The data they received was a mess. Both of them stared at it, wide-eyed, as if a lightning bolt had struck, leaving

their minds blank.

"What's happening?" Graham asked Sophia, his voice trembling.

Equally bewildered, Sophia struggled to form a coherent response.

"We bought those two mines for 750,000,000 dollars! 750,000,000 dollars!" Graham shouted. "Weren't they

supposed to increase in value? How did they plummet to 240,000,000 dollars now?"

"I... I don't know." Sophia's face turned pale. "This is impossible! I've been tracking mineral prices, and these two

mines in Cumulus City were on an upward trend. They were supposed to be a safe investment!"

"But look at it now!" Graham's lips quivered, sweat beads forming on his forehead. "Sophia, I took a 750,000,000-

dollar loan from the bank for this! I owe the bank hundreds of millions now, not to mention the interest!"

"Graham, don't panic!" Sophia tried to reassure him. "Fat Lawler got us into this. I'll talk to him... We'll figure it out."

-

Before the scheduled time, Graham and Sophia waited in the restaurant suite. Graham had the hotel manager

feast featuring the hotel's signature dishes for their meeting

moment Fat Lawler arrived, Graham noticed the chilling look in

Sophia were the helpless mice in

sat down, eyeing the

handle alcohol. Drinking can

"Fat Lawler, I—"

finish, Fat Lawler waved him off to stop him from

worry. She's on her way here and will arrive

got up and assisted Fat Lawler with

for a favor, and he won't let anything happen to Arya. Everything that

schemes.

we also came today with

"Well, go ahead and

for a moment. Finally, Graham spoke up. "It's about

You must be aware that they've plummeted from 750,000,000 dollars

Lawler smirked, his gaze darkening as it

investment game, aren't you? Heh, do you

"But—"

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