Destined Entwining: Capturing My Devoted Beau

Chapter 893: Chapter 441: A Fortuitous Coincidence (First Update)

Richard Stetford was silent for a long time.

He sat for a long while, until he saw Lawrence Winters returning from the seaside, his figure growing nearer and nearer under the streetlights, and then he said softly, ”...Evan, let me tell you, when that person suddenly left all those years ago, the Grant Branch’s experts in divination, including Mr. Zhuge, conducted numerous readings, and the conclusion was... he was already deceased.”

”That’s why they dared to acquire his assets at extremely low prices.”

Back then, Evan Stetford had just entered the domestic entertainment industry, but he had heard about this matter.

At that time, the Stetford Family also wanted to expand and grow. That person’s assets were all high-quality, especially the farm in South America with a whole estate full of valuable resources, enough to equip a small country...

The price was very reasonable, and the Stetford Family could have acquired it all.

Sadly, they still didn’t dare.

Things that are too cheap always make people uneasy, especially when it involves industries that only national governments can trade on a large scale. Hence, they consulted the Grant Branch to divine whether they should make a move.

The Grant Branch believed they could, but Richard Stetford was still uneasy. In the end, while hesitating, a small country in South America really bought it all.

And the Grant Branch, knowing the news that he was no longer among the living, shamelessly acquired that person’s assets in this country at a very low price.

This led to the rapid growth and expansion of the Grant Branch in recent years.

Without money, no matter how impressive a faction is, it cannot have a future.

Evan Stetford knew a little at the time but wasn’t clear on all the details.

Now he understood the ins and outs, and rubbed his brow with lingering fear, saying, ”Luckily, we didn’t ’snatch a bargain’ back then. When I followed the clues given by Lawrence, he listened to my purpose and agreed without a word. And after the call, he personally came over.”

Thinking of that person’s demeanor, Evan Stetford gave a bitter smile.

Even someone as knowledgeable as him was intimidated by that person’s presence, and took a long time to recover.

Richard Stetford curiously asked him, ”...How did Lawrence, the Great Heavenly Master, figure it out?”

”I can’t really explain it, much like the people from the Grant Branch, using yarrow stalks for divination, and their method wasn’t particularly special. After figuring it out, she told me this person was at peace, and in the depths of adversity, there’s the sudden emergence of hope, where he could be found.”

Evan Stetford recalled the in-depth conversation a couple of days earlier, when Lawrence Winters did a divination overnight, picked out five renowned scientists for him, then suddenly said while selecting a judge, ”Let me divine for you, see who would maximize benefits.”

Evan Stetford originally thought she was joking because he had already decided to make his father, Richard Stetford, the Supreme Judge.

Lawrence Winters nonetheless took out the Big Five Emperors Coins, tossed six times, and derived a simple hexagram, Earth Diagrams.

She stared at the hexagram, fingers rapidly moving, murmuring to herself, seemingly reciting a mnemonic or calculating numbers.

After a while, Lawrence Winters smiled and said, ”Congratulations to young Evan, you will surely invite a truly great person this time!”

”...A great person? What kind of great person?” Evan Stetford remembered jokingly asking.

Lawrence Winters gave him a playful look, ”This person.”

Richard Stetford was very surprised hearing this, ”...That’s it? How did she see that from the Earth Diagrams?”

Richard Stetford was deeply curious, listening intently. Without realizing, Lawrence Winters had already walked onto the terrace.

Upon hearing Richard Stetford and Evan Stetford talking about ”Earth Diagrams,” she immediately understood what they were discussing.

”Mr. Stetford, if you want to know something, you can just ask me directly.” Lawrence Winters smiled and nodded at Richard Stetford, hands in the pockets of her cropped pants.

She was simply dressed, a simple white silk shirt with wide lapels and three-quarter sleeves, tucked into her pants, with a brown-black men’s belt at her waist, looking courageous and spirited.

Her wig had been removed, still sporting tidy short hair, her polished eyes shining brightly under the streetlights.

Her dazzling face was white as porcelain, appearing unrealistically perfect under the streetlight, only the slight tremor in her eyes made her seem truly alive.

Evan Stetford’s handsome face slightly reddened, spoke in a soft voice, ”I was telling my father about how you found that person to be the Supreme Judge.”

Lawrence Winters raised her eyebrows, ”Yes, tomorrow is the start of the preliminary selection. Has that person arrived? But if they don’t come tomorrow, it’s fine, as long as they attend the official match.”

Evan Stetford nodded emphatically, ”He arrived, came this morning, otherwise why would I be working late tonight, afraid of letting news slip.”