Ch. 341..350

Chapter 341: You Suspect Him?

“I thought you would’ve kept evading this.” James Howard sighed.

“I never evaded.” Hazel said without fear, “I want to exchange information with you. I can honestly tell you that until now, I held on to my opinion.”

“Oh, I hope you can always stick to it.” James snorted, “I will send the information to your mailbox.”

He quickly sent the information on Marcus Denmark’s car accident.

Hazel looked serious. James’s investigation was indeed meticulous, and he also marked a lot of doubts. However, these doubts could only prove that Marcus’s car accident was likely to have been plotted by someone but absolutely could not prove that this was related to Joshua.

She began to feel even more helpless. James’s misunderstanding of Joshua was so deep that she had nothing to say.

However, she did not expect that James’s action would be so fast. He contacted her the next day.

“You said you found the suspect who killed Laura Young?” Hazel asked in surprise.

“Well, it’s someone you would never think of.” James’s voice was a bit sarcastic.

“Who is it?” Hazel’s heart jumped very hard. She suddenly felt that his answer would upset her.

“Joshua.”

“Impossible!”

Hazel interrupted him almost instantly. How could Laura’s death be related to Joshua?

“Now all the evidence points to Joshua,” James said coldly.

“So, you suspect him?” Hazel frowned, “James, your prejudice against Joshua is extremely deep.”

“I hope it is him,” James snorted, “But I know, he is definitely not the killer.”

Hazel finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Because his actions are not so bad.” He went on to say, “You can rest assured that there is no strong evidence to accuse him. He can deal with it.”

Hazel asked, “Do you know who is framing him?”

“Let’s meet sometime,” James said, and he paused and then continued,

“Some things are better to be discussed face to face.”

“Oh, good.” With some doubts, Hazel still promised him.

Hazel hung up after arranging the time and place to meet with James, almost immediately Mandy Wilson called her.

“Hazel, have you seen the news online?” Mandy said anxiously.

“What’s wrong?” Hazel asked, “I’ve been busy writing my graduation paper.”

“It’s still about Laura. Her murder suddenly made headlines on major websites, and it caused a lot of panics.” Mandy said, “The public should’ve been waiting for the results of the investigation, but someone said that her death was because she had offended Denmark Family…”

Hazel’s eyes went darker, and it turned out to be even more creepy.

Laura suddenly died, and the evidence related to her murder all pointed to Joshua. The police would usually wait until the investigation results come out before releasing the name of a suspect. But now, some people wanted to dominate public opinion and put the blame on Joshua.

Obviously, someone was targeting Joshua and wanted to frame him.

“Those are deliberate rumors.” Hazel said firmly, “Joshua would never have done those things. I believe that the truth will definitely come out soon.”

“I think so too.” Mandy whispered, “Do you have time to meet this evening?”

“Meet?” Hazel was surprised.

“The thing is, I went to see Susan and got some evidence that might prove that Master Joshua is innocent.” Mandy said, “I don’t know if the evidence is useful, but I want to give it to you.”

“What time? Where do you want to meet?” Hazel blinked. She was very interested in such information.

“At 7 o’clock at the South City Bar?” Mandy said.

“Oh?” Hazel was baffled. She and James had agreed to meet at 8 o’clock at the South City Bar. Why did Mandy also pick this place? Did they talk to each other?

However, it could be just a coincidence, but at least she would not have to rush between two places.

“You don’t have time?” Mandy asked with some pity, “If you are not available, then we can meet some other time.”

“Yes, I have the time.” Hazel hurriedly said, “It’s a date. I’ll see you tonight.”

“Good, I will see you tonight.” Mandy hung up.

***

At 7 o’clock, Hazel arrived at the South City Bar, it was just opening, and there were not many people there. She looked around and saw Mandy sitting at the bar, waving her over.

Hazel went to the bar and sat down next to her. Mandy pushed a beautiful drink in front of Hazel and whispered, “Hazel, try this one. It is a special drink only available at this very famous bar. You are able to drink it, I know you can’t have alcohol, so I asked them not to add any.”

“You also know the current situation. I don’t have the mood for this.” Hazel grinned and pushed the cup aside.

“Just relax.” Mandy whispered, “Didn’t you say that those are just rumors? And that is Master Joshua! No one can touch him easily!”

Hazel was still looking upset. She said with some helplessness, “You are right. But after all, we don’t know who the other party is. While they are in the dark, Joshua could be vulnerable. Forget it. You said that you had the evidence. Where is it?”

Mandy put her hand into her pocket, “Here…”

Before Mandy finished her words, a strong man standing behind Hazel suddenly grabbed her shoulders. Hazel swayed and suddenly broke out of his grip. The next moment, she used her skills and slammed the man’s head on the bar counter.

“Hazel, save me!” Mandy was crying in shock beside her.

Hazel looked up and saw another man grabbing Mandy’s arm, ready to take her away. Hazel quickly chased him and knocked him down with a flying kick. Seeing that many people were running towards them, Hazel took Mandy and turned and began running.

“It looks like people are blocking the door of the bar.” Mandy asked with a pale face, “What should we do now?”

“Don’t be afraid!” Hazel said, “Let’s look for another exit!”

“Where is the back door?” Hazel asked.

Mandy pointed in the direction of the back door. Before they could get to it, they saw someone blocking it. Hazel knew she was clearly the target, but she had just arrived. How did they prepared in advance and knew she would be there?

“Go upstairs!” Hazel said.

 

Chapter 342: Who Is Your Boss?

The two ran upstairs to the VIP box area. The attackers hadn’t caught up with them, so Hazel kicked a door open to one of the VIP rooms and pushed Mandy in.

“I will lead them away, you call for help!” Hazel yelled at her and slammed the door. She turned around, and the group of men was only a few feet away.

Hazel ran quickly, she was the one they wanted, and as long as she could lead them away, Mandy would have a chance to find someone to save them.

The men were still chasing behind her, Hazel was trying to run as hard as she could. She didn’t know how long she could hold out, but the longer she stalled them, the better the chance of being saved.

Two people were blocking the hallway in front of her. Hazel’s fingers tightened, and suddenly she picked up a vase from a side table and threw it at them. It landed at their feet and shattered, they looked down for a brief moment, Hazel took the opportunity to run past them.

The two began chasing her in annoyance, Hazel kept picking up the things that were placed in the hallway and threw the items back at them. Soon, Hazel’s path had become a total mess. But the longer the two men kept chasing her, the worse she felt.

According to the damage she produced, the person in charge of the bar should have called the police long ago. However, there was no sign of anyone calling the police or the bar management investigating the commotion. It appeared that even the manager of the bar was working with them.

How could she take on so many people alone? She couldn’t run or fight any longer, and she was surrounded.

They grabbed Hazel and took her to a small room, where she was tied up with a rope. They figured since she was a woman, they didn’t have to be very cautious when it came to her.

She looked around, and her body suddenly went cold. Two guys were installing cameras in the room. She thought since they wanted to record it all, they probably wouldn’t let her go. However, she shouldn’t be going to give up easily.

“Who is your boss?” Hazel held her fingers tightly and asked, “We can talk. If you want money, I can give it to you!”

“This girl seems to be a bit interesting. She actually wants to talk to us about the conditions!” One of the men snorted and reached for Hazel’s chin. Hazel dodged his hand in disgust.

“Bitch, why are you acting so tough?” The man slapped Hazel and shouted in frustration, “I am telling you, you can just relax now because you are going to give it to every single one of us in a few minutes! Rest assured, we will be very good and will record everything while you are in action with us. Then we will send the pictures to your man. I really want to see the expression on his face when he watches the video!”

Hazel’s eyes went a little cold. The one behind the scene was really dirty, and the men obviously didn’t plan to let her go. She had to pull herself together so that she could find a chance to escape.

“Who sent you here?” She asked slowly, “At the very least, let me know who I have offended?”

“It’s okay to tell you anyway.” Another man said coldly, “Your man sent someone to kill our boss’s girl. You should know her, her name was Laura. Now, how can we let you go?”

Hazel suddenly realized that she was caught in a really dangerous situation.

“Then let me see your boss!” Hazel said, “Laura’s death has nothing to do with me. Let me talk to him!”

“You don’t want to play tricks! Our boss won’t see you. Give up fighting now!” One of them said he couldn’t wait to go forward and take off Hazel’s clothes.

Hazel looked at him coldly and suddenly broke free of the rope wrapped around her hand. She had hidden a piece of glass from a broken vase in her hand and secretly cut the rope binding her. She had wanted to wait for a better time, but she was running out of options.

Hazel flipped her wrist around. The man was in shock and didn’t have time to react. Hazel grabbed him and held the glass to his throat, “Get out of my way now!”

Everyone was shocked, but they still had no intention of letting her go.

“I’ll see if you really got the guts to kill me! I don’t see that in you at all!” The man held hostage by Hazel shouted.

“Shut up!” Hazel put more pressure on his neck, and he stopped speaking.

Even though the hostage was becoming more frightened, the others still wouldn’t let her go. Hazel was feeling helpless. There were too many of them. She couldn’t get past them by fighting.

“Oh! Great, I didn’t expect this bitch to be really difficult to deal with!” One of them said wickedly. Suddenly, he thought of something. He sneered and threw a mobile phone on the floor, “Hey, bitch! Take a look. What is this?”

“What did you do to her?!” Hazel’s pupils suddenly shrank. It was Mandy’s cell phone.

She had been stalling them so that someone could get there to help her, but there was no one on their way. It looked like Mandy had been caught too.

“How? Of course, a few of us are having a good time with her! You can rest assured, you will be indispensable!” The man yelled, “Do you still expect others to save you? Let me tell you something, today not even God can save your ass! ”

Hazel was feeling extremely guilty. The gang of attackers was targeting her, and Mandy was innocently dragged into the situation. She sighed, “I will let this man go, but first, you must let her go!”

“Bitch, do you think you have the grounds to talk about conditions?” The man sneered, “Now let my brother go, or I will make sure the girl suffers!”

Hazel’s fingers were slightly stiff. She was really backed into a corner, if she chose to continue holding the man hostage, Mandy would suffer more. However, if she gave up, there was no chance to fight for either her or Mandy. They wouldn’t let her go, and there was no way that Joshua could save her since he hadn’t been informed.

Hazel slowly took her hand away from the man’s neck. The man was happy to be released. He turned to subdue Hazel, but just as he turned around, there was a pain in his lower abdomen. He grabbed his stomach and fell down, rolling on the ground.

 

Chapter 343: Don’t Blame Yourself

Out of the corner of her eye, Hazel saw that sneak attack the man was planning, so she looked around quickly, grabbed a bottle of beer from a table, and without hesitation, slammed it on the head of the man beside her.

She had to try every means necessary to save both herself and Mandy. Giving up without a fight was definitely not her style. The group around her didn’t know how to react, they thought she had surrendered and never expected that she would keep fighting.

“Catch her!” someone yelled, and a few men surrounded her.

As skillful as Hazel was, there was no way that her first and fee could keep them away from her. The circle around her was getting smaller, and she was becoming more and more desperate.

Suddenly, the door of the room was kicked open. Everyone looked at the door, only to see a figure rush in and hit them. There was a burst of painful grunts, and the men fell to the ground.

Hazel was relieved, she expected to see Joshua, but the one who was there to save her was actually James. She and James had planned to meet at the bar, and thankfully James arrived early.

His combat skills were unbelievable, and he had the group incapacitated in no time.

“Let’s go.” James yelled to her, “My friends have subdued the men outside.”

“Wait!” Hazel hurriedly, “I have a friend here. Let’s go find her!”

James’s look became a little unpredictable. He suddenly asked, “You never thought about why you were caught in distress this time? Who told you to come here, and why would someone plan it earlier to deal with you? You really haven’t guessed who it is that leaked your whereabouts? And you still haven’t figured out even if you called for help, you really had no chance?”

“What are you saying?” Hazel frowned unhappily.

“You are really like your parents.” James said with annoyance and some helplessness in his voice, “You trust someone so easily!”

“I just don’t want to accuse anyone maliciously,” Hazel said lightly.

James didn’t say anything more but took her to one of the VIP rooms. If

she remembered it correctly, this box was the one she told Mandy to hide in. She opened the door and saw that Mandy was standing alone at the window. When hearing the sound of the door, Mandy turned her head with a little surprise.

“Mandy, how are you? Are you okay?” Hazel hurriedly asked.

At the moment of seeing Hazel, Mandy was flustered in her eyes. She looked at Hazel incredulously. The next moment, she quickly squeezed a smile and said with her eyes flushed, “Hazel, you are okay? That’s so good! They came in, took my cell phone, and locked me here. They also threatened me, saying that they would break my leg and destroy me if I ran away. I was really scared…”

That said, Mandy started crying in fear.

“Don’t be afraid. Everything is fine now.” Hazel whispered and gave her phone back to her, “By the way, where is the evidence you said?”

Mandy’s body was slightly stiff for a moment, and then she said in a gloomy tone, “Sorry, the evidence was taken by them…”

“It doesn’t matter, as long as you are fine.” Hazel didn’t ask much and said faintly, “Let’s go.”

After that, Hazel turned and walked toward the door. Looking at her back, a complex light flashed in Mandy’s eyes.

“Hazel!” Mandy suddenly called to stop her.

“What’s wrong?” Hazel stopped.

Mandy looked down and said slyly, “I am still scared. Can you take me home?”

Hazel looked at her deeply and said, “Well, where do you live?”

“My original rental has expired, and I have not found a suitable house for the time being, so I am staying at a hotel.” Mandy said quickly, “The hotel is nearby, not far from here, so I asked you to meet here. But I didn’t expect this to happen…”

“Nothing, don’t blame yourself,” Hazel said calmly, “They seemed to be doing things for Laura. They were prepared, and we were surprised by them.”

“Thanks for not blaming me…” Mandy whispered, and she looked up at James standing next to Hazel and asked, “Will he go with us too?”

“Yeah.” Hazel nodded, “His skills are excellent. If he is with us, we will be safer.”

Hazel and James took Mandy to a nearby hotel.

Mandy went back to her room and invited them to come in and sit. Hazel looked at the room. The room here was not too big, the typical hotel layout.

“Hazel, drink some coffee.” Mandy came with three cups of coffee.

“Thank you.” Hazel smiled and picked up the cup, and took a sip. James also picked up a cup and drank it without hesitation.

“Hazel, I am so sorry.” Mandy also took a sip of her cup of coffee and said, “I didn’t expect to encounter this kind of thing…”

“I told you not to apologize, right?” Hazel smiled faintly, but this smile didn’t reach the bottom of her eyes.

Suddenly, Mandy’s cell phone rang. Mandy took the call, and she apologized to them, “Sorry, Hazel, I’m going downstairs to collect an express delivery.”

“Do you need me to accompany you?” Hazel asked faintly, “Are you not afraid anymore?”

“It’s okay.” Mandy hurriedly shook her head, “The security of this hotel is very good. There are surveillance and security everywhere. I’ll just pick up the delivery. It should be nothing.”

“Well, go ahead then,” Hazel said faintly.

Mandy hurried out of the room and closed the door heavily.

She stood at the door and slowly raised her head. At that moment, Mandy turned into a completely different person. She was normally a shy, introverted girl who was easy to be bullied, but her entire personality changed.

Mandy let out a cold sneer, listening to the movement in the room. She heard the shattering of two cups, she smiled proudly. Even if Hazel could escape from the bar, she still fell into her hands.

Mandy went to the next room and took out her phone to call Joshua.

“Master Joshua, I beg you. Come and save Hazel.” Mandy said with a cry,

“She is in Room 282 of the Victoria Hotel, please come soon, ah-!”

After saying that, Mandy hung up and turned her phone off. Then, singing a little song under her breath, she took off her bulky glasses and pushed her thick bangs back from her forehead. She looked in the mirror, the face looking back resembled Hazel.

 

Chapter 344: Mandy’s Game

Joshua hurried to the hotel. He pushed the door open and saw the entire room was dark. He reached out and pressed the switch at the door, but the lights in the room seemed to be broken.

“Joshua…”

There was a charming voice in the room that sounded very similar to Hazel’s voice.

“Hazel, is that you?”

With the aid of the light from the door, Joshua quickly walked over to the bed. A slender and pale arm stretched out from the quilt and gently touched Joshua’s chest. “Joshua, save me… I am so hot…”

Under the dim light, her face looked exactly like Hazel’s.

“I will take you to the doctor.” Joshua was going to hug her.

But “Hazel” grabbed his arm tightly and whispered, “I don’t want to see a doctor… Don’t… I was drugged… It’s so hot, I can’t stand it. Please help me…”

Joshua was somewhat embarrassed, “No…”

“Please, Joshua, I’m feeling so bad…” The “Hazel” on the bed reached out to undo his buttons.

Joshua suddenly caught her hands and asked with a pair of dark eyes, “Hazel, think it over. Do you really want to do that?”

“I want you…” She whispered.

“Remember what you said!” Joshua leaned down and slowly approached her.

The person in the bed was none other than Mandy. She had already adapted to the darkness of the room, and she could clearly see Joshua’s handsome face. As he was getting closer and closer, Mandy’s heartbeat ramped up.

Just as he was about to kiss Mandy, Joshua’s face suddenly turned cold. He suddenly pushed Mandy off the bed. Although she fell on the soft carpet, she was stunned. She asked in Hazel’s tone, softly and puzzled, “Joshua?”

Joshua came to her and looked at her condescendingly.

“How long do you want to keep playing this game?”

Mandy suddenly went cold as if struck by the chilly winter wind. Was she exposed? How was it possible?!

She had been trying to imitate Hazel’s every move for the entire month she spent with her. Except for the trivial difference in looks, she could proudly say that even if Hazel were present in this dim light situation, no one would be able to identify who was the real Hazel between them.

But how did Joshua find out? He even looked like he knew it from the beginning. The lights in the room were suddenly turned on, and the room was so bright that Mandy involuntarily closed her eyes.

She was still doing the final struggle and asked awkwardly, “I, I am Hazel. What are you talking about…”

Joshua looked at her performance coldly. Mandy couldn’t say anything now.

“Do you really think I can’t recognize you? Now speak, who are you working for?” He asked indifferently, “What is your purpose of spending time around Hazel? What do you want to gain by changing your face to look like Hazel with some cosmetic surgery?”

“I don’t understand what you are talking about!” Mandy gritted, “I’ve been looking like this all the time! I did not do the surgery! How… how did you find out?”

Joshua glanced at her in disgust and said coldly, “If Hazel were really drugged, she would not have encouraged me, but she would push me away.”

He clearly remembered the experience when Hazel was drugged before.

What’s more, they made the “three rules” between them, and Hazel would certainly abide by it. Although Hazel really liked to tease him and then run away when he was feeling hot, she would not cross the line because there was an agreement between them.

Mandy sneered unwillingly and said sarcastically, “It seems that you really don’t know her. After all, she is now in bed with another man!”

“Really? ”

There was the sound of footsteps in the hallway, Hazel calmly stood in the doorway, and she looked at Mandy with a complicated expression. Mandy was looking pretty and dazzling, almost to the point that Hazel couldn’t recognize her.

Mandy looked at her and James behind her with surprise. Their clothes were neat and tidy, and they looked completely normal. It was clear that nothing happened! Mandy asked incredulously, “How can you be okay?”

“So, did you really try to drug me?” A bit of pain flashed in Hazel’s eyes.

“No! I didn’t do it!” Mandy gritted, “Susan gave me that coffee! If there was any problem, you should find her! I also drank it, and I began to feel that something was wrong. ……”

“Enough of your acting!” Hazel looked at Mandy indifferently, like watching a stranger. It turned out that Mandy had been trying to destroy Hazel. She even blamed Susan for what she had done.

“You didn’t drink the coffee?” Mandy said, “You began suspecting me long ago, right?”

“You are wrong.” Hazel shook her head slowly, “I hadn’t even doubted you in the bar.”

Mandy was a bit stunned.

“Maybe you don’t believe this. Joshua reminded me to be vigilant about you very early, and I didn’t listen to him.” Hazel sighed slowly, “When you were with Susan, you actually helped her with the planning, right? According to Susan’s IQ, it’s difficult for her to come up with a detailed plan, but you are different.”

“You are very smart. Last time, you saved me from Henry Flores because you must have received the news that Joshua had returned, knowing that your plan was destined to fail, so you deliberately arranged a play to win over my trust.”

“Then you deliberately plotted to let me see you being bullied. When I sent you to the hospital, you gave me a video from the hotel and let me feel I owed you again.”

“I don’t know if our encounter at the watch store last time was a coincidence, or you deliberately arranged it too? In short, you lost your job because of me, and I could only take you with me. As for the arson, did you self-direct it too? You didn’t expect that we would find Laura so quickly, so you killed her and tried to frame Joshua and used this to destroy my relationship with Joshua.”

“But all you did was totally useless against me, so you had no other choice but to ask me to come to South City Bar and set me up so that I would be totally destroyed in the hands of those people. Luckily, I escaped again, and even the first thing I thought of after I broke free was your safety. But you saw your plan didn’t work, so you tried to drug James and me and wanted to direct another show. Am I missing anything?”

 

Chapter 345: Another Predator

“Hazel, you, what are you talking about? None of these situations have anything to do with me. I have been working hard to help you. How can you think about these things?” Mandy said nervously, her face pale and terrified.

Mandy absolutely could not admit Hazel’s allegations, it involved taking a human life. How could she bear it? But the one that still surprised her the most was Hazel.

Mandy had been with Hazel for so long. In fact, she somewhat despised Hazel. Although Hazel had her talent in the business, she wasn’t good at any intrigue. Mandy laughed at her so many times, but she didn’t even doubt the people around her.

But now, Hazel actually guessed everything she did precisely. Hazel clenched her fingers hard. She and Mandy got along with each other for so long. How could she not notice some of her abnormalities? She didn’t doubt Mandy, just because she didn’t want to. But in the end, Mandy lost all of her trust as she continued plotting.

Hazel was both feeling angry and hurt. She looked at Mandy’s face, it was so similar to her own, she could not waste any more of her emotions on her.

Mandy was really hidden very well. Usually, she wore a rustic dress, thick bangs, and big black-rimmed glasses. She always tried to cover up most of her face. It turned out that she did that just because she was afraid that others would discover her true looks.

“Mandy, your mind is very thoughtful. Even if it is a small operation, you find a good shield in advance. But how can there be no malfunction in your detailed actions? I never doubted you, not because I didn’t sense any deviation, just because I didn’t want to speculate about people around me.” Hazel said coldly, “I am just very curious now, why did you want to make yourself look like me?”

Mandy glared at Hazel. She raised her face proudly, “This is what I look like all the time!”

Hazel was a little embarrassed. Mandy did not go through cosmetic surgery? Then why does Mandy’s face look so similar to her? And, by looking at Mandy closely, Hazel had a kind of inexplicable familiar feeling…

“Hazel, I also have been wondering why you look exactly like me?” Mandy suddenly sneered. Since the lights in the room were turned on, Mandy had kept her hands on her chest. But now, she slowly put her hands down, revealing the place on her chest.

Almost subconsciously, Hazel looked at her chest. Hazel’s pupils shrunk, and she became pale. On Mandy’s chest, there was actually a plum blossom birthmark exactly like hers. There was no doubt that Mandy’s birthmark was exactly the same as the birthmark on her, in both position and size.

Joshua was also somewhat surprised. Mandy actually had the same birthmark as Hazel, which he didn’t think of at all. He looked at James, and the two exchanged eye contact.

Mandy’s eyes became a bit more hateful, and she said disgustingly, “Now look, you are the fake!”

Hazel was shaken when she looked at the birthmark, and their faces looking very similar, Hazel began to question her life.

If Mandy didn’t have any surgery, how could she look exactly like Hazel? How could there be such a coincidence in the world?

“You really surprised me.” Joshua said coldly, “The people behind you are very capable hands. How many years have you been planning these things? Five years? Ten years? But fake is fake, it cannot be real anyway.”

“Joshua, why do you think I am a fake?!” Mandy’s face turned blue. She said reluctantly, “Don’t you think about it, Hazel is fake, and someone plotted for you to meet her?!”

Hazel was inexplicably in a little panic. She looked at Joshua in an upset. What would Joshua think?

Suddenly, he grabbed her hand.

“Hazel, don’t think too much.” He whispered, “I found you myself, and I don’t doubt you.”

The warmth from his fingertips and his deep eyes made Hazel feel at ease.

“Joshua, that’s unfair! What you found cannot be fake? So, you mean what I found is a fake?” A steady voice came from the door. Then, Fred Cohen came in. He went to Mandy and helped her put on her clothes. Was it actually Fred? Hazel was feeling worse, but Joshua seemed to be totally calm.

“Director Cohen, does that mean you have been instructing Mandy all along?” Joshua’s eyes sharpened.

“Instructing?” Fred sneered, and he helped Mandy stand up. “Joshua, don’t think about using this method to deny the identity of Mandy. I can tell you clearly, Mandy is the real child of Marcus and Cate! They were my best friends. So, for many years, I have been helping them find their lost daughter. Fortunately, I finally found Mandy.”

Hazel felt dizzy. She never thought one day someone would tell her that she was not the daughter of the Denmark Family and that someone else was. However, if she was not the daughter of the Denmark Family, who were her biological parents?

“You said that Mandy is the daughter of my foster parents?” Joshua sneered too, “Then why didn’t you tell me when you found her?”

“Of course, because I don’t trust you!” Fred said quietly, “You have got everything from the Denmark Family. Who knows if you are willing to hand it over or what you will do to Mandy? So, I could only send her to Susan, thinking that she would meet Sunny first. Sunny is her aunt, so maybe she would help her.”

“But Susan is another predator. If she found out Mandy’s identity, maybe she would not let her go! I did not expect when I was still thinking of measures to take, you actually found a fake daughter of the Denmark Family. You clearly wanted to occupy the property of the Denmark Family alone! Joshua, how do you expect me to believe in you?”

“So, that’s why you let Mandy get close to Hazel undercover?” Joshua asked indifferently. What Fred said didn’t make any sense, in his opinion.

“What undercover?” Fred sneered, “Mandy is a good-hearted child. Even if she knew her true identity, she would not accept my assistance. She just wanted to use her abilities to survive. But now Mandy comes to you because it’s Heaven’s order!”

 

Chapter 346: Do You Have Evidence?

“Joshua, since you now know of Mandy’s existence, I can only get justice for her!” Fred said righteously, “I will gather the board of directors and announce Mandy’s identity to them! We will see you later!”

Fred was getting ready to leave with Mandy.

“Are you going to leave like this?” Joshua looked at him coldly. Mandy repeatedly set Hazel up; he was not going just to let her walk away.

“Hey, what do you want?!” Fred snorted. He seemed determined to confront Joshua to the end.

“Old man,” James said coldly, “She had a bunch of punks try to destroy Hazel, and she even tried to drug Hazel and me! You think we would let her go so easily?”

“Do you have evidence?” Fred said arrogantly.

James’s face became ugly, and according to Mandy’s careful personality, he was afraid that it was difficult to find any direct evidence related to her. But if they let her go, it would be a way too convenient for her.

“Joshua, make your bodyguards move out of the way!” Fred said more arrogantly.

Fred knew Joshua’s temper very well. Joshua would not make a rash move without evidence, and he wouldn’t embarrass a woman. That’s why he suggested that Mandy should seduce him so boldly, and even if she failed, he could show up and come to the rescue.

“You really are shameless!” James said, “Do you take it for granted that Joshua won’t do anything to you? But your plan is not going to work anyway. If he doesn’t hold you accountable, I will!”

Before anyone could say anything, James slapped Mandy across the face.

“This slap is for Hazel.” James looked terrible. “You vicious bitch! Hazel saved you, and you still wanted to harm her!”

“You, you…” Mandy covered her cheeks and stared at him incredulously.

“How can you hit a woman?!” Fred looked at James, flustered. James was too fast, and he couldn’t react at all, there was no way to stop it.

“Who told you that I wouldn’t beat a woman?” James sneered. Suddenly, he threw a heavy punch at Fred’s lower abdomen. “This punch is for you! You dare to say that I am Joshua’s bodyguard again, I will beat the hell out of you! Now get lost!”

Fred’s face went blue, he realized why James was annoyed. Joshua looked like he couldn’t control James at all, and he didn’t say anything.

Looking like a wandering dog, Fred picked Mandy up and quickly fled. Seeing the two of them running out of the hotel room, James was even more unhappy.

“Joshua, you actually let them go?”

Joshua faintly snorted, not saying anything.

Fred held Mandy and rushed to the elevator. They were frightened by James and wanted to leave without any more conflict.

The elevator seemed to be taking forever. They finally let out a sigh when the door started to open. They were just about to walk in, but their expressions immediately changed when a group of reporters almost trampled them.

There was the fury of questions and flashing cameras bombarding Mandy and Fred.

Mandy’s face turned white. She only had Fred’s coat covering her body. She had been busy fleeing and had no time to put her clothes on. If she was photographed like that, people would definitely misunderstand their relationship.

She swiftly tightened the coat around her body and protected her face.

“No pictures! No pictures!” Fred snarled, waving his hand to block his face. But the reports kept asking questions.

“Director Cohen, you have always been called the face of the Denmark Family. But this time, you are coming in and out of the hotel with a woman who is about the same age as your daughter. What is your relationship?”

“Director Cohen, you have always claimed to have a good relationship with your wife. Does she know you came here with this woman?”

“It looks like this girl has been slapped on her face. Is your wife nearby?”

These speculations were undoubtedly saying he was having an affair with Mandy. If he let these reports spread, it would be really bad for both of them.

“What are you talking about?!” Fred yelled, “We are not in that kind of relationship! She is a daughter of L…”

“I am not. I am not!” Before Fred finished, Mandy immediately interrupted him.

Fred sobered up. If he revealed Mandy’s identity at this time, then when they held the board meeting, other directors might question his purpose with the reports.

Almost in an instant, he understood why there were so many reports and why they were asking really interesting questions, it was as if they had rehearsed them. It had to have been Joshua, only he could pull off something like that to totally humiliate him.

He never looked down on Joshua, but when he really faced Joshua in person, Fred still felt that his age and experience couldn’t help him much.

“I warn you, if you dare to report anything, just wait for the lawyer’s letter!”

Fred did not speak anymore. He reached out to help block Mandy’s face and then pushed past a reporter to go down the stairs.

“Director Cohen, have you admitted it with silence?”

“Director Cohen, you threaten us because you care so much about this woman?”

The reporters were not going to give up, they began to chase after Fred and Mandy. The few bodyguards that Fred had with him were outnumbered by the reporters, so there was no stopping them.

Joshua, Hazel, and James walked out of the room and watched the noisy scene.

James still looked indifferent. He said coldly to Joshua, “Sure enough, this is you.”

“You told those reporters to come over?” Hazel looked at Joshua in confusion.

“Yeah,” Joshua said faintly, “Let’s go home now.”

“Oh…” Hazel didn’t say much.

The three of them quietly waited for the elevator. When they got in, Hazel could hold back any longer and ask, “You two, did you know Mandy’s plot from the beginning, so you joined forces with each other?”

“How could I join him?” James didn’t even look at Joshua. He said, dissatisfied, “I just wanted to protect you.”

“I did know that Mandy was a problem.” Joshua said faintly, “I also found that she went to South City Bar several times to arrange the workforce. I guessed she was targeting you. However, if I appeared, she would probably continue to lurk beside you. So, I found James and let him steal the show.”

 

Chapter 347: Bad App

Hazel stood quietly and thought it was true. Indeed, if it was Joshua who showed up to save her, Mandy would have been alerted and would have chosen to continue playing a good and harmless assistant.

However, when Mandy saw it was James, she would seize the opportunity to harm her. No wonder James and Mandy made the appointment in the same place. It turned out that Joshua and James were prepared.

Hazel also realized that she hadn’t paid attention to James’s reminder. If Mandy was actually staying at the hotel, it was kind of suspicious, there was no sign of life at all. There were no clothes and daily necessities anywhere in the room, she couldn’t comprehend how she believed Mandy lived there.

They guessed the beginning, but they could not guess the ending. After they walked out the door of the hotel, James called Hazel.

“What?” Hazel looked at him blankly.

James slapped his own face, his face started turning red.

“What are you doing?” Hazel was shocked.

“Sorry,” James said, “In fact, Joshua told me to hurry to save you, but because I hate him, I was late. I didn’t expect you to be caught in danger and take a slap.”

Joshua reached out his fingers and stroked Hazel’s cheek.

“It’s okay,” Hazel said with a shallow smile. She said with emotion, “I was not hurt in the end. You came just in time, and it also made me see how ruthless Mandy was.”

Mandy actually wanted the group of men to take turns raping her while they took pictures. She couldn’t help but feel furious every time she thought of it.

After saying goodbye to James, Hazel and Joshua drove home to Denmark Residence, Hazel said nothing while they drove, and she had an awkward look when they pulled in the driveway.

“I am a little tired. I am going to go lay down.” Hazel opened the door to her room and tried to shut it behind her, but Joshua squeezed in.

“Hazel?” He closed the door and looked at her with some concern, “What are you thinking about?”

Hazel looked up at Joshua blankly.

“Joshua,” Hazel said with some anxiety, “Could you have made a mistake?”

“What’s wrong?” Joshua’s eyes went a little darker, “Are you saying that I found the wrong daughter for the Denmark Family?”

“Is it not possible?” Hazel was somewhat entangled, “Could there be such a coincidence? I just had the same birthmark as her, and both of us happened to be orphans… So, when you were looking for the daughter of Denmark Family, you made a mistake.”

“There is no such possibility, and there is no such coincidence.” Joshua said firmly, “Even if there is such a coincidence, it could only have been arranged by someone.”

“But, I thought about it. When I met Mandy, she always seemed to look like that. She probably did not have surgery.” Hazel couldn’t help but frown, “Do you want to say that she had done cosmetic surgery before she met me?”

“Could be.” Joshua’s look was a bit more serious.

If that’s the case, it only showed that Fred had started planning this thing very early, even before he knew Hazel or earlier.

“But,” Hazel looked a little hesitant, and she whispered, “Don’t you think that she looks more like…”

She didn’t finish the sentence, but Mandy looked more like Cate Denmark than her, which was why she sensed a familiarity when she saw Mandy.

“What?” Joshua asked.

“Nothing.” Hazel shook her head. Suddenly, her eyes lit up. “Yes! I know there is a mobile app. We can input the photos of a man and a woman in it, and the app can predict what their children look like! Let’s try it!”

That said, Hazel took out her mobile phone and started downloading the app, Joshua knew there was no point in trying to stop her.

After she quickly downloaded the app, Hazel took photos of Marcus and Cate. After scanning their photos, a composite photo showed up on her phone.

Hazel couldn’t wait to see it. The next moment, her face became pale.

Although she and Mandy only resembled each other by 70%-80%, with the predicted photo of Marcus and Cate’s daughter, Mandy was a 90% match!

The result left Hazel feeling even more upset.

“Bad app!” She threw her phone into the bed.

Joshua’s eyes narrowed. He picked up the phone on the bed, looked at the photo, and began pondering.

“You think she is more like their daughter, right?” Hazel almost cried.

She had lived with the Crowe family for twenty more years, then suddenly, one day, Joshua told her about her true parents. Although her biological parents were very good people, she took a long time to digest and accept this fact. But when she finally got mentally prepared, someone suddenly told her that she was not the daughter of the Denmark Family and she was a fake.

What was wrong with these people? It’s not that she was eager to be the daughter of the Denmark Family. Why did her identity have to be decided by others? Thinking of everything, Hazel’s chest felt heavy. She was so frustrated that she took the phone and began to pack her things.

“What are you doing?” Joshua grabbed her arm helplessly.

“You let go!” Hazel’s voice trembled, and she resisted the urge to cry. “I am not necessarily the daughter of the Denmark Family anyway. Then why should I stay here? I’ll go back to school anyway… Well! ”

Joshua stopped her with a kiss gentle like a breeze, comforting Hazel’s wounded heart.

“Stop saying these stupid things.” Joshua whispered, “Hazel, you are the daughter of the Denmark Family. There is no doubt about that.”

“Joshua, you don’t have to comfort me.” Hazel’s voice was a little choked.

“You have been looking at the photo too. Don’t you think she is more likely than me to be the daughter of the Denmark Family?”

“Who said that?” Joshua said softly. “I think she had surgery, according to the photo.”

“Ah?” Hazel said blankly.

 

Chapter 348: My Heart Is Beating Because Of You

It turned out that Joshua had been looking at the photo for that reason. She couldn’t help but take out her phone and check the photo again.

She and Mandy only resembled each other by 70-80%. But she was only 50-60% percent match with the photo. If Mandy did the surgery based on this photo, it was not impossible.

“But this kind of photo is just a prediction. It doesn’t mean anything, right?” Hazel frowned.

Joshua said, “If they started planning it from a very early age, what would they do? First, they made a photo that best matched the parents and then arranged the cosmetic surgery for Mandy based on the photo. When it was appropriate, they would introduce Mandy to everyone. However, perhaps they didn’t expect that I would find you first, so they had to rush to send Mandy to your side.”

Hazel felt dizzy. She was beginning to doubt her life, and she suddenly felt very tired. She had been carefree, and no matter what happens, she could solve it, but suddenly, everything had changed.

Her identity blocked the way for too many people, involving too many interests, naturally accompanied by endless plots and intrigue. She was really not made for this kind of thing.

“I’m a little tired…” Hazel whispered. “Joshua, go away. I want to sleep.”

“Together?” He whispered.

“What?” Hazel looked up and looked at him in confusion.

When the Crowe family was there, they were keeping a close eye on them, the two of them didn’t even have the chance to talk alone. However, when they saw that Hazel was busy with her work, her foster parents gave her the greatest understanding and support and left and returned to S City.

Since they had left, she was busy almost every day. Joshua had been considerate and did not make any moves, but now he wanted to sleep with her. Although they had shared the same bed more than once, Joshua rarely teased her so aggressively.

“You don’t understand?” Joshua suddenly twitched his lips. The next moment, he held Hazel and fell to the bed.

Looking straight into his deep pupils, Hazel only felt her heart was about to jump out of her mouth. She hurriedly put her hands against his chest. “Wait! Don’t forget…”

Joshua blinked, and he reached out and placed his fingers gently on Hazel’s lips. Hazel had an awkward look on her face. Joshua’s fingers had moved away, gently stroking her cheeks. He gently took Hazel’s hand and placed it on his chest.

“Hazel,” He whispered. “Do you understand? My heart is beating because of you.”

The gentle and pleasant words lingered in her ears. Hazel only felt hot, and her heart was full of sweetness. Perhaps, Joshua saw her uneasiness.

Hazel smiled lightly, rubbing his chest gently with her hand.

“I feel it…” Hazel gently drew a circle on his chest with her index finger.

Suddenly, she reached out with both hands and pushed Joshua away. She forced him out the door and said, “Okay! You should get some rest now. Don’t think about taking the opportunity to do anything. Good night!”

She slammed the door in his face, he felt helpless. Hazel had chased him out, he was worried about her, but she always hid unpleasant things in her heart, dealing with it all on her own.

However, he could do nothing if she wouldn’t talk. He could only pay attention to her and hope she could get through the night without a problem.

Hazel was leaning against the door. She knew if she hadn’t pushed him out, she would have done something with him, something she might regret.

She could not take it while he teased her, she wanted him to be on top of her. However, she still had to remember the three rules.

Hazel cheerfully sang a song and went to get a shower, and then crawled into bed. Suddenly, the happy feelings began to disappear.

Joshua had been comforting her all the time because he believed that she was true, and Mandy was a cosmetic fake. But what if… if there really was a coincidence that there actually were two people in the world who shared exactly the same plum blossom birthmark?

What if… if she really was not the daughter of the Denmark Family?

She never thought about it before, but now, that was the only question in her head. Hazel’s heart was heavy, she didn’t want to think about it, but she couldn’t stop it. Her relationship with Joshua seemed to have started because of her identity. If her identity was not authentic, then what would happen to them?

Hazel laid in bed, tossing and turning, not getting much sleep. She managed to sleep for a little while, but her alarm clock went off. She was keeping a regular schedule and didn’t want to change it, so she reluctantly climbed out of bed. When she finished washing and brushing, she went downstairs.

“Why don’t you try to sleep some more?” Joshua looked at her exhausted face and asked.

“I can’t sleep,” Hazel said with a moody tone. Seeing that Joshua was dressed formally in his suit, she couldn’t help but ask, “Are you going out for business?”

“Well,” Joshua hesitated for a second and then decided to tell her, “Fred called the directors and wanted to have a board meeting today.”

“Then wait for me. I will go too.” Hazel hurriedly said.

“Hazel, you don’t have to be so stubborn…” Joshua sighed.

Hazel shook her head. “I belong to the circle, right? And it wouldn’t be strange if I am not here?”

Joshua didn’t want Hazel to have to face everything. Similarly, she didn’t want Joshua to face it alone, either. She was also party concerned, and she could not stay behind him forever.

“Well, let’s go together.” His eyes flashed lightly.

After breakfast, Joshua and Hazel drove to Denmark Group, and just as they walked into the conference room, Fred also aggressively walked in with Mandy.

Hazel was a bit surprised, Mandy had been working with her for a month. She thought she knew her, but then she saw a total stranger. Mandy had always worn unsuitable big black-rimmed glasses and covered most of her face with her hair. However, she looked really gorgeous with makeup and delicate clothing.

 

Chapter 349: Why did they come?

Mandy’s temperament was entirely different than before. The Mandy that worked with her was an easy target to bully, but now she was looking sharp from head to toe.

While Hazel was watching Mandy indifferently, Mandy was looking at Hazel confrontationally. Fred led Mandy to the conference table and sat down. Just as things started to settle down, the door to the conference room opened again, and Sunny came in with Susan.

Hazel was a little surprised. Why did they come?

“Sunny also has some shares in the Denmark Family,” Joshua whispered as if he had read Hazel’s mind.

Hazel was amazed. But even if Sunny had no shares, she would have probably shown up anyway. Susan also saw Mandy, she snorted and then gave her a disgusted look.

When all the attendees arrived, Fred took the initiative to stand up. He said with a serious look, “Ladies and gentlemen, today, I want to introduce you to someone. By seeing her resemblance, I think you must have already understood what’s going on, right?”

That said, Mandy stood up in due course.

“She, she really looks like…”

The crowd couldn’t help but burst into whispers of astonishment. As the whispering continued throughout the conference room, people snuck a look at Hazel. However, Joshua sat there, making them afraid to talk about anything.

“Directors of the board,” Mandy said slowly and politely, completely without arrogance while she was looking at Hazel a moment ago, “My name is Mandy. About half a year ago, Director Cohen found me. He told me that he had investigated my information and helped me find my biological parents. And my biological parents are Marcus Denmark and Cate Denmark.”

To the directors, the statement undoubtedly sounded like something out of a movie. They already knew about Hazel, but now another daughter of the Denmark family emerged. One was the true daughter, and the other must be an imposter.

Everyone was talking about it, but no one dared to say anything too loudly. They couldn’t help but look at Joshua and Hazel, but the two were looking really calm as if they had never heard Mandy.

After Mandy sat down and everyone got quiet, Fred opened his mouth again and narrated how hard he had been searching for Denmark’s daughter for years. After a lot of hardships and disappointments, he finally found Mandy six months ago.

After comparing a variety of information, he finally confirmed her identity, and she was the lost daughter of the Denmark family.

Then Fred looked at Joshua and said, “Joshua, you have been cheated! Mandy is the daughter of the Denmark family, and Hazel is just a woman of unknown origin! You should check the information. If you refuse to check, I have to wonder if you have other plans!”

Everyone was in awe. Even though Fred didn’t say it directly, he was undoubtedly implying that Joshua deliberately found a fake daughter of Denmark’s family in order to keep Denmark’s property.

Looking at everyone’s expressions, Joshua suddenly twitched his lips, “Your bedtime storytelling ability is great.”

The atmosphere of the entire conference room suddenly loosened.

Even if they had had more doubts before, when they heard Joshua, they felt that Fred’s previous accusations seemed completely unreasonable.

“Okay, let me say a few words.” Sunny spoke indifferently, “I am the most familiar with my sister and brother-in-law and the closest person to them. I should have a say in this matter, do I?”

The crowd suddenly calmed down, and Joshua looked at her deeply.

“Fred, this girl looks really like my sister.” Sunny looks at Mandy blankly.

Fred looked a little prouder.

“But in the same way, Hazel also looks similar to my brother-in-law.” Sunny said, “Just judging from their looks, it’s hard to say who is true or not. Do you have any other evidence?”

“Yes,” Fred said immediately.

Fred took out a photo and said with a sad face, “Mandy was sent to the orphanage before she was adopted, and this is a photo of her taken in the orphanage for archival purposes. Fortunately, this photo is well preserved. If you look at this photo, I don’t think there will be any doubts anymore.”

The photo was projected on the display of the conference room. When she saw the photo, Hazel’s pupils suddenly shrank. When the daughter of the Denmark family was lost, she was only a few months old, but her looks were unique.

In the photo from the orphanage archive, the baby looked skinny and weak, which meant it must have suffered a lot, but there was no doubt that the baby was exactly the same person as she saw in the photo of the Denmark family.

Hazel was really lost, the photo really made her begin to doubt her life.

“When Mandy was sent to an orphanage, she was dying.” Fred said with a whimper, “The orphanage thought that the child was not going to survive. Fortunately, she eventually managed to get through it. If you don’t believe it, we can ask Joshua to provide a baby photo of this child, and we can compare the two photos carefully!”

Joshua’s eyes went a bit darker. No wonder Fred was fearless, it turned out that he had such an important photo in his hand. Fred’s photo indicated that the story of the daughter that was taken away in the past was by no means simple.

Hazel also had her childhood photos with the same style. But when the Crowe Family took pictures of her, her face was more grown-up, which meant her photos were not as convincing as Fred’s photo.

“And,” Fred continued. “I think everyone knows about the capabilities and personalities of Marcus and Cate. Cate was the gentlest woman in the world, and Marcus had an amazing business mind. And Mandy is a perfect combination of the two. She inherited both of their best qualities. I am afraid you still don’t know the plan to increase the sales at the coffee factory was created by Mandy!”

Hazel was completely dumbfounded. Even if she was still immersed in the doubts of her life, Fred’s words were so shameless that she could not listen any longer.

The coffee factory’s plan was obviously her idea. Mandy just helped with the paperwork. But they were actually trying to take credit for it themselves?

 

Chapter 350: That’s All You Got?

Everyone suddenly started whispering again. Even if Hazel was still there, they couldn’t care very much.

“We heard this plan was made by Hazel?”

“Mandy was her assistant. We didn’t hear about it before. The style of this plan is not like Hazel’s.”

“So, Mandy came up with the idea, but Hazel used her position to grab the fruits of her labor?”

“That has to be it. Do you see Hazel as someone who can come up with any good ideas? She grabbed the identity of others and grabbed the credit of others…”

Listening to the opinions of the people, Hazel only felt speechless.

She could tolerate Mandy fighting her to be the daughter of the Denmark family because neither of them could be sure, but the coffee idea was something she did her best to attain. She definitely would not allow anyone to get the credit for it.

“Who said that the daughter of a very capable couple would be very capable too?” Susan couldn’t help comment.

Hazel looked at her strangely. Susan actually spoke for her? It must have been because Susan suddenly knew that she had been fooled by Mandy all along, so she felt sorry for Hazel. After all, both of them were deceived by Mandy.

Sunny knocked on the table, and she sneered, “Exactly. For example, your father and I gave birth to a daughter such as you?”

Susan felt very wrong, but she didn’t dare to say anything anymore.

“Director Cohen, I understand you want to back up Mandy’s qualifications. But you cannot say something without doing an investigation on it.” Hazel fought back.

“Who said that I didn’t investigate?” Fred sneered, “And, this is not the result of my investigation. This is from the investigation team!”

Joshua frowned. The members of the investigation team were picked by him personally. It was impossible for them to be bought by Fred, but why was Fred so confident?

He was about to open his mouth, and Hazel pulled his sleeve gently.

“Joshua, let me handle it myself.”

She knew that she and Mandy had to be distinguished as true or false, if Joshua had a strong opinion, people would be more skeptical about his purpose.

Hazel then laughed, “Let’s listen to the results of the investigation team.”

Within moments the representative of the investigation team walked into the conference room. He distributed copies of the results to each of the directors at the table.

Hazel checked the results and was stunned. No wonder Fred was so confident, indeed, the investigation team had not been bought by him, but the results of this investigation were very misleading.

“Everyone has seen it clearly.” Fred said proudly, “In this investigation report, whether it is the daily supervision of coffee production, transportation or coordination of the relationship between the various departments, etc., the tasks were all carried out by Mandy! And Hazel? Where is she? This is the most powerful evidence that Mandy is the leading role of the plan!”

Hazel sneered.

No wonder Mandy was very proactive and rushed to do all kinds of work instead of Hazel. It turned out she had been waiting for this moment.

At the time, Hazel wanted to accomplish her task quickly. That month was really busy, so she handed many of the supervision or inspection tasks at the coffee factory to Mandy. That way, she would have enough energy to coordinate the progress of the coffee factory and the online drama. She just did not expect Mandy would take advantage of it.

However, she could not let others reap what she sowed.

“That’s all you got?” Hazel chuckled and threw the investigation report on the table. “A report that deviates from the actual situation. How about we let the employees of the coffee factory vote and see what they think, whether Mandy or I should take the credit of the coffee factory!”

Mandy’s face changed slightly. She did play a trick to take advantage of Hazel, but she knew if a vote was held, there was no doubt that Hazel would definitely get a full vote.

Although Mandy had tried hard on all fronts to show her presence in the coffee factory, Hazel was so dazzling that those employees always regarded Mandy as Hazel’s assistant and spokesman. Those people would not be fooled easily.

Thinking of this, Mandy showed a look of complaint and said, “Hazel, for this little thing, you want to make the whole coffee factory vote. Why bother? If you claim it is your credit, then it is yours, I will not fight you on this one.”

Everyone looked at the two with different eyes now. After all, one was competing for the credit, and one was being humble. They now believed in Mandy more.

“This cunning little bitch!” Susan couldn’t help but gnash her teeth.

“Oh, you are smart now.” Sunny sneered.

Hazel did not care about what Mandy was plotting.

“It’s better we make it clear.” Hazel chuckled, “I am this kind of person. I won’t take what doesn’t belong to me, but I also won’t allow anyone to take away what I have earned through hard work! If you don’t want to vote, then we use other methods.”

“What methods?” Mandy asked.

As long as it was not a vote, Mandy would give it a try. Anyway, after sticking with Hazel for more than a month, she was not an easy enemy.

“You said that the coffee factory was your idea. I think you would be very well aware of the collaborative plan of the coffee factory and the online drama.” Hazel spoke faintly.

“Of course!” Mandy answered instantly.

When she was with Hazel, she had memorized all those things. If Hazel wanted to test her on such an aspect, then she could only say that Hazel was too naïve.

“Then, I think you must have a unique understanding of the design concept of this plan?” Hazel sneered.

“Concept?” Mandy was stunned.

In Hazel’s planning, there were very few references to the design concept, and she knew Mandy really had no idea of that.

“Yeah,” Hazel twitched her lips, her smile was arrogant and provocative, “Let me ask you, why is the theme coffee of the woman Cappuccino, and the theme of the man Blue Mountain? I will spare you any further questions and admit my defeat, as long as you can answer my question!”