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Joe recognized the middle-aged man as soon as he saw him.
He had met him when he had accompanied Jasmine to appraise her previous antique. His name was Graham Quinton.
Joe nodded in acknowledgement before replying, “Mr. Quinton, it seems as though you should really discipline your son.”
Graham nodded his head repeatedly before glaring at both Aurora and Adam. After that, he quickly commanded them, “Come over here and apologize to Mr. Smith immediately!”
“I will never apologize to that bastard! He kicked me in the ass!” Aurora replied furiously.
Graham was already starting to lose his patience. “I want you to apologize to him now! Right now!”
Aurora was instantly discouraged when she saw that her father was already losing his temper, thus, she could only bite her lips aggrievedly and mutter softly, “I am sorry…”
On the other hand, Adam was extremely irritated and quickly asked, “Father, this kid tried to humiliate me and even kicked Aurora! Why should we apologize to him?! You should be teaching him a lesson on our behalf! If you cannot deal with him, I will get someone else to deal with him instead!”
Slap!
Finally, Graham lost his patience and slapped Adam across the face without any hesitation at all. “Asshole! Get on your knees right now and apologize to Mr. Smith!”
Adam was caught completely off-guard because he did not expect his father to slap him in front of so many people. As droplets of blood oozed from the corner of his lip, Adam lifted his hand to cover his face in horror. He could not comprehend how things had turned out this way in the end.
But… asking him to kneel before someone else in public…
Wouldn’t that be compromising the dignity and reputation of the Quinton family? How would he be able to lift his head up high in Aurous Hill in the future?
Gritting his teeth, Graham continued yelling at Adam, “You bastard! If Mr. Smith had not told you about the origins of the chalcedony pendant that you have been treating as a treasure all this while, the pendant would not have just taken your life! The entire Quinton family would have been killed because of you!”
After saying that, he continued, “I had been wondering why the Quinton family has been having such bad luck and so many misfortunes lately. It seemed as though misfortunes were falling upon us, one after the other. It turns out that it is all because of you! You were the one who brought all of this bad luck upon us because of that pendant! Imagine what your grandfather would do to you if he found out about this!?”
When Adam realized that his uncle was indeed furious, he quickly got on his knees and knelt before Joe with a frightened expression on his face.
Graham continued shouting, “I do not hear any apology from you!”
“Yes! Yes, I am sorry…” Adam apologized to Joe as he trembled in fear.
Graham looked at Joe before speaking respectfully. “Mr. Smith, I don’t know if there is anything else I can do to appease you. Could you accept their apology?”
Joe responded immediately. “Forget it. Since he has already knelt and asked for my forgiveness, I will let him off this time.”
Graham heaved a huge sigh of relief before asking, “Mr. Smith, there is something else that I would like to ask you. Since Adam has already thrown the chalcedony pendant away, will the Quinton family be able to avoid any future misfortune?”
As soon as Joe heard Graham’s words, he sneered before saying, “Did you really think that things would be that simple? That jade plug was very powerful, and it was not only affecting Adam alone. If you are asking for my honest opinion, I think that the Quinton family will be ruined within a year!”
Graham was startled by Joe’s words.
His whole family would be ruined?
Did he really have to pay such a huge price?
Graham turned pale before he sighed and said, “I have never done any bad deeds in my life. I’ve tried to do good deeds and help the people in need every day. So, how did I end up in this state?”
Joe smiled before he asked, “Was this the reason why you wanted to buy that piece of topaz previously?”
Graham nodded. In fact, he had already tried all sorts of different methods, but none of it seemed to work until he met Joe.
Previously, he thought that Joe only knew how to appraise antiques, and so, he had not paid much attention to him.
However, today, Joe had actually pointed out the reason for their misfortunes without any hesitation. Now, Graham knew that Joe was not an ordinary person at all. In fact, Joe might be their only hope, and the fate of the Quinton family was in his hands.
Graham quickly clasped his hands together as he pleaded with Joe. “Mr. Smith, please help me and my family!”
After he was done speaking, he hurriedly gave some instructions to his assistant beside him. The assistant turned around and left as soon as he received his instructions.
Joe smiled faintly before replying, “Mr. Quinton, I think that you should resolve your family affairs on your own.”
He did not have any connections or relationships with the Quinton family at all. Graham was merely an acquaintance that he had met once in the past, moreover, Adam had already offended him earlier because of the pebble.
Even though Aurora was quite beautiful and had a very perfect figure, she also had a very aggressive and reckless character.
Besides, her beauty had nothing to do with him. She was not his wife, and she was not going to sleep with him.
Hence, there was no reason for Joe to help the Quinton family.
Nevertheless, Graham was not willing to give up on this perfect opportunity to save his family just like that. He quickly bowed down before Joe as he said, “Mr. Smith, I am begging you. Please tell me how I can save my family.”
Graham was very respectful toward Joe and assumed a very humble posture as he bowed at a ninety degrees angle in front of Joe.
Still, Joe remained unmoved.
When Graham saw that Joe was indifferent to his request, his heart flipped, and he knelt down on the ground immediately.
When Aurora saw what her father was doing, she knelt down beside him without any hesitation at all.
As she knelt in front of Joe, she pleaded very pitifully, “Mr. Smith, I was too reckless earlier. I am sorry if I annoyed or offended you in any way, please forgive me. The fate of the Quinton family is in your hands. Please help us.”
After saying that, Aurora turned around and looked at Adam who had a blank expression on his face. She slapped him across the face before scolding him. “Adam! This is all your fault. You caused all these disasters by bringing that weird and evil thing into our family! You even offended Mr. Smith when he is the only one who might be able to help us! Kneel down before Mr. Smith and ask for his forgiveness and mercy right now!”
Adam was really frightened and at a loss for words.
He would never have expected that the chalcedony pendant that he owned would be the cause of all the disaster and misfortune the Quinton family had faced over the past year. There was no way he could push the blame to anyone else. Furthermore, he had even offended Joe, and it seemed as though he was the only one who would be able to help his family. Adam was afraid that he would really be beaten to death by his grandfather and relatives if they ever found out about this.
Consequently, Adam knelt down and begged Joe in a shaky voice. “Mr. Smith, I was wrong. Mr. Smith, please forgive me and have mercy on my family! I did not know what was right or wrong. Please forgive me and help the Quinton family avoid this misfortune that is befalling us. I am begging you…”
After that, Adam knocked his head against the ground as he continued begging Joe.
At this point, Graham’s assistant suddenly came back with a gift box in his hand.
Graham took the gift box from his assistant before handing it over to Joe respectfully. “Mr. Smith, this is the most expensive jade bracelet in Emerald Court. It is worth more than six million dollars! Please accept this gift as a token of my gratitude, Mr. Smith.”
Joe glanced at the gift box in Graham’s hand. It was a fine piece of jade bracelet with an excellent finish, as clear as crystal glass.
The people around them could not stop themselves from gasping when they saw the jade bracelet. Everyone knew that this was the most expensive jade bracelet in Emerald Court and that it cost at least six million dollars!
Yet, Graham had actually instructed his assistant to purchase the jade bracelet so that he could give it to Joe, even going as far as to beg Joe to accept his gift.
It was undeniable that Graham’s opinion of Joe was extremely high.
However, what was Joe’s identity?
Joe’s father-in-law was also feeling dumbfounded. This was the first time that he had ever encountered such an unexpected situation in his life.
Joe looked at the jade bracelet but did not accept it immediately. After glancing at it, he looked at Graham before he smiled and said, “Mr. Quinton, how can you be so sure that I will be able to resolve this matter for you?”
Graham replied piously, “If Mr. Smith has no way to deal with it, no one else in this world will be able to handle this matter anymore!”
Joe could only smile because Graham was right. He indeed knew how to resolve this matter and divert the misfortune away from the Quinton family.