Chapter 997 Penniless Wendy

Marcus hurried off to comfort the students.

As for the Specialized Forces, some of them had gone after the vanished men after the gas cleared, while others stayed back to protect Arielle.

 

Under the guidance of Arielle, the remaining squad members began helping to reassure the students as well.

Even though the incident that just happened was indeed frightening, it was, after all, not a gunfight or actual combat. Thus, with the combined efforts of Marcus and the Specialized Forces, the students’ and their parents’ emotions soon began to stabilize.

The atmosphere backstage eventually returned to normal. After giving a stern warning, the members of the Specialized Forces classified the recent incident. Thus, no information about it was leaked to the outside world.

Once the order was restored, Arielle suddenly remembered the reason she had headed backstage and went to make her payment.

After she made the payment of fifteen million, she approached Marcus, carrying the vase in her hands.

“I’m returning this to you, Mr. Brown.”

“Didn’t you just win this at the auction?” Marcus asked, bewildered.

her head. “I just wanted to contribute to the charity event. You and I both know that the Southalls are to blame for the state of that village. Even though I’m not technically a member of the Southall family, I

Arielle. I made the right call back then when I decided to

Wendy’s voice rang out. “Oh, cut the

into her wounds. “What was that?

gnashed her teeth so hard she nearly crushed

heard mumbling, “How is that possible? Are you

 

gave up mocking Arielle and strode toward her mother instead.

“They said

disgraced so grievously just now, she was merely hoping to regain some dignity by making a huge payment with her

expected the attendant to

that be?” Wendy was just as puzzled. “Isn’t this

balance in

impossible!” Cecilia denied it outright. “Unless Greene Corporation has gone bankrupt, this card would never run out

her. “Well, in that case, I have no idea what went wrong, then. I swiped it many times, but the payment just wouldn’t go through. Do

Cecilia fished another card out of her purse and placed it on the

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