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Chapter 27
Chapter 27 Lucian immediately put away his work and asked worriedly, “Who
is he?” Images of Roxanne leaving with a stranger last night started flashing
before his eyes. “The man’s name is Colby, and he’s the person in charge of
the VR Research Institute. Previously. Mr. Farwell went to him for medical
treatment.” Cayden instinctively picked up the sudden change of ambiance in
the room, and he became extremely wary with his words. “Besides, I also
found out that Colby is still single. But by the look of things, Ms. Jarvis is not in
any way related to him. The other possibility is that they knew each other
when they were studying medicine in the same university.” Being made aware
of the possibility, Lucian’s facial expression softened. “Besides this, did you
manage to find out about anything else?” Cayden appeared to be in a
dilemma. “This is the extent of my investigation. Regarding Ms. Jarvis, we
only know that she returned to the country recently. As to what she did and
where she was overseas, we have not been able to find anything at the
moment.” Lucian furrowed his brows, displeased by the answer. However,
knowing that it would be futile to pry further, he decided to change the topic of
the conversation. “How is Old Mr. Queen now?” Cayden was about to
apologize for his incompetence but heaved a sigh of relief when Lucian
started asking about Old Mr. Queen. “It doesn’t look good for him. They’ve
consulted all the famous doctors from inside and outside of the country, but
they were helpless.”Lucian nodded slightly. “Reschedule my agenda planned for tomorrow night. I
want to pay a visit to Old Mr. Queen.” noveldrama
“Understood,” replied Cayden. Cayden, upon being certain that there were no
further instructions, left after waiting for a while. When they just arrived at the
research institute, Roxanne and Colby sprang into action and hurriedly
contacted all the medical ingredient suppliers in Horington.
Due to the lack of supplies, many projects in the research institute had to be
held in abeyance. If this were to continue, the losses would spiral out of
control. Hence, time was of the essence for them to collaborate with a medical
ingredient supplier. Before this, Colby tried contacting the suppliers in
Horington, but his proposal was rejected instantly. However, since they ran
out of options, they were forced to test their luck once again. “VR Research
Institute? I thought we had this conversation before? Your asking price is too
low! We are not interested to collaborate with you!”. Just as Roxanne
mentioned the name of the research institute, the rejection from the other end
of the phone call was instantaneous. Roxanne gritted her teeth. “We can
increase the price from our original offer. What about an increase of half a
decimal point? Let’s try to work out a feasible plan, and there’s always room
for negotiations-” The person interiected and said, “It’s still too low. We need
to increase at least 3 decimal points, or else there’s no room for negotiation.”
Hearing such bold demand, Roxanne hung up promptly. Meanwhile, Colby’s
expression didn’t look pleasant either. “I’m so sorry, Dr. Galloway. All of our
supplies have been booked by someone else. We do not have any extra at
the moment. The answer was obviously an excuse, which indicated the other
person’s unwillingness to collaborate. Colby simply responded, “All right, I
understand.” He then hung up the phone after that. After an entire day of cold-
calling, there was no positive news even until the next afternoon. Though the
suppliers responded differently, some courteous and the others impatient, the
conclusion that resulted from the phone calls was that none of the suppliers
were willing to collaborate. Even worse, one of the suppliers made it expressly
clear to Roxanne that they would never
collaborate with the VR Research Institute. But the reason for that was not
disclosed. It was clear as daylight that they were sabotaged by someone in
the dark. As such, the culprit could be none other than Aubree.