Chapter 3 Theodore

Perhaps due to the jet lag, Victoria lay in the familiar and comfortable bed, but tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. Since she couldn't fall asleep, she simply took out the game console and those long-forgotten cartridges, and immersed herself in those old games that carried years of memories. After a few games, her skills returned to their former proficiency.

In order not to disturb Edward , she deliberately turned off the sound of the game. Just like that, until she heard the roar of a car downstairs, she turned her head to look at the morning light coming through the gap in the curtains, and suddenly realized that it was already dawn.

She got up and walked to the window, gently opened the curtains, and watched Edward 's car drive out of the yard. After turning off the game, she planned to take another nap, but as soon as she closed her eyes, her phone rang, it was a WeChat message.

Brother: [Let’s go downstairs and have some breakfast before going to bed]

When Victoria came down the stairs, Evelyn was talking to Reginald in the living room, but he stopped talking when he saw her.

" Why don't you sleep a little longer?" Evelyn asked with concern, "You woke up just in time. Look how much your godfather loves you. He sent people to Xuji to line up for morning tea early in the morning. Shrimp dumplings, lava buns, and hand-shredded chicken are all your favorites."

Victoria looked at Reginald who was sipping tea leisurely across from her . She knew in her heart that these things were not done by him, but were carefully arranged by Edward . But she just smiled slightly, pretending not to know, and said gratefully: "Thank you, godfather."

After breakfast, she did not go back to her room to rest, but made an excuse to go to the hospital to visit Grace and left in a hurry.

When we arrived at the hospital, Grace was on the phone. I don't know what the other party said, but her face turned pale in an instant. After hanging up the phone, she raised her hand angrily, as if she wanted to throw the phone away.

Victoria quickly reminded: "That's 10,000 yuan."

Grace then gritted her teeth and took back her hand.

" What happened to make you so angry?" Victoria asked with concern. She knew that Grace was very generous and that something that could make her so angry must be very serious.

Victoria set up the small dining table and brought nutritious meals and fruit and vegetable juices to supplement vitamins. These included carrots, which Grace hated the most, but she was so angry at the moment that she had no time to care about it and gulped down half a cup.

" Raymond, that bastard, actually took our technical information to Chenxing, which has been suppressing Feixue, and now he has established contact with Yundun Group." Grace gritted her teeth and said, "Yundun has been paying attention to our liquid hydrogen drone research since the year before. The cooperation was almost certain, but he did this to me. No wonder I didn't get a response from Yundun a few days ago."

Victoria had met Raymond before and remembered that he was a handsome and elegant man, otherwise he would not have won Grace's heart. However, he turned out to be such a treacherous and despicable villain.

She frowned and comforted him, "Don't worry, the cooperation is not something he can snatch away just because he wants to. Let's contact Yundun to talk about it."

Grace lifted the quilt and said anxiously, "No, I have to go to Yundun in person."

Victoria quickly pushed her back to the bed, "Where are you going to go when you're this sick? You're going to have chemotherapy tomorrow, don't run around."

" Victoria , you don't know, if Yundun's contract is snatched away by Chenxing again, Feixue will find it really difficult to turn things around!" Grace said anxiously, "I don't have much regrets about losing my fertility, but snatching my research and development results is like snatching away my own child! Liquid hydrogen drones are Feixue's core project that we have devoted almost everything to in the past two years. It's like our lifeblood."

" Several veterans of the company have been taken away by Raymond , and now there is no one who can take over. Our company's treasure, the technical god, is a socially anxious person, so I have to do this." However, she was seriously ill and unable to do it.

Victoria sighed and said firmly, "Just stay in the hospital. I'll go in your place."

Grace temporarily arranged an assistant for Victoria named Liao. The girl carried a pile of project documents to the desk. "The documents are not complete. Some of them were taken away by Raymond. I'll find them for you if you think they are missing."

Victoria and Grace had the same major, so it was not difficult for her to get started. After she quickly familiarized herself with Grace 's project progress, she took Lillian to Cloud Shield Group. On the way , she searched for information about Cloud Shield Group on her mobile phone. However, the information she could find was very limited. Apart from the aloof and solemn official website of the group, there were only one or two sentences mentioned sporadically in some financial or military channels.

Lillian was talking nonstop beside her: "Yundun has many secret military projects. I heard that if you sneak over the wall in the middle of the night, you will be sentenced if you are caught." "They also have a super large aircraft production base in the western suburbs. The entire apron is full of fighter jets. It's super spectacular!" "I can't find anything about their Theodore on the Internet. It seems that he has a military background. Anyway, he is very mysterious."

Military background? Last name Brown ? Victoria pondered in her heart.

While talking, the car had arrived at the headquarters building of Cloud Shield Group. The building was majestic and solemn, with strict security. The entrance was guarded by layers, with a guard every five steps and a sentry every ten steps.

Victoria took Lillian to the front desk and said, "Hello, we are from Feixue Innovation Technology, looking for Theodore."

"Excuse me, do you have an appointment?" the front desk clerk asked politely.

Victoria smiled and replied, "Can you help me ask if he's free? Just fifteen minutes."

"Sorry, Theodore's schedule is already full today."

"Is he free tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?"

" Sorry, you can call the secretary's office to make an appointment." The female employee in a blue suit spoke softly, but she was very skilled in evading questions.

Lillian slumped her shoulders in frustration: "Look, Theodore won't meet us at all. Gray has made several appointments with him but failed. They must have signed a contract with Chenxing. Do you know how cheap Chenxing is? In order to snatch the contract from Yundun Group, they are willing to pay for it." As she said this, she wanted to back out, "Why don't we go back..."

However, just as he finished speaking, the elevator door slowly opened and a person walked out. It was Raymond.

"Why are you here?" Raymond was quite surprised to see Victoria , then he saw Lillian and showed an "understood" look, "Your senior called you back from abroad? I think you are really stupid, running all the way back from abroad to seek refuge with her, she is now in trouble."

Lillian looked unlucky as if she had stepped on dog shit, and she was even more furious when she heard him dare to mention Grace . "Raymond, Grace is still in the hospital. After all, you have been together for so many years, can you have some conscience?"

"Am I not kind enough to her? I wasted several years on her, and I didn't let her pay for my youth. If it weren't for me, with her science brain, would Feixue be where she is today?" Raymond boasted that he was a young talent and a social elite, and he didn't take these two little girls seriously at all. He said contemptuously: "She may have gotten this disease because she stayed in the laboratory every day and was exposed to those things. If she had listened to me and had a baby earlier, she wouldn't have to worry about not being able to have a baby in the future."

Lillian was so angry that her face turned red: "You are too much!"

Victoria wanted to throw the bag with the computer in it at Raymond's self-righteous face. But she remembered the main reason why she came here, and it was useless to waste words with him. She held Lillian's wrist tightly and pulled her back: "It's meaningless to talk about conscience with a conscienceless person."

Raymond continued to show off: "You don't want to discuss the liquid hydrogen drone business, do you? I tell you the truth, I have already won the Cloud Shield contract, so don't waste your time." As he said this, he shook the A4 file in his hand.

Victoria held out her hand: "Let me see."

"How can I show you something so important?" Raymond stuffed the document into his briefcase with a look of disdain. Victoria already had a rough guess in her mind. She turned to the front desk clerk and said, "Please tell Theodore that Victoria is looking for him."

Lillian was a little confused by her and asked in a low voice: "Do you know Theodore?"

The good news is that she does know him; the bad news is that she is not familiar with him. But in front of Raymond, Victoria does not want to let herself down. No matter how unfamiliar he is, it is better to talk to him than a stranger, right?

So, she also pretended to be mysterious and said, "We have known each other for many years."

Raymond's mouth was tilted with contempt: "Who in Yancheng doesn't know Theodore? One-sided acquaintance does not count as 'acquaintance'. Have you been abroad for too long and don't understand the rules of Yancheng? Do you know who Theodore is? Do you know who his father is?"

In Yancheng, where nobles gather, the Brown family is undoubtedly at the top of the pyramid, out of reach. However, Victoria was not scared at all. Instead, she asked back: "Then do you know who I am?"

Raymond sneered, thinking that this junior was just putting on airs. "It doesn't matter who you are. Theodore is not someone that anyone can see. Your senior can't even date him, so why are you showing off?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the female staff member who was asking for instructions handed the receiver to Victoria with both hands and said respectfully, "Theodore, please answer the phone."

Raymond's face suddenly became extremely ugly, and his facial features seemed to be splitting in all directions. Victoria smiled slightly, took the phone in front of him, and called softly, "Brother Theodore."