CHAPTER 127: CHAPTER 127: THE LADY HAS BEEN FOUND

It was Rosalind Linton calling.

Juliana answered.

Rosalind sounded a bit anxious on the phone.

"What should we do? Juliana. I just met with Aidan, and accidentally we were seen by Mrs. Langley. Now she might already suspect that Aidan’s amnesia is fake."

Juliana instinctively glanced at Elias Langley.

She quietly turned down the volume on her phone even more.

"Didn’t I remind you? How did this happen?"

Rosalind was crying on the other end, "I missed him too much."

Juliana couldn’t talk conveniently, "Don’t worry yet, I’ll come find you later."

She hung up and looked at Elias Langley.

The man was driving calmly, seemingly unaware of the contents of her phone call.

"Earlier, you said... what do you want me to give you?" asked Juliana.

Elias was about to speak when his phone rang, it was Quinn Shepherd calling.

He switched on the Bluetooth.

"Boss, we’ve found your wife."

Elias was momentarily stunned.

Quinn continued, "Earlier, someone went to Hospital 547 to inquire about DNA sample match results, and the staff got cautious, asking for the exact day. It just so happened that it was the day your wife came for a blood test, and she was the only one. She’s been detained."

"Alright, I got it."

Elias calmly hung up the phone.

The car slowly stopped by the roadside.

Juliana realized he might have something important to do, quickly understanding and said, "I’ll get out here then."

Elias, however, leisurely took a bill out of his wallet, "Get me a bottle of water."

Juliana was stunned for a second.

The man raised his chin slightly, "Can’t do shopping?"

Juliana frowned, "Ordering me around?"

Elias nodded with a smile.

Thinking she had overthought, Juliana took the money from his hand and got out of the car.

It wasn’t until her silhouette disappeared at the entrance of the supermarket that Elias took out a pack of cigarettes...

Juliana spent ten-something minutes in the supermarket, and when she came out, the sky was covered with dark clouds.

Elias just happened to finish a cigarette while leaning on the car’s hood.

Seeing her walking over, he put out the cigarette butt and tossed it into a nearby trash bin.

Juliana handed the water over to him, and Elias took it, intentionally glancing at the brand.

"One yuan per bottle?"

Juliana nodded.

"So where’s the rest of the money?"

Juliana lifted the large bag in her hand to show him, "Do I get no money for my errands?"

The remaining 99 yuan had become her snacks.

Elias had been teasing her all along, and now his smile was even more apparent.

After so many encounters, this was the first time Juliana saw him genuinely smile.

It was... quite attractive.

Elias turned to walk to the driver’s seat, and Juliana quickly followed into the passenger’s seat.

Whether it was her imagination or not, after taking the call, every look Elias gave her seemed profound.

"Juliana," this was arguably the first time Elias called her by her full name, "Something urgent has come up, I need to rush over now."

Juliana instinctively looked out the windshield at the sky and turned to him in disbelief.

That gaze clearly meant: Why didn’t you say so earlier, it’s about to rain.

In just a few seconds, Juliana’s expression returned to normal, "My car’s still parked at the event’s parking lot, since we just left, anyway, why don’t you drop me off on the way back."

Elias buckled his seatbelt, "Give me your car keys, I’ll have someone drive it over for you, just let me know where it’s parked."

Juliana shot him a glance, didn’t hand over her car keys, and opened the door with a smile.

"Thanks for today’s help."

Suddenly, she became much more formal.

Elias accepted her thanks with ease.

"Things with the Grant family are complicated, Isaac Grant isn’t as easy to deal with as his brother might think, try to avoid meeting Evan Grant..."

Juliana interrupted him, "Does Mr. Langley always take such an interest in other people’s private affairs?"

Elias did not respond to her question, turned his face, and started the car.

The sky began to rain.

Juliana cursed "jerk," found a place to shelter from the rain, and used her phone to call for a car.

Returning to Celestial Vista, as she opened the door, Rosalind frowned.

"Why are your clothes wet?"

Juliana put down a bag of snacks, "Just got a bit wet getting in and out, it’s fine. What happened with you and Adrian?"

Was it just a bit of rain?

It was pouring outside.

Rosalind still had lingering fear from what happened at the mall, so she didn’t pay further attention to why Juliana got wet.

"Aidan wanted to know what your grandfather said on his deathbed. During the funeral days, Jared Langley was also there, so my son and I couldn’t talk properly, and so today..."

She cautiously glanced at Juliana’s face.

"...We were already being very careful, thinking that meeting at the mall with a lot of people would provide good cover, but ended up running into Mrs. Langley. Now we’re uncertain if she recognized us or not."

Juliana frowned, "What do you mean by uncertain?"

Rosalind said, "At most, she only saw our backs."

For someone familiar, even seeing your back can be serious.

Juliana pondered for a while, then went to the window to call Adrian, "How is the situation?"

On the other end, Adrian spoke with a helpless tone, "I had people delete the mall’s surveillance and nearby ones, she shouldn’t be able to determine whether the back she saw was mine or Jared’s."

The two brothers were almost the same height and body shape, taking after their father.

Juliana lowered her gaze, "Why not just come clean to your mom, that way you two can meet openly in the future."

Adrian anxiously retorted, "No way, you don’t understand what kind of tough character Mrs. Langley is, all these years Victor Langley hasn’t had any scandals, do you think it’s because he doesn’t want any? No, it’s because every woman he’s ever been with was quietly dealt with by Mrs. Langley."

"And yet you still allowed your mom to see you when she wanted to?"

Adrian fell silent.

Juliana, "The path you chose yourself, you must abandon what needs to be abandoned. Your mom will live well without you. Not being connected will be better for both of you, and for me."

She hung up and looked at Rosalind with unfeeling eyes.

"And now you blame me for not telling you?"

Rosalind’s eyes reddened, holding her hand, "Juliana, please, as Auntie Linton, I ask you, help Aidan this once, I won’t see him again after this."

"I really can’t help."

Juliana removed her hand.

At that moment, her phone rang, the screen showed Jared Langley’s number...

Elias drove to Hospital 547, only to find a woman looking about fifty in the director’s office.

"Boss," Quinn whispered, "She’s here asking on behalf of her adopted daughter, saying they’ve lived in Crestfall all these years."

Over a thousand kilometers away, that far?

Before Elias could utter a word, the woman straightforwardly asked, "Are you the extra relative?"

Elias frowned.

Quinn quickly explained, "It’s just a name, the girl they adopted is named Extra."

Clearly, a case of gender preference.

Elias unclenched and relaxed his furrowed brows.

"When did you adopt her?" he asked.

The woman said, "Fourteen years ago."

The timeline matches.

Elias, "Why not look for her all these years?"

"She was just twelve then, what could she make sense of? My husband asked her things, and she couldn’t clarify." The woman briskly continued, "Our village is isolated, a landline only came through ten years ago."

Elias’s face gave nothing away, "How did she get to your place?"

The woman didn’t need to think before answering, "Back then, my husband was working in Arlan City, she fell into the water and was rescued. Seeing that no one wanted her, feeling sorry, he took her back to our home."

Elias, "Why didn’t she come personally?"

The woman said, "A month ago, she died of illness, and remembering that she had this final wish, I came to inquire."

The office fell silent instantly.