With the surveillance in place, Glades Horne immediately asked Hansen Ruiz to help track down the man's whereabouts.

Hansen Ruiz quickly located the man, who turned out to be the manager of a Night Club with a dark façade. He claimed he was unaware of Adele Horne's identity. After finding Adele, and subsequently discovering she had been drugged with an aphrodisiac, he sold her off as if she were one of the Night Club's hostesses. When asked to whom he sold Adele, he said he didn't know the buyer's identity, only that the man who came to negotiate wasn't the actual buyer but some sort of Assistant. The mysterious male Assistant had purchased Adele from him, and where she was taken thereafter was of no concern to him. After all, she wasn't one of his Night Club's hostesses; he had simply stumbled upon a windfall and made a fortune.

Hansen Ruiz's people gave the manager a severe beating on the spot. He didn't even recognize the Horne Family's daughter and still dared to be involved in such shady business. The manager was left with serious injuries and was thrown into the Police Station, charged with the abduction and sale of a decent young woman.

Then, Hansen Ruiz and Glades Horne mobilized all their resources to trace Adele's whereabouts. They even enlisted the help of Benjamin Robinson, calling in some police to aid in the search. However, their investigations were constantly met with obstructions and interference. After several hours, they still hadn't located Adele.

Glades realized. My sister has fallen into the hands of a very formidable person, someone with an advanced security system, impenetrable to both my and Hansen Ruiz's powers.

In T City, aside from me and Hansen Ruiz, no one else has such strong investigative capabilities.

Who could it be?

It's likely not someone from T City, but perhaps a transient visitor.

This makes the situation extremely difficult.

The world is vast, and there are countless people with more powerful resources. Where should we even begin their search?

"Glades, I'm sorry, I'm the one who caused harm to Adele," Julia Bluen was still blaming herself.

Glades Horne sat beside her, holding her hand tightly, his eyes full of tenderness. He understood her guilt, but it wasn't her fault, and he didn't want her to blame herself like this.

Speaking in a hoarse and gentle voice, he reassured her, "Don't worry, Adele will be fine, as good people are protected by the heavens."

"But..."

Glades pressed his finger gently against Julia's lips, his gaze comforting her with softness.

I believe my sister will be fine!

However, as much as I say so, I also know that while Adele might keep her life, her honor...

Yet I'm very clear about one thing: even if Adele hadn't disappeared, her honor couldn't be preserved. There's no antidote to that aphrodisiac.

To keep my sister alive, we must...

But I never expected my sister to fall into the hands of such a formidable person. I would have preferred to hand Adele over to an ordinary, tolerant, and gentle man. With my abilities, finding such a man would have been easy in a short time. Now that Adele has ended up in the hands of someone whose origins are unknown and whom I've yet to identify, is it a blessing or a curse?

Others, whether sitting or standing opposite the couple or next to them, also felt helpless about Julia's self-blame. Even if they had never blamed Julia, her self-accusatory manner persisted. If even Glades couldn't comfort her, who were they to do so?

Othiel Evans and Orlando Evans had already been handed over to the authorities by Glades Horne.

Each time Glades thought of that Evans brother and sister, his face darkened. This time, I'm determined to completely bring down the Evans Family and expel them from T City! For years, out of consideration for my sister, I repeatedly tolerated Orlando. It was only when Orlando incited my sister to mistreat Julia, crossing my bottom line, that I struck back in fury. However, I wasn't ruthless enough. I should have had Jonathan Allen chop Orlando into mincemeat and thrown her into the sea to feed the sharks! If only I'd known Orlando would target my sister, I should have had Jonathan Allen turn Orlando into meat paste and feed her to the sharks that very night!

I hadn't done so at that time because I didn't want to commit a serious crime over Orlando. Despite my influence, I knew that if I committed a serious crime, my upright friend Benjamin Robinson would personally toss me into prison.

Considering these issues, I opted to retaliate against Orlando in other ways.

I'm also pressuring Alvin Evans, but bringing down a company isn't as easy as it's written in novels—an instant collapse can't just happen. It requires thorough planning and preparation, step by step.

Precisely because it's a process, Othiel Evans still had the resources to be exploited by Orlando.

My sister is willful and petulant, but her nature isn't inherently bad. Punishment might be warranted, but it shouldn't be this severe.

Mila Anderson sat across from Julia, her face full of worry, and she didn't blame Julia either.

They all knew Julia was only concerned about Glades. Moreover, Adele chose to get out of the car herself. Her misfortune was a consequence of her failure to judge character—she had brought it upon herself. Nevertheless, as she was her daughter, Mila's heart still ached.

Mila hadn't expected Orlando to be so wicked as to target her daughter. They had known each other for ten years, from classmates to friends! Over the years, they'd been as close as one person. Adele spent so much money on Orlando, only to be repaid like this! Now Mila seriously doubted Orlando's friendship with Adele. She must have wanted to climb the social ladder by having Adele marry her son. When her son repeatedly refused and Glades ended up marrying Julia, Orlando, driven by love turned to hate, retaliated against Julia. Little did she know Glades is so devoted to his wife! When Julia was wronged, he brought down the Evans Family in a fit of anger. Having lost everything and still refusing to repent, Orlando now targeted my daughter! Having processed all this, Mila gritted her teeth. Orlando!

"Julia, stop blaming yourself. Your reaction was entirely normal. Any one of us would have done the same," the grandmother comforted Julia with a heart full of compassion, unwilling to let her continue her self-reproach.

Glades enfolded her silently, deeply into his embrace, using his hold to soothe Julia's self-blame.

The expressions of the young masters were also very grave.

As for Adele, despite her willfulness often driving them to frustration and disregard, she's still our only sister. How could we possibly allow the Evans Family to continue to exist after they dared to harm our sister?