Dinner was very scrumptious.During it, Emma leaned on Thomas’ arms. Today, she chose to put away her pride. She did not want to move away from Thomas’ arms even in front of her parents.Johnson and Felicia also felt happy as they saw it.Felicia got Emma a bowl of chicken soup, and she put it in front of Emma. “Emma, come, drink some chicken soup. You should supplement your body.”It was only at this time that Emma felt embarrassed.“Mom, what are you saying? Don’t say such things when we’re eating.”Felicia blinked. “Hey, it’s nothing shameful. Two of you have been married for almost six years, so you should’ve slept together a long time ago.”As she said that, she looked at Thomas. “Tom, are you confident about giving me a grandchild?”Thomas felt so embarrassed that he wanted to dig a hole and bury himself.These two old people were really shameless. They did not feel embarrassed at all, and they dared to say anything.“Um, Mom, it’s hard to confirm anything.”Felicia no
Harvard laughed out loud. He was very satisfied with himself now. He swore that he would gain back all the time that he used to waste!…… Under the dark sky, there was an old, used mottled office building in a messy factory.This was an unremarkable small factory, Longing Manufacturing.The general manager, Ted Morrison paced back and forth in the office, and he kept sighing. The company had a heavy debt recently, and the raw materials that they produced were low-quality defective items, so they could not sell them out.They were going to go bankrupt.Ted was used to living a luxurious life, so it was hard for him to bear the truth that he was going bankrupt. Once he went bankrupt, what could he do? He had so many workers. Would they go after him every day?“This is so irritating!”What troubled him the most was that he still had a debt of $100,000,000. If he still could not pay back the debt, the debt collection company would come to him, and they would rip him into pieces.
Lucas shook his head. “My old friend, it’s been so many years, but you still haven’t changed. You’re still so timid and cowardly. You’re still very silly.”He paused for a while before he said, “Can’t you tell your workers that you’re going to sign a big contract and get them to cooperate with you to start the production again? As for those big companies that come to collect the debt, you should also fix a deadline with them. Tell them you’ll return the money on the deadline, and ask them not to come and make a scene.“When you sign the contract with Harvard, you can pay the workers and the debt. At that time, won’t you have your freedom again?”Ted nodded. “The problem is, my stock is defective, and I also don’t have sufficient stock.”“That’s easy.” Lucas said, “You can fake the accounts and make it look like you have sufficient stock. Harvard will not really go and check all your warehouses. He will just look through the checklist, right? You just need to make a proper checklist
“Stanley, please come to my office.”Stanley Reyes, an old staff member whom Richard trusted very much, had now been hired by Harvard. He was the purchasing manager in Hill Nuclear Manufacturing Company.He walked up to Harvard. “Mr. Hill, may I know what I can help you with?”“Stanley, how’s the preparation for the purchase that I asked you to work on?”“It’s ongoing. I’ve checked the factories and made a list.” As he spoke, he put a list on Harvard’s table.Harvard took it and glanced at it from top to bottom.Stanley said, “All of the factories on the list have solid foundations, so the quality of their raw materials are also reliable.”As Harvard looked at the list, he subconsciously shook his head.“These factories are reliable, but the problem is… they are expensive.”If they purchased raw materials from these companies, the loan approved by the bank would not be enough. He might need to think of another way to collect the money.Stanley said, “Good things are always co
Harvard was drawn to the price. Two-thirds of the market price was definitely a huge concession. None of the factories on the market would give such a huge concession.But, people always said, there was no free lunch.Why would they make this concession?Harvard was not stupid, so he would not be easily deceived.He tried his best to suppress the happiness in his heart. He leaned back in his chair and appeared interested as he stared at Ted. He tested the waters and asked, “It’s two-thirds, Mr. Morrison. You’re making such a big sacrifice, and I can’t help but wonder why you’re making such a huge concession?”Ted looked serious as he said, “Just as you’ve stated, my factory is just a normal small factory, and we are not especially excellent. We totally can’t compare to those big factories.“So, Mr. Hill, if I don’t make such a concession, would you choose to collaborate with me instead of those more famous larger-scale factories?“Do you agree with me?”It was like giving the d
Stanley could not help but feel puzzled, and he asked, “Mr. Morrison, your factory is small, but why have you accumulated so many raw materials? If your factory accumulated this batch of stock for about five months, I guess your factory would go bankrupt, right?”The amount was so huge that it totally surpassed their ability to bear it.Ted immediately showed a bitter expression. “Gah, don’t mention it. We initially had an agreement with a company, where we would manufacture, and they would purchase from us. But, not long after we completed manufacturing the raw materials, that company went bankrupt for some reason. When they closed, it also became our misfortune. We had a large batch of raw materials, and we were unable to sell them off.“Then, we heard that Hill Nuclear Manufacturing Company needed a huge amount of raw materials.“So, I recommended my company to you. I would rather take two-third of the market price just to get rid of these raw materials. As long as I don’t suffe
After a short while, Stanley returned to Hill Nuclear Manufacturing Company.Harvard could not wait to ask, “Stanley, how was it? How was the inspection?”Stanley honestly said, “I checked the inventory list and also the stock sample. At the same time, I also observed the workers’ emotions and conditions. The company looks excellent from all angles. It’s fine.”“Awesome!” This time, Harvard felt at ease.“But…” Stanley hesitated to speak. Harvard frowned. “But what? Stanley, don’t hesitate to speak. Is there anything wrong?”Stanley said, “Actually, there was nothing wrong. I just found something strange.”“What’s so strange?”“Mr. Hill, the raw materials that I inspected were really of top quality. Yet, I don’t know why I still felt that they looked too similar to the raw materials in the other two companies. The craftsmanship looked exactly the same.”Harvard chuckled. “Is that all? All of them are raw materials. How different could they be? The craftsmanship of different c
Two days later...Thomas and Emma sat at home and watched TV. The two of them had been growing much closer, and they had also slept together again over the past few days. So, the two of them always stuck together like they shared one body.Most importantly, Thomas had totally gotten rid of the title “lousy man,” mainly because of Johnson’s talkative mouth.Johnson was now very prideful. Whenever he met familiar people, he would constantly compliment and brag about Thomas. He would say how brilliant Thomas was as he could earn a few dozen million a month and he was the purchasing manager of a few jeweler companies.The thing about Thomas was that he was the purchasing manager of Stellar Jewelers.It really looked like the story of an ugly duckling.Johnson used to be despised by people because of Thomas, and other people’s sons-in-laws had been much better than his own.What about now?His old friends and relatives were extremely envious of Johnson.Now, Johnson and the family
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