Chapter 200
The person who knocked on the door was Ken. When he saw Melody open the door, he subconsciously glanced at her expression. He did not know if she had heard what he said to James.
Seeing her calm expression, Ken felt a little relieved. He said, “I have to leave to do something. I’ll be back in about two hours.”
Melody did not want to stay here for even a minute. However, Shane had just fallen asleep. She could only nod. “Okay.”
Ken looked at Shane who was sleeping soundly on the bed and asked, “When is that guy coming pick him up?”
He was referring to Wilmot.
Melody answered truthfully, “Tonight.”
“Got it,” Ken replied expressionlessly and turned to leave.
Melody looked at Ken’s back in confusion. She thought, ‘He doesn’t seem to like Wilmot. Why?‘
There was no way to find the answer, and she did not want to dwell on such a small matter. After returning to bed, she opened the black market forum on her phone.
This time, she happened to see Wendell Hunter online.
The other party’s profile picture was shaking crazily as if he had sent her many messages.
She was not in a hurry. She clicked on the chat box. The chat box was filled with messages from Wendell. [200 million dollars? You are quite bold to ask for that. Let me tell you, as long as you successfully cure the patient, the perks will be much greater than 200 million dollars. Do you know about the Swanson Group? The person I am asking you to use nine–line acupuncture to cure is the future heir of the Swanson Group, Ulric Swanson. If you cure him, you’ll have countless connections. No matter what you want to do in the future, the Swanson Group will protect you. Isn’t this much more valuable than 200 million dollars?]
However, after a series of messages, Wendell’s tone suddenly became gentle and refined. [Dr. Seconds, do you really know nine–line acupuncture? I can consider paying you 200 million dollars, but before that, I have to confirm if you’re worth it. It might be a little abrupt for me to say this, but there’s a layer of internet between us. I have to be careful. I hope you can understand.]
Melody’s username on the forum was Seconds. From Wendell’s tone in the second message, Melody quickly determined that those words were not said by Wendell, but by Ulric.
It seemed that Wendell had already told Ulric her request of 200 million dollars.
It was not a small sum even for Ulric. After all, he loved to invest. He would never keep that amount of cash lying around.
It would take some time for Ulric to gather 200 million dollars.
Just as Melody finished reading the messages, she saw another message from him. [Dr. Seconds, do you have time to chat?]
The corners of Melody’s lips curled up slightly. She deliberately waited for a while before replying: [Yes.]
Wendell replied almost instantly: [Dr. Seconds, it’s an honor to meet you. I wonder if we can meet and talk?]
Melody raised her eyebrows and typed slowly: [The rule of the black market is that we should not show our faces easily before the transaction. I’m also doing this for my safety. I hope you can understand.]
[Understood.] Two seconds later, the other party replied: [I don’t know if you’ve seen my reply before. As long as you can prove nine–line acupuncture, I’ll immediately gather the money to transfer it to you.]
Melody thought for a moment and replied, [Cervical Cl to C5.]
The other party replied with a question mark in confusion.
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Melody replied: [Nine–line acupuncture is divided into nine sets of treatments. Each set is for one course of treatment. We need to take action on these parts of your spine bones as the first course of the treatment. If the sequence and places I mentioned are proven to be wrong, I will apologize to you for wasting your time.]
About a minute later, the other party replied: [I’ll confirm it as soon as possible. Please wait for a few days. I can use this time to raise the 200 million dollars.]
Melody did not reply and went offline, leaving with a sense of mystery.
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Chapter 200
On the other end of the phone, Ulric was playing with the lighter in his hand with a dark look in his eyes. The silver Zippo flipped over the tip of his finger, making Wendell’s heart pound.
Compared to the hot–tempered Astrid Swanson, he was more afraid of Ulric who was usually gentle and smiling.
“Ulric…” Wendell said nervously, “What did that person say?”
Ulric threw his phone to Wendell and picked up a billiard cue. He smiled gently and said, “Wendell, do you want to play?”
Wendell looked at the smile on Ulric’s face and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
“What? Do you think I suck at this game?” Ulric’s smile deepened.
“Of course not!” Wendell did not dare to ask about the forum anymore. He quickly said, “How do you want to play?”
Ulric gave the bodyguard beside him a look. The bodyguard immediately went forward to tidy up the table.
While waiting, Ulric said calmly, “If you win, I’ll help you bring Cadence out of the hospital. If you lose… you have to keep practicing billiards here.”
Cadence could not leave the mental hospital. The hospital was filled with Ken’s staff. He did not even have the chance to visit her.
Upon hearing this, Wendell swallowed hard and said excitedly, “Alright!”
If he lost, he didn’t think the punishment was severe. This was a bet that he would definitely earn.
Ulric smirked and slowly said, “Wendell, you don’t mind letting a cripple like me kick off first, right?”
The veins on Wendell’s forehead bulged. He deliberated over his words and said, “Of course, you can kick off first…”
“Alright.” Ulric wiped the pool cue and half–bowed to aim at the target ball.
With a snap, the collateral effect of the cue ball caused four balls to fall into the pocket one after another.
“Nicely done!” Wendell laughed and clapped as he praised.
But soon, Wendell could not laugh anymore because the last ball on the table fell into the pocket. He had already lost before he even started.
“This…” Wendell’s face twitched as he looked at Ulric uneasily.
Ulric threw the billiard cue into his arms and said with a smile, “Looks like you have lost. Then fulfill your promise and practice here.”
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“Ulric!” Wendell was anxious. He quickly walked forward and said, “Cadence is your cousin. When the news broke, her career was already ruined. If you don’t help her, her life will be completely over!”
Ulric shrugged. “Don’t you already lose?”
Wendell was speechless.
Ulric’s face suddenly darkened as he looked at him coldly. “It wasn’t easy for us to find clues about nine–line acupuncture. How dare you almost offend that person? Consider what happened to Cadence a small lesson for you. You should be glad that you’re my mother’s brother. Otherwise… you’d be a corpse now.”
Wendell was so frightened that he trembled. The blood in his body seemed to have frozen in an instant.
In the next second, Ulric smiled again and patted his shoulder gently. “Get to practice. Don’t leave until I’m satisfied. Anyway, there’s no need for you to go back to the Swanson Group. You have nothing to do, right?”