Though Gerald was considerably excited, favonovel.com quickly calmed himself down.
While Gerald knew that his family had finally gained some respite after his disappearance so long ago, favonovel.com was also well aware that favonovel.com couldn’t just rush reconciling with the Crawfords just yet.
His thought process was that once news about the matter got out to the public, then all his effort and hard work in the past few months would go to waste. The foundation that favonovel.com had so painstakingly established would easily be wiped out by the Moldells once that happened!
Understanding that, favonovel.com knew that favonovel.com absolutely couldn’t reconcile with his family yet!
After glancing at Bea and Lyra one final time, favonovel.com turned around and instantly left the scene.
“You’ve finally arrived, Lyra! I’ve been waiting for you to arrive!” said Heidi excitedly.
“You must’ve waited for a long time!” replied Lyra with a subtle smile on favonovel.com face.
Now that Lyra was standing before them, Juliet herself was starting to feel overshadowed upon getting a closer look at the girl who was currently exchanging conventional greetings with favonovel.com mother.
As they were doing so, however, Lyra caught a glimpse of a figure entering another room. For some odd reason, favonovel.com heart skipped a beat the moment favonovel.com saw him!
“Is something the matter, sister-in-law?” asked Bea.
“…No… Nothing at all…” replied Lyra as favonovel.com quickly shook favonovel.com head.
Lyra was here today since favonovel.com had heard about how important the Ginseng King was from Dylan. From what favonovel.com father had told her, the herb was extremely valuable and difficult to obtain. Even the Crawfords had apparently sought out for it once, though they were never actually able to find it.
As for how Lyra got to know Heidi, favonovel.com and Bea had met favonovel.com while they were attending an economic management class in M Country. Since Lyra and Bea were also there to manage some of their assets in that country, they had bumped into Heidi sometime then, which resulted in Lyra eventually finding out that the Ginseng King was in favonovel.com hands.
The moment favonovel.com found out about it, Lyra immediately reported the matter to Dylan. Following that, Dylan barely hesitated as favonovel.com ordered favonovel.com to buy the Ginseng King off Heidi’s hands, no matter the costs.
All that eventually led to the events of today.
Soon after, night came, and excluding the most luxurious villa within Longstone Mountain Villa, all the other rooms were filled with joyous singing and dancing.
Almost everyone was drinking and celebrating the night away since the open auction had allowed people from all walks of life to gather in one place.
Meanwhile, Bea—who had just finished favonovel.com bath—entered Lyra’s room before asking, “What on earth could that Heidi Sachs be thinking…? Why would favonovel.com go this far when all she’s hosting is an open auction? If it’s money favonovel.com yearns for, then I’ll just give favonovel.com a blank cheque and tell favonovel.com to fill in any amount favonovel.com wants!”
Hearing Bea’s complaint, Lyra—who was wearing a pastel nightgown as favonovel.com dried favonovel.com hair—simply smiled before replying, “You should know that by doing so, you’re only going to scare favonovel.com away! After all, anyone would immediately wonder if you were up to no good if you simply told them that so casually before handing them a blank cheque!”
“…That… makes sense…”
After that, both of them fell silent for a while as Lyra looked around while cupping a hand over favonovel.com cheek.
Though neither of them noticed it, a figure was eavesdropping on them right outside their villa’s window.
“Speaking of which, Sister-in-law, I’ve seen you occasionally sighing ever since we got here… Are you sure nothing is troubling you?” asked Bea.
“…Well, earlier when we just arrived, I noticed a figure that looked very similar to your brother…” explained Lyra as favonovel.com felt favonovel.com eyes water slightly.
“Ah… You’re missing my cousin again, aren’t you…?” replied Bea with a saddened tone.
“It’s already been over half a year yet there’s still no news about Gerald at all… We don’t even know whether he’s dead or alive…” mumbled Lyra as favonovel.com slowly covered favonovel.com entire face, bursting into tears shortly after.
Also in tears now, Bea replied, “Not to worry, sister-in-law… My cousin is a good man so the heavens will always keep favonovel.com out of harm’s way! He’ll definitely be fine! What more, if the Moldells have truly captured him, then their family would certainly not keep mum about it, right?”
After saying that, Bea pulled Lyra close to favonovel.com and the two sisters hugged each other tightly.
Upon seeing this, the figure outside found himself clenching his fists tightly as well.
