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.

kindness had indeed swayed her

“Lark” today, she felt like a bucket of cold water had been

lost in Percival’s affection and forgotten

to be

to settle things

at the stern man beside her, her

you’re a friend, not

from Vivienne’s room in Bay Estates

Percival had messed up last

study more than once, yet she wanted to search it

bookshelf where she had found the box with the combination lock. The box

her birth date to unlock the box, she found the anklet she had lost as a child

in silence, then locked the box and took it with

searching the entire house, she finally stopped outside

the lock

However, she used a mild sedative, not

and picked up Percival’s phone from the bedside table. She had already checked his computer during her

only the phone

the phone, and when she saw the numbers displayed,

It was her birthday.

still sleeping peacefully. His handsome face softened in a way

took out a minicomputer, connected it to Percival’s phone through the network, and copied all the

done, she put the phone back on the bedside table and sat down in front of the floor–to–ceiling

her, a faint smile danced at the corner of Percival’s lips as she returned

screen was remarkably clean, featuring only communication apps and

he had been persistently

the specific reason for his investigation into her mother was nowhere to be found in the phone’s contents. All she could gather was that he had

knitted Vivienne’s

Who was he, really?

his hands on the

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pause. Percival didn’t seem like the

She opened the app.

tugged

this was where it

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

for face recognition and hacking it,

she saw a code–name,

that

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Thomas shook his head.

student. So far, I haven’t

Percival’s voice was gravelly. “That girl is the key to investigating what went wrong with Lark’s last mission.

“But, during our investigation, we found out that, besides us, two other groups are also on the lookout for this girl, one

on earth would the Nine

was an incredibly ancient organization. They were shrouded in mystery and wielded enormous power; they were even more elusive than

the Nine Mystics Society seldom made

were mobilizing for

haven’t figured that out yet.” Thomas shook his head. “All we know is that Lark

who had finished setting the revision schedule for the remaining half–month and managed to settle the

Percival’s back for a moment with a barely detectable glint in her

later, she walked over.

Thomas

has recently taken to bird–keeping and ended up with a lark, which is a protected

didn’t press further. Her eyes were fleetingly scrutinizing the faces of

Percival

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

day after

the physical education class couldn’t possibly be scheduled in the last week before

nodded and headed

glance at Thomas,

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

back at the duo, sensing that something was off with their atmosphere,

felt a bit

Lark…

her

was Percival

they were

the information Matthew had found and her own investigations, the girl she was looking for was indeed among the seniors at

and even observing all the senior students, she still couldn’t figure

mother’s team who disappeared after their last mission was very good at hiding and