She had finally forced her grandfather to surrender today.Two of them had fun for the whole day before they leisurely took a flight back to Southland City. By the time they returned, the sky had turned totally dark.Richard had purposely sent someone to the airport to pick them up and bring them back to the company. He was afraid that Thomas might cause a problem on the way again.When the two of them arrived in the meeting room, it was nearly 9.00 pm.The meeting room was full of people, and Cillian calmly made his way to the Hill family’s office building again.Richard sighed in relief. “So, can we officially start the meeting now?”Emma stood up and organized the proposal again before she talked about every detail. The meeting went on until 7.00 am the next day.The meeting was held for the whole night.After all the discussions were finished, Cillian kept complimenting Emma.“Well done! You’re impressive! I’ve indeed made the right decision to choose you.“Ms. Hill, I fe
Around 8.00 am in the morning, the Southland University of Foreign Studies’ north gate.Many supercars were parked by the road, and they were there to pick up young and beautiful girls.“Susan, I heard that your cousin’s coming to pick you up?”“Yeah.”“Your cousin’s a famous and beautiful woman in Southland. We finally have the honor of meeting her today.”Susan shook her head and turned around.Right then, a silver Lexus stopped at the roadside, and Susan immediately recognized it as her cousin’s car.“Emma!”She jogged over, but after the car door was opened, an unfamiliar man walked out of the car.“Who are you?”“I’m Thomas Mayo, your brother-in-law.”All of Susan’s friends came over, and they had a sardonic look on their faces.“Hey, Susan, why didn’t your cousin personally come? I think she doesn’t really care about you.”“I heard that your brother-in-law is a son-in-law who relies on his wife. She’s really showing you the greatest ‘respect’ by asking him to pick yo
At that moment, a muscular and bald man with a tattoo of two dragons on his body and a height of 1.9 meters walked out from the crowd.He smirked and said, “Why? Is there anyone who doesn’t know me, Ballard, in Southland City?”“What conflict do you have with Susan?” Thomas asked.“Conflict?” Ballard took out an account book. “This girl borrowed twenty thousand dollars from me last month. She said that she would pay me back today, but she asked us to wait for her at the university’s east gate and ran away from the north gate. What do you think about that?”Thomas turned around, cast a glance at Susan in the car, and shook his head slightly.“I’ll help her return the twenty thousand dollars.”“Huh? What did you say?”Ballard laughed out loud, and about twenty other bald men also laughed. They stared at Thomas like he was stupid.“Are you a freaking idiot? She borrowed twenty thousand dollars, but you just want to return twenty thousand dollars? Do you think our group is a charit
Ballard could not wrap his head around it at that moment. He was taken aback for a few seconds before he suddenly burst out laughing.“Hey, did you hear that?“This stupid guy just asked me for money. He wants me to pay him back one million per second.“Hey! I’m really scared.”Ballard poked Thomas’ head with his finger. “Hey lad, do you know how to spell the word ‘death’?”Thomas smiled faintly while he answered, “I don’t know how to spell. Why don’t you spell it for me?”“Let me teach you then!”Ballard raised his hand to slap Thomas, but before his hand landed, Thomas had held his finger.“Did you poke me with this finger just now?”Crack!His finger was bent back, and the bone was fractured.“Argh!” Ballard yelled, and he was in so much pain that his tears fell.Dush!Thomas then gave Ballard a kick in the belly and threw him onto the car opposite him.Ballard soon lay on the floor as he groaned in pain. “Kill him! Kill him now!”Susan was stunned. Was Thomas insane?
Thomas reached out to her. “Have you borrowed money from any other people besides Ballard?”“Yeah, I have.”“Pass me your phone and tell me all the people whom you’ve borrowed money from.”“Okay.”Thomas took her phone, jotted down the names, and sent them to Samson. Then, he passed the phone back to Susan.“From now on, you’re no longer in debt.”“Huh? There are a few hundred thousand dollars in total. Have you paid all of it back?” Susan asked in shock.“Yeah.” Susan was completely stunned. This man was so astonishing to her.She had looked down on Thomas and attacked him with the most wicked words earlier. Yet, he was not angry now, and he had even helped her to pay back all her debts.He had repaid her outrage with goodwill.Susan really did not know how she should repay his kindness.“Why are you so good to me?”“Because you’re Emma’s cousin.”Thomas stepped on the accelerator, started the car, and left. Behind them, Ballard and his gang respectfully took a bow.“G
Johnson’s family stared at Susan strangely because they were puzzled as to why she would suddenly say something like that.However, Susan did not care, and she continued to eat her food.Emma coughed awkwardly. “Susan, are you lacking a man? I heard that your mother’s been introducing men to you in recent months. I guess there might be up to one hundred men, right?”“Bah! It’s not that exaggerated! But, there really are so many of them that I can’t even remember.”“Why didn’t you like any of them?”Susan sighed. “Those men came to the blind dates because I look pretty. They weren’t sophisticated at all. I don’t like them.” Johnson frowned. “Everyone doesn’t know each other on blind dates, and it all depends on your first impression. I also heard from your parents that you didn’t like any of them. You even got a big amount of money from the men each time you attended a blind date. It made the men say ‘the vampire is coming’ whenever they heard your name.”Susan stuck her tongue
Susan nodded.“The medical expenses, surgery fee, and instrument fee are very expensive. If I don’t care for him, he’ll die in three days because of his sickness.”Thomas felt warm inside. He really did not expect Susan to be so kind.Unlike her outward appearance, this girl, who dressed up attractively and even seemed like a gangster, was gentle as well as kind.“I got it.” Thomas started the engine. “Which hospital?”“Third Southland General Hospital.”“Buckle your seatbelt.”Half an hour later, the car was parked in the hospital’s parking lot. Thomas and Susan then arrived at the ward.Before they went inside, a middle-aged man who was dressed like a doctor called out to them.“Susan.”“Dr. Payne?”“Please come to my office.”Victor Payne was Mr. Redfern’s attending physician. He had been responsible for Mr. Redfern’s surgery, treatment, and medication.After they entered the office, Victor invited Thomas and Susan to sit down.He looked slightly dispirited. “Susan, I
Susan immediately became alarmed. She was not a silly woman, so she naturally realized that Victor was trying to take advantage of the situation.Victor had liked Susan from the first time he saw her.As the University of Foreign Studies’ beauty queen, the youthful and cheerful aura that Susan emitted made her very attractive. Added with her slender figure and extremely delicate features, many men fell for her.Victor was not the first man who wanted Susan, and he would definitely not be the last man.Susan’s expression was cold, and she did not know how she should answer for a time.She was naturally not willing to accept his terms. However, if she dared to say “No”, Mr. Redfern could die at any minute. She could not be impulsive. She had to remain calm.“What do you think? Are you willing, Susan?“I’m actually only ten years older than you, so there won’t be a generation gap between us. Besides, my job and income are quite good. If you marry me, you won’t suffer any loss.“I
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