Chapter 140

The driver returned to the hotel, and upon arrival, Manuel gave him 2,000 dollars. The driver was overjoyed and couldn’t stop smiling.

Back at the hotel on the upper floor, they prepared to pack their luggage and check out. The hotel staff was cleaning the rooms and, upon seeing them enter, hastily handed each of them a bottle of water.

Manuel was thirsty, and he opened the bottle and drank it all in one go.

Wayne and Simon also finished their water quickly. Oliver only drank half a bottle before proceeding to pack his luggage.

Wayne and Simon offered to help pack, but as they rushed to the room, Wayne suddenly had a bad feeling. He turned to look at the female staff member cleaning the room and stammered, “You… you…”

Then, Wayne, Simon, Manuel and Oliver fell down one after another.

It was uncertain how much time had passed when Oliver slowly regained consciousness. He opened his eyes, still feeling a bit dizzy.

After a while, Oliver’s mind gradually cleared. He smelled a faint fragrance and realized that the room was unfamiliar

Where was he?

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It took Oliver a while to piece together his memory. He remembered that they were in the hotel, packing their luggage, and then…

Then there was nothing more, as if Oliver’s memory had been cut off.

Did Oliver’s memory really have a gap?

Oliver tried hard to recall and only remembered that they drank a bottle of mineral water in the hotel room, and then..

Suddenly, it dawned on Oliver. All four of them had drunk a bottle of mineral water given by the hotel staff, and then they had all collapsed.

involved

this day, even the lowest-tier hotels were generally safe. Such occurrences as drugging customers were rare. Yet, why had they all passed out after drinking

for their fainting was indeed the water

it peculiar. The room exuded an understated yet luxurious atmosphere. There were large floor-to-ceiling windows, and as he walked over and gently pulled the curtains,

opened, there was a spacious terrace garden of over 1,000. square feet outside, adorned with a variety of vibrant flowers that made

was…

on the right, an array of storage/compartments. As he moved around, his footsteps triggered LED lights within the storage

including bags from brands like Louis Vuitton, Hermes, and Prada,

his gaze further, he spotted an entire row of jewelry storage compartments, all

as he

of dollars for a single piece, and they were all

the other side of the walk-in closet, behind the glass doors, Oliver found

that the jewelry, fashion, and accessories in both sides of the closet and storage compartments were worth at least 1

wealthy household, and it appeared to be a rich lady’s

accessories here are for a

heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly recalled the lady who had pursued him on their way back from the wood processing factory,

behind

below but an intricate three-story villa estate with mountains, water, and forests. The

size, design, and opulence, this mansion was easily worth hundreds of millions

not a place that an

pondered, the door

“Jenifer… Who are you?

instinctively thought that Jenifer had entered, but the person who walked in was not Jenifer. Instead, it was

and then said, “You are Oliver, right? What do you do?

asked calmly, “Who are you?” Why am I here? Where is

asked, “I asked you first. Don’t think just because my little sister is interested in you, you can be one of our family. It is not that easy to

situation and realized that Jenifer was behind all

he no longer felt the need to be polite. He said coldly to the lady, “I think you’ve misunderstood. No matter how rich your Woods family is, I have no intention of becoming one of it. I don’t need money. Even if I were penniless, I still wouldn’t enter your Woods family, even if you offered

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