Another woman looked very valiant, but she simply followed closely behind the beautiful woman named Emily, not saying a word. Judging by her appearance, she was probably some kind of bodyguard.

Ethan Brooks found it amusing. If anyone had listened to his advice seven or eight times and never succeeded once, they wouldn’t have much goodwill left either. This David Turner really was something else, coming up with so many terrible ideas in a row. The woman said her mother had been unconscious for three years, apparently in a vegetative state.

If she was a vegetative patient and it had only been three years, his nearly first-grade ‘Qingshen Talisman’ should be able to wake her up. Thinking of this, he immediately began to shout, “Selling talismans! For those possessed by evil spirits, for vegetative patients, for those with physical ailments—my talismans work with just one, and two will cure you completely…”

Ethan Brooks was, of course, shouting on purpose. His goal was to see if he could do some business with this beautiful woman. If she could travel around several countries, it meant she was wealthy; spending ten or twenty thousand shouldn’t matter to her.

Emily Foster, who was feeling depressed and worried, immediately perked up when she heard there was a talisman that could treat vegetative patients. Without thinking, she went straight to Ethan Brooks’s stall.

“Excuse me, can your talisman cure a vegetative patient?” Emily Foster’s voice trembled, as if a drowning person had grabbed onto a piece of wood, extremely nervous.

Ethan Brooks smiled faintly, thinking to himself that if his first-grade talisman couldn’t even save an ordinary person from a coma, he might as well bash his head in with a block of tofu.

But since he had deliberately called out for this business, of course he wanted to make the sale; otherwise, his shouting would have been for nothing. Now that the beauty was asking, he quickly said, “Of course. My talisman can not only save a vegetative patient, but as long as there’s still a breath left, my talisman can bring them back. It’s a family heirloom…”

Ethan Brooks was about to continue boasting, but the beauty interrupted him, anxiously asking, “My mother is a vegetative patient. I want to wake her up. What talisman do I need?”

Ethan Brooks nodded, thinking, I already knew that—otherwise, why would I call you over? He put on a serious face and said, “It’s simple. You just need to buy a ‘Qingshen Talisman’. I have two here. One is a premium one for twenty thousand yuan, and the other is a regular one for ten thousand. No bargaining.”

“What? You charlatan, how dare you scam people in public! I’m calling the police right now.” Hearing that two pieces of yellow paper talismans were being sold for thirty thousand yuan, the handsome man named David Turner immediately lost his temper, pointing at Ethan Brooks’s nose and cursing.

Ethan Brooks lifted his foot and kicked David Turner’s hand aside, secretly using internal force so that he wouldn’t be able to use that hand with any strength in the future, though it wouldn’t show now. From now on, whenever he tried to use force with that hand, his wrist would dislocate.

Ethan Brooks’s movements were smooth and unbroken, without the slightest pause. Others couldn’t see what happened, but the valiant woman who had been following Emily Foster saw a flash of surprise in her eyes, though she quickly returned to calm.

After kicking David Turner’s hand aside, Ethan Brooks said coldly, “I never asked you to buy anything. What a joke. Get lost. I’m doing business here—don’t block my way to making money.”

“How dare you…” David Turner started to speak in anger, but was interrupted by the cold woman.

“David Turner, please step aside. I don’t need you following us.” Emily Foster said coldly to David Turner, then turned to Ethan Brooks and apologized, “Sorry, Master, this person is just walking with me and doesn’t represent my intentions.”

“Emily, this guy is clearly covering his face, and he’s selling a palm-sized piece of yellow paper for ten thousand yuan. He’s obviously a scammer. The money isn’t the issue, but what if something happens to your mother…” David Turner tried to persuade her, but Emily Foster’s face turned cold, clearly running out of patience.

Chapter 5 Renting a House

“You should leave. I won’t sell anything to you. This guy here is ruining my appetite.” Ethan Brooks pointed at David Turner and said to Emily Foster.

Over the past few years, Emily Foster had been so worried about her mother’s illness that she had lost all spirit. She had completely lost hope in the hospital. A so-called master had told her that her mother was probably possessed, and that buying a talisman to ward off evil might drive away the evil spirit and wake her mother up. She had bought quite a few talismans, but her mother had shown no sign of waking. Now someone claimed his talisman could wake her mother—how could she let this chance slip by?

Even if the person in front of her was scamming her, it was only a matter of tens of thousands of yuan, which was nothing to the Su family. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, she wouldn’t give up. Deep down, she knew that ninety-nine percent of what this man said was probably false, but she still wanted to try.

Now, hearing Ethan Brooks say this, she became anxious and quickly said to Ethan Brooks, “Sorry, Master, this person has nothing to do with me.” After speaking, Emily Foster shot a cold glance at David Turner and said, “Young Master Smith, please go ahead. Don’t follow me anymore, or I’ll call the police.”

Hearing Emily Foster’s words, David Turner shot a cold look at Ethan Brooks, already considering him a cripple in his mind. He was determined to have someone break this guy’s arms and legs later.

But since Emily Foster had said so, he had no face to stay any longer and could only leave in embarrassment.