By this time, Mr. Smith realized that he had been exposed. He immediately adjusted his expression, furrowing his brows and looking at Arthur, saying, "Arthur, I don't understand what you're talking about."Mrs. Smith, standing beside him, also put on a pitiful face and said, "Arthur, how could you falsely accuse us like this?"While Will, standing on the side, stood up angrily and said, "How dare you say that? My parents raised you too!"Then he turned to look at Mr. and Mrs. Smith, extremely angry, and said, "Have you seen it? Right from the beginning, I said we shouldn't have taken him in. We should kick him out of the house right now!"Mrs. Smith looked sad and said, "Will, you shouldn't say that. After all, Arthur is your older brother."Arthur looked at them, one playing the villain and the other playing the innocent, and couldn't help but laugh.He scoffed and said, "You should consider yourselves lucky for having me, a servant, bring wealth to the Smith family. You wouldn't ha
"Swoosh!" That was the sound of the curtain being pulled aside from outside.Arthur withdrew his gaze from the glass door and turned to look at the person who had arrived.Raymond was dressed casually, and upon seeing Arthur, he seemed taken aback. "Just came for a cup of coffee," he said.Arthur understood what he meant by referring to his luxurious and expensive suit. He chuckled and explained, "Just had some business to attend to."Raymond nodded, pretending to look dejected. "I don't know if you've heard, but Lucia is getting married. She's about to be married off."Arthur stirred his coffee cup and nodded, "I heard the news from Scarlet."Raymond seemed surprised and asked, "You and Scarlet..."Arthur squinted slightly and cut Raymond off, "Scarlet and I are not what people think. She's a good girl, don't pay attention to those silly rumors."As soon as Arthur finished speaking, Raymond was almost furious but burst into laughter, "You care about Scarlet so much, yet I haven't he
Arthur furrowed his brows slightly, his eyes tired from staring at his photo. He picked up his phone and texted Scarlet: [Regarding the matter I asked you to investigate, how far along are you?]Scarlet was in the middle of an important company meeting. Just then, her phone suddenly rang, causing a bit of unease among the directors and top executives present. Who would dare to let their phone ring during a silent meeting? Could it be that they don't know the chairman was extremely strict about this?While uneasy and annoyed, Scarlet suddenly stood up and coldly said, "I'm sorry, there's something I need to deal with. Carry on with the meeting." She then turned to her assistant and instructed, "Record everything from this meeting and write a summary. I'll review it later when the meeting concludes."With that, she hurriedly left the room with her phone in hand.The other directors were left baffled, wondering what had just happened. They all turned their attention to Scarlet's as
As soon as she left the mansion, Lucia ran frantically. Despite her feet being sore and burning from not wearing shoes and her muscles screaming in pain, she didn't stop. She had to escape from this place, break free from the abyss that had buried her!The frantic guards were hauling sand at the mansion to extinguish the flames. The tallest guard, presumably the leader, shouted, "Move faster! We can't let anything happen to Miss Lucia!"The Gullwing family had a betrothal agreement with the Henry family. If anything happened to Miss Lucia now, and she couldn't be married off, the Henry family wouldn't let them off lightly. The Gullwing family couldn't possibly contend with a giant like the Henry family!The guards and other servants picked up their pace to put out the fire. Ten minutes later, the fire was finally extinguished. The guards quickly searched every intact room, like the bathroom and dressing room, but they couldn't find a trace of Lucia. Not even a shadow.The guar
The auctioneer stood confidently on the stage, smiling, saying, "This vase is called Keyworld. The starting bid for this vase is 500 thousand dollars!"The price seemed outrageous for this ugly-looking vase. The peculiar vase did not seem to garner much interest from the crowd. It was evident that the audience had stopped bidding immediately, unlike the previous items, and some even began to voice their doubts."Is there something wrong with the vetting process at Midnight Auction? This vase is nothing special.""Yeah, it's just an ordinary and ugly vase.""I can't believe a prestigious place like Silverwood would have such a ridiculous vase.""The name itself is absurd.""It doesn't even have any display value."...The chatter did not go unnoticed; even the auctioneer on stage could probably hear it. However, his smile remained unchanged, and he calmly continued without letting the skepticism from the audience affect him.At that moment, a mechanical voice rang out, "VIP guest in
Anna was genuinely furious and impatient, which was evident enough for Arthur to sense. However, he didn't care at all. He was even somewhat surprised that Raymond's sister could have such foolish thoughts.Seeing that Anna seemed unwilling to say anything more, Arthur turned to leave. Anna hurriedly said, "Don't you hear what I'm saying? I am the young lady of the Gullwing family. I can buy back that necklace at twice the price, just give me some time."In a short while, her brother, Raymond, would become the true heir of the Gullwing family. At that time, their wealth would increase, and a BlueStar necklace wouldn't be a big deal for her.But Arthur wasn't giving her any face, "I don't have time for you."Anna: "You..."Arthur slightly tilted his head, seemingly waiting for Anna's response. Anna felt angry and embarrassed. She went to Raymond's side, tugging at his sleeve, "Brother..."Raymond was also frowning. He understood things better than his sister. He knew that guest
"Are you saying humans now are all powerless?" the malicious red eye asked. The golden eye beside it immediately responded calmly, "According to my calculations, that seems to be the case. Who knows, maybe this human is a special case?" The blue eye on the other side angrily retorted, "That's right, we haven't made any decisions yet, but you rushed in on your own, you fool!"The red eye quickly accused, "And in the end, all responsibility falls on me, huh?! You all tacitly agreed with what I did!" The three eyes blinked rapidly, one eye speaking before the other. Finally, all three eyes opened wide, wildly cursing and swearing.Arthur rolled his eyes and looked at the now shrunken black mist, smiling as he said, "It seems like you don't want to live anymore." The arguing sounds immediately ceased.All three eyes closed again, pretending nothing had happened just a moment ago. They had felt that this human in front of them was just an ordinary meal, but instead, they encountered a
The Thlu were genuinely excited. Crimson said, "Really? That's great!"It was always being looked down upon by Amber and Skyler, which made it feel extremely angry and frustrated. It was undoubtedly the strongest among them, but just a little slow-witted!Skyler was also a bit agitated. It was truly fed up with being together with such a loud and short-minded person like Crimson.Amber, on the other hand, always seemed smarter than the rest, which made it feel utterly disgusted.Among the three Thlu, Amber was probably the quickest to regain composure and clarity. It looked at Arthur and said, "You don't seem like a good person."Hearing this, the other two Thlu quickly turned to look at Arthur, their expressions filled with suspicion and anticipation.Arthur couldn't help but laugh, "You say that will make me sad."Amber shuddered and said, "What is your purpose, after all?"Arthur hesitantly replied, "I want you to form a pact with me."At this moment, Crimson was the first to ob