Chapter 255 Richard Was Kidnapped by Fans
Outside the laboratory entrance.
Juniper crouched on the ground, her neat short hair now a complete mess from running her hands through it.
The lab director stood not far behind her.
"Juniper, the lab is in the wrong here. We'll make sure to keep our staff in line. Please don't threaten to quit over every little thing!"
Juniper's research talent was well-known in the industry.
To reach this position at such a young age was certainly helped by the Windsor family's support and assistance, but it was also inseparable from Juniper's own hard work and intelligence.
Even among geniuses, Juniper stood out!
"I won't approve your resignation! Both personally and for the country's sake, we need you to stay in your position and keep contributing!"
His words sounded righteous and stern.
Juniper brushed the dust off her hands and stood up, pointing at a formula on the ground. "I recalculated that data from before. There's no problem with it."
The director froze!
He thought Juniper had been crouching there feeling down, cursing those people, but she'd actually been recalculating data?
"I came here because the lab's research projects match my specialty, not to deal with office politics."
She glanced casually at her sweating boss.
"I'm not threatening to quit over every little thing. My sister told me there's no need to make myself miserable."
"Someone cursed at me to my face, and I can't even curse back? They're idiots, and I'm supposed to put up with them? Why should I?"
The boss was at a loss for words. He had indeed asked Juniper to be more accommodating toward those intern researchers, but wasn't that reasonable?
With Juniper's family background and status, she shouldn't need to argue with a few fresh graduates!
Juniper kicked her suitcase.
"Sorry, but they're older than me! We're all living our first life. I'm not here to be their parent. If the lab can't handle these things properly, then I think you're not up to the job."
Juniper was probably the first person to tell the boss to his face that he wasn't capable.
The boss got angry too. "Juniper, what are you trying to say? Don't think that just because you have the Windsor family backing you, you can do whatever you want in the research community! Those are fresh graduates who don't know any better. How can you be so immature too? Come back to work with me right now!"
"You've all turned a perfectly good lab into a complete mess. Come back with me for a meeting now, and I'll let this slide!"
Juniper rolled her eyes.
She looked at the Cullinan parked nearby. Charles had already gotten out and was walking toward her.
The lab director's eyes flickered. Of course he recognized Charles, but he hadn't expected Charles to show up over such a small matter!
Hadn't he heard that Juniper was just an adopted daughter of the Windsor family?
Charles walked up without asking anything, picked up Juniper's suitcase with one hand and took her hand with the other. "Let's go home."
"Okay!"
The car door opened and closed, and the luxury car's exhaust settled at the lab entrance.
Not even a single glance for the lab director!
Charles: "What happened?"
Juniper sniffled, shrugging as if it didn't matter.
"A few fresh graduate interns told me to get out of the lab to my face. That's not even the main issue, but they stole my unpublished research data, said my data was wrong, and that I didn't deserve my position."
Those interns had somehow gotten information and said really nasty things.
They probably had some powerful backing that made them fearless. They even said Juniper was an unwanted child of the Windsor family, shamelessly staying with the Windsors.
That even her own parents didn't want her—she was a wild child.
After saying all this, Juniper lowered her head, her voice dull.
"Sorry Charles, I'm causing you trouble."
Charles frowned, his voice stern.
"When did this start? How long has it been going on? Why didn't you tell the family!"
"It started when I first joined the lab. I didn't want to cause trouble for the family."
"What do you mean 'cause trouble'? Don't say things like that! I'll contact your supervisor. I'll handle this!"
"Thanks, Charles."
Juniper was in low spirits, her eyes red, looking like she'd been crying in secret.
Seeing her like this, Charles felt a headache coming on!
Juniper wasn't much older than Catherine—still a kid who needed to rely on family, yet she insisted on handling everything herself.
But he just patted Juniper's hair without saying anything.
Perhaps it was time to have a serious talk with the Howard family about this!
Cloudscape Villa.
The roar of the helicopter swept across the small mountain village, stirring up a gust of wind.
Catherine removed her safety helmet, unbuckled her seatbelt, her cool gaze somewhat complicated.
Just as she'd walked out the school gate, she saw Alexander waiting there and learned that his car had been there all morning!
When had he become so idle, just to wait for her after school?
Then when he heard she needed to return to the village, Alexander insisted on coming along!
Seeing Alexander have Annie call Charles to report in, Catherine swallowed the refusal on her lips.
Having the Windsor family know she was with Alexander would indeed put them more at ease!
With Alexander injured, Catherine had piloted the helicopter on the way there.
As they got off the helicopter, Venus, who'd been waiting, rushed over.
"Boss, Richard had been staying at Cloudscape Villa while filming these past few days, but a couple days ago he ran into some fans."
As a hugely popular celebrity in the entertainment industry, Richard had hundreds of millions of fans, including many obsessive ones.
If not for the Windsor family's influence being beyond what they could mess with, they might have shown up at the door.
According to Aurora, during Richard's early years after debut, fans would camp outside the Windsor Mansion!
Richard's manager looked at Catherine like she was a savior!
"Ms. Windsor, those stalker fans must have discovered Richard was filming in the mountains with less security than in the city. They've been lurking around Cloudscape Villa, and someone even climbed onto the roof from a tree in the middle of the night."
Cloudscape Villa was an old house with low floors. Climbing from the roof to a room at night wasn't impossible.
Hearing this, Catherine's brow furrowed!
"Hasn't Richard sued those people?"
"He has. There weren't that many left, mostly just people sending harassing texts, so Richard didn't take it too seriously."
Richard himself never expected someone would climb from the roof into his room in the middle of the night!
Catherine walked into Cloudscape Villa. Many tiles had already fallen from the second floor.
When Richard stayed at Cloudscape Villa, he'd asked Catherine's permission to sleep in her room, while the adjacent room that belonged to Elodie was given to Sophia.
Venus: "I even heard Sophia calling for help, but by the time I got there, no one was around."
Sophia had once won a free-fighting championship.
Now she and Richard had both disappeared.
How could ordinary entertainment industry fans possibly pull this off!