Some companies with a market value of more than ten billion dollars could drop until it was only left with a market value of a few hundred million dollars. This meant that their assets would have shrunk by more than ninety percent!Some companies could even fall into bankruptcy because of a small problem with their manufactured products. However, what was this compared to the charges faced by the Webb family now?This time, the Webb family might have to be the scapegoat for Nelson’s beggar syndicate. All the unconscientious things that he had done would eventually be pinned on the Webb family!Donald was extremely nervous at this time. This was because he knew very well in his heart that the Webb family was facing a huge crisis and disaster this time!So, he immediately told his assistant, “Issue a statement immediately under the name of the group. State that even though Nelson was indeed my brother-in-law, the Webb family had no knowledge of what Nelson was doing or what he was in
As the Webb family was getting scolded on the Internet, Webb Group has already published their statement through various channels.However, all the netizens could see that this was just a statement to disassociate themselves so they could shift the blame away from them.Everyone knew that it was completely impossible for a capable person such as Donald not to know anything about his brother-in-law’s occupation.There was no credibility in the statement at all since he was coming out to whitewash himself at a time like this. Moreover, many people on the Internet had already looked through Nelson’s life experiences.The Bishop family was originally a poor family in the South Region. They did not have much money and they were not a flourishing and prosperous family.It wasn’t until Alice, the daughter of the Bishop family, married Donald that the lives of the Bishop family finally got better.However, Alice’s parents did not have a good life. Both of them had passed away from canc
Later, he got connected to the Webb family by chance.Earlier, Sean’s younger brother, Kian, was exposed online because he had given young girls some psychological hints and had induced another girl to jump off the building.At that time, the Webb family had asked this shill to come forward. They had asked the shill to counterattack and twist the facts so that it seemed as though the young girl was greedy for vanity and was trying to marry into a wealthy family even though Kian was the one who had forced the young girl to kill herself. They wanted to make it seem as though the young girl threatened to jump off the building when she failed to pursue Kian before she died accidentally.At that time, the shill used his shameless and powerful forces to twist and turn the truth on the Internet. They convinced the netizens to mistakenly believe that the young girl was simply suffering the consequences of her own actions. In the end, a large number of netizens scolded the young girl on the
The shill named ‘Know One’s Place and Abide by the Law’ was nothing but a shameless and ordinary person.Although he had some ability to call out the shills, he was a transparent person in front of a real top hacker.After the hacker hacked into his computer, he had immediately obtained and investigated every detail of his personal information.First of all, this person was from Hovemar Province and his home was located in Liebatral.Secondly, this person had indeed received twenty million dollars cash that had just been remitted to him by the Webb family.Again, this man had stupidly used his own bank card to collect the money.The hacker also found out the chat history between this shill and the Webb family.In the chat history, Sean had asked him if he would be able to help to whitewash the Webb family. The shill immediately replied that he had ten thousand ways to help the Webb family to whitewash themselves. Moreover, he had also stated that he had already done this more th
One of the men dressed in black approached him in a few steps before he held a pistol against his forehead as he asked in a cold voice, “Are you ‘Know One’s Place and Abide by the Law’?”The leader of the shills was so scared that he hurriedly said, “I’m not! I’m not! I don’t understand what you are talking about. Who are you guys?”The man in black replied coldly, “You will find out who we are soon. Come with us!”The leader of the shills hurriedly shouted, “Come with you! Why did you break into my house? If you refuse to leave, I’ll call the police!”Two men in black stepped forward directly. One of them grabbed his two arms and twisted it back before the other man broke his arms directly.The leader of the shills screamed out in pain but the other party did not intend to spare him. He aimed directly downwards at a forty-five degree angle before he kicked both of his knees directly with the sole of his feet and broke his knees immediately.The leader of the shills almost fainte
Sean felt seriously wronged.He had only wanted to help and share his father’s burden. However, he really did not expect the leader of the shills to be so unreliable!He was not only unreliable but he even dared to betray him!He was extremely angry and he said to Donald, “Dad! The leader of the shills has already taken my money and he actually dares to expose me? I’m going to destroy him!”Donald replied coldly, “You’re really extraordinarily stupid! How can an ordinary shill like him actually have the audacity to fight and go against the Webb family? It must be the person behind this matter who is toying with us!”Sean hurriedly asked, “Dad, who do you think did this? Who would be so bold to kill Uncle and all the core members of the Beggar Clan, and even dare to openly confront the Webb family?”Donald gritted his teeth as he said, “I’m also considering and thinking about this issue. However, I really can’t think of anyone who is that powerful or capable. After all, we’ve alre
Donald had a shocked expression on his face. He hesitated for a moment before he waved his hand and said, “No, it is still impossible. It’s simply impossible for a member of the Wade family to be a live-in son-in-law of a small family in Aurous Hill! That would be too insulting and degrading! It wouldn’t only be impossible for the Wade family, but even for the Webb family that is less than one-tenth of the Wade family, it would be absolutely impossible for me to allow you or your brother to go to Aurous Hill to become the son-in-law of a pathetic family! That isn’t in line with common sense at all!”Sean frowned before he said, “How can we deliberate this matter then? There isn’t a way for us to elaborate any further on this matter. Does this have anything to do with Charlie?”Donald said, “I suspect that it has something to do with him but I can’t seem to figure out the connection. It so happens that we’ve already been planning to exact revenge on him anyway. This time, we can take
At this moment, Charlie’s helicopter had already flown into Aurous Hill’s airspace.Isaac asked Charlie, “Young Master, what do you plan to do with Nelson’s daughter?”Isaac said lightly, “Her parents are already gone so she’s an orphan now. Send her to the orphanage directly.”Isaac hurriedly said, “Young Master, I think that it would be best not to leave anything behind…”Charlie waved his hand as he said, “There are some things that a man should do, and shouldn’t do. It is impossible for me to harm a child. Send her to the orphanage. Don’t stop them if anyone from the Webb family comes to take her home.”Isaac nodded before he said, “I think that it will be impossible for the Webb family to come and adopt this child. After all, the Webb family hates Nelson and his wife very much. It is estimated that the Webb family will lose more than half of their family assets this time. It will all be reflected in the stock market tomorrow.”Charlie smiled slightly before he said, “Alright
Charlie was driving Jacob to Thompson First when the latter received the text from Matilda.Seeing that they were reaching the front gates, Jacob promptly snapped at Charlie, "Charlie, stop the car now!"Charlie did so and asked in curiosity, "What's wrong?""Matilda just texted me," Jacob replied, showing the chat log between him and Matilda.Charlie was just glancing at it nonchalantly when he saw that Matilda's contact name was 'AAA July Florist'."Wait, why is that Aunt Matilda's contact name?" He exclaimed in surprise."I changed it."Jacob explained gingerly while reading through the text Matilda sent. "Her profile picture is an iris, so I changed her contact name to a florist since I'm mostly worried Elaine would peek into my phone.""Anyway, she's asking if I'm attending her wedding with Yolden. They would send us an invitation if I accept, extended to our whole family… what do you think I should say?"Charlie asked in return. "You're planning to skip it, aren't you? T
Then, Matilda suggested, "How about this—I'll ask him before deciding." "I'll pass on inviting the rest of my former classmates too. They're too vain and love comparing, so I'd rather not have anything to do with that. Also, there are our Korean friends who have it together, and they were telling us to invite them if we were going to get married. We have to keep our promise, right?""Yeah—then, it's basically decided. Aside from Charlie, we shall invite our colleagues and Korean friends while we wait for an answer from Jacob."Yolden nodded and said, "Now, I'll talk about the honeymoon—cut me short if you have a different opinion."Matilda nodded, resting her chin on her hands and smiling. "Shoot. I'm all ears."Feeling a little embarrassed by Matilda's glowing stare, Yolden took a sip of his ice water before continuing, "My idea is to head to the States for our honeymoon after the wedding…"He trailed off, staring at Matilda and waiting for a response.However, she was merely
"Oh, Jacob…?"Matilda chuckled awkwardly. "Just today, he offered to buy me dinner, but I said I didn't have the time, and I also told him about our wedding… So, we should invite him since he's aware of it.""Jacob offered to buy you dinner?" Yolden exclaimed in surprise. "Did he say why?""Nope," Matilda shrugged, smiling. "Probably just dinner between old classmates."However, she was actually smart enough to guess Jacob's intention even though Jacob was inviting her somewhere near campus. That was why she had also mentioned she was marrying Yolden while turning down Jacob, all so that he would give up on her.After she had managed to get over their past fling completely, she didn't want to give Jacob false hopes before she walked down the aisle.In the same regard, she didn't want to worry Yolden, and therefore, had deliberately discouraged Jacob.Be that as it may, Yolden was smart too.He knew about Matilda and Jacob's past and that her son, Paul's full name was Paul Jam
Before Charlie had arrived, Jacob was still furious that Matilda would soon marry Yolden.After Charlie came, however, he was instead worried that Matilda would send him a wedding invitation.Meanwhile, Matilda and Yolden were discussing their list of guests.They had different social circles, but most of their friends were Stateside, and they only had some distant relatives in this country.Still, they had colleagues in Aurous Hill. Matilda had classmates too, but she was out of touch with them aside from Jacob, whom she often met.Still, as they discussed who should be invited, Matilda first suggested, "Let's go through everyone. First, our Stateside friends… I don't think we should tell them at all since it's a long journey, and inviting them would seem tactless. What do you think?"Yolden nodded, smiling, "I was just thinking the same thing. We're close with our Stateside friends and always keep in touch, but inviting them to our wedding might be a stretch. We'd just hit a wa
With that being said, once Matilda was thrown in the mix, Elaine would suddenly become an African honey badger, with every bit of black air force energy that was implied.As such, if Jacob had managed to be brave and take that one step back then, Charlie would have tried to help, stopping Elaine from harassing Jacob or Matilda.However, the reality was that Jacob had to bungle the chance when Matilda offered it to him.That was why the best option was for Jacob to understand that he couldn't get together with Matilda now so that he would feel much better.And since he had always been a coward, Charlie's slight intimidation cleared his head considerably.He then sighed, "Well, that's just life—you don't always get what you want, and you should never try to claim what you couldn't. I couldn't bring myself to choose Matilda over thirty years ago, so not being together now only makes sense.""Now, I can only pray that Elaine never finds out… or at least that things don't get out of h
Then, Jacob quickly pressed, "Dear boy, maybe you could stay a few days instead of taking more jobs. At least you could be there to stop my wife if she snaps.""Sure," Charlie chuckled, cheerfully agreeing to it. "Don't worry—Claire's returning in a couple of days too, and you'll be fine with us around. You're cheating in your mind, anyway…"Pausing, he then added a reminder, "But if she's really furious, just bear with her beatings and clawings. Live and let live, as they say."That left Jacob sulking, however. "What the hell! If I knew this would happen, I should have just taken her to court and divorced her openly! That way, I'd definitely make things work with Matilda. Yolden wouldn't even stand a chance!"Charlie had to keep a straight face. "Now, you're not quite right there—don't you know what would happen to your wife if you took this to court?"Jacob snorted coolly. "Elaine would just snap at me, hit me, and make sure I don't get a cent in the divorce. That's no big deal—
"Fuck!" When Jacob heard what Charlie said, he was horrified. He nervously asked, "Matilda isn't going to come to our house to deliver the invitation, is she? If Elaine finds out that I've been hiding Matilda's return from her all this time, I'll be so dead!" Charlie, having long seen through Jacob, knew he would never escape the shadow and claws of Elaine. He shook his head and said, "Whether they'll invite you, I have no way of knowing. If you're worried, you can tell Matilda that you don't want to be invited to her wedding and that you don't want to go." Jacob sighed. "That's just a temporary solution. Even if she doesn't know now, she'll probably find out sooner or later. A lot of our mutual friends already know about Matilda's return. You went to the gathering too. But those friends are not really in contact with Elaine, so she hasn't found out yet." Charlie smiled and said, "Matilda's return to the country was at a pretty sensitive time. If I'm not mistaken, she came b
Jacob then realized that Charlie was also driving a Rolls-Royce, and it was a more expensive Phantom. Surprised, he asked, "Charlie, where did you get this car?" Marilyn had prepared the car for Charlie when he left Scarlet Pinnacle Manor. He had driven it to Thompson First, so he had decided to use it today. Charlie replied, "A client lent it to me. You sounded urgent, so I drove it over." Then, he added, "You're something else. You're crying like a baby yet you're still in the mood to ask about the car. What's going on? Your friend said you'd cried twice already?" "That bloody Simon!" Hearing this, Jacob became furious and cursed, "He still doesn't have the slightest clue! He's such a damned fool! The more I try to avoid him, the more he keeps blabbering on and on. Argh, he's so stupid!" Charlie asked, "What exactly is bothering you?" Jacob's face instantly turned dejected, and with a long sigh, he choked up and said, "Charlie— Matilda— She's getting married—" "Gettin
Things were a little different and unique in the United States, though. Westerners tended to approach marriage with greater caution. Many couples stayed together for years, had several children, and yet remained as boyfriend and girlfriend. Being together, having children, and raising them jointly didn't necessarily mean they would get married. In fact, it was not uncommon for some to walk down the aisle only after having multiple kids. Because of this environment, elderly couples in the West often limited their relationships to dating, and at most, cohabitation. Very few progressed to the stage of marriage. However, Yolden, like a young man in the throes of passionate love, had invited her on a trip, secretly prepared a proposal ceremony by the seaside, and gotten down on one knee with a ring to propose. These actions deeply moved Matilda and, at the same time, gave her an unprecedented sense of security. Now, Yolden had moved their wedding up a big step and set the date just on