Zombie Bodyguard

Chapter 1730 - 1727: The Donor

The Eye of the Creator comes from the eyes of the Fantian Divine Statue. On the surface it looks like a black diamond, containing the power of a curse. Every owner of the Eye of the Creator will be cursed and meet a bad end, until the black diamond was split into three pieces and the curse was lifted—but the black diamond also disappeared from the sight of the world.

Until the last international jewelry exhibition, when one piece of the Eye of the Creator reappeared and was obtained by Charlotte. When Lin Tian suddenly saw this news, his inner turmoil could be imagined.

"Lin Tian, what are you thinking about? Your expression just now was super weird." Xiao Manxuan scooted over and carefully studied Lin Tian’s face, looking every bit the curious baby.

The little girl had no idea how tempting she was fresh out of the bath. As soon as she leaned in, Lin Tian could clearly smell the scent on her body, like a strong wave of feminine hormones circling at the tip of his nose, plucking at the strings of his heart.

Xiao Manxuan was scalded by the heat in Lin Tian’s eyes. She bounced away like a frightened little rabbit, half-leaning against the other end of the sofa, her little heart thumping wildly.

You seductive Little Demon, Lin Tian snorted inwardly. It took a massive effort to keep himself from pouncing on her.

Lin Tian took a deep breath, pulled out his phone, and stood up. The movement made Xiao Manxuan freeze. She’d thought Lin Tian was going to throw himself at her, but the "scene" suddenly flipped. For no reason, she felt a faint sense of loss in her heart. At the same time, she blushed with shame at having such a strange thought.

Seeing that Lin Tian really wasn’t going to pounce on her, Xiao Manxuan couldn’t help asking curiously, "Lin Tian, what are you going to do?"

"I saw a piece of news and I want to check if it’s true." Lin Tian didn’t explain much and directly dialed a number. Xiao Manxuan had sharp eyes and saw that Lin Tian was calling her older sister.

"Miss, long time no see." Lin Tian said with a slight smile. Even though Miss couldn’t see it, Lin Tian knew she could feel it.

"It’s rare you actually call me. I was starting to think you’d forgotten I even existed." Xiao Manxue’s familiar voice came from the phone. Falling into Lin Tian’s ears, he seemed to hear a trace of hidden grievance.

Lin Tian blinked, thinking how come Miss’s words sounded so much like a girlfriend’s tone? Could it be that President Xiao actually misses me?

That... seems unlikely, right? Lin Tian immediately shot down the idea. Miss is a total workaholic; she doesn’t have time to miss anyone.

The thought flashed by in an instant. Without pausing too long, Lin Tian said very seriously, "My longing for Miss and the Xiao Family is like the moon in the sky—heaven and earth can bear witness. If every time I thought of you became a drop of water, my heart would already be flooded. If every time I thought of you became a grain of sand, my heart would already be a desolate desert."

Beside him, Xiao Manxuan stared, dumbfounded. No doubt Miss on the other end of the phone was equally stunned.

Because after quite a while, Miss finally said, "Lin Tian, aren’t you a science major? How come you sound like you studied liberal arts? You’re reciting poetry now?"

"I was only expressing what I truly feel. If Miss considers it poetry, then it’s a whole poetry collection." Lin Tian said with a perfectly straight face.

With a "pfft," Miss’s laughter came through the phone, clearly amused by Lin Tian. Next to him, Xiao Manxuan also covered her mouth, forcing herself not to laugh out loud.

"That’s it, laugh. Missing someone should be sweet, not sad." Lin Tian said with smiling eyes.

"Enough with the sweet talk. Tell me, what do you want? Someone like you, this hands-off shop owner, wouldn’t call me for nothing." Miss slipped back into her decisive, formidable President Xiao mode—only what she was really feeling inside, no one knew but her.

"I’ll be blunt. I saw a news item online that at the jewelry show our company is hosting, the Eye of the Creator black diamond will appear. Is that information accurate?" Lin Tian asked solemnly.

Miss fell silent for a moment, probably wondering why Lin Tian would be paying attention to this news, then said, "The news is true. The legendary black diamond will appear at the jewelry exhibition."

So it really is true! Lin Tian inwardly let out a sigh of relief. To others, the Eye of the Creator was just a priceless black diamond, but to Charlotte, it was an important Artifact Refining material.

"Rumor has it the Eye of the Creator was split into three stones. Is this exhibition showing one, or two? And who’s providing it?" Lin Tian asked casually. If it were two, that would be unbelievably good news.

"Just one. The provider is a hereditary Earl from England. While cleaning the castle basement, he discovered this black diamond. After hearing about the jewelry exhibition, the Earl agreed to donate it to find a fated owner for the gemstone." Xiao Manxue explained in detail.

Hearing that, Lin Tian didn’t look happy; instead his face was full of black lines, yet he was also secretly relieved. So it had been dug out while cleaning a castle. If not for such a coincidence, wouldn’t the Eye of the Creator have been sealed away in that castle for all eternity? From another angle, it just proved that treasures truly had a spirit of their own, emerging one by one to await the arrival of their destined master.

However, the reason that Earl so generously donated it was probably because he feared the legendary curse. A hereditary Earl like him, living in comfort and luxury in a castle filled with countless treasures and antiques, hardly lacked a single black diamond. He had no reason to risk testing whether the curse was real, so he simply donated the Eye of the Creator.

"You want this Eye of the Creator?" Xiao Manxue seemed to see right through Lin Tian’s thoughts and couldn’t help asking.

Lin Tian didn’t beat around the bush. "What do I have to do to get the Eye of the Creator?" he asked directly.

Xiao Manxue knew Lin Tian didn’t lack gemstones. For him to be so unusually interested in a black diamond this time, there had to be a reason.

But Xiao Manxue was a smart woman. She didn’t press Lin Tian; she simply said cleanly, "The diamond is still in the Earl’s hands. It won’t appear until the day of the jewelry exhibition. As for how to obtain the black diamond, that’s up to the Earl."

"In that case, I’ve decided—I’m going to the jewelry exhibition." Lin Tian made up his mind without hesitation.

"Good. It just happens to be the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. Mr. Lin is most welcome to attend." Miss actually cracked a rare joke.

After hanging up, Lin Tian noticed Xiao Manxuan staring at him with big watery eyes, watching him curiously.

"Don’t ask. I have a use for the Eye of the Creator, but I can’t tell you the details." Lin Tian didn’t want to lie to Xiao Manxuan, so he simply said nothing.

"I just wanted to ask—are we really going to the jewelry exhibition?" Xiao Manxuan asked.

"Of course. Just treat it like a trip." Lin Tian replied firmly.

"Yay, we get to go have fun!" Xiao Manxuan shouted excitedly. She’d never really had the chance to travel before. Now that she had Lin Tian, she could make up for all of it. The little girl was naturally thrilled.

Ding-dong... ding-dong...

Two message alerts sounded. Lin Tian and Xiao Manxuan pulled out their phones at the same time, then exchanged a smile. It was the seaside manor route map Miss had sent to both of them.

After looking over the route map, Lin Tian was about to put his phone away when the ringtone sounded again—an unfamiliar number was calling.