At this time, Lord Schulz shook his head lightly and said, “Matteo might not have managed this matter well this time, but I have absolutely no doubts about his loyalty at all.”Steven hurriedly tried to add fuel to the flame as he said, “Dad! As the saying goes, even if you have already known a person for a long time, you might not understand his true nature! You have always valued Matteo, but who knows if Matteo would betray you after getting tempted by other interests?”Lord Schulz snorted coldly before he said, “Steven, you cannot even understand something as simple as this? You are truly disappointing me!”“Ahh?!” Steven did not know why Lord Schulz would suddenly say something like this, and he had a nervous expression on his face as he hurriedly said, “Dad, forgive me for being stupid, but please explain it to me.”Lord Schulz asked coldly, “If someone is indeed trying to bribe and buy Matteo over so that he would deal with the Schulz family, why would the other party go thro
For a crafty scoundrel like Cadfan, who was already used to scheming and calculating, trying to accuse someone else of the crime to cover up his own actions was a very common trick to him.The reason why he was issuing his condemning opinion about criminals like Zakir and offering a big reward was actually just because he wanted to divert the public’s attention to the greatest extent.In Cadfan’s opinion, most people could be easily swayed, and they did not have any opinions of their own. They did not have the strong ability to distinguish between what was right or wrong, but they would simply rely on the amount of information that they had received to make a vague judgment on whether a matter was right or wrong, or even true or false.If they were exposed to more positive opinions, they would certainly think and feel that the result would be positive.Similarly, if they heard many opposing opinions, they would naturally think that the opposition was right.Many people were coming
The butler could only plead, “Eldest young master, please calm yourself down first. Please wait patiently for a moment. When Lord Schulz is done discussing this matter with the second master, I will go in and report this matter to him!”Jaime shouted out loud, “No! I cannot wait anymore! I want to go in now! I will not hold back, and I will be ruthless if you try to stop me again!”Just as the butler was completely at a loss for what to do, Lord Schulz had a dark expression on his face as he told Steven, “Steven, go and bring Jaime in.”“Okay!”Steven hurriedly turned around and left the study room before he told the butler, “Lord Schulz asked you to let Jaime in.”The butler was finally relieved, and he quickly made way for Jaime to pass.Jaime hurriedly rushed into the study room. As soon as he entered the study room, he started questioning Cadfan a little anxiously, “Grandpa! Where are my mother and sister?!”Lord Schulz replied earnestly, “Jaime, I have also just found out a
When Steven rushed out of the study room, Jaime had already disappeared.He gave chase for about a hundred or two hundred meters. When he realized that he would not have an opportunity to chase after and bring his eldest nephew back, he decided to turn around and walk back instead.Steven was in a particularly good mood on the way back to the old man’s study room. At this time, he could not help but think to himself, ‘Ahh! I truly have very good luck. I was just worried about how I would be able to divert the old man’s attention, and it is certainly a very pleasant coincidence that Jaime had to come and enrage the old man at this time. Now that Lord Schulz is so furious and angry at him, he will certainly be focused on how he is going to deal with and teach Jaime a lesson, then!’Steven felt extremely satisfied. After returning to Lord Schulz’s study room, he had an ashamed and embarrassed look on his face as he said, “Dad, that kid Jaime ran faster than a dog! I could not catch up
As he spoke, Sheldon replied coldly, “Don’t worry. You can be rest assured that if things really happened as you said, you will not be the only one who will not let him off just like that. I will not let him go either. However, if both of us were to fight and go against him, we will have to put careful consideration and deliberation into this matter before planning and strategizing our next move! Otherwise, if anything were to happen to you first, how are you going to avenge your mother and sister, then?!”Jaime was silent for a moment before he said resentfully, “Dad! I understand now…”After he was done speaking, he could not help but choke up as he cried and asked, “Dad! When will you be coming back? I… I honestly do not know what I should do now…”Sheldon sighed before he said, “I have no way to go back now. If I were to take a plane back to Eastcliff now, it will take me more than ten hours to arrive. However, as soon as I leave this place, your grandfather will certainly recei
The man who had just spoken was none other than Edmund’s father, Salem.Ever since Edmund and all of his subordinates’ sudden disappearance, the Whittaker family had been doing everything that they could do to inquire and gather clues about their whereabouts.However, no matter how much they investigated and inquired about this matter, the feedback and results were always the same.No one had seen Edmund or any of his subordinates, and no one knew how they could just disappear so mysteriously. They could not even obtain any information or data related to Edmund or any of his men from the surveillance cameras all over the city.This made the Whittaker family realize that it was highly likely that Edmund had offended and provoked a very influential and powerful person in Aurous Hill.Therefore, Edmund’s father, Salem, had decided to personally make a trip to Aurous Hill so that he could do everything that he could possibly do to find Edmund before bringing him back to the United Sta
Salem hurriedly replied, “Mr. Schulz, I am the head of the Whittaker family from the United States. I wonder if you have ever heard of our family?”Steven could not help but frown.“The Whittaker family from the United States? It seems as though I have never heard of such a family before… is it a very powerful family?”Just as Steven was still pondering, Salem hurriedly added, “My mother is a member of the Rothschild family!”The popularity of the Rothschild family could be said to be well-known to everyone throughout the whole world.True enough, as soon as Steven heard this American introducing himself as a relative that was related by blood to the Rothschild family, he immediately began to take Salem seriously. After that, Steven quickly walked toward Salem before he took the initiative to reach out his hand and introduce himself as he said, “Hello. I am Steven Schulz.”Salem hurriedly shook hands with Steven with a flattering expression on his face as he said, “Hello, Mr. S
Salem knew that the Schulz family was currently the strongest family in Oskia. So, he wanted to befriend him.Now that he had already found out that Steven was here in Aurous Hill for the same purpose and was actually inviting him to head to the hotel together with him at this time, he felt that this was a perfect opportunity for him to establish an intersection and build up a friendship with the Schulz family. At the same time, he would also be able to greatly increase the chances and probability of finding his son.He would be killing two birds with one stone!So, he was very grateful as he said, “Mr. Schulz, to tell you the truth, I do not have anyone that I can trust or depend on in Aurous Hill ever since my son and his subordinates suddenly disappeared. Therefore, I did not arrange for anyone to pick me up from the airport either. It would be perfect if I could hitch a ride in your car to head to the hotel together with you. Thank you so much!”Steven smiled slightly before he
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,