"Alright, let''s order." Nina handed the other menu to Sue, while she shared a menu with Luca.


    After ordering, they discussed the current affairs in A City.


    Luca did not say anything as she did not know much about what was going on in A City, so she just


    listened to them talk.


    They were exposed to much more things than she was.


    Luca was always in theboratory working on the research. She practically had no chance ofing in


    contact with the outside world.


    However, Nina and Sue were different.


    They were still the backbone of Brilliant Architectural Design LLC. They were in charge of the


    decisionmaking for basically all the matters at thepany. It was only when it came to a particrly


    important decision that they would leave it up to Luke.


    Sue and Nina talked for some time before noticing that Luca had not spoken at all, so Sue apologized,


    "Sorry about that, Luca."


    "Why apologize? The things you''re talking about are quite interesting," Luca said with a smile. They


    were talking about matters concerning the upper-ss circle of A City. She even heard several familiar


    names.


    After hearing their conversation, she could not help but sigh at the things all these people had done


    over the years.


    Sure enough, where there were people, there would not be peace.


    "I''m afraid you''ll be bored. Besides, you don''t know these people," said Sue as she picked up a cup of


    water to feed Kari.


    "I actually know a couple of names, like the one you just mentioned, Brody. His family, the Hilton family,


    seems to be in international trade. I''ve heard of a Hilton family in Russia and the heir''s name is Brody.


    Could it be the same Brody?" asked Luca. Saying that the Hilton family was doing business abroad


    would not arouse the two''s suspicion.


    Nina nodded and said, "It should be the same person."


    "If that''s the case, the Hilton family used to have several businesses in Russia. I never thought that


    they would turn out this way..."


    After listening to their conversation, it seemed like the Hilton family was not holding up well.


    Their foreign businesses had nearly all been shut down, leaving them with only some domestic estates.


    It seemed like they ended up in this situation because of Brody''s poor management, but of course,


    there were other reasons.


    “Ever since Grandma Hilton passed away, most of the Hilton family''s businesses fell into the hands of


    Brody. Unfortunately, he lost almost all of the Hilton family''s estates," said Sue as she knew more about


    this because of Jason.


    "The one with the most business acumen in the Hilton family was Grandma Hilton, but Brody dated


    Leia and a series of unfortunate events happened after that, so Grandma Hilton got so angry that she


    got a stroke and passed away a few yearster. Nobody watched over Brody, so he let himself go. He


    got together with another female celebrity after breaking up with Leia, but she did not seem to have


    good intentions as she kept depleting the Hilton family''s wealth," Nina exined to Luca.


    Luca shook her head helplessly after hearing that.


    Combining all of their estates, the Hilton family used to be on par with the Crawford family.


    Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.


    It was just that the Hilton family''s estates were all abroad, so the people here always felt that they were


    no match for the Crawford family.


    Unexpectedly, Brody still did not grow up after losing Leia and went on to find a female celebrity


    instead.


    Not to mention, the celebrity and Leia even knew each other.


    Well, birds of a feather flock together.


    All of a sudden, Luca did not know how to judge the situation...


    Sue nodded. "If Grandma Hilton were still around, she would never have let the female celebrity join


    their family. Her judgment of people was precise and harsh. She had always protected the Hilton family.


    It''s a shame she had such an unfilial grandson who made her so angry that she passed away. The


    reason why Luke and Jason went on a business trip today is to purchase one of the Hilton family''s


    branches."


    Luca only realized that Luke had gone to acquire apany after hearing Sue''s words.


    She had thought that it was some other project of T Corporation.


    "Why are you saying that out loud? Aren''t you afraid of leakingpany secrets?" Nina said with a


    smile.


    "What is there to be afraid of? The bidding document was stolen by Pierre when they werepeting


    for M Group''s project but they still secured the project. I believe in my man and his boss," Sue said


    confidently. Although Jason was Luke''s assistant, to have his assistant help take over apany was


    going overboard.


    She did not say anything as Jason wanted to stay by Luke''s side. Besides, they might seem to have an


    ordinary superior-subordinate rtionship, but in fact, they had been friends for a long time.


    Unlike Bailey, she would not force Jason to be strong on the outside for the sake of saving face.


    She felt that livingfortably and honestly while doing the things one liked was good enough.


    It was not like Jason was not making any progress. He had been making progress by being beside


    Luke for all these years. It was just that Bailey could not see this and forced him to leave T Corporation


    to manage a differentpany. Jason refused and coupled with some other reasons, their rtionship


    came to an end.


    Nina gave her a thumbs up. "You''re the first person I''ve ever met to brag about her man in such a short


    and simple way."


    Before Sue could say anything, Kari said with pride, “Daddy is the best daddy in the world."


    Sue and Kari''s words had Luca''s lips curl up into a smile. She casually asked, "Whatpany is Mr.


    Crawford trying to acquire?"


    "You don''t know?" Sue was a little taken aback as she thought that she was still working beside Luke.


    "Of course, I wouldn''t know. T Corporation''s Russian trantor was on maternity leave thest time


    and they didn''t want to hire fresh graduates as they would be troublesome and won''t be able to catch


    up with the progress of the project''s bidding document. They didn''t have anyone else, which was why


    they had me rece the position. Now that the project is theirs, I''ve returned to theboratory to


    conduct my experiments. That''s my job," Luca told them.


    "I see. It''s all Jason''s fault. He''s always talking about how capable you are all the time. I almost forgot


    that you''re a research professor, not a trantor." Sue helplessly pped her forehead.


    "Luca is capable of a lot of things, including cleaning up the trouble that Jean caused. If it weren''t for


    her, he would be in prison right now," said Nina.


    Luca chuckled out of embarrassment after hearing Nina praise her.


    In the middle of their conversation, the meal they ordered was already brought to the table by the


    waiter.


    The three adults and two kids ate with relish.


    After their meal, they thought about visiting Sue''s ce, but Nina received a call.


    "Hello, who is this?" asked Nina.


    It was unknown what the caller on the other end had said, but Nina''s expression got gloomier.


    Luca noticed and gestured for Sue to stop talking for a while.


    Then, they heard Nina say, "Alright, got it. I''m sorry for the inconvenience caused. I''ll go over there right


    now."