CHAPTER 327: CHAPTER 327: DID YOU EVER GO TO JUVENILE DETENTION IN MIDDLE SCHOOL?

Spicy stir-fried pork and vinegar-soaked shredded potatoes—

Caleb Lockwood had some impression of these two dishes.

These were the dishes he once threatened the cafeteria lady to make for Chloe in the juvenile detention center.

His heart pounded harder and harder.

Caleb could no longer convince himself it was a coincidence.

In the hospital room, Serena Jennings watched as Ethan White placed the spicy stir-fried pork and vinegar-soaked shredded potatoes in front of her, and her stomach immediately growled.

But before she could move her chopsticks, Caleb Lockwood, who was supposed to have left the hospital room, suddenly approached and loudly asked, "Did you ever go to juvenile detention during middle school?!"

The chopsticks in Serena’s hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

Ethan White was astonished to hear this.

He looked at Caleb Lockwood, then at Serena Jennings.

The expression on Serena’s face said it all.

So, Serena had once been in juvenile detention?

Ethan tilted his head, both curious and somewhat incredulous.

Juvenile detention centers are places for young offenders, although City A’s detention center publicly claims to be similar to a correctional school, everyone knows that no one without an offense would go there for correction.

Ethan’s gaze fell on Serena Jennings.

What mistake did Serena make in middle school?

And how did Caleb Lockwood learn about this?

While Ethan White was preoccupied, Serena was full of mixed emotions.

She thought... Caleb Lockwood might have remembered her.

After all this time, Caleb Lockwood finally remembered the girl with the granny-gray long hair and the full metal braces in the juvenile detention center.

But...

What’s the use?

It’s too late.

Serena chuckled self-deprecatingly.

To her, although her time in juvenile detention was short, it was deeply engraved and unforgettable.

But Caleb Lockwood only remembered her now.

"Serena..."

Caleb Lockwood’s eyes were burning with anticipation, eager to get a definite answer from Serena.

However, Serena remained silent.

She didn’t open her mouth.

At that moment, Lana Xavier woke up.

"Lana!"

Serena’s attention immediately shifted to Lana Xavier.

Caleb stood nearby, sensing that Serena didn’t want to discuss the detention center with him any further.

"What are you still doing here?"

Ethan White turned his head and glanced at Caleb Lockwood.

Caleb’s lips were dry, and the air entering through his teeth felt like it was scorching his throat with sulfuric acid.

If it had been her in the past, he would have unhesitatingly pulled Serena up, taken her away somewhere no one could disturb them, and gotten to the bottom of it.

However...

Caleb closed his eyes gently, took a deep breath, and turned to leave the hospital room.

In the corridor, the sound of Caleb Lockwood’s leather shoe soles hitting the tiles was particularly clear.

He was on the phone with Mr. Sanders.

"President Lockwood?"

"I don’t care what method you use, I must get Serena’s file..."

On the other end, Mr. Sanders was stunned.

"President Lockwood still wants to know about Miss Jennings’ connection to the Linton Family? Last time, we used legitimate methods to investigate... although hiring a hacker to infiltrate the system could be detected, it’s not impossible."

"No..."

Caleb Lockwood denied Mr. Sanders’ assumption.

"This time I want to know if Serena was in juvenile detention during middle school."

Caleb Lockwood’s decisive words made Mr. Sanders instantly understand something.

"Yes, I’ll get right on it."

When Caleb Lockwood left the hospital, the rain had stopped.

But the sky was still overcast, with no sign of clearing.

Caleb Lockwood returned to his car but didn’t start it.

He was waiting.

Time passed by second by second.

The ground was littered with cigarette butts.

Finally, Caleb Lockwood’s phone rang, producing a particularly piercing effect in the quiet night of the hospital.

"Hello?"

"President Lockwood, it’s not good..."

Mr. Sanders’ opening line made Caleb Lockwood frown.

"The juvenile detention center’s system has been destroyed."

"What?"

"The detention center was infiltrated by criminals, who not only formatted the information in the system but also killed the senior administrator."

Mr. Sanders’ words added a touch of shock and doubt to Caleb Lockwood’s eyes.

If they only wanted to destroy the detention center’s system, there was no need to kill anyone.

They could hire hackers, use viruses; many methods could achieve this.

But choosing the most extreme and dangerous way indicates the person is not only keen on but also skilled at killing.

A figure naturally emerged in Caleb Lockwood’s mind.

Country C, The Wyrmfang Gang headquarters.

Joker inserted a USB drive into his laptop and looked at the information copied from the detention center’s system.

He held a gun in his hand, a cigarette dangling from his mouth.

The content displayed on the computer screen matched what he had in mind, making the smile on Joker’s face increasingly sinister.

In the hospital, Serena and Lana had reconciled.

"I can’t live without you as a friend, Serena, if you don’t forgive me for a lifetime, I might as well be dead!"

Lana cried as she poured out her heart to Serena.

These days, she had thought a lot and scolded herself quite a bit too.

She had once criticized Serena for being love-brained, but in fact, she was the biggest love-brained.

She thought that asking Serena to forgive her and continue being friends with someone like her was a kind of harm to Serena.

So she hadn’t given up trying.

But the bits and pieces of time spent with Serena in high school made it impossible for her to let go of this friendship.

So she took the initiative to wait for Serena downstairs at her house.

She just didn’t expect it to rain torrentially.

Lana saw the torrential rain as a punishment from heaven for herself.

"Lana, this was so silly, what if you really made yourself sick? Don’t you know a cold can lead to myocarditis, which can be fatal?"

Serena was indeed a little angry, angry that Lana didn’t take care of her health.

"I’m sorry..."

Lana rubbed her nose.

Ethan White watched from the side, not saying a word.

He originally thought he could never forgive Lana Xavier.

But seeing how concerned Serena was for Lana, he knew Serena couldn’t let go of Lana.

He knew Serena was a soft-hearted person.

Since Serena chose to continue being friends with Lana, what’s his dilemma?

In Ethan White’s view, Serena’s choice was his choice.

That night, Serena stayed in the hospital, keeping Lana company.

Ethan White went home, because with the two best friends talking all night, he was just an extra.

As he left the hospital, Ethan White noticed Caleb Lockwood’s car still parked in the parking lot.

"What are you still doing here?"

Ethan White approached, noticing the cigarette in Caleb Lockwood’s hand.

"I warn you, don’t go up to disturb Serena; the atmosphere between her and Lana is just right, and men’s involvement is unnecessary."

Ethan White said, noticing the many cigarette butts under the car.

He’s probably smoked them all himself.

It was the first time Ethan had seen Caleb Lockwood smoke so much.

He wondered if it was related to that juvenile detention center.

Caleb Lockwood noticed Ethan White had no intention of leaving and couldn’t help but sneer:

"What, Dr. White decided to become a traffic cop? But my car is parked in a legitimate spot, real traffic cops wouldn’t meddle."