Chapter 150 Andrew Still Cares
"Oh?"
Benjamin immediately picked up on the signal and asked with interest, "What's unusual about it?"
David readily obliged, repeating what he'd just said, and finally concluded, "Such a grand gesture shows that Mr. Wilson's feelings for Dr. Garcia are probably not pure."
Benjamin had a speechless expression on his face. "Does this even need discussion? That Daniel obviously likes Dr. Garcia. I also heard that after Dr. Garcia married Michael, Daniel unilaterally cut off all contact and ties. Such a decisive attitude really says it all.
He was afraid he'd keep thinking about her, afraid his anger and jealousy would make him do something irrational, so he could only go with 'out of sight, out of mind.'
Now that Dr. Garcia is divorced and single again, they immediately resumed their working relationship.
Using work as a point of contact - that's a clever move... With them spending so much time together, feelings will naturally develop easily."
At this point, Benjamin slapped his thigh. "This time, he's targeting Sophia like this for Dr. Garcia's sake, clearly standing up for her - no question about it! This is like a hero saving the beauty, risking everything for love. If I were a woman, I'd be moved."
After saying this, he turned to look at Andrew. "Andrew, don't you think so?"
Andrew casually took a sip of coffee, his deep eyes landing lightly on his face. After a long while, he finally responded, "So you're thinking about a sex change?"
"???"
Benjamin looked completely confused.
Wait, they'd been talking all this time, and that's what Andrew was focused on??
"Why do you care about that? I'm asking you - if someone stood up for you like this and you were a woman, would you be moved?"
Benjamin persisted with his question.
Andrew slowly swallowed his coffee, set down his cup, and said in a casual tone, "The hypothetical doesn't work. I wouldn't be a woman. Next question."
Benjamin, "..."
David, "..."
Benjamin felt utterly exhausted. He slumped back against his seat and changed the subject. "Let me stay at your place tonight. I don't want to go back and face those women... By the way, when are you guys heading back to Emerald City? I'll go with you."
"If nothing unexpected happens, after Christmas."
David answered quickly.
But the next second, Andrew calmly stood up and said lightly, "Going back early."
"Huh?"
David looked surprised and quickly pulled out his phone. "Is there a new assignment? How come I don't know about it?"
Did he miss something?
But after checking everything, there were no new messages.
While he was puzzled, Andrew casually brushed some invisible dust off his clothes and said, "No, there's nothing interesting in Harmony City anyway. Might as well go back early and take a look."
After speaking, his tall figure had already left at an unhurried pace. As he walked, he took out his phone and sent someone a message...
Watching his retreating figure, Benjamin suddenly started stroking his chin, his expression shifting from confusion to interest.
At that moment, David's phone accidentally opened his social media feed, and he saw a new post.
It was from Olivia, posted a few minutes ago.
She had apparently returned to her hometown with her parents and taken Bianca out to visit relatives.
The video in the post showed Bianca and little Lightning building a snowman in the yard with several children from the relatives' family.
The little ones were having a great time.
Olivia's caption read: "In five days, she won't refuse to leave with me, will she?"
David suddenly had an epiphany and also started stroking his chin.
It seemed... perhaps... maybe...
It wasn't completely ineffective after all?
He instinctively glanced at Benjamin.
The other man happened to look over at the same time.
When their eyes met, they both saw a knowing look in each other's eyes.
This... was really unexpected!
Someone who was always strategizing and in control of everything could also get anxious?
As for whether he was anxious or not, Andrew didn't have a very clear sense of it himself.
But just now, listening to those two go back and forth, he did feel that the air in Harmony City was somewhat unpleasant.
Probably because it was colder than Emerald City, and more irritating too.
He was so annoyed he wanted to throw David and Benjamin out the window!
...
At this moment, Olivia had shut out the outside world and was focused on spending Christmas with her parents in her hometown.
Away from the drama of Emerald City, back in the small city where she grew up, life had become much more pleasant.
However, things online weren't settling down so quickly.
After a day of fermentation, the relevant authorities, under pressure from public opinion, quickly began investigating the Brown Group scandal.
The evidence Daniel provided was too solid. On Christmas morning, several reports were confirmed one after another.
[Multiple Brown Group products fail to meet standards, with shoddy workmanship and seriously excessive formaldehyde levels that harm human health. All products on sale have been ordered off shelves and recalled.]
[The Brown Group has indeed been evading taxes.]
[The Brown Group's charitable foundation has been committing donation fraud. The promised charity work was never properly implemented. In the past, they only sent people to poor areas to take fake photos for publicity.]
[Reporters interviewed a paralyzed elderly man. The Brown Group never offered condolences or compensation to this victim, only giving two thousand yuan as medical expenses at the very beginning.]
...
As one official confirmation after another verified the exposés, the internet exploded.
[My god, what kind of evil company is the Brown Group? They're vicious enough to go straight to hell.]
[Multiple crimes - this is seriously criminal!]
[Starting today, boycott all Brown Group products. I've made a list, sisters can help themselves.]
[Go bankrupt already, garbage company!]
[That's probably unlikely though... Don't forget, they have the Johnson Group backing them. The Johnson Group practically rules the country, right? They can even get people out of jail through various means - who can touch them?]
[Can they investigate the Johnson Group too? Michael is so young but has such terrifying business tactics and status. Who knows how many shady things he's done behind the scenes...]
"..."
The Johnson Group.
Looking at the completely uncontrollable public opinion online, Michael's face had darkened to the point of dripping blood.
After the incident yesterday, he immediately rushed to the company to handle it. The PR department, which had been on holiday, was urgently called back to work overtime.
He had originally planned to fight the Wilson Group head-on.
The Johnson Group's PR and media department was no pushover and naturally wouldn't fear the Wilson Group.
And indeed, there had been some results.
But the strange thing happened yesterday afternoon...
It was Christmas season now. Even if the relevant authorities wanted to intervene and investigate, they shouldn't be moving this quickly.
Even with public opinion fermenting, there should be some delay, given the limited manpower!
But unexpectedly, various departments quickly recalled their staff and immediately got involved, which led to results being announced this morning.