Chapter 364
Avery came to his senses and looked at Braden. He frowned and said, "Your exnation was so
complicated it''s good enough that I''m still sitting here. Do you expect me to listen to you word by
word? How could you be so shameless?"
"You! I''m so pissed. You''ve really pissed me off. Alright, I''ll tell you straight what happened. Now we
want to work with the Stevens Family, do you want to do it or not?"
Avery put down his mobile phone and began to think about this issue more seriously. Even though
he had been sending messages to Olive the whole time, he was also listening. Braden wasn''t
speaking nonsense, in fact, Braden had exined his n quite well through the whole
conversation. It was all up to him whether they were going to work with them or not. To be honest,
he prefers not to. After all, if anything goes wrong...
Finally, Avery sighed, "Okay."
He had thousands of reasons not to work with them. He thought it was safest not to do so. Working
with them felt like walking on a tightrope. However, he would rather take the first step to attack than
wait for the opportunity toe.
Avery had already found an excuse for himself. He thought, "They were too ruthless towards Zoe so
it was necessary to move forward with our ns. This is the only way for us to protect everyone."
"It''s good that you can convince yourself." Charlotte understood Avery.
Avery looked at her gratefully. His lips curled up as he said, "Thank you for going through this crazy
ordeal with me. You wouldn''t have gone against the Stevens family if it weren''t for me and Braden
wouldn''t have been kidnapped. It''s all because of me and yet you guys still helped me. I really don''t
know..."
Some people get along fine when there are no troubles. They wouldn''t thank each other or quarrel.
But when something happened and they expressed their gratitude or quarrel, they would be able to
warm his heart the most.
It was easy to ignore the good in such people. Avery had always thought Charlotte and Shane were
good people but he couldn''t tell exactly how good they were.
Until now, he understood he wouldn''t find another group of friends that were as good as them.
"If it''s possible, I really hope that we won''t grow apart," Braden sighed.
"All good things muste to an end." Charlotte was very carefree.
"Yes," Shane answered.
Avery did not answer.
Braden and Anne are locals and married so there''s a low possibility that they would move. But he
was different, he had a city to return to and a family to take care of. So, he had to leave Brine and
this circle of friends.
The only thing he could do was spend as much time as he could together with them now.
They had already finished discussing the matter but no one wanted to leave. Everyone sat at the
table quietly, staring at the food and drinks on the table.
Charlotte took everyone''s emotions into consideration. Braden was deep in thought. He was
probably thinking of the ns for the future. Although he had Shane by his side, Charlotte knew that
Braden was the mastermind behind this n. He would be carrying out most of the ns.
Shane took out a book to read, a book and read it. Yes, even if he came to the amusement park, he
still had to bring a book with him. Charlotte didn''t know why he liked reading so much. Perhaps he
wasn''t too busy with work recently so he had the time to read books.
As for Anne, she was still eating heartlessly but her eyebrows were slightly furrowed with worry. She
was probably worried about Braden and Charlotte. After all, one was her husband and the other
was her best friend. They were both forced to be involved in this matter with the Stevens family. It
was normal for her to worry.
Then, what was Avery thinking about?
Charlotte nced at Avery from the corner of her eye for a long time but she couldn''t see through
his thoughts. Avery turned around and was stunned as their eyes met. He smiled and said, "Lottie, I
will call Olive and bring them around for a while. It''s almost eight, the fireworks show is about to
start."
"Okay, please take care of Sheryl for me."
"I''ll tell her toe here if I see her."
"Alright."
Avery left.
He did not go directly to Olive. He didn''t call Olive after he left either. He walked around aimlessly in
the amusement park and looked at the people that walked past him. There were couples, children
and even some tired middle-aged people. They seemed to have never-ending conversations with
the people around them so it was very noisy.
Avery found a ce with a beautiful scenery and sat down. He looked at the fishes swimming
around nkly.
"Lotusmps, lotusmps. 5 dors for one. Make a wish on a lotusmp.."
Lotusmps?
Avery couldn''t help but look over. He saw some people with all sorts ofmps on their hands. It was
shaped like a lotus but it emitted light. When opened, there was a piece of paper inside. It seemed
like wishes could be written on it.
Avery stood up subconsciously and walked over. He took out the money to buy amp.
The man who sold themp handed him a pen and said, "You can write anything on thentern.
Either a wish or ask for blessings."
Make a wish?
Is there anything he wanted to wish for?
Avery thought for a moment and picked up the pen but he didn''t know what to write on the paper.
The man who sold themps didn''t urge him. After a moment, Avery returned the pen to the man
and said, "Thank you."
He took out the piece of paper and crumpled it up, then put it inside themps. He ced themp
on the waters and themp floated away along the waves as the wind blew.
The man who sold themp looked at him again and sighed, "For so many years, I have never seen
anyone who wrote nothing. You might not have any wish before but what about now? Don''t you
want to be rich?"
"I''m already rich." Avery smiled at him.
"Then you could wish for the health of your family or being reunited with your lover? Since you have
money, there should be more things you value and miss. Isn''t money the most convenient thing to
have in the world?"
As soon as the light seller finished speaking, he went away.
Avery smiled.
Money could solve any problem but the source of all problems was from money.
Simply put, people were sad because they were too happy, while they were happy because they
had been sad. If people did not know what was sadness and had never experienced despair, they
would not know what happiness was and what hope was. It was a very strange thing.
Therefore, the more money you had, the more problems you have to deal with and the more
responsibilities you have.
The reason why he didn''t write a wish had nothing to do with these. He didn''t write anything
because he couldn''t think of a wish.
He wanted to wish for Irena''s happiness in the afterlife but he felt that whether or not this wish came
true, it had nothing to do with him. After all, he would have no way of knowing it.
He hoped that he, Charlotte, and the rest would never be separated. However, he was also very
clear that it was impossible for him to stay in Brine once the Stevens Family''s matter was resolved.
As for hisst wish, he hoped that Olive could grow up happily and healthily.
In fact, Olive must be healthy because he had an invincible medical team. Even if she was sick, she
would receive the best treatment. Happiness would be a luxury for Olive as she didn''t need to be
happy at all now.
All of his wishes were based on reality, but it was precisely because of that he was unable to make
a wish.
After all, his reality was in his hands.
He was very clear about this matter.
Avery stood by theke and watched as the lotusmp floated away. At this moment, he envied the
duckweeds in the middle of theke.
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Irena...
If he could.
How he wished that they were just two pieces of duckweed that could stand aloof from the world.