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

finally breathed a sigh of relief, his tone becoming cheerful “Til

“I’m hanging up.”

she received a message on her phone. She opened the information and narrowed her eyes.

Loid. Many people sought out Shadowbane every year,

wasn’t in a good mood and

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

upstairs, Shaun turned to Loid. “Loid, do you have a grudge against that girl? Or does she have

face and his eyes half–closed it made people want to keep their distance. He lit a cigarette and slowly exhaled a ring

cured you, but she’s keeping you hanging

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

had to be very skilled in medicine to cure

chin,

shots. Apparently, the technique is

happy to hear that. He

are many talented people out there. Just because the book is kept by the state doesn’t

shifted sightly, flicking the ash from

only Shadowbane knows how to use

slapped the table and stood up excitedly, “Yes! How did I not think of that? She Iows how to use the antitoxin shots, and only Shadowbane can

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