The captain hurriedly nodded.At this time, the six men that Charlie had thrown into the sea had already drowned.Their bodies had now gradually begun to sink to the bottom of the sea.Charlie brought the captain to the other cruise ship. After the captain had set the course and direction for the ship, Charlie asked the captain to return to their ship first.Then, he set the power of the ship’s engine to its maximum and drove the ship forward immediately.When Jasmine, who was on the deck of the other ship, saw the ship driving away, she was a little worried, and she shouted, “Master Wade…”As soon as her voice fell, she saw a figure suddenly jumping off the ship, jumping into the water in a perfect parabola.Right after, she saw Charlie poking his head out of the water lightly as he swam back toward their ship without any delay at all.Jasmine was worried about Charlie, and she hurriedly grabbed a bath towel. As soon as Charlie got back onto the ship, she handed the bath towel
Martial arts emphasized the accumulation, operation, and use of internal strength in the body ever since ancient times. The so-called meridians, lower belly internal breathing method, big circulatory cycle, and small circulatory cycle were all based on this theory.The overall logic of Reiki was similar to internal strength. The most obvious difference was that in addition to its accumulation, operation, and use, Reiki could also be released externally.No matter how strong a person’s internal strength was, it could only rely and depend on the person’s own body. A master with good internal strength could easily kill a big and heavy cow or even an elephant with just a single punch.But even so, he would not be able to achieve the ability to kill a mouse by using the air around him.The main reason was simply because internal strength could not be released outside.At the end of the day, internal strength could actually be considered as the entry-level low version of Reiki.As for
However, another thought suddenly popped up in his mind, ‘This woman’s character is as strong as an untamed wild horse. Moreover, her methods are so vicious and cruel. For this kind of woman to be completely honest and submissive, I will have to wipe out her self-esteem completely first!’As he thought about this, Charlie had a cold expression on his face as he said, “Come, I will help you to sit on the single recliner chair first. You can lie down and I will help you to clean your wound!”Rosalie stammered as she said, “That… well, I can do it myself. Please just give me a pair of pliers as well as some debridement medicine and gauze to dress up the wound…”Charlie had an indifferent look on his face as he said, “It is actually not impossible for you to clean and deal with the wound by yourself. However, there are many blood vessels in your leg. As soon as you take the arrow out, your wound will definitely start bleeding heavily. If the wound has already injured your artery, as soo
Rosalie never expected Charlie to openly admit the fact that he was looking at her legs!Not only that, but he even replied in such a magnanimous and natural manner that Rosalie was suddenly a little lost even though she was feeling very furious and angry.Rosalie, who initially found fault with Charlie, suddenly did not know how she should react.Moreover, the little bit of anger in her heart simultaneously disappeared along with his honest confession.So, she could only glance at Charlie shyly before she turned her face around and said embarrassedly, “If you have already looked at it enough, please help me tend to my leg…”Charlie nodded before he smiled and said, “Okay, then. We can begin the treatment now.”Rosalie subconsciously asked, “You have already looked at it enough so soon?”After she was done speaking, Rosalie suddenly realized that what she had said did not come out the way that she had intended it to. So, she was very embarrassed as she hurriedly said, “Um, no… I
When Rosalie saw Charlie holding the pair of tweezers as he carefully helped her clean her wound, she suddenly began to feel a little fonder of this strange man who had made her feel extremely furious and angry before.So, she looked at Charlie before she asked in a curious voice, “Hey… I don’t even know what your name is yet!”Charlie smiled slightly and said, “Is my name that important to you?”Rosalie pretended to be annoyed as she said, “I have not settled the score with you yet for cheating me the last time! So, of course it is very important to me!”Charlie nodded before he said, “Well… the reason why I cheated you was simply because you were indeed a little too much when you killed and exterminated the entire Matsumoto family the last time. You are also an Oskian, so you should understand the culture of our ancestors. In Oskian culture, the concept of family is very highly valued. Don’t you know that it is an unforgivable crime for you to implicate and get a person’s entire
When he saw that Rosalie recognized his origins immediately, Charlie smiled slightly before he said calmly, “Yes. I could be regarded as a member of the Wade family, or perhaps, I was a member of the Wade family before this.”Rosalie thought for a moment before she muttered, “If you were a member of the Wade family before this, it can only mean that you are not in the Wade family now…”After that, Rosalie had a very shocked expression on her face as she said, “The Wade family is not considered a very prosperous family in the first place. So, I am actually very familiar with every direct descendant of the Wade family. If you are not in the Wade family now, there is a high probability that you are…”As the words reached her lips, Rosalie was so shocked that she could not even continue speaking!She stared at Charlie before she said in amazement, “Amongst the direct descendants of the Wade family, there is only one person who left the Wade family. That is none other than Curtis Wade.
He was even holding onto her right leg now…As she thought about this, Rosalie suddenly felt that destiny was really making a fool out of people.She could not help but think to herself, ‘I have always been serving the Schulz family wholeheartedly all this while, and I was even willing to dedicate and sacrifice my life for the Schulz family…’‘But I would never have dreamt that the Schulz family would make me end up in this state, even trying to take my life…’‘On the other hand, as a descendant of the Wade family, Charlie is originally the entire Schulz family’s mortal enemy. Moreover, coupled with the fact that he is Curtis’s son, Charlie is nothing more than a pest and a thorn in my father, Sheldon’s flesh. However, it was this mortal enemy of the Schulz family who saved my life at the most critical and crucial moment. All of this is simply too ironic…’When Charlie saw the rich expression on Rosalie’s face, he could not help but tease her, “Why? Did you arouse the hatred that
The reason why Charlie decided to save Rosalie was because he had seen right through the Schulz family’s intention to kill her. He was simply adhering to the basic principle where the ‘enemy of my enemy is a friend of mine’. This was why he had decided to save her.As long as Rosalie was already estranged from the Schulz family, she could likely prove to be of big help to Charlie when he decided to seek revenge on the Schulz family in the future.If he could keep Rosalie under control and turn her into his own subordinate, Charlie felt that his plan would not be entirely impossible.If he wanted to make use of a person, the most important thing would be for him to make sure that she owed him a favor.In this world, no other favor would be more important than repaying a favor for saving one’s life.Charlie’s current plan was to bring Rosalie back to Aurous Hill first. After that, he would hide her well before waiting to see whether there would be any changes in the Schulz family, o
No one except Raymond expected that the terms would be agreed upon so quickly.He was utterly confident in his judgment and even more so in his value appraisal.He was convinced that once they had a good look, any one of these collectors who could afford twenty million wouldn't miss this bargain.After all, an opportunity to secure an item worth millions more than the price they paid was very rare.In fact, when the other nine collectors heard that the first collector was buying it, it was only to be expected even if it left them all gloomy. They had all held the bronze sculpture in their hands—they knew it was definitely worth that much.However, no one in the room was more shocked than Trippy.He looked utterly flabbergasted, his eyes wide and bulging as he stared at the bronze sculpture while asking himself the same question repeatedly.Was that crap really worth twenty million? How?!While Trippy was still stunned, Raymond had already sent his payment details to the first
Unable to nitpick on the air stewardess' response, Elaine pouted, "Well, try to ask management to improve on your first-class cabins anyway. Maybe even make a premium-class or something since it's not like we can't afford it."The air stewardess quickly said, "We will definitely relay your message to the management."Nodding in satisfaction, Elaine waved her off. "Alright. You can go back to work now."Clearly relieved, the air stewardess bowed her head respectfully. "Always happy to be of service."After the air stewardess left, Jacob asked Elaine in curiosity, "Was the private jet that good?"Elaine rolled her eyes. "Didn't you see the stuff I posted in the chat group?""Not really," Jacob blurted. Elaine was ready to snap at him for not caring, but considering that they had made up now and she shouldn't fuss too much over the little things, she snorted, "Just remember to like and comment on all my posts in the chat group, otherwise, I will make you regret it!""No problem!"
While the ten collectors were taking turns studying the bronze sculpture, Jacob and Elaine were boarding their flight.As they were flying first-class, they had priority over the other passengers and boarded from the separate plug door at the first-class section.The capacity of the Boeing 777 was huge, and the wide-body aircraft could be connected to a special double corridor bridge where first class and business class passengers boarded separately from the economy class passengers.As the terminals to economy class and business class were connected, Elaine and Jacob were able to get through the first-class terminal unimpeded, but the passengers in economy class had a queue of over two hundred passengers. Even as she walked, Elaine was looking over her shoulder and exclaiming at Jacob, "Must be nice being rich! We used to have to queue like the rest of them, waiting for over thirty minutes just to board our flight." "In first class, we may be in the same plane, but we don't hav
Meanwhile, once Raymond had briefed everyone about the rules, he opened the door and invited everyone into Treasure Measure.It was not that wide but appeared spacious since the interior was mostly empty—it was not really crowded even with thirty-ish people.Then, locking the door from the inside, Raymond told them, "I can tell from everyone's faces that we are all veterans here, so I'm sure you understand the rules while appraising: no photos or videos, thank you very much."Indeed, there were many rules that governed the hobby, the most important being respecting the seller's requests and privacy.As the collectors listened, they knew that Raymond was selling but did not want the public to know too much about him.They all nodded, and those who had their phones out slid them back into their pockets.With that, Raymond took out the bronze sculpture that he had brought, leaving Trippy a little surprised.He had never seen the bronze sculpture with his own eyes before, only from
"Alright!" Trippy was at once fawning, tagging along behind Raymond like a little child.Around thirty people were waiting in front of Treasure Measure by now. The collectors came in twos or threes, and all ten numbers had since been taken.Before Raymond arrived, he had a brief look at the collectors' faces through the security cameras before walking over, and he was really relieved to see no familiar faces.Having traded Oskian antiques for years abroad, it was only natural that he was acquainted with some of the elite collectors in the country.He also knew that they were especially demanding with the quality of their collection and wanted almost flawless items. As such, the bronze sculpture which had been completely lost wouldn't interest them.Still, he was also a little concerned that amongst the elite collectors he knew, there might be some who were losing money and losing purchasing power in turn. If they happened to take an interest in the bronze sculpture on top of that,
Trippy grinned. "I mean, just look at my stall—ain't no way I'm getting any business here. Why not let me check out this item of yours? And see how interested they are? I'm really interested in learning and upping my game."Then, as if worried that Raymond would refuse, he quickly added, "Don't worry—I promise to stay in a corner and just watch."Still, Raymond could guess right then that someone must have sent Trippy to spy on him.It didn't matter whether it was Mick, Jacob, or Zachary either—they were all in this plot together, and one knowing meant all three knowing.Trippy was a gossiper in nature. If he was allowed to witness the whole process, everyone down Antique Street would definitely know before long.In fact, he could use someone like that right now, and Trippy had come straight to his doorstep.With that in mind, Raymond smiled, "Come join me if you're interested. It's not like there's anything to hide…"Pausing, he then warned Trippy, "But since you're going in my
After watching Mick's video, Jasmine's opinion of the man improved considerably.She was actually well aware that the decline of Vintage Deluxe was mostly due to Mick's incompetence.However, as Jasmine was now managing a billion-dollar company, she couldn't spare any time to ask many questions about Vintage Deluxe's performance. In her opinion, as long as Vintage Deluxe didn't lose too much money or ruin the reputation they had worked so hard to build, she wasn't interested in a regime change.It was the same mindset as Marianne Long, who begged her father to keep that lane full of food stalls in Hong Kong over sentiment.As such, seeing that Mick actually had some skill pleased her considerably.She couldn't resist checking out the comments of the video too.She saw that many were praising the manager of Vintage Deluxe for taking a tough stand against the scammer as well as how Vintage Deluxe's reputation was long-standing and without comparison.She soon noticed Jacob's comme
Soon, more collectors had gathered outside Treasure Measure even before Raymond showed up at Antique Street, with over ten of them gathered outside in no time at all.Since Raymond had only prepared ten slips, the rest left in disappointment seeing that they had no chance.Even so, the ten collectors who had gotten a number were nervous—save for the first man who had arrived.The details on the online sales post insisted that the price was fixed, and that first-come first-serve applies.If he bought the bronze sculpture, the other nine would have come all this way for nothing.However, if the seller decided to make it an auction, they would have a chance too, although their net profit would thin in turn. After all, they could have acquired the bronze sculpture for just 20 million, and that meant a solid 8 million in profit.An auction would at least raise the price to 27 million, and more would make it chicken feed.If they gave up at that point, it was a waste of a trip.If
Trippy naturally wasn't going to tell Mick everything word-for-word, so he said vaguely, "Uh, they were just being stubborn and refused to listen to anything I said. They kept saying that they wouldn't know until they saw the actual item."Mick got out of bed, staring at his phone as he mused to himself.This was getting a little ridiculous, was it not? A fool who was scammed, actually able to scam someone else? But if he really could sell it, wouldn't all their work be for nothing?With that in mind, he promptly called Zachary, who wasn't even up yet.Ever since he had started working for Don Albert, his daily routine was no longer the same as the days when he was a humble stall owner working on Antique Street, but a man of importance who slept late and woke up late.In the evening, he would be spending his time patrolling Don Albert's night entertainment properties as well as holding meetings with subordinates to decide on management policies and the like. That was why he wo