Chapter 936 A Curse
During his travel to Ascijan, he passed by a small village where he heard about an old expert in antique. The man was over 90 years old, but he was still in good health. When he was young, he traveled around the country to collect antiques. When he grew old, he didn't want to stay in the city because the air in the city was not good, so he took his granddaughter and moved to the village.
Travis had always fancied doing research on antiques and it could be regarded as his hobby, so he came to visit and wanted to see the antiques he paid attention to.
The other party didn't shut him out either. Instead, they welcomed him enthusiastically and took out their collections for him to see.
The old man held a high status in the industry, so he was not afraid that after Travis finished the viewing, he would directly grab it and run. The old man only put away the items after Travis was done looking at them.
With a smile, he asked Travis to stay for a meal before seeing him off.
At that time, Travis saw the jade pendant.
According to him, if it was put in an inconspicuous place at that time, it could be said to be casually left on an antique table, mixing with other small things that were not very valuable.
Those things seemed to have been dug up from the ground not long ago as there was still a fresh smell of the soil on them, and it was the same for the jade pendant.
He was unsure if the old man was blind and didn't see the value of the jade pendant, or if he didn't like something like that at all. The soil on the jade pendant hadn't been cleaned up and was just placed there.
At that time, he only saw it when he was about to leave. He wanted to have a careful observation, but the plane was about to take off, so he couldn't stay any longer.
In addition, the old man did not intend to let him stay. He didn't want to break the rules, so he had to leave.
It was also because of this that he only took a glance at it in a hurry. In fact, he was not completely sure that that thing was the Jade of Heaven.
At the moment, he was just giving it a try to provide this clue to Jara.
After listening, Jara was silent for a few seconds.
Looking at Travis, he then asked, "What's the name of the old man you just mentioned?"
"His surname is Gill. I don't know his exact name. I only know that he goes by the nickname of Underdog Gill in the industry. I am not too sure about hit age. But the juniors over there call him Mr.Gill."
Jara nodded his head.
"I know. Thank you for providing this clue. After I verify this clue, I will contact you. If you have any requests, you can directly mention them to me."
Immediately, Travis stood up and expressed his gratitude.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Holland. I don't have any requests. If I can help you, it will be my greatest honor."
Seeing that, Jara smiled and didn't pay any attention to his polite words.
After sending Uncle Poick to see him off, he began to discuss the matter with Emmeline.
"What do you think of the reliability of his words?"
Emmeline pondered for a moment and replied, "I don't think he will lie to us. He looks like a very honest person. It's said that he has been good in recent years. Besides, he probably won't lie to you. As for the truth of this clue..."
After a pause, she burst into laughter. "Who knows? You have to go to that place and see that thing for yourself to know if it's true."
Jara nodded. "Then we'll set off for Ascijan tomorrow."
Stunned, Emmeline said in surprise, "So fast?"
"Of course, I have already released the news about the Jade of Heaven. Now everyone knows that there are twelve pieces. Besides Coby and the few of us, there must be other people who want to gather all of them."
Since Travis disclosed this news to us, it's hard to say if he will tell others. We should take action first."
Finally, Emmeline came to her senses and nodded. "Okay, then I'll go pack my things right away."
"OKay"
After Emmeline went upstairs, Jara ordered Quan to arrange the transportation for tomorrow's departure. At the same time, he made a phone call to Clarissa.
Clarissa was still a little surprised when she received his call.
Jara didn't hide the reason why they were going to Ascijan this time, because he knew that since he was in Ascijan, they would know whatever he did.
Instead of suspecting each other, it was better to make it clear from the beginning.
It was a matter of life and death for Emmeline, and he believed that Clarissa and Anderson would not sit idly and do nothing.
As expected, when Clarissa heard this, she immediately agreed to let them come over. She and Anderson would make the necessary arrangements for the rest of it.
It was only then that Jara hung up the phone.
As soon as he hung up the phone, Clarissa thought for a while and immediately told Nora to do an investigation on Mr.Gill.
Jara and the rest would only arrive tomorrow. Before that, there were still a dozen hours left. She hoped that she could find some useful information, so as to save time from starting all over again tomorrow.
Since this matter was within the borders of the Ascijan, it wasn't difficult for Nora to investigate.
Soon, she found the news and came back.
According to Nora's investigation, this Mr. Gill was indeed a very famous antique merchant when he was young.
After decades of traveling around the world, they had saved up a lot of good collections, but it was unknown whether it was because he invested too much time into antiques, which had affected his reputation, or for some other reasons.
Two of his sons and two daughters-in-law, all died one after another for some inexplicable reasons.
His wife also passed away very early. When his son died, he was left with a grandchild. He took care of the child and raised her. Later, the child got married and gave birth to a daughter.
He thought that his family could finally live in peace, but little did he know that he was really cursed, as the couple died because of a car accident.
After they died, they left a girl named Lily. Mr.Gill couldn't bear to see the little girl leave, so he took her in with him. But he was afraid that he would hurt her again like how her grandparents and parents had died, so he changed her name to Tequila.
In the countryside, if a boy was called a Tequila, everyone would just laugh it off without making a big fuss.
But it was different for a girl.
Lily never admitted her name. Mr.Gill changed her name for her and let her stay at a friend's house in the countryside. Every now and then, he would visit her, then he would be off for work.
Until Lily had reached 18 safely, he was homesick. When he returned to the countryside, because of his old age and inconvenience, he took Lily in again to take care of him.
However, he didn't know if it was really the curse of fate or something else, Lily suddenly disappeared not long after returning to his side.
Yes, she didn't die but disappeared.
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