MasukEver since meeting Ashley and learning her identity, Vera had been incredibly curious about her.She certainly admired Ashley, hiding from Fleur for so long just like her. However, in Vera's case, she was only thinking of avoiding discovery, never turning the tables. Ashley, however, was the complete opposite. From the day she faked her death to go into hiding, she had been secretly fighting against Fleur and her interests. Although she and her team were far less powerful than Fleur, her courage alone was something Vera worshipped.Furthermore, although Vera had also studied at Stanford, she had always been a quiet learner, never daring to excel in any field. Ashley, on the other hand, was one of Stanford's most outstanding alumni in recent years. Many of her business ventures were futurist, and she was one of Silicon Valley's top angel investors.Therefore, on this return trip, besides reminiscing, Vera also intended to study up on Ashley, since she'd be talking to the other
Despite being Stanford's president, Jakel wasn't all that focused on academic development—he knew how the game worked for polite society, and its unspoken rules better than anyone.That was just how things were different here than elsewhere—money could get you into Stanford, or perhaps Harvard and MIT. If it weren't for their children's education, wealthy businessmen wouldn't be donating millions to such elite universities.Therefore, even Jackel knew that he should be bending himself backward to the truly powerful—especially the very best, like the Rothschilds.Seeing that bringing up Julien worked so well, Charlie dispensed with courtesy and turned to Vera, "Ms. Lavor, if there's any place you have in mind, just ask Mr. White here."Vera nodded cheerfully, and turned to Jakel. " I'd like to visit the archives, specifically on papers and records that aren't publicly available." Jakel was surprised. A young girl was here in Stanford, but instead of touring the campus with the p
If there's anything money can't buy, it simply means you haven't paid enough—so there was basically nothing elites like the Rothschilds couldn't do.When the helicopter brought Charlie and Vera to Stanford, Jakel White—current president of Stanford University—was already waiting on the campus helipad. He didn't know who the guests were; he was just informed by admin that the Rothschild family's helicopter was arriving with two passengers for a visit, and was requesting permission to land. Even though no one from the Rothschild family had contacted Jakel directly, it didn't stop him from personally coming to greet these unknown VIPs. The moment the helicopter landed, Jakel braved the winds from the rotor blades pelting his face, and stepped forward to personally open the cabin door for the guests. When Charlie and Vera stepped out of the helicopter, the man looked somewhat taken aback—he didn't expect the Rothschilds' guests to have come from Oskia. Soon, the helicopter rotor
Julien quickly replied, "I'm Stateside, actually—they called me home for a family meeting. I just arrived in New York a couple of days ago… Anyway, what do you need? I can return to Oskia immediately. I'll see you in Aurous Hill in twelve hours!" Charlie laughed. "No, it's fine—I happened to be hiking around Mount Whitney, but I just felt too lazy and didn't want to walk. Can you send a helicopter to take me to Stanford University?" "Really?!" Julien exclaimed. "When did you come to America? You could have told me sooner! I will show you some proper hospitality sooner!" "What's the difference even if you start now?" Charlie asked offhandedly. "Hurry up and send the chopper. I'll send you my GPS coordinates soon." "No problem!" Julien quickly replied, "I'll send it right away, and I'll also be in Stanford by noon." Charlie wanted to ask why the hell Julien would want to go to Stanford as well, but then remembered Rothschild's importance in the United States. As the heir a
Even for Charlie and Vera, staying in Antarctica was a bore—even inside this vast and magnificent subterranean city, when there was nothing and no one else around.Fortunately, Charlie wasn't a cultivation fanatic—any other cultivator finding such a place swelling with Reiki, would have devoted every second to cultivation without a moment's delay.And since Vera had expressed a desire to visit America, Charlie naturally indulged her, and they took the portal straight to the fifth floor of the plaza pagoda.Charlie, holding Vera's hand, stepped to the west side portal of the Eight Trigrams. With a thought, when their vision returned, they were already in Sierra Nevada.Emerging from a hidden cave, they found themselves in a valley near Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the United States, surrounded by national parks on both the east and the west.It was dawn in California, with first light emerging from the eastern sky, bathing Whitney Peak in a golden glow. Still, it wasn't that
Watching as Vera busily plucked the tiny leaves but still couldn't keep up with the numbers growing out, Charlie shrugged. "Come on—just let them sprout for now. There are still eight portals at the plaza pagoda of the subterranean city, and I myself had yet to check them all out. Why don't you join me?""Oh, sure!" Vera smiled and nodded cheerfully. "The kombuc tree is positively blooming here, so there's no hurry trying to pluck all of them. I'll come back later to trim its branches, which you can put in the void pocket—we can make tea with them when we're back in Oskia."Charlie nodded, and took her hand, leading her to the portal at the center of the plaza.He cast the mental incantation in his mind to teleport to the first floor portal of the plaza pagoda… but there was no reaction.He then tried every other floor, but found that only the fifth floor with the intercontinental portals were open to him—he couldn't get on the other floors at all.Even as he was left perplexed,
“Kazuo?!” Hanzo was suddenly very excited and he hurriedly asked, “Kazuo, where are you now? I saw the news and they all said that you kidnapped the eldest young master of the Fox family. What the hell is going on?!”Kazuo hurriedly said, “Father, it’s a long story at this point. We were tricked by t
Jordan stared at the Rejuvenating Pill, full of anticipation. He could finally have the miraculous elixir of his dreams!The rest of the Fox family widened their eyes as they watched with bated breath. They had heard of the Rejuvenating Pill’s miraculous effect, and wanted to confirm if it was indeed
Quinn smiled. “I freed up my schedule today. I’ll accompany you for lunch and take a stroll with you after that. I’ve already booked the restaurant, too.”She then added delicately, “You should pack up now, Brother Charlie. I'll get the helicopter to arrive at the tarmac on the roof of your hotel in
Someone said, “Godfather, one dead person will be compensated with two million US dollars. That’s already a very high compensation. If we’re too greedy, won’t we anger the other party? I don’t want to end up not getting a single penny at all. I don’t want to receive much less than this either.”Old G







