―――North City, lody Harmony Branch.
Norman Bennett was in a eting, patiently listening to the reports. His phone on his left lit up with an SMS notification, showing the card transaction record from the card Elliana Lyle held.
ZTE Bank: "Your bank card ending in 7860 successfully completed a paynt of 2,000,000 RMB on October 29, 2019, at 9:18:21 AM."
Such a transaction wasn’t a big deal for Norman Bennett, so he didn’t pay much attention.
Less than ten minutes later, another transaction alert ca, still 2 million RMB. Norman Bennett frowned slightly, wondering what that little girl was buying.
Ten minutes later, another transaction alert ca, still 2 million RMB. Once again, within ten minutes, the man’s expression subtly shifted from confusion to increasing seriousness.
Wang Qian, the operation supervisor who had finished her report, noticed Norman Bennett’s face was sweating, unsure if the CEO was dissatisfied with the proposal or if she hadn’t been clear enough.
"CEO... what do you think?" Wang Qian cautiously asked again.
"The eting will be presided over by the deputy today." Norman Bennett left with just these words and walked out of the conference room without saying anything more.
The remaining attendees looked at each other in shock, having never seen the CEO leave them halfway through before, speculating on what major issue had arisen.
Upon returning to his office, he saw a young man in a thick white hoodie sitting on the sofa. Who else could it be if not Zane Bennett?
"You’re here." Norman Bennett didn’t need to guess to know his brother’s purpose today, as this guy rarely showed up for no reason.
Zane Bennett imdiately stood up, his gaze fixed on his older brother. It wasn’t until Norman Bennett sat down that he rubbed the back of his head and said, "Bro, can you lend so money?"
"Hmm?" Norman Bennett was obviously a bit puzzled, thinking he guessed wrong, so he said, "Didn’t your sister-in-law give you 2 million not long ago?"
"Huh? Ah~ oh!" Zane Bennett took a long ti to react, finally realizing that he had borrowed Elliana Lyle’s card, but she really hadn’t given him money!
Realizing borrowing money from Norman Bennett was out of the question, since his brother believed that annoying girl had given him money, he was genuinely in urgent need of it. Just when he didn’t know what to do, Raymond Wood knocked and ca in.
Raymond Wood placed a stack of docunts on the CEO’s desk and said, "CEO, these are urgent."
Seeing Norman Bennett nod, Raymond Wood exited the office.
Zane Bennett stood not far away, torn and contemplating whether to ask for a little or a lot. Getting sothing was better than nothing, right?
So he boldly admitted, "Yes, my sister-in-law did give 2 million, but it’s still not enough, so bro, could you give another 200,000?"
While speaking, Norman Bennett was checking Elliana Lyle’s detailed transaction records. The first entry showed she had transferred 4 million to Zane Bennett’s card, and the remaining 6 million was spent at a high-end pastry shop called Gold Grace.
Gold Grace is a high-end pastry shop, or simply put, a cake shop.
"4 million not enough?" Norman Bennett glanced at him.
million? What 4 million? Suddenly, Zane Bennett thought of sothing, quickly took out his phone from his pocket, opened his mobile banking app, and sure enough, Elliana Lyle had again charged 4 million on his card. This... this was sothing he couldn’t take the bla for!
"Bro! I’ll be honest with you..."
―――Two hours earlier.
Vito Pizza Shop.
"That tomboy actually let you out." Luna was biting into her pizza, thoroughly enjoying it.
Elliana Lyle felt embarrassed, said nothing, and pulled off a slice of pizza to eat.
Luna swallowed a bite of pizza, leaned closer to her, and very seriously said, "Don’t worry, she’s so fierce, no man would like her. Plus, she’s so tall that if she wore high heels, she’d be taller than Norman Bennett. Norman Bennett can’t handle her."
Luna spoke confidently, but Elliana Lyle didn’t want to delve into it. Hannah Collins cooks better than her, and she’s taller. Besides, from what Elliana observed, Hannah Collins didn’t even own a pair of high heels.
Sotis she was really frustrated, wondering why her parents, being so tall, could give birth to such a short daughter.
Noticing Elliana’s unhappiness, Luna didn’t continue and, in a serious tone, said, "Let’s discuss how much money we need."
"Okay, you say it first."
"Well, the rent has been paid, but we haven’t paid the deposit. Adding on renovation and so equipnt, we need about over 4 million."
"4 million?" Elliana was shocked. This was way beyond her budget.
Seeing her incredulous expression, Luna quickly explained, "Among this, 3 million is the deposit, which will be returned later."
The pizza Elliana had just pulled off was still in her hand, hesitating to bite. She pondered for a long ti before finally speaking, "Alright then."
Then she transferred 4 million twice to Zane Bennett’s card, thinking everything was settled. But then Luna pulled out a small notebook, clicked her pen, scribbled a few notes, and said, "Let’s calculate the employees’ salaries and operating expenses. Andrew Hue is a deportee, so to keep him, we must pay him a month’s salary in advance, which is 150,000. But next month, we’ll have to pay two other staff mbers’ salaries, another 150,000, and 4,000 for one month’s security, needing at least ten guards."
"Why so many?" Elliana interjected.
Luna gave her a sideways glance, explaining, "Safety reasons. In our line of work, it’s easy to get wiped out in one go."
"..." Elliana closed her mouth, raising her hand to signal Luna to continue.
Luna kept marking things down, "Then, considering..."
A few minutes later, the two ca to another figure, nearly 2 million.
"...I can’t charge anymore, Norman Bennett will be suspicious of . Why don’t we just be upfront with him? This sneaky business is making nervous." Elliana didn’t want to continue the card transactions. It wasn’t about lack of money, as she earned over a million per episode in "South Wind Song."
Hearing this, Luna panicked. If Norman Bennett found out, wouldn’t she have to flee the country?
"No, why should he know? A woman should be economically independent, don’t you understand independence?" Luna argued insistently.
Elliana pouted, muttering, "How is this economic independence? We’re close to being independent people."
"No ambition," Luna sighed and then said, "I know a place where the most expensive cake is 2 million. I know an employee there; she’s one of my clients. She can help us with the transactions, and then you just say you bought a cake."
Elliana was curious, "You have a client at a cake shop?"
"Yes, she suspects her boyfriend is cheating."
―――Gold Grace.
"Alright, it’s been charged for you." A store clerk in an apron said warmly.
Having charged 2 million plus a 1,000 service fee, one had to see what a 2-million cake looked like, right?
So Elliana asked, "Can I see what a 2-million cake looks like?"
"Of course, we have a model over here," the clerk said, pointing to the right, "That seven-layer one. You can have any design, shape, or flavor customized."
Seeing the gigantic cake taller than herself, she slightly opened her mouth.
My gosh! How was she supposed to tell Norman Bennett that she ate this cake? Even with ten people, they probably couldn’t finish it...
Luna seed to have thought of sothing and said, "By the way, you haven’t paid Nancy’s consultation fee either, right? Shall we charge again?"
"Charge it!"
The two charged an additional 2 million. Elliana took the card from the store employee and quickly put it in her bag, unable to charge anymore; there was just no more capacity to charge.
After packing up, the two prepared to leave. Just as they stepped out, Luna stopped, "Buddy, after thinking it over, I believe our company needs a few vehicles to assist in investigations."
"..."
Seeing Elliana clearly disagree, Luna decided to back off a little, "Just consider it a loan from ."
Elliana frowned, "Then write an IOU!"
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