<b>Chapter </b><b>163 </b>
tan was choked up by Briar’s casual attitude and awkwardly stopped beating around the bush, “Alright, here’s the good <b>news</b><b>. </b>I’ve got a bad en trie person you asked me to keep an eye on…”
Briar finally nced at fan, piecing his words together and asking hesistantly, “You mean the person who is selling information about me?”
Briar smiled in response, “They’ve got some nerve.”
Briar picked up a piece of tender fish and munched on it slowly as she probed, “Did you find the IP address they used to sell information about me?”
“Of course. You know my tracking skills. Once I set my sights on someone, they rarely get away,”n nodded in response. He grabbed his phone and tapped a few times on WhatsApp. Briar’s phone immediately pinged with several notifications.
He exined, “These are screenshots of the IP addresses I tracked and the transaction records when they posted the information…”
Noticing the hesitation inn’s voice, Briar picked up her phone, opened up WhatsApp, and scrolled through the screenshots one by one. “If you <b>have </b>something to say, just spit it out,” she stated.
His hint couldn’t have been more obvious.
Briar had already finished looking through all the screenshots. She set her phone down, sighed as she rubbed her temples. She calmly stated, “It’s the Jennings family. It’s Beatrice.”
Briar let out a coldugh, “No matter how clueless Edgar is, he hasn’t survived in business all these years by being a fool. The only ones who’d lose their cool this easily are probably those three fools from the Jennings family.”
Since returning to Dasmieca, Briar had been choosing to be lenient with the people around her. Even though their antics often annoyed her<b>, </b>she didn’t feel the need to confront them seriously. To her, they were more of a hassle than anything else, and she didn’t want to waste her energy on them. <b>As </b>long as they didn’t push her limits, she decided it was easier to overlook their foolishness for the time being.
He pondered, ‘Beatrice likely has no idea how cunning and relentless the infamous Briar truly is. Once Briar decides to confront her<i>, </i>Beatrice will realize just how much trouble she’s in, and she will end up feeling devastated.
‘Man, now I’m looking forward to the show!‘
Briar tapped her fingers on the table, and just asn’s eyebrows twitched for the fifth time, she finally spoke, “It would be rude not <b>to </b>return the favor, right? Since she loves ying such dirty tricks so much, wouldn’t I be letting her off too easily if I don’t do anything about <b>it</b>?”
, </b>what are you nning? Are you thinking of taking her
As he spoke, he made a slicing gesture across his neck.
Briar grinned slightly, “What? Are <i>you </i>picking up jobs this small now? This can’t even cover your minimum fee, can it?”
, </i>Briar. I’m no longer alone. <b>I </b>have <b>a </b>little sister at <b>home </b><b>whom </b>I <b>need </b><b>to </b>
<b>1/3 </b>
care for. I gotta grab every job, big or small!”
Briar didn’t bother calling him out on his act. Given thatn had approximately $ 64 million to his name, pretending to be poor seemed <b>ridiculous</b>. It was clear he was just looking for attention and excitement.
“Alright, I’ll put up 66 thousand dors for Beatrice’s leg,” Briar said, her tone all business. For someone as irrelevant as Beatrice, that’s <b>top </b>dor for her on the dar.
As far as he knew, Beatrice was a dancer. Taking out one of her legs would mean she’d never set foot on a stage again.
Briar’s lips curled into a perfectly measured smile, “There’s no rush. Shoneport University’s sports meet ising up soon. Let her finish thepetition first. After all, we’ve got to respect the spirit of sportsmanship.”
‘You’re an elite instructor at the DDC Vanguard Mercenary Special Operations Base, and you care about that?‘
“Alright, whatever you say. I might as well go check out the Shoneport University sports meet while I’m at <b>it</b>,<b>” </bn said with a grin.
The mealsted a full two hours before it came to an end. The restaurant manager personally escorted them to the door, and as soon asn drove Briar away, the manager immediately pulled out his phone to report to Ashton. “Mr. Wade, Miss Jennings<b>, </b>and herpanion have left.”
Back at the Wade Group’s President’s Office, Jalen was in the middle of presenting his report to Ashton when he heard the news. He stared at Ashton <b>in </b>disbelief as he asked, “Mr. Wade, are you for real? You’re watching Briar this closely?”
Ashton hung up the phone and shot Jalen, who was making a fuss, a thoughtful re. He said, “What do you know? That friend of Briar’s,n, is a mercenary who’s been active along the border. Even Connor has tangled with him before. Briar’s so naive and soft–hearted. What if she falls in with the wrong crowd and gets tricked?”
Jalen was speechless as he inwardly chanted, ‘Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, beauty is in the eye of the beholder…
‘Briar might look soft, but naive? Not a single chance.
‘The Jennings family abandoned her, and she grew up as an outsider in Qathana for over ten years. Her files are still locked and nk to this day. How could someone like that possibly be naive?‘
Briar spent the entire afternoon holed up in theb. She had teamed up with Frank and the others to conduct <b>a </b>series of small experiments. She became so engrossed that shepletely lost track of time.
When the experiments finally wrapped up and she walked out of the research building, she spotted Ashton chatting with Joshua outside. Only then did she automatically reach for her phone and realize there were more than a dozen missed calls from Ashton.
“Hey, there she is!” Joshua called out with a smile, waving at Briar as she came outughing and chatting with Frank and the others. “Briar<b>, </be here.”
Briar walked over and greeted, “Mr. Swift.”
Joshua waved her over and exined, “Ashton’s been waiting for you for over an hour. You’d better take him away. When he’s standing here, none of <b>my </b>other students daree near.”
Briar hesistantly replied, “Alright, we’ll get going then.”
Joshua watched as Ashton obediently followed Briar away, muttering to himself, “Well, there’s always someone who can keep you <b>in </b><b>check</b>! When has this brat ever been so well–behaved?”
Frank, who had somehow wandered over, nodded and put on a serious face. “Exactly! Since when has Ashton ever been anywhere close <b>to </b><b>obedient</b><b>?</b>” Joshua shot him a re and pointed off into the distance beforementing, “Same goes for you. Don’t just stand there. <b>The guy </b>in that <b>car </b><b>over </b><b>there </b>
has been waiting for you for over an hour.”
Frank followed Joshua’s finger and, sure enough, spotted a car parked under à nondescript tree. The man sitting inside was none other than Connor the one he’d been pestering toe pick him up.