The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 160

Thomas shook his head.

“No, I’ve covertly checked out every student. So far, I haven’t found anything unusual.”

“We must continue searching.” Percival’s voice was gravelly. “That girl is the key to investigating what went wrong with Lark’s last mission. We have to find her.”

“Understood,” replied Thomas. “But, during our investigation, we found out that, besides us, two other groups are also on the lookout for this girl, one being the GTO, and the other seems to be the Nine Mystics Society.”

“Why on earth would the Nine Mystics Society get involved?”

The Nine Mystics Society was an incredibly ancient organization. They were shrouded in mystery and wielded enormous power; they were even more elusive than the GTO.

The people of the Nine Mystics Society seldom made their moves.

Yet this time, they were mobilizing for this girl.

“We haven’t figured that out yet.” Thomas shook his head. “All we know is that Lark is tangled in too many secrets.”

Just then, Vivienne, who had finished setting the revision schedule for the remaining half–month and managed to settle the transfer student, Coral, heard the name “Lark” coming from Thomas.

Her eyes narrowed subtly as her gaze rested on Percival’s back for a moment with a barely detectable glint in her eyes.

A moment later, she walked over. “What about Lark?”

Percival gave Thomas a look.

Thomas immediately responded. “A friend of mine has recently taken to bird–keeping and ended up with a lark, which is a protected species, and got fined.”

Vivienne didn’t press further. Her eyes were fleetingly scrutinizing the faces of Percival and Thomas.

“Everything arranged?” Percival asked Vivienne.

“Yes.” Vivienne nodded. “We’re down to the last physical education class for the seniors. When do you plan to schedule it?”

“The day after tomorrow afternoon.”

With the college entrance exams just half a month away, the physical education class couldn’t possibly be scheduled in the last week before the exams.

“Alright.” Vivienne nodded and headed towards the staff office.

Percival followed her after a glance at Thomas, who left on his own.

The pair ascended the staircase together, bumping into Felix, who was descending with a stack of papers. They exchanged polite nods and continued on their way.

However, after Felix had walked away, he couldn’t help but look back at the duo, sensing that something was off with their atmosphere, almost as if they had had a disagreement.

Indeed, Vivienne felt a bit uneasy.

Lark…

That was her mother’s code–name.

Why was Percival investigating her mother?

Moreover, it seemed like they were both looking for the same person.

From the information Matthew had found and her own investigations, the girl she was looking for was indeed among the seniors at Cloudcrest High School.

But after checking and rechecking the information and even observing all the senior students, she still couldn’t figure it out.

According to the information she had, the member of her mother’s team who disappeared after their last mission was very good at hiding and impersonation, often playing the role of a spy in the organization.

It seemed that he had passed on his skills to his daughter, which was why the girl was able to hide so well.

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Vivienne put the files on her desk as her gaze fell on a few bags of nuts, Recalling the way Percival had playfully fed her in the morning, she felt a strange pain in her heart.

She had started to feel differently about Percival,

That was why, despite living with him for so long, she never investigated the origin of the pendant he had, as she had initially Intended.

She didn’t want to uncover something she didn’t want to see.

had indeed swayed her

the code–name “Lark” today, she felt like a bucket of cold water had been dumped on her

almost gotten lost in Percival’s affection and forgotten

to be resolved sooner

to settle things as

she looked at the stern man beside her, her lips parting

a friend, not

from Vivienne’s room in Bay Estates and silently made their way to the study

messed up last time,

more than once,

the room, finally stopping at the bookshelf where she

she found

for a long while in silence, then locked the

searching the entire house, she finally stopped outside Percival’s

the

bed, his eyes closed in deep sleep. However, she used a mild

from the bedside table. She had already checked his computer during

the

phone, and when she saw the

It was her birthday.

was still sleeping peacefully. His handsome face softened in a way that only happened when

to Percival’s phone through the network, and copied all the content within. Even the

bedside table and sat down in front of the floor–to–ceiling windows on Percival’s bedroom balcony

faint smile danced at the corner of Percival’s lips as she returned his

remarkably clean, featuring only communication apps and a

been

in the phone’s contents. All she could gather was that he had been looking into her mother’s last mission, just like her, and was also searching for the daughter of the team member who disappeared during that

frown knitted Vivienne’s

Who was he, really?

his hands on the

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an innocuous health app, causing Vivienne to pause. Percival

She opened the app.

smirk tugged at her

was where it

merely a facade. Bypassing this disguise, a dark–themed login screen appeared. Using the login traces

between waking Percival for face recognition and hacking it, Vivienne

she saw

that belonged

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Thomas shook his head.

student. So far, I haven’t found

is the key to investigating what went wrong with Lark’s last mission. We have to

groups are also on the lookout for this girl, one being

on earth would the

Nine Mystics Society was an incredibly ancient organization. They were shrouded in mystery and wielded

Nine Mystics Society seldom made

this time, they were mobilizing for this

shook his head. “All we know is that Lark is tangled in

half–month and managed to settle the transfer student,

gaze rested on Percival’s back for a moment with a barely detectable

moment later, she walked over. “What

gave Thomas a

bird–keeping and

press further. Her eyes were fleetingly scrutinizing

arranged?” Percival asked

“We’re down to the last physical education class for the seniors. When

day after

the physical education class couldn’t possibly be scheduled in

Vivienne nodded and headed towards

glance at Thomas,

who was descending with a stack of papers. They exchanged polite nods

after Felix had walked away, he couldn’t help but look back at the duo, sensing that something

felt

Lark…

her mother’s

was Percival investigating her

they were both looking for the same

she was looking for was indeed among the seniors at

the information and even observing all the senior

her mother’s team who disappeared after their last mission was very good at hiding and impersonation, often playing the role of a spy in the