Kian grabbed the doctor’s collar furiously. “If I f*cking knew why, would I still come to you?! Clean my stomach now!”The doctor was annoyed by Kian’s attitude, but as a professional doctor, he spruced up and ordered his nurse, “Prepare gastric lavage tools now!”The nurses nodded hurriedly and began to prepare for the procedure.Just then, Kian felt an intense headache like a surge of electricity flowing through his brain. Then, he lost all senses and all he could think of was—he wanted to eat shit right now!He blurted reflexively, “Where is the toilet? Where is the toilet?!”The doctor pointed to the right and said, “Turn right and go to the end.”Kian rushed out of the ward and ran toward the toilet.The warden and his friends quickly followed him.When Kian rushed into the toilet, he pushed open the first stall. Instead of using it, he looked into the toilet bowl and found that it was empty. Then, he immediately went to the next stall.The crowd was horrified by his acti
Kian’s warden and his friends almost went crazy because of him. They dragged him back to the doctor’s room, suppressing their urge to vomit.The old man who was thrown to the floor by Kian whimpered innocently, “Don’t let him out if there’s something wrong with his head! What the hell! Why is he even grabbing shit to eat!”The school warden took out his wallet, looking embarrassed as ever, and handed the old man a hundred dollar bill. “Here, sir. This is the compensation for the incident, please forgive us…”The old man beamed in delight when he saw the money, and all the frustration and irritation flew out of the window. He accepted the money gracefully and asked, “So, do you need my service next time?”The warden retched in disgust and said, “No, sir, there’s no next time. Please proceed if you haven’t finished your business…”Then, he urged the students, “Hurry, get Kian to the doctor now!”When the doctor saw Kian, he vomited all his dinner and blurted, “Oh, please, take him
The warden who was behind the wheel and his three friends were a little dizzy from the dreadful smell. The warden quickly wound down all the windows to let the wind blow the awful smell away.Kian blew a gasket. He turned to the man on his right and snarled, “You, Jack, tell me what happened or I’ll break you! Pay me back the two grand that I lent you the other day!”Jack shrieked in shock and stuttered, “Okay, boss, I’ll tell you everything! Just now, you went crazy again and wanted to eat that thing. We tried to stop you, but you were too strong. After breaking away from us, you ran to the hospital’s toilet, broke into a stall, dragged an old man out of the stall, and…”The more Kian listened, the more gloomy his face became. He stuttered, “Did… did I eat it?”Jack nodded cautiously. “Ye… yes…”“Bleargh…”Kian vomited. The thing that he had eaten twice in a row was now all over the car’s cushions…In an instant, the car was so smelly, it was as though it had fallen into the se
Meanwhile, Charlie was at the main gate of Aurous University of Finance and Economics with Aurora clinging his arm affectionately.“Master Wade, you’re amazing! We have been persuading Luna for months and it didn’t work, but just a few words from you, she changed her mind!”Charlie said flatly, “Maybe when she jumped into the lake, she realized how precious life is and she was suddenly grateful to be alive. People will only see some of their own problems when they are in desperation.”Aurora nodded and said gratefully, “Master Wade, thank you so, so much! If it weren’t for you, Luna might be dead already…”“Don’t worry. Your friend will be very positive and optimistic from now on.”Then, Charlie reminded her, “You’d better be careful too. When looking for a boyfriend in the future, don’t be fooled by such a scumbag!”Aurora giggled timidly. “I won’t! I’m very smart, okay…”Then, she glanced at Charlie with her large, sparkly eyes full of admiration, and said in a low voice, “Act
The journey to the hospital was about 15 miles. The smell in the car was comparable to a septic tank, a living hell to the people in the car.When they arrived at the hospital, they helped Kian out of the car and slowly walked toward the hospital. Suddenly, the weird feeling slowly crippled Kian’s mind again…First, he felt dizzy and had a headache, then, he looked at the people around him in despair and cried, “D*mn it… guys, the feeling is here again… If I lose my mind again, remember, you guys must hold me down!”Shocked, they nodded reflexively, but inside, they were thinking, ‘We definitely will try to hold you back as much as we can, but whether we can hold you back or not, that’s a completely different story…’Then, as if Kian had suddenly morphed into his hysterical disguise, he shouted anxiously, “Where is the toilet?! Where is the toilet?!”Everyone exchanged nervous glances, and they saw the desperation in each other’s eyes…D*mn it, he had started again!What were th
Kian had completely lost his mind.The psychological hint that Charlie had imprinted in his mind was enormously strong, and the same phrase kept replaying in his mind, “Fill your belly! Fill your belly!”The three guys were in great despair. They jumped on him and desperately wanted to pull him away, but he lay on the floor like a mad dog, cursing and eating.The warden finally arrived with a few doctors. Even the doctors who were used to seeing mental patients were frightened by this bizarre scene.They had seen all kinds of mental illnesses, but this, this was entirely new…This was so ferocious!The doctors hurried forward, dragged Kian from the pile of shit, tied him to a special bed with fixed belts, and pushed him into the hospital.Meanwhile, all the students at the Aurous University of Finance and Economics were spreading and sharing Kian’s horrific video.Many people would vomit on the spot after watching the video, but they suppressed their nausea just to watch the vi
Donald blurted out in dismay, “Of course I know the sedative doesn’t work, I can see it with my own eyes! I’m asking you, what should we do now?”The doctor paused for a while and suggested, “I’ll increase the dosage a little bit more. We have to get him to calm down first no matter what.”Donald nodded and urged him, “What are you waiting for?! Go ahead!”“Mr. Webb, excessive use of sedatives can cause damage to the body, so…”“He is already damaging his own body! The most important thing right now is to calm him down as soon as possible!”“Okay!” The doctor nodded. He quickly prepared a larger dosage and injected it into Kian’s body, but it didn’t seem to work either.“That’s so weird…” The doctor stuttered, “The effect of this sedative is very strong! It is used on savage elephants, but he is still so irritable. This is so strange…”Suddenly, the cardiologist said, “Oh no, his body is shaking! I think his heart rate must be very high!”He retrieved a portable ECG monitor, co
Tonight was destined to be extraordinary and lively.On one side, Kian had everyone’s jaws dropping with his abnormal behavior. On the other side of the city, Kenneth was with Jeffrey, and they hurriedly returned to the Weaver family house with three stalks of century-old purple ginseng.Kenneth was disappointed that he had failed to win the three-hundred-year-old purple ginseng at the auction. He huffed that the century-old purple ginseng was not as good as the three-hundred-year-old ginseng, but thanks to Charlie, he didn’t have to spend 90 million on that…Kenneth bought the three ginsengs from Jeffrey’s friend for 3 million dollars, whereas Charlie had spent 100 million on the three-hundred-year-old purple ginseng.He felt a lot more at ease when he thought about all the money he saved. At this moment, all he hoped for was that the Weaver family’s improved prescription would cure his penile dysfunction.Because of the importance of this medicine to the Weaver family, the entir
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