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Inside the hotel room arranged by Shenhua, Shen Ye looked at the girl with blonde hair and a red dress in front of him and frowned deeply.
Behind him, Roberta and Fabiola also looked nervous. If the blonde girl opposite Shen Ye had not shown any hostility, they would have been unable to hold back and would have taken action.
But even so, they still kept their hands on the holsters, even though... they knew that guns could not cause any harm to the other party.
The blonde girl held a cup of black tea in her hand. She took a sip and frowned slightly. She probably felt that the black tea tasted bad, but she didn't say it. She just put the cup on the coffee table in front of her, then overlapped her hands and placed them between her legs. She straightened her back and smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. I'm not here to cause trouble to you today. I just want to meet an old friend."
Shen Ye took a deep look at the blonde girl's expression, as if trying to tell whether the words were true or false from the expression on her face, but the other party smiled at him elegantly, and he couldn't tell what was wrong for a moment.
Even so, Shen Ye was still a little worried. While thinking about whether he could defeat the other party with the strength he could use now, he said sarcastically: "This is only the second time we meet. How come I didn't know that our relationship has become so good, or that after being beaten, the feelings between us have increased? Alexia, do you have a masochistic tendency?"
The blonde girl turned out to be Alexia who disappeared after the melee in Roanapur.
After hearing what Shen Ye said, Alexia frowned again, but for some reason, she was not angry despite her twisted and paranoid personality. Perhaps it was because she had become the actual person in charge of the family, her temperament and way of thinking had changed - although, her family currently only had two people.
"When facing a lady, shouldn't you think about your words before you speak them, Shen?" Although Alexia had a bad temper in the past, she received the best education, including etiquette. She quickly smoothed her frown and spoke in a calm tone.
Hearing this, Shen Ye looked at Alexia in surprise and unfamiliarity. Why did her personality change?
After thinking for a while, he continued, "When you killed people, you were not a lady at all. You dug into their hearts a lot. And when you beat me, you beat me to death!"
Alexia said calmly, "That was in the past. People change."
Shen Ye immediately asked back: "Are you still a human? A person whose blood can burn?"
These words made Alexia unable to maintain her ladylike image any longer. She stood up suddenly and glared at Shen Ye: "You are going too far."
When they saw Alexia standing up, Roberta and Fabiola immediately drew their guns and pointed them at her.
Shen Ye waved his hand, signaling them to put down their guns. He only felt anger from Alexia, not murderous intent, and the gun was of no use to her.
However, to Shen Ye's surprise, under the stimulation of his words, Alexia was just angry and did not take action. This made him feel that the other party's personality seemed to have really changed.
He didn't understand why Alexia became like this, and wondered if it was because she had completely and perfectly adapted to the Veronica virus that her personality had also changed?
He couldn't really figure it out, but in the end, it seemed like a good thing.
Looking at Alexia, who still looked like a girl but whose figure had already taken shape, Shen Ye changed his tone and said with a hint of ease: "Just a joke, just a joke, Alexia, didn't you just say that we are old friends? Isn't it normal for old friends to joke with each other?"
Alexia took a few deep breaths to calm her heaving chest, then she hummed and sat down, her back still straight, still sitting in a ladylike posture.
After Alexia's breathing calmed down, Shen Ye continued to speak, using a respectful title: "Come to think of it, Miss Alexia, you are not just looking for me to reminisce about the past. After all, we have only met a few times. Although we have fought side by side, we were enemies before."
"Enemies can also become friends. I remember you told me this yourself." Alexia is a genius. A photographic memory is one of the basic talents of a genius, so she remembers it very clearly.
Shen Ye didn't have such a good memory, and the total number of worlds he had experienced was more than a year. After thinking for a while, he felt that he seemed to have said this before, so he spread his hands and said, "Okay, my friend, you are not really looking for me to reminisce about the past, are you?"
"Why not? We are the same kind of people. Not everyone in this world can be my friend." Alexia said.
Even though her personality has changed, her inner pride has not diminished much. It is already very good that she does not call herself a god despite having a superhuman physique. The reason why she can treat Shen Ye so politely is that she regards him as a fellow human being.
"It sounds like it's an honor for me." Listening to Alexia's words, Shen Ye sighed: "But arrogance is not a quality that a lady should have."
"But pride is." Alexia corrected his wording.
"Okay, proud Miss Alexia." Shen Ye tilted his head helplessly.
Picking up the teacup in front of him and taking a sip, Shen Ye asked another question in his mind.
"How did you know I was here?"
Alexia also took a sip from the teacup, but she was not used to the inferior tea leaves. She took a sip and put it back. Then she said, "The girl named Ha Ly you found a few days ago, her research institute is funded by my foundation."
"Your...foundation?" Shen Ye did not ask her why she knew Ha Ly. That question was too stupid. He was just very interested in the foundation that Alexia mentioned.
Alexia smiled without showing her teeth and nodded, "Yes, my foundation, or to be more precise, the foundation established in the name of my family, the Ashford Foundation."
Long before, after Alexia woke up, she became the actual controller of Umbrella America's branch. However, under the suppression of the US, Umbrella America's branch had actually gone bankrupt on the surface. But a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and Alexia is indeed a genius. After gathering all the assets that could be used, she reorganized the company. However, Umbrella America's branch has now been renamed Veronica Biopharmaceuticals, and the Ashford Foundation was established in the name of the family, as if it wanted to revive the family's glory and do something big.