章 136: Surprise in the First Week of the New Year

January 7th, 885. 

Jonathan and Caroline just returned to the office from the office building that was under construction. They jovially sat at the chairs in front of Jonathan's desk and chatted with one another.

"I can't believe that you are building an office building in modern architecture. Normally, people would prefer heavily ornate facades and luxurious and opulent interiors." 

"First, they are expensive, second, we are in quite a rush," Jonathan explained, chuckling at her remarks. "It takes a long time to build a building of the neoclassical or renaissance-style palace and we needed a proper office fast because we couldn't just stay here, in this current office for too long once our operations in our different ventures expanded."