A few of the most worked-up fans pushed their way to the front, hurling insults at the onlookers."What's with you people? Stop dragging our Barbie's name through the mud. She's innocent!""Yeah, you're just a bunch of jealous hags who can't stand how gorgeous and sweet-voiced our Barbie is. You're trying to tarnish her reputation on purpose! Why don't you old, ugly witches just stay home and spare us the sight of you?""Seriously, these haters are the worst, spewing their venom because they can't handle how amazing Barbie is. It's sickening how they try to drag her down!"As the fanatical fans' tirades escalated, more and more of them confronted the mall-goers, the clash intensifying by the minute. Barbie sensed the chaos spiraling out of control. She shoved a bodyguard aside and jabbed a finger at Liam, her voice sharp with fury."Move it! I've got a grand opening to attend. Be smart and step aside, now!"Liam stood his ground, unfazed by Barbie's demand. As the shouting match
"Hey, look at this dude. He did not keep an eye on his kid, letting her run wild in the mall. The kid takes a tumble, and he's got the nerve to blame our Barbie!""What a lowlife, exploiting Barbie's star power to grab some limelight for himself. Totally revolting!"The rants of those unhinged fans left onlookers dumbfounded and filled Liam with revulsion. Confronted with those zealots who would not spare a thought of their own, he was a mix of sickened and seething.They took their idol's words as gospel, ignoring any sense of right or wrong, just mindlessly adoring, never pausing to consider the fallout from their rash words and deeds.However, the real culprits were the idols themselves, flush with resources and clout, wielding their societal sway. Instead of fostering a positive image and contributing to the greater good, they rode the wave of their fanbase, acting like they ruled the world, online and off, doing as they pleased.Celebs like Barbie, who ran wild on the strengt
The manager was sweating bullets on the inside. Barbie was a well-known diva in the industry, a real piece of work. It was just some overeager fan causing a scene, and the security could easily handle it. Yet there he was, summoned to deal with it personally.However, Liam did not just walk away as the manager had expected. Instead, he posed a question."You're the manager of this place?"The manager spun around, baffled, and eyed Liam with a mix of surprise and confusion. "Yeah, I run this mall. What's it to you?""Well, since you're in charge, here's the deal: your mall is done working with her. No more events, no more collabs, nothing with this lady, got it?"The crowd gasped. The guy was talking like he owned the place!The manager was taken aback and then sneered at Liam with a mix of amusement and scorn. "Are you for real? You think you're some big shot who can just cancel deals with Ms. Barbie Yack? Who do you think you are, acting like you own the joint?"Barbie hersel
After the call ended, Kolten found the phone number of the CEO of Christopher Mall—Edward Lowe. He then personally called him.At that moment, Edward was finalizing the details of the grand opening ceremony with the senior executives of the mall in his office.Suddenly, his phone rang. Who on earth would call at this time? Edward frowned as he grabbed his phone. His expression changed drastically when he saw the number that was shown. He quickly picked it up and said respectfully, "Hello, Mr. Reath! To what do I owe this pleasure? How may I be of help?"Edward looked terrified. He never expected that Kolten, the top businessman of Drunham City, would personally call him up.When he attended a dinner a few years ago, he had a lot of trouble obtaining Kolten's number from someone else. He always looked forward to speaking with Kolten and getting to know him. Who would have thought that Kolten would be the one to call him first? The whole office fell silent. Judging from the nam
"What an insolent young man with nothing but cheap talk! Do you know how much our mall is worth? It's a whopping one hundred and fifty million dollars! Looking at yourself. Let's put aside the fact that it's one hundred and fifty million dollars. Can you even afford it if it's just two million dollars? And you want to purchase our mall!"The manager's expression was full of ridicule. He deliberately mentioned that the mall was worth 150 million dollars because he wanted to call Liam's bluff. Then, he got so annoyed that he instructed the mall staff to kick Liam out."You there, kick this impudent young man out of here and blacklist him! From now on, he's not allowed to enter our mall!" the manager barked.Then, with a boastful look, he raised his eyebrow tauntingly at Liam. "Kid, are you sorry now? You have to pay for your lies!" Barbie was standing at the side and enjoying the flattery of her fans. Looking as proud as a pompous peacock with its head held high, Barbie said, "Hmph!
The manager who was slapped held his cheek and looked at Edward with a stunned expression. He was just about to say something when he was completely shocked by what Edward did next. Everyone else who was present was stunned too.Edward quickly walked toward Liam with a respectful demeanor. He looked nervous as he said to Liam, who was holding Jovie in his arms, "Mr. Cole, sorry to have frightened you. I apologize for coming late! I am Edward Lowe. As per your request, the ownership of the mall has now been transferred to your name!"This sentence made everyone gasp involuntarily.And that left the manager, Barbie's team, and her enthusiastic and mindless fans completely dumbfounded.What? Did this man buy the mall? Was the mall truly his at that moment?The manager was stupefied, and he dropped to the ground with his face as white as a sheet. He knelt on the ground and crawled toward Liam while constantly apologizing. His speech was incoherent as he stuttered, "M-Mr. Cole, I-I
Liam's expression was getting more and more sullen. There was a frosty glint that gleamed in his eyes. It looked like Barbie was not going to stop until she got a dose of reality.Liam no longer wanted to waste time with her. He just said in a cold voice, "Citron Entertainment, is it? You're only arrogant because you have your agency that you're proud of. Let's see how long you can stay cocky once the agency is gone. I don't care who your financial backers are, you have to apologize on your knees to my daughter today!" Liam was just finished when Barbie laughed arrogantly as if hearing the funniest joke in the world. She said disdainfully, "Do you think you're invincible just because you have some money? There are countless people far richer than you and more powerful than you! Money is not the only thing my agency has!"Barbie was full of pride while she was speaking. But she was full of disdain when she glanced toward Liam from the corner of her eye."That reminds me, yes, there
"Jovie, don't be afraid. Daddy will protect you." Jovie held onto Liam's neck softly, put her head on Liam's shoulder, and nodded gently, "Alright."Everyone at the scene looked at Liam in shock.They thought that Liam must have gone insane.That was Citron Entertainment! He gave another order over the phone. Would it work out just as it did earlier?Everyone continued to wait with curiosity for the drama to unfold.Barbie, however, snorted and continued to taunt Liam, "Now, I've seen it all! You have such good acting skills. It's a shame that you're not an actor! You even made a call. Do you think you can acquire Citron Entertainment with just a phone call like what you did with Christopher Mall? I'd like to see if my agency will make me apologize!" With that said Barbie took out her phone and called her representative in the agency. She said in a coquettish tone, "Cooper, I'm so mad! It's all your fault for arranging this job for me. I'm on my way to the event and I would
However, Andy was a smooth talker, so the eldest member of the Drayton family liked him. Because of that, the head of the family tolerated him. That was why Andy, who was just a member of the branch family, dared to be so cocky.Andy saw Howard standing at the side from the corner of his eye as he spoke. He thought of what Howard said earlier, and that made his blood boil.He pointed at Howard and bellowed, "Uncle Derrick, this Howard is trash as well. You have no idea. I told him I was a member of the Drayton family, yet he did not take our family seriously at all."Not only did he have his men capture me, but he said cockily that he wanted to lock me up forever, and nobody could stop him."Weren't you very cocky before this, Mr. Mosier? Go on. Continue acting cocky in front of my uncle now. Detain me and lock me up forever."Andy took a couple of steps closer to Howard as he said that. He extended his hands arrogantly and said, "Come on. I have my hands stretched out for you. Hu
Soon, Andy and the thugs from the nightclub yesterday were released.Andy saw Derrick standing at the entrance of the police headquarters at a glance. He got so excited that he shouted, "Uncle Derrick! Uncle Derrick!"Fletcher's subordinates were incredibly excited to see Derrick as well. All of them shouted, "Mr. Derrick Drayton!"One of the subordinates was in Drunham City because Derrick arranged for him to be there. After he was brought to Derrick's side, he smiled apologetically and said, "Thank you for saving me, sir. Don't worry. Fletcher's faction and properties are all here. I'll be able to rebuild the faction here very soon."In other words, even if Fletcher was out of the picture, he would be able to thrive in Drunham City and replace Fletcher.However, Derrick shot an icy glare at him and sneered. "Hmph! How shameless of you to say that? There are so many of you, yet you can't deal with a small loser who only married into the Stone family."If it wasn't because this w
Howard did not expect that the Drayton family would have a connection with the Carter family. They could even produce a token from the Carter family."Mr. Derrick Drayton, I didn't expect that your family and the Carters go way back. You even got the Carter family's token out," said Howard.Derrick sneered and said, "Enough with the nonsense. Howard, my family did the Carter family a favor back then, that's why the general of the Carter family gave this token to us. He promised us that we could take out this token if we were ever in a bind in the future, and they would help us!"I'm taking out this token today to tell you that I'm going to bail Andy out of here. I'd like to see who in Drunham City has the guts to stop me!"Howard was stunned, and then he fell silent.He did not think that Derrick would take out a token from the Carter family.The Carter family was the top family in Mirstone. Nobody in Mirstone would dare to go against the Carter family. Derrick became even more
Meanwhile, Derrick and his men were already at the entrance of the police headquarters.Derrick's eyes were burning with rage as he looked at the door that was shut tightly. A sneer appeared on his lips as he said, "Hmph. Looks like they already know I'm coming, so they are deliberately trying to assert dominance."Then, he asked his driver next to him, "Where are our men? Have they all arrived?"The driver nodded and said, "They're here, Mr. Derrick. They are all waiting at the side. We'll tear down the main door to the police headquarters once you give the command."Derrick nodded with satisfaction. Then, he shouted at the police headquarters, "Howard! You're just the chief of the police headquarters! How dare you lock me outside?""I'd like to see how powerful you are today, Howard! Come on, guys. Take it down!"At his command, a group of burly men rushed out of the black van next to him. They were all holding thick bats, and they rushed up to the door ferociously.Right at t
At first, Yafe and the rest of the Stone family were stunned after they heard what Liam said. Then, they all burst out laughing.Yafe looked at Liam with a mocking gaze and said, "Are you kidding me, Liam? You're going to get the Draytons to come and apologize in person? Come on, that's the Drayton family we're talking about! Do you think they are just some nobody?"Right now, I don't want to waste my breath anymore. As long as you're able to stop the Drayton family from targeting us, I'm more than grateful. Don't you forget that you're the one who wanted to leave the Stone family? So, stop dragging us into your mess."Liam shot the crowd with an icy glare and brought Celena out of the Stone Mansion.Celena was still in a slight daze after they got into the car. Liam put on her safety belt for her and asked, "What's the matter, dear? Are you still worried about the Draytons?"Celena nodded and replied, "Yes. After all, all these were caused by the conflict between Andy and us. Jus
Liam wanted to ask what the family heirloom was, but he had no choice but to let it be after he heard what Yonatan said.However, Liam heard Yonatan's voice again, saying, "I've never seen that thing, but I heard from the Drayton family members that it was from a big shot in the military."The military?Liam's eyebrows furrowed once he heard it had something to do with the military. Then, he kicked Yonatan away, making him land next to the thugs.Yonatan passed out because of that kick.Once the thugs saw their leader was out cold, they took a couple of steps back in fear.However, Liam did not care about them at all. He looked at Yafe and the others instead.Once the Stone family members saw that they were out of the woods, they became cocky again.Yafe and Sherah, in particular, were so cocky that they ran up to Liam and condemned him, "Look what you've done! You're bad luck! What else can you do other than cause us trouble? Do you know who that is? He is from the Drayton fam
Yonatan was infuriated and bellowed, "So this is how you're going to play! Alright! I'm not going to stop until I kill you today!"Yonatan was radiating an intense desire to battle. That was the air exuded by a fighter of Fourth Order War King caliber.The Stone family was so frightened by the air he exuded that their faces turned pale. All of them took more than ten steps back in fear, afraid they would be injured by mistake.Yonatan clenched his fist and charged at Liam like a ferocious beast. His fist was packing so much power that it created a sonic boom, cutting through the air and going for Liam's face.The punch was so powerful that it could kill a bull right away.The Stone family thought Liam was going to die. Nobody would be able to survive a punch like that.Yonatan thought the same. He was very confident in his ability. He looked into Liam and knew he used to be a soldier, as well as a good fighter. However, so what?No matter how skilled Liam was in combat, could he
The moment Liam stepped into view, the Stone family members lit up as if they had spotted their guardian angel. They pointed at him, their voices rising in a chorus of relief and accusation. "Mr. Yonatan, look over here! It's Liam! I said they weren't with us!""Exactly! Mr. Yonatan, see for yourself, Liam's not part of our family!""Mr. Yonatan, now that Liam's here, if you're looking to pin the blame on someone, he's your man!""Liam, you actually showed up. If you hadn't crossed the Drayton family, would we, the Stones, have ever been dragged into this mess?""Liam, Celena, you two are nothing but trouble. You've left the family, so why keep stirring the pot for us?"...The air crackled with the Stone family's collective outrage, their faces twisted in anger as if they were ready to rip Liam and Celena to shreds.Celena and Liam's arrival was pure happenstance. They were just in the neighborhood to check in on an old friend when they overheard Yonatan's boastful taunts.Lia
Yonatan did not even bother to look at him. He checked his watch with a chilling laugh and said, "You've got ten minutes for Liam to show up. Don't say I didn't warn you."The words sent a wave of shock through Yafe and the rest of the Stone family, who stared at Yonatan, panic-stricken.Yafe was a mess, desperate to explain, but the sight of Yonatan's henchmen, eager and ready for a fight, stopped him dead in his tracks."Mr. Yonatan, I swear it's the truth. Liam has nothing to do with the Stone family anymore. You've made a mistake!"Yafe's face was flushed with urgency as he tried to convince the unmoved man."It's true, Mr. Yonatan! Liam and Celena were kicked out of the Stone family ages ago.""That's right! He's got nothing to do with us anymore. If you're after Liam, go to the villa at Emerald Lake. He's there, not here with us.""Mr. Yonatan, if you head over to Drunham City and ask anyone, they'll tell you the same thing: Liam and Celena have no ties to us Stones anymor