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She was only able to stand at all because she happened to be leaning against the television on the wall.
She could not understand what was happening. Why was she…
Before she could even figure out what was going on, Jasmine felt the sharp pain in her lower abdomen again. The pain was so intense that she could feel her legs going soft immediately, and so she continued to hold on to the television to keep her balance and continue standing up.
Suddenly, there was a loud sound, and the metal bracket of the television that was attached to the wall broke!
When Joe saw the sixty-inch television falling toward Jasmine’s feet, he quickly took a step forward and grabbed her hand before pulling her into his arms.
The television set fell and hit the ground with a crash!
The television casing and screen smashed to the ground, a piece of shattered plastic flying out and slashing Jasmine’s slender and fair leg.
“Ahh!” Jasmine yelled out in pain as soon as she felt the sharp pain in her calf. When she lowered her head, she realized that there was a two to three centimeter-long cut in her calf, and blood started gushing out of the wound in a flash.
Joe hurriedly took out a piece of tissue from his pocket before kneeling down beside Jasmine and pressing the piece of tissue against her calf. After that, he asked, “Jasmine, do you have any first aid kit at home? We need to disinfect your wound immediately.”
Jasmine was a little irate when Joe touched her leg and she wanted to yell at him. However, when she recalled that Joe was the one who rescued her, she suppressed her anger and tried to calm herself down.
After that, she glared angrily at Master Lennard before saying, “Master Lennard, you are not going anywhere unless you give me a reasonable explanation today!”
As soon as he heard Jasmine’s words, Albert grabbed Master Lennard by his neck before he asked, “Speak up! Tell me, what have you done to Miss Moore?!”
Master Lennard replied, the fear evident in his eyes. “I… I did not do anything to her! I was just performing a ritual to help her reverse her bad fortune…”
“Stop lying to me!” Albert responded angrily. “Did you change Miss Moore’s fortune for the worse instead?”
Don Albert grit his teeth as he cursed, “Tell me! Did someone pay you so that you could come and deliberately cause harm to Miss Moore?”
Master Lennard trembled in shock as soon as he heard Albert’s words. “Big brother, I did not receive money from anyone! I have no intention to harm Miss Moore at all…”
Albert continued to pressure him, “If you refuse to tell me the truth, I will chop you up into pieces and feed you to the stray dogs!”
Albert then looked at Jasmine before he said, “Miss Moore, leave this matter to me. I will deal with this bastard on your behalf.”
Jasmine was also extremely annoyed and frustrated at this time. She glared at Master Lennard with a cold expression on her face as she said, “Master Lennard, if you refuse to give me an explanation right now, I will leave Don Albert to deal with you.”
Master Lennard hurriedly knelt in front of Jasmine before he cried out, “Miss Moore! I am sorry. I did not intend to hurt you at all. I was just trying to cheat some money out of you.”
Jasmine continued asking, “So, you were just putting on a show when you were performing the ritual earlier because you wanted to fool me?”
“Yes…” Master Lennard replied tremblingly as he took out the cash cheque from his pocket and begged for mercy. “I will return the money to you! Please let me go…”
Jasmine looked at him for a moment, and she could tell that he was not lying to her. However, this only made her feel even more desperate.
What was happening? Was her fortune truly worsening?
She had suddenly suffered such heavy losses, and if this continued, her family business would be destroyed in her hands!
All this while, Joe, who had been silent, suddenly said, “As a matter of fact, Jasmine, it is not entirely true that Master Lennard did not do anything at all.”
Jasmine looked at Joe curiously before she asked, “What do you mean?”
Joe replied calmly, “The layout of your room combined with your five elements form a very terrifying and unfortunate Feng Shui alignment known as the ‘dragon encapsulation formation’.”
“The ‘dragon encapsulation formation’ will lock and trap all of your good fortunes. However, the formation was not completed because there was a small loophole in your room. That green potted plant that you had by the window left you a way out in this ‘dragon encapsulation formation’.”
After that, Joe glanced at Master Lennard before he smiled and said, “Unfortunately, Master Lennard decided to remove your green potted plant and replace it with a stone instead. Since a stone symbolizes gold, the ‘dragon encapsulation formation’ was finally completed, and that’s the reason why you are facing even worse misfortune and bad luck. Even if you remove the stone now, you will still be faced with more bad luck…”
Jasmine was utterly shocked, and she hurriedly put aside all the contempt that she felt for Joe before pleading for his help. “Mr. Smith, please help me!”
Master Lennard only realized the huge catastrophe he had caused after hearing Joe’s explanation. Therefore, he hurriedly said, “Miss Moore, I am so sorry! That was not my intention! Master, please take that stone away immediately…”
Joe shook his head before he replied, “It is already useless to take that stone away now. After all, the ‘dragon encapsulation formation’ is already completed, and it is equivalent to throwing a stone into water. Even if you took the stone out from the water, the waves generated by the stone cannot be undone anymore.”
Jasmine looked at Joe with a dumbfounded expression on her face. She suddenly felt a little more respect for him, and she quickly asked, “Mr. Smith, can you help me to resolve this problem caused by the ‘dragon encapsulation formation’? I will not hesitate to pay you no matter how much money I have to spend to resolve this issue!”
As soon as Albert heard Joe’s words, he quickly said, “Mr. Smith, you have to help our young lady!”
Joe nodded before he said, “Miss Moore, the Feng Shui in your room was originally not a ‘dragon encapsulation formation’. However, this is your birth year, and your fate will change this year. Therefore, it is incompatible with the Feng Shui formation of this room. That is how the ‘dragon encapsulation formulation’ started to develop.”
Joe then continued to say, “I am going to change the Feng Shui of your room, but I am afraid that this will cause some damage to your bedroom. I hope that you will not mind that.”
At this time, Jasmine replied immediately, “Mr. Smith, I will have no opinions or objections at all even if you want to demolish my entire house!”
Joe nodded before he instructed the butler, “Uncle Oscar, could you please find me a crowbar?”
Oscar nodded immediately before saying, “I will go and get it now.”
Shortly after, Oscar came back with a metal crowbar in his hand. “Mr. Smith, will this be okay?”
“Yes.”
Joe looked around the room carefully and started calculating with his fingers before walking a few steps around the room. After that, he pointed at a piece of plywood under his feet before saying, “Albert, can you pry this wooden floor open for me?”
Albert nodded but he did not get to work immediately. Instead, he looked at Master Lennard before punching him hard in his abdomen.
As Albert was a mobster boss, he had a lot of practical experience. Therefore, Master Lennard could not even sit up, let alone escape, after Albert had punched him in the stomach.
After punching Master Lennard, Albert took the crowbar from Oscar before prying the wooden floor open according to Joe’s instructions.
The wooden floor was eventually pried open, and the concrete floor below it was exposed.
Albert quickly asked Joe, “Mr. Smith, what should I do next?”
Joe replied casually, “There must be a central axis for the ‘dragon encapsulation formation’. So, I am deducing that the central axis for this Feng Shui formation is right below this concrete floor. The central axis of the ‘dragon encapsulation formation’ is driven by water. When water flows through this central axis, that is when all the good fortune will be trapped. Therefore, if I am not mistaken, there should be a water pipeline directly below the cement.”
“Really?” Albert asked in surprise. “Mr. Smith, can you see through the concrete floor?”
Joe replied indifferently, “I cannot see it with my naked eyes, but I can deduce it through the five elements of Feng Shui. For instance, when you see lights on the roof, you would be able to guess that there must be an electrical line embedded in the roof.”
Whatever Joe had mentioned was all written and recorded in the Apocalyptic Book. Most people did not know anything about Feng Shui formation, thus, they would not be able to decide where the elements of water or fire were.
At this time, Joe said again, “I think that the cement floor above the water pipe should be very thin. You should be able to see the water pipes if you hit the cement floor hard with the crowbar a few times.”
“Okay!” Albert replied before hitting the concrete ground hard with the metal crowbar. After a few strokes, Albert successfully cracked the cement floor.
Everyone held their breaths as they watched Albert break through the concrete floor. Sure enough, as soon as Albert broke the cement floor, they saw a PVC water pipe as thick as a thumb below the cement floor!