Begging For A Reconciliation

chapter 476 A Quick and Decisive Battle

The luxurious palace contained a deathly silence, and Shawn’s cold voice echoed throughout its massive hall.

The subordinate was completely tensed up in fright. Drumming up whatever courage he had, he replied, “M-My lord, at the moment, we only have a small number of mechanical dogs with biotracking capabilities. In addition, Mr. Hendrik is hampering the progress of our AI testing facilities. Internationally, more and more of our experimental products are being blacklisted from further development.”

His voice grew weaker as he finished his report.

Without a trace of emotion on his face, Shawn fell silent for a while. Then, he abruptly bursted with anger.

Grabbing his subordinate by the collar, Shawn beat down on his face as he shouted, “Useless imbeciles! The whole lot of you! You’re telling me that even with the combined might of two major nations and the entirety of Veyris, you still can’t take care of someone like Hendrik?! Who the hell does he think he is? Didn’t our AI testing facilities fall under the purview of the Veyrisian alliance committee? How in God’s name did his influence reach all the way here?!”

Releasing the anger he had pent up for a long time, Shawn felt utterly resentful of Han at that moment.

Not only did he lose to Han in the field of romance, even his all but assured success with the experimental products from the AI testing facility was now in jeopardy because of the latter’s tight rein. Shawn was completely indignant.

He continued raining punches on his subordinate as he yelled. Soon after, the subordinate was beaten completely to a pulp, then tossed away like an old rag.

Shawn looked down at the subordinate he abused, then with a disgusted look on his face, he ordered, “Get this piece of trash out of my sight!”

The other subordinates standing to the side hurriedly dragged the beaten and bloodied person away.

Shawn stopped one of them. With a stern glare, he asked, “How many mechanical dogs can we mobilize right now?”

The subordinate that was stopped felt as though he had just been caught by a venomous snake. His voice almost cracking from the fear, he replied, “F-Five, my lord. A lot of the necessary materials we needed to develop the mechanical dogs have been locked down by Mr. Hendrik. We were only able to muster so many–”

Shawn’s eyes gleamed, and he said, “That’s good enough. Send them all to Pasteria, and remember to do it discreetly. I want you to bring me Sarah White!”

…

Nighttime. Victoria Precinct.

Leah had just had dinner and played with Carlotta. After which, she found Han in the study and asked, “Babe, did you find anything on Mr. Ford?”

The strange text she had received earlier during the day made her very restless.

Her intuition was telling her it had come from Shawn Ford. However, no one had any new information on Shawn. Not herself, Susan, or Han.

Noticing that she was upset, Han immediately put down the documents he was reading. Frowning, he pulled her into his embrace and stroked her cold face with his slender fingers. He asked, “What’s wrong? Why are you so afraid? The only thing I’m sure of is that he hasn’t returned to the country yet. I’ve already set up an intricate security web nationwide. As soon as he steps into our borders, we’ll get him.”

Leah was very relieved to hear Han’s words.

She snuggled into a more comfortable position in his embrace, then took out her phone to show him the strange message she had received. “I got this today. I think it has to do with Mr. Ford. I know how he works. Whenever he’s about to undertake a major scheme, he’ll try to rattle his opponent’s mentality with some peculiar action and make them feel frightened.”

Seeing the gloomy expression on Han’s face, Leah got a little confused and asked, “What’s wrong?”

‘Why does it look like he’s angry? I don’t think I said anything wrong. All I did was tell him some of my concerns.’

Seeing how oblivious Leah was made Han even more furious, and his gaze turned cold.

He pursed his lips, then said with a deep tone, “It seems like you understand him pretty well, hmm?”

‘You can even analyze his personality to such a detailed extent. I wish you knew me as well as you know him’ he thought. A wave of jealousy filled every inch of his body, and the air around him grew colder by the second.

Leah was speechless as she thought, ‘How is this even related?’

She said, “Stay on topic. I feel like he has been preparing some kind of major scheme during the time he’s disappeared.”

Han was unfazed. Hugging her tightly, he frowned and said, “So what if he is? I’ve cut off all his puppet strings. There’s nothing he can use to go against us now.”

Han didn’t think it was possible for Shawn to pull something from under his nose.

Leah sighed in relief at Han’s confidence, but she still warned, “But we still haven’t heard from him this whole time. It’s like he’s just biding his time in the shadows before making a decisive strike.”

The idea of this made her very anxious.

However, Han paid her no heed. He looked at her coldly and said, “Instead of worrying about him, why don’t you think about how to cheer me up? Ever since you came in, you’ve been talking about Shawn Ford non-stop. I’m very upset right now.”

Leah finally came to and realized why Han was behaving the way he was. He seemed like he was in a really bad mood.

…

If things were like they were in the past, he would’ve tried to physically force her mouth shut long ago. However, he was a changed man now, and would patiently listen to her dronings.

She chuckled and lifted her head from his embrace, speaking softly, “Aww, babe. Can’t you see that it’s precisely because I’m worried about us that I’ve come here to discuss things over with you?”

The gentle tone of her voice was like the fluttering snow outside the window, slowly landing on Han’s burning rage and making him weak.