Chapter 688


    "Madam, the funeral at Richards Manor has been postponed until tomorrow. The funeral has also


    been postponed for a day." Madam Lilian had a gut feeling that something was wrong and her mind


    was already in a state of chaos. She had long since lost interest in public matters. Therefore, when


    she returned to the hotel, she sent Quina out to investigate the situation. However, she only rested


    for a while before Quina walked in.


    Madam Lilian straightened and adjusted her sses. Confused, she asked, "Why did they change


    the time?"


    This was Vivian''s funeral. They had already announced the time to the public. It was very strange to


    change the date this suddenly, and it looked like they did not respect the deceased.


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    "Madam, it was changed, and it was announced to the public by Hansen, the head of Richards


    Manor. The specific reason has not been stated." Quina agreed with a puzzled look on her face.


    Madam Lilian closed her eyes. The light in her eyes flickered.


    Vivian had always been a highly respected elder, and Hansen was her beloved grandson. There


    was no reason for him to change the date of the memorial service for no reason. That was


    disrespectful to the deceased. There was only one reason for this, that something was wrong!


    When she was deep in her thoughts, the doorbell rang.


    Quina opened the door.


    A tall and thin man came in.


    "Madam, Richards Manor is a mess these days. There have been a lot of idents. Hansen has


    begun to reorganize the mess ever since he returned from the war-torn country. I suspect that the


    memorial service is postponed because of this. We found out that Vivian''s personal staff, Mercy,


    had been murdered. It seems that Richards Manor has indeed encountered some trouble." The


    man entered the mansion and exined the events that he had heard in detail.


    Madam Lilian was silent as she listened, her expression was exceptionally serious.


    Meroy, the good- natured doctor, had been murdered. This was unbelievable.


    "How could a murder case happen in such a rich and powerful family like Richards Manor? How


    could the security measures be so poor?" she asked in great surprise, with a little unbelievable


    expression on her face.


    "Madam, that''s true. It''s because during this period of time, the master of the Richards family,


    Hansen, had gone to the war-torn country, and some bad guys slipped into the Richards family," the


    man said. He wanted to speak. So, after hesitating for a while, he said, "Madam, today I


    investigated a rumor. It has something to do with Richards Manor. It sounds logical and reasonable.


    I think it''s very likely that these disasters of the Richards family were caused by these rumors."


    "Oh." Madam Lilian was very surprised. So, she asked, "What rumor? Tell me."


    "Here''s the thing." The man gulped and exined, "There''s a rumor saying that there''s a treasure


    called the Ocean Heart in Richards Manor. The diamonds on this piece of jewelry are extremely


    rare, and are the only few in the world. It''s dark blue in appearance. Its value attracts the envy of all


    passersby. Now that Vivian is dead, it''s said that she had handed this treasure to Jenna, Hansen''s


    wife. Since then, strange things have happened in the mansion. I''m afraid it has something to do


    with this."


    The man had just finished speaking when the expression on Madam Lilian''s face changed.


    "The Ocean Heart." Her eyes were a little dull. After muttering under her breath, she waved the man


    away.


    Madam Lilian closed her eyes.


    "Madam, what''s wrong?" Quina was surprised to see that Madam Lilian was in a bad mood, and


    could not help asking with concern.


    Madam Lilian suddenly opened her eyes and there was a sharp gleam in them.


    "Quina, something''s wrong. My granddaughter is in danger. Hurry, send someone to bring Jenna


    over," she said urgently.


    Quina was stunned. Realizing the severity of the matter, she immediately nodded.


    "Wait. It''s better for you to pick up Jenna in person." Just after Quina took a few steps, Madam Lilian


    ordered from behind. Quina''s eyes widened. To prevent Madam Lilian from worrying, she agreed.


    It was not until Quina had left that Madam Lilian breathed a sigh of relief.


    However, at that time, she began to pace back and forth restlessly in the room.


    Memories of the past slowly resurfaced in her mind.


    The Ocean Heart truly existed. It was no rumor. She was well aware of this.


    In the museum in France that year, she had seen the extremely rare, beautiful, blue diamond in


    person. At that time, she had also been captivated by its beauty.


    That auction had gathered all the rich businessmen and jewelry experts in the world. All these


    people came for the sake of taking a look at this rare diamond. It was big, with a weight of forty or


    fifty carats. It could be said that there were only a few of them left in the world.


    That day, many well-known people came, which gave this diamond a mysterious aura.


    Old Master Richards had been one of them.


    Madam Lilian was standing on a podium in the museum when she saw Old Master Richards. Being


    rather observant, she realized theplexity of the current situation. The owner of the museum


    was one of her friends. At that time, the coup in Europe was a little chaotic. He was afraid that it


    would interfere with the Ocean Heart''s auction. So, he had specially invited Madam Lilian.


    Having been invited, she brought some people to the scene to maintain order.


    However, when she brought guests here, France''s temporary government suddenly gave the order


    that the treasure could not be auctioned without giving any reason.


    Therefore, the scene that day was very chaotic. Many people hade to see the Ocean Heart.


    However, if news leaked out, then the scene would probably be out of control.


    After seeing Old Master Richards in the crowd, Madam Lilian had other ns.


    This diamond had been found by Old Master Richards when he went on a business trip in a small


    country in the southwest region at a young age. At that time, the Richards family was in a difficult


    period. It was also the time when Old Master Richards first started his business. He had no choice


    but to sell this diamond in France in order to make the payment.


    In fact, Old Master Richards regretted selling this diamond when the treasure appeared in front of


    everyone''s eyes. This was something that everyone wanted.


    At that time, he made up his mind to redeem the treasure regardless of the cost. He waited till that


    year''s Provinten auction. The Richards family''s business had also reached a new level after all his


    hard work. More importantly, Trevor and his wife had already expanded the Richards Group. Hence,


    that year, he brought a huge sum of money to France.


    Later, he learnt that the government banned the auction of this treasure as soon as they knew its


    worth. At that time, he was extremely disappointed.


    However, there was always a way out. At this time, Madam Lilian actually bought it from the


    government agency through political means and gave it to Old Master Richards.


    Old Master Richards was both surprised and happy at the time. Back then, Lilian did note to


    see him in person. Her identity was special, and she did not want to see him either. She was afraid


    that he would be implicated.


    At that time, she did it out of selfishness.


    When she left A City many years ago, she once entrusted her daughter to Vivian. She hoped that


    she could help take care of her daughter. Hence, she secretly returned the jewelry that belonged to


    Old Master Richards to him. She also hoped that Vivian would take care of her daughter for her


    sake.


    What was more, even if Old Master Richards found this jewellery, it belonged to the country. It was


    not out of the ordinary to give it to him. It could be considered as having done a good deed for the


    country.


    Due to all those reasons, she did that at that time.


    At that time, when Old Master Richards returned home, he gave the jewelry to Vivian and told her


    about it.


    However, he didn''t know about the rtionship between Madam Lilian and Vivian. He didn''t even


    know that Madam Lilian was Johan''s daughter-inw.


    After Old Master Richards retrieved the jewelry, he then passed away after a few years.


    Vivian quietly kept the jewelry and did not mention it to anyone else.


    Later, when Madam Lilian had been injured, she called Vivian to ask about her daughter''s


    whereabouts. Vivian just said that she had no clue and sent her away. At that time, Madam Lilian''s


    heart sank into the deepest waters of the ocean. She stopped thinking about Richards Manor, and


    completely forgot about the jewelry.


    Madam Lilian was pacing around in the room. Her steps were anxious, and there was unease in her


    heart, which was evident by her furrowed eyebrows.


    After auctioning the Ocean Heart and giving it to Old Master Richards, she had heard rumors about


    it. Such beautiful jewelry was always associated with beauty and evil. In the past few decades, it


    had been stained with peculiar and tragic experiences.


    It had always brought the new owner bad luck.


    Madam Lilian once heard that when Old Master Richards sold this treasure to a rich businessman in


    France, he was insanely happy. Later, he spent a huge amount of money to craft it into the Ocean


    Heart. In less than a year, he died of a strange disease.


    Then, the treasure was resold. That time, it was a high-ranking official in France who gave it as a


    present to his wife. However, his wife only wore it once and died. Then, their son was beaten to


    death by political opponents.


    After that, the treasure had been sold several times and bought by a banker. Coincidentally, the


    banker soon married a French actress. In just a few years, the actress went bankrupt. She then sold


    the treasure because she was poor.


    As a result, from the Europeans'' view, this treasure was cursed.


    Over the years, Madam Lilian was busy in politics everyday and never paid too much attention to


    this treasure. These legends were only heard some timeter. At that time, after hearing these


    rumors, she regretted buying the treasure for Old Master Richards.


    When the Old Master Richards died, she did not know about it. Later on, because of Vivian''s


    ''heartlessness'', she gradually forgot about it.


    If not for the fact that her subordinates had inquired about this news that day, Madam Lilian would


    never have thought of these past events.


    That time, Madam Lilian, who usually wasn''t superstitious, was in a state of panic. Mercy''s death in


    particr made Madam Lilian''s heart jump.


    She had never felt this way.


    She paced back and forth anxiously in the room. She was so restless despite being an experienced


    politician. Unease enveloped her, which nearly drove her crazy.