Chapter 318

Richard gently touched the scar on his arm and then smiled. “I don’t know.”

‘Alright, is there anything else that you need?” Richard didn’t want to talk about the past anymore, so he changed the subject.

Pearl touched her chin in thought. “We need a five-hundred-year-old ginkgo, but that’s only available during the auction. We need to wait till nighttime.”

Richard looked around. “Are you hungry? Let’s grab something to eat.

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The black market was like a small business street selling all kinds of food and toys, except the prices were alarming.

Pearl checked the menu and was taken aback by the prices, particularly when she saw that a bowl of ramen cost twenty dollars. “They could have just robbed us for the money, but now I have to decide what to eat and at what price.”

She didn’t blink when she had to pay 141 thousand dollars for medicine, but she was now calling twenty dollars for a meal a robbery.

of ramen, but as she handed the menu back, she saw

Hugo in Enswood? What was he doing

with a plan. She retrieved two pairs of sunglasses from her bag, put one on herself, and handed the other

is here. Put

lowered his voice. “What’s he doing here?” He had indeed noticed Hugo, but he wasn’t entirely certain. Now it seems to be

you think Hugo is here for the ginkgo too?” Pearl began

enough money.” Richard was confident

does anything, it could be hard for us to get the ginkgo.

thought about it and came up with a brilliant plan.

and spotted Hugo seated not far from them, engrossed

didn’t pique Pearl’s interest, but Richard was enthusiastic and purchased a few

cold that day, which altered his voice. Hugo couldn’t recognize him

for the most

raced with excitement when she laid eyes on the ginkgo encased in a

insulation box.

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