Her precious umbrella was given away to someone else just like that.
“You… Give that back!” She growled resentfully, even though she knew that it was impossible to retrieve it now.
“Even you are in my possession now, so this umbrella belongs to me as well. Don’t even think about taking it back.” Alex said with a smile.
He stroked his chin as he thought more about it. ‘An ancient family sure has valuable stuff!’
In a span of less than half a day, the treasures he snatched from the Hancock family had increased his powers considerably. The Tom Kasaya, Sakyamuni’s Wooden Fish, and now this Whispers of Water Umbrella were all rare possessions.
He had spent half a year in the great world, facing numerous dangers, yet he could only attain a few decent treasures, each of which he risked his life for. It was way easier robbing the rich.
‘Even though it’s kinda immoral, in order to face the disaster in three years, this is inevitable!’
The way Alex stroked his chin seemed scary in Kerry’s eyes. She thought Alex was thinking about something sexual, like penetrating her. She wanted to run away immediately.
However, Alex sent her to the ground in one hit, causing her to be unable to get up.
***
When Shirley woke up, she felt her head ache. It was the after-effects of getting hit unconscious. She rubbed her temples but immediately became stunned.
She noticed that her family, Kerry, Samuel, and Freesia were all captured in a room. They were all tied up tightly and thrown on a bed.
The two meter wide bed seemed quite crowded.
“What happened?”
“Aunt? Samuel? Freesia?”
Kerry and Samuel were still out cold, especially Samuel, who Pigsy had hit real hard. His face was full of bruises, and he had no one to tend to his broken bones.
Kerry’s face was quite bruised, too, as if it had been trampled. And the footprint looked like… A pig’s trotter.
After quite some time, Kerry and Samuel woke up as well. The family whimpered and sobbed upon reunion. Samuel even shed some tears. His heart ached at his sister’s encounter. Surely, she had him obsessed.
Just then, Freesia said, “Look, guys, there’s a phone. Let’s use it to call grandpa!”
Samuel said, “We’re all tied up, and we can’t even move. How do we dial the phone? With our tongues?”
Kerry, on the other hand, had suspicions. “This phone Why is it left here?”
Shirley hadn’t noticed before as well. There was indeed a phone on the bedside table, and it was placed in such a position…
She had a bad feeling about this. ‘Could the line be live?’
“It… Can’t be that bad, right?”
At the same time, on SwitchTV’s live streaming channel, Michelle’s live stream had blown up once again.
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