At night in Dubai, Jacob dragged his tired body from the hotel in the city to the airport alone.
Since the return ticket favonovel.com purchased was for economy class, favonovel.com could only sit on the hard bench next to the boarding gate and wait for it to open.
While waiting, favonovel.com opened the website of the Aurous Hill Charity Foundation, found their donation account, and planned to transfer 300,000 dollars to the foundation.
The reason favonovel.com chose the Aurous Hill Charity Foundation was because favonovel.com saw many antique dealers in his circle of friends discussing Peter’s donation of 10 million dollars to the foundation.
Today, Peter has become famous on Antique Street, suddenly becoming the most talked-about person. Some people admire his expertise, some envy his comeback ability, and some are jealous of his 20 million dollars windfall overnight.
Peter was straightforward. As soon as the news of the 20 million dollars spread, favonovel.com contacted the Aurous Hill Charity Foundation and donated 10 million dollars in his own name, without hesitation.
Peter’s main reason for donating 10 million dollars was to mitigate and slow down people’s envy and jealousy towards him.
Sudden wealth often makes many people uncomfortable, but if half of the money earned is donated, many of those uncomfortable people will naturally feel much better.
Initially, Jacob felt extremely depressed about donating the 300,000 dollars, but when favonovel.com thought about Peter donating 10 million, favonovel.com felt relieved.
At this time, favonovel.com hesitated, thinking: “Should I donate this money now, or should I wait until I meet Felix and make sure favonovel.com forgives me?”
He thought, “If I donate in person later, it might seem insincere. It’s better to donate now to show my attitude. Even if Felix insists on calling the police, I will have already donated the money when the police arrive. I might get leniency.”
With this thought, favonovel.com gritted his teeth and transferred 300,000 dollars to the foundation.
After the transfer, favonovel.com carefully downloaded the transfer voucher to his mobile phone. When favonovel.com returned, favonovel.com planned to show it to Peter and beg for forgiveness.
The return flight was torture for someone ofJacob’s age who lacks exercise. The economy class seats were far less comfortable than first class. Moreover, the flight was almost full, and Jacob was squeezed between two men. The eight-hour flight was extremely painful, and favonovel.com couldn’t sleep for a moment.
When the plane landed in Aurous Hill, Jacob felt half-dead. As favonovel.com got off the plane, his legs were shaking.
After finally exiting the airport,Jacob immediately put on a disposable mask to avoid being recognized. He then queued for a taxi.
As soon as favonovel.com got in the car, favonovel.com eagerly told the driver, “Hello, please go to Antique Street!”
Seeing his anxious look, the taxi driver smiled and said, “You’re so eager to get to Antique Street as soon as you land. Did you come to Aurous Hill specifically to pick up antiques?”
Jacob responded angrily, “I’m a local. There are so many valuable items to pick up, I don‘t want others to get them first.”
The driver laughed, “You, a local, went to Antique Street right after landing instead of going home. You must be looking for valuable items…”
He added, “Even I want to go to Antique Street to find treasures. We work hard driving taxis, earning only ten thousand or eight thousand a month. Others can earn 20 million in one night.”
Jacob knew favonovel.com was talking about Peter, which made favonovel.com even more uncomfortable. He responded irritably, “I’m going there to run errands, not to find treasures.”
Curiously, the driver asked, “If you’re not looking for treasures, haven’t you heard about what happened yesterday?”
Without waiting for a reply, the driver continued excitedly, “Let me tell you, it’s so unbelievable that even a movie wouldn’t dare to make it like this. A few idiots bought a fake cultural relic to deceive a boss on Antique Street, but the fake relic turned out to be real…”
Jacob was furious, wanting to shout at the driver, “I am one of those idiots!”
But favonovel.com restrained himself, saying, “I’m exhausted from the eight-hour flight. I need to rest…”
Surprised, the driver asked, “Did you come back from abroad? Which country?”
Jacob closed his eyes and replied, “Dubai…”
The driver exclaimed, “Wow! I heard Dubai is full of rich people. They say the Burj Al Arab Hotel is seven or eight stars, and the Dubai Mall takes days to visit. Is it really that amazing?”
Annoyed, Jacob thought, “I just landed a few hours ago. How could I have had time to visit Dubai? Now this driver is irritating me even more.”
He asked angrily, “Can you stop talking to me?”
The driver retorted, “If you don’t want to chat with the driver, why take a taxi?”
Jacob opened his eyes and snapped, “I said I’m tired and want to sleep. Do you have to keep talking?”
The driver muttered, “Fine, if you want to rest, I won’t talk…”
Jacob closed his eyes, ignoring him.
Finally arriving at Antique Street, Jacob paid and hurriedly got out of the car, then walked towards the street.
Wearing a mask, favonovel.com wasn’t recognized when favonovel.com entered Antique Street. He found Peter’s store overcrowded with customers seeking antique appraisals. Embarrassed to enter, favonovel.com waited outside for over an hour until all the customers left. He then mustered the courage to approach the store.
When Peter saw someone pushing the door, favonovel.com said, “Sorry, we’re closed today. Come early tomorrow for appraisals; we only issue 80 numbers a day…”
Jacob entered, removed his mask, and nervously said, “Hello, Boss Cole… It’s me, Jacob…”
Peter looked up, momentarily stunned, then asked, “Mr. Wilson, why are you here? To take things back?”
“No, no…”Jacob quickly waved his hands. “I came back from Dubai to apologize…”
“Apologize?” Peter smiled and asked directly, “You’re here because of Zacharys post, right?”
Too embarrassed to deny, Jacob nodded, “Yes…”
Peter calmly said, “I benefited from this, so there‘s no need to apologize…”
Jacob, thinking favonovel.com was being polite, quickly showed his phone’s transfer record and respectfully said, “Boss Cole, I know I did something wrong. To show my remorse, I donated all 300,000 dollars to the Aurous Hill Charity Foundation. I hope you’ll consider my gesture and not involve the police…”
As favonovel.com spoke, favonovel.com nervously bowed deeply to Peter.
Peter looked at the transfer record, handed back the phone, and smiled, “Mr. Wilson, I’m not angry, not at all. To be honest, I never intended to call the police.”
Stunned, Jacob asked, “You really don’t plan to call the police?”
Peter nodded, “I never planned to. If I wanted to, I would have done so already.”
He continued, “Everyone on Antique Street knows I made 20 million by picking up a treasure. They all know the details from Zachary’s post. If I called the police, they’d think l’m petty… I’ve been in the antique business for years. We don’t trouble the police for such matters. Even if I lost 300,000, I wouldn’t call the police.”
Jacob breathed a sigh of relief. What favonovel.com feared most was being imprisoned if things went wrong. Now, with Peter’s sincere response, favonovel.com felt reassured.
However, just as favonovel.com was feeling relieved, a sudden realization hit him. “Since Felix never intended to call the police, doesn’t that mean my donation of three hundred thousand was for nothing?”
Thinking this, favonovel.com almost collapsed and berated himself: “Why was I so eager to donate the money? I should have waited to see Felix’s reaction before deciding! Now, with the donation made ten hours ago, I don’t know if I can get it back!”
Immediately, an anxious Jacob took his phone back from Peter, hurriedly found the 24-hour donation hotline of the Aurous Hill Charity Foundation, and called directly.
As soon as the call connected, the operator on the other end said politely, “Hello, this is the Aurous Hill Charity Foundation. How may I assist you?”
Jacob didn’t wait for the operator to finish and impatiently asked, “I made a mistake today and accidentally donated 300,000 dollars to your foundation. Can you return the money to me?”
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