Sitting in the café were two hackers who had both reached the pinnacle.

In each other’s eyes, no one could hide their true emotions.

When Sebastian Ford said he understood, he definitely understood.

With these words, a long silence fell between them.

So, Joshua Jarvis understood the meaning of his words—since Tiana wasn’t just a sworn sister, she must be the missing Poppy, a blood relative of the Ford family.

After a while, Sebastian Ford broke the silence first: "What do you know? Tell me everything now."

Joshua Jarvis looked directly into his eyes, keeping his head down, staring at the coffee cup in his hands, his voice carrying a hint of desolation, low: "Poppy is back."

He nodded: "Yes, Tiana Thorne is my sister, Poppy."

Joshua Jarvis looked up at him, the desolation in his voice undiminished: "I’m sorry."

The reason he said sorry, Sebastian Ford understood very well.

Because, when he was doing these things, he didn’t know that Tiana Thorne was the long-missing Poppy. After all, the chances concerning Poppy’s disappearance had always seemed bleak, always hoping for the best but prepared for the worst, even believing she might have died.

But now, the facts proved that Poppy was not dead.

And Meredith Ford was not his biological sister either. Thinking of this, Sebastian Ford frowned slightly, his tone much calmer: "So, as her brother, I must protect her. I won’t let anyone stab her in the back."

Joshua Jarvis looked up, stopped stirring his coffee, and said: "I’ll return Aiden’s Weibo to you."

"Is that all?"

He continued: "You protect Poppy, I protect Meredith Ford. Our intentions are the same, only our stances differ."

Sebastian Ford furrowed his brows: "Protecting Meredith Ford will inevitably put you against Poppy."

"No, it won’t."

Sebastian Ford looked at him, listening carefully to each word he said: "Before, I didn’t know she was my cousin Poppy. Now that I know, I have no reason to harm her."

Sebastian Ford knew him too well. Hearing him say this, his heart sank little by little: "But, will you still protect Meredith Ford?"

Joshua Jarvis’s eyes held some melancholy, a complexity he couldn’t quite grasp, and after a while, he finally said: "I promised her I would protect her for life. A man must keep his word; if he doesn’t, he fails."

Hearing this, Sebastian Ford furrowed his brows even deeper.

It seemed he truly cared for Meredith Ford deeply.

What he had to tell him next would be very cruel, but he had to say it. He couldn’t let him be used by Meredith Ford any longer.

Taking a deep breath, he spoke word by word, coldly: "Then, let me tell you this now: she has no blood relationship with my mother, so she could not possibly be Aunt Three’s biological daughter, and thus she’s not your biological sister."

After saying this, his heart thudded violently as he looked at him seriously, his face a bit pale.

He thought he would show a shocked expression, but to his surprise, he remained calm, his eyes without the slightest ripple, as if he had known this truth all along.

Sebastian Ford was stunned: "You knew?"

He didn’t deny it: "Yes."

After hearing this, Sebastian Ford was utterly shocked, and it took him a long time to speak: "Since you know she isn’t your biological sister, why do you still help her? Using my fourth brother’s Weibo to rally the whole internet against her—what benefit does that bring to you?"