Renee and Chase secretly discussed how to lure the impostor Mr. Q out of the study.


    “Ms. Everheart,” said Chase with emotion, “although you are his sister, you are nothing at all like Boss.


    You have a kind disposition, and I’m assured that, at the very least, the impostor Mr. Q won’t be so


    cruelly tortured once he was handed over to you.”


    “You speak as if my brother is a savage beast and that impostor is some kind of angel of justice! Is that


    guy really worthy of your protection?”


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    “He is!” Chase nodded gravely. “I believe that everyone else who works in Carmine Pawnshop would


    make the same choice.”


    “Then… is there going to be a mutiny? What will happen to my brother? He built Carmine Pawnshop


    from the ground with his own hands! Is he going to be reced?”


    “Don’t worry, Ms. Everheart. Boss won’t be reced. I’m sure that Carmine Pawnshop will soon


    resume its operations in the same way that it once did. It’s just that we’ll all miss the security and


    stability that we enjoyed these past four years.”


    “You’re overthinking it! My brother promised me that for the time being, Carmine Pawnshop won’t get


    involved with the questionable business it once dabbled in and that it would continue to operate in the


    same manner as it did for thest few years.”


    “It looks like you don’t really know Boss at all…”


    Chase smiled, then deliberately changed the subject by pulling out his phone and saying, “I’ve sent a


    secret signal to the impostor, Mr. Q. If nothing out of the ordinary happens, very soon he’d be at the


    Carmine Pawnshop. All I ask from you is to let him live.”


    “Only a secret signal? Would that really work? Surely he’s too smart to fall for it!”


    “But it’s not an ordinary secret signal,” Chase beat his chest and confidently assured her. “It’s one I only


    send him during extreme emergencies. He always showed up soon after receiving the signal in the


    past, so as long as the news of Boss’s return hasn’t reached him yet, I’m sure the impostor, Mr. Q


    would definitely be here.”


    Half an hourter, Chase stared at the reply he received, his face swollen after being punched so many


    times.


    “Um, well… He said that he would never reappear again no matter what happens and that he gives full


    authority over Carmine Pawnshop… to me.”


    “He sounds really cautious…” Renee observed doubtfully. “You didn’t warn him earlier, did you?”


    “I swear to God that I didn’t!”


    “Then why the hell would he give up his authority to you so suddenly?”


    “I wouldn’t say it’s that sudden…” Chase then came clean and told Renee, “Since he disappeared on


    the day both of you were supposed to get married, he never showed up at Carmine Pawnshop ever


    again. In fact, when he left, he made it clear that he would never show up again. It was obvious that he


    wanted to make a clean break with Carmine Pawnshop. Perhaps… He caught a whiff that Boss was


    going to return even back then?”


    “But what is he nning to do?” asked Renee, still bewildered. “He’s been running Carmine Pawnshop


    for thest six years! How could he give it all up just like that? It’s like he’s been working for my brother


    for free! Doesn’t he have anything better to do?”


    All the questions that were ying in Renee’s head only deepened her resolve to find a way to lure the


    man out.


    Seeing Renee’s firm determination, Chase clenched his fists and suggested, “I’ve got an idea, but it’s


    thest resort, and it requires your cooperation. Do you want to… give it a try?”