Chapter 437


    "Miss, wait a minute. You missed a thing..." The logistics officer in the prison suddenly shouted at her,


    "This coin is yours..."


    A silver-ck coin was put in her palm.


    The coin felt slightly cold, which made her shiver. A chill ran down her back.


    "This..." Christina seemed to think what she was holding was something dirty and wanted to return it,


    "This, I didn''t bring it here!" Even her voice was trembling.


    People in the prison were more irritable. The people queuing behind shouted at Christina, "Don''t block


    the way. Take your stuff and get out of the way!"


    The logistics staff did not bother to pay attention to her.


    Everyone who came to the prison to visit, their personal belongings like phone shall be stored in a


    small box. They could only bring papers fromwyers in the prison. No matter how Christina said that


    the coin was not hers, it was indeed the item discovered in her small box. ording to the rules, it


    should be returned to her.


    Christina was pushed to the side by the crowd behind her, and she still looked dull, staring nkly at


    the silver-ck ancient coins.


    "It was thrown into the lotus pond by Charlesst night. How could it be..."


    There was a scratch on the ancient coin, which was caused by the needlest time when she was


    attacked in Japan.


    This was the same ancient coin.


    Christina froze for a long time, and her face looked pale. An armed guard in the prison noticed


    something unusual about her while patrolling, so he walked over and rudely picked up an iron bar. He


    knocked hard on the iron window beside her, banged, and warned her, "This is prison. Leave quickly."


    Christina was still in a state of shock. She looked up at the majestic prison guard in front of her and


    nodded dully. She then walked out and felt that she was floating.


    "This ancient coin..."


    "It really came back on its own." It deliberately pestered her.


    Christina was instantly terrified by it and shuddered.


    At this moment, her cell phone suddenly rang. The sudden sound startled her as she was already


    disturbed.


    She looked at the familiar number on the screen. It was from Patrick.


    Christina pressed the answer button and suppressed the nervousness in her mind. She said nervously,


    "What''s the matter?"


    "Where are you now!"


    Unexpectedly, Patrick asked her back anxiously.


    "At, at thepany..."


    She knew that Patrick was still in Europe, and people in the Hopkins family didn''t know that she was on


    leave today. So she naturally lied to prevent him from asking further questions.


    Patrick was even angrier when he heard her say that. He asked her directly, "Why did you suddenly go


    to C City?"


    He was prepared early. Hearing her speak so confidently, his tone became a little harsher.


    Patrick was still in Europe, but an hourter, he received a call from his home, reporting to him that


    today Christina drove out to somewhere but thepany. The one called also reported to Patrick that


    Christina had deliberately asked for sick leave to thepany. He kept calling her just now but her


    phone was turned off.


    Patrick remembered that recently Charles''s elder brother could not be contacted. When he heard the


    report from the Hopkins family, he immediately sent someone to investigate. The project he was


    working on was also left to his subordinates to discuss. Now he was flying back with his exclusive


    ne.


    Now that Christina''s phone was connected, she even dared to lie to him!


    Patrick looked unhappy, but Christina on the other end of the phone had no intention of exining


    anything. He became angrier and angrier, "You''d better exin it clearly!"


    Christina was so confused by the ancient coin in her hand that she didn''t have the mood to think about


    anything else. She was also angry when he became angry out of nowhere.


    He clearly knew that she didn''t go to work today, and he also found out that she had taken a short flight


    to C City this morning. Now the way he spoke with her was like he was questioning a prisoner.


    "Can''t Ie to C City? Can''t I ask for leave from thepany? Do I have no personal freedom at all?


    Should I be locked up like a prisoner?"


    "Christina!"


    Patrick was so angry that he didn''t know how to scold her. He shouted her name angrily.


    She, she was being unreasonable.


    "What are you trying to lecture me again? Do you want me to shut up? I''m sorry, I''m not an employee


    of IP&G Group. I''m not your subordinate. You have no right to order me to do things!"


    Christina seemed to get angrier as she spoke.


    In the past two days, she herself had been driven mad by these strange things. Patrick''s anger towards


    her today was like a fuse for her to vent her anger out.


    Patrick was usually very indifferent to what was going on outside, but now he was so furious that he


    gritted his teeth, "You suddenly asked for leave, and you did not answer the phone. Others will worry


    about you."


    "My phone is only turned off for an hour. I came to C City in the morning. I''ll be back in the Hopkins


    family by 7 pm. Don''t worry."


    She had already thought about it. She came over in the morning and went back before dinner. She


    didn''t want them to worry. How did she end up making others worry about her?


    Hearing her talk about her arrangement, Patrick became aware that she was not forced by others and


    felt better gradually.


    After all, he was not angry because he restricted her from going out, but because he was worried that


    something unexpected might happen to her.


    After calming down, he tried his best to use a gentle tone with a hint of coaxing, "Why did you suddenly


    go to C City?"


    Listening to his soft voice, Christina also calmed down.


    She turned around and looked at the solemn prison behind her. There was a kind of resistance in her


    mind which made her did not want to mention Connie. After all, Connie and her father Donald had not


    officially divorced yet. It would sound boring mentioning things of her family.


    Christina thought about it and then asked, "How do you know I''m not at work today?" Patrick was in


    Europe now, since he got the news so fast, someone must have informed him that she secretly went to


    C City.


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    "Did Brianna tell you?" She sounded almost certainly.


    She was now sure that Connie had not asked anyone to attack or retaliate against her. So Brianna was


    still her number one suspect.


    Patrick knew what she meant. Grandpa arranged for Brianna to work with her in the samepany, so


    Brianna could learn some skills in dealing with people. He could hear that she seemed to be a little


    alienating Brianna.


    Patrick did not take it seriously, thinking that this might be a small conflict between women. Christina


    was not a person who held grudges, and she just had a minor ill-temper.


    However, when they worked together, Christina was more likely to lead Brianna astray.


    "Don''t ask Brianna to mess around with you in the future."


    "Why am I messing around with her... I didn''t ask her to join me in the samepany. I even don''t want


    to get too close to her!"


    When Christina heard this, she felt that Patrick was favoring his sister. Anyway, every time something


    bad happened, they would say that she was the one who caused it.


    Christina admitted that she had a minor temper and was not so generous and open-minded.


    Before Patrick could say another word, she quickly hung off the phone.


    Christina had be used to hanging upon him.


    Christina could not clear her thoughts for a moment. She mechanically walked out of the prison and


    aimlessly walked along the street. The sun at noon was full and bright.


    The dazzling sunlight shone warmly on her and seemed to calm her down a little.


    When she calmed down, she looked at the coin again, "It is on the day, and there''s nothing to be afraid


    of with such a big sun above." She muttered to herself.


    "I must take it to the antique store and have someone study the origin of this thing..."


    Christina kept talking to embolden herself. She had never done anything wrong, so there was no need


    to be afraid. Besides, this ancient coin had saved her once, so it might not hurt her.


    Because of the attack in Japan and the strange coin, she was quite disturbed. She thus decided to


    sneak from A City to C City. She thought it might be Connie. But Connie told her that she was only


    involved in her kidnapping in high school, and she had nothing to do with other idents that


    happened to Christina.


    Christina fell into a whirlpool and the more she looked into it, the more confused she became. When


    she came out, she somehow inexplicably quarreled with Patrick and was scared out of her wits by the


    ancient coin.


    Under the scorching sun, Christina took a deep breath.


    At this moment, her phone vibrated and a new text message came.


    It was from Patrick Hopkins, "I''lle to pick you up."


    Seeing these simple words, she suddenly felt much more rxed and easy. Originally she was quite


    frustrated and depressed. She also found a sense of security.


    This icy man Patrick had also changed a lot. When they first got married, once he quarreled with her,


    he would never reconcile without ten days or half a month. At that time, he always looked cold. Now


    Patrick had learned a lot of new tricks.


    She hung up on him and he then sent a text message.


    "No need for you to pick me up. I''ll go back myself." Christina replied in the message.


    In fact, it was not that she was angry. She just didn''t want to trouble him to C City. She estimated that


    he would rush back before the meeting in Europe was over.


    "Where are you now?"


    Patrick sent another message. He did not continue asking her what she had done in C City, lest she


    lost her temper again.


    Looking at the question in the text, she felt ufortable.


    She knew that the rtionship between them was not as affectionate as others. They did not say what


    baby, honey. She really didn''t like saying this when she was with Patrick. She felt that it was too


    disgusting, but she also knew that Patrick loved her very much.


    "I''m not in the Dickens family."


    Christina guessed that when he knew that she hade to C City, he would definitely first contact


    someone from the Dickens family to ask for her whereabouts.


    She simply said it herself, lest there was a gap between their rtionship. So she decided to confess.


    "I went to the prison in C City to see Connie, so my phone was turned off just now."


    Perhaps even Patrick felt it very strange that she suddenly went to the prison to see Connie. For a


    while, he didn''t send a text message as if he was thinking. Or he was looking for someone to go to the


    prison to verify what she said.


    "I''m wandering on the streets alone now. I''m not going back tonight. I''ll go back tomorrow. I''ll stay at the


    Dickens family for the night."


    Christina thought for a moment. Since she had alreadye here, she might as well spend the night at


    the Dickens family. She hadn''t returned to the Dickens family for a while.


    Patrick agreed to let her go back to the Hopkins family tomorrow, and he just reminded her, "Be


    careful."


    Looking at the rigid words he sent, she thought she would never imagine that Patrick would one day


    say sweet words to her like "I love you," "I miss you," " I''ll wait for you at home".


    Judging by Patrick''s standard, "be careful" seemed to be the most romantic word.


    Thinking of him, Christina also became happy and rxed.


    Looking at this ancient coin again, she felt it did not seem that scary...