A Man's Vanity

Soon, Gwen's position became the president's personal assistant, while also serving as an assistant for the Compound Eye Aiming Project.

Although Gwen now held two positions, she gradually found herself less busy than before.

That was because she soon discovered that while studying all kinds of difficult problems with those old professors was interesting, merely chatting with Wang Khan for a few minutes would quickly solve the problems that had troubled so many of the professors.

Once or twice might have been a sudden burst of inspiration, but after it happened repeatedly, Gwen had no choice but to admit that Wang Khan was a true genius.

Even though Wang Khan possessed only a Master's Degree in biology, his breadth of knowledge and capacity for innovation surpassed those of many senior doctoral researchers.

In Gwen's heart, Wang Khan had already become the embodiment of genius, and even a tragic genius unrecognized by the mainstream academic world. After all, Wang Khan had only a Master's Degree. In her view, the mainstream academic world must have deliberately suppressed him; otherwise, Gwen believed he should have obtained his doctorate long ago.

In short, Gwen's admiration for Wang Khan grew by the day, and a woman's admiration for a man could easily develop into a romantic relationship.

What was more, Gwen was so beautiful and was currently at the peak of her looks, so everything naturally began developing in that direction.

However, one person was extremely unhappy about this change. That person was Sharon Carter.

Carter had been responsible for the external sales of Smart Spider these past few months. She was now the head of the marketing department, with a position far higher than that of the little assistant she had once been.

But Carter had not joined Umbrella Corporation to become an executive. She had a mission. Although her position had risen, her distance from Wang Khan had instead grown greater. With the addition of that little bitch Gwen, Carter immediately felt an unprecedented sense of crisis.

"Coulson, I have no choice but to take action. Is everything ready on your end?"

"Are you really going to do this? It feels a little melodramatic. Will this plan really work?"

On the other end, Coulson, who had only recently been discharged from the hospital, felt extremely exasperated after hearing Carter's plan.

As an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., he had acted in countless performances since joining the organization, and the fake identities he had played were almost enough to rival Hollywood's A-list stars.

But the act Carter had asked him to arrange this time left him utterly speechless.

"It's supposed to be melodramatic. You men love playing the savior of women, using that to show off your strength and gain a ridiculous sense of accomplishment and vanity. I intend to exploit that weakness and completely win Wang Khan's heart. In short, this is the most effective way to deal with men, so hurry up and arrange it."

"All right. I'll arrange it as soon as possible. Three days will be enough."

Coulson put down his phone in exasperation. After reporting to Nick Fury, he went to make the arrangements.

Inside an office building in New York Manhattan was the business promotion department rented by Umbrella Corporation. Wang Khan also had an office there, and on average, he came by once a week.

Today happened to be Wang Khan's office day, and since Gwen was now his personal assistant, she naturally came along.

"Study this neural network distribution map carefully again. When the human brain processes high-speed images, the corresponding nerves must be strengthened. This is both the difficult point and the key point. It absolutely cannot be overlooked."

"Understood, President Wang. I'll immediately report the issue to the expert team."

Gwen noted down Wang Khan's requirements and was preparing to head to the robot factory to meet with the experts on the Compound Eye Aiming Project.

Just then, there was a knock on the door, and Sharon Carter walked in.

"President Wang, these are the company's sales figures for this week. Please take a look."

"Oh~~ Carter, you've worked hard. Bring them over."

Sharon Carter walked over. Unlike her usual confident and radiant self, Carter had her head slightly lowered today, and even her steps seemed timid. Gwen found it strange and assumed that Carter was acting this way because she was afraid of President Wang.

However, when Carter came closer, Gwen immediately noticed that the other woman's face was somewhat swollen.

Wang Khan noticed it as well, and his expression changed.

"Carter, what happened to your face? Lift your head and let me see."

"President Wang, it's better if you don't look~~"

"What exactly happened? Lift your head!! Were you beaten?!"

Wang Khan stood up and walked over to Carter. He reached out and gently lifted her chin, then discovered that the left side of her face was visibly larger than the right. Although she had applied makeup, the skin was still slightly bluish. It was obviously the mark of a slap.

"What happened? Don't tell me you accidentally fell while walking. I can still tell the difference between an injury from a fall and one caused by a beating. Tell me! Who hit you?"

"It... it... I don't dare say."

"What is there to be afraid of? You're an important employee of Umbrella Corporation. If you're beaten, it's the same as our entire company being beaten. Tell me who it was. Even if it was the President of America, I would still help you seek justice!"

Amid Wang Khan's furious shouting, Sharon Carter revealed the truth.

"The Mexican Mafia? What kind of people are they? How dare they hit you?"

"President Wang, actually... this is partly my fault. When I was in college, I was vain. I saw that all my classmates had designer bags and clothes, and I was extremely envious. So... so I took an illicit path to get some money, and those gang members ended up targeting me."

"An illicit path? What did you do? Resell drugs or sell your body?"

Wang Khan's expression darkened slightly, and Carter quickly shook her head.

"How could I do something like that? I merely stole money from a supermarket cash register while no one was paying attention. I didn't expect that supermarket to be under the protection of the Mexican Mafia. Later, they found me using the surveillance footage and threatened me, telling me to pay the money back or they would report me to the police."

As she spoke, Carter's eyes reddened.

"I was applying for a scholarship at the time. If the matter came to light, not only would I lose the scholarship, I might also be expelled, so..."

Tears dripped down Carter's cheeks, and her shoulders began to tremble slightly. Seeing this, Gwen walked over and gently put an arm around her.

"After I received the scholarship, I paid the money back, but those gangsters still refused to let it go. Over the years, I gave them a total of one hundred thousand USD, already dozens of times more than what I stole back then, but they still refused to leave me alone."

"Recently, they somehow learned that I worked for Umbrella Corporation, so they came after me again. They wanted me to steal one hundred Smart Spiders from the company for them, saying it was my old line of work. I refused, so they beat me up and threatened that if I didn't give them one hundred Smart Spiders within three days, they would upload the videos of me stealing from back then to the internet and ruin my reputation."

"This is outrageous! They dare threaten one of my people? They've gone too far! Carter, don't worry. I'll handle this. They gave you three days, didn't they? Tell me everything about this gang, and within three days, I'll have these punks driven out of New York!"

With that, he turned to look at Gwen.

"Gwen, call your father and tell him I want to donate five million USD to his precinct to support the NYPD's efforts to combat gang crime."

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