Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee

The two were evenly matched in strength and were initially cautious due to being in Tina's research facility, where exerting too much force was frowned upon. However, as they continued, they became increasingly engrossed, seemingly deaf to any sound other than their own voices.

Hayden was almost frantic with worry. He glanced at Tina, who remained silent, and at Jared, who watched with interest, and couldn't help but mentally light a candle for Wraith and his crew. "Don't say I didn't try to help you. But really, you're useless!"

"Hey, Husky, what's going on? Why are they fighting?"

Courtney asked, detached as if she were merely a spectator. Overhearing Hayden muttering beside her, she poked him and asked, "Weren't you supposed to be with Paula? Why are you here?" Hayden bristled at the nickname.

"I told you not to call me Husky! And what do you mean by that? I'm not sold to the White family. Can't I step out for some air?"

He snorted, "If you want to know, I won't tell you!"

Tina and Jared gave him a lukewarm look. Like a dog warned by its owner, Courtney even thought she heard Hayden whimper, "I'll tell you, I swear, this has nothing to do with me!"

"Get to the point," Tina said, massaging her temples. Hayden, the chatterbox, could talk forever.

"Alright," Hayden sighed, "the point is, I came to the lab to get something. As soon as I arrived, I heard Peter arguing with Lockie."

In the grand scheme of things, it was trivial. Peter Crispin, following Tina's instructions to keep an eye on Wraith, had not been on a mission for a while. Feeling restless, he had tried to negotiate with Wraith. "Are you bored?"

Hearing the plump kid once again scheming to trade him for a bounty, suggesting that for the sake of long-term planning he would let himself be captured, Wraith was incredulous. Who would believe such nonsense?

Wraith, finally finding something to occupy himself with by researching Natalie's work, was not about to leave with Peter anytime soon. He coldly retorted, and Peter, stubborn, insisted, "I am indeed very bored, and Serena asked me to watch you to prevent any mischief!"

Despite sounding almost delusional, Peter wouldn't relent. Since Tina's mother and her project were there, he was unlikely to escape. However, Wraith, preoccupied with his research subjects, had no intention of leaving, yet Peter persisted. Eventually, the two came to blows.

"Uncle, stop watching. It's embarrassing," Tina said, covering her face, wishing she could disappear into a crack in the ground.

Jared's deep laugh emanated from his throat, disarmingly gentle.

"It's not embarrassing. I'm going to record this and post it online."

People do love watching a fight.

Tina thought to herself bitterly, *You love it because it's a chance for private revenge, reveling in the chaos!*

Jared responded nonchalantly, *So what? These little rascals are always trying to steal my girl. They're nowhere near my level.*

Hayden and Courtney, having heard everything, dared not make a sound.

Suddenly!

A loud smack!

The normally bustling noise of the research institute halted abruptly at that moment!

Everyone's attention shifted from their projects to see Peter Crispin and Wraith tangled together, bodies stiff as they looked in a certain direction. "Miss Reed!"

The crowd shouted, and Hayden clearly saw, at the mention of Tina's name, Wraith and Peter Crispin momentarily trembled. Jared hooked Tina's pinky, "Tina?"

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He knew well that his girl was obsessed with wealth. The institute was her mother's, her life's work, and those icy blue countertops held vessels containing valuable potions. Now, they had spilled it all!

Tina, silent, handed a wooden box to Jared, "You two seem to have had quite the fun in my lab!"

"Do you know what this is?"

She dipped a cotton swab into the liquid, and a reddish-brown color instantly soaked the white swab.

Jared squinted at the color, reminded of the failed elixir of immortality they had found at Dorothy Russell's villa. His brow twitched. This bottle, could it really be the one originally from Alderanth?

Facing Tina's mockingly amused gaze, Peter Crispin chuckled nervously. A chilling sensation raced up his spine, and he nudged Wraith: What the hell is this?

Wraith: You're done for! Serena will kill you!

With a grim smile, as Peter Crispin's eyes widened in alarm, he indignantly said, "It's all his fault! Miss Reed, it was all him pestering me to help him cheat for the prize money; he's the one who broke the potion!" Peter Crispin: !!!

You little schemer, burying me, huh?!

As the self-proclaimed sharpest mind of Serenity Ridge, Peter Crispin sneered, "Serena, don't listen to his nonsense! You know me, I would never mess around in your lab. It was just a joke between us, and he took it seriously." The chubby man blinked innocently.

"I didn't expect Wraith to take it seriously, Serena, I'm sorry, blame me if you must. Although I don't know what this is, I thought anything Wraith left on the corner of the desk was unimportant."

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Jared: ... cough... Although he shouldn't, he really wanted to ask, are the educational standards at Serenity Ridge actually normal?

Courtney: My eyes, my eyes, why are Tina's brothers one worse than the other?

Hayden took out his phone and faithfully recorded everything that had just happened. To avoid alarming anyone, he turned his face the color of eggplant, shaking with laughter as he sent the details to his brothers' group chat: "Peter is a real bitch."

Recently, Peter Crispin had graduated from being an outer disciple to a full disciple, becoming Tina's tenth brother. And the youngest, Hayden, gained another brother.

After sending the message, he turned off his phone, rubbed his swollen cheeks, and looked ahead, finally bursting into laughter.

The colleagues at the institute were stunned. Were they supposed to see this? No!

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Tina pursed her lips, her hand tightening into a fist then relaxed. And then tightened again.

She couldn't hit him; this was her own brother. Even if he disgusted her to death, she had to win him over with virtue, absolutely no hitting! Damn!

She couldn't hold back!

She had struggled so hard to salvage just a bit from the ruins, and now, before she could even start her research, it was all gone!

Returned to the earth, thanks to these two fools, who seemed to do nothing but create trouble for her day after day!