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Chapter 359
"Uhm. What did you hear?" Xavier asked.
"I heard you saying I belonged to you. Does this mean you've accepted me?"
"Please don't misunderstand. It was an emergency. I had to..."
"Thankyou!" Although Shirley was smiling, her eyes filled with tears. "I have no regrets after hearing
what you said. Thankfully, I won't become an aimless, wandering spirit after I die."
"What are you saying? What do you mean after you die?"
Xavier felt a tightness in his chest. This woman was weird. It sounded like she was saying her last
words.
"Can I ask for a small favor from you?" Shirley grabbed Xavier's arms and asked in a sad voice.
She looked so pitiful that Xavier couldn't help but give in. "Tell me what it is."
"After I die, keep my ash in a small box and bury it in a well in the village. You don't have to organize
any rituals. Just send someone to pray for me each year..." She was barely breathing when she said
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Xavier felt something was off. He asked sternly, "What's the matter? Are you keeping something from
me?"
"I'm fine. I... Bleurgh!"
Shirley suddenly threw up a mouthful of blood and fell unconscious.
Xavier panicked. He quickly carried her to the car. "Hang in there. I'm taking you to the hospital right
now! Stay strong!" 1
He drove as fast as he could despite the heavy traffic.
This was perhaps the moment their fates became intertwined.
Just as the old man had explained, according to the bamboo stick, Shirley was fated to be in Xavier's
life. That also meant she posed a challenge for him to overcome!
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Stefan returned from Water Dock to Hunt Villa on his own. By the time he arrived home, it was already
late at night.
Nobody had found any new information regarding Renee.
This woman had disappeared from the face of the earth as if she wielded magic!
"Stefan, don't worry. I'll send more people to search for Ms. Everheart. They will expand their search
abroad... I've already reached out to the intel departments of other countries to lock in on information
related to her. I believe it's only a matter of time until we find her!" Christopher said.
However, Stefan had lost his passion. "Stop the search. Let her be!"
"What do you mean, Stefan? Are you giving up?"
"We have too large a gap between us, she and me. Even if I find her, we'd only end up hurting each
other. We might as well just live our lives apart!" Stefan exclaimed.
"That makes sense, but... Are you sure you can move on?"
"Does it matter? Perhaps, she and I were never right for each other, to begin with. I only refused to let
go because the divorce happened out of the blue. Time will heal everything." Stefan didn't suddenly
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The old man told him that he and Renee wouldn't have anything to do with each other for the next four
years. Whether that would change after four years would depend on their feelings toward each other.
Time was a good thing that gave a person an opportunity to think things through before arriving at a
conclusion.
It also allowed people who had intense feelings to gradually understand themselves better.
Stefan believed that both he and Renee needed time on their own to calm down and sift through their
emotions... 1
After finishing his sentence, Stefan returned to his bedroom upstairs.
He put the silk object he bought from the old man on the table. He then spread a sheet and pieced the
two together.
Just as he thought, it was a drawing of a phoenix and a red spider lily. The patterns seemed to suggest
it was a map.
He salvaged this sheet from the Everheart family's residence on the day of the fire, but he never told
Renee about it.
Back at the antique market, he felt that the drawing on the silk object had something to do with Renee's
sheet the moment he laid eyes on it.
Stefan took a closer look. Suddenly, he discovered something. " This map..."
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