Chapter 247
Owen tensed up and took a step toward Aria. Tall, he blocked her view with his body,
Aria frowned with confusion and asked, “What’s wrong?” Owen answered tersely. “There’s a corpse.”
A corpse was floating in the river, facing up. It was a man, grotesquely swollen from prolonged immersion in the river.
When Aria moved to peek at the corpse, Owen instinctively pulled her back and covered her eyes with his palm.
Aria was shocked when everything went black all of a sudden.
In Solemnity Guild, with great power came great responsibility.
On missions, Aria charged forward while protecting her companions.
It was her fault if her companions got hurt, and she would pay the price if any of them died.
Now, she was prevented from seeing a corpse.
Owen was tickled when Aria’s soft eyelashes brushed his palm. He swallowed hard.
“Don’t,” Owen said gently. “You’ll have nightmares.”
Owen was clear that Aria was too strong to be intimidated by a corpse.
However, his hand had covered her eyes before he realized what he was doing.
Perhaps, he was anxious to prove himself. She was so strong that he didn’t have a chance to do that.
Aria said calmly, “I won’t.” She removed Owen’s hand from her eyes, and Owen didn’t persist.
“Call the police. Then, we will continue our work,” Aria said calmly.
After the call to the police, Owen followed Aria like a lackey. When Aria found the herbs again, Owen took the hoe over and said, “Let me try. Give me some tips.”
His enthusiasm made Aria nod. “Fine. Loosen the soil around them. Get the root systems intact if possible.”
Owen did as instructed. He carefully dug out the whole root system of the herb and gently placed it in the basket. A faint smirk appeared on his face. “Not bad for the first try, huh?”
Aria looked at Owen. The sunshine lit up Owen’s face.
It was pleasing to the eyes even if the handsome Owen just sat there.
There came no answer from Aria, so Owen lifted his head.
The two pairs of eyes met. Aria seemed to be lost in thought because her gaze was vacant.
“Is she … bewitched by my face?” Owen wondered.
Owen paid little attention to his face, and only his mustache could distract him.
At that moment, he felt grateful to his mother who had given him a good appearance.
“At least, my face attracts her attention,” he thought. It had been quite a long time since his last haircut.
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Chapter 247
A soft breeze rustled the trees. The sunshine penetrated through the leaves and landed on Aria’s face.
The dazzling light helped Aria snap back to reality. She saw the softness in Owen’s eyes, so her heart skipped a beat.
“Hot bad. You can fend for yourself with this trade if you are tired of your current job,” she said.
She tried to keep her tone steady but failed.
Then, she quickly averted her gaze from Owen. She went to another corner and began to cut the leaves of the other herbs.
“She is calm. It seems my face doesn’t work on her,” Owen thought. He felt it urgent to spend some money and time on the upkeep of his face.
With all the necessary herbs collected, Aria and Owen headed home,
Owen stopped at the foot of the mountain and said, “I’ll wait for the policemen here. Go take care of Betty.”
“Okay. Be careful,” Aria said. On her way back, Aria made a detour to the house where the herbalist had lived.
The herbalist had bought the house with his money. After he disappeared, Winston gave Aria the key to his house.
She didn’t bring the key with her, so she unlocked the door with a wire.
Inside the house, she caught a faint smell of mustiness.
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