Free Web NovelChapter 421: Chapter 421: Blue-Scaled Shrimp
[Sean Sutton and Margaret Adler had a huge fight. Sean brought up divorce. By the way, good news—I’ve figured out Margaret Adler is the type who will cling to her marriage at all costs. She definitely won’t agree to a divorce easily, and luckily, I have plenty of ways to deal with her kind of woman. I’m going to make her life a living hell.]
[Ethan Sutton went mad after he woke up. He’s been acting crazy, spouting nonsense about how this world isn’t right and things like that. Every night, I find a way to provoke him and push him further into madness. Sean Sutton is growing more and more disgusted with him. Knowing Sean’s temper, Ethan’s days are numbered.]
[Sean Sutton told me yesterday that he plans to transfer some of his assets to me. I’ll find a way to take everything he has, leave him with nothing, and then shove him into hell.]
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Melody Summers saw the messages from Joanne White just as she finished today’s expedition haul.
After taking stock of the seafood on deck and arranging deliveries for several hotels, she finally had time to check Joanne White’s messages.
After reading Joanne White’s messages, Melody Summers was a bit stunned—she had to admit, she was impressed by Joanne’s methods.
’As expected. When it comes to taking care of the Sutton Family, Joanne White is the woman for the job.’
’A perfect fit for the job.’
Melody Summers thought back to her past life: the torment and oppression from Ethan Sutton’s family, Ethan’s isolation and verbal abuse, Sean Sutton’s tyrannical pressure, and Margaret Adler’s deliberate targeting. A silent, cold sneer touched her lips.
’In this life, this family of three can have a nice, long taste of what I went through in my last one!’
After exiting her messaging app, Melody Summers glanced at the messages for The Arcadia Shop.
For the past two days, Paige Walsh had been sending her messages from time to time, asking about the Blue Scale Prawns.
Melody Summers guessed that the Blue Scale Prawn accidentally sent to The Nimbus Hotel had probably been taken by Paige Walsh for research.
Paige Walsh was very interested in the Blue Scale Prawn and kept asking Melody where she had caught them.
Melody Summers didn’t know how to reply, so she just vaguely told her they were caught in a deep-sea region, but she wasn’t sure of the exact coordinates.
Paige Walsh had left a message saying the prawns had immense nutritional and medicinal value. If they could find where the prawns lived and bred and then figure out how to farm them, they could potentially develop medicine to treat certain diseases.
Today, Melody Summers had found another four conch shells and caught over fifty Blue Scale Prawns.
Holding the bucket of prawns in one arm and her phone in the other, she stared at her chat with Paige Walsh. After a long moment of contemplation, she came to a decision—she would list the Blue Scale Prawns in her online shop!
’If those research companies can really figure out how to farm Blue Scale Prawns,’ Melody thought, ’and use them to develop drugs that benefit humanity, that would be a great thing.’
’Plus, I can make some money on the side to trade for more items at Odyssey Station. It’s a win-win situation.’
—’To be honest, I’m really curious about that Space-Time Window that lets you look into the past. If I could use it to see the lost original manuscript of *Dream of the Red Chamber*, or to view the scenes of some unsolved cold cases, so many mysteries could be solved!’
Unfortunately, the Space-Time Window was far too expensive. Melody Summers didn’t have that kind of money at the moment, so her only option was to find more ways to earn it.
After some thought, she decided to list twenty prawns to start.
[Exclusive Seafood: Blue Scale Prawns, from the high-pressure, low-temperature deep sea.]
[Beautiful appearance, high nutritional value.]
[Each portion contains five Blue Scale Prawns. Sizes are not selectable and will be shipped randomly. Price per portion: 200 million.]
Four portions in total. Melody Summers set the quantity and price, then clicked to list the item.
Two hundred million was no small sum, so Melody Summers had assumed the listing would be up for a while before selling. She never expected it to sell out in just two seconds. freeweɓnovel.cøm
She glanced at the buyers’ shipping addresses and saw that three of the orders were going to The Nimbus Hotel. Unfortunately, the names weren’t real, so she couldn’t tell who had bought them. The fourth order was addressed to a location outside of Anworth, which appeared to be a research company in another province.
Melody Summers began processing the shipments according to the addresses on the orders.
After sending out the orders, Melody Summers looked at the freshly deposited 800 million. Delighted, she carried the remaining Blue Scale Prawns out of her pocket dimension and started preparing dinner.
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While eating dinner, just as Melody Summers popped a peeled Blue Scale Prawn into her mouth, she received a message from Sophie Thorne.
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[Vanassa: This is that indigo prawn I was telling you about! Isn’t it gorgeous!]
[Vanassa: Oh, and it has such a pretty name, too. It’s called the Blue Scale Prawn! [Starry eyes]]
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[Vanassa: It’s just so beautiful! I’ve never seen such a stunning indigo color in nature before!]
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[Vanassa: Look at this close-up! The pattern on its scales looks like it’s glowing! [Starry eyes]]
Melody Summers could feel Sophie Thorne’s excitement just from her texts. The messages also confirmed that one of the three orders shipped to The Nimbus Hotel was now in Sophie’s hands.
She just wondered who had managed to snag the other two orders.
Melody Summers finished reading the messages and replied:
[Summertime: Wow, gorgeous!]
[Vanassa: Right? I got them from The Arcadia Shop! I told you that place is a total treasure trove!]
[Summertime: Speaking of The Arcadia Shop... are your husband and his people still investigating it?]
[Vanassa: Of course. Why would they stop?]
[Vanassa: When Ronan Rhodes saw the Blue Scale Prawn, he got even more obsessed. He won’t stop insisting that the shop can’t be from Terra.]
[Summertime: Haha.]
[Summertime: So, have they found anything new? Last time, didn’t you say they were going to check for fingerprints?]
[Vanassa: Nope. They couldn’t lift any prints from the drone, so Ronan is trying to think of other methods.]
[Summertime: What does Officer Roman Rhodes say?]
[Vanassa: He’s working on another case, so he doesn’t have time to worry about this for now. It’s just Ronan stressing out about it on his own.]
[Summertime: Oh, I see.]
’Roman Rhodes is probably investigating the Advent Sect and Mr. Caelus right now,’ Melody thought.
Besides Gene Young and his wife, Joanne White had also visited the place where Mr. Caelus was staying. Although it was likely just a temporary base of operations, Melody had still given the address to Roman Rhodes, along with the contact number Mr. Caelus had left with Joanne.
In addition, Melody had told Roman that Ethan Sutton’s mother, Margaret Adler, was also a follower of Mr. Caelus. She had met the man in person, so tracking her movements might lead them to the hideout of Mr. Caelus and the Advent Sect.
This was all the information Melody had managed to gather recently. She hoped Roman Rhodes could finish his investigation quickly and bring Mr. Caelus to justice.
While Melody was lost in thought, another message arrived from Sophie Thorne:
[Vanassa: Actually, it’s not just Ronan anymore. I’m starting to think The Arcadia Shop might really be run by aliens.] ƒrēewebnovel.com
[Vanassa: Based on the color of this Blue Scale Prawn alone, that fluorescence is like something out of a filter. It really doesn’t seem like anything from Terra!]
[Vanassa: It’s a shame we only managed to get five this time!]
[Summertime: Only five, huh. Can Rhodes try to research artificial farming with them?]
