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
Steven said nervously, “Brother, what… What do you mean by that? I… I do not understand...” As he spoke, Steven’s brain was already working at a fast pace. He could now be certain that the young man in front of him bore no good intentions, so his mind began processing and thinking of how to get out of this mess. Right then, the first thought that appeared in his mind was to call for help. ‘On this floor of the hotel, there are at least forty or fifty of my subordinates, and there are many masters among them. Their combined combat power is amazing. This kid would definitely not be able to defeat them.’‘However, this guy was able to infiltrate my room quietly, so this proves that his strength is still quite formidable!’ ‘Adding this to the previous data of him from Jaime and Sophie, this person was able to kill many top Japanese ninjas all by himself. This goes to show that he is actually extremely powerful…’ ‘Even if all of the subordinates I have under me should be able t
The moment Charlie revealed his true identity, Steven felt as though he had been struck by lightning! He looked at Charlie dumbfounded and blurted out in a panic, “You… Are you truly Curtis’s son?!” After saying this, before Charlie could even answer, he muttered to himself, “It looks like it… There’s no mistake…” Immediately afterward, he hurriedly said, “Young Wade, your father and I were friends. It stands to reason that you should call me ‘Uncle’…” Charlie said disdainfully, “Are you seriously telling me to call you ‘Uncle’?! Do you even think you deserve to be called that?!” Steven hurriedly replied, “I know that your perception of the Schulz family is certainly not very good, but the Schulz family and the Wade family have long had an agreement on non-interference and non-confrontation. Over the past ten or twenty years, we have always followed those rules and stayed away from your business. We developed our businesses respectively, so you… You shouldn’t break this agree
Charlie took out his handphone and informed Isaac to tell the helicopter pilot to lower the ropes before proceeding to firmly tie Salem and Steven together with the strong nylon rope. The two were then quietly lifted up by the winch. At this time, Rosalie was walking backward as she cleaned the footprints she had left behind. Step by step, she walked backwards all the way to the balcony, and then she said respectfully to Charlie, “Master Wade, everything is done!”Charlie nodded. At this moment, He received a text message from Isaac: [A business car has arrived from the airport and entered the hotel basement. Steven’s people have just blocked the basement. It is presumed that the person in the car should be coming for him. You and Miss Schulz had better move quickly.] Charlie smiled slightly. “It should be Steven’s lady friend.” As he said this, he grabbed another rope and said to Rosalie, “Time is running out, hold onto my waist, we’ll go up together.” There were only two rop
This woman was the most popular young actress, Cecelia. People in the entertainment industry knew that some big-shot powerful benefactor was backing Cecelia, but most people had no idea who the benefactor was. Ever since she had gotten close to Steven, Cecelia’s resources in the entertainment circle had been amazingly good to the point all the other actors were extremely envious of her. Actresses with relatively decent resources generally had the opportunity to appear in some big movies and TV shows every now and then. These actresses could make blockbuster movies yearly, blockbusters of the year directed by well-known directors. However, actresses like Cecelia, with extremely good resources, did not have to do anything. The cash cow behind her would spend money to invite the best directors, the hottest actors, and the hottest supporting roles to support her, literally tailoring the filming scenes completely to fit her. Other people who were able to land themselves the lead
An old man with grey hair and an ancient Oskian suit took the lead and ran over quickly. Behind him, more than a dozen men with extraordinary auras followed closely. Everyone’s expression was solemn, and there was a bit of a panic that was hard to conceal. Everyone rushed to the door of the presidential suite led by the grey-haired old man who hurriedly asked, “What’s the matter?!” The assistant said in a panic, “The boss didn’t respond when I pressed on the doorbell and no one answered the call, but the phone kept ringing inside the room.” One of them asked, “When was the last time you saw the boss, and what was the boss doing?” The assistant hurriedly replied, “The boss said that he was going to take a bath…” The man asked again, “Could it be that the boss fell asleep while taking a bath?” The assistant shook his head. “I don’t know much, but based on my understanding of the boss, this shouldn’t have happened!” There were some things that the assistant couldn’t clarif
“Kidnapped?!” Henderson’s face twitched slightly.What he feared the most was that Steven had been kidnapped.So, he could not help but think to himself, ‘No matter what it is, I am still one of the veteran masters working for the Schulz family. This time, I personally made this trip to Aurous Hill in order to protect the second master. If he was indeed kidnapped under my watch, wouldn’t it be extremely embarrassing for me? How could I possibly explain this to Lord Schulz when I go back?!’At this time, he immediately thought of Salem, who was staying in the room next to Steven. He felt as though he had caught hold of his last hope as he blurted out, “Could it be that Boss is chatting with that American next door?”Steven’s assistant who was in the same predicament as Henderson was also waiting for a miracle to happen. When he saw that Steven was nowhere to be found in the presidential suite, he was already in a state of panic. As soon as he heard this, his eyes brightened up in an
"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