Charlie felt very moved in his heart, and he said softly, "My dear wife, to be honest, I really do not want to leave right now either. However, the customer this time is a regular customer of mine, and I really cannot turn him down.”
Having said that, Charlie paused slightly before he continued, "Wife, why don't we do this instead? I promise you that I will not accept any new requests for the next month after I am done with the job this time!"
The reason why Charlie promised that he would not accept any request for one month was because it would be the Tomb Sweeping Festival slightly after a month, and he would have to go to Eastcliff to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony then. When the time came, he would definitely have to use Feng Shui as an excuse to explain things to Claire, then.
When Claire, who was on the other end of the line, heard Charlie saying that he would not be accepting any Feng Shui jobs for one month, her mood finally eased up a little. She also spoke in a lightly coquettish tone as she said, "You'd better remember your promise! If you dare to go out and take a look at Feng Shui for others over the next month, I will not sleep in
the same room as you!" 8
When Charlie heard this, he immediately agreed without any hesitation at all as he blurted out, "Wife, don’t worry! I will definitely keep my word!"
Claire was finally satisfied, and she asked, "When will you be leaving, then?"
Charlie replied, "I will set off in a short while."
Claire could not help but ask in surprise, "Why are you leaving so anxiously? I thought that you would wait until tomorrow before you leave..."
Charlie explained, "The seller of the villa had contacted several buyers at the same time. As the price of the villa is relatively cheap, the person who makes the first move will be able to secure the deal, then. That is the reason why this regular customer of mine is so anxious and wants us to head over there together today."
Claire asked curiously, "Who is your customer? Is it a man or a woman?"
As soon as she was done speaking, she felt that her question was a little inappropriate. So, she hurriedly explained, "Charlie, I was just casually asking you a question, I do not mean anything else. You can just forget it if you do not want to answer me." 5
Charlie smiled before he said, "It is a male client. He is actually quite famous. He is the general manager of Shangri-La, Mr. Isaac Cameron.”
Claire had naturally heard of Isaac’s name before.
However, she only knew that Isaac was the general manager of Shangri-La. She also knew that Isaac was very influential in Aurous Hill, but she did not know anything about Isaac's true background at all.
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