"Jonas, why are you investigating Alan in private?"

"Something doesn't seem right with Alan's story. I would advise you not to invest yourself too much on this relationship," said Jonas coldly.

He really didn't take into account Yulia's feelings or care that she had found out that he was investigating her boyfriend. Furthermore, reports from his investigations indicated that something was wrong with Aner Electronic Technology Company, but he didn't have sufficient time to dig deeper and pin point the issue, so he couldn't get any useful information within such a short time.

"Jonas, he is my boyfriend, my future husband for goodness sake, you can't treat him like a common criminal."

Yulia was head over heels in love with Alan and whatever Alan did or said was law. So she didn't like that her brother was slandering his name and didn't even want to give him time to explain himself.

"I am not trying to be unnecessarily mean to you or him," Jonas said indifferently.

'It's such a tragedy to have such a brother who handles sensitive issues so casually,' thought Melinda who had been sitting beside Jonas, quietly listening to their exchange. She felt pity for Yulia.

"Jonas, I will not allow you to do this to my future husband anymore. I want you to stop the investigation immediately."

Yulia was so angry that she had completely forgotten that Jonas didn't like threats. Her warning had no effect on him at all.

"Yulia, you have to realize that you are a member of the Gu family. That means that you get to enjoy all the honor and benefits that comes with the Gu name, but you also have to be responsible and protect the name. You can't go picking up any Tom, Dick and Harry and bring garbage to this house."

While listening to their confrontation, Melinda realized that Jonas must been very polite to her, considering that he was now unapologetically referring to Alan as garbage.

"How can you be so rude and abuse Alan? Jonas, I will only marry Alan and no one else as long as I am alive. You can't stop us."

Melinda looked at Yulia, and her determined look reminded Melinda of when she was blindly in love.

"Whatever."

The atmosphere was suddenly tense as Jonas dismissed his sister's concerns and abruptly ended the discussion. Yulia stomped out of the living room and went back to her bedroom throwing her belongings haphazardly into her suitcases in anger.

Everyone in the Gu's mansion was shocked by the dramatic scene. When they saw Yulia struggling with her luggage and stuffing them in the car, Jonas said nothing, but with closer examination, Melinda noticed that it looked as if he was thinking his sister was making a "stupid" decision.

Feeling sorry for Alan and wronged by her brother, Yulia went to Alan's home with her luggage. The moment she saw Alan, she cried,

"Alan."

"What happened, my little Princess? Why are you in such a state? Come on, don't cry."

Alan gently rubbed his thumb across Yulia's cheek, trying to wipe her tears which were trickling like a waterfall, before removing his handkerchief and wiping her face. Then he tagged her hand by the elbow and pulled her to the house. Yulia cried more when he showed her kindness and told him everything that had happened, in between hiccups and wailing. It was a wonder that Alan actually understood what she was saying. She, however, did not inform him that Jonas was carrying out an investigation on him.

"Silly girl, am I really worth quarreling and having a disagreement with your family?"

Alan had expected that this would happen at any time, but he didn't expect that it would happen so soon. Seeing that Yulia trusted him so much, Alan felt relieved.

As long as he had control over Yulia, he didn't have to worr

g his money. After getting all the procedures done, he gave Alan the key and left. He even put some business cards in the rear view mirrors of other several ordinary cars in case they would ever need his services.

It was not until Alan started the car and drove away that Melinda came out from behind a pillar aside. She picked up a business card at random. When she saw the company name on the card, she opened her eyes as wide as a marble, shocked.

A car rental company? Alan rented his car. Didn't he say that he had his own company? Moreover, he said that his company's prospect was prosperous. Why did he need to rent a car?

Melinda was lost in thought, when she heard a car horn from the left side which startled her out of her reverie. It was from the former author.

"Why did you go downstairs and we had agreed on the ground floor?"

"Sorry, I have something to deal with urgently, I don't even think I can join you guys for dinner. Please pass my apologies to the others."

Full of doubts, Melinda just wanted to figure out the truth. Seeing that Melinda was really in a hurry, the author asked if she needed any kind of help. Melinda shook her head and only let her pass her sincere apologies to the group.

Melinda searched the location of the car rental company online and then took a taxi to their offices. The location was not big, and the cars were usually packed in the garage behind their offices.

"Miss, how can I help you? Do you need to rent a car?"

The receptionist greeted Melinda with a sweet smile. Seeing that she was dressed up in expensive clothes, the receptionist became curious. 'She must be a rich woman. Her clothes are expensive enough to buy a car. Why does she need to rent a car when she looks like she can comfortably afford her own?' the receptionist wondered.

"I want to talk to your boss about an important deal,"

Melinda spoke as if she had a wealth of money, pretending to be very rich, but in her heart, she was worried how she was going to broach the subject about Alan. The car rental company was very popular, with a lot of traffic. There were many people receiving different services.

She had planned to look for a sales clerk and ask them a lot of questions to help her investigate, but now she felt that the issue was bigger than she had originally thought and so she changed her mind temporarily.

With such a big business, everyone was busy trying to attend to all customers. Melinda soon saw the owner, a plump middle-aged man.