Catherine was not stupid. Otherwise, she could never have graduated from high school with outstanding grades.
When teachers had all begun advocating "living life happily," the students who could still maintain excellent grades were either those who had seen through the truth beneath the hypocritical facade of a frivolous society, or students who were genuinely clever.
Teenage students were exposed only to the isolated microcosm of the school environment. She had no way to see through the nature of society, so she belonged to the latter group. She was fairly intelligent.
The call ended there. The officer then began chatting cheerfully about Lin Qi. "Mr. Lin Qi really is a well-mannered person, completely different from that other bastard. Is there anything I can help with?"
Catherine shook her head. "He just wanted to know how I'm doing and reminded me to take my medicine on time."
"You're sick?" the officer asked.
Catherine smiled apologetically. "Yes. I haven't been feeling well lately."
After a moment of silence, the officer said, "I'm sorry." He apologized because he had done something very wrong: kidnapped a woman who was not in good health.
He felt that he was an ally of justice and should apologize. Catherine understood what he meant, but chose to forgive him.
At a time like this, everyone knew how to make the right choice.
Catherine returned to her seat. After Senator Landon exchanged a few words with her, he fell silent.
The officer left the Staircase Conference Room. One of his trusted men in charge of monitoring told him what he had overheard.
Just as Catherine had said, there was nothing improper in the conversation. Lin Qi had only reminded her to take her medicine and told her that everything would be all right.
Outside, Lin Qi hung up the