Joshua opened a drawer in his study and took out a thick book.

After flipping through a few pages, he stopped, his eyes were fixed on a photo hidden in the book pages. Looking at the photo silently, Joshua was somewhat depressed.

"Is she...still alive?"

The door of the study suddenly came pushed open. Joshua closed the book and looked up, displeased.

When he clearly saw the intruder, Joshua said with some reluctance, "Isaac Anderson, when will you learn to knock before opening the door?"

"OK." Isaac's hands were shoved in his pockets. His amorous eyes were half-shut. He said with a cynical smile, "When you have a girlfriend, I will learn to knock."

Regardless of his ridicule, Joshua put down the book and asked indifferently, "Why are you here?"

"Do you think I wanted to come?" Isaac pulled out a chair and sat down, and said, “It was my father who asked me to come. He wanted to know what you were planning with this event. Do you really want to have children now, or do the elders of the family really want to have grandchildren? If the reason is the latter, are you doing this to piss them off?"

Isaac was not the polite type, but Joshua had become accustomed to his language.

Joshua’s eyes turned darker. He said quietly, "You only see 50% of the picture."

"...What?" Isaac looked at him surprisingly. He pondered for a while and asked suspiciously, "Joshua, are you lonely, or are you ready to make some big moves? You have to inform me if anything is about to happen to the Denmark Family Group. As a strategic partner in your family business, we Anderson Family will not back down before we get what we want!"

Joshua twitched his lips, "Just think I am lonely this time."

Isaac looked at him intensely and stopped with his joking attitude, "What the hell is going on? Joshua, I know that the old folks in Denmark Family always want to put their daughters on you, but you aren’t the kind who will be subject to anyone. You are not doing this thing for a simple reason!"

"You think too much." Joshua calmly opened the drawer and planned to put the book back inside.

Isaac's eyes glimmered. As far as he noticed, Joshua hadn’t moved his fingers off the book since he came in.

Isaac suddenly reached out his hands and grabbed the book with lightning speed.

"You..." Joshua was somewhat helpless.

He let his guard down for a second, and Isaac stole the book. It was too late now.

"I wonder what is inside this book since Master Joshua cares about it so much..." Isaac soon turned to the page where that photo was hidden. Isaac's smile gradually disappeared the longer he spent looking at the photo.

"Is this...she?" Isaac was astounded, "So, you pulled all these strings just to find her?"

"...Sort of." Joshua sighed with his eyes looking down. He did not deny anything.

"The thing was from the last century..." Isaac let out a big sigh and said, "Is she still alive?"

"...I have no idea." Joshua shook his head slightly, "Her body wasn’t found. I have not given up."

"I can understand." Isaac looked down and thought for a while, "I remember the time I was engaged to her..."

"You?" Joshua's eyebrows suddenly rose, "Don't even think about it."

"You think I wanted that? My engagement to her was determined by our two families when she was born..." Isaac looked at Joshua with an odd expression.

"Hey, Joshua, what is that look on your face? We are at least good buddies, right?"

"Just because we are good buddies does not mean I can let you lay your hands on her." There was a bit of seriousness in Joshua's eyes.

"...Good buddy." Isaac glanced at him with a grudge. He then put away his ridicule and said with concern, "What if you cannot find her in the end?"

"I will play my part and let God decide the rest." Joshua said simply, "Keep this a secret."

Isaac reached out his hand and patted Joshua on the shoulder, "Rest assured."

There was a knock on the door, and Jaxson’s voice came from the other side of it saying, "Master Joshua."

Isaac went to the door and opened it for Jaxson. Then he turned around and said, "I'm leaving now. I hope you find her soon!" Joshua nodded.

When Isaac left, Jaxson moved closer to Joshua.

"Master Joshua, I have information on the thing you asked me to look into," Jaxson said.

"What thing?" Joshua asked curiously.

"It was last night..." Jaxson was a little embarrassed that Joshua didn’t remember.

Jaxson continued, "The person who put things on top of your car. Her name is Hazel, a student at Quantum University."

Joshua felt a little amused. He finally understood what Jaxson was talking about.

The situation made Hazel happy, and he made him really angry. But after a night, his anger was gone, and he forgot about it.

It was in a moment of anger he asked for Jaxson to find out her information. He would not really make a big deal with a little girl.

Joshua was trying to speak, but Jaxson continued, "I also found out that Hazel has signed up for this surrogate mother's preliminary selection..."

Joshua’s eyebrows rose again. That little girl actually signed up?

He suddenly wanted to see the look on Hazel’s face when she found out he was Joshua Denmark, who was inviting her to be a surrogate mother to his children.

"Surprised? ashamed?"

"Or would she become one of his fans like other girls?"

"What time is she taking part in the preliminary selection?" Joshua asked suddenly.

"Tomorrow.” Jaxson was a little surprised and continued, "The venue for her group is on Transcendence Plaza. Need me to arrange a trip?"

Joshua laughed. She did take advantage of him, but that was not enough for him to foster hatred.

"No need." Joshua said with one hand on his forehead, "This is a closed matter."

Jaxson looked at Joshua suspiciously. He had a hunch that...this thing was just getting started.

Ariel woke up at four in the morning and managed to drag Hazel out of bed too. They had to leave early to go to the Transcendence Plaza.

The interviews were being held in a large local photo studio. Outside the door, there were already many employees trying to arrange the interviews in an orderly manner.

"Do I need to participate?" Hazel frowned, thinking of her vulnerability.

"Hey Hazel, come on, you don’t quit anything!" Ariel persuaded her, "With you here, I feel more assured."

"I can still be on your side even if I don't participate!" Hazel was struggling.

"Stop that already!" Ariel pulled her body and said, "Alone, I will have an odd of one in 100,000. With you, our chance is one in 50,000!"

"Is there a difference?" Hazel almost collapsed.

"Of course!" Ariel said confidently, "We just doubled our chances of winning!"

"..." Hazel finally gave up.

Hazel and Ariel received two forms from the staff at the reception desk.

The items required on the form were simple, just some common information like name, age, place of origin, etc., which was meant to screen out some unwelcome participants.

This so-called surrogate mother's preliminary selection only had a particular demand on the age. It was only open to participants between the ages of 20 to 21.

Just when she saw this form, the resistance in Hazel's heart rose again.

"I'll do just fine without filling this in." Hazel put down the paper form.

"Don't be stupid!" Ariel quickly grabbed her form and said, "Come on, think of it! You have come all this way anyway! Think of the thousand dollars. Let me fill it in for you."

"I am not short on money..." Hazel argued.

"I am short, and a thousand dollars would help, OK?" Ariel quickly fills in the form for Hazel, "You can just give it to me if you don't want it!"

"Why should I?" Hazel stared at Ariel.

"Oh, I thought you weren’t short on it," Ariel said confidently.

Hazel really wanted to kill Ariel. But Ariel was only talking tough.

After completing the form, the person in charge gave them each an assigned number.

The whole process was brief. Ariel did some research about it, which mainly included the measurement of their height, weight, and bust. Then according to the sizes of participants, their appropriate dresses would be sent to the locker room.

After they changed into their dresses, they would have their photo taken in the order of their assigned number, then their photos were shot, and they could leave.

When the process was done, the Denmark Family Group staff would review the information of participants to make sure there was no falsification. Then they would wire the payment to the accounts of participants.

However, just after measuring her height and weight, Ariel took Hazel to the washroom.

"Hazel, what's your number?" Ariel grabbed the assigned number from Hazel, looked at it, and sighed, "68, what a lucky number."

"Give it back to me!" Hazel said.

While Ariel was holding the assigned number and giggling, a woman came around the corner. She wasn’t paying attention to where she was going and collided with Ariel.

"Ouch!" The two exclaimed simultaneously, both fell to the ground, and the assigned number in Ariel's hands also landed on the ground.

"Ariel!" Hazel ran toward Ariel to help her up.

"Where did you learn to walk?" The other woman yelled. She got up and glanced at the assigned number on the ground and shouted angrily, "Are you blind? Oh, look at who it is! I didn’t expect it to be you guys!"

Hazel looked up and sensed some trouble ahead.

The girl was Kyla Lee. Hazel disliked her and the guy, Derek.

"I was so blind indeed." Ariel sneered, "Otherwise, how could Hazel and I get to know a pair of geniuses such as you and Derek?"

"You..." Kyla's face turned blue. She coldly looked at Hazel and smirked, "Hey Hazel, I thought you were way out of our league. But you also come here to compete for the surrogate mother selection!"

"Hazel is still single. You have a problem with that?" Ariel yelled, "And you are Derek's girlfriend. Does he know his girl is about to cuckold him? Look at you, low-cut evening dress, do you worry people will see your slutty nature? I need to take a picture of you and send it to Derek. He should enjoy my message."

"How dare you!" Seeing Ariel take out her phone, Kyla stretched out a fist to try and punch Ariel!

Hazel got a serious look on her face. She caught Kyla's wrist in a flash and warned her, "Don't even think about it!"

As the pain started in her wrist, Kyla began to recall something terrible. Her face turned white. "Let go of me!" Kyla hurriedly said.

Hazel suddenly let go. Kyla stumbled for a few steps before she finally stopped against a wall.

Kyla looked at Hazel and Ariel and said, "Just you wait!"

After saying that, Kyla ran away.

"Ha ha ha!" Ariel laughed out loud behind Kyla's back, "Not so tough now, huh?"

"You need to watch your mouth too!" Hazel was less than pleased.

Kyla turned her head at a distance and saw Ariel pick up an assigned number from the ground and give it to Hazel.

So, that was Hazel’s assigned number?

Kyla suddenly snickered in her head, "Hazel, it's about time to make you real ugly!"

"I fear nothing with you on my side! Here is your plate, Hazel." Ariel looked at her with adoration, "Hazel, you were so striking just now! If there is no Prince Charming around, I will definitely marry you!"

Seeing Ariel was about to embrace her, Hazel hurriedly pushed her away, "Cool down!"

"It’s a coincidence seeing her, don’t worry about that," Ariel explained.

"What's that you had?" Hazel looked at her with a grin, "You must have an idea about what is going on with these guys, right?"

"Yeah." Ariel relaxed and said, "It was that pair of geniuses who always got you in their business." Speaking like this made Hazel feel like she was powerless.

Derek had chased after Hazel for a while, but she didn’t want anything to do with him. However, Derek told everyone that Hazel was his girlfriend, making up a convincing story.

Hazel clarified several times, but Derek was very mischievous. More and more people believed they were together and thought Hazel was lying.

Hazel was mad at Derek. One day she took Derek directly into a groove...and beat the hell out of him!

Since then, Derek did not dare say anything about Hazel. She thought things were settled.

But, after Derek and Kyla got together, she told others Derek dumped Hazel and chose her.

For a long time after that, everyone looked at Hazel with sympathy, as if they were looking at an abandoned woman.

Hazel had no idea why they had to make things up. She could not bear it!

But Kyla was a girl, after all. It wasn’t fun if people saw two girls fighting with each other. And Kyla would probably escalate her lie to a new level.

So, Hazel took Derek and Kyla into the groove on campus...and in front of Kyla, she beat the hell out of Derek for a second time.

Hazel could still remember the horrified look on Kyla’s face that day, which explained why she usually detoured whenever she saw Hazel later.

With the manifestation of Hazel's power, the two of them stopped their gossip. But the rumors had already spread. Hazel could not get everyone to see past it.

"Forget it, just don't mention them." Hazel sighed.

Ariel nodded again and again. They walked into the washroom together.

Joshua walked out from the corner of the corridor with his hand on his forehead.

There was really something strange between that badass girl and him.

Joshua did not come here today for Hazel. He just had some business to deal with. But would they actually meet again?

Just let it be...Joshua twitched his lips.

After walking out of the washroom, Hazel and Ariel went to the lockers to get their dresses.

The dresses were the same style of low-cut dress that Kyla was wearing, making them look and feel awkward.

After all, Ariel had just commented on Kyla's dress a little while ago.

"What did you say just now?" Hazel was speechless.

Ariel diverted the subject and said, "My Prince Charming is so brilliant. He knows to use the same style of dress to test who the real beauty is!"

"Maybe you should watch your language." Hazel smiled, "You just said Kyla looks like a slutty bitch in that dress, and now we have to put on the same dress."

"She is slutty in any dress, but you, my Hazel, are always a goddess." Ariel giggled.

The two of them put on dresses which came in the same size. Hazel sensed some discomfort on the upper part of her dress.

"Wow, look at that big nevus on your chest!" Ariel said, "It looks like a piece of crimson plum. Is that a tattoo?"

Hazel hurriedly covered her chest and said, "It's a birthmark!"

"Oh. That is rare, but why are you covering it?" Ariel smiled, "You said you don't want to be selected. And now, my Prince Charming will probably ignore you because of that birthmark, huh?"

Hazel let go of her hands and revealed her chest.

Ariel curiously watched Hazel's chest and said with some surprise, "That birthmark is really special. It's probably unique."

The birthmark on Hazel's chest was a beautiful five-petal plum with four petals placed on top and one petal at the bottom. The shape was unique.

"I don't know if it's a unique one. I think there will be anyone who bears the same birthmark, right?" Hazel said.

Ariel nodded and agreed, "But it is very convenient for you to have such a birthmark. Even if you are being trafficked, your parents will find you easily."

"You are the one who will be trafficked!" Hazel argued. "I'm my parents' daughter. Thank you very much!"

"Relax, just kidding." Ariel made a face.

After they were ready, they waited outside the studio together.

Ariel’s turn for her interview was soon. She wasn’t long in the room, when she came out, Hazel was still trying to adjust her dress.

"Don't pull it on no more. You are not a stripper!" Ariel chuckled.

Seeing the hesitant look on Hazel's face, Ariel said, "Don't worry, the photographer will give you instructions, let you do some simple poses. It's fast. You see, I came out in less than three minutes! Maybe, you need me to accompany you inside?"

"No need... you go to the locker room to change. I will find you after I finish shooting." Hazel shook her head and handed both of their handbags to Ariel. She was bold enough to be in the photo studio alone.

"Alright." Ariel nodded.

Hazel took a deep breath and walked into the studio.

She did not notice that a tall figure came in from the side door of the studio.

However, the director of the studio noticed the man and wanted to stop him. But he was a little stunned when he saw who the man was.

"Mr. President..." the director said unexpectedly, but Joshua made a gesture to stop him.

Joshua was really low-key, but still, the studio director naturally knew his Mr. President.

The director quickly shut his mouth. Joshua stood in the corner coldly, looking at the stage with a smile.

Hazel was a bit cautious. She kept pulling up her dress and then put one hand to cover her chest. "No.68, take it easy." The photographer said softly, "Don't worry, we will just take a few photos of you. And we don't require you to do highly difficult poses. Put your hands down, will you?"

Hazel's fingers tightened. Even though she was dragged into this activity by Ariel, she was a participant now.

Taking a deep breath, Hazel slowly let go of her hands. The beautiful plum birthmark on her chest caught everyone’s eye immediately.

Joshua's eyes turned cold!

The next moment, he walked through the crowd with a gloomy face and moved close to Hazel.

"More natural, smile!" The photographer said.

Wearing such a low-cut dress, Hazel really couldn’t be natural in front of so many people. Moreover, the photographer was trying to get shots on her chest.

Hazel swung her arms, trying to get her blood pumping, but she heard a soft bang.

Hazel’s chest suddenly felt cool, as the whole dress fell to the ground!

She screamed and bent down, swiftly guarding the private areas of her body.