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    Joshua was speechless. “I was thinking of my niece, not a woman. Besides, we are running a legal business. Don’t make me sound like a mafia boss.”


    Tyler was quite surprised. “Oh? I thought you were only protective of your sister. I didn’t know you are protective of your niece too.”


    Then he approached Joshua and mocked, “I heard you fell into a trap today and were saved by a 4-year-old girl in the end. Is that girl your niece?”


    Joshua was angry when he thought about it. “Yes, Floretta tricked me. But why are you back? Have you gotten a new disciple?”


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    At that thought, the old man was unhappy. “No, I’ve traveled to so many countries, but I haven’t seen a kid suitable to be one. Nowadays, children are not as good as they were. They are toocking aspared to you and your senior.”


    “Your standards are too high. Now, you are even restricting the gender and only epting female disciples. You can’t find one before limiting the gender. It’s going to be even harder to find one now,” Joshua replied helplessly.


    The old man pinched the spot between his eyebrows and asked, “What about the little girl who saved you today?”


    “She is exploring the ce with her friend. Zayn is interested in this industry. He’s looking at some guns and equipment,” Joshua said.


    “Zayn is a boy?” The old man raised a brow.


    Joshua nodded and said, “Yeah, I heard he’s intelligent with a high IQ of 190. He never missed a shot on his first try shooting with a gun. My niece is outstanding too. She scored over 130 on her IQ test. Surely, she will score well even if she does the test when she’s older.”


    The old man rolled his eyes and said, “All right. You may go now. I’ll go for a walk.”


    Bored out of her mind, Laura followed Zayn. “Zayn, how long more are we shopping?”


    Zayn touched an AK47, captivated by it. “I’ll take another look.”


    Sitting cross-legged, Laura said helplessly, “But that’s what you said two hours ago. I’m sleepy.”


    Suddenly, Zayn jolted back to reality and looked at the time.


    They had been exploring the area for three hours because he would observe every weapon for a long time. He couldn’t get enough of the weapons no matter how long he looked at them.


    He apologized, “All right. Let’s go back to sleep.”


    When Laura heard that, she nodded and ran forward without hesitation. Suddenly, an abnormal sound came from behind her.


    Squeak!


    Bang


    It sounded as though a door was opened and closed again.


    Laura turned her head in a daze and found there was no one.


    “Zayn?”


    There was no response.


    She furrowed her brows and returned to where she was just at. “Zayn?”


    With a frown, Laura looked down at the golden butterfly button on the roadside.


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    She poked at it subconsciously.


    Just then, an opening was opened under her feet, and she fell into the hole.


    “Ah!”


    At the end of the corridor, two adults quickly ran over at the sound of Laura’s scream but found no one.


    One of them scratched his head and said, “I think I heard Ms. Yale’s voice.”


    The man who followed him was more confused. “Who? Is Ms. Yale?”


    He said, “The little girl who saved Mr. Yale today. We all refer to her as Ms. Yale.”


    The other man was stunned. “Are you talking about the 4-year-old girl? We’re referring to her Ms. Yale so respectfully already?”


    The man nodded and said, “Yes. We call her Ms. Yale. That means her status is just below Mr. Yale. No one will dare to bully her. Right?”


    “Ahhhh!”


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    Laura shrieked in shock inside a sliding pipe.


    She was inside the sliding pipe for a long time before suddenly falling out of it and smashing into a soft sponge.


    Laura looked up confusedly and snapped out of feeling sleepy.


    She thought, ‘What’s going on?


    Why is there a basement in the basement?’


    She stood up in confusion and looked around.


    The camera in the corner shot her.


    The old man stared at Laura with great interest and turned to Zayn, who was struggling. “Kid, this little girl is the one who shot the traitor and saved you guys today, right?”


    Zayn looked nervous and gritted his teeth. “What do you want?”


    The old man smiled. Even though he was old, his eyes were still sharp. “Nothing. I’m just too bored, so I’m looking for a kiddo to y with. I heard you have an IQ of 190, so you have a photographic memory?”


    Zayn looked at him without saying anything.


    The old man’s smile grew more vicious. “I have a trojan horse malware that has not been cracked yet. I’ve developed an antivirus code. It can even hack the other party’sputer. That’s some hacking skills. What if I ask this little girl to learn coding to save you? Do you think she can do it?”


    Zayn was stunned and struggled. “Are you insane? Laura doesn’t know anything aboutputers! Don’t touch her. Come at me if you want!”


    The old man shook his head and smiled evilly. “I’ve seen a lot of people with a high IQ like you. You people do everything well, so it’s not challenging for me. Besides, I happen to want to ept a female disciple. Let’s give it a go. If she learns this code sessfully, how about I let you go and give each of you a gift in return?”


    He continued, “Of course, I won’t give you money. I’ll give each of you one of these.”


    With that, he opened a small iron box on his desk.


    The small iron box was very shabby and looked older than him. It was covered with mottled rust stains.


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    Zayn frowned. Unexpectedly, he saw the iron box was filled with sparkling diamonds when Tyler opened it.


    He thought, “How did this man put so many diamonds in such a broken iron box?”


    The old man casually picked up two diamonds and put them on his palm as if he was taking out two peanuts. “These diamonds are of 10 carats. You and that little girl can each take one. Aren’t I generous?”


    Zayn was unfazed and refused firmly, “I don’t need you to bribe us with this kind of gift. I will buy it myself if I want one. Let me go. I’m going back to


    Laura!”


    The old man smiled without saying anything and went straight outside.


    Laura was still looking around, feeling a little anxious. “Zayn, where are you? Zayn, don’t scare me!”


    The voice of an elderly man suddenly sounded. “Little girl, Zayn is with me.”


    Stunned, she turned around and met the man’s gaze.


    Laura blinked and looked at him nkly. “Mister, who are you?”


    The old man walked to her with a smile, squatted down to match her height, and looked at her. “Hello, little girl, my name is Tyler Larson. I’m a good person. Zayn got caught by a bad guy. Now he is still in danger. I can teach you how to save him. If you seed, I will give you a big reward!”


    Laura looked at the man in front of her nkly. Without saying a word, she took out a walkie-talkie from her pocket and pressed the button.


    “A strange old man caught Zayn, Uncle Joshua. We are now in a room where we can slide down after pressing a small butterfly button on corridor 5-2. Pleasee and save us now. Thank you.”


    Tyler was at a loss for words.


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