The Golden snail 2
Author: Jericho Chase
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

Elizabeth gave Moses one simple answer.

“Yes, I will marry the Big Boss.”

That was all Moses needed to hear. No further questions were asked.

During their voyage, Moses and Yuri did intensive research on the Golden snail.

The Golden snail was very rare and could be found only in the mountain springs in China.

To Moses' luck, he learnt two golden snails were discovered last year.

One snail was eaten by a powerful supreme leader who thought if he ate the snail, it would grant him immortality.

The supreme leader instead had serious health complications and had been bedridden for the past one year.

The Golden snail was never meant to be eaten. It was meant to be kept as a trophy.

Yuri spent hours as she searched for any information on the second Golden snail.

Eventually, her search led her to a post from the early months of the year.

“His name is Luke. He claimed to own the second Golden snail and keep it in his private collections,” Yuri showed Moses a picture of a glass enclos
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    Moses and Yuri were interrogated separately. The interrogation room was cold and bare, with a steel table bolted to the floor and a single flickering fluorescent light overhead. Moses sat in the lone chair, his hands cuffed to the table. The bald agent from earlier entered with a file under his arm and a cold expression written all over his face.“I'm agent Harper,” the bald agent threw the file onto the table. “I've dug through your file. A millionaire disguised as an Uber driver. Quite suspicious, don't you think?”Moses leaned back slightly, tilting his head. “I never imagined people would address me as a millionaire but thanks for the compliment.”Harper's lips curled into a mocking smile. “Compliment, huh? You sound very confident and calm for a man with federal charges. What's the story you’re sticking with? Tell me.”“Well, if you must know,” Moses replied evenly, “one lucky ticket changed my life then I decided to invest all that money into a house. It's the best investmen