“After that, he started a sect and recruited a wide range of disciples. He was in the limelight for some time. Many of the rich tycoons and mobsters in Hong Kong are his disciples…”“I’ve met this person a few times, and I’ve also drunk with him and chatted with him about the past and present times. So, I have a better understanding of him. He is very powerful, and he is not only proficient in the arts of mysterious Feng Shui, but he is also proficient in black magic and metaphysics. He is indeed very capable!”“He is not like Feng Shui masters like us who only know about mysterious Feng Shui, the Book of Changes, and the Eight Diagrams, but do not know anything about black magic, witchcraft, and other methods of killing people.” As Chandler spoke, he then said, “Falco Xanthos probably became Japheth Machen’s disciple more than thirty years ago. I also met him when I went to Hong Kong to visit Japheth Machen thirty years ago.”“Oh?” Charlie was very curious as he asked, “Since thi
Meanwhile, Carvalho and Mason were deeply worried and anxious as they sat inside the Shangri-La hotel room.Mason had not recovered from the appalling experience just now, and he was in a very poor mental state at this time.Carvalho had not spoken either, and he was holding a few copper coins in his hand as he kept tossing them on the tabletop.The hexagram presented by the copper coins was no longer a hexagram that Carvalho could understand. This made Carvalho feel a little doubtful. There was always the presence of a good opportunity in the hexagram, but at the same time, danger had never been eliminated. Even the vague sense of the unknown was even stronger than it ever was before.Unconsciously, Carvalho’s mentality also began to change gradually. He originally felt that he was taking advantage of Cadfan’s invitation to come to Oskia to make some money on the side while seeking his good opportunity.It would not matter even if he could not find the good opportunity and fort
Mason could not help but say, “Great-grandpa, it is not the time to be worrying about others now. The most important thing for us right now is to hurry up and leave Aurous Hill safely. If Falco decides to feed the both of us to that big white worm, we will be completely done for!”Carvalho hesitated for a moment before he nodded gently and sighed as he said, “Sigh. You've got a point. We are already at the point where we are unable to fend for ourselves, so we can only find a way to protect ourselves…”After he was done speaking, Carvalho said again, “We will find a way to contact Sophie Schulz tomorrow and see if we can find a breakthrough from her.”***The next day, a rumor suddenly appeared amongst the people of Aurous Hill.It was said that a paranormal incident had occurred at the Mount Phoenix cemetery and that a security guard who was guarding the cemetery had been killed by an evil spirit last night.However, this kind of rumor was quickly controlled in a targeted manner
When Isaac received the message, he replied immediately: [Young Master, do you want me to find this person’s photo and send some men out to search around for clues about him?]Charlie hurriedly instructed: [Don’t! This person is extremely dangerous, and your subordinates are definitely not his opponent. Even the masters from the Harker family might not even be his opponents!]Isaac hurriedly asked him: [Young Master, the pair of great-grandfather and great-grandson duo who went to the Mount Phoenix Cemetery that you asked us to track down last night and the strange death of the security guard at the Mount Phoenix Cemetery should be related to this person, right?]Charlie replied: [Yes. So, don’t tell anyone else about this matter. Just help me find out some clues. Do not let anyone else find out about this, and do not send anyone out to find him. Otherwise, you will only be sending your subordinates to their death.]Isaac responded: [I got it, Young Master!]Isaac had already obta
“Okay!” Claire smiled sweetly and said, “I’ll get off the car first, then!”After Charlie had said goodbye to Claire, he drove directly to Shangri-La.Charlie called Isaac on the way there and asked him, “Mr. Cameron, have Carvalho and his great-grandson left Shangri-La yet?”Isaac hurriedly said, “Young Master, they are having breakfast in the restaurant now. They have already washed up and dressed up neatly. I’m guessing they are going to leave directly after they are done eating later.”Charlie then said, “I’ll arrive in about ten minutes. Help me stall them if they are going to leave.”Isaac asked, “Young Master, where do you want to meet them? Do you want me to arrange for security to bring them to my office?”Charlie instructed, “No need. We will only be alerting the enemies, then. Arrange for the customer service personnel to use the universal room card to enter their room and casually rummage through their belongings. After that, ask the customer service personnel to rand
Carvalho hurried back to his room with Mason’s help.At this time, his room was a complete mess.Both Carvalho and Mason’s suitcases had been opened and rummaged through, and his Feng Shui compass, which he had wrapped up in silk and placed inside the suitcase, had unexpectedly disappeared into thin air.Moreover, the Oskian dollars that he had exchanged as well as some emergency US dollars that Carvalho had placed into his suitcase when he came to Oskia with Mason were all still inside the suitcase itself.Carvalho was immediately extremely nervous as he blurted out and said to Mason, “We did not lose any of our cash or anything else, but we lost the compass…”Although Mason was not well-learned, he also knew very well that this compass was the Mason family’s heirloom. It was said that the compass had been passed on to this day from the first generation of the Mason family’s ancestors who had engaged in Feng Shui and metaphysics.Even if the value and price of this compass were
Carvalho was instantly rooted because of Isaac’s rhetorical question.He also felt that this matter was indeed very fishy.Why would anyone want to specifically rob him?Why would anyone want to specifically steal the compass that had been passed down in his family? If it was not a person who had knowledge in this aspect, the robber would have certainly chosen to take the cash instead. Who would choose to take an old compass when the age and value of the compass could not be determined?!As he thought about this, the first person who came to Carvalho’s mind was Falco.He suspected and wondered whether it could be Falco who had secretly stolen his ancestral compass.Falco originally did not specialize in the mysterious Feng Shui. So, perhaps the reason why Falco had set his sights on Carvalho’s ancestral compass was because he wanted to make up for his own shortcomings in this aspect!As he thought about this, Carvalho did not dare to question Falco directly. So, he could only
Charlie’s words made Carvalho feel extremely stunned as though he had been struck by lightning!Just now, Charlie had simply used his finger to turn Mason into a lifeless person, and this had already shocked Carvalho completely.The strength that Charlie had shown just now was already far beyond his abilities. Now that Charlie was saying that he knew all about Carvalho’s background and the fact that he had met up with Falco last night, all this made Carvalho feel even more nervous!He stared at Charlie with an extremely nervous look in his eyes as he spoke up and asked, “Who are you?”Charlie sneered. “My name is Charlie Wade.”Carvalho blurted out, “I do not know you. So, why did you secretly investigate and tail me, even stealing the compass that has been passed down in my family?”Charlie questioned him in return, “You’re a Feng Shui master who is already over a hundred years old. Since you’ve already settled down in the United States for so many years, why didn’t you just
Pausing, Charlie then said, "I'll call Steve to drop by later too. I'm sure folks in Aurous Hill won't know him, but your potential troublemaker might.""I-Is that really fine?" Yolden blurted."What's not fine about it?" Charlie chuckled. "He has been treated like a tool ever since he came to Aurous Hill, and now that he has a chance to strut about, he wouldn't ask for more."Yolden appeared slightly relieved at that, and Charlie asked, "By the way, where's Paul, Matilda, and Autumn?""Getting their makeup done," Yolden replied. "Paul's my best man while Autumn's the maid of honor.""Good," Charlie nodded with a grin. "Don't worry—the wedding's going to be a success."As they spoke, Matilda stepped out of the dressing room in a stark-white wedding dress, flanked by Autumn and Paul.Seeing Charlie, Autumn nodded politely, "Good morning, Mr. Wade."As Charlie nodded in turn, Paul started, "G-Good morning… Mr. Wade…"Seeing that he was nervous and tentative, Charlie knew that he
As Yolden and Matilda were remarrying after living abroad for years, the wedding ceremony was much simpler, skipping Oskian customs and having a simple wedding reception for their guests at the hotel hall.There weren't that many guests either—aside from their children and close friends, only a handful of Yolden's colleagues at Aurous Hill University were invited.As the celebrant, Charlie didn't have much to do and was mainly the emcee.He brought along his jacket as he headed out to Shangri-La, not wearing it immediately so that Claire wouldn't guess that he was attending Matilda's wedding.Arriving at the Hanging Gardens before the guests were supposed to arrive, he found Yolden working with the staff to finalize the preparations.Seeing Charlie, Yolden approached him and said, "Thanks for coming this early, Charlie."Noticing that he was a little tired, Charlie asked in concern, "Had a bad night?"Yolden nodded, sighing, "Paul's uncle caused a huge mess. Both Matilda and I a
Tarlon nodded. "How do you suggest we find them?"Fleur scowled. "There's no rush. There are things which I'm still confused about, so just keep a close eye on the Ackers and the Wades for the time being. Report to me right away if anything important comes up—don't afford our enemies any opportunities to exploit.""Yes, milady!" -The next day, more news outlets were covering the joint project between the Ackers and the Wades as word continued to spread.However, neither family revealed too many details, be it the name of the company, who was the CEO, or the scale of their business.While the public was dying with curiosity, nothing else was known.Still, Aurous Hill's officials were especially interested, with the town hall visiting the Ackers the next day and showing utmost sincerity by leasing a whopping 2-million-square-meter land along the southern highway. Still, the condition was for the Ackers to come true on their promise to propel the city's economy to 15 billion US d
Fleur had repeatedly mentioned the conspiracy theory of Ashley using a body double over the last twenty years.Tarlon had investigated from many different angles, but everything from the gender, age, dental records, to body figure pointed to the fact that the deceased was Ashley Acker.And yet, Fleur had never bought it, insisting that Curtis was prepared for them just because Curtis' son had gone missing soon after.There was no way Curtis would save his son but not his wife, and the disfigured corpse only added fuel to Fleur's suspicion.Thus, over the last twenty years, Fleur had kept a close eye on the Ackers, arranging for two 'scholars' to be embedded amongst their ranks as sleeper agents. She went that far all to determine if Ashley was dead or had faked her death.However, the scholars had since been killed in action, and they had no spies within the Ackers left.As for Tarlon, he still doubted Fleur's theory even now, but he remained respectful as he spoke, "Milady, I mu
Meanwhile, on the edge of the South Pole, Tarlon Griffin rushed outside of Fleur Griffin's room, knocking the door gingerly as he announced, "I have news, my lady!"Fleur didn't respond, but the thick wooden door between them slowly opened as if pushed by an invisible force.Tarlon entered to find Fleur seated on the floor with her legs crossed at the ankles. Her eyes remained closed as she molded her Reiki, asking, "What is it?"Tarlon quickly answered, "News from Oskia. The Ackers are partnering with the Wades on a joint venture into electric-powered vehicles."Fleur slowly opened her eyes, asking quietly, "And you're telling me because?"Tarlon quickly explained, "It just came out of the blue, so I thought I should report it to you right away."Fleur sighed. "After I tried and failed to wipe out the Ackers so many times, they wouldn't dare set foot stateside. If anything, they must have decided to seek asylum in Oskia by offering a substantial investment, and it's a base whe
Silent for a while, Matilda then asked Yolden, "Do you think I can do it?""Yes!" Yolden nodded without hesitation. "You definitely won't have any problems!"Matilda sighed, shaking her head. "We traveled far abroad to study while we were young, but we didn't return to Oskia to help the country's development. It's been thirty years since, and now that we have returned to the country at the same time, I definitely wouldn't turn down such an opportunity to help."Pausing, she then said, "That said, major corporations make it a point to not hire family members. Forget spouses—employees aren't allowed to date, and one of the two will be asked to resign if necessary."Don't you think it's inappropriate since we are legally married, having gotten our certificate and all? And if we set these precedents, we would have trouble asking other employees to follow that policy. You are going to be a CEO, so you need a very clear answer on this issue."Yolden shrugged. "In the first place, that p
Yolden nodded slightly. "He does.""My gosh…" Matilda murmured. "That's too much… Ashley's son? A member of the Acker family and the Wades?!"Pausing, she then asked in confusion, "Wait, if Charlie has so much power and influence, why would he permanently reside in Aurous Hill… No, why would he be content as Jacob Wilson's son-in-law? Does Jacob know who he really is?""Definitely not," Yolden shook his head. "There were some compelling circumstances, and his identity is a sensitive one. That's why I'm asking you to tell no one except Paul—and even then, you should only tell him if he can keep the secret."Matilda was sharp enough to pick up on the reasoning, too. "Charlie's hiding because of his parents' accident, isn't he?""Yes," Yolden sighed. "He has his plans, but I didn't pry since I can only do that much, let alone help him on that.""Got it," Matilda nodded repeatedly. "Don't worry. My lips are sealed… And you just said you're resigning? Are you going to help with this e
"That would be Ashley Layna Acker," Matilda replied without hesitation. "She was our age, as well as a major investor in Silicon Valley, while we were only starting to get our first clients. It's no exaggeration to say that she's the shining example in many case studies when it comes to business."Pausing, she then continued, "And she used to be your classmate, right? I remember you mentioning that in our conversations before.""Yes," Yolden sighed emotionally. "She was a classmate and the star of our generation."Matilda nodded but soon shook her head, "Wait, weren't we talking about Charlie's car company? What does that have to do with Ashley Acker?" "Here's where I let you in on a secret," Yolden said. "But first, you have to promise me that you won't tell anyone except Paul."Matilda nodded without hesitation. "Don't worry—if it's a secret, I won't tell Paul either."Yolden scratched his head. "Actually, Paul should know. We are going to marry soon, and he's my stepson, lega
In fact, the legal department of major enterprises covered many responsibilities, the chief of which concerned intellectual property, which was why veterans were needed to lead.Additionally, Charlie trusted Matilda's accomplishments in the legal field, especially since she had worked in the United States for years.With Curtis Autos' intended expansion worldwide, that meant the legal department should also know the laws of countries abroad, ready to file or respond to lawsuits at any time. After all, competitors may use the law to impede their growth, along with the government applying unfair policies to impede their development and impact on local businesses.Moreover, Charlie considered Paul young and therefore lacking in experience, not to mention that it was not likely he would abandon his family's law firm. As such, the ideal solution was to poach Matilda for now.As for Matilda, she was still in the dark and had no idea what she was in for, asking Charlie in confusion, "Lega