�You�re saying�" The agent trailed off when Shirley glanced at her meaningfully, and she soon realised what she meant. The agent sighed, her heart sinking.

When she first made her debut, Shirley was a naive and gullible young woman. At that time, she never complained even if things were hard because she wanted to earn money for her mother�s illness and her brother�s gambling debt. She worked hard to get to where she was now, and her journey had been very inspiring.

Unfortunately, she had lost herself in the pursuit of fame and fortune in the entertainment circle, and had now become a vain and cunning person. She did a lot of bad things for the sake of her own image and popularity, and this time wasn�t going to be any different.

Renee held the business card Xavier had given her as she stood in front of Quinton�s room. After a long time, she finally knocked on the door.

�Come in.� Quinton was playing chess with Haze to try to forget about his fight with Renee.

He seemed calm whenever they met, but he was having a harder time than her. Though he�d never admit it, he felt like he was going crazy from all this.

Quinton never gave up hope that Renee would come to make peace with him, so he played chess with Haze until late every night for fear so he�d be awake if Renee came. When he heard her knock on the door, he was overjoyed, but pretended to not care.

He kept his head low and pretended to be focusing on the chess match as he said calmly, �Why are you coming to me instead of your ex-husband? I can't entertain you.�

�Ahem, ahem!� Haze suddenly coughed and said, �You can�t take back your pawn once you�ve put it down, so� think carefully."

Quinton collected himself after he heard that, and his attitude became better. �There�s a gift box on the table. See if you like it.�

Haze groaned inwardly. Although he still sounded bad, it would have to do.

Renee�s eyes lit up. �Are you giving me a gift?�

�No, I didn�t say that� It�s just that we have too many treasures in Carmine Pawnshop, so I�ve got no place to keep it,� Quinton lied smoothly. This gift was very valuable and could be regarded as the signature treasure of Carmine Pawnshop.

Renee opened the gift box carefully, and became confused when she saw what was inside.

�This is��

Renee saw a dark red jelly-like thing in the box that resembled a mushroom. Although Renee didn�t know what it was, she couldn�t tear her gaze away from it.

�That item is an ancient mushroom. Generally, it�s very rare to find a thousand-year-old mushroom, and even if you do, most of them are white. But this is a ten-thousand-year-old mushroom, so it�s dark red. It�s said to be able to bring people back to life, so many noble families around the world would pay any price to get it to live longer. I didn�t expect it to be here in Carmine Pawnshop though� Well, it�s certainly the most valuable treasure in this shop," Haze elaborated enthusiastically. He liked studying codes and reading books about treasures, so he was happy he managed to see such a rare item today.

�Wow, Quinton, you�re pretty generous. You spent a fortune because of your sister. I�m afraid all men will come in pursuit of Phoenix if you announce this as her dowry� I must get her for this mushroom kalone!� Haze said jokingly.

�Very funny!� Renee shot Haze a fierce look then stared down at the mushroom in awe.

�Quinton, it�s too much. You should keep it if it�s the most valuable treasure here. It�s a waste if you give it to me,� she said hesitantly.

A valuable item like that should be kept in the right place. Carmine Pawnshop was equipped with great security and exceptional skills in storing things; it was the best place to store such a treasure.

Quinton waved his hand dismissively. �I told you already that Carmine Pawnshop owns a lot of treasures, so giving you one of them is fine. Keep it safe. If anyone gets sick in the future, it may be of use.�

�But Quinton, I��

�Just take it. You�re my sister-you�ll have all my belongings in the end anyway. I just chose to give this to you in advance. I� want to apologize for the harsh words I said to you before. If you don�t take it, I�ll assume you haven�t forgiven me, and we�re still going to be arguing,"

Quinton said seriously. He was a male chauvinist who would never admit to his mistakes, and Renee was the first person he had apologized to. He had even given her a gift to make it up to her; hee truly valued their sibling relationship. JrNovels.com