The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family
Chapter 2019

Charlie never expected Elaine to be able to judge Loreen so accurately.

In truth, Charlie had already guessed her true motive when Loreen initially arrived at the Emgrand Group.

It had to be because the Thomas family had heard the news that the Wade family had arranged for a descendant to be in Aurous Hill, and they had even bought the Emgrand Group as a gift for that descendant. Therefore, the Thomas family must have felt that this was the perfect opportunity for them to get ahead of everyone else. This was the reason why they arranged for Loreen to work in the Emgrand Group.

Charlie had initially planned to prevent Loreen from being able to contact him during her time in the Emgrand Group. If that was the case, if she failed to encounter him even after a long time, Charlie believed that she would certainly leave Aurous Hill soon.

However, who would have expected Loreen to fall in love with Charlie instead?

Therefore, from the moment Loreen had confessed her love to Charlie, he already knew that it would be impossible for him to shake this woman off for a very long time.

When Claire heard her mother saying that Loreen

must have other plans for staying in Aurous Hill for such a long time, she could not help but smile as she said, "Mom, what are you thinking of? She is just here because of work. She does not have any other plans or intentions!" 6

Elaine gave an artificial smile as she said, "Let me ask you a question, then. If your family has a hundred billion dollars, would you work for a job that pays you an annual salary of several million dollars a year?" i

Claire thought for a while before she said, "Perhaps she simply wants to be an independent woman, or perhaps she simply wants to work hard to build up her career in her workplace. It might also be purely because of her own feelings."

"Feelings?!" Elaine waved her hand before she said solemnly, "Oh, my dear daughter! You don't

understand! In this world, the pauper might have a little of these so-called feelings, but the rich people definitely do not have it!"

As she continued, Elaine spoke with certainty as she said, "These rich people are always doing everything because of profit and interest. All of their energy is focused on making even more money. So, it is completely impossible for them to come and waste their time in a small place like this!"

"The only possible explanation is that they have already taken a fancy to something in this small place. Perhaps there might even be a valuable treasure hidden in Aurous Hill!"

Claire replied helplessly, "Mom! This is actually a very simple thing, but how did you manage to make it seem so mysterious..." 1

Elaine replied solemnly, "You should believe me!

When I was young, I heard my grandma say that their hometown was located deep in a mountain. They would only see a few outsiders around the mountain throughout the year. The rich people would never go there at all. However, there was one year when several wealthy people started going there to donate money to build some temples, and some would even donate land and temples because they said that the spirits and deities there were very efficacious..." 1

"The people living in the mountains were all very puzzled because they had never heard that the deities and spirits there were efficacious at all. If there were truly real Gods on the mountain, how could they possibly be so poor to the point that they would always have to worry about putting food on the table for their next meal, then? This was not logical at all, right?" 3

Claire nodded as she said, "It does seem a little strange. What happened next?"

Elaine replied, "After that, this continued for several years, and dozens of large and small temples had already been built, but the people on the mountain were still extremely poor. It was only when a great detective from Eastcliff came all the way to the mountain to investigate the case that everyone finally realized that the reason why those rich people came to the mountain to make donations to build a temple was because they wanted to get to an ancient tomb!"

"Ahh?! Tomb robbers?!" Claire replied embarrassedly, "Mom, have you been reading too many novels? Where can you find so many tomb robbers that you see in novels here in real life?!"

Elaine replied seriously, "Do you think that the tomb robbers that you see in novels are really incredible? Let me tell you, there are more tomb robbers in reality compared to what is usually described in novels!'

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Having said that, Elaine rolled up her sleeves before she gestured excitedly with her hands as she said, " Let me tell you, the tomb was just under the mountain behind my grandmother's house! However, the villagers living on the mountain did not know about it at all. During those few years, all sorts of tomb robbers used the excuse of giving donations to build a temple to build dozens of tunnels below the temple, and they nearly hollowed out the entire bottom of the mountain!"