I'm an antique shop owner, so it's reasonable for me to know some magic

Chapter 349 New Commission

As Su Fan was observing, the struggle between the stone box and the wood carving seemed to have undergone new changes.

The stone box wrapped in black sticky breath began to tremble, and then the gray breath suddenly broke free from the shackles of the demonic power and took the initiative.

It seemed to be provoked by the devil's provocation and awakened from its slumber.

The gray color, which seemed to have no life and was at the mercy of others before, suppressed the black aura representing the devil with almost no effort.

Su Fan was slightly surprised to see this.

There is no mysterious existence living on either of them, and even the remaining power is equally weak, but the struggle between the two is surprisingly one-sided.

Looking at the demonic power that was about to be forced into a desperate situation and dying, a strange idea suddenly emerged in Su Fan's mind.

The essence of the stone box is a passage connecting to a certain place, so it will inevitably be contaminated by the aura of the other end of the passage.

Then on the other hand, if it is infused with another kind of force, will it cause the destination on the other side of the channel to change?
With this thought in mind, Su Fan suddenly took action, interrupting the connection between the wood carving and the stone box, suppressing the awakening gray aura, and then wrapped the box with the bath towel again.

Before leaving the room, Su Fan did not forget to take a look at the wood carving.

After the fight just now, most of the demonic power had been consumed, but the remaining power was enough to be presented as evidence in court.

[I never thought that one day I would need to collect things from the demons of hell. ]

Su Fan sighed in his heart, then turned around and closed the door.
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In the afternoon.

Inside the house where Tom currently lives, Su Fan frowned and confirmed again with some uncertainty.

"So, you watched a motivational speech by a so-called successful business person, and then you got excited and invested your money directly in the stock market?"

“…That’s right.”

Katie felt a little embarrassed to say it, but finally admitted it.

"How do you know that the other person is a truly successful businessman... There are many people who want to make money from 'motivated young people' like you."

Su Fan sighed.

Everyone wants to succeed, and this in itself is a business opportunity.

As a result, people who package themselves and sell so-called successful experiences came into being.

To put it simply, it means “selling courses”.

What you get from buying their courses, in addition to a bunch of specious nonsense, is a dry wallet and a few maxed-out credit cards.

There are people in this life who believe that they can replicate the path to success and reach the pinnacle of life by watching a few courses.

"But she's really a director of the Mayfair Trust..."

Katie explained briefly, took out her notebook, searched her viewing history, and finally opened the video and sent it to Su Fan.

The latter's originally disapproving smile froze when he saw the old black woman talking eloquently in the video.

“Stud is a form of wisdom.”

“When you are sure that your investment direction is correct, you must be resolute and make a bet quickly, even at the risk of everything.”

"To be honest, I discovered this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity not long ago."

"At that time, no one understood my decision, and my colleagues around me even began to plot to remove me from my current position. But I still didn't care."

"Because I trusted my judgment, and the results did not disappoint me."

"Of course I must also thank the chairman of our trust, Miss Rowan Mayfair. If it weren't for her significant contribution, I wouldn't be sitting here talking to you all..."

“The Mayfair Trust would not have achieved such a significant success.”

"In short, Stud is a kind of wisdom and understanding of applause."

As the sound of applause came from the speakers of the laptop computer, Su Fan couldn't help but pinch his eyebrows.

This old lady even told others that she was in the upper seat, which is against the will of heaven.

"Even if the other party's identity is real, the path to success cannot be replicated. The same operation and the same situation, performed by different people, may have completely different results."

"Most of what determines this is luck and timing, so there is the saying 'go with the flow'... Don't read this kind of stuff in the future, it will damage your brain."

Su Fan closed Katie's notebook without any hesitation.

By the way, Tom helped carry Katie's luggage back after he arrived.

Now Tom is in the kitchen preparing food for Katie.

"Just rest and recuperate during this time."

"This... I'm afraid it won't work..."

Katie hesitated, not quite confident enough to answer.

"Ok?"

Under Su Fan's gaze, Katie immediately confessed everything.

When she was short of funds, she received a call from her uncle and aunt who had adopted her.

They said that there might be some paranormal activity happening in their home and they urgently needed someone to check it out.

"Didn't they not believe it at the time? Why are they turning to you for help now?"

Tom's voice came from the kitchen.

The latter walked out with the meal he had prepared, but the meaning of his words was not so friendly.

Seeing that Su Fan looked like he was waiting for an explanation, Tom finally began to explain.

Within a year, the strangeness and alienation between Katie and Tom were no longer there when they first met, and they talked to each other about what had happened during the years they were apart.

When it comes to life, Katie naturally cannot avoid the home of her uncle and aunt where she lived before she became an adult.

Both of them were white-collar workers with stable jobs, and their financial conditions were more than enough to support the cost of raising two children.

During the boarding period, we also arranged a place for Katie to live and provided a lot of help with her schooling.

But the problem is that the two of them don't believe what Katie said about the mysterious ancient mirror and the truth about the murder, and they strictly forbid her to talk about it or investigate it.

Because both of them are staunch atheists.

And that was one of the main reasons why Katie left there as soon as she came of age.

Tom, who knew all this, naturally didn't have a good impression of them.

"You can only know what's going on when it happens to you... and you know the recent trend..."

Katie paused.

"But the main reason is that they said they would be paid for their help this time."

Hearing this, Tom snorted twice.

"That's more like it... But you're in such a state right now, I'm sure I can't help you. Just find a reason to refuse later."

"No need to refuse."

At this moment, Su Fan suddenly spoke.

“Why not make money if you have it?”

Katie and Tom were stunned.

To be fair, it was really unexpected to hear such words coming from a transcendent being like Su Fan.

But on second thought, he was indeed right.

"But now..."

"Promise first, and I'll take care of the rest."

As Su Fan spoke, he roughly calculated the expenses of the past few days in his mind.

Well, it's about time to get some funding.

It is a bit troublesome to exchange US dollars into pounds, so it is better to earn pounds and spend them.

Katie and Tom looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

"I understand. I'll call them now." Katie took out the phone number from her mobile phone and dialed it.

After waiting for a few seconds, a voice came from the other end.

"Katie?"

"it's me."

After getting a positive answer, the other party's voice was a little uneasy.

"Is this to respond to what we mentioned before?"

"Yes."

"…your answer is…"

"I have accepted your family's commission."

Katie's words did not receive an immediate response. Instead, there was a burst of conversation on the other end of the phone, mixed with low voices of "that's great" and "thank God".

After a while, some excited voices were heard.

"Thank you very much. May I ask when we leave?"

"It's not convenient for me to go there right now. How about you pick a time to come to Enfield and describe the situation in person?"

"Yes, of course."

The person on the other end of the phone agreed immediately.

"We can come tomorrow."

"Okay, it's settled then. See you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Katie couldn't tell whether she was sad or happy.

Although her uncle and aunt tried to stop her from finding out the truth, the kindness they showed in raising her for so many years could not be faked. She couldn't say they were close to her, but it was impossible for Katie to stand by and watch them being harassed by evil spirits.

Seeing Katie like this, Tom didn't say anything more and left the room with Su Fan, who had been standing at the door.

In stark contrast to Katie's calmness, the farewell on the other end of the phone was filled with the joy of grasping at a life-saving straw.

The man put down his phone, slumped on the sofa, hugged his wife and cried with joy.

"That's great...Angela, our child is saved."

The middle-aged woman's eyes also turned red. She carefully let go of her husband and subconsciously moved her gaze downwards.

The normal working body had a fixed bracket compared to what I remembered.

Seeing this, a trace of sadness flashed across Angela's face.

If it weren't for the accident, Robert would have held her high in his arms like he did before.

But now, he can only curl up on the sofa, and even walking requires the help of other people or props.

Angela quickly concealed her emotions. She didn't want her emotions to ruin the happy time that her family had finally had.

"Go, Angela, and fetch our baby."

Angela did not refuse her husband's enthusiastic words, and stood up and took the child from the stroller next to her.

The latter's innocent eyes turned around, and when he saw the two adults smiling, he opened his toothless little mouth and started laughing.

Seeing this scene, Angela could no longer control her emotions and started crying.

"Poor child...why...why did this happen..."

Her body, weakened by the pain, slumped against the couch.

Seeing his wife like this, Robert put his hand on his wife's shoulder.

"It's okay, Angela...everything will be fine, just keep hopeful, right?"

While he was whispering words of comfort, a voice came from the side.

"Don't worry, Aunt Angela, everything will be fine."

Robert raised his eyes and looked towards the source of the voice, only to see a young girl wearing a headband and also with red eyes, walking up and hugging his wife.

Seeing this, Robert felt extremely relieved.

Although she has been adopted for less than two years, Emma's personality is much more lively and cheerful than Katie, and she has now completely integrated into the family.

She is excellent in both character and study, and is sensible and obedient. In his and Angela's eyes, she is no different from their own daughter.

“Emma…listen to me, I’m in this state now and I can’t go to do things with your aunt.”

"You will go to Enfield with her to-morrow."

"You must take good care of them. Uncle, please."

Hearing Robert's solemn exhortation, Emma wiped the corners of her eyes and nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry, uncle. I won't let you down."

"Good boy..."

Robert caressed the other's soft golden hair lovingly.

"It's getting late, go wash up and have a good sleep."

"Ah."

The girl named Emma nodded, then turned and went up the stairs to her bedroom on the second floor.

Behind her, Angela and Robert looked at her figure and couldn't help but recall another girl who once lived in their house.

Who could have thought that the nonsense Katie said back then would now be confirmed?
It's just that if possible, they hope they will never have the chance to know about it.

Because a terrible curse has befallen their family.

The next day.

Inside a restaurant in Enfield.

Angela and Emma, ​​holding their children, appeared here.

There was still about half an hour until the meeting time, but to be on the safe side, they arrived at the table early and waited.

The way the two of them were dressed could definitely be described as being dressed up for the occasion.

"Whatever Katie asks you later, just answer truthfully. Don't be afraid."

"Yes, I understand, aunt."

As the two were talking in low voices, two figures walked over from not far away.

The iconic long red hair distracted Angela who was still talking to Emma.

After many years, she saw this familiar face again.

The other person's temperament has changed greatly, almost like a different person.

Angela could not connect this capable and confident urban beauty with the silent girl with curly hair and freckles in her memory.

Now the other person is no longer a lonely girl living under someone else's roof, but the noble person she came to for help, who can save her and her family from the dire situation.

The young man who came with her was not so eye-catching.

Apart from his good body proportions, his clothes are very ordinary, even shabby.

What was even more strange was that the other person's eyes immediately fell on Emma, ​​who was sitting next to him, and he just stared at her without any intention of concealing his intentions.

Angela felt a little unhappy, but she didn't come out first, because Katie had already come to the dining table.

"Katie..."

"Aunt Angela."

(End of this chapter)