Thomas finally got home when it was a little over ten at night. The moment he got home, he saw his father-in-law sitting in the living room while watching TV. His eyes were wide open, and he occasionally did some really childish actions. He looked rather hilarious. Puzzled, Thomas moved next to Emma and asked, “What’s going on with Dad? He’s acting like a child.”“Don’t you know?”“I don’t.”Emma pointed at the TV and said, “Recently, “Hello Dad”, the one starring Gemma Peake, aired on TV. It talked about a few rebellious children slowly mending their relationship with their father after growing up, and they forgave each other. Dad loves it, especially the protagonist, Gemma. Dad loves her. He said that she’s the standard daughter-in-law, and he's been addicted to the show over the past few days.”Thomas felt delighted. Recently, the company had indeed aired a new series. He did not expect the feedback to be so good. He asked, “Is Gemma really popular now?”Emma rolled her
“Erm, can I get into bed?”“No!” Emma snorted and said, “Don’t you have Gemma? Go find her. Why do you want me?”She was obviously jealous.Thomas smirked. “I’ll really go find Gemma then.”“You!” Emma turned over. “Go. Don’t come back if you go.”Thomas laughed happily. He did not take off his clothes and jumped on the bed to slip under the duvet.Emma yelled anxiously, “What are you doing? Go away! You’re dirty!”…...The next morning, Thomas came to Scott’s Remembrance Cultural Arts Entertainment early and sat in the office.Not long after he sat down, Jonah knocked on the door and walked in.“Hi, Mr. Dunkley. Why are you here so early today?” Thomas hurriedly got up to greet him.Jonah waved and said with a smile, “I watched ‘Hello, Dad’ last night and saw that the girl played by Gemma being rebellious and mischievous. In the end, she was hurt in her relationship and career. Finally, she realized her mistake and returned to her family. It was really interesting and well-
Jonah laughed after hearing it. “That’s it? It doesn’t matter, so you can decide. I’m only responsible for writing the song and finding a suitable singer to sing it. As for how you want to promote it, it’s all your business. I won’t meddle with it.”In fact, Thomas knew that this was Jonah granting him favors.That was because Jonah was known for being strict in the industry. He took charge of everything. He would decide how to sing, who to sing, and when to sing.Now that he was leaving it to Thomas, one could see that he was doing so out of respect for Thomas.After they finished the recording, Gemma walked out of the recording studio and trembled as she asked, “Mr. Dunkley, did I do okay this time?”Jonah smiled. “It’s not just okay. It’s perfect! Gemma, you should be more confident. Your acting skills and singing skills are both top-notch. You have a good reputation now as well, so no need to think of yourself as a newbie, okay?”“Okay, I got it, Mr. Dunkley.”“All right, I
“Cheers!”All six people raised their glasses. The men drank wine, while the women drank beverages.After drinking a glass of wine, Jack took a bite of the food. He smiled and said, “Johnson, I’ve been your colleague for ten years, right?”Johnson nodded. “It’s been ten years.”Jack said with emotion, “I still remember when we ate for the first time, Emma and Cecilia were just kids. In the blink of an eye, they have grown and married. Time really flies.”Jack pointedly glanced at his son-in-law, Hugo.Hugo was quick on the uptake. He filled his glass with wine and stood up. He said to Johnson, “Let me drink a toast to you, Uncle Johnson.”“Hey, you’re being polite.”Johnson clinked his glass with Hugo’s glass, and they drank it one after the other.He put down the glass and asked casually, “Hugo, I heard that you’re living in Australia?”Hugo nodded. “Yes. My father is from Florida, and he went to Australia to do business when he was young. After that, he settled in Australia
“Cecilia, what are you saying?” Jack deliberately interrupted her. He turned his head and said to Johnson, “Johnson, don’t take it to heart.”Johnson waved. “It’s okay. She is still young.”The atmosphere of the banquet had always been in this strange state. Everyone seemed to be harmonious, but in fact, they were constantly throwing low jabs at each other.Jack kept suppressing Johnson by using Thomas.He was very happy for the first time in so many years.As they ate and drank, Hugo suddenly stood up and said to Jack, “Dad, I didn’t prepare any gift for this special event today. I know that you like calligraphy, so I bought a copybook for you. I hope you like it.”“Oh? Quickly let me have a look at it.”Hugo took the copybook from his side and opened it on the spot.After seeing the content of the copybook, Jack could not sit still. This was not an ordinary copybook. It was an authentic piece of Alberto named Fairies Palace!Ordinary people only knew that Alberto was good at
The couple worked together to belittle him as a good-for-nothing.Thomas paid them no heed. He bent over and picked up the copybook. “Coincidentally, my copybook is also a copybook by Alberto, and it is also the ‘Fairies Palace.’”Huh?In an instant, the atmosphere of the room changed.Hugo sneered and said, “Hey, that joke’s not even funny. Alberto’s copybooks are rare, and ‘Fairies Palace’ is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. I have one here, so how could you possibly have one?”Thomas smiled. “One of our copybooks must be fake then.”“Ha, are you saying that mine is fake? Stop putting on airs. Open your copybook and show me.”Thomas opened the copybook in front of everyone.What was revealed was a very perfect copybook. Coincidentally, this copybook was exactly the same as the one Hugo took out just now.“This…” Hugo was stunned.The two copybooks were exactly the same, so one of them had to be fake.Hugo sneered and said, “Oh, not bad. It’s a decent imitation. Thomas, how muc
When Hugo heard this, his face darkened, and his expression became twisted.If it was not Tyler who said this but someone else, he would have hit him a long time ago.He held back his anger and said in a low voice, “Mr. Brown, look carefully. Is my copybook really an imitation?”Tyler smiled. “The authentic one can’t be fake, and the fake one can’t be authentic. It is still an imitation no matter how many times I look at it.”Hugo had nothing left to say.How could he refute the words of the contemporary calligraphy master? He had more experience than him, so he had more right to speak.A fake!These three words stabbed into Hugo’s heart like a steel knife. It was so painful that he almost died.He had spent ten million dollars to buy this copybook.Ten million dollars!Tyler said, “Although this copybook is an imitation, it’s extremely delicate. Although it is not invaluable, it is still worth three to four hundred thousand dollars.”Ten million dollars became three to four
Johnson was happy to see the contemporary calligraphy master actually begging him. What a glorious thing this was.He shook his head. “No.”Tyler’s expression instantly changed.As soon as Jack saw the opportunity to counterattack, he said loudly, “Johnson, don’t overdo it. What is the use of keeping this copybook at your place? Not only are you unworthy of it, but you may also damage this copybook. Do you know how to care for and keep it? What right do you have to refuse Mr. Brown?”Johnson smiled and said to Tyler, “Mr. Brown, don’t misunderstand. “I did not reject your offer to purchase it. Instead, I’ll give it to you.”This…Jack was as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly. The words he said just now showed that he was judging the moral one by the evil standard.He scolded in his mind, ‘Johnson, you hypocrite!’Tyler’s hands trembled. Although twenty million dollars was not much for him, it would still take a hit to his wallet if he took this money out.He was really ha
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