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
Charlie continued driving forward after putting the ring away.He also silently recounted everything that had happened. There was nothing special about the eight Armed Calvary Guards, but the girl named Vera left Charlie with a vague sense of mystery.Although he had used psychological hints on Vera and there had been no loopholes in Vera’s words, Charlie still felt that something was not quite right. However, after much deliberation, he still could not figure out what was wrong.At this time, an image suddenly flashed in his mind.It was the desk in front of Vera at that time. There had been nine copper coins on the desk.Those nine copper coins seemed to be a complex divination hexagram.As Charlie thought of this, he suddenly thought of the Book of Changes and the Eight Diagrams recorded in the Apocalyptic Book.Among them, in the eight divinatory hexagrams, there was the method of using three copper coins for divination and fortune-telling.Therefore, Charlie could un
Meanwhile, on a farm in the southern suburbs of Bergen, many corpses lying in the house had long lost their breath.A sign was hung outside the gate of the farm with a sentence written in English: The real estate transaction here is in progress.Not many people would pass by this kind of place in itself. Once someone passed by and saw this sign, they would lose all interest in this farm.If the mysterious organization did not send people to investigate, it would be possible for this place to be exposed only when these corpses were severely decomposed and the smell had stretched out for hundreds of meters. Still, that would take at least five to seven days.Therefore, this would certainly buy enough time for Vera to escape Northern Europe. The seven members of the Armed Calvary Guards rushed to the top of the highest mountain in Oslo City after sunrise after a long journey under the starry night. It was somewhat embarrassing to say that the highest peak in Oslo City was less t
In truth, sleep had long been dispensable to Charlie.His body would not feel tired even if he did not sleep at all.However, he had transferred a lot of Reiki into the ring just now, and he could not fully replenish the Reiki in his body even after eating a whole Cultivating Pill. The rapid consumption of Reiki caused his body to feel a little tired. When Helena saw Charlie’s exhausted expression, she hurriedly said, “Please come with me, Mr. Wade.”As the palace had been in disrepair for a long time, there were only a few rooms available for occupancy at this time. Helena did not know what she was doing, but she brought Charlie directly to her own bedroom in the palace. When Charlie first arrived here, he did not know the internal structure and distribution of the palace. In addition, his body felt extremely exhausted, so he simply followed Helena to the bedroom.This was the largest bedroom in the palace. To be precise, it should be a large suite. Upon entering the room af
After Helena had helped Charlie tidy up the bed, she then said respectfully, “Mr. Wade, please rest first. Feel free to let me know if you need anything.”“Okay, thank you.” Charlie nodded with a smile, thanked Helena, and watched as Helena exited the room.After that, Charlie washed up in the bathroom inside the room, took off his clothes somewhat tiredly, and placed them neatly on the bench at the end of the bed. Aside from his underwear, Charlie was also holding the ring in his palm. Immediately afterward, he lay down on the bed that was still warm and had a lingering fragrance.When Charlie thought of how the warmth and lingering fragrance came from the graceful and charming Helena, he could not help but feel as if he was in a trance and had gone a little overboard. However, Charlie could not help but feel some pain when he thought of the deceiving ring in his hand.He put the ring on his fingertips and kept turning it round and round as he hesitated time and time again. In
With those words, Jacob didn't wait any further as he turned and left Antique Street, intent on seeking legal counsel.Raymond watched him leave before returning to Treasure Measure.He wasn't going to leave, but he had said so because he didn't want to waste much time with Jacob.Still, to avoid any trouble, he turned the sign outside to 'closed' before locking the door from the inside.That was when a man suddenly arrived, asking through the glass door, "Can I still take a look inside, sir?"Raymond was ready to refuse without even turning around when he realized that it was Charlie.He turned around and saw him standing outside just as expected.Smiling, he hurried over to open the door for him. "It's been a while, Mr. Wade!"Charlie was aware that Raymond was sticking to his identity of 'Raymond Cole' who had not been in touch since Raymond had been fired from Vintage Deluxe.Charlie chuckled in turn. "It has indeed. And you're a business owner yourself now, too.""It's j
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