Just when she was practicing until she was covered in sweat, the doorbell suddenly rang. Rosalie became a little excited all of a sudden. She had lived here for some time and understood the service routine of the service staff here. Three meals were served regularly here every day, and the service staff would prepare food and drinks as well as daily necessities before sending them over. Other times, the service staff would generally not take the initiative to come over to disturb. Seeing as now was not the time for any meals, it was very likely that Charlie had come!Thinking of this, Rosalie hurriedly and joyfully ran to the door. Through the display screen, she saw at a glance that Charlie was standing at the door of her room at this moment. Her heart burst with joy. She then remembered that she had not tidied her clothes and was currently wearing the most basic sports bra. Rosalie hesitated for a while and did not know whether she should change her
At this moment, Aurous International Hotel. Steven’s motorcade was parked in a row directly in front of the hotel. Before he could get out of the car, security had rushed down and purged all the people around him. The manager of the hotel along with dozens of security guards also greeted him at this time, and they respectfully said to Steven's assistant, "May I ask, what does Mr. Schulz need from us? As long as we have it, Mr. Schulz is free to ask. We will definitely do our best!" Steven’s assistant said in a cold voice, "There is nothing we need for now. Tell all your people to stand back and don't let any of your staff, without permission, to bump into Mr. Schulz! As for the other guests, they must not come within ten meters of Mr. Schulz!" The hotel manager nodded without hesitation and said with unparalleled politeness, "If there is anything I can do for you, please feel free to ask!" Then, Steven and Salem came down from the car together. After Steve
Hence, he said with great gratitude, "Thank you, Mr. Schulz! You have really taken care of me so much! With a superior posture, Steven smiled faintly and said to Salem, "In Oskia, as long as you befriend the Schulz family, you will be guaranteed a smooth-sailing trip no matter where you are.” After that, he asked Salem, "Do you know the name of that college classmate of your son in Aurous Hill? I'll have someone look up information about her right now.” Salem hurriedly said, "I once heard my son talk about her. She seems to be called Doris Young. It is said that this woman's ability is quite strong. She is the chairman of a very large listed company in Aurous Hill." Steven looked to his assistant and ordered in a serious tone, "I give you five minutes to check the background of this Doris Young!" “Okay, boss!” After five minutes. Steven had just stepped into his presidential suite when his assistant hurriedly ran over and said, "Boss, I have investigat
In the evening, when Charlie returned home, the ten experts of the Schulz family split into five teams and began to thoroughly search every hospital in Aurous Hill.Meanwhile, Steven had a sumptuous dinner prepared to entertain Salem in the dining room of his presidential suite.Although the economic strength of Salem's family was nowhere near as good as the Schulz family, in Steven’s opinion, Salem's mother was, after all, from the Rothschild family. So, there was no harm in maintaining a friendship with him.Salem's heart was naturally excited.Although it was true that his mother was a woman from the Rothschild family, he knew very well in his heart that there were at least hundreds of women like his mother in the Rothschild family.His mother, as well as his grandfather's line, wouldn't have ranked much in the Rothschild family.He, a relative of the Rothschild family, was, frankly speaking, just rubbing popularity.Now, he had the opportunity to befriend the Schulz family,
The assistant hastily said respectfully, "Boss, the experts sent out have surveyed all the hospitals in the whole of Aurous Hill, but the two of them could not be found." "What?!" Steven frowned and opened his mouth to ask, "Are you sure that every hospital has been investigated?" "Yes, I’m sure." The assistant nodded and said seriously, "Not only the tertiary hospitals, but even the ordinary small clinics have also been searched, and they were nowhere to be found." Steven immediately smacked his lips and said, "Tsk... This is too f*cking strange! They are not in the hospitals, could it be that they have died?!" After saying that, he immediately spoke, "Go and observe the progress of the current police investigation. Are there any breakthroughs?"The assistant said truthfully, "Boss, I have inquired about the police’s situation. They also do not have any clues now. They are now investigating the bullet casings collected at the tunnel site, and are trying to find clue
Steven Schulz had an amazing plan laid out for himself.Before Cecelia arrived, Steven would take a bath to relieve his fatigue, and when she had finally arrived, he and her could immediately get down to business.Since it was so rare to get such an opportunity to escape from that haggard old woman at home who was his wife, of course he had to take this opportunity to stay with Cecelia for a few days.After preparing the hot water, Steven took off his clothes and climbed into the bathtub, soaking his slightly chubby body in the hot water.Steven was feeling happy and elated, but little did he know that he was a mere twenty minutes away from hell.At this very moment, Charlie and Rosalie had stealthily made their way into Aurous International Hotel.Charlie’s abilities were needless to mention. As for Rosalie, she was originally a master of the inner family boxing style that had carefully been trained by the Harker family. She had also received a lot of professional training from
Charlie laughed as he said, “Don’t worry. When you get to the top of the hotel, the helicopter doesn’t need to go down. You will just need to hover in the sky and wait while Rosalie and I head down by cable. We’ll bring Steven and Salem to the roof in about ten minutes. During that time, you can just adjust the rope and pull us up. We will head straight to Albert’s dog kennel after that.” Seeing that Charlie had arranged everything, Isaac no longer had any remarks to make. He then said firmly, “Alright, Young Master. We will wait for you at the top of the hotel.” Charlie turned to Rosalie and said again, “Rosalie, your responsibility is to capture Salem. I will handle Steven.” Rosalie nodded slightly and said respectfully, “Alright, Master Wade!” Charlie reminded her, “Remember, try not to alarm other people. Let’s get this done as quickly as possible, and let’s try to make it look as though Steven and Salem just evaporated from this world without a trace.” “Yes!” A minute
When Steven heard this voice, his entire being felt as if he was being electrocuted, and he jumped out of shock. Soon, he immediately looked towards the direction of the voice and set his gaze upon a smiling young man who was sitting on a small stool in front of the bathroom door. He was shocked and blurted, “You… Who are you?!” Charlie sneered, “Me? I’m the Schulz family’s greatest benefactor!” Steven nervously replied, “What kind of benefactor? What… What are you trying to do?!” Charlie smiled. “I’m truly the greatest benefactor of your Schulz family. Your eldest’s brother’s children, Jaime and Sophie, were both kidnapped in Japan, and I saved them. So, don’t you consider me the greatest benefactor of your Schulz family?” “What?!” Steven said dumbfounded, “You… You are the mysterious master from Japan?!” Charlie asked with interest, “What? Have you heard of me?” Steven replied vaguely, “I’ve heard my niece talk about it… Even my father still talks about it. If he had
"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
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