The Untouchable Ex Wife by Mizuki Sei

Chapter 564

Renee found it weird, but because she still had an important business to attend to, she had to leave the matter there.

With Chase leading her, she passed through the whole of Water Dock unimpeded and finally arrived at the center of the downstream zone, where Carmine Pawnshop proudly stood.

"So this is the legendary Carmine Pawnshop?" asked Renee as she stood at the door. She looked up at the gilt letters proclaiming its name on the door plaque and very bluntly commented, "It looks so... ordinary!"

From the outside, the pawnshop looked like any other mansion. It just looked too "normal" and not at all befitting the "lawless land of heinous crimes' reputation that Water Dock had garnered over time. In fact, it looked too simple and clean if anything.

Renee found it hard to believe that such a mundane building had been hiding priceless treasures from all over the world that inspired great fear and trepidation in the hearts of many!

"What did you expect?" Chase turned around and smiled gently. "Carmine Pawnshop has always been an ordinary place. It was you people who have elevated it into a powerful, godlike establishment... or should I say, twisted it into an evil lair of demons. The truth is, this place is not at all as terrifying as it's rumored. At the end of the day, we're just another pawn shop like any other."

under the sun, whether legal or not. You'd accept it as long as it's worth good money, wouldn’t you? I hear that you'd even let people

If anyone wanted to pawn something valuable in exchange for the life of an enemy, as long as Carmine Pawnshop deemed their

Carmine Pawnshop is some purgatory. In truth, as our boss has mentioned before, this place is

"What?"

your life. As long as you gain enough strength to pay the agreed price later, you can always get that most valuable thing in your life back. If you can’t get it back, then it means that thing that you pawned wasn't really the most valuable thing in your life, since you didn't strive enough to earn back what you lost. You can’t blame Carmine

"Well..."

that what the man just said did make some sense. After all, it was precisely for this reason that she decided to make this deal with Carmine Pawnshop, confident that she'd one day gain enough strength

"You're back, Mr. Cheever!"

a traditional dress was standing at

Chase nodded, then led Renee into the interior section of

was instantly mesmerized by the sights around her when she finally got inside. She was now in the courtyard of Carmine Pawnshop, which had traditional architecture, making it look like a museum where every little

items right now. She followed Chase closely behind and