So, Charlie replied, “Then you should hurry up and go back to accompany Uncle and Aunt. Help me to send a greeting to them. I would like to wish all of you a Happy New Year!”Quinn also replied, “Thank you, Charlie. I wish you a Happy New Year too!”After that, Charlie put away his cell phone and he concentrated on watching the Spring Festival Gala with his wife, Claire.When it was almost twelve o’clock at midnight, Jacob lamented, “Although it is really much more environmentally friendly now that firecrackers have been banned, the New Year atmosphere seems to be lacking. It is really a pity…”“That’s right.” Claire who was aside could not help but sigh as she said, “When I was young, I especially liked the smell of the fire and smoke after the firecrackers are lit. It is rare for us to have the opportunity to see firecrackers nowadays.”Charlie replied, “Although we are not allowed to set off firecrackers in the urban area, it is still possible for us to set off firecrackers in
Charlie drove directly to Shangri-La. At this time, Isaac’s subordinate had already pushed a trolley out as he waited at the entrance for him.When he saw that Charlie had already arrived, he hurriedly pushed the trolley forward before he said respectfully, “Master Wade, Mr. Cameron asked me to prepare some fireworks and firecrackers for you. Would you like me to help you to put it into your car for you?”Charlie nodded before he opened his car trunk and said, “Thank you for your hard work.”The other party hurriedly waved his hand and said, “Master Wade, you are too polite. This is what I should do.”After that, the other party hurriedly moved several large boxes of fireworks into the BMW car trunk.Charlie thanked the other party again before he drove back towards the villa. At the same time, he called Claire to ask her and his parents-in-law to get ready so that they could get into the car directly when he arrived. After that, they could look for a place where they could set of
Jacob raised his head to look at the fireworks and there was magnificent radiance reflected on his face. His face that was already wrinkled was filled with happiness and bliss.At this moment, Jacob inevitably thought of Matilda.This would be the first Spring Festival that Matilda would be celebrating after coming back to the country after more than twenty years.Jacob secretly took out his cell phone before he sent a text message to Matilda. His text message consisted of only four words, “Happy New Year, Matilda!”At this time, Charlie’s cell phone had also been bombarded by various notifications.Many people had sent him their New Year greetings at this moment. However, since Charlie did not have the energy to reply each of these messages one by one, he simply posted a text message to everyone in his circle of friends, “Happy New Year to all of my family and friends!”That night, there was a myriad of twinkling lights in the city of Aurous Hill.Charlie’s family of four staye
Lady Wilson finally enjoyed a full meal and had a good night’s sleep.Unexpectedly, her room door would be kicked open by an extremely angry Jennifer early in the morning!Before Lady Wilson could even react, Jennifer rushed directly to her bed and she gave her a tight slap across her face as she cursed angrily, “You damn old woman! You even dare to steal the rice inside the incense burner that I use to offer incense to the Goddess of Mercy. Don’t you have any ethics at all?”Lady Wilson felt very dizzy after getting slapped by Jennifer. When she saw Jennifer’s face that was up close and filled with anger and rage, she was so frightened that she hurriedly pleaded, “Jennifer! I am sorry, Jennifer! I really did not want to steal your items either. However, I was really too hungry…”Jennifer was furious and she gritted her teeth in anger as she said, “It’s your own problem if you are starving or hungry. What has it got to do with me? I use that incense burner to offer incense to the G
Since there was no one going out to make money, they naturally had no food to cook. So, the family of four could only go hungry.Ever since Christopher and Harold kidnapped Elaine and accidentally kidnapped Carmen along with her by mistake, the Wilson family of four had all lost weight and they had all been living a very miserable life.Charlie and his family next door had already packed up some of their belongings at noon on the first day of New Year as they drove to the hot springs villa that Isaac had given to Charlie. Their family planned to stay and relax at the hot spring villa for two days.That night when they arrived at the hot spring villa, Carmen was sitting inside a shabby rental house as she stared gloomily at a pack of takeaway dumplings.Ever since Charlie had detained her in Aurous Hill, Carmen had been eating takeaway food every day.What was even more hateful was the fact that Charlie would not allow her to order the takeaway food on her own. All of the takeaway
Albert’s subordinate did not know Carmen’s specific background and details.All he knew was that this middle-aged woman required strict supervision under his boss’s orders. He did not know anything about her name, where she came from, or anything about her background at all. He was completely ignorant about her identity.Therefore, when Carmen threw a huge fit because of the dumplings that he had brought here for her out of kindness, he immediately got very angry. He felt that he was being kind toward an unappreciative and ungrateful person.Carmen would never have expected that a subordinate who was working for Charlie’s subordinate, would actually have the audacity to talk to her in this manner. So, she suddenly became very angry and frustrated.She pointed at the other party as she said sternly, “Do you know who I am? You actually dare to talk to me like this?!”The other party ground his teeth as he cursed, “I don’t care who you are! You actually dared to insult the dumplings
Jeremiah frowned before he asked, “As a daughter of the Wade family, why can’t you have a little more patience or endurance? If you cannot even tolerate this kind of small matter, what else could you possibly do?”As he spoke, Jeremiah reminded her again, “By the way, from now on, make sure that you do not have any more conflicts with Charlie. Stop causing trouble for him and trying to get even with him endlessly just because of all these things. Charlie has already agreed to come back to attend the ancestor worship ceremony during the Tomb Sweeping Festival. This is a good start for him to finally return to the Wade family.”Carmen asked angrily, “Dad! Why are you always favoring that b*stard, Charlie, who has no respect or regard for his elders at all?! He is nothing more than a poor boy who had been living outside for so many years. He did not undergo any formal education or attended university at all. What kind of value does he hold for the Wade family? Why are you even asking hi
The overall living experience in the hot spring villa at the Champs Elys Spa Resort was much better compared to Thompson First.This villa was located on the mountainside with extremely beautiful scenery. The scenery was not only very excellent but most importantly, it was very peaceful and quiet here as the distance between each villa was very big, and there was a strong sense of privacy.Besides, although the price of the hot spring villa at the Champs Elys Spa Resort was about half the price of the villa at Thompson First, the hot spring villa at the Champs Elys Spa Resort was actually much larger in terms of construction and courtyard area.The housing prices in the city were very expensive, mainly because of the price of the land. Since the Champs Elys Spa Resort was located in the suburbs, the land price was much lower compared to that of the city.Claire really liked the environment here very much. For her, it had been a long time since she had had the opportunity to experie
Bitterness swelled in Elaine's heart as she really didn't think that Matilda was doing so well for herself.The fact that Matilda was worth millions alone made her far superior.At the same time, she was also rejoicing that she had never actually met Matilda. If Matilda asked how she was doing directly, how would she respond?In the end, Matilda was no Hannah Queen.Elaine would actually feel accomplished if she compared herself to Hannah.On the other hand, Matilda eclipsed Elaine in every way—she was more beautiful, kind, smart, and knowledgeable. Even her figure left Elaine dead in the water!It was as pointless as comparing a hen to a peacock!Whenever she thought of her, she could comfort herself that she had stolen her man even if she couldn't measure up in any way.But now, Jacob was completely insignificant to Matilda while Elaine still treated Jacob like a trophy.Even as a sense of inferiority seized her, Charlie sighed. "Come on, you should understand where Jacob is
"Exactly!"Charlie agreed, striking the metal while it was hot. "To be honest, the years Matilda spent in the States would be wasted if she was actually still interested!" "She's a Wall Street veteran who'd definitely have met so many successful men! Why would she be interested in a loser like Jacbo Wilson? It's not like she returned from the States after thirty years to help the poor, don't you agree?"Charlie then finished with a sigh. "The way I see it? You're the only one who'd be interested in him."Jacob heard that from behind the wall and was left absolutely fuming and humiliated.He was the only one who knew that Matilda had come back for him—even if she was worth millions now.However, he just didn't have the spine to divorce Elaine and get together with Matilda.He presumed that it was no rush and that he could just give Elaine the silent treatment—who knew, she might just give in and ask for a divorce herself, and then, he would have no issues getting together with M
"Her real lover?!" Elaine exclaimed in shock. "What are you talking about?"Charlie put on a serious face as she said, "Matilda came back to Oskia for her one true love, who is now her fiance. His name is Yolden Hart, a top economist who's now a lecturer at Aurous Hill University, who was invited all the way from the States. He's a professional manager and used to work in Wall Street, so he'd be qualified to be a CEO in any Fortune 500 company…""Professional manager?" Elaine pouted. "That still means he's a wage slave!"Charlie laughed. "Don't underestimate professional managers now. Just look at Apple Inc.'s CEO—the man earns around a hundred million USD per year, and that's over seven hundred million in Oskian dollars!"Elaine was left gaping, unable to imagine how a wage slave could earn so much.At the same time, Charlie continued, "To be fair, Professor Hart wouldn't earn that much, but 50 million per year is still no sweat for him. Do you get the amount of money we're talki
Elaine appeared taken aback, and she promptly demanded, "You've met Matilda too?!"It was only then that Claire realized she had let the cat out of the bag, and she suddenly didn't know what to say. "Oh… Uh… Mom… I, uh… didn't?"Nonetheless, Elaine was suddenly pressing her menacingly, "If you've never met her, how would you know she's a serious person?!"As Claire stayed silent, Elaine broke down in tears. "No… You're lying to me too! Aren't you?!"While Claire was left at a loss of how she should salvage this mess, Charlie suddenly entered and said, "Claire didn't—but I did.""What?!" Elaine was left staring at Charlie, stunned.Still, she soon demanded, "Y-You've met Matilda?! Did Jacob take you with him to see her?""Yes," Charlie admitted, nodding.Elaine snapped right then, and she bellowed, "Then why didn't you tell me?! To think that I've always done right by you, treating you like my own son, but you wouldn't tell me that Jacob is cheating on me! Y-You disappoint me!"
Jacob certainly left Charlie speechless—the man might get kicked out of the house, but he was more worried about his car.Sighing in exasperation, he told Jacob, "Look, if it fails, I won't be able to get you a nice place, let alone leave the Cullinan with you."Jacob blurted out, "But why—""Don't forget—I'm still living in this house even if you're gone!" Charlie explained, his expression dead serious. "If I let you have a nice place and the Cullinan, God knows how terrible a grudge your wife would hold against me. I need to have a sense of self-preservation too!""If I got you a rundown apartment, I could at least defend myself even if she gets upset about that. I mean, I can't let you sleep in the streets, can I? Claire and I would be guilty of abandoning our elders."Seeing the serious look on Charlie's face, Jacob breathed a long sigh as he clapped him on the shoulder, groaning mournfully, "Oh, I get it. I wouldn't want to upset Elaine if I were in your shoes too…"Charlie
Charlie sighed. "I told you it'd blow up, Dad, but you had to doubt me.""I wasn't doubting you," Jacob promptly defended himself. "I thought I might catch a lucky break—"Charlie cut him short, "Fair enough. Then, how are you going to handle this? I can try to stop Mom from going to that wedding and prevent her from getting in the hall even if she went, but what's going to happen to the both of you? Do you want a divorce or do you want to stay with her?"The light in Jacob's faded as he shrugged and sighed. "If I could divorce her, I would've—and I would be living happily with Matilda now. What company would I have if I did it now? Do you think Elaine would let me stay in Thompson First, with that attitude of hers?""In the end, I'd be chased out without a place to stay, and I can't suffer the humiliation of moving back with my mom and brother, can I? Hell, they might not even take me back!""So, that's a no?" Charlie pressed.Jacob smiled wryly. "At my age, even if I could, I w
Hearing that Elaine was threatening suicide, Claire exclaimed urgently, "Take me to her now!"The traffic police officer quickly nodded. "Come on!"As the traffic police officer quickly led Claire to Elaine, Charlie arrived just then and gave chase after leaving the luggage by the entrance.Stopping them, he asked, "Excuse me, officer—where's the gentleman who came with Madam Parker? May I see him?""And who are you?" The traffic police officer asked."I'm his son-in-law," Charlier replied. "I was thinking that while my wife talks to her mom, I can talk to my father-in-law, make peace, and take them both home.""Oh, that'd be great!"The traffic police officer exclaimed and quickly beckoned at a colleague, "Come over. Take this gentleman to Jacob Wilson!""Okay!" The other traffic police officer was also quite enthusiastic.Charlie entered the room where Jacob was first, immediately seeing a disfigured Jacob taking deep puffs of his cigarette.Another traffic police officer w
Charlie frowned in thought for a while, before saying, "Well, there is a plan, but I can't vouch for the chances. I also need you to cooperate with me and not let anything slip, or everything will go to waste. Can you do that?""I can!" Claire nodded, determined, before quickly asking, "So? What's the plan?""Well, it's not specific," Charlie replied. "We just have to improvise as we go along. Let's just head in for now!"-They left the airport and took a cab to the traffic police's headquarters. Just as she entered, they saw their Cullinan parked outside.Charlie sent Claire in first while he carried her luggage before following.Meanwhile, Elaine was wailing in her room, "I've been married to him for years! Suffering so much pain and humiliation, only for him to hook up with an old flame behind my back! Is it wrong if I struck out?"The traffic police officer was on the verge of a breakdown, but he still said patiently, "Ma'am, I've told you many times—what he did was wrong
Claire wasn't all that experienced in love and hence didn't know how a person caught in a love triangle would think or why they would experience such terrible mood swings.Still, Charlie's explanation gave her a general idea, and she sighed, "Actually, Dad looked really bad when Matilda came back. He was so obsessed with her that he didn't care if Mom was alive—even bringing her home for dinner. I'd be seething if I was Mom."Charlie sighed in exasperation. "Well, let's not loiter about. Let's go to the traffic police station.""Yeah!" Claire nodded, before holding his arm, "If they're there, that means they're safe, and they won't be fighting with those officers around. So, let's not head over so quickly."Charlie raised a brow. "What are you getting at?"Claire sighed, clearly troubled. "We have to think—how are we going to alleviate this crisis? If it's really as you say and Mom has mostly guessed it right, this fight might just be the start. At best, that fight on the highway