Originally, according to her and Colby's plan, even if the opposition wanted to reclaim control of the Mintons and
find someone new, there should have been a proper process to follow. At the very least, the new CEO would have
been announced first.
But unexpectedly, this tthe CEO of the Mintons was appointed out of nowhere, and within a single day, a
new CEO was elected without following the usual procedures. No one cto take the shares from Odie either. It
was all too strange. Although they had already guessed that the Mintons had hidden assets, with someone
behind the scenes holding the largest share of these hidden benefits, Sophie still had many unanswered
questions. As the CEO of the Mintons, Odie should have known about these things.
Odie said nonchalantly, "When | was first sent to the Mintons as an adopted son to that old man, | was always
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtcatching up on financial knowledge. Colby and | are different; Colby was a nobleman experiencing life in the
slums, the knowledge he had, | lacked. So, | had to work even harder. In the beginning, | wasn't the only
candidate for the heir apparent; | was just moved from overseas to make up the numbers. If the White family
wanted to be connected to the Mintons, they could only send their trusted people. At that time, it was me, Colby,
and Griffin. Griffin was unwilling to go and withdrew voluntarily. | was also reluctant because Mr. Elwood was
already on his last legs, and | thought if | could endure a few more years, | might be able to becthe heir to
the White family. That seemed better than struggling to survive in a cutthroat place like Summerfield."
"What happened then?"
"Then, | was tricked by Colby into
going to Summerfield," Odie continued. "There were many elites sent there, sof them were wealthy heirs,
swere prodigies in finance. In terms of knowledge, | couldn't compete with them, but in terms of
ruthlessness, they were no match for me. Luckily, Jensen liked my ruthlessness, and that allowedto smoothly
becthe heir to the Mintons. It was when | becthe heir that | saw someone entering the old man's
study."
"Who was it?"
"| couldn't see clearly," said Odie. "Anyone Jensen met with was no ordinary person. At the time, | didn't care at
all, just hoping Jensen would die soon so that the Mintons would
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fall into my hands. It was that very night, Jensen died. And | naturally becthe new ruler of the Mintons."
"You mean... the person you saw that night killed Jensen?"
"Maybe," Odie said. "The old man died of a heart attack. At that time, | only wanted to be the ruler of the
Mintons, so didn't order an investigation. Later, when | took over the Mintons' previous dealings, found that a
place like Summerfield was filthy. To survive, one had to be dirtier and more ruthless than those people.
Otherwise, a newcomer likemight have been devoured to the point where not even bones
remained."
Odie looked at Sophie and said, "Have you ever heard of a beast's instinct? | haven't ruled out the possibility that
there might be someone else behind the Mintons, but my instinct toldnot to investigate. Sometimes, turning «
a blind eye is better than losing your life."