Fortunate to Have You This Lifetime

Jane McCain challenged, “What else would you call a fifty or sixty year-old man who never married or had children other than gay?”

“Damn it, who told you Master Xander is in his fifties or sixties?”

“Aren’t all the family heads in their sixties or seventies? Besides, don’t you refer to him as ‘Master’ too?”

“You, woman!… All of us in the Howard Family have always referred to the family head like that!”

“Oh wow, since you’re an expert, then tell me, how old is Master Xander and is he married? Does he have kids?”

How could Ryan Wesley possibly answer?

Every single thing about the family head was an absolute secret! Even if it was necessary to disclose part of the information, it could never come from his mouth!

Ryan Wesley couldn’t say it, nor could he allow Jane McCain to keep making stuff up. And so, they began to argue in the cafeteria.

Jane McCain was initially scared of him, but knowing Ryan Wesley was a pushover in front of Purple Summers, she was sure he wouldn’t really do anything to her, and so she fiercely stood her ground.

Purple Summers watched the verbal battle between the two, laughing so hard that she almost choked on her soup.

At that moment, her cellphone, which was beside her, flashed – indicating there was a new unread message.

Purple Summers picked up her phone to check the message, and the smile on her face slowly vanished…

She suddenly stood up.

The arguing pair immediately ceased their bickering and turned towards her.

Purple Summers didn’t linger, simply saying quickly, “I need to go take care of something,” before then quickly leaving the cafeteria.

The message was from Aria Jackson.

Knowing that Purple Summers was at school at this time and it wasn’t appropriate for her to take calls, Aria Jackson sent a text instead.

Purple Summers went to a secluded spot in the small grove next to the cafeteria where no one was around to call Aria Jackson.

“What happened?” Purple Summers asked with a frown, “Why would George Carlson suddenly help her?”

Aria Jackson answered, sounding frustrated, “This morning the attorney general’s office released a public document. Although it didn’t help Jade Carlson outright, it did directly criticise the Prosecutor’s Office for shirking their duties. With this, public opinion might start to shift.”

Purple Summers fell silent upon hearing these.

She originally thought that since Jade Carlson messed up such a major case, if Iris Maple kept filing complaints to the Prosecutor’s Office and with the manipulation of public opinion, Jade Carlson would surely be dismissed and investigated.

This was the only condition she had when she initially took on the case for Iris Maple.

To bring down Jade Carlson, they first needed to dislodge her from her position as a prosecutor.

She didn’t expect this turn of events…

What the public hated the most was shifting blame. When any mishap occurred, those in power would scapegoat others to bear the sins, making the news full of temporary workers and interns, which was extremely ironic.

Above the prosecutor, there was the attorney general.

Every case handled by the prosecutor was reviewed by the attorney general so when a case was mishandled and an innocent person was treated unjustly – they placate public outcry by dismissing and investigating Jade Carlson. What about the attorney general? Was he not also responsible?

George Carlson had seized upon this reality of public sentiment and redirected the blame elsewhere.

In this way, Jade Carlson seemed even more innocent: she was only following orders, but now that things had gone wrong, she had to take the fall for her superiors?!’

The attorney general has no authority to interfere with the operations of the Prosecutor’s Office, but he does have the right to question, criticise and give suggestions.

A public criticism document not only put the Prosecutor’s Office under new public scrutiny, but also showed George Carlson’ integrity and fairness, easily gaining public support.

A double win.

George would not make such a strenuous effort to save Jade. This strategy was most likely thought up by Jade herself in order to save herself.

Purple Summers was lost in her thoughts.

…It appeared that Jade Carlson was smarter than she had thought.

But Jade Carlson’s brilliance lay not in her investigation skills, rather in her political maneuvering for personal gain…

Purple Summers believed that if she’d been in another industry, Jade probably would have made great progress… the only role she was unfit for, was being a prosecutor.