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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09:57.

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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

felt like a bucket of cold

lost in

things needed to be resolved sooner rather

to settle things

the stern man

you’re a friend, not

a figure emerged from Vivienne’s room in Bay

last time,

more than

way through the room, finally stopping at the bookshelf where she had

box, she found the anklet she had lost as

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

entire house, she

key into the lock and quietly

Percival lay on the bed, his eyes closed in deep sleep. However, she used a mild sedative, not

bedside table. She

only the

unlocked the phone, and when she saw the

It was her birthday.

glanced at Percival, who was still sleeping peacefully. His handsome face softened in a way

a minicomputer, connected it to Percival’s phone through the network, and copied all the content within. Even the deleted content was

sat down in front of the floor–to–ceiling windows

a faint smile danced at the corner of Percival’s lips

featuring only communication apps and a lone gaming

been persistently

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 been looking into her mother’s last

frown knitted Vivienne’s

Who was he, really?

investigation of her mother simply to get his hands on

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09:58

Vivienne to pause.

She opened the app.

tugged at her

was where

this disguise, a dark–themed login screen appeared. Using

Percival for face recognition and

saw a code–name,

code–name that belonged to

Chapter 160

Thomas shook his head.

I’ve covertly checked out every student. So far, I haven’t found

to investigating what went wrong with Lark’s

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

would the Nine

an incredibly ancient organization. They were shrouded in mystery and wielded enormous power;

the Nine Mystics Society seldom made

time, they were mobilizing

that out yet.” Thomas shook his head. “All we know is that Lark is tangled in too many

setting the revision schedule for the remaining half–month and managed to settle the transfer student,

rested on Percival’s back for a

moment later, she walked over.

gave Thomas a

responded. “A friend of mine has recently taken to bird–keeping and

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

arranged?” Percival asked

education class for the seniors.

after tomorrow

the physical education

Vivienne nodded and headed

a glance at Thomas, who left on his

staircase together, bumping into Felix, who was descending with a stack of papers. They exchanged

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

Vivienne felt a bit

Lark…

was her mother’s

Percival

they were

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

rechecking the information and even observing

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