Chapter 232
"Skr Hond? He''s here? No way! He''s never been to a small auction like this."
Xenia frowned.
Skr was an esteemed figure in A City. Logically speaking, he wouldn''t attend such an insignificant
auction.
"It can''t be wrong. It must be him."
Coralie couldn''t help but feel her heart beating faster when she thought that she was in the same
auction with Skr.
She was very worried that Skr would be angry because she was stealthily selling Grandmother
Hond''s bracelet.
"If he bought it, the bracelet would return to its rightful owner. I''ve also saved money."
Holding Coralie''s arm, Xenia thought it was a good thing.
"I''ll go back to the hospital first. Thank you for today."
Coralie looked at Xenia next to her.
Although the bracelet was bought by Skr in the end, Xenia''s initial intention was good.
Coralie had to thank Xenia no matter what.
"You''re wee. I didn''t help much anyway."
Holding Coralie''s arm, Xenia walked out and drove Coralie back to the hospital.
......
Just now, Skr was in the VIP room upstairs. On the huge screen in the private room, Skr
examined the emerald bracelet and confirmed that it was the one which Grandmother Hond gave
Coralie.
He knew this because there was a stain of amber on the emerald bracelet. The shape, size, and
position of the amber stain were exactly the same as the one on the bracelet belonging to Grandmother
Hond.
After Skr won the bid for the emerald bracelet, he went down to hand in the money and took it away.
He found the auction manager backstage and demanded, "Where is President Lowell now? I want to
see him."
The manager of the auction saw that it was Skr and Sabe, the leading figureheads in the business
world. Neither of them were easy to deal with. He quickly said respectfully, "President Hond, please
wait a moment, I''ll ask for you."
Sabe saw that Skr''s expression was very harsh. She guessed that this bracelet had something to
do with Coralie.
She had been with Skr for a while and found that Skr had always been poised, but he had an
exception—
It was Coralie Chariott.
He would be capricious when it came to matters pertaining to Coralie.
The manager made a phone call. After confirming it repeatedly, he came over and said to Skr,
"President Lowell is attending a business banquet in the Hilton Hotel. Do you need me to call..."
"I''ll go now."
Before the manager could finish speaking, Skr had already left his office.
Sabe trailed behind silently.
When Skr walked to the side of the car, he looked at Sabe beside him and said, "Go back to bid
on the oil painting. I have something to do."
Sabe shook her head with a worried expression on her face. "President Hond, that painting is not a
big deal. Let me follow you. I''m familiar with President Lowell, so I may be able to speak to him for
you."
Sabe''s tone was very gentle. She didn''t pressure Skr but brought up her own use.
Skr and Augustine Lowell, Xenia''s grandfather, had not socialized with each other. After hearing
Sabe''s words, he unlocked the car and said, "Sorry, I''ll buy the painting for youter."
"It''s my honor to help you, President Hond."
Sabe smiled and got in the car.
She had always been gentle. When Sabe was with Skr, she never put on heavy makeup. It was
always light makeup.
Sabe thought this was what Coralie looked like.
Skr drove the car all the way to the Hilton Hotel. On the way, Sabe cleverly called the hotel''s
reception and asked which banquet hall Augustine was in.
When Skr went with her, Sabe, like a guide, took Skr all the way to the banquet hall where
Augustine was.
When Skr entered, Augustine was talking to others, but Skr could not care about it anymore. He
went directly to Augustine, took out the emerald bracelet and asked, "President Lowell, could you
please exin where this emerald bracelet is from?"
Augustine was a little surprised when he saw Skr walking towards him with the emerald bracelet in
his hand.
After all, Augustine was just auctioning the thing and he didn''t want to get embroiled in Skr''s and
Coralie''s business.
"I got it from a pawnshop owner."
Augustine held a ss of red wine and smiled frankly.
He didn''t look like he was lying at all.
"Which pawnshop?"
Skr wanted to know where the emerald bracelet came from.
"Where did Coralie lose the bracelet after she fell into the water? Or... perhaps she''s not dead, but her
life is so difficult that she had no choice but to sell the bracelet," Skr thought.
If it was the second case, Skr felt that it was better to find her as soon as possible.
"The Sidley Pawnshop house next to the Municipal Hospital."
Augustine didn''t hide anything and articted the address clearly.
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"Municipal Hospital?"
When Skr heard the word "hospital", his first reaction was that something had happened to Coralie.
Skr thought that she must have been afflicted with an illness or hade across an ident and
she had to pawn the bracelet to receive medical treatment.
Augustine, including Sabe, who was standing on the side, saw the panic on Skr''s face.
"Yes."
Augustine nodded.
Skr looked at the bracelet and frowned. After apologizing to Augustine for disturbing him, he left
quickly.
Sabe, who followed him, said politely to Augustine, "Thank you, President Lowell."
Looking at Skr who left in a hurry, Augustine took a sip of red wine and picked up the phone to call
the boss of the pawnshop to tell him what he should and shouldn''t say. Then he asked him to open the
door for Skr.
Indeed, as Augustine expected, Skr went to the pawnshop right after he met Augustine.
After the pawn shop owner received a call from Skr, although it was almost eight o''clock in the
evening, he still opened the door.
When he saw Skr''s caring over, he stood at the door and bowed. "President Hond, President
Lowell asked me to wait for you here."
When Skr got out of the car, the pawn shop owner wanted to invite him into the reception room.
However, Skr was racing with time. He took out the bracelet and asked, "Who gave this bracelet to
you?"
Now Skr only had Coralie''s matters in his mind, and he didn''t want to dy for a second.
"Hey, isn''t this the emerald bracelet that I got at a high price?"
Augustine had told the pawnbroker before that as long as he kept the fact that he received the jade
bracelet personally, he could unt his own acting.
So the pawnshop owner pretended to be surprised first.
"Who pawned this?"
Skr asked impatiently again.
"It was a woman, maybe less than 30 years old. She was very anxious that day when she told me that
the child was ill and was in need of treatment, so she came and sold the bracelet."
The boss also told the truth.
After all, Augustine said that with Skr''s ability, he would find out the truth sooner orter, so it would
be futile even if he lied.
A woman, less than 30 years old, treating her child''s illness.
In Skr''s view, if Coralie was still alive, these three points would all make sense.
"It must be her."
Skr said with certainty. He put away the bracelet and ran to the Municipal Hospital next to him
without driving the car.
In the past two years, Skr had never been as impassioned as he was today.
Skr even thought that as long as he went to the hospital, he would definitely see Coralie.
Sabe also followed. "President Hond, there are so many patients in the hospital. Do you know
which one is thedy who sold the bracelet..."
"There are only that many wards anyway. I''ll search one by one. I''ll find them sooner orter."
At this time, Skr was not in the mood to think about anything else.