Vivienne nodded. The Brooks family's affairs were no longer of her concern. However, if they came knocking on her door one day seeking help, she would not turn a blind eye. If they did not, well, then it was live and let live.

Ronald caught Vivienne's gaze, and his expression flickered with oddness for a split second before he resumed his composure and nodded at her in greeting.

Mark, still playing it cool with Vivienne, showed no reaction.

"Let's go, we're off," Vivienne said, waving Aaron away.

Aaron responded, "Hey Vivienne, we should grab a..."

Before he could finish suggesting a meal, Percival rolled up the car window with a quick twist and kicked the seat in front of him. "Drive."

Leopold jumped, wondering what the sudden outburst was about, but did not dare to ask; he just silently started the car.

Vivienne sighed, "Mr. Wolf, do you have something against Aaron?"

Percival, feigning indifference, replied, "No, Leopold closed the window."

"Huh?" Leopold yelped, catching Percival's warning glance in the rear-view mirror, and quickly nodded in agreement, "Ah yes, yes, my fault, Vivienne. You should totally chew me out." Maybe a good scolding would get him out of driving duties!

Where the heck had Thomas, that little rascal, run off to?

He should be back driving now that he had recovered from his sickness, right?

Had he not been back at work just a couple of days ago?

Thomas's inner thoughts were, "Training the newbie, do not disturb."

Aaron watched the car fade into the distance, his hopeful gaze sinking slowly.

no right to stand beside

have to

asked, "Hey kid, what was Vivienne doing

gaze dropped, "Just

a girl getting into her car. A classmate of yours?" Mark's eyes trailed off in the direction the car had disappeared,

see what she looked like," Aaron said, adjusting his backpack. "Aren't we supposed

They were both

at school, only exchanging a few words when grouped for an assignment. After the project, there was no further

fact that Anna knew

always thought Anna was a

Mark did not push further and left with Ronald to head out from

out a certificate. It was issued

a professional doctor?" Vivienne was surprised to

woman to Karen, with

not expect Anna to follow in those footsteps,

thought inwardly, "Vivienne, you've mastered all of your mother's skills; is it so hard for Anna to inherit

exams in my spare time. Right now, I'm only a certified doctor; I'm not yet skilled enough to engage in research," Anna said, removing her black-rimmed glasses to reveal her bright

want to work in

doing so. Could you take me to the lab just to have a look?" "Not yet." Vivienne handed the certificate back to

was puzzled. "Why? The Husky can

enough for research. At the very least, you need to master the experimental techniques before I can let you

to run

"But time waits for no one. If I'm studying, I can't focus fully on research. There's only so much

could start by reporting to the Vanguard Agency's boot camp. If you pass our training, you'll be assigned to the YQ lab." "YQ lab? You restarted the YQ lab!" Anna's

"Yeah, but you'll have to follow Vivienne's lead inside the lab. She's

it momentarily before saying, "No problem, take me to the boot

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