Jack took a sharp intake of breath when he heard this. “Where?” he said, panicking. “Help me wipe it off quickly!”

Lana could not help but grin at his flustered demeanor. She took out a piece of wet tissue. “Don’t worry,” she said. “I’ve got wet tissue here. I’ll wipe it off for you!”

As she spoke, she pressed the wet tissue against Jack’s face and carefully wiped the lipstick stain off.

The two were very close. Lana’s heart pounded wildly as she was mere inches away from Jack’s handsome profile.

After a while, she stepped backward, her cheeks slightly flushed. “All–all done!”

“Thank you!”

Jack nodded his head. “It’s about time. Let’s go. We should get back. Everything went by very smoothly, and we’ve got all the herbs we need. We can find a proper antidote for my father now.”

“All right. Let’s go!”

into a trashcan nearby. The three quickly

moment, in

expression was grim. She called Dean and Yolanda. “What’s going on? It’s already been a few days. You still can’t find Jack? Which branch family did he go to? You two had better

a dozen branch families over these past few days, and it shouldn’t have been a problem catching up to Jack, with our speed. But we don’t know why

the branch families by now. No

features abruptly darkened after she heard that. She scrunched

“We’ve been fooled? How?”

Dean was confused.

Jack. That brat never had any intention to visit the branch families. He must have gone to some other place. He must have revealed that bit of

that that was the case. After all, Dean and Yolanda should have caught up to Jack a long time ago, with their strength. Even if they could not catch up,

his friends even after visiting so many branch families. That was why they

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