As he was still feeling a little awkward, Quinn stared at him angrily before she blurted out, “Isaac Cameron! Did you already know that Brother Charlie was in Aurous Hill?”“Ahh? Well… this…” Isaac did not know how to answer Quinn’s sudden question, and he could only stammer and mumble without coming up with any reason at all.Quinn gritted her white teeth angrily as she said, “You are truly a very unreliable person! I have already asked you about the whereabouts of Brother Charlie so many times, but you have never once told me the truth!”Isaac replied a little embarrassedly, “Miss Golding, you have really misunderstood me. I also found out that the young master was in Aurous Hill not too long ago. I have already been in Aurous Hill on behalf of the Wade family for such a long time, and I have never heard of it before.”Dorothy asked in surprise, “What the hell?! Quinn, are you saying that this Charlie Wade is the Brother Charlie that you have been looking for all this while?”Qu
Claire could not believe it, and she never would have dreamt that the stunning beauty in front of her was her favorite female celebrity, Quinn Golding!Quinn could be said to be the hottest and most popular female celebrity in Oskia, and she was also one of the most influential female celebrities. Even many celebrities were her fans, and they would often openly express their love and affection for her on their social media accounts.This was mainly because Quinn was not only beautiful, but she also had very excellent conditions. Most importantly, she had very good acting skills, and she was also very confident in front of the camera. In fact, this had a lot to do with the aristocratic temperament that she had already cultivated since her childhood.She was even more popular with her fans because of her cold and arrogant personality. She did not have the bad personality and characteristics that other top celebrities had, and she would never follow in the bad examples of the other art
If he looked at it this way, his decision to hide these things from Claire was indeed very wise and justified. Otherwise, it was very likely that he would put her life in danger then.At this time, Dorothy was staring at Charlie with a vicious look in her eyes. After all, to Dorothy, Charlie was the scumbag who had let Quinn down and broken her heart. Therefore, he was naturally a thorn in her eye.She even had the urge to reveal the truth directly at the dinner table. However, when she thought about Quinn’s reminder to her earlier, she could only temporarily give up on that thought.Claire sat down next to Quinn at the dinner table, while Charlie sat down next to Claire.Quinn glanced at Charlie deliberately before she smiled and asked Claire, “Mrs. Wade, how many years have you been married to Mr. Wade?”Claire hurriedly replied, “It has already been more than three years, close to four years now.”Quinn nodded gently before she asked, “Do you have any children?”Claire shook
At this time, Claire did not have any intentions to be on guard against Quinn, who was just like a goddess to her.In her eyes, Quinn was the perfect embodiment of a contemporary woman. Claire felt that there was no need for her to be cautious over a woman like Quinn, who was absolutely perfect in every aspect.Therefore, Claire would never have imagined that a woman like Quinn would actually turn out to be her potential rival in love.Charlie was also relieved at this time. He planned to secretly make a trip to Eastcliff after Aurora’s final match so that he could secretly meet Quinn’s father, Yule.His true goal was not to meet Yule, but to cure Yule’s advanced pancreatic cancer.Yule was his father’s good brother. For so many years, Yule not only paid homage to his parents every New Year, but he had not relaxed for a moment, nor had he ever given up on searching for Charlie’s whereabouts. Therefore, Charlie really wanted to express his gratitude and repay his kindness.Moreove
Quinn smiled slightly before she said, “Here, I will move to the front a little. This way, your face will look a little smaller, and you will look much more beautiful then.”The two women continued taking a selfie together as though they were sisters.After the photo was taken, Claire held her cell phone in her hand as she asked excitedly, “Miss Golding, I… can I post this picture on my WeChat?”Claire was actually a woman without any vanity.When Charlie had bought her a BMW, she did not post it to her circle of friends on WeChat.When Charlie had arranged for their wedding in the Sky Garden at Shangri-La, she did not post it to her circle of friends on WeChat.When Charlie had brought her to drive and experience a super sports car that cost tens of millions of dollars, she did not post it to her circle of friends on WeChat.Even when she moved into the top-notch villa at Thompson First, Claire did not post it to her circle of friends on WeChat.The only time she had ever post
After Quinn and Claire had added each other as WeChat friends, Quinn looked at Charlie before she smiled and said, “By the way, Master Wade, why don’t we add each other as friends too?”After that, Quinn handed her WeChat QR code over to Charlie.Charlie could only take out his cell phone and scan her QR code before he added her as a friend as well.Quinn looked at him happily as she had gotten her way before she asked him in a stern voice, “Master Wade, when will you be able to leave for Eastcliff? Can you give me an estimated time so that I can make all the necessary preparations?”Charlie replied, “Next week, but I cannot give you the exact time yet.”Quinn nodded before she smiled and said, “Master Wade, my father and I will be waiting for you in Eastcliff, then!”Charlie suddenly thought of what Quinn had said before. She said that after he arrived in Eastcliff and met her father, she could not wait to see how her father would teach him a lesson.The more Charlie thought ab
”No! I will not leave!” Kazuki could not move, but he could still move his head slightly. At this time, he said hoarsely, “There is no way my injuries can be cured by any doctors. I will not be any better off in Japan compared to when I am here. As your master, I cannot possibly leave you here alone. I want to accompany you until the end of the competition before I return to Japan with you.”Nanako hurriedly said, “Master, I might not be able to win and become the champion in this competition. I’ve already watched the video of Aurora’s match after the match today. She is much stronger and has even greater strength than she did before. If I were to compete against a talented player like Joanna, it might take me a long battle to compete against her before I win the match with much difficulty. However, when Aurora was faced with Joanna, Aurora defeated her with just one move. That kind of strength is far beyond my capabilities…”Kazuki sighed as he said, “I also watched the live broad
On the way home, as Charlie drove, Claire, who was sitting in the co-driver seat, was still very excited, and she could not control her excitement at all.Her circle of friends had completely exploded today. Countless people have liked and commented on her picture. They were all very envious of her because she had such good luck and she actually had the opportunity to eat with the most popular female celebrity, Quinn Golding.Claire kept looking down as she fiddled with her cell phone. The expression of excitement on her face was simply beyond what words could describe.After replying to the comments left behind by a few of her friends, Claire looked at Charlie with a look of admiration on her face before she blurted out, “Husband, I’ve only found out today that you are truly amazing. I did not expect that even a big and popular celebrity like Quinn would actually appreciate your Feng Shui skills. I simply thought you could fool people, but it seems as though you really have some sk
There were those in Antique Street who made their living from swindling the average Joe while others swindled antique traders.In fact, it was already cliche for them to trick antique traders with forgeries, and it was not surprising that someone had tried their luck on the opening day of Raymond's shop.As such, it was strange that he had just started today without any hype or even a proper shop sign, but someone was already after him.That told him that he was being targeted, and Raymond was putting his money on Zachary.The sole reason for that was how Zachary had come earlier to ask Raymond about how much capital he had, and he had humbly said a few hundred thousand.The fact that Billy had come and immediately demanded 500 thousand made even more sense—he wanted to siphon all of Raymond's capital.Even losing money wasn't the worst part—the worst was being labeled as an amateur.When that happened, customers who wanted the good stuff wouldn't come to him, and he would find
Just as Jacob was celebrating fooling Raymond, getting his revenge, and earning 200 thousand on top of that, Charlie was left musing to himself on the second floor of the teahouse.He knew that Billy was a conman as soon as he saw him, but he didn't understand why Raymond would buy from Billy.Could the item really be medieval as Raymond stated?As soon as the thought occurred to him, Charlie was sure of it. Given Raymond's knowledge of antiques, there was no way he would mess up in Antique Street of Aurous Hill.While his father-in-law and Zachary had worked hard to weave this elaborate conspiracy, Charlie still wondered how they would take the news that Raymond had bought something worth millions for just 300 thousand.Meanwhile, Raymond watched as Billy left and locked the door from the inside before studying the bronze sculpture once more.He trusted his own judgment that it was a gilded bronze statue from the medieval era. He was playing down its importance since the bronze
Meanwhile, Raymond sighed unhappily. "I really can't afford four hundred grand—like I said, there's not much to offer here in my shop, which I've been investing a lot in. I'd have to pay rent to the owner soon as well, and everything would end terribly for me if I paid that much…"Billy blurted right then, "You said it's medieval and worth millions, didn't you? You'd make a fortune if you sold it!"Raymond sighed again. "Million-dollar antiques aren't that easily sold, and people would be especially skeptical with a small business like mine. I could sell it at an auction too, but that's only happening when someone decides to organize one, not to mention the troublesome appraisal processes it involves.""And right now, I just think it's medieval in terms of style, but I'm no authority in the matter. In the end, it's up to experts and specific groups that would verify it, and if I messed up, it's entirely my loss.""Even if I'm lucky and it's medieval, I'd still have to wait until th
"Invest?!"Billy was left dumbstruck at the term.What even was this fool up to? This definitely wasn't in the script! What about the questions he was supposed to ask? It was like sitting for a grade-schooler test and suddenly being hit with a bar exam!In the car, Jacob blurted out, "What the hell is that bastard thinking? Is he really going to pay 250 thousand?!"Zachary pursed his lips. "Maybe he's just throwing us bait. Think about it—if we took the deal, we'd have to leave a contact number.""After that, he would trick us and say he sold it for ten million and lure us in for the five million. We'd definitely show up, wouldn't we? Once we came, it might turn out that he has called the cops and would even produce\ the bronze sculpture as evidence. Wouldn't we be just shooting ourselves in the foot?"Jacob was left in misery, his face contorting as he pouted, "But you said the cops wouldn't get involved…"Zachary rolled his eyes, "Yes, they wouldn't most of the time since that
However, neither Zachary nor Jacob expected Raymond to confuse them further as he asked Billy, "If you can afford to wait, you can leave the bronze sculpture with me as a consignment. I'll only take 10% off the sales while you get the rest—how about that?"Jacob was stunned and asked Zachary, "What the hell is he up to? Did he get too deep into character?"Zachary shook his head. "I don't get it either… is he trying to keep the bronze sculpture to use as evidence against us?"Jacob frowned. "I thought you said there was a gentleman agreement in this business, and the cops won't really care anyway?"Zachary snorted. "He said he would keep it as a consignment, meaning that he won't spend a dime. What if he told all the antique dealers instead of going to the cops? He would prove that he's sharp, making a name for himself… and what can we do? Do we take back the bronze sculpture? Even if we do, can we really ask for it?'"Fuck!" Jacob swore. "Then what are we waiting for? Tell Billy
In Treasure Measure, even Billy was having a hard time understanding what was going on.Before he came, Zachary made it very clear that he was here to dupe Raymond Cole, and he had come.As such, his job was now to claim that this bronze sculpture which was made in the last century was actually from the Renaissance era and then sell it to Raymond at a cutthroat price.But now, Raymond himself was saying that it was medieval? What was that supposed to mean?Even as he was left confused, he blurted out, "Sir, if you say it's from medieval times… then how much is it worth?"Raymond thought about it and said, "It's quite an unpopular item, but it's not to say that no one would buy it or that no one likes it. The main issue is that there were plenty of wars at that time, and most bronze would be used for weapons. Copper production would be low with rationing as well, so bronze tools were naturally rare for civilians.""Gilding is common for better quality items, and from the northern
Zachary couldn't help pointing at the screen and snapping, "Fucking loser! The more you feel pressed, the less you should be nervous! What are you thinking?! You're falling right under that bastard's trap!"Jacob was frustrated too, growling through his teeth, "Shit! I didn't think that bastard was a sly old fox. Fucking hell!"He then sighed, shaking his head. "Forget it, Zachary—I'm going home to pack my shit, and I'll depart for Dubai first thing tomorrow. Just handle that bronze sculpture for me and wire the money over."As he was about to get off, Zachary sighed in exasperation and apologetically said, "Sorry, Mr. Wilson… but it's fine! Even if this plan screwed up, just let me cook up another plan to destroy Raymond Cole!"Jacob ignored him as he strode out of the car, but that was when Raymond spoke audibly from Zachary's phone, "You can calm down. I'm not accusing you of lying to me. I just think that it's not Renaissance… Rather, it's medieval.""E-Early medieval…?" Billy
In Treasure Measure, Raymond unwrapped the red cloth around the bronze sculpture in front of Billy and the camera.There was a brief flash of surprise on his face, and it was soon gone.Still, he picked up the bronze sculpture, fiddling with it as he asked, "Do you know where it's from?""Yeah," Billy nodded. "A Renaissance-era sculpture. I think the base makes it obvious."Raymond looked up at him and asked in curiosity, "Are you sure about that?"Billy, presuming that Raymond had already noticed a catch, quickly said, "Well, the old man had an expert check it, and the expert said it was immediately obvious! To be honest, I want to sell it because the old man just passed away—gotta sell this baby before my brother goes for a garage sale."He had certainly added more details to the script, and Raymond nodded as he said nonchalantly, "But it doesn't look Renaissance to me. Sculptures from that era—be it the craftsmanship or the unique attributes? It's quite different from this one
In the antique trade, items that raised eyebrows would only be shown in the evenings—when various shops were about to close.That was certainly the case in Antique Street, as most items arriving in the evening were either freshly excavated, stolen, or forgery used to dupe unsuspecting victims.Even if Raymond had started his career abroad, he had learned every last unspoken rule during his earlier stint in Aurous Hill.Seeing the wariness on Billy's face and the way he was holding something in his arms, Raymond knew right away that what he carried wasn't legal.Still, the antique trade was no different here than it was abroad.Tomb raiding, forgery, or adding some touch-ups that increased the value of an item—everyone across the globe pretty much played the same tricks, and Raymond had his fair share of experience.Still, he did not let his wariness show, instead grinning, "Yes, of course. Come on in—let's talk inside!"And with that, he quickly led Billy inside.Meanwhile, bot