During the conversation with Mary, Valeera only mentioned her support for environmental protection and expressed her intention to invest.
If you really want to invest, there are still a few hurdles in the middle.
First of all, the most important thing is that she hasn't gotten the money yet; secondly, Mary hasn't discovered her husband's affair yet, and the directorship is actually still in her husband's hands; finally, she still has to convince Audrey to invest together.
Because Valeela’s so-called way to avoid the future crisis of Caoyim Company is to get Audrey to invest together!
Audrey, to be precise, was Earl Hall. He was the one Valeera thought could protect Kao Yim Company.
Currently, there are calls for environmental protection in the business and political circles of the Loen Kingdom, but they are not very powerful. There are not even formal proposals for corresponding laws and policies, and the operations of Kaoyim Company are still at a tepid stage.
Therefore, when she heard that Valila was interested in investing a large amount of money, Ms. Mary was very friendly and briefly introduced some of the current situation of Kaoyim Company.
Valila said that she would hire a professional team of lawyers and accountants as soon as possible to conduct further investigation into the situation of Kaoyim Company to determine the specific investment amount.
The conversation ended with a gentle clink of glasses. They each took a sip of red wine, smiled and walked past each other, looking for other social partners.
Valila held a half glass of red wine and after receiving some attentive greetings, she found Associate Professor Barak next to the two trainee lecturers who joined her at the same time.
After the semester started, the associate professor seemed to be avoiding her and avoiding contact. Valeela wanted to find out the reasons and eliminate hidden dangers.
After all, from a superficial point of view, the last time they met was at a dance nearly two months ago, and they didn't have much in-depth communication.
Judging from this situation, Associate Professor Barak would at most suspect that she had some connection with the bounty hunter Lexa. It was understandable to be suspicious and defensive about her, but it should not go to the extent of avoiding contact.
Unless...he obtained new information.
Valeela thought about it carefully and found out that it was possible——
The associate professor's "Generalist" potion is suspected to come from the "Church of the God of Steam and Machinery", and she recently had a conflict with the "Heart of Machinery" team.
If there is really any connection between the two parties, then his behavior is not surprising.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Valeera raised her glass and asked with a smile:
"Mr. Ascot, we have rarely seen each other at school these days. I feel like you are a little busy?"
"Honestly, I'm honored that you took the time to come to the ball."
"Haha," Associate Professor Barak smiled and shook his head, "Okay, okay."
"Although there is indeed a lot to do, as long as you make reasonable arrangements, you can still have plenty of time to attend a few dances."
Having said this, he raised his hand and patted the side of his waist gently, and said with a smile:
"The two of them are asking about my experiences during my time as a lecturer. Do you want to listen together?"
"Of course, I will only share a little bit of the experience of people who have been there. As for the mistakes that should not be mentioned, I will definitely keep them in my heart."
Seeing Valeela nodding, he asked, "Where did I just say?"
"Asking questions in class," one of the two trainee lecturers responded promptly, "I just mentioned that when students are asked questions for the first time, they should prepare answers to the questions in advance."
"Okay, okay,..."
Associate Professor Barak nodded repeatedly and continued the previous topic.
As Valeera listened, she thought about the associate professor's previous reply... There seemed to be another deep meaning in his words.
"Okay, okay, that's all. I'll go over there and get something to eat."
A few minutes later, Associate Professor Barak patted the side of his waist again to express his intention, then turned and walked towards the rows of long tables where food was placed.
A trainee lecturer also followed.
He tapped the side of her waist twice in succession, which caught Valeela's attention. Following this reminder, she quickly recalled that that place was where she hung her folding knife.
folding knife!
Valeela's eyes narrowed and she roughly understood the reason for Associate Professor Barak's change of attitude.
"Valeera, may I have the honor of asking you to dance?"
Taking advantage of the melody of another round of dance music, the trainee lecturer who stayed beside Valeera stretched out her hand to invite her to dance.
"Ah, sorry, I think I'm a little drunk."
As she spoke, Valeera's eyes became a little hazy, and her cheeks took on just the right amount of blush.
"Next time, remember to invite me earlier next time."
After dealing with the man who asked to dance, Valeela pretended to be drunk and walked over to Liya, the personal maid who was waiting somewhere on the edge of the dance floor.
During the short walk, she remembered what Associate Professor Barak said again -
"As for those mistakes that should not be mentioned, I must keep them in my heart."
Valeera completely figured it out. This associate professor should indeed have some relationship with the Church of the "Steam Bath Mechanical God". He had seen her internal portrait in the "Heart of Machinery" and deepened the relationship through the unique folding knife. doubts about her.
But he definitely has no evidence!
On the surface, Valeela never displayed a folding knife.
At most, Barak can only suspect that she is the "Phantom Black Queen" and she has a close relationship with the bounty hunter Rexxar.
And according to his own implicit statement, he did not intend to inform the "Machine Heart" of the news.
Valeela suddenly felt a little lucky.
If Barak informed the "Machine Heart" of his suspicions, she would never be able to live as normally as she does now!
She didn't think she could pass the "Machine Heart's" comprehensive inspection.
After arriving at Liya's side, Valeera asked softly:
"Where is Audrey?"
"Rest on the second floor."
"take me."
Valeera followed Liya to the second floor. After receiving permission, she pushed the door open and entered the bedroom where Audrey was resting.
She planned to ask Audrey for help and do some research on Associate Professor Barak to see if she could find some way to counter the opponent.
…
At around ten o'clock in the evening, the dance ended successfully.
After seeing off the guests, Valeela finally relaxed completely.
This dance is the first dance held by their "brother and sister" in Backlund. It represents their dignity, so it is very important that it ends smoothly.
After taking a comfortable hot bath, Valeera put on light pajamas and prepared to rest.
At this time, she suddenly had an inspiration and felt that the surroundings had become cold.
She clicked her teeth twice to activate her spiritual vision, and saw that not far in front of her, there were white bones with a hazy luster gushing out one after another like a fountain, rising higher and higher, and soon gathered into an illusory and huge... monster.
messenger.
Mr. Azik's messenger!
Valeera took back the few black flames she subconsciously wanted to fire out, and saw the huge bone messenger throwing out the letter in his hand, and then quickly disintegrated, turning into white bones and falling to the ground again, and the disillusionment disappeared.
All that was left on the ground was a piece of folded letter paper and an old copper whistle.
