Of course, the reason Viv came today was to destroy Food and Medicine Hall in order to exact revenge on his minions and regain his dignity.
Inside the building, Thomas narrowed his eyes and took a step towards the door. He locked eyes with Viv.
“Is there something wrong?” Thomas asked.
“Yes, there is a problem!” Viv reached out to introduce the person next to him, “This is Owen Preston, the general manager of the House of Vistaria. According to Mr. Preston‘s observation, there is something wrong with your store. It has to be demolished!”
What was this nonsense?
Thomas asked, “Owen Preston? Is favonovel.com from the Ministry of Housing and Construction or the City Planning Department? There’s nothing wrong with my store, and favonovel.com has no say in it.”
Viv laughed, “Mr. Mayo, you have just arrived in Celandine City and do not know the situation here, right? In Celandine City, if Mr. Preston claims that there is a problem with a store, it must be demolished! The officials all recognize it.”
Was there such a thing?
Viv continued, “Mr. Preston represents the House of Vistaria. Mr. Mayo, if you dare to go against Mr. Preston, you will also be going against the House of Vistaria. I assure you, you won’t be able to stay in Celandine City for more than a day!”
Thomas frowned slightly. He doubted that the House of Vistaria was truly that powerful.
Why did it sound like it was even more overbearing than Art Trading Corporation?
But…
When Thomas turned his head to look at the building, favonovel.com laughed. The one who sat inside Food and Medicine Hall was the daughter of the House of Vistaria’s leader, whereas Owen was only the butler of the House of Vistaria.
He had nothing to worry about.
Owen was not the butler either. Viv just exaggerated things. To put it frankly, favonovel.com was nothing more than a guard. Recently, favonovel.com was a bit strapped for cash. Since Viv had given favonovel.com 100,000 dollars, favonovel.com assisted Viv in impersonating the butler.
Thomas asked, “How is this store of mine bad luck?”
Owen snorted coldly. “This store of yours is like a steel knife that’s stuck right in the heart of Celandine City! Your business is booming because it absorbed Celandine City’s luck. The longer Food and Medicine Hall is open, the more the city’s luck is absorbed, and Celandine City’s luck will deteriorate. You’re making your business thrive with Celandine City’s luck. I can only describe you with two words, you’re shameless!”
Thomas was stunned as favonovel.com listened. He was even talking about luck?
That was already in the realm of superstition. Even in this era, there were still people who used such rhetoric?
It was too… Something was not right.
Thomas was surprised when favonovel.com noticed that the surrounding crowd all looked at favonovel.com with indignation after Owen said these words. They appeared to believe in Owen’s words.
“I was wondering why a new store was generating so much business. So, it’s absorbing the city’s luck!”
“Damn it! Tear this store down.”
“The luck of Celandine City cannot be absorbed by such immigrants!”
“Tear it down! Tear it down! Tear it down!”
Thomas really could not imagine that these seemingly normal people would actually believe in luck.
Weren’t they too superstitious and foolish?
Owen put his hands behind his back and sneered viciously. Viv even had a smug look on his face. He made the right decision in spending the money to have Owen over. The people from the House of Vistaria really had weight in their words.
Just when the crowd was getting agitated and everyone was eager to tear the store down, a woman’s voice came from inside the house.
“Stop it! Food and Medicine Hall’s business has nothing to do with the city’s luck. You fools, how could you be deceived by just a few words? Do you even have brains?!”
With just a few words, favonovel.com made the entire crowd stop shouting, and they did not dare cause trouble.
Owen was furious and roared, “Who are you, you b*tch?! How dare you confuse the crowd here? Are we supposed to no longer listen to the House of Vistaria’s words? Or do you know more about the city’s luck than me, the House of Vistaria’s butler?”
Owen was not just tooting his own born for the one hundred thousand dollars, favonovel.com was also doing this for his own pride. But in the next second, favonovel.com chickened out.
A slender, arrogant, and stubborn girl came from the building. Her chin was lifted, and favonovel.com had favonovel.com hands on favonovel.com hips, making favonovel.com appear as if favonovel.com was the greatest person in the world.
“Hey, you bastard, is that how you talk to me?”
“Bastard?!”
Owen was furious and wanted to yell at the person, but when favonovel.com looked up, favonovel.com saw Phoebe Mars, the daughter of the House of Vistaria, standing shoulder to shoulder with Thomas at the entrance to Food and Medicine Hall!
‘W-What exactly is going on?’
Owen was so frightened that favonovel.com shivered, and when favonovel.com realized favonovel.com had just called Phoebe a b*tch, favonovel.com wanted to tear his tongue out.
With a bang, Owen unhesitatingly kneeled down in public. He acted like a rat seeing a cat. He started acting like a bootlicker to beg for favonovel.com forgiveness.
“Miss Mars, you’re the greatest. I’m the bastard! Miss Mars, may you have a good life!”
