Divorce Anxiety
Chapter 149

Samuel looked at her meaningfully. “The owners of these two lands have not been found sofar."Kathleen was surprised. “How can work be done if the owners are not found? Do you just goaround it?"“We can't, as this is the main building of Horington,” explained Samuel."Then how canthis project proceed? Both the Morris family and the Corbyn family are competing for these lands.Could it be that they have a way to solve this issue?” Kathleen frowned.”You think too highly ofthem,” Samuel replied coldly.Shocked, Kathleen frowned and asked, “That means they want theselands to be unrecognized, so they can treat them as abandoned places and buildHorington?"Samuel nodded."Then why are you stopping them?” She was curious.No matter whoowns those lands, I wonder why Samuel is stopping it since he is not interested in that project. Hemay also offend the Morris family and the Corbyn family by doing so.”Do you know what'sunderneath these lands?" he asked in a cold voice.” have no idea.” Kathleen shook her head."Gold.Horington plans to bulldoze these two mountains and build a new town to expand Lightspring. Iapproached Olivia back then because I found out that these two mountains are gold mines.Although they are mines, no one is doing the mining here,” Samuel said in his baritonal voice." Wait!You mean that the Morris family and the Corbyn family care about the mines, but not thedevelopment of Horington?” Kathleen was stunned.”You're partially right. Simply put, at least twobillion is needed to invest in Horington's development. It's hard for a company to come up with thatmuch money. Its construction would take at least three years. If the funds break down within thesethree years, Horington and the company will get into trouble. However, this big problem can besolved if they have these mines in their hands.” Samuel looked sideways at her."They're too bold.Mining requires a lot of documents.” Kathleen knitted her brows.Looking at her fair face, he asked,"With their abilities, do you think the authorities will not approve?“Kathleen was startled uponhearing that.Samuel is right.”You still haven't explained why you're stopping it.” Kathleen wasshocked."The idea of leveling these mountains and building a new town was originally proposed byme. However, something went wrong during that period, and the authorities decided to buildHorington here,” he responded with a smile.”Are you trying to bring this Horington project to a haltand make it yours?” she asked slyly.Samuel nodded his head.Businessmen are indeed alltreacherous.”Do you think I'm bad?” He raised his eyebrows.She shook her head and answered, “Youhave the essence of a businessman.”Staring at her, he said, “Huh! Christopher is bound to get thisHorington project. He is fond of these mines and even wants to ignore the ownership of these twomountains so that he can do mining here. Is he a good guy by doing s0?"“l know I'm not in aposition to criticize any of you on this matter. So, you got Olivia to tell the authorities that theground of these two mountains is soft and not suitable to build a city?” Kathleen askedsolemnly.Samuel turned on the computer. “This is the futuristic city, Flobury, that Idesigned.”Kathleen looked at the drawing of the city designed by Samuel. He planned to avoid thetwo mountains and have them as part of the town.”l had Olivia check it out. As long as we avoid themountains, the geological structure of this place will remain unchanged. Otherwise, we'll let themmine first and then build the city. Of course, by doing this, the construction period will beextended,” explained Samuel.“Why don't you change to another location?” She did notunderstand.“This place is connected to Lightspring and Tayhaven, so the future development here ispromising. One has the initiative once one gets the development right. This is a critical strategydeployment for a large company,” Samuel said meaningfully.“What do you wish for? To mine or notto mine?” asked Kathleen.Afterward, Samuel responded firmly, “No mining. Olivia sent me anappraisal report saying that there is not much gold under the mountain, which means mining isunnecessary. Of course, the Morris family and the Corbyn family will not believe it, as they thinkOlivia is on my side. With that, they got other experts to identify and say that these two mountainsare rich in mines and suitable for development.””I didn’t know there were so many things involvedhere.” Kathleen pursed her lips."What about your plan? What if your plan to avoid the mountainsworks, but the owners of these mountains come to you in the future and say they want to mine?”she asked again."That's why we need to replace the owners of the mountains. We're actually fightingover who gets to call the shots in Lightspring rather than the land,” he said coldly.Kathleen lookedat his handsome side profile.l shouldn't know such a confidential matter. But why did he tell meeverything?Looking at her charming facial features, Samuel asked solemnly, “Do you think I'mscary?’Kathleen shook her head. “No. Maybe I would do the same as you if I were in your position.Actually, you've done a good job. At least you have the intention of replaceing the owners of themountains."Hearing that, Samuel smiled lightly."How are you going to replace them? Are you going tospread the news everywhere?” Kathleen asked curiously.Taking out the information, Samuel said,"According to the information, these two mountains were bought during the time when the countrywas newly founded. However, we can't replace out the information of the purchaser because the filewas lost. Unless the purchasers themselves show up, it'll be hard for us to replace out. I've asked myoverseas friends to help, so they should have their whereabouts.”After pausing for a while, Kathleensaid, “So the Corbyn family is trying to take advantage of the situation by getting the Morris familyto get in your way and fight it out among yourselves. Then, they will reap the benefits when both ofyou take out each other?"Samuel nodded.”It's all a conspiracy.” Kathleen snorted.”It's very likely thatthey'll use you. I know you're smart and not easy to be deceived. You should keep being like thisOne thing you have to remember is to trust me,” he said while looking at her deeply.“Are youtrustworthy?” Kathleen looked at him seriously.Staring at her exquisite face, Samuel smiledelegantly. “Of course. I said I won't lie to you, so I would never do that. Kate, you can always trustme.""What can I do for you?” She pursed her lips.Stunned, Samuel asked, “Why do you want to helpme?" just feel sorry for Granny Monica,” answered Kathleen.Samuel stared at her misty eyes.ls itreally like that? Why do I feel like she’s hiding something from me?“Well. Looking forward toworking with you.” He pinched her face.”Don’t simply pinch me. It's rude!” She swatted his handaway.”l'm too used to doing that.” He curled his lips.He did pinch her a lot before.”I'm leaving.Remember to let me know if there is any news,” said Kathleen."All right.” His black eyes becameunfathomable.Kathleen then turned to leave.