The genealogy book kept at the Feng family ancestral home “has nothing to do with the Feng family members over there”?

So there’s a clear line drawn?

Henry Clark wondered if there had been some kind of “family split” conflict in his grandfather’s and grandaunt’s generation.

Sitting across from him, Old Butler handed over a Chinese zodiac coin.

This metal coin, which looked like a simple trinket, was not unfamiliar to Henry Clark—he wore one around his neck, and had since childhood.

One side of the coin showed the twelve earthly branches and their corresponding zodiac animals; the other side displayed a bagua diagram.

In the Feng family, only those born in the year of the snake possessed such a zodiac coin.

Henry Clark took out the coin he wore, and saw the coin in Old Butler’s hand fly over and stick to his own.

The two round coins overlapped, and the patterns on them began to spin.

A layer of golden light flashed, so bright that Henry Clark couldn’t make out the patterns on the coin.

With a soft click, everything stilled.

Looking again, there was no trace that two coins had been stacked together. Compared to before, the coin was slightly thicker, and on the side that used to show the twelve earthly branches and zodiac animals, now only a snake pattern—almost covering the entire face—remained!

This time, Henry Clark couldn’t hide his expression. His eyes widened as he took off the coin to examine both sides, even scratching at it with his finger.

They really had merged into one!

“This… new technology?” Henry Clark held up the coin and asked Old Butler across from him.

“Old technology,” Old Butler replied. “Wear it when you go to the ancestral home. It’s the key to open the genealogy book.”

“A key?”

Henry Clark realized that perhaps this “genealogy book” was not what he had imagined.

He’d never paid attention to the tech sector and didn’t know what kinds of miraculous technology existed these days. Hearing Old Butler say this, he marveled for a while at how rapidly technology was advancing. Whether new or old, any tech that could shock people was awesome tech.

At the very least, he was shocked.

At the same time, a deep sense of caution rose in his heart.

If such advanced technology was being used, things definitely wouldn’t be as simple as they appeared on paper.

But he still signed the agreement. Given his current situation, this was the optimal solution.

Once the agreement was signed, Old Butler left quickly, leaving a phone number for Henry Clark to contact him if needed.

After Old Butler and the lawyers left, Henry Clark sat alone in the tea room for a while, calming his emotions before leaving the shop. Otherwise, if he drove while distracted or agitated, it would be easy to get into an accident.

But just as he stepped out the door, a cool breeze hit him and Henry Clark suddenly stopped in his tracks, remembering something.

He slapped his forehead.

“I forgot the most important thing!”

He quickly pulled out his phone and sent a message to the number he’d just saved—

[Are you there?]

[Can you lend me some money first?]

Chapter Two: Rat Plague

After sending the message, Henry Clark blushed.

He really wasn’t asking for “just a little” money.

For ordinary people, borrowing fifty or a hundred thousand was already a big deal. The amount he wanted to borrow would be astronomical to most.

Thinking of this, Henry Clark let out a long sigh, rubbed his face hard, and added a few more lines: [It’d be even better if I could get an advance. I can write an IOU and leave a fingerprint. I’ll go to Yangcheng within three days to handle the genealogy book as you said. If what you said is true, it shouldn’t be hard. Even if it is, I’ll get it done. Out of that hundred million, could I get an advance on a portion to help me out of a jam?]

He thought he’d be left hanging, but unexpectedly, a reply came quickly—

[An advance isn’t possible, but I can personally lend you some. No need for an IOU. Hold on.]

Henry Clark started typing: [The amount I want to borrow isn’t small…]

He hadn’t even finished editing this reply when he received a bank notification: thirty million had been deposited. Just enough to pay off his debts.

He’d written his bank account number on the agreement just now, so it wasn’t strange that the other party knew it.

They’d checked his information and observed him for over a month, so knowing the amount of his debt and transferring exactly that much wasn’t strange either.

But…

Such a large transfer, so fast?

No need for in-person processing? Or was there some other fast channel?

Henry Clark took a deep breath, searched for the nearest ATM, and ran over to check his balance.

Sure enough, thirty million had arrived!

It wasn’t a fake message!!

And, just now, Old Butler had said, “I can personally lend you some”?

Henry Clark gripped his phone tightly, lost in thought.

This is a butler?

A butler who can lend thirty million as easily as three thousand?

Most people would ask a few more questions even for a three-thousand-yuan loan, right? Yet Old Butler lent it so easily?

At this moment, in Henry Clark’s eyes, the profession of butler seemed to shine with dazzling golden light.

Of course, this also meant that the inheritance left by the grandaunt he’d never met might be beyond his imagination.

With mixed feelings, Henry Clark texted Old Butler: [Aren’t you afraid I’ll take the money and run?]

Butler: [smile]

Henry Clark: [cute]

While sending cute emoji stickers on his phone, Henry Clark felt a surge of intense caution inside.

Old Butler wasn’t afraid he’d run.

He couldn’t run.

That newly merged zodiac coin probably had a tracking function. Even if it didn’t, anyone who could use such technology was definitely not simple.

Realizing this, Henry Clark let out a heavy sigh and headed to the parking lot to drive home.