<strong>Chapter 1448: 1448. Must advance and retreat together with the ind master.</strong>


    “Hey, what are you doing? There are so many people around.”


    “I’m hugging my wife. What’s the big deal? It’s not like I’m doing something inappropriate.”


    Adam wore a look of righteous confidence.


    Elly, on the other hand, wasn’t nearly as “shameless.” Struggling to free herself from his grip, she urged, “Let me down quickly. I have thinner skin than you!”


    “Thinner skin? Let me feel!”


    Adam put Elly down and decisively reached out to touch her face. Then, with feigned seriousness, he nodded and said, “Soft and smooth—indeed, very thin.”


    “Get lost!”


    Elly raised her foot and kicked him on the leg.


    Considering the dirt roads in the area, Elly’s shoes were quite dirty. With one swift kick at Adam’s impably clean casual pants, a conspicuous footprint instantly appeared.


    “You little rascal—itching for trouble, aren’t you?”


    Adam lunged to grab Elly, but she nimbly dodged him. Before he could make his next move, she quickly surrendered and said:


    “No more ying! We have actual work to do.”


    She held up both hands in surrender, her bright eyes sparkling as she looked at Adam.


    Adam, unable to continue “bullying” her, was forced to admit defeat.


    “I’ll deal with you when we get home.”


    “Then I won’t go home.”


    “You wouldn’t dare!”


    Adam put on a fierce expression, stepped forward to ce his arm around her shoulder, and yanked her into his embrace.


    Elly let out two small grumbles but decided not to further annoy the “Ind Master.” Gesturing toward the Campbell project team in the distance, she said:


    “I’m going over there to check things out.”


    “I’ll carry you there.”


    Ind Master Adam volunteered, squatting down in front of her.


    Elly looked up at the path ahead. The mountain trail,bined with the heavy rains from the past few days, made it quite rough to navigate. Still, she wasn’t exactly weak.


    But seeing her “Ind Master” so eager to carry her, she felt no qualms about draping herself over his back. “Then I must trouble you, oh esteemed Ind Master.”


    “Ha! Didn’t you just say you have thin skin? Not so thin now, huh?”


    Adam teased, though he’d already secured her onto his back and lifted her off the ground.


    Elly buried her face in his back, shamelessly saying, “Since Ind Master Adam has such thick skin, as his wife, I naturally have to stand by him! I’ll be thick-skinned too!”


    Adam chuckled, amused by Elly’s cheeky remark. “Let’s go then.”


    For someone like Ind Master Adam, who exercised regrly, the mountain path posed no challenge at all.


    Elly, carried on his back as they ascended the trail, wore a radiant smile.


    “Mr. White?”


    Willy noticed Ethan White staring off nkly into the distance, interrupting his work report and calling out to him in confusion.


    Ethan remained unresponsive, still gazing into the distance. Willy followed his line of sight curiously.


    There weren’t many people in the direction Ethan was looking. All he could see was Adam carrying his wife up the mountain.


    Willy couldn’t fathom his boss’s thoughts. Seeing Ethan staring at Adam’s wife-and-husband dynamic, he mistakenly assumed Ethan was focusing on Adam specifically and asked:


    “Mr. White, are you considering coborating with Jones?”


    “Hmm? What?”


    Ethan finally snapped out of his reverie, withdrawing his gaze from the distant couple. Concealing the sadness in his eyes, he asked absent-mindedly.


    “I said, are you nning to coborate with Jones? Just now, I noticed you kept staring at President Jones.”