“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
The butler hurriedly replied, “The head of the Dunn family, Lord Jefferson Dunn, has come here with the eldest son of the Dunn family, Harlem.”Lord Schulz could not help but rub his temples as he sighed and thought to himself, ‘D*mn it! Why did the Dunn family come all the way here to see me? Did they come here to question me and blame me for that incident? No… that should not be it. Aurous Hill is not my territory anyway. Furthermore, there is no evidence to prove that I was the one who tried to harm Helen. Why would they come here to question me about it, then?’‘Nevertheless, the Dunn family are still my in-laws. Moreover, they also have a very deep and strong relationship on a higher level. Therefore, I cannot simply offend them just like that. It looks like I can only receive them and deal with them!’As he thought about this, Lord Schulz told the butler, “Arrange for them to be seated in the living room for a while. I will go over there now.”“Okay, Lord Schulz!”A few minu
Cadfan could not accept this fact at all. His second son had just arrived in Aurous Hill, but he had already disappeared without even spending a single night in Aurous Hill yet.Furthermore, Cadfan knew of Henderson’s strength and abilities.He had already been serving the Schulz family for so many years, and there was rarely anyone worthy of being his opponent.Henderson had already been secretly protecting and watching over Steven. So, how could he still go missing, then?!Henderson, who was on the other end of the line also sighed endlessly, and he was also filled with guilt as he said, “Lord Schulz, I was on the same floor with Mr. Steven the whole time, and I have been guarding him from any possible disturbances. However, it seems as though Mr. Steven has evaporated from the face of this earth seeing as he suddenly disappeared from his room without a trace at all. This… this whole incident is simply too strange and unbelievable!”As he spoke, Henderson hurriedly continued, “T
Henderson hurriedly replied, “Don’t worry, Lord Schulz. I will certainly go all out to get it done!”Lord Schulz replied, “Okay! Start investigating and looking for clues in Aurous Hill first. I will send some men over there to support you right now!”After hanging up the phone, Lord Schulz had a guilty expression on his face as he said to Jefferson, “In-law, you also heard everything just now. It is not only Helen and Sophie who are missing, but Steven is also missing now. Therefore, you should not suspect that I am the mastermind behind this matter anymore, right? Helen is my daughter-in-law, Sophie is my granddaughter, and Steven is my son! Someone is clearly targeting the Schulz family!”Jefferson had initially come here today intending to question Cadfan to get him to tell him the truth about the accident. However, after everything that had happened just now, he couldn't help but involuntarily dispel all of his suspicion toward Cadfan.Since things had already reached this sta
At this moment in Aurous Hill.The helicopter flew all the way to Albert’s dog farm.At this time, it seemed as though things were getting rather hectic at the dog farm.Albert brought his confidant along with him as he awaited Charlie’s arrival eagerly.As the roar of the helicopter in the sky grew louder and louder, everyone began to feel more and more expectant.Immediately afterward, the helicopter descended slowly and landed in the middle of the dog farm.Albert hurriedly led his men forward to greet Charlie.At this time, Isaac opened the helicopter hatch before he made an inviting gesture at Charlie as he said respectfully, “After you, Master Wade!”Charlie nodded before he got off the helicopter with Rosalie.Albert hurriedly said, “Master Wade, I have already prepared the single room and the warm father and son reunion ceremony as you have asked me to. When would you like to start?”“We are not in a hurry.” Charlie waved his hand before he pointed at Steven and Salem
Albert quickly asked his subordinates to open the heavy iron door. As soon as they stepped through the door, he immediately heard some fighting dogs in the surrounding kennels barking wildly.When he saw this, Albert immediately shouted with a cold expression on his face, “All of you better f*cking shut up right now! If any dog continues barking, I will kill it and eat its meat today!”What was even more amazing was that all of the dogs in the kennel immediately stopped barking without exception as soon as Albert shouted.Albert was finally satisfied, and he told Charlie, “Master Wade, please come with me!”Charlie followed Albert into the kennel, and he saw a group of Walter’s men as well as Cadfan’s subordinates, Matteo and the other three men, in the middle section of the kennel.As soon as Matteo saw Charlie, the look in his eyes instantly changed as though he had just seen a ghost.After getting imprisoned in the dog farm and witnessing Edmund’s fate with his own eyes, Matte
When Edmund heard Charlie mentioning the words ‘Salem Whittaker’, he immediately had a very dumbfounded look on his face!He really would not have expected his father to come all the way to Aurous Hill just to find him.However, this did not make him feel elated. Instead, he could not help but feel terrified and fearful deep down in his heart.Although he had been using the Whittaker family and the Rothschild family to try and scare Charlie and as his last and desperate struggle to free himself, Edmund knew very well that this was all just a facade, and he was simply making use of someone else’s power to throw his weight about.‘Our family is just a distant relative of the Rothschild family. We are actually not that strong or powerful.’‘Regardless of whether it is in the past or present, the so-called distant relatives refer to the relationship between the king’s mother and the king’s wife’s relatives. Therefore, to put it simply, these distant relatives were not important to the
At this moment, Albert’s subordinates had already brought Steven and Salem into Albert’s office.As the two men were still unconscious and bound up, Albert’s subordinates could only use a pair of scissors to cut up the two men’s clothes into countless strips of cloth.One of Albert’s subordinates walked into the office when the two men were left wearing only their underwear after all of their clothes had already been cut off.He was holding an empty basin in one hand and a huge bucket of water in the other. At this time, he said with some difficulty, “Ahh! This bucket of water is really heavy!”At this time, one of the gang leaders called Bill walked toward that subordinate before placing his hand into the bucket of water. After that, he smacked his lips together as he said, “Selig, why isn’t the water cold at all? What is going on?”The subordinate who was known as Selig hurriedly replied, “Bill, I took this water from the tap in the bathroom. Therefore, the water coming from the
"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