"What's your plan?" Joshua propped up his chin with his hand. Sheffield opened a bottle of red wine and poured it into a glass.
"Plan? I've finished the research and development."
"You know what I'm talking about already, don't you?" Joshua narrowed his eyes at Sheffield. "It's about you and Evelyn. Are you just going to watch her get engaged?"
"What else can I do?" The doctor didn't bother looking at him and drank a mouthful of wine. Even though he had a smile on his face, his heart felt like someone had been torturing it without any way out. He clearly knew how to mask emotions well.
"Hey, are you crazy?" Joshua's face showed a hint of disbelief. "Did you confine yourself in the lab for so long that your brain turned into a dull matter? You've chased after Evelyn fiercely, and now she's getting engaged. How could you just sit back and watch her getting engaged?" Joshua could understand how his father felt when the old man wasn't satisfied with him.
Sheffield waved his hand and sipped in the wine again. "I won't just sit back and watch her getting engaged." He paused for a moment, and the corners of his lips curved up. "Don't worry, I will go and bless them." He walked over and sat down opposite Joshua.
Joshua stared at Sheffield for a long time. The boiling anger finally surged up in Joshua's throat after he was done with giving a speechless expression and glared fiercely at Sheffield.
"Do you really think you are Evelyn's toy boy? You don't care at all?"
Sheffield was silently gazing at the wine for a moment before lifting his lips to form a nonchalant smile. "It doesn't matter. I'll be glad to be her toy boy."
Joshua's face was red with anger. "You really want to piss me off!" He acted exactly the same as his father did when the old man was angry with him.
"Fine, I'll take the chance." Sheffield raised his eyebrows to gaze at a red-faced Joshua. With that, he stood up and went to the study.
His actions were as if he had deliberately chosen this moment to throw tons of water over Joshua's boiling anger. "What are you going to do?"
"Bringing my laptop to send an email to Evelyn's dad."
"What email?" Joshua cast his confused eyes at Sheffield.
"I'm going to beg him to stop Evelyn's marriage with another man!" Sheffield's voice disappeared into the study.
Joshua was not in the mood to play games anymore. He pressed his lips in a thin line and sent a message to Terilynn. "Is Evelyn really going to get engaged to Calvert?"
Terilynn's reply came in an instant. "How do you know?"
It seemed to be a fact. He was speechless for a moment after confirming the engagement.
Just as Joshua was about to send another message, Sheffield walked out of the study with his laptop. He opened a folder and added an attachment to the email.
Joshua frowned and marched toward Sheffield to see what he was doing.
He fixed his eyes at the screen for a moment only to be covered with shock. "Oh my God! You're simply awesome! How did you get those videos and photos?"
Sheffield smiled and kept working on his computer.
"But to be honest, Calvert is disgusting enough. How could he hug his nominal sister intimately like that? And even kiss her affectionately? Doesn't he care about the boundaries?"
Sheffield didn't bother a reply as he simply typed in Carlos' email address and clicked the send button.
He closed the laptop and cast his confident gaze at Joshua. "I just want to take a bet."
Joshua stared at him for a long time, trying hard to comprehend what he meant.
"I don't believe Carlos Huo will insist on marrying his dear daughter to Calvert after seeing this email."
Realization dawned on Joshua's face, and his eyes lit up in surprise. "So you are scheming against our future father-in-law?" Was Sheffield trying to force Carlos to get rid of Calvert?
"How can you call that scheming? I'm just being kind enough to let the Huo family know what Calvert had done. Otherwise, Evelyn might suffer if she gets married to him."
"It sounds reasonable." Joshua sat back in satisfaction. "But aren't you afraid that Carlos would ignore the pictures you have sent for commercial benefits?"
"No, he won't." Sheffield was confident in this matter.
Joshua patted his friend on the shoulder. "Dude, don't worry. I will support you whatever you do."
Sheffield stared at the blank laptop screen for a moment. He really had no choice, and he loved Evelyn so much and owed her a lot. Even if he couldn't marry her, he still wouldn't want her father to choose that lecherous guy.
He thought of the dead innocent baby, and his face turned gloomy. Sheffield could never neglect its existence.
Whether she needed him or not, he would still try his best to protect her for the rest of his life.
On the 20th day of the first lunar month, two pieces of news spread on the Internet at the same time in Y City.
One of them was a matter that didn't belong to the entertainment circle. "Evelyn Huo, the eldest daughter of the CEO of the ZL Group, is engaged to Calvert Ji, the only son of the wealthy diamond businessman."
Evelyn and Calvert's engagement ceremony would begin at seven o'clock in the evening. The hotel was first exposed to the public. The venue was luxurious, but only some of their family members were invited to the ceremony.
The second piece of news was as hot as the first one. Still, many people kept on surfing the Internet, and it slowly became breaking news that exploded shocking waves across the country. Everyone knew the two instances were different, and none of them cared to put the two events together. They didn't know that the two main characters were already in love with each other.
The other one was news about medicine. "A bio-pharmaceutical company led by Sheffield Tang has succeeded in developing a new drug."
There were at least 20 million people in the world who had been suffering from Moss Syndrome. This disease was terrible. The clinical symptoms were tinnitus, alopecia, intermittent mental disorders, renal dysfunction, etc.
A new drug for the treatment of this disease—GT-6382—had passed the third clinical trial with success towing behind it. It had been developed by the joint efforts of Sheffield Tang, a doctor of the nephrology department of Y City First General Hospital, and three graduate students of Y City Medical University.
The government had approved the production and testing of the new drug. They were already monitoring the effects.
Sheffield's name slowly became popular all across the world. The patients of Moss Syndrome were all weeping with joy.
In the launch event, over a hundred media outlets were interviewing Sheffield. One of the reporters gained his attention, and he cleared his throat before speaking. "Excuse me, Mr. Tang. Which company will you choose to cooperate with for the first batch of the new drug?"
"ZL Group." Sheffield didn't even pretend to think it over. On the morning of the first day of the Spring Festival, he and Matthew didn't just work in his study for a few hours for nothing. They had already discussed the basic details of the collaboration.
When the reporters heard the name "ZL Group" from Sheffield, they jumped in surprise. "Wow! It's really a strong ally!"
The crowd began to whisper to each other.
"Wow, Sheffield is such a promising young man. He won't need to work anymore as money will roll in every day! I really admire him!" "Exactly!
He will get a lot of awards in the medical field too."
After the production and sales of the new drug, Sheffield didn't need to worry about money anymore. Even if he just sat at home for the rest of his life and squandered money, he wouldn't go broke.
Sheffield refused to answer any more questions and left.
Slowly, other achievements of Sheffield were also exposed.
People across the city excitedly talked about Sheffield Tang, the doctor of the nephrology department of Y City First General Hospital, and spread his glories. He became the talk of the country in a matter of a few hours!
When Sheffield finally left the venue of the launch event, it was getting dark outside.
He glanced at his watch. There was still an hour before her engagement ceremony. He had time to take a shower and change clothes before attending the ceremony.
Sheffield sat back in his car and glanced at the pink invitation card on the passenger seat. He took hold of that small card and went through it again.
"Dear Mr. Tang, Mr. Calvert Ji and Miss Evelyn Huo will hold their engagement ceremony at 7 p.m., on lunar January 20th, on the second floor of East City Hotel. Your presence is cordially requested."
When Sheffield left home that morning, Calvert had sent him the invitation card in person.
His face darkened after he read the contents, and he threw the invitation card back to the passenger seat.
Calvert had put his own name ahead of Evelyn's on the invitation card. If it was Sheffield in his place, he would have put Evelyn's name in front of his. Was Calvert thinking of himself as a more important person than Evelyn? 'Prince Ji? Humph! You're just garbage in my eyes!' He cursed the man in his heart.
At around seven o'clock in the East City Hotel, people had already gathered.
Evelyn sat in the lounge, staring blankly at her phone.
She didn't invite Sheffield to the engagement party because she thought there was no need. Evelyn wasn't happy at all. Why would she invite him to witness the moment that would make him even more depressed? It would be like a slap in his face. She couldn't bear to see his expressions.
'Oh, I'm sorry, Sheffield.'
Evelyn's lower lip quivered when she tried to control her tears. She wanted to talk to him, but she seemed to have no idea what to do except saying sorry to Sheffield.
