Chloe’s eyes teared up, producing fake tears with astonishing speed and naturalness."Dustin's dad is mean! Chloe wants to play!" Chloe whined. She grabbed Seth's arm and tried pulling him away from the shelves with her meager strength. "Let's just play outside?! The garden has butterflies!"Seth stared at the sobbing girl in front of him with a flat gaze.Her acting truly looked amazing. If Seth didn't possess the System, he would have melted, feeling guilty for making a special-needs child cry, and immediately complied with her wishes.But Seth knew the truth. The time had come to end this theatrical performance.‘System. Mind Reader.’Seth didn't need to worry about the points. Since last night, his point balance had continued to grow very steadily. Max Wagner, who had just lost his ear, apparently still lamented his fate and suffered prolonged physical agony inside Victor's isolation room. Max truly served as a highly profitable point farm.[Calculating target's mental defense...

[The target feels a deep injustice! +102 points]Chloe had surrendered her honesty—even if she lied about her laziness—yet Seth merely gave her a nonsense answer in return."You said I had to tell you so you would answer me! You lying piece of shit!" Chloe felt complete exasperation because she lacked any logical argument to refute him.[Frustration peaks! +126 Points!][Your Total Remaining Points: 1976]Still grumbling, Chloe snatched handfuls of Lego bricks from the floor and hurled them blindly at Seth.The barrage didn't hurt at all, but it proved annoying enough. Seth stepped forward, snatched Chloe's wrists, and shoved the girl right back against the wall."Do you really want me to expose your secret to Grandfather right now?" Seth hissed sharply, staring into Chloe's eyes from mere inches away. "If you don't, you had better shut up and do exactly what I say."The threat struck Chloe's ultimate weak point. Her shoulders instantly slumped. She looked down, realizing she had lost

Seth rolled his eyes. "Stop overacting. You and I have absolutely no relationship whatsoever."Tracy waved her hand dismissively, utterly unfazed by his blunt rejection. She had long since grown accustomed to dealing with Seth's icy walls."You're weird." Chloe, far more accustomed to vicious arguments, instantly lost interest now that Tracy had played 'tame.' She jerked her arm away from Tracy's grasp and threw herself onto the sofa, looking incredibly bored."Just go." Seth waved Tracy off, dismissing her since she had no real business being there.Tracy nodded willingly, showing zero annoyance at his dismissal. Discovering Chloe's true identity as Seth's cousin had flooded her with too much relief to care."I'll go play with Dustin in his room. Call me when my part of the job arrives." Tracy waved sweetly, ignoring the deep frown Seth gave her in response.The moment Tracy vanished down the hallway, Chloe clicked her tongue and flashed a cynical smirk. "Your taste is incredibly sha

Seth sat in his office inside the BioCore building, his eyes fixed on the tablet screen displaying Chloe's hacked data.The genius girl had provided highly comprehensive details regarding the medical records of Edward Sterling's daughter. The little girl suffered from a rare genetic disorder that was slowly killing her blood cells.The only thing keeping the child alive to this day was routine therapy using a Lumina-Peptide-based serum—a rare compound extracted by only one specific laboratory in Switzerland. The serum required many other ingredients, but Seth had only searched for information on this specific compound since it remained incredibly rare and expensive."Clara," Seth called out, never taking his eyes off the screen.His smart and efficient personal assistant immediately stepped forward from the corner of the room. "Yes?""I want you to buy out the entire global supply of Lumina-Peptide from the main laboratory in Switzerland. Use a shell company so BioCore's name stays hi

A chilling sensation spread through Edward’s body."Seth Corbyn," he muttered, as his hand dropped limply to his side.The face of the young man who met him at the golf course flashed through his mind—unfortunately, Edward had given him a terrible reception. Edward vividly remembered how he had bluntly rejected Seth, dripping with sheer arrogance.Edward ended the call, then stared at Sarah, who sat hunched over, sobbing. They still could not enter Sonya's room, so Sarah chose to wrap her arms around herself to ease the agonizing pain in her heart.Edward raised his phone once more. He knew begging BioCore represented a shameless move, but he would gladly swallow his pride. For Sonya, he willingly threw his dignity straight into hell."Hello? I want to make an appointment with Seth Corbyn. This is Edward Sterling." Edward spoke the words while praying that Seth Corbyn did not hold grudges. ***An hour later, Seth's office door at BioCore burst open.Edward gasped for air, his shirt a