Chester opened the drawer of the bedside table and took out a golden sachet. He handed it to Simone, saying, "This is the one. After wearing this sachet, the frequency of my illness has indeed decreased. I also feel more physically comfortable. So, I've been wearing it all the time. I only took it off temporarily this morning to change into hospital clothes."
Simone took the sachet and asked, "Can I open it and take a look?"
Chester nodded and said, "Go ahead and open it." Now, he understood that his daughter's friend was a powerful master. Although his body was clearly poisoned by some talisman, the Cloudmist Observatory's master said it was normal. He also wanted to know if the contents of this sachet could really help him maintain his health or if it was harmful.
Simone opened the sachet and immediately felt a wave of auspicious energy. She poured the contents onto her hand. There were two things: a talisman with her name and birthdate written on it and a stone emitting auspicious energy. This stone should have been cultivated in a lucky cave and could last for about a year.
She truthfully said, "This thing is indeed helpful for your body. If you hadn't drunk the talisman water again, you wouldn't have been hospitalized for the past year. But its effect only lasts for a year."
The methods of Cloudmist Observatory were contradictory. Being able to draw such talismans and produce such stones, they must have been able to identify Chester's problem. But they didn't explain it and instead deceived Chester. However, the things they gave to Chester did indeed help him maintain his health.
Why was that? Simone speculated that the people from Cloudmist Observatory should know who caused Chester's condition. They either didn't dare, or couldn't, or didn't want to reveal it. Because after deceiving Chester, they felt that they had compensated him with a piece of stone emitting auspicious energy. Of course, this was just her speculation, and she wasn't sure if the truth was like this. It seemed that she would have to find time to visit Cloudmist Observatory and investigate the truth.
She looked at the characters on the talisman and asked Chester, "Mr. Wilson, is this your birthdate?" Chester breathed a sigh of relief and nodded. "Yes."
Simone used the talisman to wrap the stone and put it back into the sachet. "You can wear it all the time. If one day the color of this sachet turns black, you can open it again and see if the talisman and the stone have turned into ashes. If they have, then you don't need to wear it anymore. If that happens, it means either it has lost its effect or it has protected you from disaster."
Chester took the sachet and put it in his jacket pocket. "Okay," he said.
"Your father's birthdate is very compatible with your mother's. It can even be said that if they were together and someone tampered with your father's luck, your father's original luck would be taken away by your mother. Your mother's birthdate is actually very weak, but she is living so freely now. It's also because she married your father and gained prosperity, as well as the support from you and your sisters. Your father's luck has been taken advantage of by her, so besides the talisman poison, things have been going downhill for him."
Based on Jodie's previous situation, being with someone could absorb some luck. Tina's biological father should have a similar situation. With him dating so many women, he probably absorbed the luck of these women as well. And these women themselves had weak birthdates and were easily seduced by him. They were willing to give him everything from the bottom of their hearts, including some luck. However, the luck absorbed in this way was limited in terms of converting it into lifespan. So, he kept having children, taking advantage of the loophole in heaven's laws, and letting these children absorb luck. In the end, he would come to reap it all.
"It's also because of this that your mother doesn't want to divorce your father. Otherwise, no one else would be able to support her like this." Simone also noticed a common characteristic among the women behind that person. They were selfish and cold-hearted, but they were all very attentive and supportive of their own families, making them easily manipulated. Their lives would not be good if someone behind them didn't manipulate things. Not to mention, being a wealthy wife, even a worry-free life would be difficult, a life of constant struggle and hardship. But they themselves were not hardworking individuals, so they had to rely on others to suck their blood. Of course, after they become old and lose their looks, it would be difficult for them to support themselves, and their fate would not be good. Now, their lives were all good, either as wealthy wives or living worry-free lives relying on their children while constantly filling the gaps in their own families. Freya's mother's situation, she had Harold investigate. Supporting their own families and filling the gaps were all the same among these people.
Tina had long been aware of her mother's negative character, but she never anticipated her to be so repulsive. It was no wonder that whenever her father considered a divorce, her mother either burst into tears and threw a tantrum or put on a fake smile to appease him.
It appeared that her mother's actions were driven by her own self-interest. Unable to contain her curiosity, Tina inquired, "Given this situation, is it still possible for my father to separate from her?"
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