“The miniature monitor I placed at the door is connected to my mobile phone. And I saw Gardner enter your room with a sword, so I came here in time. There is a video on this memory card, which can be used as the proof!”
That was true!
Maximilian looked at the memory card in his hand and then glanced at Gardner who was lying on the bed, thinking about how to deal with this matter.
Amira then asked again.
“Did Gardner bear grudges against you? Why did he want to murder you? Besides, I couldn’t pull him with all my strength. He is too persistent!”
Hearing what Amira said, Maximilian remembered the red jade bracelet he tore off.
Without answering Amira’s question, he quickly asked Amira to help him pick up the red beads scattered on the ground one by one.
Amira looked at the beads on the table and became even more puzzled. She wondered if these beads were treasures, so he asked her to pick them up.
Maximilian took out a small bag and packed up all the beads. Then he ordered Amira to stay in the room to look after Gardner and he personally went to Euan.
Euan’s house was huge. Maximilian found him with great difficulty, which made him so tired.
When he came to Euan’s room, he saw Euan sleeping comfortably on the bed, snoring.
Maximilian almost lost his life. Thinking of this, Maximilian really wanted to kick Euan off the bed.
Maximilian called him several times, but Euan did not wake up.
Maximilian had no choice but to take a deep breath and shout.
“Euan! Your statue worth more than 60 million dollars was stolen!”
This trick really worked, and Euan immediately sat up and shouted, “Ah! What!”
Then Euan ran out of the room without wearing his slippers, completely ignoring Maximilian.
Maximilian didn’t expect Euan to be a miser like him, so he followed Euan out.
They arrived at the living room, one after the other.
Euan saw the Giant Dragon Bodhisattva Statue on the table and realized that he was being teased. He turned around and wanted to say something to Maximilian. Unexpectedly, Maximilian spoke first, “Euan, Gardner just wanted to kill me...”
Euan was already sober. Maximilian told him what had happened and gave him the memory card with surveillance videos.
When Maximilian was telling the incident, Euan showed a look of disbelief.
After listening to Maximilian’s description, Euan immediately asked rhetorically.
“It doesn’t make sense. Gardner is not against you. What motive does he have to kill you? It is really inexplicable!”
“This is the reason.” Maximilian threw a small bag of beads on the table and continued, “Euan, have you heard of blood jade?”
Amira, who always had a calm personality, suddenly asked, “Mr. Maximilian, I couldn’t say it directly at Euan’s house just now, but I can’t bear it anymore. Why do you leave Gardner to Euan? You even gave Euan all the surveillance videos. Gardner really wanted to kill you, but you just let go of him. I’m afraid there will be endless troubles in the future! Please forgive my tone, but I really can’t understand what you have done.”
Hearing Amira’s words, Maximilian realized that he had ignored his savior when he was discussing with Euan.
So Maximilian quickly apologized to Amira and explained the reason for the whole affair.
On their way back to the hotel, Maximilian explained to Amira why he didn’t hold Gardner accountable and left the whole matter to Euan.
When Maximilian told her blood jade could confuse people, Amira reacted like she just heard of blood jade for the first time, and showed her disbelief.
“Mr. Maximilian, according to what you said, Gardner wanted to kill you because he went mad. It was not his will, but the influence of the blood jade bracelet?”
“Well, that’s it.”
“It’s not that I don’t believe you, but what you said is really ridiculous!”
“I know you find it hard to believe for a while, but you should have realized it just now. When Gardner wanted to choke me to death, you almost strangled him to death, but he didn’t let go of me. However, after I tore off the bloody jade bracelet, he seemed to have lost his motivation and was pulled away in an instant. Didn’t it prove something?”
Hearing this, Amira reached out and touched the back of her head.
“It seems like it... at that time, I suddenly pulled him away, like pulling a non-resistant balloon. And I fell heavily on the floor. The back of my head still hurts. No wonder you asked me to pick up those beads. I thought they were treasures, but I didn’t expect them to be something evil like blood jades...”
“Yeah... I just gave it a try. Fortunately, I guessed it right. The beads on the bracelet are indeed made of blood jade, and the counterfeiters are extremely skilled. The fineness of the jade beads is almost the same as that of the authentic red coral beads. No wonder an antique veteran like Gardner failed to realize it.”
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