Contract Marriage: My Sweet Bossy Wife

Chapter 149 A Thief

“Leila, you really impress us! I can’t believe your skills have overtaken ours so much.”

Hearing the compliment from others, Leila was thrilled.

Now everyone deemed that it was Leila who saved that old lady.

Actually, Leila wanted to tell the truth at the very beginning. However, it had been so long since she

enjoyed being the focus of all last time.

Because of that, she decided to steal the merit.

“Jesus, guys, did you see an old lady? She’s medium tall…” Dean Hart scurried over, looking anxious.

Behind her a group of assistants were following.

“Eloise, where are you?”

“Dean Hart, don’t worry. I have saved her.” Leila soon noticed what was happening.

When seeing the anxious look of Dean Hart, she could tell that this old lady must be influential.

“How did you do that?” Dean Hart looked at her.

“The needle.” As Leila knew that Jessica had been using needles to fight disease, she was aware that

needles could be the most credible answer.

Dean Hart took a look at her and walked inside the room. After a thorough check, she turned around to

walk out of the room. Then she stepped over to Leila, “Leila, tell me the truth! How did you master

Escape?” Dean Hart was shocked while asking. And so was everyone around when hearing that.

Escape had known to be the most challenging skill to master. It required specific needles made of gold,

which was highly flexible. Thus it’s challenging to use even for the most veteran medical expert.

Besides, only few of the medical practitioners had ever heard about that. If Leila indeed mastered such

a skill, her future would be incredibly promising.

After all, every detail of Escape required perfect control of the skills. Even a mere fault would turn to be

deadly.

That skill had been known as a kind of legend, which most of them had barely seen. So they were all

stunned when witnessing this miracle.

Leila still remained composed. Though she wasn’t talented in medical study, she had seen this kind of

skill from the medical book she stole. Besides, she had tried to practice it. Even if she didn’t have this

kind of special needle, she still deemed herself brilliant enough to master it.

In her view, it didn’t matter to know who Eloise Bailey really was. More importantly, she made herself

the savior, who deserved the glory of all.

“Dean Hart, you’re right. I save her with the help of Escape.” Leila smiled proudly.

“Leila, you really impress me! It has never occurred to me that you actually perfectly master such an

incredible skill to save Eloise Bailey. Your merit shall be noted by the Institute.” Dean Hart nodded,

satisfied with Leila.

Meanwhile, it still took some time for Eloise Bailey to recover. Out of the concern about her physical

condition, Dean Hart decided to move all medical equipment to the restroom and settled Eloise Bailey

here.

After complimenting Leila, she left.

Soon, Leila was surrounded by her colleagues.

“Leila, you’re so amazing! That’s Escape, the most challenging skill in the world!”

“Hey, Leila is the student of Professor Hawkins. A great teacher produces the most outstanding

student. So impressive!”

“Leila, you’re such an angel!”

“Dean Hart will definitely mark down your merit! You’re gonna be promising!”

Being the focus of all again, Leila couldn’t help getting thrilled.

She felt like getting the greatest fortune in the world.

‘Jessica, that’s not my fault. It’s just because you are being too stupid.’ Leila thought to herself.

Meanwhile, Jessica was walking over.

Actually, she was leaving for help just now. After all, she felt uneasy if she left that old lady alone in the

restroom. When seeing that the room was stuffed with her colleagues, she walked over to see what

happened.

“Jessica, I save Eloise Bailey!” Leila hurried to utter proudly before Jessica could ask.

Hearing that, Jessica was stunned.

How came it turned out that it was Leila who saved Eloise Bailey when she returned again?

“Oh, really? Why don’t you tell me how you did it?” but at a second thought, Eloise Bailey must have

been carefully tended since it was known to all, Jessica supposed.

She breathed out a sigh of relief.

Hearing Leila bragging about herself shamelessly, Jessica couldn’t help laughing.

“Hey, Jessica, stop being jealous. You gotta finish your middle school first before you grow jealousy of

Leila.”

“You know what? Leila has mastered Escape. Oh, sorry, I don’t think you’re brilliant enough to figure

out what it is.”

“Hey, don’t be so mean to Jessica. At least we work together. Hey, but there is no doubt that you still

got so much to learn.”

Those colleagues started echoing disdainfully.

“Listen, the skill we are talking about is the trickiest skill in the medical world. Thus, it requires special

set of needles.”

“Those needles are all made of gold mixed with jade. They are highly flexible and almost impossible to

be handled. Even the most sophisticated medical expert will find it challenging to perfectly perform

such a skill.”

“But now Leila has perfectly grasped it. What a genius!”

“Exactly speaking, Escape has been once noted from the ancient time. It was said that it could revive a

dying person if used appropriately by a veteran doctor. It’s literally the miracle itself!”

“Leila, you must be the greatest talent in the medical world.”

Surrounded by flattery, Leila looked at Jessica complacently, expecting to see her upset face.

However, the fact appeared much different from what she wished.

“Leila, you are so funny!” Jessica burst into laughter.

Meanwhile, everyone around replied with a weird look.

How shameless! What were she laughing at?

“Jessica, are you driven crazy because of jealousy? What are you laughing at?” Leila felt a bang of

panic when seeing her laughter. But still, she feigned composure.

Jessica cleared her voice and continued, “Sorry, I just can’t help it. Leila, what a genius! I truly wanna

cheer for you.” Jessica couldn’t hold back her laughter until quite a while later.

Burning with anger, Leila felt like tearing her apart.

She expected to make it a heavy blow to Jessica. However, Jessica actually responded with laughter.

Hatred was burning in Leila’s heart.

She deemed herself the real genius! However, Jessica always outweighed her.

She could never sit by and swallow it when Jessica was mounting on her.

“Jessica, what’s wrong with you? You must be jealous of Leila!” some of them questioned.

“Whatever. Sorry, I got something else to do. I am too busy to listen to your story. It sounds wonderful.

But…the storyteller is making me annoyed because of her shamelessness. Enjoy your talk show. I

gotta go.” After that, Jessica turned around to leave.

She was gonna walk away like that?

Leila couldn’t help trembling out of anger.

However, Jessica was too strong to be defeated.

Even Leila herself started wondering if she should give up on fighting her.

“Leila, don’t you think Jessica looks weird just now? What did she mean by saying that?”

“Come on, forget about it. She was just being jealous. Perhaps she didn’t even hear about the name of

Escape. I am sure she will still find it confusing even if we explain it to her.”

“Leila, just let it go. She is jealous of your talent. Hey, we are all waiting for your good news.”

Their compliments soon eased her anger.

Smiling, Leila started conspiring again.

…

Inside the pharmacy.

“Oh Jessica, you are here! I got a breaking news!” after looking for Jessica for a couple of minutes,

Summer was getting anxious. When she was about to leave the pharmacy to keep on searching for

her, Jessica appeared unexpectedly.

“What happened?” Jessica looked confused.

“What? You don’t know yet? Leila has saved Eloise Bailey from the edge of death with the skill named

Escape! Can you believe that?” Summer exclaimed with trembling voice.

“Yeah, I know it.” Composed still, Jessica kept working on her own.

“Oh my God, Jessica, how can you stay composed after hearing such a breaking news? Leila, I mean

she has mastered Escape!” the shock still lingered in Summer’s mind. She appeared extremely

agitated and stunned.

Meanwhile, she had repeated the name of Escape for many times.

“Okay, Summer, I said I knew it…” Jessica was getting a bit annoyed.

“But…don’t you think it’s shocking? It doesn’t make sense! Leila has made it! Dean Hart promised that

Leila’s merit would be made public for reward. Some media have got the news. It has gone viral! A

group of journalists are crowding in to do an interview with Leila.”

“What’s more, considerable sum of payment is awaiting Leila in order to employ her.”

“Okay.” Still, Jessica was working on experiment. She didn’t even capture what Summer was saying.

“How come Leila becomes such a genius? Even my grandpa…hmmm…I mean Mr. Harris is still

practicing this skill.” Summer was walking back and forth inside the room.

However, Jessica simply ignored it while Summer was venting out the sense of shock.

Just like she said, Leila was becoming famous even though the press conference to award her was still

yet to be held.

Jessica kept working till midnight. Finally, she managed to extract the essence of ink lotus—a vial of

dark blue liquid, which seemed deadly attractive.

Undoubtedly, it could be deadly as well.

She took a deep breath. Then she got a drop from it. Before she was about to put the drop into her

mouth, someone grabbed her hand to stop her.