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 swayed her

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

had almost gotten lost in Percival’s affection

to be resolved sooner

to

she looked at the stern man

hope you’re a friend, not a

in Bay Estates and silently made their way to the

up last time, had been tidied up and the

more than once, yet she

she had found the box with

unlock the box, she found the anklet

long while in silence, then locked the box and took it

entire house, she finally stopped outside

key into the lock

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

the bedside table. She had already

the

and when she saw the

It was her birthday.

face softened in a

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

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

smile danced at the corner of

featuring only

been persistently researching

could gather was that he had been looking into her mother’s last mission, just like

knitted Vivienne’s

Who was he, really?

his investigation of her mother simply to get his

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09:58

Vivienne to pause. Percival didn’t seem like the type

She opened the app.

tugged at her

was where

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

waking Percival for face recognition and hacking it,

saw a

that

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Thomas shook his head.

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

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

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

earth would the Nine Mystics

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

of the Nine Mystics

this time, they were mobilizing for this

Thomas shook his head. “All we know is that Lark is

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

subtly as her gaze rested on Percival’s back for

moment later, she walked

gave Thomas

bird–keeping and ended up with a lark, which is

press further. Her eyes were fleetingly scrutinizing the faces of

arranged?” Percival asked

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

after

a month away, the physical education class couldn’t possibly be scheduled in the

and headed towards the

after a glance at Thomas, who

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

duo, sensing that something was off with their atmosphere, almost

felt

Lark…

her

was Percival

were both looking for the

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

observing all the senior students,

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