“Nina, draw one, please,” Robin Bailey said to Nina Houry.
“Okay.”
Since Robin Bailey had said so, Nina Houry had no choice but to draw a bamboo stick. After looking at the number on it, she read, “Room 1453.”
“Nina, what a coincidence…”
Zak Cox was excited and about to say something when Robin Bailey handed out his bamboo stick, “Such a coincidence, I got 1453 as well. Thank you, Mr. Cox, for letting us stay together.”
“What? You got 1453 too? That’s impossible!” Zak Cox’s face was filled with confusion.
The remaining bamboo sticks were all brand new and none of them had the same number because they were all in his pocket. As long as he knew which one Nina Houry had drawn, he could then take out a matching one. But what was going on now?
Two 1453s?
Impossible.
“Mr. Cox, don’t you believe it? It really is 1453,” Robin Bailey lifted the bamboo stick in his hand, showing it to the others. It indeed was 1453, although there were some new traces on it. They didn’t pay attention to that detail, as the other sticks were all similar.
“How could this happen?” Zak Cox still couldn’t believe it. “How could you have 1453?”
“What? Mr. Cox, are you saying I can’t have 1453? Or is it that there is only one 1453 here? And you, Mr. Cox, have been cheating?”
When everyone heard Robin Bailey’s words, all eyes turned to Zak Cox. Most of them trusted Zak Cox, but if he had cheated, it would be a different story. Especially some of the girls, they would resent Zak Cox for not letting them stay with him.
“How could that be possible? That’s not true,” Zak Cox hastily laughed it off.
The next second, he claimed to have other matters to attend to and turned to leave, but his mind was still filled with confusion. What was going on? Everything seemed off today. First, his Ferrari was overtaken by a Honda, and now there was something wrong with the drawing of lots.
He came early just to tamper with the bamboo sticks, but he never expected things to go awry. The key issue was that he didn’t even know what had gone wrong.
Strange.
It was really strange.
“Brother, what did you do?”
At that moment, Nina Houry curiously approached Robin Bailey. After seeing Zak Cox’s shocked expression, she knew something was off. The resolution of the situation was mostly due to her somewhat powerful yet somewhat useless brother-in-law.
“I just carved some numbers,” Robin Bailey gently put down the bamboo stick in his hand.
If anyone had observed carefully, they would have noticed that his bamboo stick was slightly thinner than the others. He had just used some tricks to scrape out those numbers. As a soldier of Eastern Kisia, he had to know various methods to get things done.
“Amazing. Don’t worry, after I return, I’ll definitely praise you as much as I can to my sister. I’ll say you’re invincible, unparalleled, just like our Primus,” Nina Houry’s eyes sparkled. However, she then grinned and said, “But whether my sister will believe it or not, I don’t know. Most likely she won’t.”
That’s right. Believing that Robin Bailey was as invincible and unparalleled as Primus was impossible. The Elise she knew might even scold Nina Houry for that. She couldn’t joke about Primus.
That man was a national hero.
If it weren’t for that god of war, Kisia might have already been destroyed.
“Your sister doesn’t believe it, but do you believe it?” Robin Bailey asked with a faint smile.
“I… I don’t believe it.”
One moment Nina Houry looked as if she wanted to believe it, but the next, she shook her head, “The Primus of Kisia is almost a legend. He saved our nation from disasters, risked his life, and defended our homeland. I’ve heard that he almost died in several crises, but his luck saved him and made him a great hero.”
“I admire him so much. If it weren’t for him, not only the capital but even this small town of Stillwater might have been destroyed in the flames of war. Then, my sister, you, and I might have ended up homeless and living in fear.”
“Although you’re quite good now, you’re far from Primus. The difference isn’t just a little, but an entire universe. And you should focus on fulfilling that agreement of earning two million within six months. My sister’s recent coldness toward you is because of that agreement. Sigh…” Nina Houry sighed.
Recently, she had gone home for a visit, and Elise was eating. She’d become lost in thought while eating and occasionally call out his name, only to snap back to reality the next moment, returning to her cold demeanor.
As Elise’s younger sister, Nina could tell that the coldness was just a pretense. It was tiring. But what could they do? Her brother-in-law was just not living up to expectations.
“I understand,” Robin Bailey said.
Robin Bailey’s expression became slightly more serious. In four days… He was now four days away from the deadline he had set. After four days, he would truly make his move, forcing out the people behind the three top families of Stillwater and revealing the secret about him.
If he were to step up now, others would know that Elise was his weakness, and they might try every means to harm her, which would only endanger his wife.
For now, he had to attract all the attention under the identity of Mr. X.
Four days!
Four days would be enough!
Elise, in four days, I can tell you everything about me. Actually, the Primus you’ve been talking about all this time is just Robin Bailey.
At that moment, they each held a bamboo stick and entered a room with only one bed.
“Give me a cushion; I’ll sleep on the floor,” Robin Bailey said.
“Alright.”
After setting up the cushion, Nina Houry went out to have some fun. After all, they couldn’t often have the chance to spend a night in North Bay, and she didn’t want to waste such a good opportunity.
At this time, Jeff Reczek called him and reported, “Boss, Leslie has gone to school, and everything is fine. Oh, and according to your instructions, Fiona and Leslie are in the same class.”
“Good.”
When he thought of Leslie, Robin Bailey felt a warmth in his heart.
“What about the investigation I asked you to do?” Robin Bailey asked.
“Walter Wraith hasn’t shown any movement; he’s been very quiet. However, his son, Penn Wraith, suddenly returned from abroad. We’re still unclear about their intentions. I looked into his son, who is, on the surface, a graduate of Harvard, but something seems off about him. We haven’t found out exactly what’s wrong yet,” Jeff Reczek reported.
As a soldier who had spent years in life-and-death situations, he had a keen sense of when something was amiss. However, he hadn’t uncovered more information yet.
After some thought, Jeff Reczek asked Robin Bailey, “General, what should I do now?”
“Wait.”
Robin Bailey uttered just one word. Winning a chess game wasn’t about making quick moves.