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Hubert Gordon was stunned. “Have you met Master Rockefeller before?”

Thea Stone also looked over in surprise.

Alex hurriedly squeezed Cheryl’s hand, exerting some force.

He didn’t want Hubert to know that he was the one who had killed the great elder of the Coleman family, which had allowed the Stoermer family to knock out half of the Coleman family, causing serious damage to the economy that was affecting the Gordon family right now.

Cheryl was so angry at how arrogant Hubert was being and how he looked down on everyone like he was so extremely superior compared to them. When Alex reminded her, she calmly said, “So what if I’ve met him? So what if I haven’t? Does it make you any more superior if you’ve met him before?”

“Hmmp, what are you bragging about if you hadn’t met him before, then?! Country bumpkin!” Thea said contemptuously.

“If you have the ability, then don’t fly on the same plane as us, country bumpkins! Since you have such a high status, go and buy a private jet of your own! What kind of pretense do you think you’re putting up?”

Cheryl had never been so angry in her life, and they pissed her off.

“You…”

“Enough, shut your mouth!” Hubert glared at Thea. “Back down, and stop causing such a fuss. Otherwise, don’t even say you know me in the future.”

Hubert’s warning was very effective.

Thea wasn’t any second gen of a rich family or anything. For her to have won over Hubert, she had used all sorts of methods and ways to get Hubert as her long term meal ticket, and she couldn’t just casually toss this aside. So, when Hubert said to stop, she did. She turned her head away and closed her eyes, pretending to sleep.

“Dear passengers, the flight is about to take off…”

The flight attendant’s announcement began, and soon, the airplane began its course on the runway and took off.

The instant the airplane took off from the ground, the strong feeling of being pushed backward and the feeling of weightlessness saw Cheryl grabbing Alex’s hand as she whispered, “This is my first time on a plane. I’m so nervous.”

Alex grasped her hand firmly. “Don’t be afraid. I’m here.”

“Okay!”

Cheryl leaned closer to Alex, snuggling up against him.

Alex didn’t want to talk anymore to Hubert and Thea, who were in the front seat. Especially Thea, because she was like a mad dog who had bitten down on him and refused to let go!

In fact, he didn’t know that Thea’s confession toward him was not completely false as she had claimed it to be. It was somewhat true, and if he had agreed to it, it would have been great for her. If he didn’t, she still had a way out of an embarrassing situation.

However, when Alex had rejected her outright without giving her any face at all as though she was just a pile of rubbish, she could not lift her head in the presence of her roommates who lived in the same dormitory as her.

That was why she held a strong grudge against him, and also the reason that even after she left California, she still paid a lot of attention to Alex’s life. So she knew when his family had an accident and had gloated about his misfortune after he moved in with his wife’s family after that.

Unconsciously, Alex fell asleep. Without knowing how much time had passed, he was awakened by a quarrel. He opened his eyes and found that the noise was coming from the seat in front.

It seemed like the woman who was sitting in front of Thea had slapped her.

“What’s going on? What happened?” Cheryl woke up too and blinked drowsily.

Alex shrugged. Thea had been beaten up, and he was happy to just watch the show in front of him without feeling the slightest hint of sympathy. After listening for a while, it seemed that Thea had taken off her shoes and had raised her feet high, resting them between the chairs in front of her. In the end, the woman in front probably fell asleep, and her face fell unto Thea’s stinky feet when the woman’s head tilted to the side.

When the woman woke up, she burst into a fit of anger.

Cheryl shook her head. “That girl has no basic manners at all, and she claims to be some high-class person. Not a single hint of morality in her at all. She deserves to be beaten.”

Alex shrugged once again.

His attention was on the woman who had slapped Thea. She was young and looked to be about the same age as him, about twenty four or twenty five years old. She was quite beautiful. However, what surprised him was the fact that she was an advanced Mystic rank warrior.

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Alex took a closer look at the clothes she was wearing, especially the badge on her chest. He was even more surprised.

‘Someone from the Divine Constabulary?’

Alex naturally recognized the logo, but he would never have expected to meet a master from the Divine Constabulary on his flight to Puerto Rico. The martial arts cultivation level was the same as Sky Melvis, which was advanced Mystic rank. She couldn’t be some nobody in the Divine Constabulary.

And, Alex had never seen this woman before. Thinking about it, it was impossible that she was from the South California division.

What made Alex even more shocked was the fact that he could feel a familiar aura from this woman, as though they had met before.

However, he couldn’t quite put his finger on it.

Thea was also furious at this moment, having been slapped. “What’s wrong with putting my feet there? This plane doesn’t belong to you or your family, and you’re the one who put your face on my feet! I should be suing you for molesting my feet instead! It’s an honor for you even to touch my feet, do you know that?! Hurry up and apologize to me. Otherwise, I’ll sue you for injuring me, and you just wait to go to prison!”

The woman who had slapped her had initially planned on letting it go after that.

However, she got angry once she heard what Thea had said and lashed out to slap her again.

“An honor?”

Slap!

“I’m beating you now. Isn’t that an honor?”

Slap!

“You might as well have the greatest honor right now!”

Slap! Slap! Slap!

Thea’s face was swollen to the point that it looked like it might burst.

The woman’s actions were too fast. Forget about everyone else around them, even Hubert couldn’t react. It was only until Thea held her face and yelled for help from Hubert, the woman looked at Hubert coldly and said, “You better control your woman better.”

Otherwise, I’ll beat you up, too.”

Hubert trembled with fear. He could see a certain aura in the woman’s eyes, and as a descendent of the Gordon family, he had personally come into contact with many warriors. The woman in front of him gave him a feeling that she was extremely dangerous.

As he didn’t say a word, Thea couldn’t take it anymore. “Hubert Gordon, are you a man or not? My face has been beaten until it’s swollen, and you’re still not even helping me at all? What use are you, then? If you’re a man, you would stand up and help me beat her up… And you, Alex Rockefeller, you’re really a waste of space. Your companion has been bullied like this, and you didn’t even say a single word. I despise you…”

Alex didn’t expect to be dragged into the situation while he had only been enjoying the show.

He was speechless and just said, “If you dare to take your stinking feet and place them on my backrest, I will break your legs. Do you believe that?”

“Y-You! Come on then!”

At this point, everyone around basically knew what had happened.

Many of them had pulled out their phones and taken pictures of Thea. Most of the flights in America now didn’t disallow the use of handphones as long as they were on airplane mode, so it wasn’t a problem at all, and it was entirely possible to take it out to take pictures.

Countless people were pointing at Thea.

“Who is that person? Putting on airs like that. You’d never expect her to have such poor behavior.”

“Yeah, she’s really so shameless. Doesn’t she think about how the person feels when their face fell on her feet? She really doesn’t even have the basics courtesy of being a human.”

“Hey, boy, you’re her boyfriend, right? You better break up with her fast. If you really marry this sort of woman, you’ll suffer in the future. You can tell at one glanced that she’s all about taking and not giving a single thing back, and also an unclean shrew.”

Thea was about to explode right there and then.

“You, you peasants! What does it have to do with you? Who asked you to take pictures? Hurry up and delete them! Air police, where’s the air police? I want to sue her for injuring me!”

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Soon, the air police arrived.

Thea Stone held her head up high and became arrogant once again because she only took off her shoes and put them on the seat’s backrest in front of her. At most, she’d be said to have uncivilized behavior, while the woman had slapped her seven to eight times, which was breaking the law.

With the backing of Missouri’s Gordon family, she would easily be able to send that b*tch to jail.

“What the hell are you guys doing? What took you so long?

“I paid money for my plane ticket, and now my safety is seriously threatened. Look at my face, I’ve been slapped, and I literally look like a pig right now. Hurry up and arrest this violent person who beats up people…”

Alex shook his head, suddenly feeling sorrow for this ridiculous woman named Thea Stone.

She wasn’t even aware of who she was going up against. In summary, this was a fool who lived in her world and buried herself in her head, feeling particularly great about herself.

In the end, not a single thing happened to the one who assaulted her. Meanwhile, Thea was given a severe warning because of her uncivilized behavior and forced to sit in the front row with one of the air police beside her.

It was equivalent to sitting in prison for the remaining two hours of the flight for Thea.

Alex turned to Hubert and said, “This Thea is completely not suitable for you!”

Hubert looked embarrassed but didn’t say anything.

Alex didn’t further offer any advice to him anymore. When feelings were involved, only the people involved knew best about it.

However, Alex finally managed to find out the reason Hubert was going to Puerto Rico. The Gordon family business was also involved in cosmeceutical. The cosmeceutical brand they operated on before this was a kind of immunization medicine, and they only had the rights to manage it because of Missouri’s Coleman family.

However, this part of the business had now fallen into the hands of Michigan’s Stoermer family.

The Gordon family wanted to continue operating it, so they needed to obtain a new authorization separately. On the other hand, Hubert found out that the manufacturer of the immunization medicine had recently launched a new product, which was why Hubert and Thea were traveling to Puerto Rico in a hurry.

Coincidentally, Hubert was heading to the place that Alex and Cheryl would stop for the night temporarily. It was a place in the inner part of Puerto Rico that they needed to pass to enter the rainforest on the western side.

It was also the only market town within a hundred miles of the local area.

More importantly, Hubert had already arranged for a helicopter. When they landed at the airport, they would transfer to the helicopter to fly directly to a small town called Morro.

This was convenient for Alex and Cheryl.

They wouldn’t have to suffer from the bumpy road a car needed to go through to get up to the mountains.

***

It was half past two in the afternoon when the airplane arrived at its destination.

Alex noticed the woman from the Divine Constabulary was on the phone. “I’ll be there soon. Before I meet up with you guys, don’t act rashly and just monitor closely…”

She spoke very softly, but it couldn’t escape Alex’s ears. Obviously, she was here on a mission.

She seemed to feel Alex’s focused gaze fixed on her keenly, and she shot him a cold glare. One second later, she was off the plane, still on the phone.

When the transfer to the helicopter was happening, Thea was quite unhappy. “What? The two of them are also riding in the helicopter? Are you kidding me? Hey, Alex, what the hell did you two come here for?”

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Alex calmly replied, “Travelling, going on a honeymoon, it doesn’t matter. The important thing is to be happy, right?”

A cold expression crossed Thea’s face.

However, after sitting on the cold bench in the plane as well as getting slapped, she realized that Hubert was a little disgusted with what she had done and thought to herself, ‘I’ll let this b*tch off for now. I’ll get them the next time I have the chance.’

The helicopter landed in the small town of Morro.

In this place, it was obvious that the economy wasn’t prosperous. Even though it was a market town, it didn’t look any different from those in California’s countryside. There was only one place that looked sophisticated and could be called magnificent.

Hubert said in a low voice, “That’s called the Golden Tower, and it’s a casino. The purpose of us coming here this time is to visit that place.”

Alex was surprised. He raised his eyebrows and said, “Didn’t you guys come here to talk about your cosmeceutical business? Why has that changed, and you come here for gambling instead?”

Hubert gave a bitter smile. “Alex, what you don’t know is that the boss of the cosmeceutical business is the same person as the owner of the Golden Tower.”

Alex frowned even deeper at that.

Morro was equivalent to serving as a border for America, and the next point after this was Myanmar. The environment and public security here were incomparable to that of those in Michigan or California. That was why James asked Alex to follow Cheryl here to protect her.

And, for someone to open a huge casino like this in this place, they couldn’t be any ordinary person, right?

“Just the two of you coming all the way to talk to a boss who’s the owner of a big casino? You’re really bold.”

Alex was a little doubtful.

“There wasn’t any choice,” Hubert said. “I have to take risks and fight for it. Of course, Thea is a girl, so I never intended to bring her in with me. She’ll wait outside.”

Thea chose to speak up at this moment “Talking business with the owner of the Golden Tower isn’t an easy task, anyway, and there are a lot of risks that are out of our control. If it wasn’t for those others in the Gordon family who stole some of the other tasks, why would Hubert come to a god-forsaken place like this? Luckily, I had the foresight to have him charter a helicopter in advance. Otherwise, you’d still be on the way here on that long mountain road!”

Alex smiled. “Your suggestion isn’t really a good one, though.”

“Hey, what do you mean? We gave you a free ride on the helicopter. Not only did you not give a single word of thanks, but you also keep going on and on about this.”

“Do you know the saying, ‘opportunity makes thieves’? Using a helicopter so openly and descending into the town like that, it’s broadcasting to everyone that you’re a cash cow. What kind of place is this? We’re on the country’s border, an inhospitable natural environment where poor and wicked people are. Look at how many of them have their eyes upon you. Don’t you think their gazes look like they’ve just seen some fat cash cows?”

Perhaps it was better if Alex hadn’t said anything because once he said it, only then did the few of them realize that something wasn’t right.

“Huh? T-Then, what should we do?” Thea was suddenly panicked.

Even Cheryl looked nervous.

Her appearance was beautiful, and when she arrived here, it was like a beautiful white swan had flown into a bunch of wild ducks, and she instantly became a target of the many men there.

She could already feel the malicious gaze of several men upon her, which were obviously filled with lust that made her feel uncomfortably naked under their stares.

Alex took Cheryl’s hand and said, “Don’t worry. No one can hurt you while I’m around.”

“You speak as though you were some Grandmaster in martial arts,” Thea said contemptuously.

“Even a Grandmaster in martial arts isn’t anything significant in my eyes,” Alex said calmly.

“Ptooey! I really can’t tell that you’re a person who brags, Alex. You talk so big, do you even know what a Grandmaster in martial arts is? They can kill you a thousand times over with just a single finger!” Thea sneered.

The expression on Hubert’s face clearly stated that he also thought Alex was bragging.

He smiled and said, “You don’t have to worry so much. Before I came here, I already had a talk with the owner of the Golden Tower on the phone. The Gordon family still has some kinship with Missouri’s Coleman family after all, and they’ll give me some face. It’ll be fine! Let’s go into town and settle in the inn first!”

Here, there was only one inn.

As a result, when they entered the inn, they saw a woman coming in from the outside. Looking closer, it seemed to be that woman from the Divine Constabulary on the plane just now who had slapped Thea.

As for the woman, she was obviously also taken aback when she caught sight of the few of them

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‘She’s actually in Morro! What kind of mission would the Divine Constabulary have here?’ Alex wondered while he looked at the woman.

Alex gazing at the woman immediately made her unhappy. She had glared at him previously on the plane, and so she walked directly up to them.

“Ah! It’s that ruthless, violent woman!”

When Thea saw the woman walking toward them, she hurriedly hid behind Hubert.

She had thought that the woman wasn’t satisfied with hitting her on the plane and was planning to hit her more.

She was so frightened that she screamed out, “Y-You, don’t come here! I’m telling you, I have the backing of Missouri’s Colemans…”

However, the woman wasn’t looking at her. Instead, she rushed forward and grabbed Alex by his clothes. “What are you looking at? Have you never seen a beautiful woman? If you stare at me again, I will dig your eyeballs out.”

Alex felt it more deeply that there was some familiar connection with this woman upon their close contact.

He plastered on an innocent expression and said, “If you weren’t looking at me, how did you know I was looking at you? Besides, you’re way far off from my girlfriend in terms of appearance.”

“Hmph!”

The woman pushed him away.

She had wanted to throw Alex to the ground with that push, but she didn’t expect to see Alex’s body to seem like it had taken root to the ground, and he remained motionless. On the contrary, she felt herself pushed back by the force she had exerted.

She seemed startled.

However, because she had official duties, it wasn’t good to waste time here. So, she left as she spat, “Don’t let me see you again.”

Then, she went in.

Thea smiled. When she saw the woman grabbing Alex’s shirt, looking as though she was about to hit him, she had been excited for a bit. But, she didn’t expect that he didn’t get beaten up in the end, and felt extremely disappointed. “You haven’t changed that fickle stinking attitude of yours at all, Alex. You already have a woman who’s as beautiful as jade at your side, yet you still stare at other women. Don’t you feel embarrassed?”

She was deliberately trying to stir up trouble in the relationship between Alex and Cheryl.

“You don’t have to bother about my affairs!”

Then, he turned to Hubert and said, “Call me when you’re heading over to the Golden Tower later tonight”

Hubert was surprised. “You want to go gambling, Alex?”

Alex shook his head. “The public order around this place is chaotic, and would be even worse in a place like the Golden Tower. I’ll go with you so that I can take care of you! Also, since it’s rare to come to this sort of place, and it’s even rarer to see a casino here, I should also take the chance to look around.”

Hubert immediately smiled and said, “Thank you, Alex!”

Alex smiled. There was another reason why he was doing this. The woman from the Divine Constabulary just now was here in this town for a mission, and it would most likely involve the Golden Tower. Otherwise, what else was there to catch in such a desolate place?

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This inn was different from ordinary hotels, and it was made entirely out of bamboo and wood.

When they walked inside, it gave off a feeling like they had walked into the video game, ‘Legend of the Sword and Fairy’. However, it was very clean, and not only were there flowers and other plants, there was also a huge fish pond in the front courtyard.

In a border town like this, lands were abundant and fairly cheap.

“Uhm, I’m not familiar with the living culture here, and I was afraid to be alone, so I booked only one room for us when I did the booking!” Cheryl said in a low voice to Alex, once Hubert and Thea had gone up to the second floor.

As she said that, she twisted her clothes nervously, her face as red as a tomato. “But, the room I booked is a suite.”

Alex nodded. “You did right.”

Cheryl bit her plump red lip, and gave him an embarrassed look as she thought to herself, ‘So, you had the same idea as well. If I knew that, then I would have left the booking up to you.’

However, Alex continued, “I’m afraid it won’t be peaceful here!”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“Let’s go in before we talk”

When they walked in, they were dumbfounded.

The outside of the inn was big with a fish pond that looked like one could swim in it. However, the suite was pitifully small, not even half the size of a double room in a normal three star hotel. The room was only a so-called suite because there was a bathroom attached.

If it wasn’t for the suite having a bathroom, they’d have to head to the public toilet when nature called.

Most importantly, there was only one bed!

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“Ugh, this… I really didn’t do it on purpose. I didn’t know that there would only be one bed.” Cheryl covered her face with her hands, not daring to lift her head. “Should I get another room instead?”

“You don’t have to!”

Alex pulled her in, and looking at the embarrassed look on her face, it was impossible to say that his heart and mind weren’t thinking of anything at all. However, he forced those desires down and said in a low voice, “It’ll be fine for just a night. I feel that it won’t be a peaceful night, anyway. That woman just now, do you know who she was?”

“Huh? Which one? The one who beat up Thea?”

“Yes! She’s from the Divine Constabulary, and she’s here on a mission. I’m guessing there’ll be some action happening here.”

Cheryl obviously knew the Divine Constabulary. She had encountered them during the Triangle River Delta Medical Exchange.

She couldn’t help but feel nervous and asked, “Then, you have to go to the Golden Tower later? You will be leaving me alone here. Aren’t you afraid that something will happen to me?”

“Then, just follow me,” said Alex. “There’s nothing to do at night here anyway, so it’ll be fine to go have a look around the casino. Maybe you could even win some money.”

“If you say so, then you can’t leave me behind.”

“Don’t worry, great doctor!”

“My current identity is your girlfriend, and we’re here on a honeymoon. You’re the one who said so.”

“… And?”

They were far away from their native land, in a foreign country, and in a room with excellent privacy. Their eyes met, and a wild ambition sparked within them.

It was unsure who made the first move. Two mouths met. This was not the first time anymore.

When Alex’s hand fell on her backside, Cheryl shivered violently and reciprocated with even more enthusiasm.

Bang!

Alex held Cheryl in his arms and pressed her against the wall.

Unexpectedly, a woman’s voice came from the other side. “It’s still broad daylight. Can you keep it down and stop for a while?”

‘F*ck!’

When they heard the voice, it turned out to be the woman from the Divine Constabulary.

Cheryl snapped out of it immediately.

Thinking about how the building was wooden and had poor sound insulation, she couldn’t bear to continue any longer and pushed Alex away and said softly, “I… I need to go to the toilet!”

Alex misunderstood her, so he picked her up immediately and ran to the toilet.

When he was about to continue, Cheryl finally said, “That’s not what I meant! I… I wanted to take a bath! That woman is next door, so.. So, just forget about it!”

Alex walked out of the bathroom dejectedly. His expression was even more depressed.

He looked at the wall connected to the next room and allowed a spiritual consciousness flow to seep through it.

He didn’t expect to find that the woman was also taking a bath.

Alex stared blankly. ‘What a good body shape!’

However, at the same moment, the woman seemed to be aware of his gaze, and she suddenly grabbed a tower to wrap herself. She glanced around the place, looking for where the feeling of being watched was coming from.

‘F*ck, her perceptions are so keen?’

Alex was taken aback and hurriedly withdrew his spiritual consciousness.

In the blink of an eye, it was already eight at night.

Hubert came to get Alex, and initially, Thea wasn’t going to the Golden Tower, but once she found out that Cheryl was going, she didn’t want to be the only one who stayed in this broken inn, especially since she was a woman. So, she also decided to tag along.

At a quarter past eight, the four of them arrived at the Golden Tower.

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Once they stepped into the Golden Tower, they saw the magnificent decoration inside. It was brilliant and bright, to the point where it almost seemed like they could blind the eyes of people who came in. There were also many people coming and going. Except for a few dressed in local ethnic style clothes, the majority of them were gamblers from foreign countries.

“Where are you from, and who introduced you to this place?”

There were two disciples guarding the door.

When they saw the group of four and the fact that they were unfamiliar faces, the disciples stopped them and asked. After they finished asking, they were surprised at Cheryl’s appearance. Both of their eyes were fixed upon the beautiful doctor, and they were almost drooling.

Cheryl was flustered. This was the first time she had come to a place like this, and she felt uncomfortable. If it weren’t for the fact that Alex was holding onto her hand, she would have high-tailed it out of here in fright a long time ago. She hurriedly hid behind Alex. As for Thea, she became jealous instead. She felt that the two disciples had bad taste in women. She was also a beautiful woman, after all!

“Hello, gentlemen. I’m Hubert Gordon from Missouri’s Gold Mountain Group. I have an appointment with your boss for eight-thirty to discuss the cosmeceutical business,” Hubert hurriedly said.

“Oh, so it’s you!” One of them said calmly. “Boss Winn is already waiting for you inside. Go on in! And, who are the rest of the people with you?”

“Ah, they’re my friends. They heard that the Golden Tower is very interesting, so they came to have some fun.”

The taller man laughed and said, “Of course, you’re all welcome to play. Friends who come from afar, we have mahjong, poker, grand hazard. Besides, we also have cockfighting, dogfighting, stone gambling, and everything you can think of! What do you want to play? I’ll lead the way!”

As he said that, he also reached out intending to touch Cheryl’s backside.

Slap!

Alex casually slapped the man’s wrist, batting it away. Then, he said coldly, “No one can touch my woman, except me. For the sake of Boss Winn, I’ll let you off this time. Otherwise, your hands would be gone.”

Cheryl pressed herself against Alex even more.

The man’s wrist felt like it was on fire and felt like his arm had almost been broken.

He was seething with rage and gave Alex a fierce look. However, he seemed to be apprehensive and didn’t do anything more after that.

Later, Hubert went in alone to meet with Boss Winn because one of the disciples said that Boss Winn had only allowed Hubert alone to meet with him. Though Alex was a little worried, Hubert said that nothing would happen, and so he could only wait outside for him.

“Is there stone gambling here?” he asked the other disciple.

“Of course! The ores we have here are all from Myanmar, and the quality is very good. There’s a big chance of getting in the green. When you want to play stone gambling, I’ll bring you over.”

Alex nodded. “Sure, let’s go and have a look!”

Cheryl whispered, “I heard that stone gambling is even less reliable than normal gamble on money. Sure, you might be able to hit the jackpot, but you’d lose everything with just one bet too! I think it’s better to just forget about it. If you want to play, just play something else for fun.”

When the disciple heard this, his face sunk.

If one were not a gambler, one wouldn’t lose too much money on the normal games that bet on money. However, it wasn’t the same for stone gambling. Even the worst stone they had started at the price of one hundred thousand. In many cases, it could go up to tens of millions to hundreds of millions! And as a guide, the disciple could also earn a lot of rewards from that, and so, of course, he hoped that Alex and the others would head to stone gambling.

“Don’t worry,” Alex said. “I’ll just take it as trying my luck. Also, my luck has always been good, and I’ve been called the Stone Gambling Prince before this.”

Cheryl was stunned because the title ‘Stone Gambling Prince’ was one that she had heard of before in California.

At that time, this Stone Gambling Prince had managed to get two top-quality emeralds from stone gambling that were extremely valuable. It caused quite a sensation in California for a period. Unfortunately, no one knew who it was because the Stone Gambling Prince didn’t show his face, and no one knew what he looked like. Only his back profile was shown to everyone.

‘Could it be that Alex is the Stone Gambling Prince?’

Cheryl was stunned when she came to her conclusion and guessed.

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However, Thea Stone felt that Alex’s words were a joke, and she sneered, “The Stone Gambling Prince? Then I’m the Stone Gambling Queen. The problem is, can your wallet afford the ores? How many assets did you get when you divorced Dorothy?”

“Does that concern you?”

Alex pulled Cheryl and walked straight toward the stone gambling area.

It was on the ground floor.

Thea stomped her feet. She really didn’t feel like following them, but she didn’t know anyone else in the Golden Tower, and she felt the gazes of several people around her, looking at her like she was a lamb ready to be slaughtered. It gave her creepy vibes, so in the end, she hurriedly followed after them.

She comforted herself in her heart, ‘I’m just going to watch them make a fool out of themselves. Hmph, what sh*tty Stone Gambling Prince? It’s best if he loses everything, including his underwear!’

They found that the ground floor was bigger than they expected after they entered, and there were also more people than expected.

“Oh my god, you can’t tell at all from the outside that the place inside is so huge!” Cheryl exclaimed in surprise.

Alex was also surprised.

At least it explained one thing, that Boss Winn was a powerful man. He had managed to attract so many people to this sort of desolate place, where even transportation wasn’t convenient. His capabilities shouldn’t be underestimated.

However, when he got there, he started delving with his thoughts again.

He was now in the Divine Transcendence realm, and he had spiritual consciousness that could ‘see’ things behind a wall. He wasn’t sure if this ability could also see through the ores to look inside it.

It turned out that it was extremely difficult.

Although his spiritual consciousness could penetrate the stone’s outer layer because the entire stone was a solid matter, his spiritual consciousness couldn’t do its thing inside it. However, he still had his Third Eye from the Ultimate Book of Medicine. When he combined the two skills, a strange scene appeared in the next moment. He could clearly distinguish whether there were emeralds within the ores.

If he were to rely purely on his Third Eye, he wouldn’t be able to see the aura of the emerald within the ores because the stones they used had an extremely thick layer, and the emerald was hidden deep within it.

However, through the perception of his spiritual consciousness, he could feel it. With just a single glance, he could already tell there was a big piece of emerald inside it.

Very quickly, he saw quite a few emeralds among the ores.

“It just so happens that I planned to make a talisman from emeralds. When you hang it around your neck, it should be a little effective. If luck is good, I’ll get and make a few more. Even the transparent kind is fine,” Alex said to Cheryl.

When he said that, the disciple at the side almost burst out in laughter.

‘Emeralds, the transparent kind, and get a few more… Do you think this is an emerald store?

‘The people who could cut out emeralds from the ores here all year round are few, and you could even count them on one hand.’

Thea burst out laughing as though she had heard the world’s funniest joke.

Alex couldn’t be bothered by her.

He chose two stones among all that he had seen, which had extremely good quality emeralds inside, then turned to the disciple from the Golden Tower who had led them here and said, “I want these two!”

The disciple was thrilled when he heard that and immediately pushed a cart over to place the stones inside.

The two ores were not small in size. The disciple looked at the price, and the total would come up to almost two million! This way, he would get a commission of twenty thousand, how wonderful!

“Two million, can you even afford it?” Thea rolled her eyes as she said. “Or, are you expecting your woman to pay for it?”

Alex was suddenly reminded of Dorothy’s best friend, Cassandra. She had said the same thing to him before and finally was forced to address him as ‘father’. He hadn’t seen her for months now and didn’t know where she had gone.

He smiled and said, “What will happen if I can afford it? Will you kneel and call me ‘father’?”

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“You want me to call you ‘father’?”

“Why would you want that?”

Obviously, Thea was not Cassandra, and she didn’t jump straight into the trap. She probably felt that two million wasn’t exactly a lot of money.

“Then, don’t make such a fuss,” Alex said. “The Golden Tower is so big, and there are so many fun things here. Why are you following us? You can head off yourself and play!”

“You… I just wanted to have the front row seat to see how you lose everything you have by gambling here.”

“Then, I’m going to disappoint you. Even if I bought all the ores here today, I can’t lose everything I have.”

Alex then asked the disciple to push the cart alongside him.

It was like he was at a supermarket, placing things that he thought looked good as he browsed around, not really looking closely at what he put inside the cart.

To the others who were watching him, it looked like he was blindly guessing and choosing the ones that he picked. The more knowledgeable ones shook their heads when they saw him pick the ores the way he was doing. They probably thought that this must be some spendthrift from god knows where.

Those who picked ores usually would carefully study them, and a lot of people would even shine a bright flashlight on the ores, as though trying to determine shine through the ore with it to see if there were emeralds inside it.

Alex was something else, picking the ores like picking vegetables from the supermarket In just a short three minutes, the cart that the service boy was pushing was almost filled to the brim.

The service boy was initially very happy, thinking that he had really good luck today to be able to bump into such a spendthrift. Not only did he know nothing, but he was also generous in picking such a big amount of ores. The total value of the ores in the cart was also worth more than eighty million. He would get 1% commission from the total value, and that was already eight hundred thousand!

He had hit the jackpot!

However, when he saw how Thea’s face got more disdainful as time passed, he also felt that something wasn’t right. How could anyone buy so many ores?

Even if they didn’t know anything, at most, they’d pick up a few pieces and have it opened up to check.

‘This guy, could it be that he really has no money to pay and was only using this to amuse himself?’

Just as he was thinking this, Alex opened his mouth and said, “Alright, that’s enough for now. Where do I pay?”

Thea was extremely shocked, and her eyes were wide as she said, “I’ve recorded it down for you, and the total value of this cart, excluding the scraps, is eighty three million. Excuse me, do you even have that much money?”

Alex calmly replied, “The bet just now is still valid.”

Thea snorted. “Fine, if you can afford eighty three million, I will kneel immediately and call you ‘father’. But, if you can’t, then you’re going to take off your clothes and crawl ten laps around this place for me.”

“Deal, swipe the card!”

Alex took out the bank card and handed it to the service boy.

Thea sneered, “You’re using the most common debit card that all civilians use. Are you seriously telling me that you have eighty three million deposited inside there? Do you believe this, service boy?”

“You’ll know when you swipe it!” Alex said.

Very quickly, several other people also came to the cash register.

Half a minute later, Alex entered his password.

Ding!

A soft sound echoed out, and a receipt was printed out.

Thea stared intently and asked, “So? Has the transaction failed? He can’t possibly pay more than eighty million with that bank card, right?”

The service staff at the checkout counter took the receipt and said, “No, once the transaction is successful, the receipt will be printed. Dear respectable Sir, thank you for buying ores at our Golden Tower. Here are your bank card and receipt. Please keep them well!”

Thea’s jaw dropped, her mouth wide opened. She couldn’t accept the fact.

“Impossible, that’s impossible! It must be a mistake. How can he have that much money?!”

Alex sneered. “Thea, the facts are right in front of you. So? You accepted the bet, so you should acknowledge the loss. You can kneel and call me ‘father’ now, right?”

How would Thea be willing to do that?

Toward Alex, she felt extreme resentment and hoped that he would always have bad luck. Knee! and call him ‘father’?

Dream on!

“You should give up on that I’ll only call you ‘father’ perhaps in my next life!”

However, the moment she said that, the woman at the cashier snorted coldly and said, “In the Golden Tower that’s run by Boss Winn, there has never been anyone who accepts the bet but does not admit their defeat according to the rules. If you do so, you’ll leave a hand behind.”

“What?!”

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Thea jumped up in an instant. “Are you kidding me? I didn’t make a bet with you. The bet was between Alex and I. What has that got to do with you?”

The female attendant shook her head. “But, you made that bet while in the Golden Tower, so you have to follow the rules of the building! If you’re not willing to admit your defeat, then you can leave a hand behind. Whether it’s your left or right, the choice is entirely up to you.”

As she spoke, she beckoned to something at the side. Immediately, a security guard of the Golden Tower came over. He had a fierce look upon his face, and a sharp machete in his hand.

Thea was frightened to the point she almost peed her pants. She hurriedly shouted, “I admit my loss. I am willing to admit my defeat! I can still fulfill the agreement, right?”

As she said that, she immediately knelt in front of Alex and loudly shouted, “Father, father! I admit defeat. Please don’t let him cut off my hand!”

Alex chuckled lightly, then nodded to the attendant.

The female attendant pointed at the stone cutting place next to her and said, “That’s a free stone cutting space. You may go there now to cut your ores, sir.”

Alex shook his head. “It’s fine. I have a hobby where I like to take back the ores and cut them slowly myself. Just send these ores to the inn where I’m staying.”

He didn’t expect the attendant to shake her head and disagree. “Apologies, sir. There is a rule in the Golden Tower that all ores purchased here must be cut open before they can be brought out. The ores are not allowed to be taken out of this building.”

“What? There’s such a rule?”

Alex was stunned.

He wasn’t aware of this rule, so he didn’t even think about mixing in ores that didn’t have any emeralds among the ones he had chosen. Every single ore in the cart contained emerald inside it.

He had picked up almost all the ores that contained emeralds. If this were exposed on the spot, it would become a big problem.

He frowned. “What if I were to insist on taking them away?”

The attendant’s face turned cold. “I’m really sorry. Then, you can’t take a single ore out, and the money you’ve already paid cannot be refunded.”

Alex’s eyes flashed, but then he finally nodded. “Fine! Then, let’s cut them!”

Even though he really didn’t want to expose his abilities, he wasn’t willing to throw out his money to the Golden Tower in vain. So what if they want him to cut open all the stones here?

‘When they saw the result, they would be the ones in tears!’

While they walked toward the stone cutting area, Thea couldn’t help but say, “Alex, I think that the eighty over million you’ve paid earlier is just water under the bridge. When you can’t even get a single piece of emerald from this, you can cry your eyes out and die!”

Alex glanced at her. “What were you supposed to call me? You don’t want your hand anymore, do you?”

Thea’s chest tightened. “You…”

However, when she saw the security guard raising the knife in his hand, she inunediately shouted again, “Father!”

The people around who were listening wanted to burst out laughing at that.

Very quickly, the stone cutting master started to cut open the ores.

The venue was big, and there were quite a few stonecutters. There were nine in total.

It so happened that the place was empty now, and the nine stonecutters immediately came forward to cut the stone, each taking one.

Ten minutes later, one of them shouted out, “It’s green! Jackpot!”

Everyone was shocked and looked over. Thea was even more upset. His wild guesses had worked out.

However…

Three minutes later, another stonecutter called out, “Green, it’s green again! And it’s the transparent kind. It’s an amazing find!”

Another two minutes later, another one of them yelled out, “Big find! Big find! It’s emerald jadeite!”

“This piece has it too!”

“Here too, and it’s another emerald jadeite!”

“Oh my god, there’s even a piece of pure green emerald here…”

“A-All of them have emeralds in them!”

It was dead silent at the venue.

All the people gathered there looked at Alex like he was some sort of monster.