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

believe that in this day, even the lowest-tier hotels were generally safe. Such occurrences as drugging customers were rare. Yet, why had they

was indeed the water provided by

eyes and looked around the room, he found it peculiar. The room exuded an understated yet luxurious atmosphere.

When the curtains opened, there was a spacious terrace garden of over 1,000. square

place was… incredibly

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

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

gaze further, he spotted an entire row

eyes widened as he appraised the

of thousands of dollars for a single piece, and

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

both sides of the closet and storage compartments were worth at

truly wealthy household, and

fashions and accessories here are for a

beat, and he suddenly recalled the lady who had pursued him on their way back from the wood

Jenifer behind all

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

this mansion was easily worth hundreds

a place that an ordinary

Oliver pondered, the door

“Jenifer… Who are you?

person who walked in was not Jenifer. Instead, it

Oliver, right? What do you do?

calmly, “Who are

brows and asked, “I asked you first. Don’t think just because my

the situation and realized that Jenifer

Oliver figured out it was Jenifer’s doing, 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

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