Sophie couldn’t help but sigh. She felt that what her mom had said was right. The sons of these top families may be mysterious to the outside world, but for the top family members, they knew the sons of these other top families very well. These top-notched family sons, although they were all so-called high-achieving students who had returned from their studies abroad, Sophie knew very well that they were just glamourous rubbish. It was just for show, and they were actually not what they seemed to be. To put it nicely, they were like an embroidered pillow filled with straws, where beauty was only skin-deep. To put it frankly, it was just gold-coated trash. Although these young masters could speak proper English as well as understand the pattern of the global economy and development, when asked to perform hands-on work, they would immediately turn to the papers, completely unprepared. In the past, there was a well-known son who was known as a business wizard. He was able to
Sophie’s assumption suddenly popped up, and Helen immediately had a sudden realization.She nodded in agreement and said, “Since this benefactor wants to settle us in properly and even strictly hide the secret that we are alive, he would definitely not just casually put us into some random hotel…”“Besides, he has placed so many people at the door, so it is very likely that this hotel is his property, just like you’ve said.”“Even if he’s not the owner, he should at least have a deep-rooted relationship with this hotel.”Sophie nodded, ran to the desk in the living room of the suite, and opened the drawer.Generally, hotels would put some papers for the guests to write on their desks. The hotel name had to be printed on it.When she saw the words ‘Shangri-La Hotel’ at the header of the letter-sized paper, she couldn’t help exclaiming, “Mother! The hotel we’re in is the Aurous Shangri-La Hotel! If I remember correctly, this hotel is the property of the Wade family, right?”Helen
“No.” Helen said seriously, “If everything is truly a coincidence, it should just happen once, then. For example, if you happened to meet someone who looked very similar to me, that’s normal. After all, I’ve met people who looked a lot like Curtis by coincidence…” “But…” As Helen continued, her tone and expression were dead serious. “However, I’ve unexpectedly met this young man in Aurous Hill. Curtis was killed in Aurous Hill that year, and his son also disappeared in Aurous Hill. So, this is the second time this coincidence is happening.” “Also! I not only met him in Aurous Hill, but I also met him at the gate of Curtis’s former residence! If he has nothing to do with Curtis, why did he appear there?!” Sophie was silent for a moment, nodded, and replied seriously, “Mother, I think your analysis makes sense. The young man you saw at the gate of Curtis Wade’s former house was most likely his son…” Speaking of this, Sophie turned her sentence around and said, “Mother, Curtis’s
When Charlie had settled Sophie and her mother in the Aurous Shangri-La hotel, he did not expect that the hotel would reveal his identity to a certain extent. Last night, after he had posted the video online, he had not paid much attention to this matter. Ultimately, he knew that the video would definitely drag Cadfan Schulz and his entire family into the pits of a national crusade. He had even uploaded the video to a Wade family-owned platform, so there was no worry that the Schulz family would remove the video. After all, to the Wade family, no matter how much money they were willing to pay, they would not be doing any sort of business transaction with the Schulz family. Jeremiah Wade would never miss this great opportunity to humiliate and attack the Schulz family. When he woke up in the morning, Claire was still sound asleep. Charlie gently got out of bed and washed up before making his way down to the first floor where his mother-in-law, Elaine, was already preparing b
Charlie didn’t expect that Elaine would think about Lady Wilson through the actions of Lord Schulz, and this rendered him speechless for a while. At this time, Elaine couldn’t help but sigh and say, “I just feel so sorry for the woman called Helen! I think she must be a kind-hearted and smart woman like me, but God is just so blind. Good women like us always end up with bad mother-in-laws and father-in-laws.” Charlie felt embarrassed listening to what she had to say. Helen was definitely the top celebrity in the circle of noblewomen. No matter in whatever aspect in life, she was anytime stronger than Elaine by tens of thousands of times, but Elaine had shamelessly compared herself to be equal to Helen, and that showed how thick-skinned she was. Nevertheless, Charlie didn’t bother talking to her anymore, and he smiled and said, “Mother, why don’t you resume whatever you’re doing. I will head over to the yard to get some fresh air.” Although Elaine was still filled with righteo
Donald was still sound asleep when he was woken up by the phone call from Isaac. On the phone, Isaac told Donald that Charlie had requested for him to take Sean to Aurous Hill immediately by helicopter. Donald did not dare to delay, thus, he got up quickly and took his son straight to Aurous Hill. At ten o’clock in the morning, Donald’s helicopter approached Isaac’s hotel slowly. During the descent of the helicopter, Donald couldn’t help but think of the scene where he and his son had been directly beaten up and kicked out of the place by Isaac’s people the last time they were here. That had been the most humiliating day of Donald Webb’s life. Not only were Johnny Castro and a lot of Webb family’s masters humiliated and had very humiliating sentences engraved onto their foreheads, but Donald and his son had also been beaten by Isaac. Looking back at that moment, Donald clenched his fist involuntarily. However, he suddenly thought of The Big Eight that was buried at the
Donald continued, “If the Schulz family truly wanted to go against Master Wade, he might even kill off Cadfan Schulz by himself. With his ability, he could have killed off all the Schulz family members one by one. In my opinion, the reason why he still keeps this old man alive might be the same reason as to why a cat catches a mouse but doesn’t eat it. This is not to eat the mouse, but to play with him and torture him.” Sean couldn’t help but panic. When Donald saw him turn pale, he sternly reminded, “When we meet up with Master Wade later, you must talk to him with the utmost respect. Put your prideful posture down to the lowest level. If I didn’t ask you to talk, you keep your mouth shut, understand?!” Sean immediately nodded. “I understand, Father…” When the helicopter landed on the roof of the hotel, Isaac was already waiting there. Donald brought Sean along as they walked out of the helicopter and immediately made their way toward Isaac. When they reached him, Donald pol
In Charlie’s opinion, since the Schulz family was facing a critical crisis, coupled with the fact that they were now being cast aside by the people in the whole country, they would naturally have to add new assistance to their camp.Moreover, it just so happened that Cadfan had already gone to Sudbury at this time. Therefore, Charlie speculated that Cadfan would most likely try to take the initiative to win Donald over so that he could turn him into the Schulz family’s henchman.People like Donald would not have meant anything in the eyes of the Schulz family in the past. Even if Donald were to make a trip to Eastcliff to ask to meet up with the Schulz family, Cadfan would never have allowed him to meet him at all.However, things were different this time.The Schulz family was isolated and helpless now. So, they had to try and win over as many new teammates as possible regardless of whether it was in Eastcliff or Sudbury.Therefore, Charlie wanted Donald to become his spy so that
"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