Delia was just expelled by the Medical Sage from his tutelage, but she was different. Being treated this way by more than one master was record-breaking. “Sirs… Sirs, what is this for? Why are you all expelling me from your tutelage?” Clara asked tearfully in a choked voice.This was all wrong! She was only asking for their support in punishing Dustin. But how did she end up being the one in trouble? If not for how real it all felt, she would have thought she was dreaming. “You’re cruel, ruthless, and scheming. How could someone like that achieve greatness in the field of art?” Mason said coldly. It was a tone of voice Clara had never heard from him before. It had a cutting and cold edge to it that chilled her to the bone. She could not understand it. In the past, these three masters had been very warm and friendly to her. They had accepted her with open arms. At this moment, they looked completely unfamiliar. This difference in their demeanor was very jarring for he
“Dustin, what did you do?” Clara gritted her teeth, and her voice was filled with bitterness. She loved art and enjoyed the feeling of floating in the spotlight that came with various titles and the adoration surrounding her. As the darling of the art world, her journey had been smooth since her debut. The top masters sought her out to mentor her, which shocked everyone in the world. She always believed she was a prodigy who was blessed with innate artistic talent. But everything was ruined today. All the associations had expelled her. All her masters had turned their backs on her. This meant that her path in the art world was completely blocked. After what the masters had said, no one would accept her work anymore. They said her works were mediocre. That was the final judgment! It seemed nearly impossible for her to break free from that. It was just like a curse. Clara blamed Dustin for all her resentment. “You brought this on yourself,” Dustin said indiffere
[Clara has provoked someone terrifying!] That was another text his father had sent him. A storm of thoughts swirled in Michael’s mind. He could not imagine what kind of people could have such power. He frowned and glanced at Dustin before he scoffed. Him? Dustin was nobody. He was not even worth mentioning! There was no way that it could be him! While the wealthy heirs anxiously fidgeted, Clara stood on the stage and felt deeply disappointed. She did not understand why no one was bidding for her work… It would be good enough even if just one person could stand up and break the awkward silence. “This is Miss Clara’s finest work. It’s highly valuable for collection. Is there nobody who feels tempted to bid on it?” asked the host on the stage, but no one spoke up. The whole atmosphere became even more awkward. Clara made up her mind. She whispered something to the host. “The person who purchases Miss Clara’s paintings today at a high price will have the oppor
When Clara woke up, she was lying backstage in the art exhibition hall. “Miss Clara, you’re awake!”Michael immediately rushed to her in concern. “Mr. Carson…” Clara slowly regained her senses, but her face darkened. She was humiliated at the art auction today. “Mr. Carson, why are you still here?” Clara’s expression turned cold, and she was very indifferent toward him. Michael had always claimed to be her fan, but he ignored her desperate gaze for help during the auction. “Miss Clara, please don’t misunderstand. It’s not that I didn’t want to support you, but… I couldn’t afford to!” Michael sighed helplessly. “You’re the heir of a prestigious family in Central Harbor, and you couldn’t afford it?” Clara scoffed. Michael signed again. He was unable to explain, so he showed Clara the texts he had received. When Clara saw the text, she looked shocked. She could not calm herself. The head of the Carson family, who was Michael’s father, threatened to disown him. W
The Carson family’s base was at Central Harbor. The Carson family was not on their home turf, but Michael was still able to gather together a group of people. When Michael led his group to Dustin, the latter was drinking tea in a cafe in Rivenesco. “All the people who’re not involved in this, leave now!” Michael and his group stormed in and chased out all the guests. Dustin sat at a table with a cup of tea in hand. He appeared calm and was unfazed by their arrival. This made Michael furious. “Dustin Fox, how do you have the nerve to sit here and drink tea after you’ve offended me?!” he shouted at Dustin. “Beat him up! Make him kneel before me!” Michael’s lackeys immediately shouted and rushed at Dustin. These were the thugs he had gathered in Rivenesco. They were vicious and had done some pretty terrible things. He had hired them to work for him. Among them were some who laughed in the face of death. Michael thought that he could take Dustin down with these pe
“Dad?” Michael’s eyes widened in disbelief. He was certain that was the voice of his father and the head of the Carson family, George Carson. But why was he here? Following the sound, Michael turned and saw a stern middle-aged man glaring at him in anger. Michael rubbed his eyes. He was still in disbelief. George was supposed to be in Central Harbor. Why was he here? “Dad, why are you here?” asked Michael in fear as all his arrogance vanished. He was the heir of the Carson family and feared no one except for George. Whenever George pulled a long face, Michael trembled in fear. At that moment, George was so furious, and Michael was terrified. He had never seen such a scary look on George’s face before. “I said, get on your knees and apologize!” George shouted. Thud! Michael did not dare disobey him. He fell to his knees in front of George. “Not to me! To him!” George shouted. Michael followed George’s gaze, and his face stiffened. George was talking about
“When the Carson family fell into decline, Thomas joined Hell Hall. With their support, we rose to power again and joined the ranks of powerful families! “In order to repay the King of Hades, Thomas became one of his Secret Guards. That is a great honor for the Carson family!” George’s words sent Michael into shock. This was too much for him to handle. “He’s… the King of Hades… the leader of Hell Hall?” Michael looked at Dustin in disbelief. “Obviously.” George really wanted to slap Michael again. Michael felt all his strength drain from his body, and his face turned pale. The King of Hades? He was the ruler of the underground! He stood at the top of the world! Michael could not believe that the person the Wyatt family kicked out was the leader of Hell Hall and the master of the Carson family. Michael trembled so badly at that point that his mouth quivered. He was no longer arrogant. ‘Oh no… Oh no…’ he thought as he trembled. “After I sent those two messages to
The Wyatt sisters gathered together at the Wyatt family villa. Amara looked much better than she had a few days ago. It seemed like she had recovered from the dejection she felt from losing her money in the stock market. “How’s the situation with the company?” she asked as she sat on the sofa. “Not good. The Zimmer family keeps pushing us, and they don’t seem to want to stop. It looks like they intend to take us down with them,” Clara said darkly. Amara pulled a long face. She had thought about buying shares to save the company, but she ended up losing fifty million dollars, which worsened the situation. “How are you feeling, Bella?” She looked over at Bella, who was sitting beside her. Bella appeared to be in a daze and did not answer. “She’s not mentally here… at least not entirely. Sometimes, she’s okay, but whenever I ask her what happened that day, she starts screaming and loses all her reason.” Delia sighed. “I can’t cure her… not with my skills. I heard that a fa
She could not bring herself to believe that Dustin could possibly come up with enough money to buy a five-star hotel on the spot. That was no small sum! “Sir, our hotel is performing well and isn’t currently for sale,” the manager said politely with a smile. “Then, I’m even more interested,” Dustin said with a faint smile and pulled a black gold card from his wallet. The manager’s expression changed instantly. His sharp eyes recognized the exclusive black gold card. Dustin placed the card in the manager’s hand. “Go ahead. Contact your boss and let him know Dustin from Rivenesco wants to buy this hotel.” The manager trembled slightly as he held the card. His experience told him that this was a Supreme Card from Lovellia’s Central Bank. It was exclusive to individuals with over a billion dollars in deposits in the Central Bank and an extraordinary status. He did not dare to waste any of Dustin’s time. “I’ll reach out to our boss immediately. Please wait a m
“Excuse me, sir, how may I assist you?” the waiter asked with a polite smile. “Cut the chatter. Just go call them. It’s nothing bad.” Dustin dismissed him with a wave. The waiter’s smile froze momentarily. “Please wait here.” He turned and walked away. The group exchanged puzzled glances, as they were unsure of Dustin’s intentions. “Dustin, what are you up to?” Keller frowned as he asked. “Didn’t you all look down on me, saying that I couldn’t even afford one night in this hotel?” Dustin smirked. “Let me prove otherwise.” The group froze for a second. Ellen’s face twisted. She had only meant to mock Dustin for being poor. Who could afford to splurge on a night here out of spite? “I didn’t mean…” she began, but Franklin raised his hand and cut her off. “Let’s see how he plans to prove it,” he said, as he was clearly intrigued. He did not think Dustin would make a scene for no reason. But how exactly did he plan to demonstrate his financial capacity
“Don’t worry. I will use all my connections to get you reinstated!” He made a promise. “Haha…” Dustin chuckled scornfully. “It’s useless. The person from the Lannopolis Central Main Arbitration Court said that the order personally came from the highest level in Lannopolis!” Sylus said dejectedly.“What?!” The Douglas family members were completely shocked. The order was personally given by the highest power in Lannopolis. Dustin was able to ask the highest power in Lannopolis to personally issue an order to dismiss a chief. The implication made Franklin and Keller shudder in fear. Both of them had worked in this field, but they were still far from reaching such a high level. At this time, the faces of the Douglas family members changed swiftly, and they remained silent for a long time. Ellen was even more cautious. She did not know about Dustin’s real identity, so she dared not yell at him again.Franklin looked at Dustin with a stern face. “Do you… know anyone po
Other than Dustin, everyone was extremely shocked. Dustin had just sent out a text, and the chief of the Arbitration Court in the Third District was fired? That was not a small position. How could he be fired just like that? Even if he were to be fired, it would still take a few days to go through the whole procedure. But… Dustin had sent just one text! They could not believe it. Was it really him? Did he have that kind of power? “Mr. Lane, please clarify. What exactly happened? Why did you suddenly get fired?” Franklin frowned and asked.This was ridiculous. “Who made the call? Who dares to fire you?”Sylus’s face was grim. He also looked confused. “The call was from Lannopolis Central Main Arbitration Court. They said I’ve gotten involved in something that I shouldn’t have, and I abused my position and power, so they want to fire me.“They even said I won’t be a public employee again.”Sylus’s words made them even more shocked. What did it mean that he had g
When Monique and Simone heard that, both their faces stiffened. The Arbitration Court was a department dedicated to resolving various civil disputes. They would handle all cases of disputes and give their judgments before it was enforced by the relevant authorities.The chief of the Arbitration Court was definitely not a low-level, ordinary position. He had immense power. They knew that Franklin’s father used to be a prominent person, but they did not expect him to be able to leverage someone of this level even after retirement. Monique felt hopeless. Franklin had even invited the chief of the Arbitration Court, which made her feel hopeless. When that kind of department got involved, no matter how she tried, she could not stop the sentence that the department pronounced. “Mr. Lane, please handle this case,” Franklin said to Sylus. He smiled faintly and glanced at Dustin. What an ungrateful kid! “Since you have asked for my help, I naturally will do my best,” Sylus
After Jack beat Keller and others, his anger finally dissipated, and he wanted to apologize to Dustin. Dustin waved his hands in dismissal and motioned for him to leave. Jack dared not disobey Dustin, so he could only obediently leave. Dustin walked to Keller who lay on the ground and looked down at him indifferently.“What’s your relationship with Jack?” Keller asked unwillingly. All of them were beaten, but only Dustin remained uninjured. Besides, Jack treated Dustin differently, and anyone could see that there was something between them.“Rivenesco is not a place which you can control. Simone is also not someone whom you can covet. Go back to Somerton now,” Dustin said indifferently. David cared about this, so Dustin saw no reason to deal with Keller harshly. He just needed to make the latter back out. Keller’s face turned red. He did not say anything. He felt unwilling and ashamed. He just returned from the best university abroad. He rolled up his sleeves and was ab
“Why… why are you suddenly angry?” Gavin asked in confusion. He did not understand what was going on.“Mr. Zimmer, please don’t be angry. If we’ve said something wrong, please forgive us…” He tried to defuse the situation. “Who the hell are you?” Jack asked impatiently.Gavin’s words died in his throat, and his face darkened. “If you can’t speak properly, just shut up! If you say anything more, I’ll make sure you’re never able to talk again!” Jack shouted. Gavin’s face turned a shade of red, and he dared not speak again. “Mr. Zimmer, what’s wrong? All we did was scold Dustin just a little.” Keller forced out a smile and tried to calm Jack down.“Shut up!” Jack suddenly shouted, and his face twisted in anger. Keller was so frightened that he trembled, and his face stiffened. “F*ck you! I can’t believe that I was so polite to you until now! Bah!” Jack was very annoyed. He was always a very bad-tempered person. It was an ordeal for him to restrain himself and act so humbl
Dustin lifted a wine glass.Jack’s eyes widened, and he opened his mouth. He had come here to apologize. But Dustin was making a toast to him! This terrified him greatly. “No! No! How could you toast to me?” Jack immediately waved in refusal. He reached out to press Dustin’s wine glass back onto the table.“How could I bear this? This tortures me too much!” Jack looked helpless and terrified. Even his grandfather had to be respectful toward Dustin. Jack’s strange behavior made Keller and others confused.“Mr. Zimmer, you don’t have to be like this. He should really toast to you,” Keller said and smiled.“Yes, the primary cause of our misunderstanding is him. If it wasn’t for him, we wouldn’t have disturbed you. He should apologize to you!” Gavin also added.“Mr. Zimmer, please just accept it. He should do this. It’s already good enough that we aren’t making him kneel and grovel before you.”“Mr. Zimmer, you don’t have to be polite to him. He isn’t that qualified for you
“Everyone, it was my fault for what happened earlier in the day. I’ll make a toast to you as an apology!” Jack poured himself a glass of wine, stood up, and said with a smile. Then, he drank it all in one go. Keller and others looked at each other at a loss. They had not apologized yet, but Jack was already admitting to his fault. What was going on? They looked at each other, but they could not understand it. Did Jack have to apologize? The humbler Jack acted, the more flustered they felt. “Mr. Zimmer, please don’t say that. It was clearly our fault!” said Keller immediately and got up. Other than Dustin and Simone, everyone else stood up with him. “I didn’t expect that you would be so humble and polite. We feel very ashamed! “Let’s toast to Mr. Zimmer and apologize to him!” Keller raised his glass and shouted. “Mr. Zimmer, cheers! Feel free to go at your own pace!” After he said it, everyone drank at the same time. Jack was dumbfounded. He did not understan