When Sheldon saw that his father seemed a little enraged, he hurriedly stood up as he bowed respectfully and said, “Dad, calm down and don’t be angry. That is not what I meant. I am just worried about Rosalie. No matter what it is, Rosalie is still my flesh and blood. Since her life and death and her whereabouts are still completely unknown, I am indeed a little too anxious…”Lord Schulz looked at him coldly before he said, word by word, “Sheldon, you have to be calm and composed even when faced with difficulties and changes if you want to do great things. You are already panicking like this just because of the disappearance of an illegitimate child? If I were to die one day, would you be able to manage the Schulz family, then?!”Sheldon began to quiver as soon as he heard these words!He thought to himself, ‘The old man is already starting to doubt my thoughts and abilities now. This is not a good sign!’‘If I continue showing too much concern about Rosalie over this matter and if
Sheldon was worried that he would cause the old man to feel dissatisfied with him because of this matter involving Rosalie. If the old man chose to remove him, he would certainly suffer extremely heavy losses. His whole life’s effort would just go to waste, then.As he thought about this, Sheldon decided that he would have to control his own emotions as much as possible in front of the old man when it came to Rosalie’s matter. He should not allow the old man to feel any dissatisfaction toward him!His daughter was naturally important to him, but the position as the head of the Schulz family was even more important.Furthermore, Rosalie was merely his illegitimate daughter!***Meanwhile, Lord Schulz also felt more or less worried even after losing his temper at Sheldon.In truth, the main reason why he had gotten angry at Sheldon was mainly because he wanted to hide his guilty conscience.After all, Lord Schulz was the one who had decided to betray Rosalie.The old man had alre
At this moment, in Tokyo, Japan.The forty-eight-year-old Suzuki Tomohisa was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the office where he had just taken office. He was completely helpless and at a loss for what to do.He was the new Superintendent General of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.Prior to this, he was a middle-level senior officer at the Homeland Security Bureau. He was very well-known, and he had a good reputation in the Homeland Security Bureau because he was very good at investigating, and not to mention, his methods were also very solid and impressive. This time, when it was discovered that Rosalie had been switched out for someone else, the whole of Japan had been shocked. The Japanese government was also overwhelmed because of this matter, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department had become the target of public criticism.Since there was truly no other way, the Japanese government could only entrust Tomohisa with this mission at this tou
Tomohisa said angrily, “Tell them that there is currently no progress on this matter. If there is any substantial progress, I will surely hold a press conference to make an announcement to the domestic and even the worldwide media.”His deputy nodded and said, “Okay, Mr. Suzuki! I will go and give them an answer now!”Tomohisa stopped him and said, “Oh, yes. From now on, no media or reporters are allowed to enter the premises of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department without any invitation or permission!”“Okay! I got it!”After his deputy went out, Tomohisa rubbed his temples as he felt very vexed, and he muttered to himself, “Sigh… it is really not a good thing to be entrusted with this kind of critical and difficult mission! This case has such a great influence. It is not only the people in the country who are paying attention to this matter, but even the overseas media are also interested in this case. If I do not handle this matter well, my reputation will certainly be ruine
Nanako’s words overturned all of Tomohisa’s guesses and inferences in regards to this whole matter.He would never have expected that the Japanese Self-Defense Forces would actually get involved in this kind of matter, and a strong wave of anger arose in his heart in an instant!Immediately afterward, Tomohisa ground his teeth and said, “Nanako, I truly have to thank you and your friend for this information. I will certainly arrest all the relevant people, interrogate them, and put them on trial as soon as possible!”Nanako smiled as she said, “Suzuki, I hope that this clue will be of some help to you.”Tomohisa replied steadfastly and affirmatively, “Nanako, if this clue is indeed true, you would have certainly helped me a lot!”After that, Tomohisa hurriedly said, “Nanako, I will not continue chatting with you anymore. I have to hurry up and make all the arrangements for the arrests first!”“Okay, Suzuki!”After Tomohisa had hung up the phone, he immediately contacted his old
However, she had only just discovered that Charlie was not home after she had arrived.It turned out that Charlie had already left for Japan because of an emergency a few days ago and had not returned yet.This made Loreen feel a little lost and despondent. Her originally happy and ecstatic mood instantly dimmed a lot.In fact, Loreen had actually been a little hesitant when Claire and her family had invited her to stay and join them for lunch just half an hour ago. She felt that since Charlie was not at home, she would only be wasting an opportunity to get closer to Charlie if she were to stay at Claire’s house for lunch today.She was thinking of telling them that she would just visit them again another day, but Loreen could not turn them down because Claire had been very enthusiastic, and she finally agreed to stay for lunch with them. However, Loreen would never have expected Charlie to come home even before they had started eating their meal!Therefore, Loreen was looking a
When she saw that Jacob and Elaine were about to get into an argument again, Claire hurriedly came forward to smooth things over. “Oh, Dad! Mom! Can’t the both of you talk without getting into an argument? Charlie just came home, and Loreen is here as well. Don’t embarrass yourselves in front of others…”Jacob looked at Elaine before he snorted coldly, “I won’t stoop to your level and argue with you anymore because I am giving my daughter face!”Elaine replied disdainfully, “You make it sound as though I want to stoop to your level and argue with you.”After she was done speaking, Elaine stopped looking at Jacob as she turned her head to the side. At this time, Loreen felt a little awkward as she said to Claire, “By the way, Claire, Quinn Golding will be coming to hold a concert here in Aurous Hill next month. Why don’t we go and watch it together, then?”Claire hurriedly smiled as she said, “Charlie said that he is going to accompany me to the concert. He knows Quinn personally,
What would he do if Loreen insisted on sitting next to him, then?Therefore, he certainly would have to turn her request down no matter what it was. He would simply allow her to find a way to get the tickets on her own. The best situation would be if she could not get a front-row seat for herself. However, if she did indeed manage to get a front-row seat for herself, as long as she was not seated next to him, he would have nothing to worry about.At this time, Loreen said to Claire again, “Claire, do you want to go shopping together with me later in the afternoon?”Claire glanced at Charlie before she whispered in Loreen’s ear, “Loreen, I don’t think I will go shopping with you. I will have to go back to work in two days. Furthermore, Charlie has just returned after being out for a few days. I want to stay at home to accompany him a little more.”Loreen was shocked.She could tell that Claire was speaking from the bottom of her heart when she said this.This made Loreen realize t
However, to Jacob's shock, Elaine wasn't misled at all as she growled icily, "Why would I ask anyone else?! If there's someone I must question, it's Matilda! She's getting married, isn't she? Good! I will be there and ask her why she hooked up with my husband!"Jacob turned pale right then.Matilda's son and even some of their old classmates would be attending her wedding.If Elaine went, he would be exposed, and he wouldn't be able to stay in Aurous Hill out of shame!His nerves gnawing at him, Jacob could only plead, "Please, just trust me this once! Anything else aside, she's getting married, anyway—there's no way that I'd have anything to do with her! That alone should prove my innocence!"Elaine snorted. "If Matilda returned when I was arrested, it means she has been back for a while! And you're saying nothing happened since? Hell, even if she's married, it doesn't prove that she wasn't up to some hanky-panky with you! Maybe while I was arrested and refused a divorce when you
The driver was left dumbstruck—this wasn't how it was supposed to go.Still, he blurted, "C-Crashing into a Cullinan? I might end up dead instead…""Fine! Then let's change cars, and you crash into ours—how about that?!" Elaine promptly retorted before continuing, "Or we could just stand right in front of your car while you run into us! I just happen to have a death wish, but if you don't kill me now, I'll kill you! Don't think about getting away either—I know your car plate! I'll sell this car and use the money to put a bounty on your head! I don't care what happens to me now! I'll claw my nails into the devil's face even if he shows up!"The driver was actually quite experienced, but even he had yet to meet someone as ridiculous as Elaine.Barely able to keep his hands steady, he threw them up as he apologized, "I'm so sorry, ma'am—I just lost my cool. I'm merely a humble driver of a Honda Civic while you own a Rolls. Hell, I spent fifty bucks buying that red emblem from Amazon,
Elaine may have led a life as if she was above the rules, but beneath that tough exterior lay crippling insecurities and a horrific inferiority complex.She was always afraid of being belittled—but more than that, of being ostracized and betrayed.Over the years, the greatest source of her complexes could all be traced back to Matilda.After all, Matilda had been a star back in their school days. Because Elaine was a close friend of hers, many boys would get chummy with Elaine, but only because they were interested in Matilda.Being from a poor farmer's family, Elaine had been scorned plenty and therefore felt exceedingly inferior around Matilda.It was from that sense of inferiority that Elaine had inadvertently developed a one-sided rivalry against Matilda, and she believed her greatest triumph over Matilda in this life was the moment she had stolen Jacob from her.However, while Elaine presumed that she could hold that victory over Matilda's head, Lady Wilson had soured that v
Moreover, given Elaine's ridiculous temper, Jacob knew she would definitely go overboard and destroy him.He wouldn't even have a place to live at that point, and it would really be game over if she held a grudge and stormed the Calligraphy and Painting Association!Under such circumstances, he couldn't ask for a divorce—hell, he might even refuse a divorce if Elaine asked for one!However, that was when Elaine laughed coldly. "Oh, my… You're really not going to divorce me?""Come on—how long were we married?" Jacob quickly reasoned. "Getting divorced at our age? People would laugh at us."Elaine scoffed. "Now I'm curious… Matilda's quite old too, and she's a divorcee marrying again. Won't people laugh at her?""Technically, she's a widow—"Jacob blurted out, but soon turned pale, tensing up again not a second after he had just calmed down, asking gingerly, "W-Why would you suddenly mention her?'Elaine stopped pretending right then and snapped, "It's actually impressive that y
Horrified, Jacob promptly grasped the steering wheel and brought the Cullinan back under control while not hesitating to snap, "Are you crazy?! We're on the highway—that could have killed the both of us!"However, Elaine ignored him and seized the moment to open the armrest box, pulling out the large white envelope.As she opened it, she muttered, "So, it really was a wedding invitation… You really are a terrible friend, Jacob Wilson, hiding a wedding invitation like this! What's the point? Just look at that nervous face of yours—would I suspect you of having an affair with the bride-to-be?"She flipped open the card and was experienced enough to check the names first while disregarding the usual preamble. She wouldn't care about the venue or the time either, focusing solely on the professor who had somehow made Jacob very nervous.That was how Elaine found the names in less than a second: Yolden Hart and Matilda Hall.Matilda?!The name could well be knives stabbing Elaine in th
Jacob's brain blanked out, leaving only a dull hum as soon as Walker mentioned 'Professor Hall'.Already feeling nervous in the first place, he quickly said, "Okay, okay—I got it. Anyway, I'm hanging up if there's nothing else!"With that, he promptly pressed the button to hang up.Nonetheless, Elaine was soon asking in curiosity, "Who's Professor Hall?"If Jacob had any semblance of composure, he would have said 'a colleague at Senior University' as if it was perfectly natural, and the matter would have been forgotten.But the reality was that he didn't—in fact, he was the champion when it came to dropping the ball as a casual question from Elaine left him sweating all over his brow.Even as he slid nervous glances at her face, he stammered uncontrollably, "N-Nobody…"Elaine promptly noticed his strange reaction and frowned. "I'm talking about Professor Hall. What do you mean, nobody? Who are they? And what's this about an invitation? Inviting you for what?"Seeing that he was
Jacob had really had too much to drink and couldn't remember the later parts of what had happened last night—even how he had gotten home was a blur.Naturally, he also forgot that Walker had brought Matilda's wedding invitation, and therefore didn't hesitate to answer the in-car answer button.Over the phone, Walker was positively fawning as he asked, "Mr. Wilson? It's Walker. Why didn't you come in today? Had too much to drink last night?""Uh-huh," Jacob grunted, lethargic. "I did—my head still hurts now… Anyway, what's up? Trouble at the association?""No, of course not," Walker quickly said. "I was just worried you're still hungover, so I called to ask. If you need a driver or anything, you just need to ask!"Then, before Jacob could answer, he continued, "By the way, my wife is somewhat knowledgable in Oskian medicine, and she has recipes for brews that cure hangovers and nourish the liver. I'm sure you'll need the latter since you're always drinking at social events, so I as
Fortunately, Elaine and Jacob's bickering never escalated.Even though Elaine was winning, Jacob found it tolerable.After Jacob finished his lunch and cleaned up, he never looked up as he said, "Charlie sent a text, saying Claire's flight would touch down earlier at three. We will leave at two."Elaine grumbled. "Why leave so early? She's coming back from abroad, and there'd be checkpoints she has to clear—she'd be lucky if she could leave by half past three. I'm sleeping a few winks now, and we'll leave at half past two."As she left the dining room, she didn't even look back as she said, "Clean up for me too."Jacob had a million complaints but said nothing as he kept his head down, throwing Elaine's lunchbox in the trash can as well.With Elaine gone, he sat on the couch as her hangover slowly cleared while his mood soured with the lack of alcohol.In the end, the pleasure of being fawned over at the Diamond Room was but temporary—the pain of his beloved leaving with someone
Vera kept her plan to investigate the identity of the abbess deep in her mind and told Charlie nothing.Instead, she smiled as she said, "It seems that it's both yours and Ms. Ito's good fortune that she has attained enlightenment. You've never had anyone who could attain enlightenment and master Reiki at the same time, so Ms. Ito will definitely be a great help to you in the future."Charlie chuckled and said calmly, "I'm not hoping for her to help. I'm simply happy for her with her enlightenment and excited to have another comrade in my solo ventures into the dark forests."Vera nodded in understanding, and she murmured emotionally, "I've lived for so long, and it's only when I opened my heart to you that I felt that sensation you described."There was a flicker of wistfulness in her eyes.She really did not expect to attain enlightenment before meeting Charlie.Years ago, she thought that she would eventually avenge her father.Now, she no longer hoped to murder Fleur Griffi