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

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

in Percival’s

be resolved

Percival needed to settle things

at the stern man beside

I hope you’re a friend, not

room in Bay

messed up last time, had been

study more than once, yet she wanted to

where she had found the box with

box, she found the anklet

the anklet for a long while in silence, then locked the box and took it with

searching the entire house, she finally

key into the lock and quietly

bedroom, Percival lay on the bed, his eyes closed in deep sleep. However, she used a mild sedative, not noticing that when she sprayed it, Percival

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

only the phone

and when she

It was her birthday.

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

through the network, and copied all the content within. Even the deleted content was recovered and

front of the floor–to–ceiling windows

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

phone screen was remarkably clean, featuring only communication apps and a lone

been persistently

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

knitted Vivienne’s

Who was he, really?

simply to get his hands on the potion, or did

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innocuous health app, causing Vivienne to pause. Percival didn’t seem like the type to use such an

She opened the app.

smirk tugged

this was where it

app was merely a facade. Bypassing this disguise, a dark–themed login screen appeared. Using the login traces stolen from Percival’s

Percival for face recognition and hacking it,

saw

that

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Thomas shook his head.

student. So

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

on the lookout for this girl, one being the GTO,

the Nine

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

people of the Nine Mystics Society seldom made their

time, they were mobilizing for this

figured that out yet.” Thomas shook his head. “All we know

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

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

walked over. “What about

Thomas a

“A friend of mine has recently taken to bird–keeping and ended up with a lark, which is a protected

fleetingly scrutinizing the faces of

arranged?” Percival

education class for the seniors. When do

after tomorrow

college entrance exams just half a month away, the physical education class

headed

her after a glance at

into Felix, who was descending with a stack of papers. They exchanged polite nods and continued

couldn’t help but look back at the duo, sensing that

Vivienne felt a

Lark…

was her

Percival investigating

like they were both looking

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

even observing all the senior

team who disappeared after their last mission was very good at hiding and impersonation, often playing the role of