The lost heiress never forgiven

Chapter 449 Underneath the Surface

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White was one of the investors, and he held significant influence over the projects. Several of the current research directions had been decided by him.

Since all of this had been filed with the relevant departments, Johnathan quickly obtained the documentation.

He flipped through it and saw that their research focused on two main areas: one was cancer treatment, and the other was gene research.

The topics themselves weren’t an issue–especially the cancer treatment one. They were trying to build on Sierra’s previous work and make a breakthrough.

No wonder he’d thought of Sierra–probably hoping to avoid wasting time and effort on detours.

As for the genetics research, it was much broader. Johnathan skimmed through the documents; they didn’t go into detail. They just mentioned gene fusion between animals and whether it could be applied to humans.

Plenty of companies attempted that kind of research every year. Johnathan glanced over it, then set the file aside.

A short while later, Maddox called.

“Well? Any problems?”

“No,” Johnathan said. “It’s just that his timing feels off, so I looked into it more.”

“He’s definitely been high–profile lately,” Maddox said. “He didn’t just invest in Southpoint Biologies–he’s thrown money into a bunch of small companies too. Different industries, everything from AI to home appliances. He even tried to get into aerospace, but got rejected. Still, the guy’s stubborn–when space didn’t work out, he immediately turned to shipping.”

As Maddox spoke, Johnathan suddenly asked:

“Is his funding clean?”

many things, he must be spending a lot. And research burned through cash faster than anything. White was

government the

“Good.”

keep an eye on things here too. If anything new pops up, I’ll let you know. Even if the timing’s suspicious, the guy himself checks out. You know how fast the country’s been growing these years–tons of foreign investors want a piece of the

known internationally. Heads of state from other countries had even met with him,

I’m just overthinking

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Underneath

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up, Johnathan stood quietly for a moment before heading back upstairs. Just then,

Are you free right now? I’d like to meet

you?”

he stepped into the study. Sierra was there,

Jose

immediately looked up. “Want me

Johnathan had asked Jose to look into the past–what had happened between his mother, Chase, and

here. I’ll just meet him

and hugged her. He had a feeling–Jose might be bringing

she hugged him back. “I’ll be

one sentence calmed the

little while later,

out a photo. “I went back to our hometown yesterday.

the photo and glanced at it. It was a picture of three