After Turk had expressed his stance, Charlie said in satisfaction, “In the future, I will ask Chairman Cameron to continue supervising your post-marriage behavior. If you do not change your snobbish attitude of favoring the rich while feeling disdain for the poor after your marriage and if you do not treat your new wife, daughter-in-law, and your future son well, I will ask Chairman Cameron to break your pathetic legs. Do you understand me?”Turk nodded repeatedly and said firmly, “I understand, Master Wade…”Charlie waved his hand and said, “Okay. I drove here today so I will not be drinking the wine that you are toasting me with then. You should go and meet all the other guests. There are so many guests here today. Make sure that you toast everyone and do not leave a single person out. Do you hear me?”“I heard you! I will go and give a toast to everyone, one by one now!”After Charlie had sent Turk away, Draco and Magnolia came over to their table with wine glasses in their hand
”No.” Isaac laughed. “I heard that the necklace made a bend in his intestines and got stuck there. So, he had to undergo an emergency operation. I heard that before the operation, Dylan was actually trying to take a shot with the nurse when he was still in the ward. In the end, his parents and grandparents walked in on the situation and the old lady suffered a shock as a result.”Charlie smiled as he said, “I really do not understand. The Koch family can also be regarded as a first-class family in Eastcliff. How could they have cultivated and raised such a f*cked-up descendant?”Isaac nodded before he sighed and said, “To be honest, all the current generations of all the big and powerful families are really getting weaker and weaker. I don’t think that there is a second person in this country who can be as outstanding as you, Young Master.”Charlie smiled faintly before he said, “You don’t have to flatter me.”Isaac hurriedly said, “Young Master, everything that I am saying comes f
Early in the morning after Magnolia’s wedding had ended, Charlie received a phone call from Liam as he was watering the crops in his vegetable garden.Liam told him over the phone that the stomach medication that he produced according to the prescription given by Charlie had already received the relevant license after passing the inspection of the drug regulatory department. It was already ready for sale!This prescription was derived from the and had a strong relieving effect on an ordinary person’s upset stomach symptoms.If anyone had any chronic stomach problems, they would be able to get good improvements and conditioning by taking this medication.A person would also be able to get immediate results after taking this stomach medication for stomach pain, bloating, stomachache, or even stomach discomfort caused by drinking, cold, fatigue, and so forth.This kind of stomach powder was first invented by a famous doctor in ancient Oskia. However, the developmen
As soon as Charlie heard this, he said, “In that case, we will also sell our medication for one hundred and fifty dollars per box. If we are selling our medicine that has several times the effectiveness of other medications at the same price, we will be able to compete directly with the same type of competing products in Japan and South Korea!”Liam hurriedly replied, “No problem, Master Wade! I will arrange for the medication to be sold at one hundred and fifty dollars a box then.” “Okay!” Charlie replied, “You should just focus on producing the medication at your full capacity, and you don’t have to worry about the sales of this medication. We not only need to worry about covering the sales of the domestic market, but we will also have to produce enough medication to supply our products to countries such as Japan, South Korea, and the other countries on this continent. We are not only going to compete with them in our homeland, but we will also be competing with them in their home
Charlie put on an apron before he went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast.Just then, his cell phone rang again.Unexpectedly, after glancing at the name on the caller ID, he realized that the caller was none other than Aurora, the little feisty young lady of the Quinton family.Charlie could not help but feel a little surprised when he saw this. ‘This feisty young lady does not call me often. Could it be that she has run into some trouble again today?’As he thought about this, Charlie hurriedly answered the phone before he asked, “Aurora, why are you looking for me?”Aurora replied shyly, “Master Wade, do you remember that I told you before that I will be participating in the International University Combat and Fighting Championship?”Charlie smiled as he said, “Of course I remember. Didn’t I promise you that I would go there to support you and cheer you on? By the way, you have not told me which day it will be held on.”Aurora smiled happily as she said, “So you still re
Aurora replied shyly, “I am not a feisty young lady…”Charlie smiled before he asked, “Then, what are you?”Aurora replied, “I… I… I am a beautiful young woman! A little cutie!”After she was done speaking, Aurora hung up the phone shyly before Charlie could even respond.When Charlie heard the sudden beeping sound on the other end of the line, he could not help but laugh as he shook his head. This feisty young lady was truly cute.***Claire headed to her studio after she was done eating breakfast.Recently, the scale of her studio had expanded a lot compared to before. Therefore, she had recruited some employees. Several renovation projects were also underway at the same time, and it could be said that Claire’s business was booming.Jacob also immersed himself at the Calligraphy and Painting Association every day, and he was very busy.He was very anxious to go to the Calligraphy and Painting Association after eating breakfast today, and this made Charlie a little curious.
After Charlie and his father-in-law, Jacob, had left the house, his father-in-law drove as he laughed and said, “Oh! I have waited for such a long time! Finally, the Senior University is having an exchange and interaction with our Calligraphy and Painting Association!Charlie smiled and asked, “Have you communicated with Aunt Hall yet?”“Not yet.” Jacob smiled before he said, “I plan to give her a surprise. After all, I have not seen her in a long time.”Charlie nodded before he said, “But dad, you should be a little more careful. You should not let mom find out that Aunt Hall has already returned to Oskia, let alone let her find out that you’ve made contact with Aunt Hall. Otherwise, there will truly be chaos in our family.”Charlie understood Elaine’s character very well. There were a few things that could easily rub Elaine the wrong way in this life. The first was money, and the second was Matilda.Although Elaine was very angry that Jacob wanted to divorce her, she had not los
Charlie nodded before he walked into the stadium with Graham.Aurous Stadium had a huge area. There was not only a standard indoor swimming pool, but there was also a standard indoor track and field as well as venues for badminton, table tennis, and basketball competitions.At this time, aside from the swimming pool, the entire stadium had already been vacated for the combat and fighting championship.The whole scene was divided into many square shapes, and there was a ring in each of the squares.Graham pointed to these rings before he explained to Charlie, “Master Wade, there are eight rings in this stadium, and these eight rings correspond to eight different groups. These eight groups will finish competing in all of the preliminary matches in these eight rings. The person who finally wins all the matches in these rings will become the top eight participants in the entire match.”After that, he pointed at the fifth ring before he said, “Master Wade, Aurora has always been fighti
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—