When Avery got ho, Joy, after pondering for a long ti, finally picked up her phone and dialed a number. Mom, let Wesley Carter go. Stop keeping an eye on the Carter family." Nellie’s was filled with shock and panic. "What are you talking about? Who’s Wesley Carter? What does he have to do with ?"
"Mom, I know what you’ve been doing in secret," Joy replied calmly. "Let him go back. If he doesn’t return soon, the consequences will be severe, and neither you nor I can bear them."
Nellie gritted her teeth. "What consequences could be so unbearable? We are from the Rose family, and you are still Charles’s fiancée, one of the future mbers of the Council of Elders. Do you really need to fear anyone?"
Joy replied calmly, "Mom, this is Osceiton, not Aeloria. The Rose family’s ways don’t work here. Have you seen tonight’s trending topics? They’re all about Avery and the Carter family. She was the CEO of the V Group and the future daughter-in-law of the Moran Group. Do you think the Rose family can stir up any waves in Osceiton?"
The Rose family was indeed powerful, with influence spanning almost the entire world. However, its influence in Osceiton was extrely limited.
After a long pause, Nellie finally spoke. "Did the Carter family say sothing to you?"
"Go read the latest Chapter of Lockwood’s update," Joy replied. "You’ll understand everything."
The sound of typing keys ca from the other end of the phone.
Reading a few thousand words wouldn’t take much ti.
Joy waited quietly.
Soon, Nellie’s resigned voice ca through the phone. "I understand. I’ll release Wesley now."
Joy hung up and imdiately dialed another number, ordering, "Return to Aeloria imdiately. Never step foot in Osceiton again and do not harm any mbers of the Carter family."
The other person was stunned for a mont before replying, "So, you know about it."
Joy replied calmly, "I know everything I need to know."
The other person continued, "Then you must know that your true identity has already reached the Rose family. Fortunately, we intercepted the ssage before it spread. The Carter family must disappear for your secret to stay safe." Joy interrupted, "No, even if the Carter family disappears, my secret won’t remain hidden."
If her and the Rose family’s DNA were tested, her secret would also be exposed.
The other person fell silent.
After a while, he said, "Many in the Rose family support you, including Charles. We’ll find a way to handle things here. The key issue is the Carter family."
He added, "Joy, you need to understand that you represent more people behind you. We’ve co this far, and we can’t let all our
than just yourself. You have to be responsible for the efforts go to waste.
The Rose family was huge. Many family mbers didn’t know their relatives or how many branches and distant cousins there were. Only the core circle was well-known.
Joy’s current parents were originally on the edge of the Rose family, but Joy beca a potential mber of the Council of Elders at just 18. This rapid rise was like a rocket taking off. She reached this level not just because she was outstanding, but also because she had the support of people in the family.
In a top family like the Rose family, internal factions and conflicts were inevitable.
Her interests were closely tied to those who supported her.
They would never allow anything to happen to her.
Joy calmly said, "I know, but at this point, there’s no use in going after the Carter family. I’ll speak to my teacher myself and ask for help to get through this."
The other person was surprised. "If your teacher is willing to help, you can definitely overco this crisis, but I doubt he will bother with such a small matter..." Joy interrupted, "I will convince my teacher."
After mont of silence, the other person said, "Alright, I’ll wait for your news. If you can convince your teacher, I will stop going after the Carter family."
Joy hung up and fell into deep thought.
After a mont, she decided to call her teacher.
At this ti, it was dayti in Aeloria, so her teacher was not resting but still sounded annoyed. "You know I don’t like being called unless it’s very important. If it’s not, I will be very displeased."
"Mr. Salvatore, I have sothing very important to tell you," Joy said respectfully. "Actually, I’m not my parents’ biological daughter. I don’t have the Rose family-bloodline..."
She briefly explained the situation and then said, "This can’t be hidden from the Rose family. When they find out, they won’t accept . My mother and I will likely be expelled and may face other punishnts." Salvatore remained unmoved. "Why should I help you?"
Joy said, "I promise I will find your arch-enemy."
Salvatore laughed. "Alright, because of that promise, I will help you. But if you fail, I will ensure you lose everything and will have no place in this circle or even on this planet."
Joy said respectfully, "I’ll rember your words."
Salvatore hung up the phone.
Joy secretly breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the slight sweat from her forehead.
Salvatore was the revered and absolutely obeyed "teacher" of the Rose family, and the "secret weapon" behind the family’s rise, strength, and ongoing prosperity for centuries. His status in the Rose family was supre, With Salvatore’s intervention, the Rose family wouldn’t trouble her and Nellie.
However, his demands were higher, and the consequences of breaking the promise to him were even more severe. She was practically fighting fire with fire now.
"This ga has finally reached its final and hardest level. If I win 1 get everything If I lose, I lose everything. How interesting.
She smiled faintly, put away her phone, packed everything on the desk into her bag, and walked out briskly.
At that mont, after dealing with an incident at the construction site following the Moran Group’s opening ceremony Wesley finally returned ho.
Hearing that he was back, the Carter family rushed out to welco him. "Dad, are you alright? Is everything okay at th construction site? You don’t know how worried we were when we couldn’t reach you or anyone at the site."
"I’m fine, and so is the site," Wesley said tiredly, rubbing his temples, "The missing worker drank too much, wandered into the depths of the foundation, fell asleep, and his phone ran out of battery. He was partially covered by falling soil, which made it hard for the others to find him."
The Carters breathed a long sigh of relief. "It’s good that nothing happened..."
After reading Lockwood’s update, they were very worried that sothing would happen to their father.
So far, it seed to be a false alarm.
Avery lowered her eyes and quickly operated her phone, deleting the recently updated Chapter "Extermination."
Her father had been lured there in secret.
The person knocked out a worker and hid him, creating the incident of a missing worker at the site. They then called her father, causing him to rush to the construction site on his way ho.
The person also blocked the site’s communication signals and arranged for many people to watch her father, ready to kidnap or control him at any mont.
So, through the Chapter "Extermination," she warned Joy that everything Joy did was under her watch.
If Joy dared to harm any mber of the Carter family, she would retaliate against Joy.
Now, her father was back.
This was Joy’s choice.
She secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Besides, if The Mystery of the Missing Young Genius, as a detective novel based on real-life events, had an ending like "Extermination", it was very unreasonable.
She published this Chapter mainly for the Carter family and Joy to see.
Now that they had read it and understood, it was ti to delete the Chapter.
Just as everyone was relaxing, a voice with a sob rang out, "Wesley, you’re back..."
Then, a person tremblingly walked in from outside the big window, taking only a few steps before collapsing to the ground. Everyone’s heart tightened at the sight. "Mom?"
They wondered how long she had been standing outside the winslow and whether she had heard their entire conversation.
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