Thousands of Brilliant Stars: You Deserve the Best!-Chapter 170: Beyond All Others, Above the Heavens—There Is Iris Crawford!

Chapter 170: Chapter 170: Beyond All Others, Above the Heavens—There Is Iris Crawford!

Iris Crawford felt a surge of emotions as she looked at the busy group of partners, as if she had traveled back in time through a tunnel.

Sarah Shaw came forward and pulled Iris to sit on the side. Lachlan Wyatt still sat high in the middle. Iris looked at him a few extra times, and Lachlan, trying hard to maintain his aloof image, almost couldn’t hold it together.

This woman’s mere glance could break his defenses.

So, Lachlan, frustrated, said, "What are you looking at? Never seen a handsome guy before?"

"..." Iris was speechless for a moment and said, "Never seen someone so shameless."

After spending the night setting up their battle plan, Iris and the others took a nap in the office for five or six hours. When they awoke, Iris picked up her phone and called Orion Crawford.

"Brother, can you take care of Felix for me today? I have things to handle and might not be able to look after him... What? He’s writing a program on the computer himself? Then it’s fine, he can stay in the study all day."

After hanging up, Iris was overheard by James Chesterton who clicked his tongue, amazed, "Looks like I have a successor."

Lachlan ground his teeth as he came out, "That’s my successor. What’s it got to do with you!"

"Listen to yourself, like I would steal your kid!" James bared his teeth at Lachlan, "You should thank the heavens that Iris was blind enough to bear your child. Otherwise, which decent girl would want to be troubled by you!"

Heh!

Lachlan almost rolled his eyes to the skies, glanced at his watch, "It’s almost time, we should go check at the prison gate..."

This time it was Iris and Lachlan going. Peach was driving, and James and Sarah were in charge of providing backup from the base, so they got in the car. James murmured to Iris’s departing figure, "It’s great, it gives me the illusion that Birdie is back."

"Have you been thinking of her these five years?"

Sarah looked at James with curiosity, asking, "I heard you got drunk the night Birdie got married."

"Some things don’t need to be said or made public."

Only when there’s no one else around does James let go of his gentlemanly restraint. He took a breath, finally moving his gaze from the taillights of the car, and said to Sarah, "There are some people you must never touch because they can’t be lost."

For everyone at the agency, the bond of companionship might be much stronger than romantic ties.

So they cherish every partner dearly.

Because they cannot accept loss, they accompany each other with even more absolute identities.

Sarah was stunned, looking at James for a long time, and after a while, she said, "Could it be for the same reason, Lachlan has never been able to face his feelings for Iris properly?"

"I don’t know."

James’s voice lowered, and after a while, he said, "But if I were Lachlan, facing Iris, maybe I would do even worse than him."

Iris, strong and sharp, facing off with her wounded themselves.

Sarah had nothing to say, and could only sigh for them in her heart.

An hour later, Peach drove to the place where Gia was about to be released, only to find not far from there, a commercial vehicle was already waiting.

"Wait a minute." Iris narrowed her eyes, lowered her voice, and said, "We shouldn’t get too close. Park here and walk over on foot so we won’t alert the people in that car."

"The person in the car is Vera."

Lachlan lifted his gaze from his phone, "The commercial vehicle’s license plate is registered under her assistant’s name. Patrick Pierce and Noelle Rivers are on their way. Should we stay put or go down to pick up Gia first?"

Iris was shocked, not expecting Vera to cling to Gia like this. Back then, because Peter Marshall’s incident implicated Gia, causing her resources to be carved up by Vera, and now, five years later, Vera still didn’t want Gia to have a good life.

Iris got out of the car first, instructing Peach to watch the situation from the vehicle. She stealthily approached the commercial vehicle and, before arriving, heard a commotion.

"How is it you?"

"Unexpected, isn’t it!" An arrogant and wilful voice unmistakably belonging to Vera. Though she frequently faced black PR, she had many diehard fans, and with Iris married, no one was there to oppose her. Vera became even more brazen, flicking at the fabric of her expensive cardigan, then continued, "Didn’t expect you did so well inside, getting out so easily after five years pretending to be a chicken."

This was a veiled insult to how Gia was coerced into being Peter Marshall’s mistress!

Iris knew how much bitterness Gia held inside, being blackmailed with leverage, coerced into becoming a mistress, clearly an oppression, but why...

"You have no right to speak to me."

After five years in prison, Gia looked pale, but her gaze seemed to have changed from five years ago, "I have accepted the legal judgment and have been released. Your words can’t hurt me anymore."

"Can’t hurt you?" Vera tossed her half-finished cigarette to the ground, stepping on it with her shoe, "Your existence alone disgusts me, especially that face of yours—"

Before she finished, she stepped forward and grabbed Vera by the chin. An assistant beside her handed over a small knife, "Sister Vera, isn’t this a bit..."

"Why are you still so timid! If she comes out, someone might want her back in the limelight, stealing my spotlight!"

With that, she snapped her fingers, and a group of men in black jumped out of the car. Vera tossed the knife to the leader, "Slash her face for me, then I can sleep easy!"

Saying this, Vera backed up a few steps, just in time to see the men in black grab Gia. Ignoring her struggles, they dragged her completely into the commercial vehicle!

Gia’s eyes swelled with tears, "It’s been five years, why won’t you let me go! Haven’t you taken enough? All my resources have been taken by you!"

"Because you once wanted to replace and become the most popular one? Haha, impossible! Rest assured, this time Mr. J has got my back, besides, you’ve been to prison, no one will pity you, you can safely become an ugly monster!"

The knife mercilessly came down, and Gia instinctively turned her face away, the wound opened up on her brow bone!

Disfigurement... Vera wanted to ruin her face!

Help, help...

Pain pierced from her face, Gia’s eyes were red-rimmed, and the next second appeared to echo with the sound of rapid footsteps outside the car, followed by someone fiercely hitting the glass window of the vehicle with their elbow from outside!

For the bone to be so hard, it shattered the car window!

Vera, originally watching from a distance, didn’t expect the car to shake. Perceiving a change, she stepped forward and saw a tenacious, slender figure appear beside the car, breaking the car window. Not only that, but the hand went through the shattered glass hole into the compartment without caring about the sharp edges. Across the car door, it grabbed the nape of the man holding the knife!

Standing by the car, Iris’s eyes brimmed with murderous intent. Grabbing the man in black’s collar, she slammed him hard against the car door, and she roared, "Unlock the car door for me!"

The men in black inside the commercial car were momentarily stunned by a woman’s actions. Iris noticed the blood on his knife, realizing she was still a step too late. In that instant, her gaze turned icily piercing, desperately wanting to snap his neck, "Open the car door for me!"

"Crazy woman! She actually smashed the car window and stuck her hand in!"

"Sister Vera! Sister Vera! The situation changed!"

In the distance, Vera rushed over, "You filthy woman, how dare you sabotage my plans!"

Before the words were even finished, that person turned around, their fierce features breathtaking, like the sharpest blade on the battlefield, their gaze nearly slicing through Vera’s skin!

Vera paused in her steps, "Iris... Iris Crawford!"

Wasn’t she overseas? Wasn’t she married?

Why was Iris Crawford appearing here?

Did she come specifically to rescue Gia?

"You persistent woman!" Vera shouted, tearing off her facade, "Get off the car, capture her for me!"

Iris let out a cold laugh, "Capture me?"

Cold sweat broke out behind Vera, but thinking about having more people, she still wasn’t afraid, "You’ve ruined my plans too many times. I will never let you go!"

"You’re courting death!" Iris pronounced each word like a bullet that could pierce the soul, "Unlock the car door, release Gia!"

Vera was momentarily stunned by her overwhelming presence, but the next second, she came to her senses, "What are you standing there for, get off the car and control her, don’t let this woman obstruct me anymore! It’s been five years, you vile woman, let’s settle all the accounts!"

Immediately, men in black emerged from the other side of the car, surrounding Iris, yet the encircled woman showed no emotion. She tilted her head as if loosening her neck, interlacing her fingers to stretch out the tendons, and then said, "Do you know the consequences of trampling on others’ dignity?"

Vera hardly dared to care so much? She thought if the sky fell, Mr. J would protect her. After all, the Jacobs Family hadn’t fallen back then thanks to Mr. J’s help, so she was confident, "There are no consequences, the winner becomes the king!"

"If that’s the case..." Iris displayed a bloodthirsty smile, "Let’s use you as practice."

The scene before them instantly descended into chaos. Before the eyes of all onlookers, Iris flipped onto the top of the business vehicle with high heels, her long legs slicing through the air, striking the head of the leading man in black, the next second she braced one hand on the top of the car, using it to propel both feet outwards, stepping on the chest of that man, driving him straight to the ground!

Vera was so startled she wanted to pull out her phone to call Mr. J. Just as she pulled out her phone, something unknown shot from afar, knocking it directly from her hand!

When it landed, Vera saw a card inserted in the ground.

Was it this card that flew over and knocked her phone away? Vera’s face changed drastically. When she went to pick up the phone, a gust of wind brushed past her ear, and then someone grabbed her face and pressed her against a nearby tree trunk!

The assistant screamed miserably, "Vera sis, help me!"

When she looked up, a hand was covering her entire face, Vera yelled, "You bitch! Who are you!"

"Who am I?"

A familiar icy voice came, the man’s deep tone like a devil returning from hell, "Long time no see, Vera."

Through the fingers pressing on her face, Vera saw the person’s features clearly, too scared to speak without trembling, "Lachlan... Young Master Wyatt..."

Lachlan Wyatt’s pale face showed no extra expression, "Trying to contact someone with the phone, J?"

Vera’s legs went weak, "Young Master Wyatt, what are you doing here... Could it be Iris seduced you..."

Before she finished speaking, Lachlan slapped Vera across the face!

This slap forced tears out of Vera’s eyes on the spot!

"You’re hitting a woman? Young Master Wyatt, you’re a grown man actually hitting a woman?"

Released by Lachlan, she clutched her face and screamed, "Why are all of you helping Iris!"

"Can’t women be hit?"

Lachlan laughed, closing in on Vera. The black-clad men came to protect her, only to be punched to the ground by Lachlan without a blink. He blew off the dust, "Come all at once, save time."

On the other side, Peach controlled Vera’s assistant and shouted to Iris, "Iris, let Lachlan handle the men in black, you take Gia first!"

Hearing this, Iris rushed into the other side of the vehicle from the opened door, cradling Gia like a princess, "Gia, are you okay?"

Gia’s face was covered in blood, a gory scar on her brow.

In that instant, Iris felt her heartbeat pause.

Too late, it’s still too late...

Peach felt heartache seeing this, "First take Gia back, I’ll see if I can perform surgery to help her recover. By the way, I saw the phone Vera dropped has already dialed out, their reinforcements will arrive soon, Lachlan, we need to go!"

"Don’t let anyone leave!"

Holding Gia in silence for a long time, Iris suddenly let out an earth-shattering roar, at that moment, she slowly raised her head, her eyes like a killer blade!

Placing Gia on the ground nearby, Iris kicked up a knife from the hand of a fallen man in black. In mid-air, the small knife spun around her wrist before she caught it steadily, Iris stepped forward, closing in on Vera.

Vera retreated, watching her own men in black being knocked down by Lachlan one by one, shaking her head, tears already on her face, "Mr. J’s backup will be here soon, you won’t get away with this..."

Iris said nothing, marching straight towards Vera.

Seeing the knife in Iris’s hand, Vera noticed the blood on the knife, realized it was Gia’s blood, that Gia was already disfigured.

Afraid, she said, "Iris, what are you doing? Gia’s already disfigured, taking revenge on me won’t change anything, it’s better to listen to me, let’s join forces with Mr. J—"

Iris reached out, her arms still covered in remnants of the broken glass from earlier, yet she seemed insensible to the pain, viciously choking Vera’s neck!

Vera was struggling to breathe, "Iris, you’re so powerful yet couldn’t protect her, hahaha, she’s disfigured! I advise you to let me go, or else you’ll face the same fate!"

A threat?

She was never afraid of anyone’s threat.

Iris couldn’t imagine how Gia had lived through these five years.

Forced to submit to others, the sponsor jailed as a co-defendant after being exposed, and on his first day out, disfigured by a mortal enemy.

"You truly deserve to die."

She uttered lightly, and then, suddenly raised the knife in her hand!

At that moment, Gia’s eyes opened, through the blood, she saw Iris raising her hand, her pupils suddenly shrank, "Iris..."

Vera screamed, "Iris, how dare you! I’m telling you, if you dare lay a hand on me, you’re dead! You slut, someone, quickly grab her!"

The next second, Iris plunged the small knife straight into her face!