The whole room was deafeningly quiet, as everyone was unsure of what to say. Nathan straightened his suit and heaved, “Don’t blame me for being cruel. I’ve always been this frank.”He looked over at Johnson and stated halfway through his speech, "Uncle Johnson, with all due respect, with your prestige and rank, it is certainly quite difficult to comprehend why you would keep a good-for-nothing son-in-law who freeloads in your home and even allow him to be the head of your family."I believe you should reselect a capable and dependable son-in-law for the sake of your daughter and the family's future." As he said this, Nathan cocked his head and straightened his body, as if he was addressing himself.Sensible people would notice Nathan's intention to take Thomas's place.After all, Emma was such a gorgeous woman, and many men would want to hog her.Johnson's face turned green. He tried a few times to retort, but he could not say anything in the end.Although Nathan had no shame
The Hill family's house was crowded with people for the next hour. All of the big and small jewelry companies in Southland District were present, searching for Thomas and offering him the position of purchasing manager in their company.Basically, it was all free money with no actual work required.Some companies did not even have any purchasing requirements, and they were willing to simply pay Thomas the money because they admired his talent.Other companies were inviting him, and if you did not do it as well, then you would almost certainly be eliminated when you actually need him one day.In over an hour, Thomas had received countless invitations. But Thomas had turned down quite a lot of offers. Even so, he still agreed to nearly twenty companies, the majority of which were accepted due to Johnson’s urging. Finally, based on a rough calculation, Thomas would not have to do any work, but he could still earn over fifty million dollars every month, or six hundred million per
Harvard also ran to the door and cussed before returning to the house in a contented manner.“What’s this about?“You’re bloated with pride despite asking for help from others. Are you regarding yourself as the almighty God?“The members of the White family are all good-for-nothing garbage. How dare they show off in front of the Hill family? They have really lost their minds.”As Harvard was cussing, a strange look rose in Johnson’s eyes, as if he was worried about something.But he remained silent. He just put down the remote control and went on to prepare dinner with his wife, Felicia.During the period, Emma asked him curiously, “Hubby, I haven’t asked you yet. Why are so many jewelry companies inviting you to be their purchasing manager all of a sudden? This is an important position that determines the financial soundness of every company.”Indeed, a purchasing manager had direct dealings with the livelihoods of companies, and it was a significant role. That was the reason w
Johnson was stunned. The man in front of him was Nathan’s father and his old classmate, Samuel White.It seemed that Nathan refused to admit defeat and had asked his father to seek justice for him.“Hey, Samuel, why are you here? Hurry up, add two chairs for them.”Johnson was being most polite to them.Everyone was very puzzled. With Nathan’s arrogant attitude just now, Johnson should be abhorring the father and son. How could he turn so terribly scared like a mouse spotting a cat when he saw Samuel?Did Samuel have any leverage over him?Felicia added two chairs at the dining table, and the father and son sat down.After a short while, Samuel looked at Johnson with a gold gaze and said maliciously, “Johnson, looks like you are enjoying a comfortable life now.”Johnson smiled, “I am just living an ordinary life.”“Do you consider your life ordinary?” Samuel said stiffly. “I heard that the net worth of your Hill family has gone up because you have a rich son-in-law. Are you lo
The wound looked quite vicious. If it was a little further down, the person would have died.‘Looks like this wound must be the reason behind Samuel’s hostility toward Johnson.’ As expected, Samuel raised his voice and said, “Back then, Johnson and I were classmates. He offended a group of young rascals in the society. After school, he was held up in front of the school gate and did not have the guts to fight nor flee.“It’s me who protected him from those young rascals.“It’s me who bought him the time to escape from the rascals. Because of this, I was stabbed by one of the gangsters.“Everyone, look at this. This was the wound that remained as a result of the event in the past. If I wasn’t fortunate enough, I would have been dead! A few more inches closer, and my life would be gone.“But even so, I remained in bed for half a year.”He buttoned back his shirt.Samuel gazed at Johnson and said, “Johnson, have you forgotten everything that happened back then? Now that you have
One person was his lifesaver, and the other person was his family member. Johnson was caught in a dire dilemma.In the face of the unreasonable demands from the Whites, Johnson wanted to drive them out, but…‘Ugh, I could only blame myself for owing such a heavy a debt to Samuel from back then. No matter how hard I try, I could never make up for it.’Samuel smiled and said, “My son’s proposal is not bad. Just ask Emma to drink along with my son. That could be regarded as a real apology. Johnson, I have made this much of a concession. Make up your mind now.”‘What was there to decide?’‘How could Johnson allow his daughter to drink along with Nathan? Plus, Emma had to do it in front of his son-in-law. If he allowed this to happen, how could he possibly live with himself after that?’He would rather die than allow this to happen.At that moment, Thomas stood up silently, walked over to the coffee table next door without saying a word. He grabbed a fruit knife used to cut apples in
In Samuel’s point of view, Thomas was just a dying tiger with a few arrows in his body. He could only growl at people as he had no combat power at all.But, how could a person like Samuel comprehend the power of the God of War?Thomas reached out and patted Samuel’s shoulder. His eyes exuded a strong murderous aura while he sullenly said, “Now I am giving you three seconds to get lost from my house.”Nathan was most unhappy.“Hey, why did you talk to my dad like that?“If I don’t teach you a lesson today, you are really taking yourself too seriously.”Nathan still held grudges against Thomas for beating him up previously. ‘I may not be able to beat him fairly. Since in this state, I can just simply ravage him now.’‘You only pick on people when they are down!’Nathan swung a punch at Thomas’ face shamelessly. Before he could do that, Thomas had already kicked him in the stomach, and he flew off across the sofa and fell heavily to the ground.“It hurts!!!’He fell to the gro
Thomas could not argue against Emma, so he could only listen to her. They went to the hospital for a detailed examination. Even the doctor was shocked. All three stabs were near his heart, but he was not anywhere close to danger. This was practically a miracle. What was even more shocking was that Thomas had appeared to be very experienced in treating his wounds. The way he stopped the bleeding, cleaned the wound, and sewed it up showed such experience that the average doctor would be outmatched. If he had not treated himself in time, the wound might have worsened and festered. Then, things would have turned bad. In other words, the wounds looked terrifying, but he was fine. For the time being, he was fine. But he had to be hospitalized and observed for a few days to ensure that he was really fine. Then, he could leave. Thomas did not want to be hospitalized. He believed that he was fine. But Emma did not think so. She insisted on it, and in the end, Thomas still stayed i
No one knew how far down the title Emperor of Luck was inherited.They had finally caught Luck.Following that, Eric leaped into action and reeled in his haul as fast as he could. With that, all the remaining accomplices of Luck were caught in one fell swoop!The two million innocent citizens were saved, as all of them took the antidote.Once again, Thomas saved the day.In order to express their gratitude, the citizens decided to erect statues of Thomas in Celandine City and many other cities as well.In the House of Vistaria.Phoebe ran towards her father hurriedly. She then smiled at him and said, “What did I tell you, dad? Thomas will definitely turn things around, right? I won!”Declan was so agitated, that he started tearing up.Thomas was really too amazing. He was capable of turning things around, even in such a predicament.At the same time, the curse that had plagued the Mars family for over a thousand years was finally broken. From then onwards, Declan was finally
Luck was dumbfounded. Why was Thomas still alive and kicking?“No need to doubt your own eyes. I am indeed still alive.”The crowd parted, making way for a very familiar figure. It was Thomas, the very Thomas whom the public watched him die.As he walked, he said, “Our previous research has already reached ninety-nine percent completion. But no matter how hard we tried, the final one percent remained out of our grasp. At that time, I thought that perhaps the only way was to drink the Ancestral Water and experience the poison itself, which would allow me to have a breakthrough for the final one percent.“And that was what happened. I managed to do it.“After drinking the Ancestral Water, I finally understood what the one percent was and successfully created the antidote for Ancestral Water. Now that the antidote has been created, it will sever your connection with the Ancestral Water.“You will not be able to kill anyone anymore.“You have lost, Luck.”Lost?Luck's eyes were wi
It was obvious that Eric could not afford to take a gamble this time. But he had no choice. His only choice was to listen to whatever the other party said and prepare a helicopter in twelve hours’ time.That was not all. He was also supposed to request for his superiors to help Luck get out of the country.The thought of it made Eric furious.“Damn it!”He left in anger to deal with the rest of the matter.The sky of Celandine City was covered with clouds.The patriarch, Declan, was in his garden in the House of Vistaria. He stared at the withered flowers as he grieved.His entire life was spent supporting Mr. Cole in hopes that he would be able to create an antidote to Ancestral Water. But at the end of the day, Mr. Cole accomplished nothing.His two disciples — Capricious Holy Hand Elliot, and Thomas — were both dead.There was no one in the world who was capable of creating the antidote for Ancestral Water anymore.“Alas...” Declan sighed. It seemed that it was impossible
At that moment, the general public was suddenly dumbfounded, as if struck by lightning. Everyone was down in the dumps.Many of those with poor psychological strength directly collapsed on the ground.They believed Thomas' death could be exchanged for their own safety, but who knew, in the end, they got nothing, and Luck, as usual, used their lives as a bargaining chip to force the authorities to listen to His Majesty's words.No antidote to Ancestral Water would ever be created by chance.The lives of people were still in His Majesty's hands.Whenever luck wanted them to die, they would die without any ability to resist.However, this was not the most frightening part. What was even more frightening than this was that the only person who could create the antidote to Ancestral Water had been forced to die alive by them.It would be impossible to create the antidote to Ancestral Water without Thomas.Mr. Cole and Elliot had all died, Thomas was the last person who mastered the
Eric sighed deeply, "Thomas, even though things have reached this point, you still remain so kind.""I have nothing to say except to choose death because the research failed." Thomas let out a long breath. "Before I die, I want to talk to my family on the phone."Originally, Emma and the others came to Celandine City because they wanted to be reunited with Thomas.Who knew it had turned into a life and death situation?The world was like a chess game; everything was unpredictable.When Thomas was video calling with his family, Emma was already bathed in tears at the other end. She was crying and shouting at Thomas to not be impulsive, and saying perhaps there was still room for things to turn around.That was what she thought, but it was not the case.Every minute Thomas dragged on, more people perished as the result of Ancestral Water, and the crowd’s fear and rage grew.Thomas’ life no longer belonged to him."Honey, take care of the baby."I love you."Those were Thomas’
For such demanding research, half a day was really too short.Thomas had recruited the best doctors and researchers he could find to work on a detailed study of Ancestral Water.In the past, it was difficult to achieve breakthroughs in the research on Ancestral Water. That was because figuring out how to create an antidote for the Ancestral Water was challenging. On the other hand, it was also because obtaining the Ancestral Water was incredibly difficult. Because they only had a few samples, the results were underwhelming.However, it was different now. Because the entire city's water supply had been turned into Ancestral Water, they were able to collect the samples at their convenience. This made it much easier for Thomas and the others to get the materials.With Thomas in charge, hundreds of researchers were conducting a massive study in just half a day. Unfortunately, things did not go according to plan.Thomas still failed. “We almost got it.“We were so close to makin
How sinister. “All we want is nothing but—safety.“As long as we’re safe, we definitely won’t make it difficult for everyone. If we’re safe, no one will die.“Now then, I have a small request to make to ensure everyone’s safety.“I demand that Thomas drink Ancestral Water immediately! This person is a real hassle for His Majesty, and we must keep him under our control for our own protection. Please forgive us for the inconvenience.“We'll only give everyone half a day to consider this. The emperor will begin killing people if Thomas does not step forward and drink Ancestral Water by this afternoon.“Okay. I've said everything I wanted to say. Goodbye.” The TV screen went dark, and so did Eric's face.He kicked the trash can over and said fiercely, “What is this? You're the only person in the world who can create an antidote for Ancestral Water’s poison, Thomas!“Once you drink Ancestral Water, you’ll be controlled by them!“Won't you have to obey Luck's every command by the
After listening to Thomas’ description, Eric also displayed a look of shock and said two words, “As expected.”What did he mean by, as expected?Was it possible that Eric knew that Luck was behind it from the start?“Thomas, follow me.”Eric took Thomas into an empty ward and locked the door. The two sat in the corner of the ward.He whispered, “There is a piece of news that I haven’t announced to the public, that is, besides Celandine City, there are more than ten cities that have problems. Do you know which cities they are?”Thomas’ eyes lit up. He already knew what Eric wanted to say.At the previous meeting, Eric had clearly stated that more than ten cities across the country had been controlled by Luck. Now, there happened to have more than ten cities where residents had been poisoned.Was there such a coincidence?Thomas said, “The residents are poisoned by Ancestral Water. Over ten cities are all under the control of Luck’s forces, so it is almost a certainty that Luck
“I didn’t. I saw the news early in the morning and was shocked. I haven’t dared to drink a sip of water until now.” Pisces took a deep breath and said, “Is this a natural disaster or a man-made disaster? It’s really terrible.”No matter whether it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, it was no small matter.Soon, Thomas drove to the hospital.Eric had been waiting here for a long time. As soon as he saw Thomas coming, he quickly let him enter the ward.He saw a patient lying on the hospital bed with his eyes closed, and his body was trembling. Although it was very hot, he was as cold as if he had just been lifted out of the freezer.A doctor walked over and said, “Mr. Mayo, let me tell you the general overview of the current situation.”The virus was spread through water sources.After drinking water with the virus, the virus would lurk in the human body.However, lurking did not mean that it would cause an outbreak.At present, over one hundred thousand people had b