Female Novel
Chapter 564
Chapter 564
Renee found it weird, but because she still had an important business to attend to, she had to leave thematter there.
With Chase leading her, she passed through the whole of Water Dock unimpeded and finally arrived atthe center of the downstream zone, where Carmine Pawnshop proudly stood.
“So this is the legendary Carmine Pawnshop?” asked Renee as she stood at the door. She looked upat the gilt letters proclaiming its name on the door plaque and very bluntly commented, “It looks so…ordinary!”
From the outside, the pawnshop looked like any other mansion. It just looked too “normal” and not at allbefitting the “lawless land of heinous crimes’ reputation that Water Dock had garnered over time. Infact, it looked too simple and clean if anything.
Renee found it hard to believe that such a mundane building had been hiding priceless treasures fromall over the world that inspired great fear and trepidation in the hearts of many!
“What did you expect?” Chase turned around and smiled gently. “Carmine Pawnshop has always beenan ordinary place. It was you people who have elevated it into a powerful, godlike establishment… orshould I say, twisted it into an evil lair of demons. The truth is, this place is not at all as terrifying as it’srumored. At the end of the day, we’re just another pawn shop like any other.”
“You say that,” argued Renee, “but you still accept everything under the sun, whether legal or not.You’d accept it as long as it’s worth good money, wouldn’t you? I hear that you’d even let people pawntheir own lives-a deed sinister enough that befits your reputation.”
What was truly frightening about Carmine Pawnshop was that no legal rules applied there. If anyonewanted to pawn something valuable in exchange for the life of an enemy, as long as CarminePawnshop deemed their offering worthy enough, they wouldn’t hesitate to kill to get it, which was ahorrifying thing!
“The way you put it,” said Chase, ‘it’s as though Carmine Pawnshop is some purgatory. In truth, as ourboss has mentioned before, this place is more like a charity hall than hell.”
“What?”
“Think about it. In your most desperate times when you have nowhere else to turn to, you bring themost valuable thing in your life here to solve the most pressing problem in your life. As long as you gainenough strength to pay the agreed price later, you can always get that most valuable thing in your lifeback. If you can’t get it back, then it means that thing that you pawned wasn’t really the most valuablething in your life, since you didn’t strive enough to earn back what you lost. You can’t blame CarminePawnshop for being cruel or unfair, don’t you think that makes sense?”
“Well…”
Renee stroked her chin, thinking that what the man just said did make some sense. After all, it wasprecisely for this reason that she decided to make this deal with Carmine Pawnshop, confident thatshe’d one day gain enough strength to get back the most valuable thing in her life!novelbin
“You’re back, Mr. Cheever!”
A beautiful female employee in a traditional dress was standing at the door, politely greeting Chase.
“Mm-hmm,” Chase nodded, then led Renee into the interior section of Carmine Pawnshop.
Renee was instantly mesmerized by the sights around her when she finally got inside. She was now inthe courtyard of Carmine Pawnshop, which had traditional architecture, making it look like a museumwhere every little room was a small exhibition for countless rare items.
But she was in no mood to admire these items right now. She followed Chase closely behind andasked, “Can you take me to your boss now?’
“Not yet,” replied Chase plainly. Then, in a voice filled with pride, he added,” Right now I’m bringing youon a tour around the place. Witness the true scale of our business and see how remarkable andwealthy we are.”
He had acquired all these treasures himself by traveling to famous corners of the world, sometimeseven crossing oceans, to take them back here. He’d proudly show these trophies that spoke of hisachievements to anyone he met.
This rendered Renee speechless for a while, until she told him through gritted teeth, “Can’t you showme around some other time? Please just take me to your boss first. I’m in a bit of a hurry.”
“I can’t even if you’re in a hurry,” Chase explained with his hands stretched out helplessly. ‘Because ourboss is really busy right now. He’s got a million things to do every day. I don’t even know where he is,when he’d come back, or when he’d leave…”
When he noticed that Renee was so angry he could tear him into pieces at any moment, he added,“But you can take a chance and wait for him here in the internal section. He often comes back herelately, so you might really get the chance to see him after all.”
“Is that so?’ Renee’s fists were tightly clenched. She really wanted to punch Chase right now. “Well, Imust really thank you for your help then!”
After all she’d been through, she might not even get to meet that legendary boss everyone was talkingabout tonight! So why the hell did Chase have to take her here in such a hurry? Was it all simply toshow off his precious treasures to her?