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."

"but you still accept everything 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 pawn

the life of an

truth, as our boss has mentioned before, this place is more like a charity hall

"What?"

it. In your most desperate times when you have nowhere else to turn to, you bring the most valuable thing in your life here to solve the most pressing problem in 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

"Well..."

it was precisely for this reason that she decided to make this deal with Carmine Pawnshop, confident

"You're back, Mr. Cheever!"

in a traditional dress

led Renee into

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

items right now. She followed