Take My Breath Away

First, Boswell had told Matthew that he wanted to learn about business. Now, Colman was telling him that he wanted to learn about network technology. He couldn't help pondering in his mind, 'Should I be happy that my sons are all geniuses?'

"Dad, can't I?" Colman evoked him. The little boy began to feel slightly disappointed because his dad didn't respond for quite a while.

Matthew shook his head and was about to say it was fine with him.

But Colman misunderstood his gesture and thought that he didn't agree, so he immediately bargained, "If you teach me, I'll tell you Mom's secret."

"Well... what secret?"

Colman sat on his lap and said in a low voice, "When Mom was taking photos in the nursing home, a paralyzed old woman, who was bedridden, wanted to express her gratitude to Mom for saving them. So, she gave Mom a string of bracelet called Divine Bone Sherpa Bracelet. This bracelet has a long history, and it seems to have come from the royal family of K Country. The story was a bit complicated, but it was said that the bracelet could mobilize the royal army of K Country."

'The royal family of K Country?' Matthew repeated in his mind. Colman was narrating the story mysteriously, and he couldn't help raising an eyebrow. "As far as I know, this kind of bracelet is not made from precious materials. I think it's impossible to belong to the royal family. And you said it could mobilize the royal army?" If it weren't for the fact that Colman was still too young to understand many things although he knew quite a lot of words, Matthew would have doubted if the boy had read too many novels to create such a story. Or perhaps the old woman just remembered it wrongly and told a different story to Erica.

If the bracelet was really that powerful, why would the old woman stay in a nursing home and allow the staff to abuse the elderly? It sounded so inconceivable.

Seeing the dubious look on Matthew's face, Colman got a little anxious. "Dad, it's true. When some criminals took us away last time, Mom asked help from the royal army. It was they who found and saved us. Mom has been living in K Country since we were born. Although she has moved to several villages, she never left K Country. It's because the royal army there can protect us as long as she has the bracelet."

Matthew fell silent. He still didn't believe it. Perhaps Erica just made the story up to coax the children to sleep at night.

But of course, he agreed to his request. "If you really want to learn about network technology, I will ask someone to teach you."

"But I don't want someone else, Dad. I only want you." In Colman's eyes, Matthew was the greatest man in the world. Otherwise, he wouldn't have made his company so big.

A hint of happiness flashed through Matthew's eyes when he looked at Colman. Indeed, he could see Erica on him. "Okay. I will be the one to teach you. But let me tell you, your uncle Sheffield's hacking skills are way better than mine."

"What?" Coleman exclaimed in surprise, mouth agape.

"Yes!" Matthew confirmed with a nod. "You can also learn from him if you have nothing else to do," he added. He had too many sons, so he didn't mind entrusting one of them to Sheffield. After all, Sheffield's children had different interests. Godwin was studying traditional Chinese medicine, while Gwyn didn't show any interest in network technology at all. It was good to have someone inherit his skills as a hacker and honker.

"Alright. I will, Dad. But please, take Mom back as soon as possible, okay?" 'I already miss Mom so much, ' Colman thought to himself. 'I want to play all the toys bought by Dad with Mom and let her eat Western food prepared by the chefs.'

"I will," Matthew promised.

It was another dark night in Tow Village.

The rain had just stopped, so Erica seized the opportunity and walked out of the house with her camera.

As soon as she got out, a man suddenly came out of the darkness and handed her a bottle. "Ms. Erma Huo, Ms. Ye asked me to give this to you."

Erica knew the man, so she took the bottle and checked it carefully. But since there was no label on it, she asked, "What is this?"

The man stepped closer to her and replied in a low voice, "This is a drug that can make people temporarily pass out. As soon as she got it, she asked me to bring it to you immediately. She also asked me to remind you that the effect of this drug differs from people to people. Someone who takes this drug can be unconscious in three minutes the shortest and ten minutes the longest."

Erica was very happy to hear it. "Great! This is what I need. By the way, where is she now?"

"I'm sorry, Ms. Huo. I don't know where Ms. Ye is right now."

"That's alright. Thank you for bringing this drug to me. I have to go now." She put the bottle in her pocket and left in a hurry.

"Goodbye, Ms. Huo!"

After making sure that the drug and her camera were all with her, she sneaked into Pike's yard.

She had been observing this place in the past few months, so she knew that Kirk and Pike would be out for business today, and they wouldn't be back in two days.

Since her sons had left and Matthew had come to her, she couldn't stay here for too long anymore. She had to seize this opportunity today to finish her mission.

As usual, she climbed up the wall using a rope. She then sat on the top of the wall carefully and took out a piece of drugged beef from her pocket.

The moment she threw it in front of the sleepy dog, it immediately raised its head.

She lay motionless on the wall to hide in the dark night.

The dog sniffed the meat and ate it up.

She counted in her mind. Ten seconds later, the dog fell to the ground after finishing the piece of beef.

She threw another piece down to make sure that the dog was already asleep. When it didn't move, she carefully slid down the wall.

There were three men guarding the yard. But someone brought a bottle of good wine and shouted to them, so they all ran to the room excitedly to drink.

From the wall, Erica ran to the nearest window and there, she saw a dozen of men eating and drinking happily.

She squatted at the door, thinking about what to do next.

A few moments later, she went to the kitchen and lit the pile of firewood in there. For all the men to immediately notice the fire in the kitchen, Erica picked up a few burning sticks and threw them under the door where the men were having a good time.

Soon enough, one of them seemed to have realized that something was wrong. As he craned his head, he saw that the door behind them was already burning.

"Fire!" he shouted. All the men who were eating and drinking stood up in an instant.

Two of them rushed to the door to check. But before they could even put out the fire, they found out that the kitchen was also on fire.

The rest of them ran out to see what was going on.

At this time, Erica had already sneaked inside the room quietly. While everyone's attention was on the burning kitchen, she poured a few drops of the drug on each of the men's glasses.

She initially planned to put the drug directly into the bottle of wine, but since the bottle was sealed, she couldn't open it.

The fire in the kitchen wasn't that big, and it only made the wall a little charred. After splashing a few buckets of water on it, the fire was all put out.

When the group of men returned to the room, Erica quickly found a place to hide.

She waited as the men sat down and continued to drink while talking about how the fire could have started.

Five minutes later, they all fell unconscious one after another.

Some lay on the ground, while some bent over the table. The only one who remained conscious was the man who didn't drink because he was allergic to alcohol. "Guys, wake up! What happened to all of you?" he asked in shock.