Xavier instantly felt deflated.

Renee was indeed not like ordinary women. She was way too smart. She could easily see through him. It wasn’t as easy as he thought.

Never mind the other stuff—Xavier had spent the entire evening running around the dock, and he couldn’t even find Renee. Defeated, that was when he finally went to Stefan to gather some intel.

Feeling a little awkward, Xavier tried to change the topic. “Stefan, what are you doing? You’re holding a bamboo tube. Are you performing a magic trick?”

Stefan ignored Xavier and started to focus on shaking the bamboo tube.

After five or six shakes, a bamboo stick fell to the ground.

The old man picked it up and read the text on the stick, and a complicated expression emerged on his face.

are you looking for, young man?” he

to know if she and I still have a

by ‘she,’ he was referring

a long sigh. “The breeze comes and goes; the

“What do you

on the bamboo stick’s inscription, you might have no contact with her whatsoever for the next four years. What happens after four years depends entirely on the two of you.

old man’s explanation was detailed

thought. He remained silent

listening next to him, was extremely annoyed. “Tsk. You’re a con artist. You might as well have said nothing. You say they’re over for good one second and the opposite in the next

the entire dock off. No matter where she hides, she won’t be able to escape. One of us will find her first. You won’t have

his beard. “Young man, if you’re not happy about what I said, you can

bamboo tube. He closed his eyes

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