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.”

added, “I’ll take

of relief, his tone becoming

“I’m hanging up.”

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

people sought out Shadowbane

and didn’t bother asking who placed the order. It was only after hearing Shaun’s

reclaim the hundred million dollars. Her eyes gleamed as she got up and turned on her laptop. Her fingers moved swiftly over the

do you have a grudge against

with a straight face and his eyes half–closed it made people want to keep their distance. He lit a cigarette and slowly exhaled a ring of smoke. “What do

clearly would’ve cured you, but she’s

a girl from the countryside? She grew up without her parents and only a grandmother.

in medicine to cure the Bloodbane

stroked his chin, his mind

called the antitoxin shots. Apparently, the technique is from

happy to hear that.

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

flicking the ash from his

said only Shadowbane knows how to use

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

paced around, his face filled with excitement. “She’s shadowbane’s apprentice. That must be it. That’s the only