My Substitute Wife Is a Bigwig (Lily and Loid)

Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Lily went upstairs and took out her phone, which had been turned off for a few days. As soon as she turned it on, a call came through

“Finally, you answered the phone! Alchos is almost under siege!” The voice on the other end was very agitated.

If Loid and the others were around, they would recognize that the caller was Elliot Quade, the director of Alchos.

Lily moved the phone away from her ear with a frown. “Send me the details on the person who offered a hundred million dollars for shadowbane last time.”

Elliot was stunned for a moment. He had expected her to be furious, but she was quite calm.

After a moment of silence, he asked, “Are you willing to take the job?”

Lily pulled out a chair and sat down. She rested her head on her hand, feeling defeated. She had planned to take a year off to focus on investigating Jason’s affairs.

Sighing, she said, “Yes.”

“I’ll take one job a

tone becoming cheerful “Til send

“I’m hanging up.”

Lily hung up, she received a message on her phone. She opened the information and narrowed her eyes. It

Many people

a good mood and didn’t bother asking who placed the order. It

eyes gleamed as she got up and turned on her laptop. Her fingers moved swiftly over the keyboard,

went upstairs, Shaun turned to Loid. “Loid, do you have a grudge

couch with a straight face and his eyes half–closed it made people want to keep their distance.

get it either. If she has feelings for you, she clearly would’ve cured you, but she’s keeping

you. I really can’t figure her out. And isn’t she just a girl from the countryside? She grew up without her parents and only a grandmother. How does she know such advanced medical techniques? And she’s

very skilled in medicine to cure the

his chin, his mind

is from an ancient book. How could she have read such

wasn’t happy to hear

kept by the state doesn’t mean no one else has seen it. Maybe some

the ash from his cigarette. He looked

knows how to

“Yes! How did I not think of that? She Iows how to use the antitoxin shots, and only Shadowbane can use it. Maybe

excitement. “She’s shadowbane’s apprentice. That must be it. That’s the only