Charlie ignored him and simply looked at Salem before he said, “Salem, do you know why I captured your son and brought him here?”Salem’s eyes flushed red, and he shook his head.Charlie looked at Edmund before he said coldly, “Come, Edmund. Why don’t you tell your father about your glorious history, then?”“I…” Edmund suddenly did not know what to do.Charlie said coldly, “Hurry and speak up!”When Edmund saw that Charlie was getting angry, he shuddered and hurriedly said, “I will speak up. I will tell him everything now…”So, Edmund immediately looked at Salem before he choked up and said, “Dad, this is all my fault. I brought this upon myself…”As he spoke, Edmund explained how he had coveted Doris’s beauty while thinking of getting his hands on Emgrand Group’s industry in Aurous Hill. To achieve his goal, he had decided to kill two birds with one stone by poisoning Doris’s father.When Salem heard this, he was so shocked that he was on the verge of collapsing.It was only
Steven really did not expect for Charlie to actually be interested in matters related to his private life. He came from a big and prestigious family, and he paid great attention to his own private life. So, Steven could not help but subconsciously feel extremely nervous when Charlie suddenly asked him about this matter. He could only stammer and delay things as he did not dare to respond to this question.Charlie could not help but frown as he asked, “Why? Are you not willing to talk about it?”When Steven saw that Charlie seemed to be dissatisfied, he hurriedly shook his head and said, “No, no, no. I am willing. I am willing to talk about it…”Immediately afterward, Steven explained in full details, “That woman is… it’s Cecelia Quiroz.”“Cecelia Quiroz?” Charlie asked in surprise, “Are you talking about Cecilia Quiroz who is also known as the most beautiful girl in the film and television circle?”“Yes…” Steven nodded nervously as he said, “It’s her…”Charlie could not help bu
Charlie hummed slightly before he said, “The Schulz family is indeed very strong and powerful. Although they do not have many industries or connections in Aurous Hill, if they wanted to, they could easily turn the entire Aurous Hill upside down. It might also be possible for them to send dozens of helicopters here to fly back and forth above the sky in Aurous Hill tomorrow just so they can find some clues. So, you have to make sure that you pay great attention to this matter.”Albert nodded before he replied seriously, “Young Master, you can rest assured. I will certainly go all out to get this done!”“Okay.” Charlie smiled as he said, “I always rest assured when you are in charge of getting things done. That is all for today. I will leave first.”***After leaving Albert’s dog farm, Charlie sat in a Rolls-Royce driven by Isaac as they returned to the city.Since they had just sent Steven and Salem to the dog farm, the Schulz family must have dispatched some men to look for clues
Early in the morning.Cliffcouls in Aurous Hill.Carmen, who had lost at least five to seven kilograms, was empty-handed as she walked out from a dark alley.Five minutes ago, Albert’s subordinate had opened her room door and told her that she could leave now.At that moment, Carmen could only cry bitterly.She had already had enough of this cold, shabby, dark, and humid place called Cliffcouls in Aurous Hill.After staying in this tattered place for so many days, there was a cheap and musty smell that was lingering all over her body, and this made her feel sick and disgusted all the time.In truth, she could have already left this place earlier, but Charlie had delayed her departure date and kept her here for another seven days past the original deadline that they had agreed upon for absolutely no reason at all.In fact, since it was already early in the morning now, this meant that Charlie had kept her here longer than the deadline that they had agreed on once again. Howeve
Although Carmen felt very aggrieved, since her father had already said so, she did not want to continue forcing him anymore. She could only feel very aggrieved as she said, “Dad, if that is the case, don’t forget to arrange for the private jet to come and pick me up before you go back to sleep…”Jeremiah sounded very tired and sleepy as he said, “You don’t need to call me to ask me to make the arrangements for such a trivial matter like arranging for a private jet for you. You can just call Stephen directly so that he can make the arrangements for you.”Carmen felt even more aggrieved when she heard this.‘Of course I know that I can simply look for Stephen to ask him to deal with this kind of matter.’‘However, isn’t the reason why I decided to look for my father directly simply because I wanted to act pitiful in front of him?’‘This will also worsen the old man’s impression of Charlie, then.’‘Besides, if my father finds out that I have been severely wronged and that I have suf
Jeremiah did not have any extra energy to be bothered about Carmen at this time.He felt extremely excited right now, and there was only one thought in his mind. ‘The Schulz family has suffered one heavy blow after the other. Therefore, the opportunity for the Wade family to surpass the Schulz family is not too far away now!’At this point, Jeremiah immediately told Stephen, “Stephen, you have to monitor the entire Schulz family’s movement closely. At the same time, you should also secretly send more people to Aurous Hill as a precaution. We cannot sit back and watch indifferently if the Schulz family really decides to look for Charlie!”Stephen immediately replied, “Okay, Lord Wade! I will make all the arrangements now!”After he was done speaking, Stephen asked again, “Lord Wade, why don’t I personally make a trip to Aurous Hill, then?”Jeremiah replied sternly, “I think that it would be better for you to stay here. Your status and identity are a little more sensitive. If you go
If she had called Charlie before regaining her freedom, there was an 80% probability that she was calling him because she wanted him to let her go.However, now that she was calling him to admit her own mistakes after she had already regained her freedom, this was even more strange and unimaginable.Perhaps Lord Wade was the one who had forced her to call him to apologize to him.However, Charlie could not be bothered to continue talking too much to her. After all, he still had some explosive videos that he wanted to release. So, he replied indifferently, “I hope that you will be able to keep a low profile in the future. Don’t be so arrogant and demanding anymore. You should know how to act and behave.”After he was done speaking, Charlie hung up the phone directly.Carmen, who was on the other end of the line, ground her teeth angrily, and she stomped her feet as she thought to herself, ‘You brat! You can just wait for it! I will surely take revenge and get back at you sooner or
At this moment, everyone on the entire network was feeling sympathetic toward the Schulz family’s suffering. They were also very eager to find out the culprit and mastermind behind this matter as soon as possible so that the truth behind this whole case could be instantly brought to light.However, at this moment, neither the Schulz family, the police nor the general public could find any real or valuable clues at all.So, as long as any small so-called clues were released on the internet, it would instantly arouse many people’s interest and quickly gain their attention.After Charlie had uploaded the video, many netizens were immediately attracted to click in to view the video because the title of the video mentioned the big reveal.At this time, the whole video was clearly displayed in front of the audience along with all of the facts.The video began with a scene of the tragic car accident.Zakir had already been killed, and Helen and Sophie were both seriously injured, and th
"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