Nanako’s eyes turned red as she nodded her head. She then turned to look at Jasmine who was hugging her puppy and said, “Sister Jasmine, I wish you a safe trip. If you ever get the chance, you must come to visit me in Tokyo, alright!”Jasmine quickly replied, “Don’t worry, I definitely will! If you have time, you can also come to Aurous Hill to visit me and Cocoa!”Nanako was slightly happier after hearing that, and she said without hesitation, “Sister, don’t you worry! I will definitely visit you after I’m done with my busy schedule!”Right then, a middle-aged man walked down off the boat and said respectfully to Yahiko, “Sir, we are ready to set sail at any time.”Yahiko asked, “Where is Hashimoto Kazumi?”The other person replied, “Mr. Hashimoto Kazumi is currently detained in the cabin, and all four of his limbs were restrained. I also sent someone to look over him. There will be no mistakes.”Yahiko nodded in satisfaction and said to Charlie, “Mr. Charlie, you and Jasmine ha
Originally, Rosalie had thought of seeking revenge from that nasty man after she had successfully escaped from Japan.However, what she never dreamed of was that at the moment when she was about to leave Japan, she would actually meet the man she hated to the core on the docks!At this moment, Rosalie’s blood boiled.Her beautiful eyes that were breathtaking had turned blood-red from hatred!Her mind was only focused on one thought, and that thought was…‘Kill him! I, Rosalie Schulz, must kill him!’Charlie, who was focusing all his attention on Nanako who was sitting in the car, didn’t notice the commercial car passing by the dock.Moreover, the car had one-way tinted windows. Rosalie could see him from inside the car, but he couldn’t see her from the outside. Thus, he didn’t know that an acquaintance had passed him by.Soon, the tail of the cruise ship that Charlie was on began to stir, slowly being propelled by the rotating propeller.The yacht also slowly left the dock as
Just then, Sheldon, who was next to Cadfan, hurriedly said. “Father, this is not the time to let Rosalie divert from the plan! The most important thing right now is to come back quickly. We can think of a solution on how to handle that person later on. The problem is if Rosalie doesn’t escape now, there won’t be another opportunity in the future!”Cadfan said sternly, “No one knows the true identity of the person that Rosalie was referring to. If we let him go now, what if he becomes an enemy of the Schulz family? What if he had deliberately planned to deal with our Schulz family in secret?!”Sheldon said, “Father, we can slowly look for this person in the future. It’s not an urgent matter at the moment. Rosalie was able to meet him today, so it means that we will still have a chance to meet him in the near future as well. It is still better for Rosalie to immediately return home first!”Cadfan immediately yelled, “You *sshole! How could you not have a clear view of the current situ
After leaving the dock, the ship that Charlie was on went all the way toward the open sea.Seeing as Hashimoto was imprisoned in the cabin on the bottom floor, Charlie decided to bring Jasmine down to the cabin to visit him for a moment.The sailor on the ship took the two of them to the cabin on the bottom floor and opened one of the doors.In the room, a man wearing an expensive wool suit had his limbs firmly tied to a chair. His hands were tied to the handle of the chair, and his legs and feet were tied to the front legs of the chair. There was also a black bag covering his head.Charlie was sure that this person was Hashimoto Kazumi.As a precaution, Yahiko had ordered for the use of special round steel pipes to firmly contain each and every finger of Kazumi, fixing them onto the armrest.This way, Kazumi couldn’t bend his fingers at all, thus making sure that he had no chance of escaping.In addition to that, there was a man armed with a stun gun standing guard next to him,
“Ms… Ms. Jasmine?!”Jasmine looked at Kazumi in disgust and asked, “Mr. Kazumi must never have thought that I, Jasmine, would still be alive, right?!”Kazumi’s body began to shudder nervously.He knew that his actions of trying to murder Jasmine were heinous.Previously, Jasmine’s whereabouts were unknown, and her two assistants and driver’s bodies were all buried in the man-made accident site.Putting aside the other crimes, just killing three people was already considered an absolute felony. Under the felony of murder, most cases revolved around extremely evil scheming, and the methods used to murder were extremely cruel.As for this very moment, Jasmine was standing in front of Kazumi, well and alive. So, he immediately realized that it was Jasmine who had come for revenge!He cried and pleaded almost immediately, “Ms. Jasmine, I am not the real mastermind of your unexpected and untimely event! The real mastermind was your brother, Reuben! Everything was planned by him!”Jas
The two of them made their way to the deck, and Charlie was welcomed by the cold and calm ocean breeze. He couldn’t help but sigh.Although he had successfully rescued Jasmine and was on his way back home now, this matter was far from over.The next step would be the most important part.Tyler and Reuben, the heartless father and son. This duo had yet to be resolved.Right now, Lord Moore was pretending to have dementia to protect himself. Based on the current situation, a single person couldn’t possibly defeat the father-son duo.Once the father and son found out that he was just pretending, they would most probably kill him.So, the following steps that Charlie needed to take were to expose the true nature of Tyler and Reuben to the public. He needed to rescue Lord Moore and let Jasmine regain control of the entire Moore family group.However, after all that was said and done, he still had to face the problem of how to handle Tyler and Reuben.In Charlie’s point of view, the
Charlie smiled faintly. “I understand what you mean. Blood is, after all, thicker than water, so it makes sense that you want to spare their lives. However… there’s something you should know.”Jasmine hurriedly asked, “What is it, Master Wade?”Charlie answered, “You want them alive, sure, no problem. However, you must remember that they can get away with the death penalty, but a punishment must take place. I can spare their lives, but at the same time, they must be punished for what they did and also fully limit the possibilities of their future maneuvers to ensure that they won’t be a problem again in the future!”Jasmine nodded. “Yes, Master Wade. I understand. I will definitely consider it properly.”In the middle of their conversation, Charlie suddenly heard a vague booming sound coming from directly behind him. He turned his head and saw a smaller vessel rushing toward them at full speed about one or two kilometers away from his ship.The vessel was moving rapidly on the sea
With the distance between their vessel and Charlie’s getting closer and closer, a vengeful expression had begun to emerge on Rosalie’s face.She had been born in one of the largest martial arts families in Oskia and had grown up in the best martial arts education and environment in the country. Hence, she could certainly be considered one of the top martial artists in the country. Her strength was much more powerful and stronger than those small potatoes who only knew a trick or two in martial arts. Therefore, she did not even consider Charlie as a threat.To her, Charlie was nothing but a devilish and sinister blatherskite. He might have some skills and know some important people, but he was definitely not an expert in martial arts.After all, competing openly and honestly was the important aspect between experts, unlike him, who called the police behind their backs.Therefore, she had concluded that she would be able to avenge the attack today.At this moment, the captain repo
Though Jacob had nothing going for him, he had always had a huge ego, and he had never once admitted that he would lose to anyone in the presence of his wife and daughter.That was why both Elaine and Claire were shocked when he suddenly openly admitted that he was a piece of shit in front of them. They had never heard such a thing from him in the decades they had lived with him!In fact, Jacob himself was reluctant to insult himself like that.However, Charlie told him repeatedly that he absolutely must say it before he came here—because Charlie was dead sure that this line was the key to getting over this impasse, and it truly did put this crisis to rest.Even as Jacob finished, his heart was bleeding as he felt like he had just put his pride on the floor and trampled all over it until it was crushed to oblivion. Even though it was to clear any suspicion Elaine held toward him, to call himself a piece of shit—to say it himself that his beloved woman would think him beneath her,
Before Elaine knew it, she was reading the website she had just read again, and she did indeed find Yolden's name on it.With that, everything Charlie had said snapped together into a perfect chain of logic.Seeing the troubled look on her face, Charlie quickly added, "I'm not going to lie—Dad told me right away when he was told Matilda was getting married. We even discussed if we should tell you, and now you know why." "Matilda is doing so well for herself and got such an amazing husband, and they've picked Shangri-La's Sky Garden—something an average Joe could never hope to reach. And since she invited our whole family and not just us, Dad had to really think about it.""Eventually, he told me to hide it from you or it'd leave you devastated, so none of us said anything. We just didn't think you'd find that invitation and then end up having a big fight about it."Sighing, Charlie then continued, "But if you really want to go, we can go together for their wedding to put your min
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