Chapter 118

“Winnie, how come you’re totally uninterested in those charms?” Candace observed that everyone had taken out their charms, except for Winnie, who sat unbothered by the whole affair.

Winnie casually replied, “You’ve all seen it, there’s no need for me to show mine.”

“But what if there’s something different about yours?” Candace persisted, almost pleading.

Winnie remained unfazed and even took it for granted, “I believe the lifeline that Bagot handed out should treat everyone equally.”

Candace seemed convinced by her explanation, while Kane’s gaze flickered subtly across Winnie’s face.

Hearing Mervin sing praises of that master earlier, it would be natural for anyone to be curious, even Kane wasn’t an exception. But Winnie showed no intention of even taking a peek.

It meant either she already knew what was in them, or… She didn’t care what was in them.

The former suggested foreknowledge, while the latter, strength and fearlessness.

Which one was she?

“You seem to know a lot about this stuff today, and you can even read faces. Can talisman as well?” Kane asked casually.

you draw Winnie just gave him a glance, saying, “After all, I’m about to enroll in the Supernatural Department, it’s only normal I know a bit about these things. Palm reading, I know a little, and talisman… just a bit.”

Winnie touched her nose, recalling Mervin’s words.

She was just too embarrassed to admit she was the ‘Master Winner‘ he referred to.

After all, the reason she had made the name “Master Winner” was to selling her charms.

When she first started, it was commonplace for her to practice drawing hundreds of charms a day.

Not wanting to waste the paper later, she simply started selling quality charms on the website Ghostly Charms.

She inadvertently built a reputation, with some speculating she had a wholesale team behind. her. Some even suggested she had a whole team of talisman artists supplying her.

After her mentor’s warning, she grew wiser and stopped the wholesale–style online sales, focusing on advanced charms instead, and as a result, her charms became scarce.

This inadvertently led to a reputation for her charms being hard to come by.

10 52 Caretaker of Breeze Monastery was someone she met during her charm–selling days.

Although Winnie no longer sold charms online, she still entertained buyers who came to her directly, just not as naively as before.

Mervin, being a devout student of the Caretaker of Breeze Monastery, must’ve heard of her through him, but since she and the Caretaker had only transacted online, he wouldn’t recognize her, and neither would Mervin.

Winnie had no intention of revealing her identity.

The only thing she hadn’t anticipated was Mervin recognizing her charms by their style. reminding her to have a word with Baily later.

While they talked, Bagot approached to explain the plans moving forward.

“We were scheduled for three days and two nights, but due to the interruption of the live stream, the production team has decided to end today’s shoot early. They’ll arrange for everyone to rest at the hotel, but considering the shortage of footage, we might need to add viewer’s case tomorrow.”

The production had already set up a viewer assistance channel, originally planned for the second live broadcast, but now it seemed they could use it ahead of schedule.

The group had no objections and proceeded back to the city in a grand procession. Meanwhile, the statement prepared by Baily and the PR team had already been released. Although Naylor had been taken away by the police, the production team was obliged to maintain confidentiality until the police released their report.

So, the statement merely mentioned that Naylor had to temporarily leave the show due to a sudden illness.

Online, the viewers had been waiting for an official word and were not pleased with such a vague statement, voicing their dissatisfaction in the comments.

Some even posted photos of the police cordoning off the house earlier, investigating themselves.

“Folks, no need to guess, Naylor’s been detained.”

“If what he said on the show was true, he might never come back.”

“No way, wasn’t that just the show’s script? I heard they were banned from broadcasting because they touched on a real ongoing case.”

“The people and details he listed in the show didn’t seem made up at all, especially Yolanda–I know her!”

“Case closed, Naylor’s the murderer!”

“I don’t buy it, Naylor doesn’t look like he could hurt a fly, let alone kill someone.”

10 52 “Didn’t you hear” Never judge by looks, and even his face is a fake!”

The production said it’s because of an illness, they didn’t confirm if the recording was real or not And about that last frame of the livestream, still gives me the creeps it was clearly five figures!

Then some netizens tried to dig into Naylor’s past based on the plastic surgery found nothing. Naylor’s past seemed like a blank slate.

lory but While the internet was abuzz with discussions about Naylor, the Bryant family expressed concern over the interruption of Winnie’s livestream.

By then, Winnie had her phone back and saw the family’s chat in the Bryant family group, mostly dominated by Springer’s updates.

Amber and Hobson chimed in occasionally, and Janet inquired about Winnie’s well–being.

Winnie replied with a brief message.

Cutler almost immediately jumped in, feigning concern, but with a mocking undertone in his voice.

“The first episode got shut down, and the whole show’s likely to follow suit. I always told Winnie to play it smart, to be picky about her chances at the big time. Now she’s just turned herself into the punchline of a joke.”

Amber chimed in gently, trying to soften the blow, “Cutler, cut her some slack. It is tough enough on Winnie as it is.”

She then turned to comfort Winnie, “Don’t worry, Winnie. There are plenty of other ways to break into showbiz. Heck, your uncle once removed runs his own entertainment firm.”

The mention of family only reminded Middleton how Winnie had bypassed him, in favor of getting help from the Pattersons. It felt like a slap in the face.

He decided to play it cool, as if the message had never reached his eyes, and stayed silent. It was a severe blow to Winnie’s dreams of stardom, her opening act ending in disaster.

If she didn’t give up after this setback, she’d have to come groveling to him, and only then would he consider giving her a leg up.

Winnie glanced at the group chat, her eyebrows arching slightly. After a long pause, she typed out a response as if dropping a mic, “Who said the show’s getting canceled?”