1137 Do You Dare to Make a Bet?
“Mr. Gray, I’m really sorry. My mother is very stubborn, especially when it comes to her designs. She refuses to allow anyone to make even minor changes. Please forgive her if she’s offended you in any way,” Paul said to Lucas apologetically.
Lucas said with a smile, “No, not at all. Professor Crawford is a talented person who is serious and passionate about her work. It’s my honor to have her help me with the design and planning of Stardust City. How could I possibly blame her?”
“Thank you for your understanding.” Paul sighed and shook his head. “Speaking of which, I’ve really underestimated my mother’s persistence. I thought that I could persuade her to stay at home to recuperate and visit the construction site once every few days. But given her temperament, I’m afraid she won’t listen to me at all.”
Lucas agreed.
More than half an hour had passed from the moment Flynn received Paul’s call for help to when the two of them arrived at the hospital.
During this half an hour or so, Paul had been trying to convince his mother, but his efforts were obviously futile.
Since even Gemma’s own son couldn’t persuade her, Lucas naturally didn’t think that ‘outsiders’ like him and Flynn could convince her.
After thinking about it, Paul sighed again and said, “Since I can’t persuade her to stay at home, I’ll just follow her wishes and let her go to the construction site to inspect. However, Mr. Gray, I hope that you can send more people to protect my mother from any further mishaps.
“After all, my mother is already advanced in years, and she has a weak heart. In case she gets agitated and collapses again, we don’t know if she’ll be so lucky next time and be rescued in time.”
Lucas could sense Paul’s concern for Gemma.
So he said, “In that case, I will send more and stronger people to protect Professor Crawford. The same thing won’t happen again. Don’t worry!”
“Okay, I’ll have to trouble you then, Mr. Gray,” Paul said to Lucas gratefully.
In the end, under Gemma’s strong insistence, Paul had no choice but to help her get discharged in advance.
But after being discharged from the hospital, Gemma headed straight to the construction site of Stardust City in the eastern suburbs of DC without even going back home. It left Paul, Lucas, and the others feeling helpless.
Lucas and Flynn also rushed to the construction site and dispatched the new head of security of the Stardust Corporation to arrange enough manpower to protect Gemma.
After arranging everything, Lucas instructed Flynn, “Keep a close eye on this matter. No matter what, we must protect Professor Crawford well this time and prevent any mishaps from happening again.
“Also, instruct the construction department to carry out all construction in strict accordance with Professor Crawford’s design drawings.”
“Okay, Lucas!” Flynn also agreed immediately.
“Hey, you’re here too!”
While Lucas and Flynn were talking, a clear and crisp female voice suddenly came from the side.
The two of them turned around and saw Leila, Gemma’s granddaughter, walking toward them.
It turned out that Leila was worried about her grandmother coming to the construction site, so she tagged along.
After looking at Gemma giving instructions on the construction site, as well as the people around her, she said, “It seems you didn’t go back on your word this time, and you’ve really arranged for bodyguards to protect my grandmother. Hmm… there are six bodyguards around. They’re quite attentive about my grandmother.”
Lucas said with a smile, “In fact, we are even more attentive than you think. We have arranged more than six bodyguards for Professor Crawford, and many of them are hiding in stealth. You just haven’t discovered them.”
Hearing this, Leila immediately became very interested. She scanned the surroundings and asked doubtfully, “Really? But I only see six bodyguards. Where are the others?”
Her action revealed some childishness, which was much better than her feistiness when she threw a fit at Lucas in the hospital yesterday.
Lucas chuckles. “Since they are bodyguards hiding in the shadows, they naturally won’t let you find them.”
Leila frowned. “Don’t underestimate me! Isn’t it just the other bodyguards hiding in the crowd? You have to agree to a request of mine if I can find all of them. Do you dare to accept the challenge?”
Flynn smiled. “Leila, Professor Crawford seems to be calling you. I don’t know what it’s about. Why don’t we go over to take a look?”
Leila ignored Flynn and instead stared at Lucas with a gleaming gaze. “Do you dare to bet with me?”
Seeing Leila’s rare and childish side, Lucas laughed and nodded. “Why not? I can make the conditions simpler too. I’ve arranged twenty-three bodyguards to guard Professor Crawford in secret. If you can find one, you win.”
The bodyguards Lucas had arranged on the construction site were all experts Joe had brought from Orange County. Although their skills were not comparable to the top experts of some powerful families, they were definitely not weak.
It was likely impossible for a young lady like Leila to find all these bodyguards among the thousands of people at the construction site.
“Alright, I’ll hold you to your word!” Leila winked with a triumphant smile and left to look for the bodyguards.
Just as she walked away, Flynn sighed and said to Lucas, “Lucas, it seems you’re going to lose this bet.”
“Oh, is that so? Why do you say so?” Lucas looked at Flynn in slight surprise.
Flynn smiled wryly. “I know Leila. She comes from a family of intellectuals. She’s a star student of Georgetown University herself, and she’s all but guaranteed a PhD. Her IQ is quite high.
“Furthermore, she has excellent observation skills. She can often make many accurate conjectures just with some tiny clues. She’s even helped the police crack some major cases before!
“Her observation and reasoning abilities are quite strong, so I think she’ll definitely find Joe’s subordinates. Besides, you said that she only needs to find one of them to win, so I think she’s probably won by now.”
Hearing this, even Lucas showed a look of surprise.
He didn’t expect that the girl who had yelled at him in the hospital and behaved childishly just now would have such amazing abilities.
“Since you knew about it, why didn’t you remind me?” Lucas asked, feigning resentment.
Flynn said innocently, “When Leila made the bet just now, I tried to interrupt her by changing the subject, but unfortunately, it didn’t work. Then you agreed to it…”
Lucas immediately remembered Flynn interrupting them by saying that Gemma had something to say to Leila and laughed. “It seems I was indeed negligent!”
