“Lend you money?" Percy raised his eyebrows. It turned out that this was Jean''s true motive.


    His tone sounded like he was reluctant to lend him money, so Jean had to summon up the courage and


    say, "Mr. Mallory, even if one provides clues to the police, one will still get an informer''s fee. Although


    you already know that Marie was the one who betrayed Nina, I still intended to tell you anyway, so


    there has to be an informer''s fee, right?"


    "How much do you want?" Percy did not agree. Instead, he answered him with a question.


    "Isn''t that up to you? How much do you think Nina is worth?" Jean rubbed his hands together and


    gestured to Percy.


    "Nina is a priceless treasure. She can''t bepared to a woman like Marie," said Percy with a cold


    gaze. He picked up his phone and instructed his assistant, "Come in."


    The door to the reception room was pushed open.


    Jean was worried that Percy was going to chase him out until he heard him say, "Give Mr. Langdon a


    hundred dors in cash."


    A hundred dors?


    He came all the way here to show his goodwill, yet it was only worth a hundred dors?


    Jean thought Percy was too stingy, but he dared not say anything. He was afraid that if he said


    something, he would not even have the hundred dors.


    Besides, the hundred dors would be able to solve his urgent needs right now. At least it would allow


    him to survive here for the next few days and figure out how to get money.


    The assistant was at a loss. "Boss, I don''t have any cash on me. Who still carries cash on them


    nowadays?"


    Jean''s expression changed as he quickly said, "It doesn''t have to be cash. You can transfer it to me


    too."


    The assistant looked at Percy.


    "Give it to him," said Percy. He had no ns of doing it himself as Jean was not worthy.


    "Yes, Boss." The assistant took out his phone to scan Jean''s QR code and transferred a hundred


    dors to him.


    [You have received one hundred dors.] A notification rang on Jean''s phone.


    He looked at Percy with a smile on his face. "Thank you, Mr. Percy."


    Percy stood up, looked at the receptionist, and said, "See him off downstairs."


    “Yes, sir." The receptionist nodded.


    Jean hurriedly stood up and said, "Mr. Mallory, can I ask you for a favor?"


    "What?" Percy''s words were brief as usual.


    "If your people manage to find Marie, please tell me immediately," Jean requested.


    Percy turned around to look at him and smirked. "So you can get your money and watch back?"


    When he came in, he noticed that Jean was no longer wearing the watch Jim mentioned.


    If nothing else, it must have been stolen along with the money.


    "Marie, that thief! I''ll make her pay!" Jean said with gritted teeth.


    Percy warned him, "Do you think that Marie will still have the money when you find her?"


    Marie and Jean were two of a kind. They would spend their moneyvishly if they had any. Once he


    found her, Jean''s money would be almost gone.


    Jean lowered his head in shock.


    He and Nina said the same thing. Even if he found Marie, he might not be able to get the money back...


    Besides, there would not be much left after passing through the hands of Marie.


    After Percy returned to his office, he told Nina about today''s events.


    When Nina learned that he gave Jean a hundred dors, she eximed, "Why did you give him


    money?"


    "All his money was taken by Marie. Are you sure you can ept the fact that he may starve to death


    on the streets at any time?" Percy asked. Although Nina loathed Jean, she still could notpletely cut


    off blood rtions.


    Otherwise, she would not have taken on the responsibility for Anna''s living expenses and medical fees.


    Percy knew that the money Nina gave Anna was enough to support Jean if Anna spent it consciously.


    However, Anna had no idea how to save her money. It could be because it was not her hard-earned


    money, so it was easy for her to spend it all in one go.


    Hence, she could not care for Jean either.


    Nina fell silent.


    "Jean won''t be able to find the money in such a short time no matter how many different methods he


    tries. The hundred dors isn''t much." Percy sighed. A hundred dors is indeed not a lot, but if Jean


    spent it mindfully, he could survive in A city for several days.


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    With a nature like his, he would definitely find a way to get money.


    "I know.." Nina did not expect Jean to look for Percy after she refused to give him money. He even told


    him about what Marie did.


    She was helpless.


    "Let''s leave it at that for now. I''ll be going to work," said Nina while feeling low-spirited.


    After hanging up, she stood up and looked at the view outside the window.


    She had told Percy many times to not pity her family and give them any money because there was no


    limit to their greed. No matter how much money they had, it would not be able to satisfy their greed.


    Nina did not want her birth family to be a burden to Percy.


    However, it seemed like situations like these were unavoidable as long as she was with Percy.


    Nina sighed as she was at a loss...


    There was a knock on her office door, and Nina sat back down after gathering her emotions. “Come in."


    The assistant pushed the door open and came in with a stack of documents in her arms while


    informing, "Ms. Langdon, the headquarters called for a meeting, so you''ll need to go over there."


    "Okay, I got it." Nina took the document handed over by her assistant and nced at it before putting


    on her coat to rush over to T Corporation.


    The meeting was to discuss the development of the suburbs, and Nina only realized after the meeting


    that Luke wanted Brilliant Architectural Design LLC to participate in the bidding project as well.


    Nina agreed right away upon hearing the good news.


    Although there were many orders at Brilliant Architectural Design LLC, with a headquarters like T


    Corporation, their orders would usually lean toward small or medium-sized projects.


    The profits may be considerable, butpared to T Corporation, even the profit of 10 Brilliant


    Architectural Design LLC would have nothing on them.


    With this opportunity, theirpany''s profits and employee benefits would be much better for the next


    year.


    After the meeting, Nina took the elevator downstairs and ran into Luca who had juste to work.


    "Luca, why are you onlying to work now?" Nina was surprised. She saw a briefcase in Luca''s


    hands, so she guessed that she had just arrived.


    "I caught a cold, so I went to the hospital to get some medicine," exined Luca. When she finished


    her medicine, Luke intended to have Johann send it over, but she felt bad for always bothering Johann,


    so she offered to get it from the hospital herself.


    She returned to the officete just because she had to get medicine from the hospital, so she asked


    Zoey to help her take a leave of absence.


    Nina frowned upon hearing Luca''s hoarse voice. "Are you okay?"


    "It''s nothing. I just got a cold, and I''m almost all better now," said Luca as she knew best about her


    body.


    "Good to hear that. It must be ufortable for you after catching a cold. Get more rest. It''s almost


    New Year''s, so it''ll get even more chilly outside. Make sure to keep yourself warm." Nina sighed.