Becoming Their Guiding Spirit

Two months passed in a flash, and finally, a time when both sides were free was found.

Only then did Jessica’s father decide to pay a personal visit.

In the morning, Jessica didn’t go to the company but stayed at the villa to play board games with her friends.

As for Nian, she was repeatedly watching videos of past film festival award-winning directors on her phone, studying their acceptance speeches. She scribbled and revised on a piece of paper, preparing her own speech for when she won. To Lucas Reeve, this scene was utterly ridiculous.

If Lucas Reeve wasn’t mistaken.

Nian was probably the earliest ”contending director” to ever prepare an acceptance speech. She had even prepared more than one. After all, according to Nian, a single film could win multiple awards at one festival. If she won two or three, she couldn’t just repeat the same speech.

Nian even had Lucas Reeve and Surtr prepare speeches for Best Actor.

This left Lucas Reeve completely speechless.

While Jessica was playing board games with her friends, she suddenly received a call from her father. He told her he was on his way over, which caught Jessica completely off guard. She had thought ”on his way” meant in an hour or two, maybe a few hours. She never expected that just three minutes after hanging up, the doorbell of the villa would ring.

”Eh? Dad, what are you doing here?”

Jessica was a little surprised and quickly invited her father in. Looking at his precious daughter who had grown so much, Jessica’s father felt immense pride. The Penguin Logistics girls, who had been playing board games in the living room, immediately tensed up a little.

After all, Jessica’s father was a true magnate, and they were guests in his daughter’s home. It was only natural to be polite. Only Ceobe and Ifrit were still engrossed in their own games. Rosmontis and Shamare, though not much older, were very sensible. Upon seeing Jessica’s father arrive, they immediately tried to pull up Ceobe and Ifrit who were playing on the floor.

”Hello, kids.”

Jessica’s father walked in with a cheerful smile, his eyes scanning the room. Then, his gaze locked onto Nian and Surtr, who was sitting coldly on the sofa playing with her phone.

”Hmm? My dear daughter? Where’s Lucas Reeve? You two aren’t living together, are you?”

Jessica’s father looked around, then finally let out a sigh of relief.

He didn’t actually know if they were living together; he was just trying to fish for information.

Her father’s words made Jessica’s face turn bright red. She pouted her cute lips and complained.

”What are you talking about, Dad!”

”Hahaha, good, good.”

Jessica’s father nodded in satisfaction. It was best they weren’t living together. Although he was relatively open-minded and enlightened, Jessica was his most precious daughter. In his heart, he was strongly against cohabitation before marriage, and even disapproved of premarital relations. He was completely different from other, more liberal Columbian parents, and more like many parents from Yan, worrying endlessly about their children.

After casually greeting his daughter’s friends, he asked amiably.

”My dear daughter, it seems you’ve made quite a few new friends? I don’t recall seeing many of them at last year’s banquet. Why don’t you introduce them to me?”

His intention was obvious.

Jessica understood immediately.

Introducing her friends was just a pretense; he probably wanted to meet Surtr.

After all.

Jessica had been the first to see the security footage of Surtr and Lucas Reeve charging into the Loken Water Tank a while back. Her father must have seen it too. The footage was very detailed, and given his status, he would one hundred percent know that gods existed in this world.

So, the main purpose of his personal visit today was crystal clear.

”Mhm.”

Jessica nodded obediently.

”These four are from Lungmen’s Penguin Logistics: Miss Exia, Miss Texas, Miss Sora, and Miss Croissant.”

Jessica started with Exia and the others.

Although Jessica’s father was a man of great power, a personality like Exia’s didn’t know the meaning of fear. She was quite lively, standing up to greet him proactively. Sora, on the other hand, was much more nervous; after all, the man before her was a truly important figure.

”This is Rosmontis.”

Jessica’s father was very easygoing, completely lacking the airs of a VIP, and actively greeted these ’kids’.

”Dad, this is Miss Nian from Yan.”

The last two were the crucial ones, the main reason her father had come today.

”Hello, Miss Nian and Miss Surtr.”