With that, Andrea nodded, "Then wait for me for a moment. I'll go get my stuff."
After getting Vickie’s permission, she went out.
Not long after, Andrea returned.
She brought a small soft leather box in her hand and placed it on the table. When Vickie looked at it, she saw that there were all sorts of things inside.
Vickie could not help but joke.
"Wow, your equipment’s quite complete, huh?"
Andrea smiled and said, "That's right. Since I don’t have enough skills, the equipment can compensate. Ms. Vickie, lie on the bed first."
Vickie did as she was told and laid flat on the bed.
Andrea moved over a stool from the dressing table and sat down by the bed towards Vickie’s head.
After warming her hands first, she then began to massage Vickie gently.
Andrea was too modest when she said that she was not good at it.
According to Vickie’s experience, it proved that she was very good at it.
Her fingers were soft yet strong. The force exerted on the scalp was not too light nor too heavy as well, but it was accurate, which helped relax the whole body.
Vickie could not help but close her eyes.
The room was so quiet that it was only filled with the even and delicate breathing of the two of them.
Andrea first helped Vickie to relax her scalp and the various acupoints around her eyes before she poured some essential oil on her hands and began to massage her.
All Vickie could smell at the tip of her nose was a faint fragrance of flowers — a smell that she had never smelled before. It smelled as if hundreds of flowers were mixed together, but it was not overpowering and had a refreshing feeling instead.
Out of curiosity, she asked, "What kind of essential oil is this?"
Andrea explained softly, "This is the Hundred Floral Oil that I formulated myself. All the flowers that I picked are relaxing and calming. It's very effective for dizziness and headaches."
Vickie nodded silently.
She knew that Andrea was telling the truth because she did feel dizzy before, but she felt much more relaxed after the massage.
The entire massage lasted for a full hour.
Midway through, perhaps because she was really tired, Vickie even fell asleep for a while.
When she woke up and looked at the time, it was only an hour since the massage had first started, and she had only fallen asleep long after the massage.
She had only slept for 10 minutes.
Vickie smiled apologetically as she said, "I'm sorry, it was so comfortable that I fell asleep."
Andrea smiled too and said, "Being able to fall asleep means it's useful for you, so that's good."
She nodded and allowed Andrea to massage her for a while longer until Mr. Osborne knocked on the door. Only then did Andrea stop.
Vickie gathered herself and when she went out, she saw Mr. Osbourne standing outside with a document in his hand.
He said with a smile, "Ms. Thomas, this is what the Young Master asked me to give you."
Vickie was stunned as she received it.
After looking at it, she saw that on it was some information about that piece of Arcane Jade.
She looked up and asked Mr. Osborne, "Where is he?"
Mr. Osborne replied, "Young Master just went out for something."
He did not explain why he gave this to Vickie but he probably had his reasons.
In fact, Vickie knew.
So she nodded and replied, "Alright. Thanks!"
Andrea gave a coy smile. "You'll have to give me some time. I just feel a little familiar with it. Maybe I’ve accidentally seen it somewhere before, but I'm afraid I just can't remember it at the moment."
Vickie nodded.
"Okay, I'll give you time to think, but if you ever recall anything, be sure to tell me first."
Andrea nodded her head.
Vickie had a feeling that if this truly was not a divine object, then the other party must be making something out of nothing.
They had gone to such great lengths to make something like this, yet they were hiding behind it and not showing themselves.
No matter how much Vickie and Gregory investigated, they still could not find out who had made this Arcane Jade and who had started that disaster four years ago.
In any case, the person who created this thing must know the symbols on it.
Since Andrea said that she had seen the symbols on it, then the other party and Andrea might have known each other?
Or was there some sort of source? Like a place? Or simply somebody from someplace?
Vickie felt that as long as Andrea could remember where she had seen this symbol, she could then follow the trail and that would lead to the other side.
At the thought of this, she felt more excited.
Vickie initially thought of sharing this clue with Gregory, but in the evening, after she had eaten dinner, she heard that he was out somewhere far away and would not be back later.
Vickie frowned.
There was no telling where he had gone.
However, she did not think too much about it.
She knew that as long as Gregory went out, Harold would definitely follow.
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