”You… you…” Lilian couldn’t find the words to fight back. She turned to Hans and commanded him, “Hans! Come help me beat up this useless good-for-nothing b*stard!”Hans took a few steps backward and said in an annoyed tone, “Second Aunt, I thought you just mentioned that I am not part of your family? You even asked me to scram. Now you want me to beat someone up for you? You change your face faster than a woman changes clothes!”Lilian said with a forced smile, “Hans, please don’t get angry. Whatever I said just now was all words of frustration. Don’t you want to see the Scotson family improve?”“I’m sorry, aunty,” Hans replied almost instantly. “Your family is your family. My family is mine. We are not a family. So, if you want to beat someone up, do it yourself!”After he was done speaking, Hans turned to his other family members and shouted, “Let’s all not get involved in this matter. This is none of our business. Other people’s family problems are theirs to solve. Don’t be a fool a
Jayden had always regarded Zell as a source of easy money. The annual protection fee that Zell paid to him alone was already as much as seven or eight million dollars. In addition to the portion handed over to Albert, Jayden could also save two to three million dollars for himself.So, as soon as he heard that Zell wanted him to beat someone up for him, he blurted out without any hesitation, “Okay, wait a minute. I will bring my men there now!”After Zell had thanked him, he hung up the phone before looking at Charlie and sneering as he said, “Young lad, don’t blame me for not giving you a way out. I asked you to kneel in front of me just now, but you did not cherish the opportunity that I gave to you. Even if you decide to kneel in front of me now, it is already too late.”Charlie smiled as he asked, “Who did you call just now? Chief Jay? Is it Bruce Willis from the movie ?”“You must be mad!” Zell replied coldly. “Chief Jay is Jayden Marquez. He is one of Don Albert’s F
At this time, about thirty or forty aggressive and ferocious-looking men suddenly came out of the other cars.After that, under Chief Jay’s command, these men ran over and surrounded the crowd of people immediately.Zell hurriedly waved at him. “Chief Jay!”Jayden nodded slightly before he glanced at him and asked, “Mr. Morningstar, who does not know their own place and actually dared to offend you?”Zell pointed at Charlie before he said angrily, “Chief Jay, this little b*stard here did not only insult me, but he also insulted my daughter!”Jayden raised his brows as he turned around to look at Charlie. As soon as he saw Charlie, Jayden shuddered in fright.F*ck!It was Master Wade!Jayden was one of Albert’s Four Great Guardians, and he was one of Albert’s favorite and more powerful men after all. He had seen Charlie before when the latter had held a banquet at The Heaven Springs before this.However, at that time, Albert himself had been extremely humble toward Charlie, and
When Jayden heard Zell’s words, he was so furious that he gave him another slap across his face as he cursed, “You still dare to talk back to me? You’d better pay attention to what I’ve just said!”Zell felt extremely wronged and depressed after getting slapped twice. When had he ever gotten beaten up by anyone at all ever since he had become an adult?Not to mention, Jayden had actually slapped him twice in front of so many people today.Although he felt very angry, he did not dare to express any dissatisfaction at this moment at all.He could only nod in anguish before he said, “Chief Jay, you are right. I should pay more attention to what I say in public in the future.”Jayden snorted coldly before he glanced at Charlie. He could not help but feel a little guilty. So, he hurriedly asked Zell, “What the hell is going on here today? Tell me everything in full detail and order!”When Zell heard his words, he immediately spoke up with an expression full of anger and grievance. “Ch
He had even slapped Zell in his face twice before telling Zell to marry his daughter off to Turk…The latter incident was much worse compared to the slap on his face!Zell felt even more depressed at this time, and he truly felt as though he wanted to die. He trembled as he said, “Chief Jay… you cannot turn your back on me and favor someone else now! No matter what it is, both of us can be considered buddies and good brothers! My daughter could also be considered as your niece! Do you really have the heart to marry her off to a bad old man such as Turk?!”Jayden immediately replied, “Zell, even though both of us are familiar with one another, you cannot simply talk nonsense. Both of us are just ordinary acquaintances. Whoever said that I can be considered as your own brother?!”Zell was shocked, and he hurriedly replied, “Chief Jay, we have already known each other for so many years. I have never failed to give you benefits every year. I even gave you a big red envelope just some t
”F*ck!”As soon as Jayden heard that Albert was here, he immediately knew that his boss was here because of Master Wade.Consequently, he looked at Zell with sympathy as he shook his head and said, “Zell, don’t blame me for not giving you a heads-up. You’d better get ready to marry off your daughter today!”After he was done speaking, he hurriedly walked over to meet Albert.At this time, someone in the crowd said, “Oh my God! Don Albert is actually here with the other three men from the Four Great Guardians! These were the four great generals under Don Albert’s command! After Don Albert became the mobster boss of the underground world of Aurous Hill, he assigned these Four Great Guardians to a different territory each. It has been a very long time since the four of them have shown up together!”When everyone heard this, they could not help but feel very shocked.Claire asked Charlie in a low voice, “Charlie, were you the one who asked Don Albert to come here?”Charlie nodded be
When one or two hundred people began shouting these eight words at the same time, it sounded as though a blast of thunder had just sounded in this place.Everyone else was freaking out at this time.Lilian’s face had already turned pale, Turk’s legs had already gone soft, and Zell had already knelt on the ground with a thud.He knew that he was already done for.He never would have thought that the young lad he had wanted to chop up would actually be so powerful!Even Don Albert was being so respectful toward him now!At this time, Don Albert did not even have the aura of the underground lord of Aurous Hill. He was simply this young man’s lackey!What kind of divine god had he offended?!At this time, Charlie looked at Albert before he smiled faintly and said, “It’s okay. You are not too late.”Albert immediately asked, “Master Wade, for what purpose did you ask me to come over here for today? What are your instructions?”Charlie pointed at Zell before he said, “This person i
When Albert saw that Zell still dared to fight back and oppose them, he reprimanded him sternly, “You are truly a rebel now. You even dare to disobey Master Wade’s decision. Are you seeking your own death?”Zell had always doted on his daughter who was a worthless good-for-nothing. Therefore, he simply ignored Albert’s status and said angrily, “My daughter is still so young! How can I possibly agree to marry off my daughter to a nasty old man who is about the same age as me?!”Jayden took advantage of this situation to hit Zell when he was down and said, “What? You look down on this old man, but you sent your own daughter abroad, even allowing her to mess and sleep around with all the foreigners while she was there. Why don’t you have any opinions on that matter, then?”Zell replied angrily, “That is because I did not know about it! If I knew that she was going to be messing and sleeping around with foreigners when she was abroad, I would never have sent her abroad at all!”Albert
As such, intent on keeping up his pretense, Jacob answered the phone, "Looking for me, Matilda?""Uh-huh," Matilda replied, and asked, "You didn't show up at Senior University, and your sub is saying you probably won't be coming for a while? Is that true?""Oh—right, that," Jacob quickly said. "Well, it's true—the gist of it is that the Association is getting busy with a project. As the vice president, I probably shouldn't be staying at Senior University all the time, right?""Heck, Mr. Bay called me last minute, telling me how busy we're going to be and that I was needed. That's why I had to go back, but I will head over to campus again when I have the time."Matilda knew right then that those were all excuses.However, she did not expose Jacob, instead asking, "Well, when are you free? So that I can send you my wedding invitation?""Oh, the invitation?" Jacob quickly chuckled. "You really didn't have to come to me—just pass it to Walker, my sub lecturer. He can pass it to me wh
The next afternoon, there was a sudden change of lecturers for the calligraphy class.Despite being the vice president of the Calligraphy and Painting Association, Jacob never showed up, instead getting a substitute instructor to replace him.Matilda had come with the invitation Yolden had written for Jacob, but seeing that Jacob wasn't at the lecture hall, she waited until the class was over to ask the sub, "Excuse me, can I ask why Mr. Wilson wasn't teaching this class?""He's busy at the association," the sub replied. "So, I'm taking over his class."Curious, Matilda pressed, "Then, would you happen to know when he will be coming?""Probably not for a while," the sub replied. "He delegated other classes to me as well, telling me that I could just stick to the PowerPoint slides."Then, he asked, "Do you have business with Mr. Wilson?"Matilda nodded. "Yes, but I can call him myself. Thank you."Leaving the lecture hall, Matilda called Jacob, who was goofing off in his office
On the other end, Matilda was left staring at Jacob's reply in confusion.She had presumed that Jacob would understand when she mentioned inviting his whole family that he should be coming up with an excuse to skip attending her wedding.That was the most ideal solution.As such, she was shocked that instead of playing along, Jacob's reply was short and blunt.[No problem. The four of us will be there!]Perplexed, Matilda was left wondering what Jacob meant. Was he really going to attend her wedding with Elaine?The thought left Matilda frowning as she absolutely didn't want to see Elaine—especially not at her own wedding.Yolden was writing an invitation when he saw the somber look on her face, and he couldn't help asking, "Is there a problem?""Jacob replied," Matilda admitted. "And he's saying that he will bring his whole family.""Really?" Yolden was confused too, as he was hardly as eccentric as Jacob. "But he's afraid of his wife and shouldn't be telling her at all…
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—