My Amnesic Ex Married My Sister, So I Married His Uncle-Chapter 158: Everlake Resort Speaks Out

Levi Vance forced a smile and said nothing more.

But his heart was in his throat, and he felt deeply uneasy.

After Catherine Linden had her wound treated in the infirmary, Levi Vance assumed her training for the day was over.

He didn’t expect Catherine Linden to drag her injured leg back to the ranks.

When Catherine Linden returned, the Third Battalion was conducting rifle-holding drills.

A squad was in a kneeling rifle-holding position, sandbags resting on the barrels of their guns. Everyone was perfectly still, kneeling on one knee as drops of sweat stained the concrete ground.

"Captain Shaw, I’m back."

Ryan Shaw glanced at her. "Do you know how to report in?"

Catherine Linden froze for a moment before she understood what he meant.

So, she obediently repeated herself, "Reporting, Catherine Linden requests to rejoin the unit."

"Rejoin the unit!"

Not knowing if the rifle on the ground was meant for her, Catherine Linden knelt on her less injured knee and held the weapon, mimicking the others.

Thankfully, Ryan Shaw still had a shred of humanity and didn’t place a sandbag on her rifle barrel.

After dinner, her manager, Hughes, picked Catherine Linden up at the entrance of the Special Police Detachment.

Because of her injured knee, and after kneeling for half an hour for the rifle drill that afternoon, Catherine Linden was now walking with a limp.

Hughes was horrified.

"Oh my god, Catherine, what happened?"

Catherine Linden’s face was pale with pain. She reached out to him, gesturing for him to hurry over and support her.

Hughes quickly grabbed her arm. "You’re hurt? What’s wrong with them? How could they be so careless? What are we going to do if your knee isn’t healed by the time filming starts!"

Catherine Linden was probably in too much pain to have the energy to get angry with Hughes.

In fact, she even said in a surprisingly good mood, "At least the injury is still visible. No one can say I was just faking it. Director Gordon loves this kind of authenticity."

Hughes was taken aback. ’When did Catherine Linden become so easygoing?’

But he only thought that to himself. Aloud, he began praising Catherine Linden to the heavens.

"Oh my god, Catherine, you’re just too dedicated. We haven’t had many press releases lately. In a few days, we’ll publicize all the hardships you’ve endured at the Special Police Detachment."

"My dear Catherine, with this attitude, you’ll succeed at anything! You absolutely deserve to win Best Actress!"

Catherine Linden had been through the wringer that day. After getting home and cleaning up, she went straight to sleep, with no energy left to torment her manager.

Hughes was finally starting to understand.

’Look at this, just look. If Catherine Linden usually causes trouble, it’s only because she’s bored.’

’Once the work intensity ramps up, where would she find the time to act up?’

The next day, Catherine Linden didn’t wait until lunchtime to appear.

She was on the training grounds at eight in the morning.

The members of the Third Battalion hadn’t assembled yet, so it was just Ryan Shaw and Catherine Linden on the field.

Catherine Linden had spent a fortune maintaining her face.

Even without makeup, she was so beautiful it was hard to look away. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

But there were always exceptions.

Like Ryan Shaw, for instance, who was sitting on a rubber tire, lost in thought, not even glancing her way.

Catherine Linden thought for a moment, then struck up a conversation with him. "Captain Shaw, are you in a bad mood?"

Ryan Shaw shot her a glance.

It was just a casual glance, but Catherine Linden felt her scalp tingle.

"Is there something you need?"

"I noticed you seemed unhappy all day yesterday, Captain Shaw. I was worried my performance was so poor that I angered you. I’ll do my best, Captain Shaw."

As she spoke, just as Ryan Shaw looked over, she casually tucked a stray strand of long hair behind her ear.

Ryan Shaw calmly averted his gaze, then stood in the middle of the training field and blew the assembly whistle.

After two days of training, everyone belatedly realized that Ryan Shaw wasn’t entirely unreasonable.

He did require Catherine Linden to participate in the same activities as everyone else, but it was obvious she couldn’t meet the detachment’s standards in many of the drills.

However, Ryan Shaw didn’t go out of his way to make things difficult for her.

Ryan Shaw would also eat lunch and dinner with everyone.

But he was just so cold.

He would just eat, not saying a single word.

His expression was just as cold, and the team members felt a chill whenever they saw him. No one dared to strike up a conversation with him.

Only Catherine Linden would try to say a few words to him at the dinner table.

Most of the time, however, Catherine Linden was being watched like a monkey in a zoo, so she could barely get a few words in.

While Catherine Linden was training at the Special Police Detachment, Zion Shawcross’s new album was officially released.

The full album cover was revealed, and everyone finally got a complete look at it.

The most stunning aspect of the cover was its use of color.

The delicate feel of it didn’t look like it could have been painted by a human hand.

Yet, the grain and texture visible in the details were solid proof that it was indeed a painting.

And Zion Shawcross’s new album, his first in a year, shot to the top of the trending charts on all major music platforms immediately upon release.

All fans and casual listeners who heard the new songs agreed that the year-long wait had been worth it.

It was hard to imagine, but Zion Shawcross’s new album actually managed to achieve a kind of universal aesthetic appeal.

No matter what genre of music people usually preferred, they all agreed his new album was good after listening to it.

Throughout the day, search terms related to Zion Shawcross’s new album dominated the trending topics.

By evening, as the hype for the songs died down a bit, the topic of the album cover, which had previously garnered attention, was brought up again.

With the album’s release, Zion Shawcross gained another huge wave of fans.

And the addition of these new fans undoubtedly increased the public’s interest in the album cover and the artist, Umi.

ZionIsTheCutest: [Don’t even, you really can’t deny it, I really think Umi’s art looks a lot like Kiana Sterling’s.]

MarryMeShawcross: [Everything our Shawcross does is in the best taste. Umi is the best! Zion Shawcross is the best!]

ZionWriteMoreSongs: [Does anyone still remember what happened at Everlake Resort?]

TheLittleShawcrossGirl: [New fan here, can someone fill me in?]

ZionWriteMoreSongs: [Link]

SterlingBlooms: [Some no-name artist dares to leech off my Kiana? My Kiana is in a league of her own, okay?]

Because of this fan’s comment, the unveiling video from Everlake Resort was once again dug up by netizens.

ZionIsTheCutest: [I mean, seriously, it’s not like Kiana Sterling would expose her own dirty laundry, right? So doesn’t this comment just prove that Kiana Sterling is a fraud?]

MarryMeShawcross: [Think about it. Reaaally think about it.]

TheLittleShawcrossGirl: [I don’t get it, but they’re both pretty!]

SterlingBlooms: [In terms of fame, someone is obviously jealous of my Kiana, okay? Similar? If you ask me, this is clearly Umi plagiarizing.]

And so, Kiana Sterling’s fans on the internet quickly stirred up a debate about whether plagiarism had occurred, and who had plagiarized whom.

At that very moment, Everlake Resort, the long-suffering victim in all this, suddenly broke its silence and demanded that Kiana Sterling provide a reasonable explanation for the matter.