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

Elhot 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

hadn’t connected it to Loid. Many people sought out Shadowbane every year,

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

up and turned on her laptop. Her fingers moved swiftly

“Loid, do you have a grudge against that girl? Or

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

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

a grudge against 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

in medicine to

chin, his

the antitoxin shots. Apparently, the technique is from an ancient book. How could she

wasn’t happy to hear that. He

out there. Just because the book is kept by the state doesn’t mean no one else

sightly, flicking the ash from his cigarette. He

said only Shadowbane knows how to

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

his face filled with excitement. “She’s shadowbane’s apprentice.