Isaac quickly drove the car over. As Charlie was about to get into the car, the owner of Treasure Pavilion, Finn, ran out in a hurry and asked nervously, “Master Wade, why are you leaving so soon?”Charlie replied calmly, “I suddenly have something to deal with, so I will not be staying any longer.”Finn hurriedly asked, “Master Wade, are you dissatisfied with the services provided by Treasure Pavilion?”Charlie waved his hand and said, “No, it has nothing to do with Treasure Pavilion.”Finn heaved a huge sigh of relief before he hurriedly asked, “By the way, Master Wade, are you interested in any of the items that will be auctioned off today? If there is something that you are interested in, please let me know, and I will certainly help you to get it!”Charlie shook his head before he smiled and said, “There is nothing that I am interested in at the auction. The reason why I came here today is simply to join in the excitement. So, you don’t have to worry too much.”With that sai
The staff wiped off his sweat as he explained, “Madam, the starting price for the mansion that you are buying is only $880,000, and the highest market price for this mansion is only $1,300,000. The current price that you are offering to pay for this mansion is nearly fifty times more than the highest market price. Are you sure that you really do not need to think about it again?”Helen shook her head and said with firm determination, “I have already considered and thought about it clearly. I do not need to think about it any further. Please help me get it done as soon as possible.”Several staff members exchanged glances with one another before one of them suddenly spoke up and said, “In that case, we will proceed to handle the subsequent payment process for you, then. Do you have enough money in your bank balance?”Helen nodded. “Yes.”“Okay.” The staff braced himself as he took out the POS machine and said, “Madam, please make sure that the single-day transaction limit for your b
Steven was a person without any morality or virtue.As for Cadfan, although he was also an unscrupulous person without any morality or virtue, at the very least, he would always scheme and plan carefully before taking action.This kind of person would generally act like a benevolent person that was full of morality, but they would often be the dregs of society.However, the main point was that no one would be able to tell that they were the dregs of society.Lord Schulz had been scheming throughout his lifetime, and he had done many vicious and wicked things in this life, but the only time that he had truly gotten caught was when his plan to deal with Rosalie had gotten completely exposed.In most cases, Lord Schulz was very good at putting on an act.At this time, Lord Schulz already regarded Steven as his future successor. So, he earnestly said, “Steven, you have to understand the rules of survival and what you should or should not do in the upper-class society. In short, you h
This was similar to those martial arts sects. The head of the sect would always pass on all the core martial arts skills and techniques onto the next successor of the sect, but not to any of his other apprentices. This was to ensure that the strength of his successor would always be higher so that he would not get overthrown by his own men in the future.In the past, Lord Schulz devoted himself to teaching all of his methods and strategies to his eldest son, Sheldon, every day. As for his other sons, he had never taught them any real strategies at all.But now, Lord Schulz had already chosen to completely abandon his eldest son, Sheldon.After removing his eldest son, the next most ideal heir in his heart to inherit the Schulz family from him was none other than his second son, Steven.Therefore, he planned to train Steven well from now on.At this moment, Lord Schulz thought, ‘I have at most ten to twenty years to live in the future. If I were to train and teach Steven from now o
Listening to Lord Schulz’s words, Steven was excited for a moment and queried, “Dad, do you have any good ideas to make Helen’s death flawless?Lord Schulz laughed coldly. “I have asked my men to look for an A-class fugitive who has committed a capital crime. His family was paid ten million as a resettlement allowance for him to flee to Aurous Hill.” Steven hurriedly asked, “Dad, you plan to ask a fugitive to kill for us? Lord Schulz answered indifferently, “Yes, the fugitive will do the deed. However, the whole plan is not as simple as you think.”Lord Schulz continued, “I have also asked my men to disclose this information to the local police in Aurous Hill. I believe that very soon, the Aurous Hill police will manhunt this fugitive in the entire city. He has committed many murder cases, so once he is caught, he will surely die. Thus, he would naturally flee for his life during the manhunt.” “By then, he will be like a headless fly, running around Aurous Hill, and then coi
Lord Schulz looked at the time and said, “If there is no deviation from the original plan, that A-class fugitive should be arriving at the auction site in ten minutes.” Steven hurriedly asked, “Dad, ten minutes… won’t Helen have left by then?!” “Nope!” Lord Schulz laughed coldly, “Helen should still be handling the change of property ownership. This process is cumbersome and impossible to get it done overnight. Since she desperately wanted that villa and now that it was successfully auctioned to her, she will be very serious in giving her cooperation to smoothen the process.” Nodding his head, Steven sighed in relief. However, he quickly thought of something and queried, “Dad! Sophie is together with her! Will there be any unexpected incidents?” Steven knew that Lord Schulz loved his granddaughter, Sophie, a lot. What Steven was worried about most was not Sophie’s safety, but whether Lord Schulz would stop the plan because of Sophie. With a slight change
At this moment, Aurous Hill. A man donning a face mask appeared at the subway station near Treasure Pavilion. There were many security cameras in the subway station. Some were security footages, and some were the city’s Skynet monitoring. There were also some newly added high-end cameras equipped with facial recognition ability. All these years, with the advancement in technology, facial recognition had emerged successfully from science fiction movies into the lives of normal human beings. Not only were phones able to support facial recognition, more importantly, the police also had a huge amount of data that was closely related to the facial recognition system. The biggest advantage of this system was the speed at which the system conducted a mass screening. For example, assuming hundreds of people walked head-on and there was a fugitive in the mix. By relying on only one police officer to examine every person one by one, the efficiency was not only
After all, he was tired of his days spent hiding all over the place. Thus, he had no reason to reject the offer which earned his family ten million Oskian dollars, and for him to gamble on the chance of being free completely. Hence, he had come to Aurous Hill yesterday and was prepared for this gamble! Based on the paymaster’s request, he was required to reveal himself to the security cameras. Then, he needed to flee to a place called Treasure Pavilion. Now, he revealed himself for the police in Aurous Hill to know that he was here! At this moment, Aurous Hill Police Chief Command Office. Suddenly, the police facial recognition system sounded an ear-piercing alarm. The police officer on duty glanced at the screen and was stunned at that moment! On the computer screen, a message appeared: [Through the facial recognition system identification, the A-class fugitive, Zakir Luiz, has appeared in my city. Please verify immediately!] The officer on duty
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
The traffic police officer smiled in exasperation. "Is there no getting through to you? You could even afford to drive a nice car, and you'd most likely survive an accident. But what if you were left bedridden for a long time? Yell at each other in the same hospital room?"Elaine waved him off. "I don't care—all I know is that I will always get my revenge, and on the spot if possible. If there were superheroes, I would be Wonder Woman!""Urgh…" The traffic police officer was utterly speechless. "How about this? We will call your daughter and have her come over to bail you. She will mediate your fight!"With those words, he returned Elaine's phone to her, and it happened to ring just then.It was a call from Claire.Seeing that the contact name said [Daughter], the traffic police officer quickly said, "Go on, answer it!"Elaine took it and answered the call, and Claire asked urgently before she could say a word, "Mom? Where are you? Where's Dad? Are you both alright?"Elaine sulk
While Charlie was waiting for Claire at the airport, Jacob and Elaine were taken to the traffic police station.But even in the patrol car, Elaine did not stop lashing out at Jacob.As such, the traffic police had no choice but to call up another patrol car to bring them over separately.Charlie was hence left wondering what those two were up to this time as they were nowhere to be seen when Claire's flight was about to land and weren't answering his texts.Fortunately, Charlie never considered them reliable, so he was fine whether they showed up or not.If they did, they could all head home in the same car.If they didn't, he just had to take a cab home with Claire.It was past three when Claire's private jet landed, and Claire herself cleared the checkpoint in just half an hour, wheeling a trolley with her luggage.Seeing Charlie from afar, she couldn't help quickening her pace as she beamed.Charlie hurried toward her as well, and Claire shoved her trolley aside when they w
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,