"Maybe, it's just that he can't be like me after all. Without talent, he can't do anything." The old man lowered his head and his voice was low.
"Don't be naive, Ge Guo. Give it to me, that book. Now only I can protect it better." The old woman slowly stretched out her hand towards the old man.
The old man Ge Guo lowered his head and remained silent for a while.
"Power, wealth, fame, everything is not as secure as the power you have. Ge Guo, you have fallen." There was a trace of pity in the old woman's eyes. "After all, the years are passing by. In a blink of an eye, you and I are already this age. And you who have taken the wrong path are no longer qualified to keep it."
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Garen walked slowly on the sidewalk beside Pennington Street, turning his head to look in the direction of the antique shop from time to time. Just in time to see the old man closing the shop door sneakily.
"Damn it! That old woman hasn't come out yet?" He was dumbfounded, "You're still so unrestrained at such an old age? I can't wait until the daytime. You really deserve to be a wretched old man."
Shaking his head, he immediately thought of a series of unavoidable stories between the old man and the old woman, and goose bumps all over his body.
"I saw the two of them flirting with each other in the store. I didn't expect to be so anxious. I closed the door to do business as soon as I left. It seems that the elderly are not without this need."
He walked slowly along the street, kicked his hands in his trouser pockets, looked at the endless stream of carriages and cars, walked forward for a certain distance, stood beside a black car, opened the door and sat in.
Grace was sitting in the driver's seat, holding the steering wheel with one hand, and gnawing on a paper-wrapped sandwich in the other. She didn't have the image of a cool lady at all.
"Where are you going now?"
"Go home, and we have to figure out a way to make money, Grace, do you have any ideas?" Gallon got into the car and asked calmly.
"There is a way, it depends on whether you are willing to do it or not." Grace thought for a while, and then replied.
"Tell me. It just so happens that the check you gave me last time didn't work. This time it's for investment."
"I didn't give that money, it was taken out of the company's accounts. It's just right as the principal." Grace nodded, "I don't know if you want to start a business or just to make some money?"
"It's best to make some money, and of course the origin must be clean."
"This one is simple. The best way to meet your requirements is to conduct martial arts tutoring in the name of the martial arts gym. Of course, this is to use the reputation of Fei Baiyun as the master of the martial arts gym. Your senior brothers and sisters can also introduce you to some tutoring jobs. As you You can easily earn a lot of money even if you go out as a tutor," Grace explained.
"This is fine, but I haven't practiced myself yet, let alone teaching others. Is there any other way?"
"The other way is Miss Finistine's side. Miss Finestine has opened an auction company herself. Isn't your purpose of making money is to collect antiques? You can cooperate with her. In the end, you will go the way of our company. , the company can give you a monthly offering, the amount is not small, but you need to come forward to solve problems when there are problems."
"No hurry, let me think about it carefully." Garen frowned slightly. None of these three paths met his standards very well. Especially now that it is known that Mercury in Tali is also collecting similar antiques. He was also a little moved.
"If I can get in touch with Mercury in Tari, it would be the best to visit his collection of antiques. The question is what name do I need to use to contact him."
He looked at Grace.
"Is there any way to get in touch with the mercury in the tower? I want to visit his collection of antiques."
"This is very simple. As long as you say that you have some antiques and want to appreciate and exchange with him, you should go in the name of our company and you should not be rejected. Do you need me to arrange it right away? It's just that you need to put on a little makeup, after all your It's still too young." Grace replied quickly. "As for the exchange of antiques, it will be arranged by our company."
"Let's arrange it and see if he agrees."
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For several days in a row, Garen went back and forth between the school's antique shops, just like ordinary students.
But because the role of the medal is negligible, he can only follow the steps to learn fighting skills from his brothers and sisters every day. Baiyun Fighting Skill is a simplified move evolved from Giant Elephant Miburi. The four forms alternate in a row and are extremely powerful. What Garen does every day is to suppress his own strength and practice moves against his brothers and sisters.
I didn't have much class in school for a few days, just waiting for the results of the final exam.
"How was the test?" Finn and Carledo got together to look at each other's papers.
"It's not bad, the twentieth place in the class is not bad." Carledo grinned.
"You're happy with twenty, there are only about twenty people in the class." Garen walked over, holding a paper in his hand and scolded with a smile. "The foreign language test paper is smashed, I have no hope, I just fill in randomly."
Carledo glanced at Garen's foreign language test paper, and the words 20 points were clearly written on it.
"Great!" He gave a thumbs up. "By the way, let's go to the White Eagle Salon later. There is a new batch of purple wine there. I asked the boss to keep a bottle for me."
"I won't go, you guys go. I still have something to do." Garen declined politely.
"You have something to do, how many times have you been told not to act together, how many things are you busy all day?" Carledo was a little unhappy.
"I really have something to do." Garen shrugged helplessly.
Since Caledo and Effie got married, the gap between the two has become wider and wider, and they are far less harmonious than before. Although both of them consciously want to heal, the matter of Effie is like a thorn stuck in the middle, which cannot be removed at all.
Finn and Czech also saw it. Although he persuaded Carledo, he was still coaxed by Effie, and he was even a little alienated from these three friends.
"Okay, okay, since it's really something, forget it. I just want to go out with my girlfriend, and I'll be free for a few days in the first few days of this holiday, and my dad will probably be there to help me the rest of the time." Fei En answered.
The two friends persuaded him with good words, and Carledo looked better, but he still left angrily.
Garen couldn't do anything about it.
"Garon, are you going to the martial arts school?"
"No, I don't need to go to the martial arts gym for the time being. I will stay at home during the holidays. That's another matter." Garen no longer has to go to the martial arts gym every day. He has learned everything he can, and the rest is his own. Comprehension exercise.
Since the matter with Grace subsided, life seems to have completely returned to peace.
After chatting with a few friends for a while, Garen checked the school clock, it was almost time, and then walked out of the school slowly.
A string of carriages and carriages were parked at the gate of the school to pick up the students, and vehicles arrived and turned around from time to time. Among the black, white and yellow vehicles of various colors, Garen walked slowly to a black car, opened the door and sat in it naturally.
"Everything is ready." Grace whispered while sitting in the driver's seat. "Tali Mercury has agreed to our request, and the exchange is set at his temporary residence in the suburbs."
"where?"
"Konu Town."
"Konu Town? Is there a place called Silver Shade Castle near the edge?" Gallon was slightly surprised.
"Silver Yarn Castle?" Grace hesitated, "It seems that I haven't been there either, but Quicksilver in Tali seems to be very interested in it, and is currently recuperating there."
"His case solved?"
"It's not completely resolved, but most of the antiques that Jinhuan stole were found, and the rest have been sold by Jinhuan through various channels. Our company was one of the channels back then. You must be aware of this."
"That's true." Garen also knew that the Manleyton Company behind Grace was indeed the largest antique reselling organization in Huaishan. "How far is it from here? How long?"
"Go to a place to pick up someone first, and make up for you. Afterwards, we will go to Konu Town to meet Tari Mercury. The appointment time is around three o'clock in the afternoon."
"It's only less than 11 o'clock, so there's still time." Garen nodded.
He has always wanted to go to Silver Yarn Castle to see what is so special about the origin of the Bronze Cross. As the strangest and most enduring antique with potential, the secret behind the Bronze Cross is also what Garen has always wanted to find out. Yes, I didn't expect that Mercury in Tali seemed to be investigating this matter.
"It seems unlikely that it's a coincidence. It would be strange if there were so many coincidences to collect potential antiques and live near Silver Yarn Castle."
Garen turned his face and looked outside. Amidst the sound of the rumbling engine, the car moved forward slowly. On the roadside street, groups of college students could be seen coming and going in and out of the shops on both sides. The girls were wearing shorts. The skirts and black stockings are mostly youthful and attractive, and the boys are playing around, and the shirts, trousers and leather boots, even if they are ordinary-looking, still show a bit of temperament.
This is a special aura unique to St. Oriole College, which is impossible for ordinary schools to have. Just this uniform, the students of ordinary schools cannot afford to wear it.
There is more than one college in Huaishan City, there are four or five middle and high schools, among which Shengying is the best, not only the admission rate of the unified examination results over the years, but also the quality of environmental students, and so on.
Looking at the young students outside the car window, Gallon suddenly thought of his younger sister Ying'er who had been honest at home these days.
When I told my parents about the apprenticeship in the martial arts school, my parents came back from a business trip to visit the residence of the master Fei Baiyun in person, which was considered to make up for the previous absence.
Jia Long's parents were both dutiful and honest people, and they didn't know Fei Baiyun's actual status and power, they were just surprised that he felt so strongly about a teacher. And Fei Baiyun's house didn't look like a rich man, on the contrary, it was very simple in all aspects.
Younger sister Ying'er also knew about his apprenticeship, but she didn't know the specifics. However, after knowing the process of apprenticeship, she knew that it was a real formal apprenticeship, which changed her opinion of Garen a little. But for some reason, he and Garen have become more and more indifferent recently.
Putting his mind away, Garen leaned back on his seat, and glanced at the attribute skill bar below.
"Now there is nothing lacking but actual combat skills. If you still have attribute points, you can quickly upgrade Baiyun Fighting Skills. It saves a lot of time and energy. I hope this time I can gain something from seeing Mercury in the tower."
(end of this chapter)