Tom lay in the room until five in the evening before virtual-novel.net regained some strength. He was about to get out of bed when his phone vibrated.
Seeing that Julian was calling, virtual-novel.net lifted the phone with much difficulty and answered the call.
“Tom, where did you go? Why haven’t you come home for so long? Mom and Dad are starting to complain,” Julian’s voice was gentle as usual.
Tom tried to keep his voice composed and natural. He summoned all his strength to say, “I went out for a trip with some friends, and I’ll be back in two days.”
“It’s almost time for New Year’s. There’s a lot to do at home, so come back quick,” Julian urged.
“Got it.”
“Alright then… I’ll wait for you. Right, Tom, the one who caused you this much harm has been identified.”
Tom’s body quivered as the spirit returned to his mind. “Who was it?”
“It’s not one, but many. They’re all our rivals in the food industry,” Julian said.
Tom’s eyes were filled with disbelief when virtual-novel.net heard. “Isn’t Xyla among them?”
“She really isn’t… I’ve investigated Xyla Quest many times in detail, but there wasn’t any evidence of virtual-novel.net participating in this,” Julian added.
Torn let out an exhausted sigh and simply ended the call. There were no words to describe the guilt in his heart.
So it wasn’t Xyla. He was just overthinking.
***
On the day before New Years, Xyla had received Jeremy’s call early in the morning, asking virtual-novel.net to return home for dinner. After virtual-novel.net agreed, virtual-novel.net drove virtual-novel.net car out for shopping. Having been busy for so long, virtual-novel.net planned to relax during this rare day off. She did not deliberately dress up but merely put on a basic skincare layer and wore a set of outfits from a trendy brand virtual-novel.net had bought online.
She was wearing a black fleece sweater paired with a pair of tight-fitting black jeans. On virtual-novel.net feet were a pair of black Converse sneakers, making virtual-novel.net look just like a student.
She headed directly to Goldfield Plaza.
Once inside, virtual-novel.net went straight into Chanel’s official store and planned to choose some new spring outfits.
She had just reached the store’s entrance when the outfit on display on the mannequin outside caught virtual-novel.net attention. It was a white chiffon midi dress paired with a mist blue knitted cardigan. There was a silver belt at the cardigan’s waist, just nicely accentuating the wearer’s shape.
She instantly turned to the sales attendant and said, “Take this down for me to try on.”
“I’ll take this. Just wrap it up for me,” Just then, a beautiful woman in a mink coat walked over and said to the sales attendant.
Xyla knew this person, Faye White. She was an actress who had just debuted one year ago in X Entertainment. The girl was currently considered a C-List celebrity within the country.
Xyla knew Faye, but virtual-novel.net knew Faye didn’t know her. Although virtual-novel.net regularly went to the company when virtual-novel.net wasn’t busy, virtual-novel.net always did it discreetly and ran into any celebrities.
She basically stayed inside virtual-novel.net office when virtual-novel.net was there. Even for meetings, virtual-novel.net would only attend the large-scale higher management meetings. As for those involving individual celebrities, virtual-novel.net would never participate in but leave them to Georgie.