“Next destination?”The man was slightly taken aback and quickly waved his hand as he said, “We don’t know about any of this at all. We didn’t even know where the destination of our flight was before we set off. The pilot only told us the specific requirements of our mission after the plane took off upon getting on the plane.”With that said, he added, “As for the arrangements after arriving in Sweden, we didn’t even know if we would be getting on the plane upon arriving in Sweden. After all, the British Lord wants to meet these two people, and his whereabouts are unpredictable. He can’t let us know his location, so we would likely have to find our own way back to Cyprus after the plane has taken the two people away.”Charlie frowned slightly when he heard this and asked, “Isn’t the plane that sent you here usually under your control? My information intelligence shows that this plane is stationed in Cyprus most of the time.”The man nodded and said truthfully, “It’s indeed true tha
Charlie asked in surprise, “The copper mine is still operating?”“Yes.” The man explained, “The copper mine was purchased from the Cyprus government with legal funds through a legal process.”“Since this is a copper mine that has been in operation for many years, the organization can’t close it down because that would definitely arouse the suspicion of the public. So, after the organization bought the copper mine, it announced that it invested five hundred million US dollars in this copper mine to upgrade and expand this mine.”“It is said to be a renovation and expansion, but in truth, the main goal is to build an area at the bottom of the copper mine that can be used by us and the dead soldiers to live and train. At the same time, the copper mine also retained a few working surfaces. On weekdays, the dead soldiers and their families work in rotation to ensure the normal production of the copper mine.” “To the outside world, the copper mine has more than two hundred employees, bu
“Well, I...”The old man seemed very nervous when he was suddenly questioned by Charlie. He hesitated and was at a loss for what to do or say. He could only subconsciously look at the beautiful young girl next to him. When the young girl saw this, she hurriedly said, “Grandpa, things have already come to this point, so you should just tell this gentleman the truth!” “I...” The old man did not expect the young girl to say that, and he was suddenly at a loss for what to do. After all, he was just the young lady’s servant, and he could understand why the young lady was addressing him as ‘Grandpa’ in public. He understood the meaning in the young lady’s words, that she wanted him to pretend to be her grandfather. However, he was confused when the young lady suddenly wanted him to tell Charlie the truth. This was because he also did not know where he should begin or how he should explain the truth. Before the old man could find his courage, the young girl quickly took the ini
Charlie asked again, “Then, did your father tell you what’s so special about this ring?”“No.” The girl said seriously, “My father simply said that this ring is extraordinary, so I must keep it safe and never let it fall into the wrong hands.”After saying that, she lowered her head and pondered for a moment before she suddenly raised her head to look at Charlie and said in a firm and resolute tone, “Sir, if you can let me and my grandpa live today, I would like to give this ring to you. Anyway, this thing does not play any role in my hands, and it’s always attracting trouble for me. My grandpa and I will find a safe place to live in seclusion after I give this to you so that we won’t have to suffer this kind of nuisance and disturbance anymore in the future.” The old man who was aside was taken aback and speechless for a moment. He stared at the girl with wide-opened eyes, signaling for her not to act impulsively. Nevertheless, the young girl simply smiled wryly and said to him,
Charlie did not notice the change in the young girl’s eyes. After he took the ring, he looked at the seven members of the Armed Calvary Guard again and asked, “Did your British Lord want you to steal this ring?”The person who had been answering Charlie’s question said respectfully, “To tell you the truth, we don’t know anything about this either. The order we received was only to send the two of them to Sweden, and no other details were disclosed to us.”Charlie nodded and then looked at the young girl again. When their eyes met, Charlie sent a trace of Reiki into her mind and gave her a psychological hint to answer his question truthfully. He then asked her, “Young girl, how much do you know about their organization?”Charlie did not trust this young girl fully, so he planned to use psychological hints to get the young girl to reveal everything she knew in order to ensure that he did not miss out on any clues.Although it was unethical for him to use psychological hints directly,
“Okay.” Charlie nodded and instructed, “In that case, you should hurry up and set off.”“Yes!” The man stood up with the six other people. After the seven people had bowed deeply to Charlie in unison, he said, “Sir, we will leave first and head to the highest peak in Oslo City to wait for your next instructions!”Soon, the seven people who had been pardoned by Charlie quickly left the country house and drove the van they had come in to Oslo City.Charlie looked at the grandfather and granddaughter duo in front of him and said lightly, “I want to make some adjustments to your memories. When the two of you wake up in ten minutes, you will forget everything that has happened tonight. I hope that you will not think too much about it. You should hurry up and leave Northern Europe and find the safest place to settle down.”The young girl and old man agreed without any hesitation. The young girl looked at Charlie with a different look in her eyes and said, “My name is Vera Lavor. I wonder
When the old man heard Vera’s words, he hurriedly asked her, “Miss, does that person know that he failed?”Vera shook her head. “Of course not. Otherwise, how could he have let us go so easily?”When the old man heard this, he could not help but sigh and say, “It seems that no matter how skillful he is, it is of no use against you, Miss.”Vera sighed despondently and said sadly, “My father did not leave me with many skills. This is just one of them.”After that, she said to the old man, “Go and pack your things. Don’t bring anything else with you aside from the necessary things.”The old man nodded respectfully, turned around, and left the study room.After the old man had left, Vera took out a small wooden spirit tablet from the desk drawer on which the words ‘The spirit tablet of my late father, Elijah Lavor’ were written. Vera looked at this spiritual tablet carefully and murmured in a low voice, “Dad, I’m unfilial. I’ve given the ring that you left me when you died to someo
According to the law of energy conservation, energy was a kind of existence that could neither appear out of thin air nor could it disappear out of thin air. It was like placing a pot of hot water outside. Even if it finally cooled down, the heat would not disappear into thin air. Instead, it was released into nature through the air as well as through other objects. It was just that the heat of a basin of water seemed somewhat minimal compared to nature as a whole. Nevertheless, it was still tangible no matter how minuscule it was. However, the Reiki that Charlie placed into the ring again and again disappeared like a stone sinking into the sea without any response. Charlie felt more and more baffled. In his opinion, the principle of a magical instrument was the same as that of an electrical appliance, except that the magical instrument needed to be driven by Reiki, whereas electrical appliances needed to be driven by electricity. If electricity was delivered to a water hea
Jacob zipped toward Raymond, his attitude immediately subservient, "I'm sure you've seen what Zachary Evans posted on his Twitter page, and to be honest, it's so terrible that my position in the Calligraphy and Painting Association has been affected too. I mean, you've made a lot of money, right?"Hell, even if you donated ten million, you'd still have another ten million and 970 thousand in net profits. So, all I'd like to ask is for you to post something to disclaim Zachary's post.Jacob's words left Raymond in thought.For Jacob, just being suspected of fraud would definitely be terrible. In fact, his position in the Calligraphy and Painting Association would definitely be threatened—if not dismissed altogether—if he wasn't cleared of suspicion.Since Jacob was Charlie Wade's father-in-law, Raymond had reason not to drive Jacob over the brink.But that also begged another question—it must be under Charlie's intention for Zachary to post his confession, and that meant Charlie in
Raymond couldn't help chuckling just as Jacob finished—he had honestly never heard of anyone who demanded a refund after donating to charity, but he was certainly seeing one now.Still, the receptionist was clearly experienced and slowly explained, "Sir, it's a legal clause of the country that all donations for philanthropy purposes can not be refunded under most circumstances—""It truly was a mistake," Jacob quickly said, cutting the receptionist off. "I was going to donate thirty thousand but pressed an extra zero by mistake. Please discuss this with your management—you just have to refund 27 thousand, see?""Sorry, sir," the receptionist apologized. "But it's a strict rule that we ourselves do not get to access the funds that have been donated into our accounts. Every donation will be screened extensively, and if you consider that there was a major oversight on your part, you may seek legal counsel to appeal for a refund. If the courts back your appeal, our organization will the
Nonetheless, Jacob darted into Treasure Measure and plucked off his mask, asking nervously, "Excuse me, Mr. Cole? It's me… Jacob Wilson…"Raymond looked up, pausing for a moment before acting as if he was actually curious, "Mr. Wilson! What brings you here? Don't tell me—you want that bronze sculpture back too?""No, no, no…" Jacob quickly shook his head. "I would never… I returned all the way from Dubai to apologize!""Apologize?" Raymond smiled faintly, and he did not play dumb this time as he asked bluntly, "Did you come back because of Zachary Evan's post?"Knowing he couldn't deny it any longer, Jacob nodded, "Yeah…"Raymond nodded and said calmly, "That's unnecessary. I was the one who benefited in the end."Jacob wasn't quite keeping up—thinking that Raymond was just trying to be nice by telling him he didn't have to apologize, he quickly pulled out his phone.Tapping on it and bringing up his transaction records, he handed it to Raymond reverently, "Mr. Cole, I understan
The cabbie chuckled. "You're a local yet you're heading to Antique Street right away as soon as you land instead of going home? And you're still saying you're not trying to pick up a killer bargain deal?"Come on, man—it's not just you, I want that too. We cabbies work ourselves to death only for ten thousand per month at best while our friend over there made twenty million in one night. I could keep driving cabs for the rest of my life and still not make that much money."Jacob knew that the cabbie must be talking about Raymond and became even more miserable then, grumbling unhappily, "I'm going to Antique Street for business—I'm not trying to pick up some missed bargain.""No? Then you didn't hear what happened yesterday?"The cabbie was immediately curious, and without waiting for Jacob's answer, he exclaimed happily, "Look, man—it was so ridiculous not even Hollywood would put it in their script. There were these fools who were trying to sell an antique trader a replica, but th
It was nighttime in Dubai as Jacob dragged his weary body from the hotel back to the airport.As he was flying economy this time, he was left sitting at the hard bench near the boarding terminal, waiting for it to open.While he waited, his heart was torn as he tapped into the website of the Aurous Hill Charity Fund, found their donation account, and wired the entire 300 thousand he had made over to them.He had picked the Aurous Hill Charity Fund because the circles of antique collectors in Aurous Hill were all discussing how Raymond had donated half of the 20 million he had made to that same charity fund.After Raymond skyrocketed to prominence in Antique Street and became a star, it could not be denied that people admired his profound ability.However, there were also people who envied his skill in turning the tables just as there were those who were jealous he had made twenty million in a single night.Still, Raymond moved fast—soon after word spread that he had made twenty m
Elaine quickly asked, "Well, what if you can't get it done?"Jacob was apprehensive even as he sighed. "If they really pressed the issue, guess I can't even stay at the Calligraphy and Painting Association now… We will see. If things get bad, I'll just resign. I won't ask for much right now, just as long as I don't have to go to jail."Elaine nodded. "Then you should try to reason things out with Raymond Cole or ask for Charlie's help if push comes to shove. Being humiliated is still better than prison.""Okay!"-It was nighttime at Aurous Hill by the time Elaine and Jacob arrived at their hotel.Charlie and Claire had just had dinner, and Claire pulled out her phone, saying, "I just checked my flight app, and it says my parents should have landed two hours ago. They are probably at the hotel, so I'll check in on them with a video call."She had yet to open her WhatsApp when Elaine called her on a video call.Jacob was planning to check in with Claire and Charlie to put their
Hearing what Jacob had said, Elaine became anxious and pressed him as he hung up, "What's going on? You're leaving? But we just got here! My shoes have just caught Dubai dirt, so why are we leaving so soon—"However, Jacob was wiping the sweat off his brow as he mumbled quietly, "Well, at this point, I have to leave or I won't be vice president anymore."Elaine immediately fumed. "We've been married for half our lives, and this is supposed to be our honeymoon, yet we're just leaving? I've posted about this on social media too—there are plenty of people who're waiting for more posts on our trip!"And don't forget—we spent a lot on our flight tickets and our hotels! The hotel bookings can't be refunded either!"Jacob scowled dolefully. "Well, what can we do? Why don't you stay? I'll go home and get this sorted out first….""Well, how long would that take?" Elaine asked."How should I know?" Jacob sighed, uneasy and annoyed. "Don Albert is saying I have to go back and donate the 300
"But I spent 98 thousand on that bronze sculpture!" Jacob exclaimed in agitation before he knew it. "I made 300 thousand from it, and that means my profit was 200 thousand at best, but I'm supposed to return that to him as well?! That means I'd have lost my own capital too!""I can't help you if you can't bear to part with that money, Mr. Wilson," Don Albert said quietly. "In that case, you'll just have to handle it yourself.""Wait, wait, wait!" Jacob immediately became antsy and cried out right then, "Please, Don Albert! I'll return the money! I'll return it, alright?! The entirety of my profits—202 thousand, okay? At least let me keep the money I spent, okay?""By that reasoning, Mr. Wilson, when a phone scammer is told by the cops to return the money they've made from defrauding, should he be allowed to keep the money he spent on telco charges? ""Oh, I…" Jacob was left stumped and could not come up with an answer.Don Albert then pressed on, "Mr. Wilson, I've offered a prom
"Mr. Wilson, what you boys did was truly heinous!" Don Arnold growled. "I scolded Zachary myself when I found out, and I was the one who told him to post that statement!"Jacob was shocked. "But why, Don Arnold? Are you friends with Raymond Cole?""Never met the guy," Don Arnold replied.That left Jacob even more confused. "Then why are you taking his side?""I've been doing my best to clean up my image over the past couple of years," Don Albert replied coolly. "I rarely get involved in mob business or anything illicit, and everyone in Aurous Hill knows that Zachary is my right-hand man, yet he confessed to committing such a heinous crime behind my back. What is that if not sullying my reputation?"Jacob was left reeling as he didn't expect Don Albert to be so serious, but he quickly explained, "I'm sorry. I didn't expect it to affect you so terribly… It's all Zachary's fault! I wouldn't have been aware that Raymond had returned at all, but he just had to tell me and come up with