“Do you think I wouldn’t know that you were trying to make contact with the top three families? Don’t try to be smart.” Kaze looked at Tiffany condescendingly and said indifferently. Tiffany addressed him formally in front of Zenny and Lyla. She looked as if she had the utmost respect for him. In truth, she was trying to get Zenny and Lyla to report what they saw to the top three families. They would learn that Tiffany was serving as a maid in the house because of Kaze. If the top three families were intelligent enough, they would have picked up that Kaze was more than what he was on paper. Her little plot could not escape the eyes of Kaze, who had survived countless hostile maneuvers on foreign battlefields. “I made a mistake, Mr. Lee. I was only giving my family the heads-up not to go against you. I don’t want to lose my family. “It’s not my intention to make them go after you. You’re the God of War, and you have the power to ruin my family. I wouldn’t dare.” With Ka
“Yeah. I’m happy to let the Soups take the mansion if it means Winnie won’t have to suffer. We are fine with a smaller house.” Teresa wiped her tears. Lyla was arrogant. She attacked Winnie in Teresa’s and Camry’s presence. Zenny was a mama’s boy, so he would not come to his wife’s defense. Teresa was worried that Lyla would inflict worse pain on Winnie behind closed doors. “Everybody has their own life to live. Winnie has remarried. Worrying about her won’t help.” Kaze could not understand Teresa and Camry. If Winnie had not sought solace in another man, Kaze would never allow the wife of his friend to be picked on. However, Winnie married Zenny not long after James’ death. Kaze did not have an opinion about Winnie, and he was not the type to meddle in the affairs of others. “How can we not? She’s like a daughter to us,” Teresa said helplessly. Camry sighed. “When James left, we owed people a lot of money. Brenda fell ill at the time, and the hospital told us to
Lyla smacked the drink away, and the hot liquid splashed on Winnie’s wrist. “Ah!” Winnie cried out in agony while holding onto her scalded wrist. Tears welled up in her eyes from the pain. “You’re an ingrate, Winnie. We fed you and housed you when you joined our family. In the end, you sided with your ex-husband’s family. “Without our help in settling your debt and covering the hospital bills, your ex-husband’s family would be in a far worse situation.”Lyla tore into Winnie and finally stood up to push her. “Get out. I want you and Zenny to get a divorce. You won’t be able to survive on your own because no company will want you.” Winnie fell to the ground. She looked at Zenny, but the latter put on earphones and played dumb. Truth be told, Zenny was not happy with her either. Winnie felt hopeless and helpless. Sorrow and despair picked up her soul. Her phone rang. Winnie brought the phone close to her ear and took the call. Her expression went from confusion to shoc
“I’m sorry.” As Snow watched on in surprise, Kaze apologized to Winnie with his head down. Kaze only had respect for Winnie. Tears rolled down Winnie’s cheeks. “I-It’s fine…” She covered her face. Hot with emotions, she was at a loss for words. Snow silently handed her a tissue. Once Winnie calmed down, Kaze cut to the chase, “The three major families acquired Shangrila Group and split the business between them. Bersina Group took over part of its resources, so I recovered the company and renamed it Shangrila Group. Do you know what I am after?” “Are you trying to avenge James?” Winnie asked emotionally. She was smart. Winnie could guess Kaze’s motivation upon learning that he adopted the alias, Jesse White. “I’m grateful for all the things you have done for James, Kaze.” Winnie persuaded him, “You don’t need to avenge James. They are not the most powerful families for no reason. They could take down Shangrila then, and it happened so quickly. You were always in
“Have you gotten the job yet, Kaze? Why are you eating here? The cafeteria is strictly for employees.” Miru could not stand Kaze. The guy had the nerve to threaten her at the hospital the other day. At first, Miru thought Kaze was the reason Liben and the other two were apprehended. Later, she found out that Kaze had Mathias’ influence to thank for. All the more Miru looked down on him. “That’s not your concern, Miru. I wouldn’t be able to access the cafeteria if I didn’t work here.” Kaze looked at Miru. “Why are you here?” “Did you really find a job here? I’m here to see your chairman, Jesse White,” Miru said arrogantly. Representing Lefteria Group, Miru arrived to offer the chairman congratulatory flowers and, of course, to check Jesse out. Many shared the same thoughts. “Oh, I bet you couldn’t meet him,” Kaze said with a smile. Snow mentioned at the office that some corporate representatives wanted to meet him. Kaze declined all requests without even aski
“Just let it go, Gino. Let’s grab lunch. You can tell me more about Chairman White.” Miru was always tempted to take Kaze down a notch because he annoyed her, but she did not want to get him fired. She cut Gino off and walked straight to the private dining area of the cafeteria. “Kaze, was it? I’ll keep your name in mind and sort you out later.” Gino pointed at Kaze menacingly before going after Miru. Kaze carried on with his meal, unaffected by the clown’s threat. After lunch, he did not stay long at the office building and went straight home. “Taxi!” Kaze hailed a cab by the road. A woman in formal wear rushed out of the office building with a phone in hand. She looked anxiously around. Her eyes lit up at the sight of a taxi. However, Sophie stopped disappointedly when the cab pulled up in front of Kaze. “Do you have an emergency? You can go ahead and have this ride,” said a tender voice. Sophie looked up and saw Kaze talking. She hurried over. “I’m sorry.
“So you’re saying that Kaze was the psycho that James had been looking for?” Gino was surprised. “We’ll know once we check whether he was one of the patients at Lilyrose Mental Institution,” Megan said. Megan was James’ former assistant. James instructed her to locate Kaze. Once Kaze was pinpointed at Lilyrose Mental Institution, James then wanted her to contact the staff to see if Kaze could be removed from there. Megan could still remember everything like it was yesterday. At the time, James had unexpected visitors who threatened him to stay clear of Kaze. However, James would not listen and kicked them out. Later, James met with a car accident after a visit to the mental institution. That was the start of Shangrila Group’s fall. Megan spent the last two years hating James and Kaze. It was all Kaze’s fault. James was to be blamed for his stubbornness too. If not for them, Shangrila would not have fallen apart. Megan was once the assistant of the chairma
Gino sounded condescending as if he was giving out charity. He believed Kaze had to play nice with the former employees to survive at the company even if he managed to pull some strings to get the COO position. A loser like Kaze would not miss the chance to expand his network. “Alright. I’m in.” Kaze nodded in agreement with a smirk. Gino was not helping out of the goodness of his heart. He had something up his sleeves. Kaze only accepted the invitation because many former employees of Shangrila Group would be there. The re-establishment of Shangrila welcomed back many former employees. Most of them were loyal to the previous management and they were competent at their jobs, but a few with ill intentions might slip through the cracks of Snow’s hiring. Kaze could use the opportunity to check these people out.Soon, Gino sent a text with the address of the place they were meeting at. The venue for the party was Golden Key Lounge, a bar located adjacent to the office
“Old bastards? They made you the scapegoat?” Kaze narrowed his eyes. He did not expect to get something useful out of Patrick. Based on what Patrick said, the elders of the Weathers wanted Patrick to take the blame, so they gave him to the Ryokanians. If that was true, then someone else in the family was working for the Ryokanians, not just Casius alone. Even the entire family might be involved. However, it was not a good time to ponder the question as Kaze had to deal with the imminent danger first. As the gas spread, the black color became lighter, ultimately turning into nothing. Kaze did not lower his guard. He gestured at the nervous Snow to stay in the car. Fortunately, they were halfway down the mountain and the wind was able to dissipate the gas. “Hehehe, you’re lucky, but you can’t escape!” The eerie voice came from the woods again. This time, Kaze got a clear visual of the ninja. The ninja dressed in a camouflage outfit, revealing only his eyes, was squa
Kaze scoffed, “You Ryokanians really love using cheap tricks to cover yourselves. It’s not really that hard to locate you.” “You bastard!” The owner of the voice was furious. Suddenly, the car door opened and Snow came over with an anxious look. “Mr. Chairman, we must go now…” Swoosh! Before Snow could even finish, black gas erupted from the woods, forming the face of a monster. The cloud of gas shaped like a monster’s face approached Kaze rapidly before dispersing and shrouding the entire area with it. The dark color of the gas became lighter as it covered more ground. Surprised, Kaze turned to Snow and shouted, “Get in the car and lock the door!” He then quickly took a deep breath, using a special technique to keep himself conscious. He grabbed Patrick on the ground and rapidly retreated. Snow had unconditional trust in Kaze, so she quickly went back into the car and locked the door. The driver had exited the car as well and wanted to help Kaze bring Patrick in,
Kaze’s phone rang. The call was from Snow in the car. He knew she was concerned about the situation, so he answered the phone and said, “It’s someone I knew. He was tortured and then tossed on the road. Stay in the car, and tell the driver to stay put.” Kaze realized someone set up a trap to keep him busy there. The mastermind behind this must be related to the person in the car that tailed them earlier. In other words, they might have been surrounded already. That was why he dared not let the driver drive Snow away. The driver was just an ordinary man, not a professional bodyguard. Based on his reaction to the crash, his mental state was fragile. If Kaze allowed the driver to drive Snow away, literally moving Snow away from his sight, it would only put her in danger. Kaze had to keep Snow close to himself. “Snow, call Conan. He’ll know what to do.” Kaze hung up the phone and took a pouch from his inner pocket. Inside the pouch was a set of silver needles. After per
There was only one mountainous path back to the city center from Emerald Bull Palace, and it was usually less crowded. After the car drove off and stopped tailing them, Kaze finally breathed a sigh of relief and got a shuteye.The Ghastly Thirteen Needles was indeed a powerful technique. He performed on Sasha yesterday and it consumed a lot of his energy. He had yet to recover fully after a whole day. Bang! Suddenly, a loud bang came from the front of the car, seemingly hitting something. The driver, assigned to Snow by St. Mary Hospital, immediately stepped on the brake and caused the car to screech to a stop. The car shook violently for a few moments before it stopped by the side of the road. “I’m sorry, Ms. Frost! Something suddenly appeared on the road and I couldn’t react in time. I think I hit it…” The driver turned around and apologized before he went out to check. When the driver had a better look at what happened, he was petrified on the spot, his face paled.
Reiko spoke those words with a smile on her face, yet her expression remained frosty. Even when she opened her mouth, her teeth glared coldly. Aiden said, “The Krad family doesn’t care, and neither do they want to care, what the Refined Blade Clan wants to do. I came to Riverbank just to deal with Kaze Lee. “How dare a live-in son-in-law lay his hands on the woman my brother fancies? He’s already dead! Even though Snow and my brother are not yet married, for the sake of my family, he must die! Only then can the true strength of the Krad family be demonstrated.” His tone was calm but the murderous intent was obvious. To the Krad family, killing Kaze was like squashing an ant. Reiko smiled and nodded. Her hand moved upward, subtly unbuttoned Aiden’s shirt, and then reached into his shirt to stroke his chest. “Your goal is aligned with ours. There’s a saying in your country that we should always pick on the weakest. We also have to crush Kaze Lee first, so we can flush out his
“That’s right.” Reiko nodded and added, “More precisely, we are after the ones behind Kaze Lee, like Hannah Delmore, the chief of the Viper’s Den South River Branch, and Kent Synder, the mayor of Riverbank. “We tried helping Casius to get control of the South River Branch and then slowly infiltrate the West State Viper’s Den.” Her words put a frosty smirk on Aiden but it faded quickly. Reiko did not notice the unusual expression. She continued, “Too bad our actions fell short. We’ve been planning for so long and spent countless efforts, but Hannah recovered even after she was completely stripped of her powers. She made a comeback and became stronger than before. “Yesterday, Casius was decapitated and Jude Gwake, the deputy chief of the South River Branch, was defeated. We lost big time…” “Wait!” Aiden interrupted her and asked, “Casius really died at Kaze Lee’s hands? If that’s true, then this guy is more than meets the eye. The so-called Riverbank Seven is a joke to the
The killers from Hell might not be the strongest but they could easily overwhelm the target with numbers. Not all organizations had the power to withstand their relentless attacks. It was also the reason that the Frost family lived in fear once they found out Midas King was after them. The fact that the Frost family members were not frightened by the news was a testament to their strong mental fortitude. Snow nodded and said coldly, “That’s why the Frost family hired the Krads and sent Aiden…” …In the car tailing Kaze and Snow sat Aiden, dressed in a white suit. He leaned back with legs crossed and a cigar smoldering between his fingers. He expressionlessly stared at the car in front, his gaze icy. Beside him was a woman in a traditional Ryokanian outfit. Her black traditional outfit had golden linings around the edges and an open chest design, showing off her large bosoms wrapped in bandages and her shoulder with a tattoo in red and green. The woman’s hair was tied i
The Frost family wanted to unite with the Krads by marrying Snow to Aaron. Therefore, when Kaze mentioned the Krad family, Snow turned to him and asked softly, “Mr. Chairman, did you know which organization of assassins was after the Frost family?” “Which one?” Kaze had no idea. When May visited Lilyrose, he overheard a mention of the Frost family’s enemies returning for revenge, with the leader being Midas King. Snow said, “The organization has many names. At first, they were known as Hellsearch, but people eventually just called them Hell. “I heard they don’t take normal payments to take lives. It’s either gold bars or a debt.” Kaze narrowed his eyes and said, “So once they had their eyes on a target, they would do whatever it takes and send them to hell?” There were meanings behind their name. The first would be that the killers of Hellsearch were difficult to find, or in a more direct iteration, as hard as hell to search. Secondly, once Hell received an assignment
Draig’s expression might have darkened but he was able to hold his emotions back. He knew Snow was trying to make him mad. As for Kaze, if even Cyan had no respect for him, he believed Snow would never lower herself to such standards. Draig was confident that he could move Snow with his actions and eventually, he could get under her pants. “What’s the matter with Draig?” Kaze asked Snow after they got into the car. Snow lifted her chin slightly and said, “We were at St. Mary Hospital for a while back then. This guy wanted to protect me 24/7, and on the first day, he tried to hold my hands and said it was love at first sight. “The second day, he tried to get into my room. After I scolded him, he said he grew up in Uleania and people there are open-minded. “I kicked him out, but then he got to Cyan and used her to bring me here. He’s just a shameless guy. I hate people like him.” After going through thick and thin with Kaze, Snow started to show her more vulnerable and fe