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Chapter 331: What If Others Saw Us?

Everyone felt worried. They looked at Joshua with fear, they all thought he was terrible. Just judging from Hazel’s simple sentence, he inferred the truth, and then he just blurted it out loud. Did he want to make Chris feel embarrassed?

Seeing that he and Chris were sitting next to each other, although Chris was talented and handsome, he seemed to be a dumb nerd when compared to Joshua. However, Joshua was as noble and had the personality of a prince.

Noticing the contrast, everyone suddenly felt more sympathy for Chris. No wonder Hazel chose Joshua. If they were here, they would definitely have chosen him too.

“Oh, so it is,” Hazel was stunned. “Then I understood why everyone suddenly praised the director.”

Joshua didn’t show any facial expression. He said calmly. “If they want to help find a girlfriend for him, I know a lot of intelligent, beautiful girls, and I can help him. What kind of girl does Mr. Livingston like?”

“Mr. Denmark really knows a lot of people,” Chris said with sarcasm.

“It is fine. The higher you stand, the more people you know.” Joshua said.

“Since you are so capable, why didn’t you help Manager Crowe before?” Chris’s words were full of anger. “You should know how busy she was a few days ago. Why haven’t we seen you?”

Hazel listened and felt a little embarrassed. Why did she feel that Chris seemed to be quarreling with Joshua?

Besides, Joshua had shown up, but it was because she was running around most of the time or she got off work too late that no one may have seen him when he picked her up every day.

As Hazel just wanted to explain, Joshua took her hand and gently scratched her palm.

“I have helped,” Joshua smiled. “As a competent boyfriend, I make her delicious food every day and make her bed for her.”

Hazel’s cheeks suddenly blushed.

Why did Joshua describe himself as a housewife? However, it seemed that this was true. In addition to picking her up every day, Joshua would help by preparing her food and making her bed for her.

But when everyone heard it, it was not the literal meaning. Make the bed, and it gave the impression that they were sleeping together, more than just actually sleeping.

Everyone suddenly sympathized with Chris, Joshua was announcing his ownership of Hazel.

“As for the work, she needs a stage to practice. And I should not intervene.” Joshua went on to say, ” I think it is what should be done by her employees. It is not her boyfriend’s duty.”

“All right, please stop talking!” Hazel said to Joshua with dissatisfaction. She couldn’t understand why they were acting like enemies at her celebration party.

“Yes, yes,” everyone said. “Let’s eat.”

Chris’s face was pale. Joshua’s successive words attack really made him feel uncomfortable. What made him more desperate was that Joshua seemed to have a good relationship with Hazel. It appeared he had no chance at all, everyone at the table liked Chris, and they felt bad for him.

The group at the table began toasting Joshua, he smiled and drank the wine as if he was drinking water but never showed one sign of being drunk.

Sitting and listening to everyone, Chris has no taste for the food. Joshua actually attracted more and more attention, he was not willing to sit there any longer. He found a reason to leave and stepped out of the auditorium for some fresh air.

The person who had been helping him walked out behind Chris to comfort him. “Director Livingston, don’t worry too much. It appears to me that Manager Crowe’ boyfriend lives off of her. It is only because she is so young that she is confused by a handsome man like Mr. Denmark…”

“It is not like that.” Chris smiled bitterly.

He was very clear that Joshua’s personality did not belong to a man who lived off a woman. His way of talking and dressing showed that he had a good education and was also noble.

He took a deep breath and asked casually. “Right, is there anyone who surnamed Denmark among the company’s top management?”

“I guess no…” The man thought for a moment. Then he said half-jokingly.

“But in the company that our company belongs to, there is a president with the surname, Denmark. His first name is Joshua.”

Chris suddenly trembled. No, no? His love rival is Joshua Denmark?

“Do you have his photo?” Chris asked nervously.

“No, no,” the man was in a panic, and he smiled. “The president has always kept a low profile. No photo was public. Let alone that, the gentleman inside has the surname Denmark, but how could he be the president?”

Chris’s heart was dead. Although Joshua did not have a photo, Hazel seemed always to hide his identity given his age and that. Plus, she was transferred from the headquarters of Denmark Group… All this pointed out that Hazel’s boyfriend was Joshua.

Chris smiled bitterly. It turned out that his opponent was actually Joshua.

Such a big comparison broke his heart. He couldn’t compete with the president of Denmark Group in any aspect. Even if he was proud of his ability to work, he was not more capable than Joshua.

For a time, Chris had no idea about Hazel and her life.

After they had finished eating, Hazel had got up to walk around to different tables and greet people. Joshua was by her side to stop her from drinking wine, he did not want her getting drunk.

“Hazel, I am a little dizzy.” He leaned over her ear and whispered.

The smell of alcohol rushed over, and Hazel felt his cheeks, they were hot. She shyly whispered, “I don’t recall you ever drinking so much. Let’s go, I will walk around with you.”

“Okay.” Joshua smiled

Hazel helped him out of the auditorium, and the two held hands and walked quietly. Suddenly, looking at the figure not far away, Joshua was slightly stunned.

“Hazel…” He stopped and gently circled her in his arms. The next moment, he kissed her.

“Oh, Joshua…” Hazel smiled and hid, but Joshua did not let her go. She hurriedly said, “Don’t be like this; what if others saw us?”

“No one will see us…” Joshua whispered, and his warm lips continued to move down. He glanced at the person at the corner and whispered, “Hazel, do you like me?”

 

Chapter 332: Where Did You See The Person?

Hazel was confused, “Why are you asking me that?”

“You haven’t said it for a long time, and I want to hear it.” He said in a low voice. “Said it, do you like me?”

“Yes…” Hazel said shyly.

“Just like?” Joshua was offended.

Under the faint streetlight, his eyes seemed to be covered by a soft light. Just looking at them made Hazel feel excited, but she also felt that she had stopped thinking.

She said almost without hesitating, “I like you very much…”

Joshua smiled lightly and kissed her lips gently. Hazel suddenly reached out her finger and put them on his lips.

“Why do you just want me to say it? What about you?” Hazel spoke and wrapped her arms around his neck. “Joshua, I want to hear it too!”

Joshua lifted his lips. His eyes became extraordinarily deep, “Hazel, I love you so much.”

Hazel felt her heartbeat accelerating, and she let Joshua kiss her. Their lips touched, and suddenly, the emergency fire alarm went off.

“What happened?!” Hazel was shocked.

Joshua squinted. He said in a low voice. “The sound came from there. We should go to have a look.”

They ran toward the sound, but Hazel had just walked a few steps when she saw Chris was not far away. He was running towards the place too.

“Director Livingston, why are you here?” Hazel asked curiously.

Chris was upset, he just went out to distract himself. He had no idea about who Hazel was and didn’t expect Joshua to show off in front of him on purpose. He never thought that Hazel, who had been working so hard, would act like a teenager, he was afraid that she would only show that side of her to Joshua.

“I came out to walk around,” Chris said vaguely. “I didn’t expect that there would be an accident, so I am going to see what happened. But…”

Chris glanced at them and said with dissatisfaction. “Mr. Denmark, it could be dangerous. Don’t let Manager Crowe go there.”

“What are you talking about?” Hazel kept walking and said angrily. “You know that I am the manager? No matter what happened, I must go to the scene to investigate!”

“You heard it for yourself,” Joshua said, “Even if I stop her, this girl will sneak there. Instead of letting her take risks, I should follow her. I can protect her if there is any danger.”

Chris was uncomfortable. Joshua gave Hazel the greatest understanding and support, as well as the safest protection. Compared with Joshua, he seemed to have no chance to win at all.

“But Director Livingston, you don’t have to go to the scene,” Joshua said in a deep voice. “Please go back to the auditorium and comfort other people. Then call the police and ask the security department to come to the scene as soon as possible.”

He was so serious. Chris almost intuitively agreed, “Okay!”

After the promise, Chris realized that he was so easily affected by Joshua. Of course, only the president of Denmark Group would have such a strong warning and make such a quick decision.

Chris also knew that it was a critical moment. He did not care more about it, so he quickly went back to the auditorium.

The place where the fire was on is the No. 3 warehouse of the coffee factory. After Hazel arrived, her facial expression changed. It was the warehouse where the online drama series coffee was stored. If it were all destroyed, then her efforts would have been for nothing.

“It seems that someone is inside!” Joshua’s eyes darkened.

The door of the warehouse had been opened, and they saw the fire from far away. In the warehouse, there was actually a person, and she seemed to be extinguishing the fire.

“Come on! Come to put out the fire!” the woman in the warehouse shouted.

Hazel was shocked. The one who was putting out the fire was her assistant Mandy, she began to wonder but then realized there was no time to think too much.

“Put out the fire quickly!” Hazel picked up a fire extinguisher and was ready to rush into the warehouse.

Joshua took the fire extinguisher in her hand and said, “You don’t know how to use it. If you go in, you cannot help. Go out to find someone nearby!”

“Okay…” Hazel also knows that it was serious, so she agreed.

Soon, more and more people rushed over.

Joshua repeatedly reminded her to pay attention to these tricks so she was not unprepared. The fire protection system of the coffee factory was perfect and efficient.

Although the warehouse was full of flammable materials, the fire was quickly detected, and the fire was quickly extinguished.

After the fire was put out, everyone was surrounding the warehouses and were all gray-faced. They all knew very well what would happen if the fire really destroyed the things.

“Manager Crowe,” Chris walked up to her side. “The fire didn’t have a great loss, only a few dozen boxes of coffee were burnt…”

“What is the cause of the fire?” Hazel asked.

“It’s not clear,” Chris replied. “At the moment, there is a great possibility that someone set the fire.”

“Monitor Video Camera? Have you checked it?” Hazel asked.

“I have already asked someone to check it, but when the fire was burning, the monitor video camera wasn’t working,” Chris said helplessly.

“Aren’t the cameras always checked and repaired if they are broken? How can it suddenly break down?” Hazel frowned.

“That is to say, the people who set the fire are employees of the company.” Joshua reminded, “Because they know the fire would easily destroy it.”

Hazel was worried.

Chris added, “Yes, the first one to find out the fire was your assistant Mandy, but she seems to be injured. Would you like me to ask her to come over?”

“No,” Hazel slightly hesitated. “I will go to find her.”

Mandy was sitting not far away, Hazel and Joshua walked to her side.

“Mandy, are you okay?” Asked Hazel.

Mandy had many red marks on her hands, and her hair was burnt, apparently from the fire.

“Fortunately, they are all minor injuries, and it was not serious,” Mandy said in a hurry.

“Sorry, you had to deal with it first. I will ask you a few questions, and we will get you to the hospital soon.” Hazel apologized.

“Is it about the fire?” she asked.

Seeing Hazel nod, Mandy explained, “I don’t drink too much, but I still felt a little dizzy. So, I decided to go out and walk around, then I saw a very suspicious person. I followed him, and he actually went to the warehouse and set the fire. When I rushed over to put out the fire, he ran away…”

“Then you saw who the person?” Hazel asked.

“I didn’t see him clearly,” Mandy shook his head. “The man was covered from head to toe.”

Hazel was embarrassed, there was no monitor video, and Mandy did not see it clearly, it became more and more difficult to find out who set the fire.

“Where did you see the person?” Joshua suddenly asked.

 

Chapter 333: The Investigation

“Near the north side of the auditorium,” Mandy recalled.

Seeing that they were not going to find out anything more from Mandy, Hazel asked people to take her to the hospital.

Joshua looked at Hazel and said, “I have a way to find out who set the fire.”

“Really?” Hazel was nervous.

“Well,” he said. “Follow me.”

“To go where?” Hazel asked curiously.

“To check the monitor video,” Joshua replied.

“Isn’t the monitor video camera broken?” Hazel asked curiously.

“There was a monitor video camera in the factory.” Joshua said, “A decade ago, the coffee factory was remodeled because the original monitoring terminal was installed by Denmark Group, they installed a new system. But the original monitoring system was still in use, but not many people know about it.”

Hazel sighed. “That’s great! Let’s make them pass over the surveillance video!”

The two went to Hazel’s office, Joshua had already made the calls he needed to, and the video was sent to his email. They watched the video of a suspicious person walking out of the auditorium. He picked up a set of heavy-looking clothes from a bunch of nearby bushes and put them on as he went toward the warehouse.

“Do you know him?” Joshua said in a low voice.

“I know him.” Hazel said with an ugly facial expression, “His name is Clark Nelson. He is responsible for the management of the storage department. When I was holding the meeting the other day, he had deliberately embarrassed me.”

Joshua’s eyes darkened.

Hazel took out his mobile phone and was about to dial out, but Joshua grabbed the phone.

“What are you doing?” Hazel looked at him, astonished.

“What are you doing? What do you want to do?” he asked.

“Of course, call the police to arrest him!” Hazel frowned. “He deliberately set the fire. Shouldn’t he be arrested?”

“And then?” Joshua asked. “Have you ever thought about who is behind him and told him to embarrass you deliberately? And who asked him to set the fire? If he dared to do this, he must be prepared to be arrested, and even if the police arrest him, he may not confess who asked him to do it.”

“What should I do?” Hazel frowned. Apart from calling the police, she hadn’t thought of other ways.

“Hazel, if you trust me, you let me deal with this,” Joshua said.

“But…” Hazel was somewhat hesitant. “You promised that this time you would not help me. If so, will the directors say anything?”

“I promised that I wouldn’t help you,” Joshua’s eyes darkened. “But it doesn’t mean if they use this kind of dirty trick, I will sit and ignore it!”

“You mean, is this what the directors have done?” Hazel was angry. To stop her, they didn’t hesitate to ask someone to set a fire. Don’t they care about the interests of Denmark Group?

“Maybe, even if it is not, they must have something to do with it.” Joshua said, “Hazel, let me deal with it.”

“Okay.” Hazel nodded.

Joshua’s eyes were cold. He looked at the screen again. On the screen, Mandy walked out of the auditorium to get air, and she happened to see Clark.

“This is really a coincidence,” Joshua said.

Hazel looked at the screen. She lifted her eyebrows, “Are you still suspecting her?”

Joshua was silent for a while, and he calmly said, “I just thought it was too coincidental. It always felt that it was not that simple.”

Mandy not only confronted him completely by accident, but she also put the fire out in time. They could even say that Mandy’s help with putting out the fire reduced the loss.

Hazel frowned. She thought for a moment. “You’d better not say any of that to her. She was injured when she put out the fire. If she is suspected at this time, it will only upset her.”

Joshua looked at Hazel. Seeing that she was somewhat unhappy, he had to stop talking about it.

After she had comforted the company’s employees, Joshua took Hazel back to Denmark Residence, after making sure that she was asleep, he snuck out of the house.

In an impenetrable room, a terrified Clark was tied to a chair. He did set the fire, and there was a plan prepared for his escape according to the arrangement. But before he could leave the city, he was found by Joshua’s security, and they tied him to the chair.

He hadn’t reacted because the person who asked him to set the fire clearly told him that the monitoring video was hacked and there would be no way for Hazel to find out it was him.

The sound of footsteps approached, and the door opened. Joshua walked in with a cold look.

When he saw Joshua, Clark felt a chill run down his spine. Did Joshua actually take action himself? How could it be? The man clearly said that Joshua would not be involved.

He couldn’t help but shout, “Impossible! You have promised that you will not help Hazel!”

Joshua looked down at him, his eyes were full of sarcasm. “Who told you that I would not help Hazel?”

Clark’s facial expression suddenly changed. He suddenly realized that he said something he should have stopped talking about.

“You are unwilling to say it?” Joshua squinted at him, but his eyes were cold, and Clark started to tremble. “Don’t worry, I have patience. And there are many ways to make you speak.”

Clark looked at him with horror. “You, what do you want to do? It is illegal to use intimidation!”

“You think,” said Joshua. “I need to torture you to deal with you!”

Jaxson came in and put some documents in front of Clark. Only at a glance, Clark’s face became pale.

“I heard that Mr. Nelson has an illegitimate child,” Joshua said. “But he didn’t like to learn. He also has anger problems and beats a classmate severely. Mr. Nelson spent a huge sum of money to make the victim’s family give up the lawsuit. I am very surprised, where did your money come from?”

“No, he is not my son, not me, I have not spent money…” Clark’s face was pale, and his eyes were avoiding looking at Joshua.

“Since Mr. Nelson doesn’t have a good memory and even does not remember his son,” Joshua said indifferently. “I don’t mind reminding you that even if you settle with the victim’s family, there is no way to settle the victim. So, sometimes I like to do things that are unjust, I will help the victim.”

Clark opened his mouth with terror, he felt like he was being defeated. He fell back into his chair. “You, don’t touch him. I will, I will say everything…”

Joshua looked at him indifferently. “Who asked you to set the fire?”

 

Chapter 334: Why Did You Bring Me Here?

Clark didn’t think that Joshua actually investigated him so thoroughly in such a short time. He completely cracked and told Joshua everything. Joshua listened to him indifferently and walked out with no facial expression.

Jaxson followed him, and he asked in a low voice, “President, what should we do next?”

“Give him a chance to escape and remember to have someone follow him,” Joshua said in a deep voice.

“Do you think he is lying?” Jaxson asked, astonished.

“It’s not necessarily lying,” Joshua squinted. “What he confessed was true, but not all he said was true.”

Although Clark confessed that several directors had asked him to do it, Joshua didn’t feel that things were that simple. Others probably used the directors of Denmark Group, there was someone behind them controlling the entire situation.

***

Even though Hazel hadn’t slept well, she rushed to the factory early. She had dealt with the sudden fire, but she knew there would be problems that needed to be taken care of as soon as possible.

Hazel created orders to fix the damage, and even though the building may have been destroyed, the relationship between her and the managers was much better. They started listening to her orders but what made her most grateful was that Chris didn’t want to hide when he saw her.

After ordering all the work, Hazel planned to go to the hospital to see Mandy. She wanted to comfort her after she was hurt in the fire, but before she had a chance to leave the office, Mandy walked in the door.

“Why didn’t you stay in the hospital?” Hazel asked.

“Manager Crowe, the doctor said my injury isn’t serious. I don’t need to stay in the hospital,” Mandy explained. “I think you’ll be very busy the next few days, so I wanted to come and help.”

“There is nothing you can do. I want you to take a few days off. You should recover from your injuries first.” Hazel sighed. “It’s just working. Why are you working so hard?”

“Because Manager Crowe, you have helped me a lot, I just want to show my gratitude to you,” Mandy said seriously.

“Okay, then go home,” Hazel said firmly. “If you really want to help, then you should rest and recover as soon as possible.”

She persuaded Mandy to go home and then called Joshua.

“Did you find Clark?” she asked impatiently.

“I did find him, and he confessed everything.” Joshua said, “but he has already escaped.”

“Escaped?” Hazel was somewhat astonished. The next moment, she couldn’t help but ask, “Do you deliberately let him go?”

“Yeah.” Joshua admitted, “I think that there is someone behind him. What about the factory?”

Hazel simply described the situation.

“Pay more attention over the next few days,” Joshua said. “This time, they didn’t succeed, so I am assuming there will be next time.”

“I understand,” Hazel said in a low voice.

The fire caused the morale of the coffee factory to become very low. Hazel thought for a while and planned to launch the coffee series in advance.

However, things happened just as Joshua predicted. There was a lot of negative news about online drama. Hazel could not help but feel that the other party was really brilliant, knowing that the drama was a lot of effort.

Using the negative publicity could bring shame to the drama and ruin the name of the coffee related to it. Fortunately, Hazel had been prepared ahead of time and took some actions to maintain public relations. She had the negative news turned into part of the media hype.

After all of the hype, online drama became even more popular. Hazel launched the themed coffee, and with the popularity, the coffee sold out as soon as it was put on the shelves. Even with her preparation, the factory’s storage of coffee was sold out, and they couldn’t supply enough.

Hazel thought that the fire was just the start of her bad luck, it turned out it was the end. The sales of their theme coffee were through the roof.

When haters said that they just changed the packaging and sold the same product, the fans retaliated and said if they didn’t like it, then they didn’t need to buy it.

High sales with hot issues made the coffee and online dramas gain a win-win situation. Hazel said that she only came to the coffee factory for a month, and now the overall sales of coffee had increased by a full 50%. It could even be said that according to this trend, it was not a problem to double the sales of coffee in the future.

This kind of achievement almost shocked everyone. The employees of the coffee factories that cooperated with Hazel thought she was talented and admired her.

The directors also knew the news of Denmark Group. They learned that Hazel had completed the task so quickly, and they were disheartened and powerless.

Although they also wanted to create some trouble for Hazel, the directors who had participated in setting the fire had already been arrested. They lost their reputation and everything else they had.

They dare not to make trouble for Hazel? Do they have a death wish? They only hoped that Hazel would return to the Denmark Group later so that they could have more time to prepare. Hazel did not intend to let them off the hook. She took the sales report for the first month and went directly to Joshua’s office.

Joshua had always been very aware of the situation of the coffee factory, so he just simply read it. “Hazel, you have done a great job.”

“Isn’t it better for us to gather the directors so we can have a meeting?” Hazel said with a smile.

“You really don’t want to give them a chance to make any preparations?” He smiled.

“Of course.” Hazel crossed her arms, and her eyes were slightly cold. “Didn’t they give me a chance?”

When Joshua was trying to speak, the phone rang. He nodded slightly towards Hazel and pressed the answer button. He lowered his head, and when he looked up, he had a serious look on his face.

“What’s wrong?” Hazel asked.

“Clark finally took action,” he said.

He asked someone to follow Clark secretly, but he was in constant hiding. It appeared that he never intended to contact the mastermind. However, now he finally made a move.

“He went to find the person behind the fire?” Hazel’s eyes were suddenly lit up. “So, did your people catch them?”

“We have caught them.” Joshua’s eyes darkened.

“Who?” Hazel said, “Take me there!”

She didn’t like the feeling of being calculated, so she had to figure it out.

“What happened to the meeting…” Joshua lifted his eyebrows slightly.

“There was no hurry for the meeting. Anyway, nothing will change if we deal with it later,” Hazel said in a hurry. “Now, let’s go!”

Joshua did not refuse it. He took Hazel together to the villa where Sunny lived.

“Why did you bring me here?” Hazel’s face became a little pale. “You mean… the one who contacted Clark to set the fire was her?”

 

Chapter 335: Who Is He?

The villa where Sunny lived was the old house of the Edwards family, the house she and Cate grew up in. Joshua once took Hazel to see the villa, but they hadn’t gone inside.

But now, Joshua brought her back. In other words, she had been in secret contact with Clark. The person who asked him to set the fire was Sunny?

Even if her relationship with Sunny was weak, the actions taken were unacceptable.

“It’s the person who is related to her,” Joshua’s eyes darkened. ” We will know what the specific situation is after we talk to them.”

“… Okay.” Hazel took a deep breath. No matter what the truth was, she had to face it.

When Joshua, Hazel, and their group of bodyguards walked into the living room of Sunny’s home, someone ran to tell her they were there. Sunny came around the corner with a blank look on her face.

“Joshua, why don’t you tell me in advance that you were bringing Hazel to my home? Also, was it necessary to bring so many people?”

“Auntie Sunny,” Joshua said, “We are here because we have something to ask you.”

“What?” Sunny looked calm standing in front of them.

“Bring him in,” Joshua said.

A group of bodyguards brought Clark into the room. Clark apparently had a hard time, he looked haggard and lifeless.

“Who is he?” Sunny frowned, and she looked at him calmly. She said indifferently, “Joshua, why do you bring this person to see me?”

“Don’t you know him?” Joshua said. “Then you should know her?”

He clapped his hands, and the bodyguards came in with a pale woman.

Hazel looked astonished, she knew the woman. She was Laura Young, Susan’s current assistant. Although Susan had already withdrawn from the entertainment circle under pressure from Sunny, she still stayed with Susan.

“Let me go, let me go!” Laura gritted her teeth.

“She is an assistant to Susan,” Sunny was still in doubt, “What happened to her? Has she done something wrong?”

“Madam, please help me!” Laura said with panic. “I just went out to help Luna do something. They actually arrested me! I beg you to save me!”

“Do something,” Joshua said indifferently. “What do you do?”

“This…” Laura’s look was a little bit evasive.

“Say!” Sunny asked seriously.

Laura was still muttering and mumbling. She acted as though she wanted to say it, but she dared not.

“Since Auntie Sunny wants to know. It may be better for her to see it herself.” Joshua said calmly.

“You actually tracked me and photographed me!” Laura panicked.

“Make her shut up,” Joshua said, and the bodyguard used a towel to block Laura’s mouth.

The bodyguard came forward and put a laptop on the table. He turned the screen on, and Clark appeared on the screen of the computer. The person who met him was Laura.

“Miss Young, I am really helpless! I beg you to save my son!” Clark was pleading in the video. “Now Joshua really wants to help the little disabled. My son has been caught! He could not bear this…”

“I have already told you that you should send him abroad first. What did you do then?” Laura said impatiently. “Now he is being watched by Joshua. Who do you think would dare to do anything against him?!”

“Miss Young! You can’t do this!” Clark was full of grief and indignation. “We clearly had a deal. I just needed to help you make trouble for Hazel and set fire to the warehouse. Then you would save my son! If you don’t keep your promise, then I will tell Joshua all this!”

His words made Laura changed her facial expression. Seeing that Clark was really going to look for Joshua, Laura faked a smile. “Mr. Nelson, don’t be angry. You really need to think about it before you do anything, Joshua spoils Hazel, and you set a fire, creating a lot of trouble for her. Even if you go to Joshua, do you think he will let you go? You said that he promised to let go of your son, but now he broke his promise? How can you believe him?”

Clark’s facial expression changed. He was hesitant.

“Moreover, we are not unwilling to help you save your son,” Laura continued.

“You also know how capable Joshua is. You must at least give us time to save your son from him…”

Listening to the conversation, Laura’s face was getting paler and paler.

“Do you have anything else to say?” Joshua raised his hand and asked the bodyguard to take out the towel in her mouth and asked calmly.

“I, I am just being instructed… is Susan! She told me to do this!” Laura shouted in panic. “It has nothing to do with me, really!”

Hazel was slightly shocked. She knew that since Joshua found out about her, there was a way to solve the problem. Even if she had more doubts, she had to look at it quietly.

Could Laura actually just give Susan up that easily? Didn’t she think that it was somewhat unreasonable?

“Sunny,” Joshua said. “Do you understand now? I heard that Susan’s assistant was chosen by you.”

Hazel looked at Sunny in utter shock. She had been surprised to find out that the people behind the entire situation had something to do with Sunny.

Moreover, she also heard Mandy say that because Susan was too stupid, Sunny personally selected a clever assistant for her, Laura. If this matter was related to Susan, then it must have something to do with Sunny as well.

Sunny’s facial expression was still unpredictable. And she said to the servant by her side, “Go and ask Susan to come down.”

“Joshua, I understand your mood,” Sunny said indifferently. “But this thing, at least let Susan and Laura confront each other. You can’t just listen to what she is saying? You have to know that Susan is not clever enough to think of such a conspiracy.”

Joshua’s look was careless. He looked at Hazel, but it was as if he could not see anything.

Susan quickly walked down, and she asked blankly, “Mom, what do you want me to do?”

“Susan, please save me!” Laura cried. “I did it according to your instructions. You can’t leave me alone!”

Susan was anxious. “Why are you holding her? Let her go…”

“You come over here first!” Sunny said seriously. “You need to explain what is going on here!”

After watching the video, Susan’s facial expression suddenly changed.

“Mom, this has nothing to do with me. I really don’t know anything…” She said with amazement and fear. Suddenly, she thought of something and was annoyed at Hazel, “I understand! Hazel, is it that you deliberately set me up, right?”

 

Chapter 336: Save You Speech

Susan said anxiously, “You said that you no longer care about what I have done against you, but you have tried to arrange this woman to set me up deliberately…”

“Shut up!” Sunny said coldly.

Susan was wounded and stared at Hazel.

Hazel’s lips were twitching. Susan said it was Hazel’s fault? Susan was the same as before, Hazel was not having a hard time believing that the matter had little to do with Susan. After all, given Susan’s personality, even with the help of Laura, she would show off in front of her if she designed this.

“You said she asked you to do it?” Joshua looked calmly at Laura.

Laura looked at Susan and finally gritted her teeth. “Yes.”

“Laura!” Susan looked at her incredulously. She was annoyed. “You told them how I treat you? Why would you slander me?!”

Laura said with a sorrowful voice, “Susan, you treat me well. However, you also asked someone to cause trouble for Hazel, and you asked me to set fire to create problems for her deliberately. That is what you made me do…”

“You, you are a bitch!” Susan was angry and rushed to beat her, but was stopped by bodyguards.

On the other side, Clark saw it, cried, and pleaded. “Miss Edwards, please save my son! You promised!”

The hall was in complete chaos, Susan felt wronged, but there was no way to defend herself.

“Auntie Sunny,” Joshua said calmly. “You also saw that Laura is related to the fire. Now, your daughter is one of the suspects. Now, we can only take her away and let the police find out the truth.”

Hazel was a little surprised, she couldn’t help but gently pull Joshua’s hand. She believed that Joshua should see that this time, the fire had nothing to do with Susan, Laura set her up.

“Let me handle this.” It seemed that he was aware of her doubts. Then Joshua said in a low voice. Hazel no longer tried to speak, she trusted Joshua.

“Mom, it wasn’t me, it really wasn’t me!” Susan panicked. She pulled the sleeve of Sunny helplessly. “I don’t want to go to jail! Save me! I don’t understand why she wants to slander me. I really didn’t do this…”

“Joshua,” Sunny said in a deep voice. “I believe this thing has nothing to do with Susan…”

“Save your speech for the police,” Joshua said.

“You listen to me!” Sunny said, “Laura is the one I choose, but she was introduced to me by others! I trusted him, so I didn’t think too much. Now, if I think about it, I am afraid I may have also been framed by him!”

Joshua’s eyes were shining, “Who introduced her to you?”

“Fred Cohen.” Sunny took a deep breath. “You can ask Director Cohen to see what kind of relationship they have.”

After hearing this name, Hazel’s eyelids jumped slightly. The friend of her parents even did this.

Joshua didn’t show any emotion. Sunny looked at him without fear. “If you want to take away Susan because of anger, I can’t stop you. But if it disturbs the direction you go for evidence, then I am afraid this will let others do something to Hazel.”

“Thank you for the reminder,” Joshua said. He looked at Hazel, “Go.”

“Just go like this?” Hazel was shocked.

Joshua lifted eyebrows, and he whispered, “Do you still have something else to do?”

Hazel thought for a while. She suddenly came to the front of Sunny and apologized, “Auntie Sunny… This time it was a mistake. I am sorry to bother you.”

There was a flash of surprise in the eyes of Susan. Susan said angrily. “Just apologize? Did you know I was scared?”

“Susan!” Sunny stared at her with dissatisfaction. Susan felt wronged and stopped talking.

“What she said is right,” Hazel said with a smile. “It’s not enough to just apologize. So, I will prepare a gift and apologize. I don’t know if you welcome me or not.”

“… I certainly welcome you to come here any time,” Sunny said calmly.

Susan was obviously very unwilling. She wanted to say something, but she can only mumble under her breath in the end.

“Fine, tomorrow is the weekend, and I don’t know if you have the time or not, but I would like to bring Joshua and visit?” Hazel politely asked.

“We have time.” Sunny put a smile on her face, but there was some doubt in her heart. What was Hazel doing? Is she really going to apologize, or has she got other plans?

“Thank you very much.” Hazel smiled and said goodbye.

When they got outside, Joshua frowned slightly. “Hazel, why do you want to go to Sunny’s house?”

“Joshua, this is where my mother lived,” she said with a shallow smile on her face. She said with some sadness, “There should be a lot of traces of my mother’s life, so I want to see it and know more about her, can’t I?”

Of course, in addition to looking at the traces of Cate’s life, she hoped to find something related to her. If she can find clues about their enemies from her relics, then it would be great.

Hazel had never forgotten that she had to prove that Joshua was innocent. Although she was very busy, she did not only want approval from the directors of Denmark Group, and she also wanted to tell the enemy of the Denmark family that she was back.

Only by attracting all the firepower to her could she find out who was secretly making sabotage in the dark. As long as she found out who the enemy of the Denmark family was, she could prove that Joshua was not involved.

Perhaps the road she chose was dangerous and not so direct, but this was what she could think of. She only wanted to use her own strength to help Joshua.

“Of course.” Joshua looked at her and seemed to be a little sad. He whispered, “I will accompany you tomorrow.”

“Okay!” Hazel nodded happily.

Several of their cars were stopped at the police station. The bodyguards took Clark out of the trunk and took him into the police station.

Hazel saw this scene through the window, but then the car started. She looked at Joshua with amazement. “Do you… forgot?”

“Don’t worry,” Joshua said.

They pulled over to a remote corner of the parking lot, and then the bodyguards also took Laura out of the car.

Seeing that Joshua and Hazel got out of the car, Laura pleaded with horror.

“Sir Denmark! I beg you to let me go, I have already framed Susan as you requested…”

“Do you deliberately let her frame, Susan ?” Hazel looked at Joshua accusingly.

 

Chapter 337: Come With Me

“When my person found her, we had already found out that she had been in contact with Fred, and she also confessed it,” Joshua explained in a low voice. “But all this is too smooth, so I have to try to see if Sunny has something to do with this matter or not.”

Hazel was silent. It was normal for Joshua to suspect everyone. After all, she even suspected Susan the moment she saw Laura. But Susan couldn’t think of such a meticulous plan, so it was normal then to suspect Sunny.

“So, what did you find?” Hazel asked.

“I haven’t see anything for a while.” Joshua shook his head slightly. He did not have much contact with Sunny, and she was not a simple woman.

“Then we should pay more attention when we go there tomorrow,” Hazel said in a low voice. She looked at Laura not far away, and she could not help but ask, “What about her?”

“Let her go,” Joshua said in a deep voice.

The bodyguards let go of her, and Laura shook her arms. She panicked and looked around, but she was afraid to run.

“Go,” Joshua said indifferently.

Laura couldn’t believe that she was free, she turned and quickly ran away.

“Do you want to confirm if she is the person working with Fred Cohen?” Hazel frowned.

“Yes,” Joshua nodded. “When she is on the road, she will take us to find the one who really directed her.”

***

The next day, Hazel and Joshua took a gift to visit with Sunny.

Sunny and Susan were waiting in the living room. Sunny seemed to have said something to Susan, and she was not happy judging from her look.

“Auntie Sunny.” Hazel handed the gift over. “I am really sorry about what happened yesterday. Joshua was indeed very abrupt. We are here to say sorry.”

Susan said with a low voice, “If an apology is so useful, why did we need to involve the police…”

“Shut up!” Sunny criticized her coldly. “You can’t control the people around you, and it has become a problem. They are so generous not to hold you to be responsible for it. Do you dare to blame your mistake on others? If they really care, do you dare to mention the things you have done before?”

“I…” Susan was very offended. She was shocked at the events, and she lost a very handy assistant. She always thought it was all others’ fault, not to mention that she felt that she did not do anything wrong.

Sunny actually blamed her, she snorted with anger, turned around, and went upstairs.

Hazel looked at them thoughtfully, and she could not see what was wrong with Sunny and Susan. However, even Joshua couldn’t tell anything, let alone her.

“Hazel, sorry,” said Sunny. “Susan was spoiled. And I didn’t teach her well.”

Hazel smiled. Obviously, she did not mind it.

“Auntie Sunny, this is where my mother lived at a young age?” Hazel’s eyes flashed. She looked around with sadness.

The style of Sunny’s house was warm. It was very similar to Denmark Residence. She thought that her father wanted to make her mother happy, so he constructed it according to the style of this house.

She listened to Joshua and said that the parents of her mother intended to divide the property equally for them at the beginning, but Sunny gave everything to her mother. She only wanted the house. So, the house was the private property of Sunny. However, although Sunny was married abroad, she would make people clean the house every year. Sunny’s feelings for her family seemed to be a little unusual.

“Yes.” Sunny looked at her.

“Can I take a look around?” Hazel asked with a burning gaze.

Sunny looked at her clear eyes, and then she was in a daze. She calmly looked away, “Come with me.”

Joshua’s eyes lit up, it was not a delusion, Sunny seemed to be afraid to look at Hazel’s eyes at certain moments. What was she escaping?

Hazel followed Sunny upstairs and naturally began to look around.

Everything in the house made people feel very comfortable. Hazel even felt that there was an illusion of turning back time as if she had returned to a house a few decades before. There was no sense of time.

Sunny was so concerned about the house? Hazel’s heart was extremely doubtful.

“Can I go to my mother’s room to see?” Hazel asked. “I really want to know everything about her.”

Sunny’s footsteps suddenly stopped, but then she said, “Yes.”

Pushing open the door, Hazel walked into the room with Sunny.

The room was bright and beautiful, with a lot of pinks. Anyone could tell that all of the arrangements had been made by parents who loved their daughter. Hazel was surprised to see two beds in the room, both the exact same.

It turned out that the relationship between Sunny and her mother was that good? They even had the same room.

“Here… very warm and very romantic,” Hazel whispered.

“This was her favorite style,” Sunny glanced deep into the room. “She was like a little princess living in a fairy tale world.”

Hazel was somewhat surprised. Every time she met Sunny, she would feel that she was unpredictable. In particular, Sunny’s attitude towards her was more like a mother’s attitude. It seemed very close, but it seemed to be alienated.

“Do you want to go?” Sunny asked.

“No,” Hazel smiled shallowly. “What is really bothering you, Auntie Sunny?”

“Nothing.” Sunny’s eyes flashed, and she asked, “Do you like it here?”

“I like it here very much.” Hazel nodded.

“Then… How about I leave this to you?” Sunny asks.

Hazel’s heart suddenly jumped.

In the beginning, Sunny didn’t want anything except for the house. But Sunny would actually leave the house to her? Besides, she just hoped to have the opportunity to come here often, and she had never thought to get the house.

“Susan is your daughter,” Hazel said. “If you leave me the house, she will definitely think more. You should leave it to her.”

“She has no interest in this old house,” Sunny said. “And even if I leave it to her, she won’t cherish it. If I leave it to you, you will cherish it.”

“I think you should discuss with Susan first,” Hazel said firmly. “And your proposal is too sudden, and I have to think about it.”

“Hazel, you don’t have to think too much,” Sunny said. “I leave this to you because you are the daughter of my sister. This should be yours. Just like Joshua will protect you and try his best to return Denmark Group to you because you are the daughter of the Denmark family. This is what you deserve.”

 

Chapter 338: Is This Matter Urgent?

Hazel’s heart jumped, and Sunny’s words made her feel very uncomfortable. Thinking about it carefully, she felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

Because she was the daughter of Cate Joseph and she was a member of this family too. So, Sunny left the house to her because she was the real daughter of the Denmark family, Joshua had been protecting her and trying to return everything to her.

Joshua said that after seeing her for the first time, he had found someone to check her details. Even if it was a momentary crush, if she wasn’t the daughter of the look family, would Joshua do it for her?

Everything she had now was what brought her this identity. Her words were harsh, but they were facts.

“Please let me think about it again.” Hazel smiled shallowly.

“Okay.” Sunny did not persuade me more.

They walked downstairs, and Sunny offered them lunch, and Hazel politely refused. She and Susan did not have a good relationship, and if she stayed, she was afraid that she would not be able to eat.

As they left Sunny’s home, Joshua asked, “How about getting along with Sunny?”

“It’s very good,” Hazel thought for a moment. “She is a good person.”

The eyes of Joshua flashed. “Is there any abnormality when she is with you?”

If Sunny didn’t dare to look Hazel in the eyes, then at other times, she would definitely show something.

“No.” Hazel carefully thought back for a while. “She gave me the feeling… a little hot and cold. She was unpredictable. Also, she said that she would leave the house to me, but I refused.”

Her lips were slightly open. Hazel finally swallowed the words back. She originally wanted to tell Joshua what Sunny had said, but she didn’t because it was all factual.

“Leave the house to you?” Joshua thought for a while. He also could not understand the thoughts of Sunny.

“Is the relationship between Sunny and the Joseph family very good?” Hazel could not help but ask.

“Mother mentioned it before,” Joshua said faintly. “Although Sunny was adopted, she was treated no different from their biological daughter, and the relationship between Mom and Sunny was as good as two sisters can have. Only later, when Sunny got married, was their relationship not as good as it had been. It was a pity for Mom…that…Dad was not very close to her. Perhaps it was to avoid suspicion.”

“I want to find a chance to go again, and it is best to go when Sunny is not there.” Hazel squinted and said firmly.

“Why?” Joshua asked.

Hazel hesitated. “I want to go to my mother’s room again.”

When she was in the room, she noticed that there was a small cabinet between the beds, and it appeared to be locked. Hazel had the habit of locking secrets in cabinets. She believed that her mother might have had the same habit. If she could open the cabinet, maybe she could find some clues to figure out who their enemy was.

However, when she entered, she felt that Sunny seemed to care about everything in the room. Even if she accidentally touched something, it could make her face change slightly. So, she wanted to go again when Sunny was not there.

“I will help you arrange it,” Joshua asked calmly. “Is this matter urgent?”

“No.” Hazel’s heart was warm, Joshua may have guessed that she had something else that she didn’t tell him, but he respected her enough not to ask.

“Then we deal with those directors,” his eyes narrowed. “They should also honor their promises.”

“Right!” Hazel exhaled with some pride. She was handing in the sales reports in advance, and she wondered what the directors would have to say.

At the meeting, even though the directors were not very happy, they all came together. Joshua did not say much, he just gave the report of the sales of the coffee factory to the directors. After the directors saw it, of course, they were speechless.

“This is a good result, but who knows if there is any fraud?”

“That is, it is impossible to create so many sales in a month.”

Listening to these arguments, Joshua knocked on the conference table impatiently. The entire meeting room became quiet.

“Even if the sales can be faked, can the money earned be faked?” Joshua said indifferently. “It seems that you don’t think you can get the money?”

The directors were really quiet and didn’t know how to respond. They certainly wanted money, but they didn’t want the daughter of the Denmark family to come back.

“Even if this is true, we have also heard that the assistant of Manager Crowe did this plan. I am afraid there is nothing to do with Manager Crowe?”

“Yes! And the production, sales, and negotiations with the customers are the responsibility of Chris, and Manager Crowe did not help with anything?”

“The negotiation with Joshua-Hazel Pictures seems to be credited to the advertising department. It is said that they did not close their eyes for a few days and nights in order to get more favorable contracts. What are you doing?”

Hazel was shocked. She didn’t think that these people were really that shameless. What kind of words were they actually saying?

Whether it was a planning book, the discussion with the Joshua-Hazel Pictures, and everything in the coffee factory was all done by herself. But now, with a few simple sentences, they give credit to others as if she had done nothing.

“I see,” Hazel’s opening. “Is it better for me to call them over? Let everyone see if these things were done by me or not.”

“They are all your employees. They wouldn’t dare to say anything bad about you!” one director said ironically.

“Don’t you say I have not done anything, and it is their merits?” Hazel smiled and laughed. “Then they should complain about me. How can they say that I am good? Or, are you afraid that they will come over?”

“Who is afraid?” The man was irritated. “Even if they are called to the headquarters, who knows if there is an unspoken deal? If you really don’t feel guilty, let us set up an investigation team and go to the coffee factory to investigate!”

Joshua frowned, these directors were very problematic. They should be very clear about the situation at the coffee factory, so doing investigations should be unnecessary. But they still proposed it, like they were stalling.

“Well, you can investigate!” Hazel said coldly. “I am not afraid! But the same, if the results of the investigation prove my ability, then you should give me an explanation?”

“It’s what you should do to make money for the company,” the man said with dissatisfaction. “What do you have to say?”

“Oh,” Hazel sneered. “Just that you think you can smear me? How can you say such shameless words?”

 

Chapter 339: The Directors Decision

“Yes, you are so shameless.”

The man was furious. But he could not help but lower his head after hearing Joshua say that about him. He may be able to bully Hazel, but he was afraid to offend Joshua.

The man clenched his teeth. “If we really misunderstood you, we would apologize.”

“If the apology was useful, why do we need police?” Hazel said sarcastically.

“Then I’ll slap you, do you mind if I apologize?”

“What do you want to say?” asked the other directors.

“Your 5 percent of the shares,” Joshua said.

“What?!” The directors suddenly burst into the discussion. Even though it was Joshua who said it, they were also somewhat unsettled.

Hazel was shocked. She looked at Joshua. However, she did not think of any good ideas, taking away 5 percent of the shares from each of them. It was a great deal of money for them, Joshua suddenly looked greedy.

Joshua looked at them coldly. The next moment, he reached out and knocked on the conference table.

The meeting room gradually calmed down. But one of the directors was dissatisfied and stood up. “President, we can’t promise this thing! Even if we slandered Manager Crowe, you can’t take away shares? At least you have to give us an explanation about it!”

“Well, let me tell you why.” Joshua said indifferently, “First, this report was approved by me. If you don’t believe it and question it, then you are questioning me. Since you question me, of course, you have to pay the price!”

“Secondly, Hazel was exhausted during this period of time, and she still had such brilliant achievements. You guys just sit in the conference room, drink tea and chat with others. If you slander others, shouldn’t you give Hazel some compensation?”

“Third, when Hazel was born, you or your fathers had promised that you would give out a part of the shares to give her a dowry. No one forced you. It is voluntary, and now it was time to keep the promise!”

After Joshua stated his points, everyone’s facial expression turned ugly. The words Joshua spoke were logical, so they had no way to refute and had no way to retaliate.

“Or…” Joshua looked at them coldly. “You can also choose to be hated by me. Don’t worry, I can hate someone for a long time.”

Everyone was angry and helpless. Joshua was threatening without reason. What made them crazy was that they had no way to deal when they were being threatened.

“I am willing to believe in Manager Crowe…” a director whispered.

“I am also willing to believe…”

There were a few sounds in the conference room, and then more and more people said it.

Hazel’s lips were twitching. The straightforward method that Joshua used forced the directors to change their minds. However, she was somewhat surprised, even the fiercest directors still did not seem to be obedient.

“I insisted on setting up an investigation team!” One of the directors gnawed his teeth. “If I really destroy the manager, then I am willing to take out 5 percent of the shares in my hands as compensation!”

“I am willing too!”

“And I!”

Joshua’s eyes darkened. The directors weren’t normally rebellious. However, when they had to face Hazel, they seemed to be persistent. A few of them were the older directors who had gone through difficult times with her parents.

There was something wrong…

Hazel was also somewhat surprised, but she had already said it, and she did not need to be afraid. After all, she was really not afraid at all.

“Well, I welcome your investigation teams to visit the coffee factory at any time!” She said,

After the meeting was concluded, Hazel and Joshua returned to the office with a dignified look. She couldn’t help but say, “Joshua, don’t worry. I have confidence in the coffee factory, even if they really go to investigate, they won’t find anything!”

“I’m not worried about this.” Joshua frowned. “I’m afraid it’s not that simple. Those directors…”

“What happened to those directors?” Hazel asked curiously. “I think they are very old, and they should be the veterans of the company?”

“Yes.” Joshua nodded. “They have a good relationship with Fred.”

“Fred?” Hazel asked. “Didn’t you arrange for him to go to another city? If it is really related to him, then he really hasn’t stopped. He first arranged an undercover agent to be by Susan’s side and let these directors deliberately embarrass me, what exactly does he want to do?”

“I don’t know,” Joshua said. “I told him to come back two days ago. He said that he would handle the work at hand and only can return to the city when it is completed.”

Hazel frowned. “But, didn’t he use Laura to instruct others to set the fire?”

“Laura is in contact with the people around him, and there is no direct evidence.” Joshua said, “Our director Cohen is clever.”

Just like the last time Hazel was in danger, he couldn’t find out for sure that Fred orchestrated it, but he still transferred him away from the city.

“That can only wait for him to come back now,” Hazel said.

“Yeah.” Joshua nodded. What he was worried about now was that the directors were deliberately delaying, he was afraid that they wanted to cooperate with Fred.

However, if Fred can arrange for someone to be undercover at Susan’s side, will they do the same to Hazel…

Joshua clenched his fists tightly.

“Hazel,” he said. “Since they want to set up an investigation team, you should avoid it in the coffee factory for a while. Don’t go there again. Just take the time to work at Joshua-Hazel Pictures, okay?

“Joshua-Hazel Pictures is now on the right track, and I am busy,” Hazel said with amazement.

“There is still a very important thing that you seem to have totally forgotten.” Joshua was desperate.

“What?” Hazel asked curiously.

“After another month, you will graduate. How about your graduation thesis?” He whispered.

“Ah!” Hazel couldn’t help but exclaim, “Is there only one month left?! That is terrible, I forget!”

“… the rest of the month, you just prepare your graduation thesis,” Joshua said with a sigh. “You don’t need to worry about the coffee factory. I will help you keep an eye on it. The most important thing is successfully getting your diploma.”

“Okay!” Hazel nodded. She sighed with relief. “Fortunately, you reminded me, but how do you remember it so clearly?”

Joshua’ throat felt tight. After Hazel graduated, it meant they could get married, and then the rules would expire. How couldn’t he remember it?

 

Chapter 340: He Fight Against The Directors

Joshua did not say anything more. He gave a USB drive to Hazel. “There is the information you need, you should be able to use it. You don’t have to worry about other things during this time. You can stay at the Denmark Residence to prepare your thesis.”

“Hmm!” Hazel took the USB drive.

The so-called investigation team made Hazel feel worried. However, she believed that after getting along with them, they couldn’t do anything bad.

As for Joshua-Hazel Pictures, she didn’t even have reason to worry about it. They had a lot of advertisers contacting them, but Sharon was there and could handle it all.

Hazel was getting ready to go back to Denmark Residence with the USB drive, but as she was about to enter the elevator, she saw several directors coming from afar.

She knew that they might not want to see her. To avoid embarrassment, Hazel hurriedly hid in the corner. The directors did not see her and complained as they walked past her.

“Joshua is really a fool. He fights against the whole Denmark Group for a woman. It is going to be messed up by him!”

“There is no way for this. The woman’s identity is the daughter of the old chairman. He did this for her current status. What can we say?”

“Who knows if her identity is true or not? She was found by him, and the relationship with him is still unclear. Who knows if this is his self-directed drama?”

A few people went far, Hazel waited until they got in the elevator, then she took the stairs down.

She sighed heavily, she understood that it would be normal for these directors to be unable to accept her for a while. However, they were questioning her relationship with Joshua, and it made her feel helpless.

Just after she walked out of the Denmark Group, Hazel suddenly saw Mandy rushing to find her.

“Manager Crowe…” Mandy wanted to say something.

“What’s wrong?” Hazel asked strangely. “Why are you rushing over?”

She looked around in a flustered manner and then walked to the nearby cafe with Hazel.

“It’s like this,” Mandy said. “I heard that the headquarters is going to set up an investigation group and go to the coffee factory to investigate, really?”

“Yeah, that really spread really fast.” Hazel smiled and said half-jokingly.

“But reasonably, now you should avoid it and can’t see me.”

“How can they do this…” Mandy said inexplicably.

“Don’t say this,” Hazel said faintly. “Things have already happened. Just let them mess around. And I have confidence.”

“Okay…” Mandy sighed, and she continued. “Right, I still have something to say to you.”

“What?” she asked.

“Susan contacted me. She said that she wants to go back to being her assistant.” Mandy said with some hesitation.

“Ah?” Hazel looked at her with some surprises. “Why would she suddenly call you back?”

“She said that she had no handy assistant who she could believe now. And…” Mandy hesitated and did not say any more.

“And what?” Hazel was somewhat speechless. She really wanted to know how Susan bullied Mandy before and then to call her to come back?

“She said that if I go back, she can ignore the money I owe her,” Mandy said with an ironic smile. “I want to refuse, but I feel embarrassed. After all, she really helped me.”

“Give it to me,” said Hazel. “I will help you settle it.”

“Thank you so much!” Mandy said gratefully. Suddenly, she looked around and lowered her voice. “And, I heard her say that Laura… was dead.”

“What?!” Hazel was shocked.

There was a time that she and Joshua held on to Laura to get to Susan, but they let her go a few days before. How could she have suddenly died?

“I heard that she died very miserably. It is said that she had been found murdered in a chaotic alley. They haven’t found the murderer. Also, Susan and I said that Laura was the person who set the fire. So, she guessed…” Mandy’s facial expression had changed. She hesitated for a while and lowered her voice. “She guessed that it was Joshua who was killed…”

Hazel dug her nails into her palms. She said seriously. “I don’t want to talk about this kind of nonsense. I am saddened by Laura’s experience, but I believe the police will investigate and find the truth.”

“Sorry,” Mandy said quickly. “I didn’t think as much.”

“It doesn’t matter.” Hazel shook his head and smiled.

After saying goodbye to Mandy, Hazel frowned.

Laura was actually dead, she was in a daze. Joshua let Laura go to find the manipulator but was her death an accident, or did the other party discover their intentions and kill her in order not to be found out? If that was the reason, then the manipulator was just too cruel.

Hazel took out her phone to call Joshua and then hesitated. Joshua’s person should have been following Laura, he should know that Laura was murdered, but he didn’t tell her. Presumably, he didn’t want to distract her and wanted her to continue to prepare for graduation.

She did not call him; she realized that if Joshua wanted her to know, he would tell her, and she would just pretend she did not know. However, it all seemed to be too strange, and if she didn’t figure it out, she would always wonder.

Taking a deep breath, Hazel opened her address book and dialed another number.

“Hazel?” The person at the end of the phone was a bit strange. The next moment, he snorted. “I thought that you would never call this number.”

“James, I need to ask for your help.” Hazel hesitated and finally spat the words out.

After the last time James saved her, he left his number to her and told her that she could contact him at any time if she had difficulties. Hazel never thought that she might really need to dial this number.

“You said it.” James’s voice was a bit serious.

“There is a woman, I want you to help me find out how she died,” Hazel said.

“Okay,” James promised her.

Simply telling him Laura’s information, Hazel could not help but ask, “How long does it take?”

“It depends on the specific situation, but -” James asked unexpectedly.

“Why don’t you look to Joshua for help?”

Hazel did not reply, so he knew that she didn’t want to talk about it for some reason. She was quiet but finally said, “And, my parents’ situation, should you check it?”