Be it Graham or Aurora, one magical elixir from Charlie was what they could ask for. It was their biggest jackpot! With the magical elixir, they could revive their family members who were halfway through heaven’s gate and it would mean a lot for a wealthy and powerful family like theirs.However, they had never expected Charlie to be so generous as to give them two!Aurora stared in a daze as if Charlie’s word was a form of lightning that had struck her point-blank. She looked intensely at Charlie, her eyes covered with foggy mist, and tears as large as beans rolled down her puffy pinkish cheeks. She sobbed as she said, “Master Wade… you… are you serious?”Charlie laughed. “Why? Do you think I’m just bluffing you?”“Oh, no! No!” Aurora shook her head hurriedly, her tears flying, making the entire scene rather adorable and hilarious.She wiped her tears and said in a sobbing but grateful voice, “I just can’t believe it… Thank you! Thank you so much!”Then, she bowed respectfully.
With her heart still racing and beating violently, Aurora returned home feeling extremely thrilled and overjoyed.Meanwhile, in the Quinton family villa, Graham was waiting for her anxiously.He wondered if Charlie would agree to his request of the magical elixir.After all, the Quinton family was slightly higher ranked than Zeke White’s family in terms of social standing but they paled in comparison with Jasmine Moore’s family. He was afraid that Charlie would look down upon his family although he vowed to be his loyal follower.Even if the Moore family wanted to butter Charlie up, would there be a chance for him to showcase himself with the Moore family in the way?As he was pacing back and forth, worried, Aurora came back. He quickly ran out as soon as she parked her car in the villa’s courtyard.“Aurora, how did it go? Did Master Wade agree to our request?!”Tears drenching her eyes again when she nodded repeatedly.“Yes, Dad! He agreed to our request!”“That’s wonderful!”
The news about Charlie’s refining magical elixir spread like wildfire among several upper class families in Aurous Hill.Zeke White of the White family, Finn Baxendale of Treasure Pavilion, and Don Albert Rhodes of Heaven Springs heard the news. They were eager to ask Charlie for the medicine, but Zeke was the only one who really voiced out his request.Zeke was confident to do so since he had expressed his sincerity to Charlie and had even given him a Thompson First villa worth a hundred million dollars.He went to Charlie’s house in the afternoon since he was at home and asked for the magical elixir as Aurora did. Of course, Charlie didn’t turn down his request since he was quite comfortable to give him commands. His son and nephew were a bit stupid and badly behaved, but he had taught them lessons and now that Zeke was treating him with full respect and docility, there was no need to be stingy over one pill.Zeke bowed and thanked him profusely after getting an affirmative ans
Charlie couldn’t help stealing a few glances at Jasmine, who was truly dashing tonight.If he compared her with Claire, their outlook and body were almost equal, but in terms of temperament, Claire was a few grades beneath Jasmine.After all, Jasmine was the daughter of the prominent Moore family. Her temperament was definitely more classy than an ordinary woman.Meanwhile, Aurora walked towards Charlie and bowed as she blushed again.Unlike the mature and sentimental Jasmine, the unique fusion of Aurora’s heroic appearance with the aura of a timid young lady was a special blend.Aurora wore light makeup, the natural heroine vibe from her body emphasizing her characteristics like the snow lotus on the iceberg, which was very chilly and alluring.However, after she acknowledged her feelings towards Charlie, she blossomed like a flower under the spring sunshine that added a little tenderness and gentle in her aura. She looked at Charlie with a layer of pinkish blush painting her
Don Albert didn’t dare to speak loudly as the significant figures of the city gathered together. Even though they were in his restaurant, he walked behind everyone and wagged his tail at Charlie like a pug, hoping that he would bat an eye at him.Looking at the extravagant spread and the decoration, Charlie smiled at Don Albert and said, “Good job, Albert. Thank you for the arrangement.”Albert smiled like a child receiving candy and said, “It’s my pleasure to serve you. Please have a seat.”Charlie nodded and sat in the main seat of the table.Albert bowed graciously at Charlie and said, “Please just call for me if you need any assistance, I’ll be waiting by the door!”Then, he gingerly exited the suite and stood by the door like a waiter.Albert Rhodes was the king of the underworld in Aurous Hill, but right now, he was nothing but a good-for-nothing thug. He was not yet qualified to sit at the table with Charlie and his distinguished guests—it was already lucky enough for him
This was because of Charlie’s superb medical skills which were even better than his own ancestral medical skills. Therefore, he felt that it would be great if Xyla was fortunate enough to serve Charlie in the future, as she would have the opportunity to learn more about medicine from him.This was also one of the reasons why he had wanted to bring Xyla along for this dinner.Of course, the second reason was that he wanted to seek treatment from Charlie.He had already been tortured by his internal injuries for more than half his life, but he finally had the opportunity to get healed now!As he thought about this, Anthony gave Xyla a long look, hinting to her that she should look for an opportunity to get closer to Charlie.Xyla understood her grandfather’s intentions immediately and her cheeks turned crimson red as she felt extremely embarrassed.Lowering her head, she could feel a strong wave in her heart. From time to time, she raised her head slightly to look at Charlie as she
The pill that Charlie was holding in his hand was simply the medicine that he had concocted according to the prescription in the Apocalyptic Book. However, it was making everyone extremely excited.The crowd of people waited patiently as they stared at the crystal clear pills in the box, and they could feel their accelerated breathing.Amongst these people, Anthony was the oldest, and he was the most excited. This was because he knew that Charlie had a very unusual talent that even he could not comprehend at all.He had been suffering from a serious internal injury that had not been fully healed, and this internal injury had caused him to suffer from illnesses and bad health for more than half of his life.The last time he had tried some of the pills made by Charlie, his symptoms had improved a lot even though he had not been fully cured.When he heard that the effect of this new medicine would be ten times more effective than the pill that he had tried previously, Anthony could n
Charlie stopped him immediately and said, “Mr. Simmons, this medicine is too strong for you. You should only take half of the capsule to cure your old injury and illness. You should keep the remaining half of the capsule because it can prove to be of great use to you in the future.”Anthony was shocked because he really could not believe that he could be cured with just half of this pill. This was utterly amazing!As he thought about it, Anthony took out the dagger that he kept in his pocket and cut the pill in half. After that, he put one half of the pill into his mouth immediately.Everyone stared at him intently as they waited for a miracle to happen.A few seconds after Anthony had eaten the pill, color returned to his face immediately, and his complexion turned pinkish in an instance. He also began sweating profusely.Anthony could feel a warm and magical current running through his body now.He felt that his body was akin to the dried up mottled and cracked earth, and thi
The lawyer then finished, "To be honest, cases of regretting a donation and seeking a lawsuit to get the money back? Law firms usually won't even get one per year, and that makes it especially newsworthy for the press."Also, court records are always public. That means anyone can access the verdict, and there's no hiding anything. So, if you want the lawsuit, you'd better be prepared."Jacob was already left in despair.All he wanted was to get his money back, but he didn't think that it would end up as public knowledge.And Mr. Bay had just told him over the phone that he would try to quell the scandal's pressure and try his best to protect Jacob's place as vice president.If Jacob's name was suddenly mentioned in a lawsuit attempting to reclaim an 'accidental' donation, even Mr. Bay couldn't save him at that point.Hence, after thinking long and hard about it, Jacob realized that he was not getting his 300 thousand back.The thought crushed him, and he burst into tears, "What
At this hour, most of the employees at Talbot Associates had already left.However, there were several lawyers who had just finished a meeting regarding a certain case, and they were just leaving when Jacob arrived.Seeing that they were packing up their bags and ready to leave, he asked, "Excuse me, are you still able to take cases?"The leader smiled, "Yes, but it's a little late now. Why don't you come again tomorrow morning?"Jacob shook his head impatiently. "This is very urgent—please help me and hear me out, then see if it will work. 300 thousand banks on this, so I'll give you twenty percent whether or not I get it back!"300 thousand was really neither here nor there.However, if it were an easy civil case, that twenty percent commission would still mean sixty thousand.The lawyer thought about it. "Fine. Tell us what your problem is, and we will assess the situation first. If it's easy, we can give you a general strategy right now. But if it proves difficult, we'll hav
The cabbie nodded. "Well, Talbot Associates, it is! They're said to be number two."-While Jacob was heading off to consult a law firm, Charlie was calling Julien Rothschild over the phone.The manchild had just had room service and was lounging on the couch, fiddling with his phone.After visiting the kennels with Charlie, he had been idling his days away at the hotel, waiting for Salem and his son to post that video of them being out at sea.Once that was done, Julien would return to the States, once more the heir apparent of the Rothschilds. Still, it was boring to simply lounge around in the hotel, and he would really like to strengthen his ties with Charlie.However, he was also afraid of being too forward as Charlie could be intimidating, and he could upset him—just like a fan eager to get close to their idol but was still worried about their idol getting disgusted with them.As such, he never expected Charlie to call him, and he immediately answered eagerly, "Good even
Pausing, Mr. Bay continued, "If they're not that upset with the idea, I'll bang my gavel and make the call so that you can at least stay as a vice president."If they keep refusing, I just have to promote Mr. Zonda to become a vice president while you take over his position of head-of-department as insurance. What do you think?"Jacob certainly wouldn't protest the idea of insurance, especially when he thought he would be forced to leave the Calligraphy and Painting Association altogether earlier. He quickly exclaimed gratefully, "Thank you so much, Mr. Bay!"Mr. Bay chuckled, clearly relieved as well. "Come on, Jacob—you don't have to be so formal. I'm like a brother to you! Don't you think that's what I should be doing?"Jacob laughed earnestly for once. "Well, brother, I'm honestly relieved…" He trailed off but soon pressed on, "But I have to ask, won't the other members have things to say even if you manage to persuade the other vice presidents? What if they remain unhappy?
There were times when making a person despair to some extent could be a people-strategy.For example, when your distant acquaintance asked for a ten grand loan but you could only lend him one, you couldn't tell him directly that. It would make them think you were being insincere.The better option would be to tell them how you were worse off than they were and had a debt yourself, or that some other friend had borrowed money for three years and never repaid it.And when that mere acquaintance was in despair, you could tell them that if it was really important, you could lend them one thousand with a credit card loan.That way, while the mere acquaintance wouldn't exactly be awash with gratitude, they at least wouldn't complain about your lack of sincerity.That was exactly what Mr. Bay was doing.He had no intention of offending Jacob, but he also couldn't directly tell him to give up on claiming the position as president of the Calligraphy and Painting Association. Otherwise, Ja
Jacob felt absolutely horrible just then, and he certainly did not expect Don Albert to give him the cold shoulder.If he had known, he would have just stayed content with the 200 thousand he had made and enjoyed his trip to Dubai! If he had, the Calligraphy and Painting Association wouldn't have found out about the bronze sculpture plot, and Don Albert would still be on friendly terms with him.Absolutely regretting everything, Jacob got in the backseat of the cab, tears of grief almost welling up and out of his eyes.Then, noticing that the cabbie was quietly watching him from the rearview mirror, he turned his face aside, whipped out his phone, and called Mr. Bay.As soon as Mr. Bay answered, he asked, "How did things go over there? Have you sorted out Zachary Evans yet?"He was waiting for Jacob to ask Don Albert for help so that the latter would pressure Zachary into posting a statement retracting his previous claims.However, Jacob knew full well that there was no hope for
Ramond replied, "I'm not planning on getting my name out there—I was just thinking I could start slow from one shop, but now, I'm suddenly so popular everyone's consulting me for appraisals, so I guess that's the short end of this."Either way, I'm planning to let things cool off by opening the shop late and closing early. That way, I'd receive fewer customers, and the hype will die down in a month."Once it does, I'll lead a slow life, which is perfect in Aurous Hill since it's how things are here. I'm not aiming to get rich or expand my business, and it's a comfortable life, so I plan to retire here."Charlie nodded. "The Rothschilds are relatively manageable, but I'm not sure if the Qing Eliminating Society is still looking for you and the Four-Sided Treasure Tower. You'll be completely free once they are wiped out.""And I'm sure with your abilities, Mr. Wade, that day will soon arrive." Raymond smiled and soon remembered. "By the way, you probably haven't had dinner yet, right
Charlie was never one who covered up misdeeds, and what Jacob had done reflected his corrupted character and clear refusal to feel remorse.As such, Charlie naturally refused to offer any help, completely giving up and allowing Jacob to keep going off on his own tangent, tearing himself apart in the process.Still, Raymond did put a good word in for Jacob. "Actually, one can understand Mr. Wilson's motives from a certain point of view. I was the one who set him up so that he broke that vase, and had him beaten up so that we didn't arouse suspicion. He has every reason to bear a grudge."Charlie sighed, nodding. "There's no issue with holding a grudge or getting revenge—in fact, I have no problem with him trying to salvage some pride. However, what he did was unseemly, and he doesn't know when to stop."He didn't lose anything before Zachary exposed everything. Even if he had missed a killer deal, he bought it off someone's hand in the first place and made two hundred grand in clean
With those words, Jacob didn't wait any further as he turned and left Antique Street, intent on seeking legal counsel.Raymond watched him leave before returning to Treasure Measure.He wasn't going to leave, but he had said so because he didn't want to waste much time with Jacob.Still, to avoid any trouble, he turned the sign outside to 'closed' before locking the door from the inside.That was when a man suddenly arrived, asking through the glass door, "Can I still take a look inside, sir?"Raymond was ready to refuse without even turning around when he realized that it was Charlie.He turned around and saw him standing outside just as expected.Smiling, he hurried over to open the door for him. "It's been a while, Mr. Wade!"Charlie was aware that Raymond was sticking to his identity of 'Raymond Cole' who had not been in touch since Raymond had been fired from Vintage Deluxe.Charlie chuckled in turn. "It has indeed. And you're a business owner yourself now, too.""It's j