as Joan understood Nancy’s meaning, she instructed Caspian to think of other solutions and hurriedly dragged Nancy away.
Outside the office, green, lush potted plants lined the corridor.
Joan checked her surroundings, and when she was certain that the area was empty, she said, “Okay, there’s no one else now. Err… Was there something you wanted to say?”
However, Nancy was a little hesitant. “Actually, we don’t have to avoid everyone. We only have to avoid Caspian…”
“Caspian? Why? Is it related to him?” asked Joan.
Nancy shook her head. “No, it’s not…” After a while, she corrected herself. “Uh… Yes, there seems to be…”
Upon hearing her words, Joan became more anxious. “What exactly is going on? Hurry and tell me. I swear I won’t tell anyone!”
“Not even Larry!”
“Okay, I won’t tell him.”
Hesitantly, Nancy said, “I… I’ll say it then! When you guys mentioned Alpire Group just now, there was something I didn’t say. The Alpire Group’s president’s son was my ex-fiancé.”
