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CHAPTER 32: Valen Corp's Black Card
The sea breeze blew the hem of Clarissa's black dress. The woman did not move, and her eyes were still staring at the ballroom behind the glass door.Rendi placed the wet napkin on the stone railing. "Did you buy the painting because you are a Valcourt collector?""I bought the painting because the woman in the blue dress in it is my grandmother," Clarissa answered. "My mother came from the Ashby family. That painting was lost when my mother's family home burned down."Rendi fell silent, remembering the portrait hidden beneath the cheap lake painting in Oliver's warehouse."My mother looked for it until the day she died," Clarissa continued flatly. "I continued that search for ten years. Then Isabelle called and said a young man had found it in an art teacher's warehouse.""I didn't know the painting had a story like that," Rendi said quietly."No one knew." Clarissa finally turned toward Rendi. "That is why I wanted to see your face. I wanted to know if you found it because of luck,
CHAPTER 31: Red Wine on a Gray Suit
Rendi placed his napkin on the table and stood up. He didn't want to take insults while sitting down."I came as a guest of Halden Gallery," Rendi said calmly. "Not yours."Evelyn chuckled and turned to the guests around her. "Did you hear that? He's a gallery guest now. Two weeks ago he was still selling secondhand watches at the flea market."Several guests smiled along. Steven laughed the loudest."Be careful, Miss Evelyn," Steven said. "Later he'll say your dress is also a pieced-together item."The laughter at the surrounding tables grew louder. Isabelle put down her glass with a stiff face.Alex stepped forward and stood beside Evelyn. His voice was friendly, but his tone was like he was talking to a beggar."Rendi, you look healthy for someone whose heart had stopped," Alex said. "I heard you're now an appraiser of secondhand goods. If you need a steady job, the Wijaya Group always needs people who understand cheap things."This time, laughter rang out from three tables at once
CHAPTER 30: Awards Night
Evelyn only froze for two seconds. The cameras were still flashing, and the woman who had been acting for five years knew when to smile.Evelyn posed again, waved her hand at the reporters, then walked into the lobby without looking back. However, Rendi saw her fingers squeezing the silver handbag until her knuckles turned white.Rendi waited until the red carpet was quiet before he went inside.The Grand Meridian ballroom was already full. A giant crystal chandelier hung in the middle of the room, and the scent of lilies mixed with the smell of expensive perfume from every direction.Rendi recognized almost half the faces in the room. They had shaken his hand, praised his speeches, and sent flower arrangements for his wedding.Tonight, they stared at him, then whispered to each other."Is that Rendi Martin?""I heard his heart stopped after that canceled wedding," whispered a woman at a table near the door."Who did he come with?"Rendi walked past the whispers without quickening his
CHAPTER 29: A Borrowed Suit and a Valid Invitation
The next morning, Rendi touched his ring before getting out of bed. All night, Evelyn's whisper on the Kingsley Street sidewalk kept echoing in his head.[Ding!] [Day 13 login successful.] [Reward: 50 Points. Host Points: 800.]At the folding table, Ayu had already spread out the guest list she brought three nights ago. Ayu marked several names with a green pen."Sir, I re-read this list last night," Ayu said. "The one I put together before was only the guests for the Martin Group's table. The event organizer is the Hakward Entrepreneur Association, not Madam Evelyn."Rendi sat on the edge of the mattress. "Meaning?""Meaning Madam Evelyn can only cross out the Martin Group's guests." Ayu pointed to a line on the last page. "There is a charity auction at the event. Every auction item donor gets two seats from the committee."Rendi read the line Ayu pointed to. It said Halden Gallery, one landscape painting, two seats under the name of curator Isabelle Moreau.The second seat was still
CHAPTER 28: The Vase in Steven's Display
The shop suddenly fell silent. Even the ticking of the table clocks in the glass cabinets could be heard clearly.This was the first time Rendi had come face to face with Evelyn since that diamond ring bounced on the hall floor. Rendi put his left hand into his pants pocket and waited for his heart to pound.As it turned out, his heart remained calm. All Rendi felt was a cold detachment, as if he were reading someone else's company financial report.The blonde woman next to Evelyn had already raised her phone. Rendi recognized her from old parties: Vanessa, the daughter of a hotel chain owner."Is this your ex, Eve?" Vanessa asked while recording. "The one they used to say was the heir?""Used to be," Evelyn replied. "Now he sells secondhand goods. I heard he lives in a rented room behind the flea market."Evelyn glanced at the bandage on Rendi's arm. "Fighting in the market too? Fitting."Steven chuckled from beside the table. "Mr. Rendi does have a talent for cheap goods, Miss Evely
CHAPTER 27: An Invitation from Mr. Lawrence
As soon as he woke up, Rendi touched the silver ring on his ring finger. The stitches on his right arm were no longer throbbing.[Ding!] [Day 12 login successful.] [Reward: Basic Martial Arts Proficiency +5%. Current proficiency: 60%.]The back room of Grandpa Harun's house now truly looked like an office. Yesterday, Ayu spent the whole day tidying up cables, posting schedules on the wall, and labeling every folder.At exactly eight o'clock, Ayu arrived carrying two sandwiches and her brown planner. Her hair was tied back in a neat bun again."I have looked up Westbrook Holdings' data in the company registry, Sir," Ayu said while placing the sandwiches on the folding table. "The company was founded four years ago. The director is registered under the name of Notary Graham's brother-in-law."Rendi stopped chewing. "Send the data to Dinda. Don't use regular messages, use email.""I have already prepared it." Ayu opened the used laptop Rendi had bought her yesterday. "Do you have a sched
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