Harry and the other young masters’ laughter froze. Lyn and Juno’s smiles froze. Yume’s grin froze. Even Winston’s flattering smile froze. They all spent three billion in acquiring Golden Edge, which was considered a huge acquisition that would spark discussions in the investment world. Yet someone laughed at them for crowdfunding. What kind of crowdfunding could get three billion? All of them were upset by what they heard. They turned to the door with furious glares, wondering who had the nerve to challenge them and laugh at them. “Kaze Lee?!” Yume narrowed her eyes fiercely. If not for her admirers, which she had to maintain her image in front of them, she would have jumped on Kaze and bit his face off. “Kaze Lee! How dare you appear in front of us?!” Lyn and Juno were furious as well. “Kaze Lee?” Harry and the others reacted coldly. He then asked Winston, “Hey, you! I thought you said he’s eating ice cream outside. Why is he here?” “Kaze Lee?! How di
Kaze pointed at the rest of the young masters and all of them were silenced. “None of you have the money, but I do. If that doesn’t make all of you useless, what are you?” Kaze then signaled Winnie. “Winnie, sign the contract.” “Sign what contract? I am not selling Golden Edge to you!” Winston finally seized the chance to speak. He stared at Kaze and scoffed. “I have the shares, so I decide who to sell to!” “Kaze, forget about it! The contract has been signed. You are too late!” Lyn scoffed with delight. “Yeah!” Winston took the contract and waved it in front of Kaze. “See this? Ms. Vinland already signed her name on it. The ink is still wet! I’m not selling to you! What can you do about it?” Everyone was amused by Winston’s exaggerated expressions and movements when he teased Kaze, especially considering his large physique. Winston finally felt relief after being ridiculed and disrespected by Kaze earlier. “Let me have a look.” Kaze reached out to the contract.
Harry and the others glared at Kaze. Their cheeks flushed due to excessive anger. Wasted their printing cost? How much could printing the contract cost? Kaze was obviously mocking them! They came from all over the country, and did all those things to snatch Golden Edge away but their efforts fell short in the end. Acquiring Golden Edge and humiliating Shangrila Group, everything became a big fat joke! “You stupid dog! You tried to sell the shares that are not yours? Just you wait!” Harry poked Winston in the shoulder. It was Winston who embarrassed them all in front of Kaze and Yume. “Young Master Harry, no! It’s not like that. I have to deal with the old geezers! Just give me some time, I’ll get my gangster friends to get rid of them!” Winston pointed at the three family heads and shouted, “You three old geezers, just you wait!” Flint, Edward, and Belarus simply scoffed at him. With Kaze on their side, no one would dare to touch them. Kaze laughed when he h
“Slap yourself ten times to entertain Yume first.” “Who do you think you are? How dare you slap Yume?” “Ten slaps is just a game. If we don’t destroy you today, we will be wasting our time to come here.” “If you don’t do it, we will crush you. You know how powerful we are. Each of us can single-handedly crush you.” The young masters threatened Kaze. They came here to avenge Yume and they would not just walk away with just ten slaps from Kaze. Like they said, it would be a waste of their time if they did not destroy Kaze. Sky did not expect the young masters would still target Kaze after he bought Golden Edge. Seeing the ferocious looks and murderous intent on them, Sky’s face turned pale. “You people are simply taking advantage of us because of your family background!” Rose shouted at them as she wiped her tears away. “Even without our family background, we all have a better academic level, capabilities, and influence than him. Either one of us can easily beat him
The young masters reacted grimly when Kaze called them useless. “Yeah, we are taking advantage of you. Either one of us can crush you like an ant. It’s your honor to have us all here to bully you like a boy!” “Slap yourself, don’t talk nonsense! We’ll destroy you today!” Harry and the others continued to mock and looked down on Kaze. Lyn and Juno urged him to stop wasting time. Yume maintained her icy goddess image by staying quiet. “Yume Vinland, do you remember what I said yesterday?” Kaze looked at her and started walking to her. Yume frowned and did not understand his question. “Kaze, stop wasting time. No one can save you now! Slap yourself!” Lyn and Juno continued to urge him. Kaze ignored them and went up to Yume. “I said yesterday that I would slap you in front of your admirers. Have you forgotten about it already?” As he spoke, he grabbed Yume by the collar. “What are you doing?!” Yume shouted in panic. She did not expect Kaze to be so bold. She had
Some of the young masters agreed to let Kaze go, but their eyes were still burning with the flames of rage. It was just a way to stall and trick Kaze to free Yume. The moment Yume was freed, they would jump on him and rip him apart. “Let me go? Won’t come after me?” Kaze scoffed. “How arrogant. Who allowed a bunch of useless trash like you people to speak to me like that?” He slapped Yume again. “You!” The young masters were agitated and scared. They did not expect such stubbornness from Kaze. They already softened their tone and showed signs of a peaceful retreat, yet Kaze slapped Yume again. “Okay! Okay! We were being rude! Stop, and we’ll apologize!” Harry forced a smile on his face and tried his best to express his intention. “Apologize?” Kaze looked askance at him. Micheal said, “What are your terms? Name them.” “You said it.” Kaze grinned. “All of you, go out and stand under the sun for three hours and eat as much ice cream as you can.” “Not going
Yume screamed and cursed Kaze loudly. She dropped her frosty image and cried like a wretched hag. Even Zephyr and the others frowned at her sudden change of behavior. They understood that she was furious and agitated but the words that came out of her mouth were entirely different from her usual personality. “Finally, she stripped her disguise.” Kaze scoffed. “Do you know why I keep slapping you? I want your admirers to see your true nature.” He slapped her two more times before he released Yume. “Finally, ten slaps.” Kaze tapped his hands and then looked at Harry and the others, who were still infuriated. “You people want me to slap myself ten times, so I slapped Yume ten times. Happy now?” Harry, Micheal, Zephyr, and the others reacted grimly. Yume was on the floor, screaming like a witch. “Kaze Lee! You fuck! Your wife’s grandfather and his family had changed their names to Vinland. I will torture them every single day and let them know what it’s like being a V
Everyone waited for Hank to punch Kaze but he left in a hurry after a phone call. No one understood what kind of selection was more important than avenging Yume. “Selection? I heard the Lilyrose Strategic Department is selecting soldiers to be sent to foreign battlefields. All the ace soldiers from different strategic departments wanted to join, but there were only so many slots.” “My cousin who served the Spec Ops Team for many years didn’t even get a slot, but Hank got it?!” Harry looked at Hank in surprise. Hank said proudly without looking back, “How hard is it to get a slot in the preliminaries? Your cousin is useless.” Harry grunted but he did not argue. Hank served the main Spec Ops Team of the South River Strategic Department. He served directly under the highest command. Those who were given a slot in the preliminaries were all ace soldiers. Hank was able to secure his position among the elites and he even became a team leader, not just a common soldier. He
With a darkened expression, Ruby commanded Lance, “Don’t you have a lot of wealthy friends? Just get two hundred thousand from them. Call them and ask them for help!” Lance gradually lost his patience. “They are not the friends who would lend me money. I should be grateful that they don’t come to me for money, and you are asking me to go to them for help? “It’s just a dress. Why are we buying it today? Let’s just do a rain check. When my father unfreezes my credit card, I’ll buy you something more expensive!” He wanted to take Ruby away but the woman was being stubborn. Anger rushed to her head as she shook Lance’s hand off. She shouted, “You useless piece of shit, you can’t even afford a two-hundred-grand dress? Don’t touch me! Get out of my face!” Lance got mad too. “If you have the fucking money, buy it yourself! I’m not your husband! You are begging me to buy it but you’re raising your voice?!” “You?!” Ruby wanted to slap some sense into Lance but the other customers
Ruby was confident in her body. Her physique allowed her to wear all kinds of beautiful dresses flawlessly, so she knew she would fit in the gown without even trying. However, the gown had a pure and innocent vibe, which did not fit her demeanor and temperament. The different style did not bother her because she was carried away by the price tag; the more expensive it was, the more it satisfied her vanity. “Miss, this is the most expensive gown in our store. It was created by a famous designer overseas. It cost two hundred thousand,” said the storekeeper. “Two hundred thousand for a gown?! Even the celebrities aren’t wearing something this expensive!” “Yeah. Maybe the top celebrities can afford it but a small one could never!” “Forget about it. We won’t be able to afford it, but it’s nice to have a look.” “I can’t afford it either. Different people, different lives.” When the price was revealed, the other customers gasped in astonishment, followed by regret and jealousy
Ruby thought that after mocking Sasha and Kaze, they would leave the store with a sour look, yet the two of them went to another section to continue shopping. Sasha’s timid figure was a pain in her eyes. In the other section, Kaze asked the storekeeper to do the same as the previous store. “Pick a gown for my sister here. She’s going to wear it to emcee at a party.” To their surprise, Ruby and Lance came after them. “You two poor bastards, get out of the way! Can you even afford the clothes here? Hmph! “You, I want you to pick something for me that is fitting!” The female storekeeper looked troubled. “Miss, this…” “Cut the crap and get on with it!” The storekeeper was instantly defeated by Ruby’s aggressive demeanor. She quickly sized up Ruby’s body and physique and selected a red gown with a deep frontal cutting for her. “Miss, this one might look nice on you.” “Let me have a look.” Ruby took the gown and looked at the price tag. She then tossed it on the floor
“Your little sister? I have not heard of Sasha having a brother. Are you the sugar daddy who’s been feeding her?” Ruby scrutinized Kaze and noticed nothing branded on him, which fueled her contempt for him. “But you don’t look like a rich one, more like a poor loser! What are you two doing here in a luxury store?” Kaze coldly said, “We don’t have to inform you where we are going.” “You don’t have to, but if you are just here window shopping, I would suggest you leave right away. People just don’t seem to know their limits.” Ruby then looked at Sasha, who was afraid, and mocked her, “Some people are just an ugly duckling, not a swan. You can’t just change who you naturally are, not like you can put on a dress and look great. Am I right, Lance?” She curled her arms around Lance’s and spoke in a sweet and flattering tone. Lance was one of the wealthy young men on campus who had been asking her out. Initially, she saw Lance as just another one of her test subjects she could
“Lance,” Sasha said with a nod. She instinctively took another step back, which made the man named Lance frown. Ruby was displeased by how Lance reacted to Sasha, her face ashened. She scrutinized Sasha and said sarcastically, “Sasha, look at you. You’re Cinderella today. I thought you were still that Ugly Duckling back at school. Don’t tell me you’ve found a sugar daddy.”Misunderstood as someone clinging onto a rich man, Sasha’s face instantly blushed. She waved her hands anxiously and said, “No, it’s not like that! It’s nothing like that! My boss from Herbal Spring wants me to get some new clothes for work, so that I’d look better.” Ruby scoffed, “Are you kidding me? The brand that you are wearing might not be to my taste but it costs thousands. There’s no boss who is this kind, spending money on the employee’s outfit. Besides, you are just a part-timer, not a full-time employee. And you are telling me you don’t have a sugar daddy?” Her words fueled Sasha’s anxiety, making
“Kaze, I really don’t need it…” Buying ten thousand bucks worth of clothes was already overwhelming for Sasha. She dared not even spare a glance at the expensive gowns and dresses. “The boss is paying. Come on, let’s go get you something nice.” Kaze already spotted another store specializing in gowns and dresses. He dragged the girl inside without giving her the chance to escape. The store was filled with various designs of dresses and gowns, so fancy that it made the girl’s jaw drop. Even though she looked reluctant due to the price, her eyes showed a hint of delight. Kaze saw the delight in her and simply smiled. No woman could resist wearing beautiful dresses. He knew all women, including Sasha, would be instantly captivated by the beautiful dresses. He brought Sasha shopping for luxury dresses so that she could get used to the extravagant experience. He knew that a girl like Sasha could never conceal her charms under her shyness. Men would flock over to her like
Sasha’s lips moved once more, but Kaze’s gaze remained fierce, so she wisely zipped her mouth. “Not a problem, sir.” The storekeeper knew Kaze was a generous customer, so she nodded happily. Being a storekeeper for a luxurious brand required experience and taste. In less than ten minutes, the storekeeper selected three sets of outfits for Sasha, from top to bottom and outer to inner. “Miss, you try these.” Kaze swiped his card before Sasha had the time to regret or stop him. If the size did not fit, she could change it on the spot. Sasha looked at Kaze helplessly and then reluctantly followed the storekeeper to the changing room. A while later, Sasha came out in a new dress and with a blush on her face. Kaze was slightly surprised, looking at the brand new Sasha in a pure white dress. He had to praise the storekeeper for her sharp sense. The white dress emphasized the girl’s innocence and gentleness. “Miss, you are the first customer in our store to present su
Sasha looked troubled. She said, “The owner is paying? It’s okay! I’m wearing the clothes anyway; I should pay for them. The owner and the others took good care of me while at work, I don’t want to take advantage of them.” Kaze was left speechless. How could a little girl be as stubborn as a mule?“How are you taking advantage of them? I said, the owner wants you to wear beautiful clothes and get more business for them, so that they can earn more money. “You know the other employees actually have an allowance for shopping? Each of them has twenty thousand to buy clothes, but since you are just part-time, and you are new, you only have ten thousand.” Kaze continued to coax the girl. “Ten thousand?!” Sasha was shocked by the number. She shook her head and hands, “No! I don’t need that much! A few hundred is enough!” Ten thousand was enough for her to cover her daily expenses for two years or more. How could she spend all of them on clothes? Kaze chuckled. “Ten thousand i
Twenty minutes later, Sasha came out in fresh clothes. She wore a white T-shirt coupled with a pair of jeans, but the patches on them indicated that they were old clothes. She was holding her phone with a slight embarrassment on her face. “Sasha? What’s the matter?” Kaze asked. “Uh, it’s nothing. I-I have to call my school to inform my teacher.” Sasha then went to the corner to make the phone call. “Sasha, you should really try to be the emcee of the evening party. I always have high hopes for you but you are too shy. You blush whenever you talk to strangers. How are you going to adapt when you go out to work in the future? You should train yourself to speak up more. Try to go on stage.” The voice of a middle-aged woman came from the phone once it was connected. Sasha said shyly, “Ms. Cornell, thank you for your kindness, but I cannot afford to buy a gown. I won’t be joining the party.” “My dear, you should learn to be more open-minded. I said I would prepare the gown