Chapter 267 Dark Clouds over the City, Cecelia’s Worries
Little did they know!
At the engagement banquet in the Hilshire villa, the blood jade ring that was given to Sean was indeed a token of love between Sean’s parents!
However!
It was not the token of love between Parker Mason and Nicola Wright!
It belonged to Sean’s biological mother!
Only Nicola Wright knew this point, and she did not tell Miao Yimei and Miao Tieshan, so even Miao Yimei and Miao Tieshan were kept in the dark and unaware of the truth!
Coincidentally!
Pierce Porter, the head of the Porter family, also knew about it!
The reason was simple!
The relationship between the Mason family and the Porter family had always been good, and they were considered old acquaintances. Parker Mason and Pierce Porter were of the same generation, and they were friends since childhood!
In their youth!
The two often went out for training and adventures together, and it was during these experiences that they met Sean’s biological mother by chance!
So!
Pierce Porter not only knew the origin of the blood jade ring, but he also knew some clues about Sean’s biological mother!
The Porter family belonged to Prince Roscoe’s faction!
Naturally, Pierce Porter told Prince Roscoe everything he knew!
So!
Five years ago, Sean was wrongfully imprisoned, but he was secretly sent to the army, where he activated his bloodline power, made rapid progress over the years, and shone brightly in the military. He eventually became the General Wolf of the North, guarding a region. Even before Sean retired, Prince Roscoe had already realized that Sean’s bloodline was extraordinary!
Sean’s powerful bloodline came from his biological mother!
In fact!
Ever since realizing this, Prince Roscoe had been secretly sending people to investigate the whereabouts of Sean’s biological mother over the past few years, but to no avail!
Unable to find Sean’s biological mother, Prince Roscoe could only turn his attention to Sean himself!
That was when Luna Porter’s trip to Crane took place!
Originally, the person the Porter family had prepared to send to Crane for the underground auction wasn’t Luna Porter. It was only after Prince Roscoe learned that Sean was going to Crane that he made a last-minute decision to have Luna Porter go in person! Luna Porter’s task, besides bidding for the items the Porter family needed, was even more crucial: to get pregnant with Sean’s child under the guise of being his fiancée, so as to secure his bloodline inheritance.
This was also the reason why Luna Porter had captured Sean without killing him immediately, but instead locked him up in a grimsteel chamber, drugging him into unconsciousness every night. Coincidentally, those few days happened to be Luna Porter’s ovulation period.
A child of their own blood? Luna Porter looked down at Prince Roscoe’s hand resting on her lower abdomen and snorted softly before asking, “Your Highness, do you really intend to have me carry this child for ten months, give birth to him, and raise him to adulthood?”
“Of course!” Prince Roscoe nodded. “Of course, you must give birth to the child.” “But…” His tone changed, a cold smile gracing his lips as he continued, “As for whether or not to raise him to adulthood, that depends on when I can reach the peak of dark energy!”
“Oh?” Luna Porter raised an eyebrow, her heart stirring. “Your Highness means that when you reach the peak of dark energy and are ready to break through to the Bright Realm, you will refine him, utilizing his bloodline to help you successfully advance?”
At present, Prince Roscoe was only at the late stage of dark energy cultivation. To reach the strength of Sean and Fergus Archer, with one foot already in the Bright Realm, even if Prince Roscoe were of royal blood, it would take at least a decade or more. By then, the child in Luna Porter’s womb would already be in his teens. If his bloodline could be activated and was strong enough, refining him with the Dragon Cauldron could indeed assist Prince Roscoe in breaking through to the Bright Realm.
“Otherwise?” Prince Roscoe scoffed. “I’ve paid such a heavy price, sacrificing your purity to get close to that bastard Sean. If there isn’t a substantial reward, wouldn’t it be a huge loss?” With that, he held Luna Porter even tighter.
Luna Porter said, “Sean has a daughter in Hilshire, Phyllis, who is also his biological child, and her bloodline has already been activated by the Mason family. With her around, Your Highness, why bother with such a roundabout approach?”
It seemed that Luna Porter didn’t want the child in her womb to be ruthlessly refined by Prince Roscoe, becoming an ingredient, a tool, a pawn before even being born.
“Phyllis?” Prince Roscoe sneered. “Her relationship with Sean as father and daughter is no longer a secret. If we can think of her existence, so can Prince Ashby!” “So,” he continued, “even if we don’t make a move, Prince Ashby and Fergus Archer will try to bring her to the capital. If Sean is still alive, what would he do if he found out they kidnapped or even refined his own daughter?” Prince Roscoe’s smile grew colder.
He went on, “Prince Ashby doesn’t know that we’ve been aware of Sean’s true identity and strong bloodline long before him. Let him wade into these muddy waters!” “Let him bear the brunt of Sean’s wrath!” “After our heavy losses at the battle of Hill Riverside, it’s not advisable to engage in a large-scale conflict. We can take this opportunity to recuperate and, if Sean dies at their hands, move to snatch Phyllis from them, like a mantis catching a cicada, with the oriole behind – wouldn’t that be delightful?”
Having grown up in the imperial family, Prince Ashby was a master of political manipulation. And Prince Roscoe was no exception.
“But…” Luna Porter wanted to say something else, but Prince Roscoe didn’t give her the chance. He mounted her again and began another round of passionate lovemaking.
In the following three days, the capital’s sky was filled with incessant rain, dark clouds looming over the city, and turbulent undercurrents. It seemed as though a massive storm was about to arrive. Meanwhile, in Hilshire, the sky was clear and bright.
After Sean went to the capital, the situation in Hilshire had completely stabilized. Qian Ban Cheng’s Qianjiang Group, Cecelia’s Su Corporation, and Lin Xian’s Xiang Army Media Group were the three major conglomerates that were thriving! Qian Ban Cheng was doing well, as he was originally the richest man in Hilshire and was more than capable of handling the situation. However, Cecelia and Lin Xian were different cases. One was a former small manager who had been suppressed everywhere, and the other was a recent college graduate. They suddenly became the presidents of huge companies worth tens of billions, and understandably, they felt overwhelmed.
Day and night, they were so busy it was unbearable. Exhausted and in a mess. However, at noon today, despite her hectic schedule, Cecelia called Lin Xian and invited her to the company for a chat. Inside the president’s office of the Su Corporation, Lin Xian entered while Cecelia was organizing files on her desk.
“What’s the matter that you had to call me over so urgently?” Lin Xian asked, closing the office door behind her and sitting down on the sofa across from Cecelia. They had become very familiar with each other after spending time together.
Cecelia, being Sean’s aunt, looked at Lin Xian with a weary expression and sighed, “There are some things I don’t feel comfortable discussing with my parents. I wanted to talk to you about them.”
“Is it about Sean?” Lin Xian guessed. From the moment she received Cecelia’s call, she had a feeling this was the case. She couldn’t help but complain about Sean, “He just left in the middle of the wedding! What a jerk! You look terrible, you must not have slept well last night. Don’t worry, when that guy comes back, I’ll make him pay for you!”
After learning about Sean’s past, Lin Xian understood his predicament. However, as a woman, she naturally sided with Cecelia in condemning Sean. Cecelia’s face turned slightly red, and she shook her head, “You misunderstand me, Auntie. That’s not what I meant. I’m worried about his safety!”
“The capital is not like Hilshire, with many powerful families and hidden dragons and crouching tigers. He went there with hatred, and with his personality, he might offend many people. In the past few days, I’ve been trying to call him, but I can’t get through…”
Cecelia expressed her concerns. Now, due to the previous video incident involving Luna Porter, Marcia was very dissatisfied with Sean. Miao Yi Mei and Miao Tie Shan were getting older, and Cecelia didn’t want them to worry either. The only person she could confide in was Lin Xian.
“Has it been like this all the time?” Lin Xian frowned, “I called him yesterday, but I couldn’t get through either. I thought he was busy or had a bad signal… Wait a second, I’ll try again.”
Lin Xian took out her phone and immediately called Sean. Just as expected, the familiar busy tone played: “I’m sorry, the number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable…” She tried three times, but the result was the same.
Afterward, Lin Xian called Pupil Wolf and Spirit Wolf, only to find that their phones were also unreachable. “This is strange!” Lin Xian’s face quickly darkened, “Could something really have happened?”
It might be reasonable to find an explanation for why Sean’s phone was unreachable, but the fact that Pupil Wolf and Spirit Wolf’s phones were also unreachable was obviously not a simple coincidence.
“Auntie, do you think…” Cecelia hesitated, her eyes reddening, “The Mason family is so powerful, and Sean only took Pupil Wolf and Spirit Wolf with him. Could they have…”
“No!” Lin Xian cut her off before she could finish, shaking her head firmly, “Absolutely not! He is so smart and capable! He knew that the capital is full of hidden dangers, and that the Mason family wants him dead. If he wasn’t confident, he wouldn’t have taken such a risk!”
“We must believe in him!”
After some thought, Lin Xian asked, “When exactly did his phone become unreachable?”
“Three days ago!” Cecelia said, “We used to call each other almost every night before going to bed. The last time we talked, he said that the situation in the capital was very complicated. Prince Ashby and Prince Roscoe were at odds, and the Mason family had already sided with Prince Ashby. The Porter family may also have been involved in the tragedy five years ago…”
“He also said,” she continued, “that if I couldn’t reach him in the next few days, I shouldn’t worry, and nothing would happen.”
“But…”
“How could I not worry about him? Phyllis looks for him every day after school. If something happens to him, how am I supposed to explain it to Phyllis?”
In the end, Cecelia’s eyes welled up with tears, and her voice was choked with emotion.
Prince Ashby?
Prince Roscoe?
The Mason family!
The Porter family!
These powerful figures in the capital were like the top figures and forces in the entire country. In the past, Lin Xian never even dared to think about them, as they were too distant for her. She probably wouldn’t even reach them in her lifetime!
But now, Sean had gone to the capital with hatred and was living among these powerful people. The danger was obvious! Just thinking about it made Lin Xian shiver with cold and fear.
“There’s also something strange,” Cecelia took a deep breath, trying to control her tears and emotions, and recalled, “For some reason, I’ve had insomnia these past few nights, and when I finally fall asleep, I keep having the same dream…”
“In the dream, there’s a woman-a very beautiful woman who seems to…”
“She seems to claim to be Sean’s mother! But I’ve seen photos of Sean’s mother at my grandparents’ house, and I’m sure that the woman in the photo is not the same as the one in my dream.”
As she spoke, Cecelia unconsciously looked down at the blood jade ring on her right ring finger. After all, Miao Yi Mei had said that this ring was a token of love between Sean’s parents. Nicola Wright had given it to her before going to the capital, asking her to give it to Sean’s future wife.
It was of great significance!
Moreover, considering the strange incident when the blood jade ring had pricked her finger, Cecelia felt even more suspicious. Wild thoughts even crossed her mind!
For example, could it be that Sean’s mother was sending her dreams through the ring?
But the woman in the dream was clearly not Nicola Wright!
Who was she?
“An old saying goes, ‘strange powers and chaos,'” Lin Xian said, not having experienced it herself. “Maybe you’ve been too busy with work lately and under a lot of mental stress, so you’ve become a bit dazed and had some strange fantasies.”
“Really?” Cecelia touched the blood jade ring on her right ring finger, unsure of what to say. She nodded and said, “Maybe.”
Lin Xian sympathetically advised, “The company has stabilized now. You must rest well after work. As for Sean, I’ll go to Qian Jiang Group later and see if their director has any way to help.”
“If it doesn’t work, I’ll call the Campbell family of Crane. They have connections in the capital and should be able to find out about Sean.”
Sean was far away in the capital! The only thing Lin Xian could think of was to ask others for help!
However, Cecelia’s concern for Sean was stronger than anyone else’s. So she had asked Lin Xian for her opinion, hoping to go to the capital herself if possible.
Perhaps she wouldn’t be much help, and might even become a burden to Sean.
But as husband and wife, she wanted to face any difficulties or dangers together with her man, her husband-together, they would overcome them!
Waiting was unbearably painful!
But being together was a form of happiness that transcended life and death!
“Auntie, actually, I…” After hesitating for a while, Cecelia was about to reveal her thoughts when the landline on her desk suddenly rang, interrupting her.Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.
Cecelia was startled! She had no choice but to swallow her words and pick up the phone, asking, “What’s the matter?”
“Miss Moore,” a woman’s voice came through the phone, “A few people have arrived from the capital, saying they’ve come specifically to see you.”
The capital? Cecelia’s heart skipped a beat, and her face changed dramatically!