Overprotected By My Tsundere CEO-Chapter 689 - 431: Marshall Ferreira Is Done For [Part 2]

Chapter 689: Chapter 431: Marshall Ferreira Is Done For [Part 2]

Pedro Langley smiled, took a bottle of mineral water from the small fridge, loosened the cap, and handed it to Nora Scott to cool her down, "After all, my girlfriend would never be at a disadvantage."

Nora grabbed it, twisted off the cap, tilted her head back and gulped down a few big sips, calming her anger, but still said indignantly, "Why did you always fight for me before?"

Pedro sighed lightly, not knowing why he blurted out the truth, "Back when I hadn’t won you over, I needed to make more of an effort."

"?"

Nora looked at him in shock.

"..."

Pedro sensed the tension, the temperature in the car dropped suddenly, and it felt a bit chilly.

Screwing the cap back on, Nora threw the bottle of mineral water behind her, coldly calling his name, "Pedro Langley."

"..."

Pedro turned around, gazing at her earnestly, silently advising her—not to act on impulse.

However, Nora was willing to face the devil, lunging forward, "Seems like you’re exhausted from traveling and want to lie in a hospital."

...

Pedro paid the price for his actions, ending up with a bump on his head, and only managed to appease Nora after a long bout of coaxing.

After dawdling for about ten minutes, Pedro finally started the car, while Luna Durant, who had just passed by and glanced at them before leaving, suddenly felt three words pop into her mind—

Dog, man, woman.

What’s so impressive about a six-year relationship?!

In the car.

As they drove out of the school gate, Pedro suddenly said, "Today we’ll splurge."

"Ah?"

Nora, taking a bite of a snack, looked up bewildered—what’s it like for you rich people to splurge?

Soon, she saw Pedro glance in this direction, smirk, and say word by word, "Add four pot bases."

"..."

Billionaire, which slum did you come back from?!

Nora almost flung the snack at Pedro’s head—inviting the penny-pinching tycoon to a meal of imported junk food from abroad.

*

Having hotpot was Nora’s suggestion.

Last night while chatting with Pedro, Nora inadvertently mentioned wanting to eat hotpot, but Marcus Shaw, Oliver Scott, Benjamin Durant, and Humphrey Jennings were all unavailable to accompany her, making her feel that despite numerous friends, she couldn’t find a single person to share a hotpot.

Pedro at the time comforted her with a few words over the phone, not expecting that he concealed his return timing just to give Nora a hotpot surprise.

Hmm, from Pedro’s straightforward thinking, this scene could probably be considered "romantic."

—Nora thought this as she sat in a private room, having grabbed the beef from Pedro’s bowl.

The tycoon quietly watched her for two seconds, called the waiter, and ordered two more portions of beef.

"Generous."

Once the waiter left, Nora raised her thumb, very falsely praising him. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Pedro slightly raised his chin, accepting with thick-skinned nonchalance, "You’re welcome."

"..."

Nora almost choked.

Slowly finishing the meat on her plate, Nora pondered for a moment and changed the topic, "Have you finished your business?"

"Yeah."

"Everything went smoothly?"

"Everything went smoothly."

Seeing Pedro’s affirmative response, Nora also quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

She knew that Pedro’s recent business trips were all linked to Victor Technology, and she could more or less guess what that was about.

Putting down her chopsticks, Nora took a break, resting her chin on one hand, raised her eyes, and fixed her gaze on Pedro, "I have a question."

"What is it?"

Pedro directly put an entire portion of beef into the spicy hotpot base.

Pausing for a moment, Nora asked, "Why is Camilo Nogueira collaborating with you, is it out of interest, or just for fun?"

Recently, Nora casually looked up Camilo Nogueira in the Biel Hall backstage and was surprised to find that most of Camilo’s identity is confidential, requiring permission to access.

Nora had the permissions and looked it over.

It can only be said that Camilo’s background is quite extraordinary, not to mention Mr. Nogueira, talking just about his mother—heiress of Swift Corporation, the only daughter, managing a huge enterprise.

Comparable to the Langley household.

Glancing at her, Pedro said, "For his brother."

Nora was slightly stunned and blurted out, "Fátima’s husband?"

"..."

Pedro was momentarily taken aback, then remembered that there really was that connection—Nora’s mentor’s husband, Joshua Nogueira, was indeed Camilo’s biological brother.

He acknowledged with a "hmm," then said, "He has only one brother, who insisted on entering the military academy and staying in the army, unwilling to take over the family business. He couldn’t understand what Joshua was thinking, and for a while, the two of them were quite at odds."

"..."

Brotherly bonds aren’t even as strong as the relationships between their sisters.

—Similarly, Nora couldn’t understand why Fátima set her life goal at eight years old, planning to spend her entire life in the military, but she didn’t have any disagreements with Fátima about it.

On the contrary, she greatly admired Fátima’s courage.

"Later, he inadvertently met me. He had some interest in military drones but didn’t intend to get involved with me," Pedro continued, scooping out the beef and placing a large portion in Nora’s bowl, filling it up before keeping the rest for himself. "Then one day, he suddenly had a dream, recalling a promise he made to his brother when he was seven or eight. —If you’re at the front lines charging ahead, then I’ll be your armory."

Nora raised her eyebrows, "He forgot?"

"He forgot."

Pedro nodded slightly.

Nora was a bit surprised, "He remembered then teamed up with you?"

"Yeah."

Pedro nodded, confirming her theory.

"..."

Pausing speechless, Nora let out a faint laugh.

There really are... all sorts of people.

Originally having no good impression of Camilo, Nora naturally dispelled that bit of bias upon seeing Camilo’s act of keeping his promise. Since they were on the topic, she asked Pedro a few more questions about Camilo and Crystal Hughes’ current situation.

"I don’t know." Pedro shrugged, "All I know is, he dumped all his business trips on me for the sake of Crystal Hughes."

"..."

Alright.

The bias she had just dismissed resurfaced again.

—May his journey to wooing his wife be full of hardships and obstacles.

*

Two days later, Nora had to go on a business trip for some matters at Biel Hall. She couldn’t watch Marcus Shaw and Oliver Scott’s mecha competition—not even the live online broadcast.

On the busy day that left her head spinning, Nora glanced at a message from Oliver saying he had won, putting her at ease. She didn’t ask further and didn’t continue paying attention to the two’s matters.

She didn’t have any time to go online.

Naturally, she was unaware that both Marcus and Oliver were embroiled in public opinion and that somewhat involved her.

The preliminary round of the National Youth Mecha Competition, due to the high interest, was conducted via live broadcast. Among them, the "Golden Lightning" in the high school division, along with its mecha operators Marcus and Oliver, became the focus of attention due to the high quality of their mechas and their outstanding looks and backgrounds. Once the broadcast ended, they captured countless fans, with the comments filled with declarations like "Sister loves you."

But, within a few hours, the heat of public opinion changed drastically—

Marketing accounts started continuously revealing that Oliver and Marcus were, in fact, Nora’s half-brother and stepbrother, respectively. Not only that, but they also disclosed Oliver’s and Marcus’s exam results from various major exams, portraying the brothers as double academic prodigies, instantly drawing immense attention online. The hype around "Nora’s brothers" pushed it to the peak.

But then, the situation rapidly deteriorated.

Another group of marketing accounts published a photo featuring Nora, Oliver, and Camilo together, in a scene from the city selection competition.

At the same time, rumors began circulating—

Nora was reported to be closely associated with both Camilo of Victor Technology and Pedro Langley, with speculations about possibly being in a relationship with either of them;

This youth mecha competition was jointly hosted by Victor Technology;

Moreover, the quality of Marcus and Oliver’s mechas was clearly beyond the level of ordinary high school students.

With all these specious speculations, some people leaned towards—

That Marcus and Oliver’s victory involved backdoor dealings. Perhaps there was technical support or potentially rigged operations.