Raymond stomped his feet furiously. "He's your father-in-law, isn't he?"

Charlie nodded. "Yes, he is my father-in-law, but he's the one who broke it, not me. You go and look for whoever is responsible for the broken vase. 'Find the real perpetrator, don't involve their family'-have you heard of that saying before?" 4

Raymond's blood was boiling, but he pondered upon what Charlie had said and figured that he was right. 1

If the news of him asking compensation from innocent people spread out, then Vintage Deluxe's reputation would be tarnished.

Hence, he urged his men standing at the side, "You, go and get the old man back here!"

Charlie curled his lips into a silent smirk as he watched the guys chasing after the old man in a hurry. 4

Actually, he could simply swipe his card and get it over with, but it would be too easy for his shameless father-in-law then, wouldn't it? 4

It would be better to let the old man suffer and learn his lesson rather than cleaning his a*s for him. Otherwise, he might throw him into the dungeon again if he were to stumble upon such trouble in the future. 3 Everyone in Vintage Deluxe was dispatched to pursue Jacob. Charlie was alone at the shop, so he looked at the broken vase on the floor gingerly. 2

and it had now been broken into two halves and a pile of

a hidden compartment at the bottom of the lower half of the

hurriedly reached in to grab it and he retrieved a small

vase had a

box was obviously two or three times larger than the opening of the vase, so it could be concluded

result, the box had been left in the

his hands, he observed it first before popping the box open

box and Charlie

box was a yellowish ancient book that was no larger than the

book carefully and saw 'Apocalyptic Book' written in ancient script on the title

I wonder what is written inside." Charlie flipped the book and read

the 'Medical Techniques', which recorded

He had studied medicine briefly before and knew some basic theories, but the content in the books

methods of diagnosis and treatment were unheard of even. In fact, at the end of the 'Medical Techniques' chapter, he saw a content about alchemy and

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