Chapter 696 Groom Another Heir
When Fiona took Chicago and Charlotte to school, Christopher was nervous, holding Charlotte's hand and repeatedly reminding her, "If you really have to, make sure to do it in moderation. You must not kill anyone, understand?"
Fiona remained silent and didn't know what to say.
Charlotte felt helpless as well, patting Christopher's back. "Father, you don't have to be so nervous. I'm just going to school, not going to war."
Christopher was on the verge of tears.
Charlotte went speechless.
She quickly opened the car door and got out.
Before entering the school gate, Chicago hugged Fiona tightly. "Mommy, you're too busy to pick me up from school. Uncle Xavier can take me home."
"I know." Fiona patted her back. "Do you remember what I said that night?"
"Yes!" Chicago nodded firmly.
"Go then." Fiona kissed Chicago's cheek.
Chicago ran to Charlotte, and they entered the school gate together.
The head teacher waved at Fiona from a distance, and Fiona politely nodded before getting into the car and heading to the company.
Today, members of the Ross family will be going to Solomon headquarters to discuss the project for the coming year.
Chicago and Charlotte were not in the same teaching building because they were in different grade levels.
Before parting, Charlotte seemed a bit worried. "If you need anything, come look for me, okay?"
"Don't worry, I'm not afraid!" Chicago said without hesitation.
Charlotte still wasn't reassured but nodded anyway.
After parting, Chicago went to her own classroom.
When she entered, almost all the kids were already there. The once lively classroom quieted down when someone exclaimed, "Chicago's here!"
All eyes were on Chicago.
Even though Chicago had mentally prepared herself, her heart sank involuntarily.
Chicago returned to her seat.
She lowered her gaze and saw several Post-it notes stuck to her desk.
There were poorly written words on them.
"Go, Chicago!"
"After the storm comes a rainbow!"
"We will always be your good friends!"
"Chicago is the best!"
"Hope Chicago stays happy forever!"
Chicago paused for a second, looked at the classmates around her, and immediately smiled as usual.
Seeing Chicago's smile, the cautious children followed suit and laughed.
The atmosphere in the classroom instantly improved.
Chicago sat down and silently said to herself, "Daddy, it doesn't seem as bad as I thought."
Chicago was always popular in the class.
She cared for her classmates and had a sense of justice, and many children liked her.
It was said that her father had passed away.
Several children with a good relationship with her cried bitterly at home. The children were very worried about Chicago.
On the first day of school, the children in the class tacitly protected her.
They were always cautious about children from other classes, afraid some bad kids might come to Chicago and say strange things that would hurt her.
"My parents said that some people are bad and don't know how to be considerate!" whispered Chicago's desk mate to her friend. "Chicago is our good friend, and we can't let those bad people harm her!"
"Yeah! We'll protect her!"
Conversations like this would occasionally be heard among the children in the class.
On the other side, at Solomon's headquarters, Fiona had just arrived when Henry approached her.
"Mr. Ross is here."
Mr Ross, Hathaway and Annie's father.
Fiona smirked. "The Ross family really has no one else. Mr. Ross is personally involved?"
"I guess it's because of the report in the European Times the other day," Henry said solemnly.
According to Fiona's instructions, the Astralis family had transferred all their businesses in Armie to her.
After completing all the procedures, the Astralis family successfully retrieved Robert's body.
After days of severe short-selling, they slowly withdrew.
However, the Astralis family was still severely weakened and suffered heavy losses. Many economic newspapers even said that the Astralis family was facing its most critical moment.
Some even directly stated that the Astralis family was on its last legs.
Robert's parents were extremely angry.
In comparison, the Ross family, who had also been involved in the kidnapping of the Darwin couple, had not faced any difficulties. They even had substantial cooperation with Solomon and were steadily moving forward.
How could Robert's parents endure this?
They immediately used the power of money and hired a writing master to write an article exposing the truth behind Darwin's murder.
The article could be said to have applied vocabulary to the extreme.
They portrayed the Astralis family as the victims framed by the Ross family.
This matter caused a great sensation of discussion in both Europe and Armie.
The Ross family immediately came forward to refute the rumors, and the public relations director even directly attacked the Astralis family's shameful behavior on social media, using foul language.
They also claimed that Miss Annie, enthusiastic about charity, was the one truly framed by Robert!
The conflict escalated to the end.
In the end, the media's attention focused on the collaboration between the Ross family and Solomon.
Since the article was published, Mr. Ross has been trying to converse privately with Fiona.
However, Laura and Henry blocked him, citing her busy schedule.
Mr. Ross used his connections and even found Janna, only to be verbally abused by her.
Fiona remained indifferent.
"You don't need to pay special attention to who is coming. The meeting will proceed as scheduled."
"We understand."
Not long after, Mr. Ross arrived at Solomon with his team.
He seemed to want to create an illusion that there was no animosity between Solomon and the Ross family and even arranged for journalists.
Photos of his arrival at the Solomon building were posted online.
Henry went to receive Mr. Ross.
Mr. Ross didn't see Fiona and thought this young woman didn't take him seriously.
She hadn't answered his calls for the past few days.
He came in person but only sent an assistant downstairs to greet him.
Mr. Ross remembered Janna's previous cursing and insults, and he couldn't help but become livid.
Mr. Ross never expected.
At his age, he still had to endure this humiliation because of his children.
But the Ross family couldn't afford to lose this collaboration with Solomon.
"Mr. Ross, Fiona is already waiting for you."
"Okay." Mr. Ross nodded. "About Mr. Solomon..."
"Fiona has always been rational, and we at Solomon still value the collaboration with the Ross family," Henry replied.
Mr. Ross breathed a sigh of relief.
That day, Robert's father called him and said Fiona killed her husband, became insane, and kept saying she would eventually target his Ross family.
It seemed that the old madman was scaring people with his nonsense again!
If Darwin’s wife still valued cooperation with the Ross family, there might be a chance for Annie's situation to change.
Being the only capable heir left in the Ross family of their generation, Annie had a lot resting on her shoulders.
If Annie couldn't be saved.
Mr. Ross would have to groom another heir before he died.
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