Thea Shaw heard that Samuel Hayes had indeed been diagnosed with a terminal illness, a piece of news Mr. Sutton had told her.

"And it’s a new type of terminal illness." Mr. Sutton sighed, "This Samuel Hayes is really... fated."

If it were another illness, money might have been able to stave it off for a long time.

It’s said that this illness takes three to five years from onset to outbreak; Samuel Hayes has already had it for two years, maybe he only has two or three years left.

The only consolation is that the person won’t suffer like with other diseases, but in the end, it’ll get to the point where they can’t leave the house from the smell.

Thea Shaw also said, "He’s really unlucky then."

To run into even this new type of illness.

After a tiring day at Kensington Group, Thea lay in bed at night and chatted on the phone with Landon Ford, casually mentioning Samuel Hayes’ situation to him – it’s normal for couples to share things.

Landon Ford listened but didn’t show much response, only saying, "Samuel Hayes, founder of Yongjia Equipment, quite a large scale, what a pity."

Thea had also looked up information about Samuel Hayes.

He’s worth billions, his company specializes in various large-scale machinery, a leader in the industry.

Though many criticized his early rise to fortune, he indeed achieved the top.

With such a person dying, Landon Ford might at most feel sorry for all he possessed from a businessman’s standpoint.

"These people getting sick doesn’t surprise me much, but running into a new, incurable terminal illness is just incredibly unlucky. Knowing this, he probably won’t be far from losing his mind."

Knowing you can only wait for death, the pain in your heart must be like being cut with a knife.

Landon said absentmindedly, "Hmm... speaking of which, I just checked Alex Sherman’s information, and his overseas Chinese parents, years ago, reportedly supported Samuel Hayes..."

"Hmm?!" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

At this, both Thea and Landon felt a cold shiver pass through their hearts simultaneously.

Thea immediately reacted, "Samuel Hayes received support from Alex’s parents?"

Landon quickly took out the material he had just viewed, which had initially seemed without any issues, and looked through it again, frowning slightly, and explained again, "Years ago, Alex’s parents saw the promising development prospects back home and invested in many businesses, which is why Alex returned to the country, but most investments failed, and Samuel Hayes was one of the few successes..."

As he spoke, he turned to that page.

Indeed, Samuel Hayes received support from Alex’s parents, along with dozens of others in various fields, among them only Samuel Hayes and another named Solomon Vaughn succeeded.

But Solomon Vaughn died in an accident eight years ago, and his assets had been divided up by his family.

Thea thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "This actually seems pretty normal, right?"

Overseas Chinese saw the domestic market opportunities and supported some favored industries and people, but few succeeded.

Alex was involved in illegal businesses and never had contact with Samuel Hayes.

With so many people invested in, randomly hitting success was bound to happen; Samuel Hayes was just coincidental.

Landon pondered for a while, and over the phone came the sound of him closing a folder, followed by his faint response, "I don’t believe in coincidences."

Thea said, "Samuel Hayes is sick, a new type of illness, incurable."

Landon said, "Now we need to investigate the other four who had the same illness as him. Your father works closely with Samuel Hayes, you can ask him about Samuel Hayes’ rise to success."

Thea: "Okay!"