Chapter 7

At that moment, Smith, the butler of the Hough Mansion said from the other end of the line, "Mister Green, you're too polite. I'm calling to discuss the blind date between Mister Hough and Miss Green tomorrow."

"Do tell!" The Greens were immediately excited upon hearing what Smith had said. As long as they could rely on the Houghs, they would be instantly successful!

"I'm very sorry to say that Mister Hough has gotten married today, so he no longer needs to blind date. We will just have to cancel the blind date."

"What?! Mister Hough is married?" Lilian screamed, completely losing her composure.

They were thunderstruck by this piece of news.

"How did this happen?" Scott's face turned pale too. Did they not say that Jack Hough could not be charmed by women? He was already 27 years old and yet there was still no news of his marriage. Rumors were saying that he did not even have his first love yet. How did he get married so quickly?

Clarissa was unwilling to admit defeat. She snatched over the phone and pried in a sweet and subservient voice, "Mister Smith, I wonder which girl did Mister Hough set his eyes on? This is so we can prepare a good gift for when we attend their wedding in the future."

Smith, on the other end, was instantly moved by how thoughtful and caring Clarissa sounded. Thus, he told her what he knew.

"How generous of you, Miss Green. However, we have not seen the Missus yet. The Houghs will soon give you a generous gift as an apology."

Clarissa furrowed her brows tightly. She exchanged a few more pleasantries with Smith. When she got no answer from him, she could only give up.

Once they hung up, the Greens immediately looked miserable and desolated.

"We're finished! We were so close to it only to see it go up in smoke! This was such a good opportunity for the Greens to get rich!"

Scott slammed the coffee table. His gaze towards Clarissa instantly had an extra coldness to it.

"If the elders of the Hough family don't even know about Mister Hough's marriage, I think the marriage won't last long! Our Clarissa still has a chance!" Lilian immediately tried to pacify the situation when she saw how ugly Scott's expressions were.

"Why don't I call Andrea and ask her about it?" Clarissa was fuming inside. She picked up her phone and was about to dial her best friend, Andrea Sohn. Andrea was Jack's distant younger cousin who was also staying at the Hough Mansion at the moment.

"Hmph! How disappointing! I'm going out for a walk!" Scott swore and stormed off without looking at his wife or daughter.

"Ouch…" Lilian touched her face. It was so painful that she gasped. She was married to the Greens for 10 years already. That was the first time she had ended up so wretched-looking. She was even despised by Scott.

Lilian lifted her head and looked upstairs. Her eyes were filled with hostility and viciousness.

"This is all thanks to that b*tch, Naomi! I will tear her to pieces sooner or later!"

"Mom, she won't be so cocky soon!" Clarissa's eyes flashed maliciously. She took her phone out and searched for her chat with Gary. She sent him a message.

…

Upstairs, in the dark room, Naomi was sitting by her desk. She switched on her computer and her fingers flew across her keyboard.

Soon, she pulled up an undeveloped white chat interface made up of codes. She sent a message to Nine under her nickname Lord G.

[I've decided to take on the highest-ranking cases. Please get me some quickly.]

A second after she sent the message, Nine replied with a series of question marks before writing, [I thought you only take small cases. Never the big cases. What happened?]

Naomi stared at the screen. Her expressions darkened.

[Stop prying.]

Half a year ago, she was amongst the top three in the World Hacking Competition. Ever since then, her name had blown up on the dark web. She also got to know the most powerful peddler on the dark web, Nine.

Through Nine, she would take on small missions from time to time to earn some pocket money. However, she would never take on huge and challenging cases to avoid trouble.

However, at that moment, the situation was different. She had not avenged her mother and she still owed Jack 99 million dollars.

Nine replied, [Okay, I'll spread the news!]

After chatting with Nine, Naomi turned off her computer and sent Jack a message.

[Let's meet at 5 p.m. at the cafe by the entrance of Saint Joseph's High School to sign the contract tomorrow. I have things to discuss with you.]

She initially wanted to call but realized that it was already nighttime and it was when he was working, so she gave up the thought and texted instead.

After sending the message, Naomi waited for more than 10 minutes. She still did not receive a reply from him.

"Please don't tell me that he had taken my million dollars and ran away."

Naomi was a little worried and annoyed. The moment she lifted her head, she noticed a glass container on the shelf. There was a poorly made children's plastic ring in the glass container. A person's name was carved on it.

When Naomi saw the ring, she turned emotional. She thought back to when she was at the Spring Orphanage.

Those 10 short days were the most magical 10 days of her life. If it were not for him, she would have died 10 years ago.

"When will we see each other again, man?" Naomi rubbed her sore nose. She tried not to think of the past.

She opened her drawer and took a set of silver needles out and started to practice seriously. This was the most important thing her mother left for her. She will not let her down. All these years, Naomi had followed her mother's last wishes. She would only practice in secret, not letting anybody know about it.

Meanwhile, at the top floor of the Hough Corp, in the President's office.

Sean carried a pile of documents, pushed the door and entered with a serious expression.

"Sir, we have found out about Naomi Green's background."

Jack was holding onto a pen signing a contract on his desk. His hand paused a little when he heard what Sean had said. He raised his eyebrows.

Sean immediately passed the documents to him. He added, "Time was short, we might not have gotten everything, but one thing we know for sure is that Naomi has never been to the Spring Orphanage…"