Chapter 316: The Biggest Surprise

Ethan lowered his head and glanced at Vivian. "Do you think I don't even have this bit of trust in you? Is your judgment of men really that poor?"

"Oh." Vivian raised her hand and touched Ethan's face. "You seem really mad. Don't be mad, okay?"

Ethan denied it. "No, I'm not."

"Then why the long face?"

"It's innate."

"I don't believe a word of that." Vivian rolled her eyes at Ethan. She didn't feel like comforting him anymore. She sat up to leave his embrace.

Ethan didn't want her to leave. He immediately pulled her back into his arms. "You must be happy now. The news tonight is sensational enough. As long as we don't come out to clarify, this matter will continue to be a trending topic."

"Yeah." Vivian was a bit tired, she said with a yawn, "It would be best if it spread all over Valarna."

Ethan still wore a long face. "In the future, do not use this method. I don't want to see others discussing you like this on the internet."

Vivian lightly punched Ethan. "But this is really not in my plan. This is an accident. That Lindsay is the biggest surprise!"

And indeed, as the two had said.

Owen's birthday party turned into a complete farce. Entertainment news spread widely, especially when it involved popular stars like Owen.

After what happened last night, his public image was on the verge of collapse, and Vivian became well-known to everyone.

Whether supporting Owen or seizing the opportunity to discredit him, everyone was frantically digging up information about Vivian.

Soon, Vivian and Owen were tied together on the trending topics.

Surprisingly, the topic of her and Owen was even hotter than her and Ethan's.

Furthermore, she was spending money on promotion, which made her the talk of the country for quite some time.

However, during this period, there were no suspicious characters around Vivian.

And since the incident where Ethan had almost been hit by a flower pot, there had been no more accidents.

As for such results, Vivian was also at a loss about what to do, but she didn't expect that her news would attract William's attention.

...

William coming over made Ethan more nervous than Vivian.

However, William did not visit suddenly, but called Vivian in advance.

At the time Vivian answered the phone, Ethan was blow-drying her hair, so Ethan heard all of their conversation.

The cause was the news.

Previously, William had spent a lot of effort to delete all of Vivian's information in Valarna, but in a blink of an eye, Vivian became popular online again, and it was not very glamorous gossip news.

This made William very unhappy, so he planned to come to Amorita while he was on business, wanting to personally understand what was going on.

Two days later, Ethan and Vivian received William at Lakeside Villa.

After carefully understanding Vivian's intentions and plans, William also expressed his understanding, as it was too late to oppose it now.

After that, Vivian also inquired about the purpose of William's visit this time.

She learned that William's main purpose was to inspect diamond mines in Eduder, but the results seemed less than ideal.

Ethan happened to be interested in this business, especially because it was an industry that William wanted to develop.

So he proposed to work with William.

Ethan did this not only for profit but also to deepen and strengthen his bond with the Astor family, as he wanted his relationship with Vivian to be approved by her family.

The Astor family was incredibly wealthy, and Ethan did not want to be inferior to them.

When William heard that Ethan had already successfully bid for the development rights of a diamond mine and several gold mines in Adrolath, his eyes immediately lit up.

"I think we can talk..."

And so, Ethan and William peacefully walked into the study to discuss business.

Vivian was quite happy about this.

They talked for an afternoon, not coming out of the study until before dinner.

They agreed to conduct an on-site investigation.

Vivian was somewhat surprised after hearing this news. "Have you made a decision so quickly?"

"Yes." William rarely praised Ethan. "Mr. Benton is a very decisive person. I admire his style of doing things."

Vivian nodded. "You're right. Actually, I knew this a long time ago. By the way, how long will you be gone? When are you leaving?"

"I'll arrange my work and probably leave the day after tomorrow. It will take at least half a month this time." Ethan said, feeling that he already missed Vivian before leaving.

In front of William, he couldn't help but hold Vivian's hand. "Do you want to come with us?"

Before Vivian could speak, William answered for her, "She won't go. She's very afraid of the heat. Don't you know that?"

"William's right." Vivian nodded towards Ethan. "Don't you know that? You guys go ahead. You go there for business. Besides, I'm really not interested in any gold and silver mine."

"It's okay." Ethan was somewhat disappointed, more so reluctant. "Since you don't like that place, then let's not go."

Vivian personally added some wine to the two of them. "Then I'll toast to your success in advance."

What made her even happier was that the relationship between her two beloved ones was gradually improving.

...

After Ethan and William went abroad, Vivian went back to live with Margaret.

Her current focus had always been on finding out about Quinton and Ava.

However, there hadn't been much substantial progress on these two matters.

And her life had also changed because of something.

That was, she was subjected to cyberbullying and attacks from the fervent fans of Owen.

Once when she came out of the Swain Group Building, she was splashed with dirty water by a few teenage girls.

Those girls were at most fifteen years old. They ran away immediately after splashing the water. They even dared to run through red lights.

Facing these girls, Vivian could do nothing about it.

Although she did not publicize the matter, Owen still somehow found out about it.

He had called Vivian before, hoping she would give him a chance to apologize in person.

However, Vivian felt it was unnecessary, so she rejected Owen multiple times. Little did she know, when she went out to eat with Margaret this time, she unexpectedly encountered Owen's fervent fans...