Even though Sheffield was ticked off, he could do nothing about it! "Okay. Master, I'm taking off. I really have something urgent to deal with." "Leave? You haven't washed your face," Vernon said.
Rubbing his face, Sheffield suddenly realized the old man was right. He had to go back to the bathroom to hurriedly wash his face.
He didn't leave until after breakfast.
He felt guilty about spending so little time with Vernon, so he promised, "I know we didn't get much time together. I'll drop by as soon as I come back from France."
Vernon snorted and squinted at him. "Well...you could let me tag along."
"I can't. I'm bringing my girlfriend along, and three's a crowd. I can go anywhere you want after I get back."
"Sounds like a plan. How about the South Pole?"
Sheffield was agape. "Get real, Master. You can't swim, and even if you could, it's just too cold. I'd worry about someone your age going there. It's not good for you." 'We'd freeze to death there,' Sheffield thought.
Vernon stared at him. "So are you going there with me or not?"
Looking at the old man, Sheffield suddenly felt bad for him. "Sure, Master. Whatever you want."
There was a glint in Vernon's eye. "Whatever I want. What a delightful philosophy! Okay, you can go now!"
"Okay. Bye, Master!" Sheffield trotted away.
Watching him leave, Vernon's boy disciple asked in confusion, "Master, do you know what he's been up to lately?"
"Humph! He's always so mysterious. I'm his master, and even I don't know much about him." Sheffield had only asked him for help when he tried to overturn the verdict regarding his mother, Ingrid. He had kept other things to himself.
The boy disciple nodded despite not understanding completely. But he didn't ask anything else and continued drying the medicinal herbs.
Sheffield arrived at Evelyn's
took out a pen and paper, and wrote
it up to you. I'll spend the rest of my
wrote, he
past 8 a.m., but there was
used the phone beside the desk, dialing that special code to make calls
and development people. Anyway, he could see her in the afternoon. There was no rush.
it was one of her
there was something urgent,
on the table and stared at it, lost in her thoughts. Then she headed into her walk-in
when he saw the luggage, but he kept quiet.
on the fifth floor of the Alioth
parents and the other elders in the room and addressed them
looked at each other. Ally Niu cleared her throat and said, "Is the food okay, Evelyn? Calvert ordered it himself." She was Calvert's mom. If he did something inappropriate, she'd
like Evelyn. But she had to put up
"If you don't like
the food. Really. I can't be late,"
"Okay, if it's that urgent, go! We're almost done here, anyway." She hadn't even wanted to come to lunch, but Carlos
took her bag, stood up and said to the others, "I'm sorry." Regardless of the unhappy faces of the Ji family, she turned and
up with her and said, "We
head. "I'm in a hurry. Call
was firm, and echoed down the hallway. Calvert opened
in.
"Please be quick. I really have to
the door to the private room and stood at the door. "Let me guess:
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