Sebastian walked calmly into the Nine Dragons Pavilion with his hands tucked into his coat pockets.
The luxurious lobby was bustling with activity as managers worked meticulously, the atmosphere noticeably tense. It was as though they were waiting for the arrival of someone important.
However, Sebastian paid none of it any attention. He simply walked toward the reception desk.
The pretty receptionist smiled politely. “Good evening, sir. How may I—”
“What the hell! You again?!”
A sharp female voice suddenly cut through the lobby. Several guests who were nearby immediately turned their attention to the commotion.
Sebastian frowned slightly before turning around.
Lisa was already storming towards him in her high heels, her face filled with anger and disbelief. Amelia and Cameron were right behind her, following her at a slower pace.
“You creep!” she snapped furiously. “Why do you keep following us around everywhere?!”
Sebastian took a deep breath, his patience thinning.
“I’m not following you around.” Sebastian replied in irritation.
“Then why are you here?!” Lisa spat back.
“That’s none of your business.” Sebastian replied coldly.
Amelia folded her arms, her cold blue eyes fixed on Sebastian.
“Enough with the act,” she said frostily. “Cloud City isn’t that small. Are you really stalking us?”
“I could ask you the same thing.” Sebastian scoffed. “This is the second time I’ve run into you two today. Are you stalking me?”
“You—!” Amelia blushed angrily. She had never met such an ignorant yet insufferable person before!
She was the CEO of Rose Corporation, a multi-million-dollar company! Why would she need to stalk a mere soldier?!
“Me what?” Sebastian mocked.
Amelia’s face darkened, but before she could continue, Cameron suddenly stepped forward with an arrogant expression on his face.
“Who allowed a rat like you to step inside this building?” Cameron asked coldly as he glared at Sebastian. His eyes swept over Sebastian’s plain military uniform with disgust.
From how plain his uniform looked, it was clear that he didn’t have a good time in the military.
Sebastian narrowed his eyes slightly. “And you are?”
“This is Cameron. He’s on a completely different level when compared to a peasant like you."
"The difference between you and him is like the difference between heaven and earth.” Lisa answered disdainfully.
Sebastian scoffed inwardly at her statement. If she knew his real identity, she would know how laughable what she said was.
“I don’t care who he is. He’s just an ant to me.” Sebastian said.
Cameron’s expression instantly darkened.
“What did you just say?” he asked coldly.
“You heard me.” Sebastian replied indifferently.
“I’ve never seen such an ignorant fool before. This is definitely a surprise. Amelia, how did you even come across this trash?” Cameron laughed angrily.
Sebastian glanced at Amelia briefly, then spoke before she could answer.
“She's my fiancée.”
The atmosphere turned frigid instantly, and Amelia’s beautiful face flushed red with anger.
“Don’t talk nonsense!” she snapped immediately. “That engagement means nothing! I’ll speak to Grandpa and get it cancelled no matter what!”
However, Cameron’s expression had already turned ugly. He narrowed his eyes slightly, his hands curling into fists.
Fiancé? This lowly soldier was Amelia’s fiancé?
Although he had heard rumors about the Lockwood family arranging a marriage for Amelia, he never expected it to be true. Even worse, her fiancé was actually some nobody.
A lowly soldier to boot!
“So you’re the trash the Lockwood family picked for Amelia?” Cameron sneered. “You’re not even qualified to polish my shoes. How dare you shamelessly call yourself her fiancé?”
“He’s just a shameless stalker and pretentious fool.” Lisa added mockingly. “He probably saw Amelia’s beauty and decided to cling to her.”
Sebastian’s expression turned cold. Cameron stepped closer and looked Sebastian up and down disdainfully.
“Listen carefully,” he said arrogantly. “A place like Nine Dragons Pavilion isn’t somewhere a lowly soldier like you can enter. You’ll fit right in standing outside as a security guard instead.”
Before Sebastian could reply, a waiter hurried over after noticing the commotion.
“Young Master Cameron, is there a problem?” the waiter, Simon, asked fawningly.
Cameron immediately pointed at Sebastian with a disgusted look.
“This rat wandered in here and is disturbing the peace of this place. Throw him out.” Cameron ordered coldly.
The waiter immediately turned toward Sebastian. He noticed his plain appearance and saw that he looked completely ordinary. His polite expression disappeared immediately.
“This isn’t a place that trash like you should be causing trouble,” he said coldly. “Please leave immediately.”
“And why exactly should I leave?” Sebastian asked coldly.
“That’s because trash like you are not welcome here. People like you only lower the standards of this establishment."
"You better leave while I’m being nice. If the security gets here, I’ll have you beaten up before throwing you out!” Simon replied contemptuously.
The commotion caused had already drawn the attention of everyone in the lobby, and they immediately started gossiping.
“Who let him in?” a middle-aged man in an expensive suit glanced at Sebastian’s plain appearance in disgust.
“Hah, look at his clothes,” someone else chimed in. “Can he even afford a glass of water here?”
"Hmph. He’s probably one of those trash that wandered in without knowing his place.” A woman adorned with diamond jewellery said scornfully.
The mocking whispers grew louder and louder, with several people looking at Sebastian with great contempt.
“This place isn’t somewhere trash like you can enter casually.” Cameron glanced around the magnificent lobby.
“The lowest annual spending requirement here starts from hundreds of thousands of dollars. The third floor alone requires connections most people can’t imagine.”
“How can a mere soldier like you ever afford to even step foot inside here?” He sneered.
Cameron stepped closer to Sebastian.
“Let me give you some important advice. A very important guest invited personally by Isaac Rutherford will be arriving tonight.” Cameron smiled coldly.
“If you offend someone like that by causing trouble here, nobody in Cloud City will be able to save you.”
“Sebastian, you better save yourself the trouble and leave now. Don’t even expect my grandpa to clean up your mess. Not even he will be able to save you if you keep causing trouble here," Amelia said coldly.
Sebastian stared at them calmly and then replied with a cold smile. His reply carried a hint of nonchalance and unhurried composure.
“Oh really? But what if I say the ones in trouble might be you instead?”
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Far away from the hospital, another mystery was about to enter a completely different stage.Nine Dragons Valley was unusually quiet.The valley had always possessed a strange tranquility that separated it from the rest of Cloud City.Surrounded by mountains and hidden from the eyes of ordinary people, it was one of the few places where Sebastian could remain completely undisturbed.Tonight, however, he wasn't interested in the scenery.He stood inside one of the secluded chambers beneath the valley, his attention fixed entirely on the object resting before him.The Azure Celestial Vessel.It had been placed on a stone platform in the center of the room.The deep-blue jade seemed almost black beneath the dim lighting, but whenever the light struck its surface, faint blue radiance emerged from within.Sebastian stood several feet away.His expression was calm.His eyes were not.They were sharp and focused as he examined every detail of the vessel.He had already spent considerable tim
Chapter 91
The morning after the Rutherford Banquet, the Lockwood family gathered around the long dining table in the main sitting room.Unlike the previous morning, when anxiety had dominated the household, the atmosphere today was filled with cautious excitement.Documents had been spread across the table.Financial projections, company reports, construction proposals, investment records and several pages of notes covered nearly every available space.George Lockwood sat at the head of the table, his expression unusually serious as he studied one of the documents in his hands.Catherine sat beside him, occasionally glancing toward Amelia.Lisa had claimed a seat nearby and was already going through the details of the opportunities they had discussed the previous evening.Amelia sat quietly, listening.Even she found it difficult to believe how quickly things had changed.Only yesterday, the Lockwood family had been worried about their declining business prospects.Now they were discussing proj
Chapter 90
Charles frowned.“Something else?”“Yes.”“I showed you everything important.”“You showed me everything you consider important.”Charles stared at him.“What does that mean?”Sebastian didn’t answer.He walked toward the far corner of the vault.Charles followed.“There’s nothing valuable over there,” he said.Sebastian continued forward.There were several wooden cabinets along the wall.They were old and considerably less impressive than the polished glass cases occupying the center of the vault.Charles looked at them.“Those contain some old family records and miscellaneous objects. Nothing particularly important.”Sebastian stopped.The sensation was stronger now.Still weak.But unmistakable.He turned toward one of the cabinets.“What’s inside?”Charles looked at it.“I’m not entirely sure.”“You don’t know?”“Not everything in this vault is catalogued.”Sebastian stared at the cabinet.“Open it.”Charles walked over.He opened the cabinet doors.Inside were several wooden box
Chapter 89
The Montclair family’s private vault was located beneath the main estate.Unlike the rest of the mansion, which had been designed to impress visitors with its grandeur, the entrance to the vault was almost deliberately unremarkable.A reinforced steel door stood at the end of a short corridor, surrounded by plain stone walls and discreet security cameras.Charles approached the door and entered a sequence into the keypad.A soft mechanical click followed.He then placed his palm against a biometric scanner.Another lock disengaged.Finally, he inserted a small metal key into a concealed slot beneath the keypad and turned it.The massive door slowly swung open.Sebastian stood beside him, watching silently.“Welcome to the Montclair family’s private vault,” Charles said.Sebastian stepped inside.The room beyond was considerably larger than he had expected.Soft white lights illuminated a collection that could have rivaled the private museums of some of the world’s wealthiest families.
Chapter 88
The door to Juliette's room burst open an hour later.Charles Montclair stood in the doorway, his chest heaving, his face flushed from the frantic journey. His suit was rumpled, his hair disheveled—a man who had run through the halls of his own home to reach his daughter's bedside.His eyes found Juliette first.She was lying peacefully beneath the white sheets, her breathing steady, a faint trace of color returning to her cheeks. The monitors beside her displayed stable vital signs—not perfect, but far better than they had been in weeks.Charles's steps slowed."Is she…""She's stable," Sebastian said quietly. He had been sitting in a chair near the window, watching Juliette sleep. "She'll need time to recover fully. But she'll recover."Charles stared at his daughter, his eyes glistening. His composure, held together for so long by sheer willpower, finally cracked.He walked to her bedside and took her hand."She's awake," he said, his voice breaking.Sebastian nodded. "She woke up
Chapter 87
Sebastian's palm remained pressed against Juliette's forehead, his eyes closed, his breathing slow and measured.The room held its breath.Nicolas stared, his mouth slightly open, his earlier arrogance drained from his face like water from a cracked vessel. Margaret's fingers tightened around the arms of her chair, her knuckles white against the polished wood. Viktor Sokolov stood frozen near the doorway, his medical instincts warring with the disbelief spreading across his face like a stain.For a long moment, nothing happened.The only sounds were the soft hum of the medical equipment and the shallow rasp of Juliette's breathing. The afternoon light filtered through the curtains, casting long shadows across the floor. Dust motes danced in the golden beams, suspended in the stillness like spectators waiting for something to happen.Then Sebastian's fingers moved.He traced a path down Juliette's arm, his touch light but deliberate, pausing at specific points along her wrist, her elbo
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