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
Rosalie’s mother had always told her that the most important task in her life was to do her best to serve Sheldon, her biological father, and the entire Schulz family.Over time, this belief had become her unwavering belief in life.Her mother had brainwashed Rosalie for twenty-one years ever since she was a child, so, as long as it was beneficial to the Schulz family, she would not hesitate even if it made her a public enemy.Someone who dared to harm the Schulz family would be her ultimate target! This was also why she had eradicated the entire Matsumoto family.She and Charlie not only had a personal grudge, but also a family grudge! It was because Charlie had apprehended her as well as more than fifty other martial artists. This, in turn, had caused the Schulz family to suffer a great deal of damage and loss all of a sudden.Therefore, she now not only wanted to avenge herself, but also the Schulz family!At this moment, the distance between the two ships was less than two hu
Rosalie immediately became nervous upon hearing Charlie’s remarks.She was the most wanted felon in the entire Japanese judiciary as she was the main culprit in the murder of the Matsumoto family. If they attracted the attention of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force due to the collision of ships, she certainly would not be able to escape.Moreover, if the Japanese found out that she had escaped from prison, they would definitely keep a close watch on her and would never give her a second chance to escape.Thinking of this, Rosalie ground her teeth and ordered in a cold voice, “Slow down! Don’t ram into them! Just get close to them.”The captain sighed in relief and hurriedly hit the emergency brakes.Resentment and determination filled Rosalie’s eyes. She shouted to the people around her, “Follow me!”With that, she took the lead, rushed out of the cockpit, and directly ran up the deck!At this moment, the two ships were almost close to each other. Rosalie stood in front o
In addition, Charlie saw that several men had followed Rosalie to his ship, and they had begun to climb over the railing onto his deck. If they saw him subdue Rosalie now, they would certainly turn and escape.In that case, he might as well wait for all of them to board his ship and shoot fish in a barrel.Thinking of this, Charlie continued to retreat and let Rosalie chase after him.As Rosalie was chasing Charlie, the men had also rushed up to the deck.Seeing this, Charlie said with a satisfied smile on his face, “Since all of you are on my ship, I won’t waste any more time, then!”Upon saying that, he seemed to be suddenly transformed into a different person as his body exhumed an amazing aura!Rosalie was a skilled martial artist who had practiced a great level of internal Reiki, so she was immediately dumbfounded when she sensed the aura emitted from Charlie’s body!‘If I’m not mistaken, that kid’s internal Reiki is much stronger than mine!’‘Still, he doesn’t look like a
As the man flew through the air, he realized in shock that Charlie had thrown him to the left side of the ship, while the vessel he had come from was on the right side of the ship!Moreover, Charlie was so strong that he had been thrown more than ten meters away! He directly fell into the cold seawater in the huge parabolic motion of a projectile.Their location was not far from the open sea, and the water’s depth reached thousands of meters. It was winter too, so the seawater was bone-chillingly cold!When he fell into the seawater with a splash, the impact itself caused a sharp pain to run all over his body. Immediately after, his clothes were completely soaked with cold water, and all of a sudden, he felt as if he had been dropped into an ice cellar!Under such circumstances, he could only struggle desperately, trying to swim back to his boat.However, it was very windy, and the waves were very strong. As he was downwind, no matter how desperately he swam, he was unable to shor
Rosalie reprimanded him angrily, “Kid! How dare you disrespect the Schulz family!”Charlie sneered, “Oh? Am I being disrespectful? Let me tell you, sooner or later, I will make Cadfan Schulz and Sheldon Schulz grovel before me and beg me to spare their lives!”Rosalie felt a buzz in her head as if it was about to explode!Cadfan was her grandfather, and Sheldon was her father!Thanks to her mother’s constant brainwashing ever since she was a child, she had a fascinated admiration for her father. Therefore, at this moment, she wanted to kill Charlie right there and then to avenge his insult toward her father!She pulled out a sharp dagger from her waist and said in a cold voice, “Kid, prepare to die! Take this!”With that, she lunged toward Charlie fiercely! This time, she was so overwhelmed by her anger that she couldn’t be bothered by who was stronger or who would win in this battle between them. She only wanted to kill Charlie and defend the dignity of her father and the Sc
The current Charlie had nothing to fear. He had not even the slightest fear whether it was the Wade family or the Schulz family.With his power and strength, it would even be possible to take Cadfan’s and Sheldon’s lives even if they were protected by ten thousand men.The reason why he had not yet gone after the Schulz family to denounce them was because he wanted to wait for the right moment to give them a comprehensive defeat.Not only did he want to be stronger than the Schulz family, but he also wanted to form an absolute advantage against them in the business industry. Only in this way could he force the Schulz family to truly grovel to him.Rosalie didn’t know Charlie’s true capability. She just felt that he was terrifyingly powerful but did not have the capability to defeat the entire Schulz family by himself!However, Rosalie also knew that there was no point in talking about this now. The most critical thing right now was how she could escape from this inhumane man!Ros
Rosalie dodged his glances, not daring to answer him for fear that he would notice something.She was afraid that Charlie would find out that she was Sheldon’s illegitimate daughter. If that happened, he might not only use her as a bargaining chip to threaten her father and the Schulz family, but he might even expose her to the public.Although she hoped that Sheldon could announce to the world that she was his daughter, she also knew that by doing so, it would jeopardize his reputation as the eldest son of the Schulz family, a husband to a lawfully wedded wife, a father to a pair of children, bringing a negative impact on his family’s happiness.Rosalie only wanted to share her father’s worries and burdens and never once thought of giving him trouble, so, deep inside her, she was terrified that Charlie would notice any peculiarity.Sensing her dodging his gaze and keeping her mouth shut at the same time, Charlie felt that something was amiss and said, “You are now the number one f
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