Paul's words were vague. He was perfunctory while pondering what he could say and what he could
not say.
However, Stella was confsued.
"Paul, what do you mean by that?"
"It doesn't matter how much you know, he died."
Paul hinted, for Stella and Brian could understand Rufus.
"He died? When?"
Stella was surprised, felt her hope slipped away.
"He died in an accident. I heard it was miserable. When did she die? I think... It seems to be the time
when your father and Isobel were together. Yes, it should be that time."
Paul said, feeling these hints were enough for Stella to rethink the thing.
"The same year as my mother died."
Stella was confused, she felt something wrong, but she could not tell it. After hearing these things, she
was even more confused than before.
She felt that Paul had something hidden from her and that her father’s words were related to her
mother’s lover.
However, all these were only her guesses and suspicions, to verify the past was not an easy thing. The
ones who knew the truth kept their mouths shut and said nothing.
Winnie walked away for three days, Brian sent her message every day, but she did not reply. He said
he missed her all the time. Winnie dare not take it seriously.
On her first day back to school, she signed up for the research team, which required her to pass the
interview. Winnie was making full preparations for it.
After school, she would go back to her dorm room to study and eat dinner whenever she was hungry.
Winnie’s phone rang. Without thinking, she knew it was Brian, because he would send messages at
this time every day.
However, when she looked at her phone, it was from Stefan.
Winnie opened the voice.
"I am in C City, where do you work? Shall we meet?"
Winnie was glad and replied.
"Where are you? I'll find you. I have not had dinner, let’s have dinner together."
Winnie would not let Stefan come to find her, or he would find that she was not on business.
"Cool, I wanted to have dinner with you. Wait, I'll send you the location."
Stefan then sent her the location.
Winnie was to go out after relying him.
Because she could not take a taxi, Winnie finally decided to drive Brian’s car.
It was really very convenient to have a car. Winnie usually went out by bus or subway. If it were not for
the fear of Stefan was waiting, maybe she would not drive this car.
Soon Winnie arrived and fount it was a hot pot restaurant had not been on operation. Then she
remembered that it might be a franchise of Stefan.
Stefan had been waiting for Winnie at the door and rushed to meet her when she got there.
"I thought it would be a while before you came. Come in, this is my franchise."
Stefan did not expect Winnie would drive over, because he did not expect her to have a car here.
"Good, you are efficient. Just a few days ago you spoke of you franchise, not you have it done."
Winnie praised. Stefan was efficient, which was very in line with his character.
"I have already started it long ago, this store used to be a hot pot restaurant, so I just need to give it
simple decoration. I called you here today to taste it and give me some advice."
"Come on, let's talk inside."
Winnie followed Stefan into the store. It had not begun the decoration, but there were several tables of
people were having the food.
Winnie was taken to a private room, and the food was ready.
"Have a seat. I'm waiting for you. You can try my new product now."
Stefan had been smiling from the moment he saw Winnie.
"I am lucky, I never thought I could eat your new products even on business trips."
Winnie said and sat down.
Looking at the soup in the hot pot, she could not tell the difference.
"What's so great about this new product?"
She asked.
"This is the health pot, newly developed by our team. It's best for people who drink a lot and have
irregular meals. Some are for adjusting bodily function, some are for beauty, some are for detoxify. In
short, the soup is made according to the condition of the human body.”
There was too much professional knowledge involved. Stefan could only say something Winnie could
understand.
"Since there are so many other benefits to eat hot pot, I really want to try it. I'll give you my opinion after
I eat it."
Winnie began to taste it.
"This soup is quite flavorful."
Winnie was a layman, she just felt she liked it.
"Well, as long as it tastes good, it's basically a success."
The hot pot soup was specially prepared for Winnie, according to her preference. But he could not tell
her, or she would have burden.
"Stefan, you have hot pot restaurants all over the country, can I join in?"
Winnie felt she could make it since other could join to make money.
In that way, no matter what happened in the future, she would have a hot pot restaurant as a basic
source of livelihood.
Even if Leo did not cooperate with her, even if she quitted the company's shares, even if any place
could not accommodate her, she at least had a hot pot restaurant to support her family.
"Yes, of course. You can choose a location."
Stefan was excited. He did not expect Winnie would be interested in hot pot restaurant. He would not
hesitate to give her a hot pot restaurant.
"That's very good, if you agree. I'll think about it, because I don't know about it."
Winnie valued this matter, she wanted to be prepared, not like before, she was unprepared and got into
a mess.
"You don't have to think about it. You just have to choose a city. For the rest, I have a professional team
to evaluate and plan. Oh, right, you also have to prepare the money, I can give you a discount, but not
free."
Stefan said with a smile, because he knew Winnie well. It he did not charge her, Winnie would quit.
"I don't need you to give me a discount, now I have the money. Just do it based on your company's
rules and regulations."
"By the way, please keep my joining a secret. I don't want others to know at the initial stage."
Winnie did not want Brian to know it.
"No problem, you can rest assured."
"We'll talk about it at some time. Now eat your dinner and give me your advice."
Stefan respected Winnie and he knew why she had to keep it a secret. He could do that and wanted to
help Winnie grow the restaurant.
Winnie had not replied to Brian, and he was worried. He knew she rejected his messages, he wanted
to know if she was safe.
With nothing said and no news, it was hard for Brian not to worry.
He thought a lot these days and thought he couldn't put it off like this. Winnie had been hiding from him,
did not listen to his explanation and did not give him a chance. If he continued to procrastinate, she
might really get him over.
Now his grandpa still did not accept Winnie and he would not wait for his grandpa. One of the first
things he did was to transfer Jack back.
The reason why he wanted Jack to take over the company was he thought Jack was more reliable than
Uncle Thomas. In terms of responsibility, he was better than Uncle Thomas.
Uncle Thomas was too egotistical and selfish. He didn't know how to see the big picture. He only cared
about immediate interests, and only put the money in his own pocket.
In this way, the Bennet Group was gonna end up in the hands of his uncle. So it was not as reassuring
as handing it over to Jack.
Jack had little work experience and was not very diligent about business. But if Brian was strict to him,
he would soon make his mark.
Brian did as he thought.
As there was a knock, Brian knew that Jack arrived.
"Come in."
After answering, Brian seriously sat on the chair. And then the office door was pushed open, Jack
came in.
"Brother......"
As Jack got in, he received a warning from the eyes of Brian and immediately changed the address.
"Mr. Bennet, I'm back to report to you."
Brian was happy and seemed to have grown up a lot.
"You've been working out, so you'll have two days off and come back to work in two days. I don't want
women coming to you, and I certainly don't want any rumors about you inside the company."
Brian gave a strict order. It took effort to sculpture a stone into a jade.
He was the sculptor, and Jack was still a stone.
"Brother.. Mr. Bennet... I......"
"Don't say you can't do it. From now on, when it comes to women, you have to restrain yourself. Don't
ruin the company’s reputation."
Jack could only swallow back his words. He was nervous since Brian was stern today.
So he'd be wise not to say anything.
"Mr. Bennet, what department will I be working in two days?"
"You'll know in two days."
Without answering, Brian gave another order.
"Have dinner tonight at the old house."
"Get out."
Brian only told Jack what to do.
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