What happened? Were there two similar presents? He had asked Aquarius to deliver one bottle in the morning as well.At the table, Canna held on to Jarek happily and gave him a big kiss. “Dear, you’re awesome!” Their colleagues could not help but show him a big thumbs-up too.“Awesome! You’re not just anybody!”“Well done, Jarek! What a good man!”“It’s a real blessing to have such a son-in-law.”Canna did not forget to mock Thomas. “Oh yeah, I wonder if you’ve brought my mother a gift today.”Thomas nonchalantly said, “Um, my gift…” He instantly did not know what to say.One of their colleagues sarcastically said from the side, “All right, Canna, why are you provoking the trash? He probably just brought two bags of fruits at most. Why? Are you hoping that he’ll also give you a bottle of wine from Serene Winery?“Okay, quit talking nonsense. Hurry up and uncork the wine. I can’t wait to take a sip.”Jarek stood up. “Okay, let me open the wine bottle and let all of you take
Wrong record?Their colleagues snapped out of their daze. The record had to be wrong.At that moment Thomas suddenly said, “Well, it might not have been recorded wrongly. Maybe the way you’re opening it is wrong.”Huh?Everyone looked over.How dare the trash, who had remained silent for the whole night, speak now?“Why? Do you know how to open a wine bottle from Serene Winery?” Jarek said with contempt.Canna chuckled and sarcastically said, “Forget it. Look at his silly face. Would he know how to open it?”Her colleagues laughed as well.Emma, who was sitting at the side, also scoffed. She thought that everyone had finally shifted their attention away, but why did Thomas still try to get their attention?Did he find that things were not embarrassing enough?However, Thomas acted as if nothing had happened. He extended his arm as he said, “I understand a little about opening a wine bottle. Just let me try it.”Jarek chuckled. “Okay, let’s see how the knowledgeable Mr. Mayo
“Thomas is not rich right now, but he’s very ambitious. He’s also sincere in the way he treats his family and friends…“Unlike someone’s son-in-law. He usually brags about how rich he is, but when it matters, he just lies to the senior family members using secondary goods.“Urgh, Mdm. Mason, I truly pity you.“If he can lie to you in front of us, he may have lied to you countless times on a regular day.“You’re pitiful.”Women had really sharp tongues.Felicia made Petunia furious with just a few sentences.At this point, Petunia’s face was pale, and her body was trembling out of anger. She gritted her teeth with clicking sounds, and she desperately wanted to roll up her sleeves and start a fight.She had always been the one who insulted and bullied Felicia as well as her family. However, the situation had been reversed. It was finally her turn to be insulted.Petunia looked at Jarek angrily.Jarek felt extremely embarrassed, but he remained unconvinced. He did not understa
Felicia could not wait to dig a hole and hide.What else could she say?At that moment, she hated Thomas too. If he was poor, he should just sit there obediently. Why did he ask for contempt? He pretended to be rich using a bottle of fake wine. He had made a fool of himself, right?He also brought shame on the Hill family.It was beyond all measure… Jarek looked at Thomas coldly and spoke in an unfriendly tone. “This is a happy celebration, but you bought a bottle of fake wine. You’re not just immoral, you’re also disrespectful toward my mother-in-law!“Our family doesn’t welcome a person like you.“Please leave the room.”He directly chased Thomas out!That was a little too heartless and ruthless.Felicia bit her bottom lip, and her face turned red. If Thomas made a fool of himself, it also meant that she made a fool of herself! If she had known that it would turn out like this, she would not have brought Thomas along. She regretted it, but it was too late.At this time,
“Why is it a bottle of fake wine?” Charles said. “Even if I identify my wife wrongly, I would never identify this bottle of wine wrongly. This is a real Grandmaster!”At that moment, everyone at the table became flustered.They had mocked Thomas for such a long time but in the end, the wine that Thomas had sent was a real Grandmaster?So… Did it mean that the one sent by Jarek was…? Emma immediately snapped out of her daze. She pointed at the wine in Jarek’s hand and asked, “Mr. Banks, can you please help us take a look at that bottle of wine and see if it’s wine from Serene Winery?”“Sure.”Charles took the other bottle of wine. When he saw it, he laughed. “I can tell this is a counterfeit product with a glance. There’s a flaw in the logo. This is not authentic.” Jarek’s expression turned completely solemn.“Mr. Banks, have you looked at it carefully?”“Of course.” Charles moved closer, smelled the wine, and chuckled even more. “You can drink it and see. Isn’t this just a
Emma was not angry. Instead, she smiled faintly and said to Petunia, “Aunt Petunia, I really feel sad for you. You’ve been fooled by your son-in-law, and your daughter isn’t helping you. Instead, she’s helping an outsider and working with him to oppress you. Sigh…” Canna felt so anxious that she almost cried.“Mom, I didn’t mean it.”“What did you mean then?” Emma asked. “Do you think Jarek should lie to Aunt Petunia using the fake wine?”“Um…” Canna could not answer.Emma sighed. She reached out to pick up her bag. “Auntie, I’m sorry. I really can’t put up with a wicked person like Jarek. Since he’s not leaving, I’m leaving.”After she said that, she got up and left without hesitation.Felicia secretly snickered. Emma was usually graceful and polite, but if she was triggered, she would be extremely fierce and disrespectful.“Mdm. Mason, I can’t have a meal with a wicked person like Jarek either.” Then, she called out to Thomas. “Tom, let’s get out of here.”“Okay, Mom.”F
In an instant, Thomas was overwhelmed with happiness. How great would it be if he could immerse himself in this feeling for a lifetime?“Tom, get into the car. We’re going home,” Felicia said.“Coming, Mom.”The moon was big and round that night.…… The next morning, Thomas woke up early and drove to Kindness Clinic.He had not visited Clover for two days, so he did not know how she had been recently. Actually, not only Thomas, but Art Trading Corporation had also been pretty quiet in the past two days. Nothing strange had happened.Perhaps they had just killed Daniel, so they were too afraid to simply take action now. Hence, they had chosen to be low-key.Thomas knew that their low profile was temporary.As long as they did not get Clover, they would not stop. One day, sooner or later, the Vedastus brothers would come again and deal with Clover.Thomas walked through the entrance, passed by the living room, and arrived at the room.He saw that Adery was combing Clover’s ha
At the meeting room in Art Trading Corporation.Today, aside from Bernard and Silvester, about twenty chairmen and general managers from associated companies were also there. All of them were sitting around the meeting table angrily.Among them, the most reputable person was Giovanni Santiago, the chairman of Sunshine Finance.Sunshine Finance was a big treasury house. In the last ten months, they had helped Art Trading Corporation to manage all kinds of funds, and they were important logistic support that made Art Trading Corporation the tyrant it was in the Southland District.Without Sunshine Finance, Art Trading Corporation was not able to act arrogantly.Similar to Daniel, Giovanni had looked down on Art Trading Corporation in the beginning, but he had helplessly fallen into its trap. The Vedastus brothers now controlled him using their special method.Giovanni was an important member whom the Vedastus brothers wanted to save no matter what.Without Giovanni, the consequenc
No one knew how far down the title Emperor of Luck was inherited.They had finally caught Luck.Following that, Eric leaped into action and reeled in his haul as fast as he could. With that, all the remaining accomplices of Luck were caught in one fell swoop!The two million innocent citizens were saved, as all of them took the antidote.Once again, Thomas saved the day.In order to express their gratitude, the citizens decided to erect statues of Thomas in Celandine City and many other cities as well.In the House of Vistaria.Phoebe ran towards her father hurriedly. She then smiled at him and said, “What did I tell you, dad? Thomas will definitely turn things around, right? I won!”Declan was so agitated, that he started tearing up.Thomas was really too amazing. He was capable of turning things around, even in such a predicament.At the same time, the curse that had plagued the Mars family for over a thousand years was finally broken. From then onwards, Declan was finally
Luck was dumbfounded. Why was Thomas still alive and kicking?“No need to doubt your own eyes. I am indeed still alive.”The crowd parted, making way for a very familiar figure. It was Thomas, the very Thomas whom the public watched him die.As he walked, he said, “Our previous research has already reached ninety-nine percent completion. But no matter how hard we tried, the final one percent remained out of our grasp. At that time, I thought that perhaps the only way was to drink the Ancestral Water and experience the poison itself, which would allow me to have a breakthrough for the final one percent.“And that was what happened. I managed to do it.“After drinking the Ancestral Water, I finally understood what the one percent was and successfully created the antidote for Ancestral Water. Now that the antidote has been created, it will sever your connection with the Ancestral Water.“You will not be able to kill anyone anymore.“You have lost, Luck.”Lost?Luck's eyes were wi
It was obvious that Eric could not afford to take a gamble this time. But he had no choice. His only choice was to listen to whatever the other party said and prepare a helicopter in twelve hours’ time.That was not all. He was also supposed to request for his superiors to help Luck get out of the country.The thought of it made Eric furious.“Damn it!”He left in anger to deal with the rest of the matter.The sky of Celandine City was covered with clouds.The patriarch, Declan, was in his garden in the House of Vistaria. He stared at the withered flowers as he grieved.His entire life was spent supporting Mr. Cole in hopes that he would be able to create an antidote to Ancestral Water. But at the end of the day, Mr. Cole accomplished nothing.His two disciples — Capricious Holy Hand Elliot, and Thomas — were both dead.There was no one in the world who was capable of creating the antidote for Ancestral Water anymore.“Alas...” Declan sighed. It seemed that it was impossible
At that moment, the general public was suddenly dumbfounded, as if struck by lightning. Everyone was down in the dumps.Many of those with poor psychological strength directly collapsed on the ground.They believed Thomas' death could be exchanged for their own safety, but who knew, in the end, they got nothing, and Luck, as usual, used their lives as a bargaining chip to force the authorities to listen to His Majesty's words.No antidote to Ancestral Water would ever be created by chance.The lives of people were still in His Majesty's hands.Whenever luck wanted them to die, they would die without any ability to resist.However, this was not the most frightening part. What was even more frightening than this was that the only person who could create the antidote to Ancestral Water had been forced to die alive by them.It would be impossible to create the antidote to Ancestral Water without Thomas.Mr. Cole and Elliot had all died, Thomas was the last person who mastered the
Eric sighed deeply, "Thomas, even though things have reached this point, you still remain so kind.""I have nothing to say except to choose death because the research failed." Thomas let out a long breath. "Before I die, I want to talk to my family on the phone."Originally, Emma and the others came to Celandine City because they wanted to be reunited with Thomas.Who knew it had turned into a life and death situation?The world was like a chess game; everything was unpredictable.When Thomas was video calling with his family, Emma was already bathed in tears at the other end. She was crying and shouting at Thomas to not be impulsive, and saying perhaps there was still room for things to turn around.That was what she thought, but it was not the case.Every minute Thomas dragged on, more people perished as the result of Ancestral Water, and the crowd’s fear and rage grew.Thomas’ life no longer belonged to him."Honey, take care of the baby."I love you."Those were Thomas’
For such demanding research, half a day was really too short.Thomas had recruited the best doctors and researchers he could find to work on a detailed study of Ancestral Water.In the past, it was difficult to achieve breakthroughs in the research on Ancestral Water. That was because figuring out how to create an antidote for the Ancestral Water was challenging. On the other hand, it was also because obtaining the Ancestral Water was incredibly difficult. Because they only had a few samples, the results were underwhelming.However, it was different now. Because the entire city's water supply had been turned into Ancestral Water, they were able to collect the samples at their convenience. This made it much easier for Thomas and the others to get the materials.With Thomas in charge, hundreds of researchers were conducting a massive study in just half a day. Unfortunately, things did not go according to plan.Thomas still failed. “We almost got it.“We were so close to makin
How sinister. “All we want is nothing but—safety.“As long as we’re safe, we definitely won’t make it difficult for everyone. If we’re safe, no one will die.“Now then, I have a small request to make to ensure everyone’s safety.“I demand that Thomas drink Ancestral Water immediately! This person is a real hassle for His Majesty, and we must keep him under our control for our own protection. Please forgive us for the inconvenience.“We'll only give everyone half a day to consider this. The emperor will begin killing people if Thomas does not step forward and drink Ancestral Water by this afternoon.“Okay. I've said everything I wanted to say. Goodbye.” The TV screen went dark, and so did Eric's face.He kicked the trash can over and said fiercely, “What is this? You're the only person in the world who can create an antidote for Ancestral Water’s poison, Thomas!“Once you drink Ancestral Water, you’ll be controlled by them!“Won't you have to obey Luck's every command by the
After listening to Thomas’ description, Eric also displayed a look of shock and said two words, “As expected.”What did he mean by, as expected?Was it possible that Eric knew that Luck was behind it from the start?“Thomas, follow me.”Eric took Thomas into an empty ward and locked the door. The two sat in the corner of the ward.He whispered, “There is a piece of news that I haven’t announced to the public, that is, besides Celandine City, there are more than ten cities that have problems. Do you know which cities they are?”Thomas’ eyes lit up. He already knew what Eric wanted to say.At the previous meeting, Eric had clearly stated that more than ten cities across the country had been controlled by Luck. Now, there happened to have more than ten cities where residents had been poisoned.Was there such a coincidence?Thomas said, “The residents are poisoned by Ancestral Water. Over ten cities are all under the control of Luck’s forces, so it is almost a certainty that Luck
“I didn’t. I saw the news early in the morning and was shocked. I haven’t dared to drink a sip of water until now.” Pisces took a deep breath and said, “Is this a natural disaster or a man-made disaster? It’s really terrible.”No matter whether it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, it was no small matter.Soon, Thomas drove to the hospital.Eric had been waiting here for a long time. As soon as he saw Thomas coming, he quickly let him enter the ward.He saw a patient lying on the hospital bed with his eyes closed, and his body was trembling. Although it was very hot, he was as cold as if he had just been lifted out of the freezer.A doctor walked over and said, “Mr. Mayo, let me tell you the general overview of the current situation.”The virus was spread through water sources.After drinking water with the virus, the virus would lurk in the human body.However, lurking did not mean that it would cause an outbreak.At present, over one hundred thousand people had b