Thomas was a strong person with a tender heart. He was extremely touched.For a man, no matter how hard he worked outside, he would find it all worthwhile if he could feel his wife’s love at home.He gently walked to the sofa, held his breath, bent down, and landed a huge kiss on Emma’s forehead.“Ah!!!”Emma was shocked and jumped away instantly.After seeing that the person in front of her was Thomas, she shouted angrily, “Why didn’t you say a word when you came back? You scared me.”After coming back to her senses, she quickly pulled Thomas over and looked carefully at him from top to bottom.‘Except for being a bit dirty, he seems completely unharmed.‘Luckily, he is still alright.’She hurriedly folded her hands, knelt in front of the cross and prayed silently. ‘Our Father in heaven, thank you for blessing my husband and allowing him to return safely to me. I will offer a huge tithing in church tomorrow as thanks for your kindness.’Upon saying that, she made the sign
At midnight, Emma was laying in Thomas’ arms on their double bed. She leaned her head against his shoulder, letting her long hair fall over her bare back.The two people were embracing each other quietly.They had not slept together like this for a long time.Emma’s heart throbbed, and she pinched her hand on Thomas’ belly. She thought...Before she could speak, Thomas’ low voice broke the quiet night.“Emma, I want to ask you for a favor.”Emma’s heart contracted. It seemed that it was not the time to do the final step a couple should do, but she was ready for it.“Ugh…”‘Let’s talk about it later if I have a chance.’She smiled and asked, “What’s the matter?”Thomas pointed to the urn on the table, “I have taken the urn back. I want to build a new grave for Scott. The location is still somewhere along the West River Coast.“Isn’t the main company responsible for rebuilding and reconstruction? I want you to help me to build a large cemetery. This is not for Scott alone, but
Thomas looked at him lazily, “Can you make a wild guess of my true identity?”Calix Weston gazed at the scenery outside through the glass window. He recognized that this was the place where the department heads were qualified to stay. Even big financial oligarchs like Conley Hudson were not qualified to build buildings here.‘Therefore…‘I guess you must have a top position in the politics of Southland City.’Thomas nodded, “Yes.”Calix Weston smiled bitterly, “No wonder all the people in the city council that I have arranged for were handled by you, one after another. Perhaps you have a ‘seat’ in the city council? What kind of position are you holding?”“Are you from the Bureau of Commerce and Industry? From the Bureau of Water Conservancy? Or are you from the Bureau of Urban Construction? Or are you from the Bureau of Public Security?”Thomas shook his head, “Neither.”“Oh? Then you are…?”“Just a reminder, I was transferred here only a few months ago. In your impression, wh
Calix’s psychological defense mechanism was completely shattered, and he answered whatever Thomas asked him.In just over half an hour, he explained everything he knew to Thomas, including the reason why Ryan Hudson would help Conley Hudson.Thomas sat quietly, his eyes flashed with excitement.As Thomas’ old follower, Samson naturally understood Thomas’ temperament perfectly. He smiled and said, “Boss, are you thirsty for more talents?”Thomas cleared his throat and did not say a word.Samson Wood said, “Boss, I will arrange someone now to find the woman named Vany. Once we locate Vany, Ryan will stop helping Conley. You can even recruit Ryan and kill two birds with one stone.”Thomas pondered for a moment.“It’s okay to arrange someone to find Vany, but don’t use her as leverage. If you do that, what is the difference between me and Conley?”Samson asked, “So boss, you plan to…”Thomas pursed his lips slightly and said, “Do you know of the fictional character, Daenerys Targa
Even a woman was attracted by Adery’s beauty.‘How on Earth could there be such an otherworldly woman?’In front of everyone’s gazes, Adery slowly walked out, pretended to sit on the office chair as if nothing was out of the ordinary and she did not see Thomas.In fact, she could not hold herself back.The more she pretended to be invisible, the faster her heartbeat became.Adery enjoyed putting on make-up to please herself. Thomas was the only man in the world who could drive her to go out of her way to doll herself up.Thomas was also a little surprised. ‘Is Adery going to a banquet today? Why is she dressing up so beautifully all of a sudden?’Adery and Emma were beautiful in different ways. Adery possessed the beauty of a snowy iceberg; while Emma’s beauty felt like a spring-blooming flower.Each had their own good qualities.Thomas got up and walked towards her, “Adery, is the master of the Owen family at home?”Adery’s heart was throbbing, but she still suppressed the j
Merrick Dawson walked into the room and glanced at Thomas sourly.‘This man keeps getting in my way. If it was not because of Thomas, Adery would have become my woman now.‘Darn it!’When he looked at Adery again and saw her dressed so beautifully today, Merrick’s heart throbbed like a galloping horse.Adery saw the lust in Merrick’s eyes, and she felt unhappy about it.At the same time, she was overwhelmed by fear and her hand involuntarily grabbed hold of Thomas’ arm. In the face of danger, a woman would always seek protection from a man involuntarily.Thomas did not mind at all. Instead, he stepped in front of the table deliberately, preventing Merrick from moving forward.Merrick snorted coldly, pursed his lips into a smile and said, “Doctor Owen, we haven’t seen each other for a long time. How have you been?”Adery gave him a blank look, “Just tell me why you are here today.”“Doctor Owen is really a straightforward person.” Merrick handed over the letter to her, “At 8 o’
Brad Dawson nodded his head.“While William Owen is not in Southland district, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us to deal with the Owen family.“If Adery dares to come, I will ruin her!“By using the Owen family as a stepping stone, we can achieve glory for our Owen family!”Having said that, Brad said to the woman, “Are you ready with what I assigned you?”The woman nodded repeatedly, “It’s all ready now.”“Is your child obedient enough?” “Yes, whatever I ask him to do, he will definitely do it.”“Well, this is fifty thousand dollars. After you get this done, I will give you another one hundred thousand dollars.”“Thanks. Thank you, Mr. Dawson.”Brad closed his eyes, humming as he watched the movie. His heart was filled with joy.Time passed by swiftly.In the blink of an eye, it was already nightfall.Cars were neatly lined up outside the conference room.Doctors from all over the world were gathering here today. It felt like a “festival” for the doctors a
Just when the crowd gave Adery the warmest applause, a security guard suddenly rushed in and said hurriedly, “Mr. Dawson, there is a woman carrying a child outside. She’s asking for treatment.”Someone in the room stated in displeasure, “This is an exchange event for doctors today. We’re not going to treat any patients. Send her to the hospital.”The security guard said, “The woman said that she came from the hospital and that the hospital can’t treat her son. I saw that the boy’s face was pale and might pass away at any moment.”Brad remained silent for a moment before he said, “The reason why we organized this exchange event is to improve our medical skills and treat the sick. The patient is at the door now, so how can so many of us refuse to help her? Then, what’s the point of us organizing this exchange event? We’d have our priorities skewed if that’s the case. Come, let me take a look.”When they saw how chivalrous Brad was, everyone was full of admiration. “Mr. Dawson is mo
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