Falco had a vicious expression on his face after he hung up the phone.He really would not have expected that the old b*stard, Carvalho, would actually dare to negotiate terms with him.Just as he was feeling a little resentful in his heart, he suddenly felt something writhing around in his pocket. Falco hurriedly reached out his hand as he took out his native parasitic worm from his pocket.After the fat white worm came out of his pocket, it began twisting its body as it made squeaking sounds, almost as though it was protesting out of extreme dissatisfaction.Falco stroked it gently as he comforted it and said, “Don’t be anxious. I know that you’re not full from your last meal. Don’t worry. I’ve already prepared two meals for you tonight, and I’ll certainly make sure that you have a good meal!”What was rather interesting was the fact that the fat and white worm seemed to be able to understand Falco’s words.After Falco had said that he would make sure that it’d have a good meal
Albert did not dare to cause any delay, and he hurriedly handed a key over to Charlie as he spoke up, “Young Master Wade, feel free to contact me if you have any problems.”“Okay.” Charlie nodded slightly, and he shook the car key as he spoke up, “I’ll leave first.”After he was done speaking, Charlie got into the driver’s seat and started the car before driving toward Shangri-La.When Charlie arrived at the entrance of Shangri-La, Carvalho also walked out of the hotel lobby.Charlie drove the car in front of him as he rolled down the car window, spoke up, and asked, “Do you need a taxi?”“Yes!” Carvalho nodded and said, “I’m going to Mount Phoenix Cemetery.”“You want to go to Mount Phoenix Cemetery?” Charlie pretended to be horrified as he said, “It is already so late at night, so why would you want to go to that kind of place? I won’t go there. That place is bad luck.”Carvalho hurriedly said, “Young man, there is something that I have to do at Mount Phoenix Cemetery. If you
Although Charlie did not know Falco, nor did he know anything about Falco’s methods of getting things done, he felt that for someone like Falco, being cruel and killing people would be deeply embedded in him.The reason why he did not usually kill people was by no means because he was being kind-hearted, but it was simply because the conditions did not allow for it. However, as long as the conditions allowed for it, Falco would certainly not show any mercy.According to Carvalho, when he had met Falco at the Mount Phoenix Cemetery the last time, Falco had even lamented about the fact that only one security guard was working at the huge Mount Phoenix Cemetery, and his native parasitic worm had not gotten enough to eat.This meant that as long as the conditions permitted it, it would be unlikely for Falco to only kill one person. He would certainly kill as many people as he could.Since Carvalho wanted to obtain a share of his profit today, Falco would certainly be very offended. He
At this time, Charlie said indifferently, “You can get out of the car first. Falco Xanthos is right behind us, and he will come up very soon. As long as you act according to what I’ve instructed, I’ll naturally be able to keep you safe.”Carvalho ground his teeth as he nodded. Even if he did not trust Charlie, he had no other choice at this time. So, he could only bite the bullet as he got out of the taxi. At this moment, Falco drove the Volkswagen up the mountain at a very fast speed. When he saw that Carvalho had already gotten out of the car, he hurriedly stepped on the accelerator as he drove his car directly into the rear of the taxi that Charlie was in.After a loud boom, Charlie’s taxi was knocked a few meters away. After waiting for the car to stop, Charlie pretended to be extremely angry as he stepped out of his car and shouted angrily at the Volkswagen behind him, “Are you crazy?! My car is the only car at this godforsaken place in the middle of the night, and you can sti
Falco had a cold smile on his face at this time.He knew that this ignorant young man in front of him was about to pay the price with his own life.This was because no one could possibly stop his native parasitic worm!Even though this worm was white and fat, its body was actually even tougher than steel. It could even be said to be invulnerable to swords and guns!Moreover, its biting ability was even stronger and more vicious as compared to that of an adult tiger!Falco had used his native parasitic worm to kill Japanese ninjas before. The Japanese ninjas’ ninjato had been immediately shattered into a pile of irregular iron pieces after slashing the native parasitic worm’s body.There was also someone who had tried to use fire to resist his native parasitic worm, but regardless of the high degree of the flame, his native parasitic worm had not been hurt at all.Therefore, Falco already foresaw Charlie’s fate in his heart.He was confident that his native parasitic worm would
Right then, Falco’s native parasitic worm bit down directly on Charlie’s skull.It was at this time, when it was a matter of life and death, that Charlie suddenly reached out his hand and hit the native parasitic worm directly, almost as though he was a basketball player who was putting on his cap, and he smacked the native parasitic worm down to the ground directly!This sudden change in front of them left both Falco and Carvalho dumbfounded!No one would have expected that the native parasitic worm that had been ready to launch and had an almost-guaranteed win would actually be defeated by the other party with just one slap.Falco even thought that there was something wrong with his eyes and that he had not seen things clearly. However, after rubbing his eyes, he realized that his native parasitic worm was writhing and rolling on the ground in pain.He subconsciously blurted out, “This… how could this be?! My native parasitic worm has always been invincible! How did you do tha
When he saw Carvalho suddenly switching allegiance, Falco was instantly enraged.He pointed at Carvalho as he clenched his teeth and cursed, “If I knew that you would be such a sinister old b*stard, I should have just killed you and your great-grandson when you came up to Mount Phoenix Cemetery previously!”Carvalho said coldly, “Falco Xanthos, you’ve already killed countless people in your life, and you’re not even willing to spare the lives of innocent people. You have the nerve to say that I’m sinister?! I think that you’re really unrepentant!”As he spoke, Carvalho turned around and looked at Charlie as he clasped one of his hands over the other and said respectfully, “Young Master Wade, this person has committed and done a lot of evil in his life. He deserves to die. You should just eliminate and kill him today, and this could be regarded as you eliminating harm for the people!”Falco was terrified, and he was really frightened when he saw the calm and cold expression on Charl
When Charlie saw the Thunder Order coming directly at him, he was also a little surprised as he was being vigilant. He did not know why there was no abnormality or changes in the sky at all when Falco summoned his Thunder Order.Based on Charlie’s own experience of using the Thunder Order, as soon as this thing was activated, there would be dark clouds, roaring thunder, and lightning. However, there was no movement at all when Falco summoned his Thunder Order.Right then, the Thunder Order exploded directly in front of Charlie’s eyes.With a loud boom, a bolt of thunder and lightning exploded out of thin air. However, there was only the sound of thunder and a little rain with this movement. Charlie only saw a lightning bolt that was about a meter long flashing in front of him. The energy contained within it was not even one percent of the Thunder Order summoned by Charlie.Therefore, Charlie simply did not make any movements, and he allowed the one-meter-long lightning bolt to stri
Having lost it all, Jacob really looked like he wouldn't be getting back up.But fortunately, he had a pillar in the form of Elaine.In fact, Elaine would serve to be a container, whipping Jacob into shape if he got too full of himself.But on the other hand, now that Jacob was utterly despondent, she would be forcing him to smile and function in general.Elaine's attitude to the entire issue was clear as well. Even though Jacob had just lost his job, she would make him go shopping with her in Dubai even if he fell into a coma. Even if he was dead, she'd just cremate him and bring his ashes along.Hence, with Elaine's firm grip around Jacob's leash, he went on strolls, going shopping and taking selfies with Elaine everyday, eventually easing the toll on his mood and spirit.-Back at Aurous Hill, Charlie was preparing for Yolden Hart and Matilda Hall's wedding as it approached.Yolden was a schoolmate of his mother, Ashley Layna Acker, as well as Charlie's elder.And while Cha
"See you." As soon as Charlie hung up on Matilda, Don Albert's call came right after.He sounded nervous as Charlie answered the phone, saying, "Master Wade, I think I might have gone too far…""Wait, what's this about?" Charlie asked."Your father-in-law, of course…" Don Albert sighed. "You asked me to leave him hanging for a while, so I did. I even refused when he asked to book a room in Heaven Springs.""Well, that's not a problem, is it?" Charlie shrugged. "He and Zachary ganged up for some real mischief. As you are Zachary's boss, it's right that you refused him because you didn't appreciate what he did.""That's just it. I thought that approach was just right as well," Don Albert quickly said. "I wasn't playing nice when Mr. Bay of the Calligraphy and Painting Association called me either. That's when he said he'd try to save Jacob's position as vice-president, but I told him it's none of my business."I then hung up on him without much thought, only for Zachary to tell m
Meanwhile, Charlie was downstairs in Claire's office, waiting to pick her up and head home.That was when Matilda called him, asking as soon as he answered, "Charlie, do you know how Jacob is doing? He never answered any of my texts—is he going to be alright?""I wouldn't know," Charlie replied. "Both he and Elaine are in Dubai on a trip… What's wrong?""He resigned," Matilda sighed. "I only saw the public statement that the Calligraphy and Painting Association posted this afternoon. It says that he tendered the resignation himself, but it doesn't really feel that way. I wonder if he's at odds with other members of the association…"Charlie was actually surprised to hear that Jacob had resigned.He had told Zachary to expose the truth of the bronze sculpture fraud case to teach Jacob a lesson so that Jacob would understand the meaning of true pain.However, he anticipated that Mr. Bay would at least keep Jacob around with an unimportant job even if Jacob did lose some money and e
Falling apart in both mind and spirit, Jacob was crying as he disembarked and took a cab to the hotel.Elaine, who had been lying around for 24 hours, was stunned speechless as she watched him enter, crying like a child.In contrast, Elaine looked like a mother to Jacob just then as he threw himself into her arms and bawled, "Darling… That prick Mr. Bay screwed me over… I have nothing left now…"Taken aback for a moment that Jacob would bawl in her arms like that, Elaine soon came to her senses and patted his back as she comforted him, "Oh, stop crying already. Who cares about some Calligraphy and Painting groupies? We certainly don't! Just hear me out and don't ever go there again!"Jacob kept sobbing, "But I care… I want to go…"Annoyed, Elaine's hand that had been patting Jacob a moment ago slid down to his hip and pinched him viciously before he noticed."Ow!" Jacob yelped in pain, and he demanded indignantly, "What was that for?!""Shut up!" Elaine snapped, glowering. "I wa
Jacob couldn't even be bothered by the looks others were giving him, and he called Mr. Bay immediately.Mr. Bay had already gone home and was seated on the couch with his wife, watching his phone and waiting for Jacob to call and demand an explanation.Mr. Bay knew that he had to answer for this and that if he avoided Jacob, it may well be a confession that he had screwed Jacob over.So, to avoid unnecessary trouble, he decided to come clean with Jacob.Naturally, by coming clean, he meant passing the buck as his wife had suggested.Hence, as he answered Jacob's call, he immediately sighed in embarrassment, "Hey, Jacob. I'm so sorry about that…"However, Jacob was so furious he immediately started bellowing, "Mr. Bay! Are you fucking with me here?! You said that the resignation letter was more of a formality, but you just made it public instead! So, all those things you said about helping me were just a trap, was it?! You're despicable! And to think I've been so good to you, even
The repeated flights had left Jacob tormented.Even before he actually had the time to enjoy Dubai, he had already gotten sick of the place and didn't want to ever return.And on the flight, he couldn't stop his thoughts from going astray.Now that he was not getting back the money he had lost, his only hope was Mr. Bay.Fortunately, Mr. Bay was serious about his promise that he would at least save him a job as department head. That was why, despite his thoughts running astray, he never considered the thought that he would be kicked out of the Calligraphy and Painting Association.As soon as his flight landed, he didn't wait to turn off his phone's flight mode, waiting for the internet connection to return so that he could ask Mr. Bay about the meeting.Once he did, he received a ton of messages from public accounts to acquaintances—many had already found out that he had resigned from the post of administrative vice-president and wanted to ask how he was doing.And Matilda was
The Calligraphy and Painting Association was certainly efficient—soon after the meeting was dismissed, the news that the administrative vice-president had resigned was posted on their official page and social media.The notice was simple and never mentioned what Jacob had done, only that the administrative vice-president had asked to resign for personal reasons. The request had since been voted upon, and all members had agreed to it.And that was how a simple and short message kicked Jacob out of the Calligraphy and Painting Association entirely.In the city, other associations closely connected with the Calligraphy and Painting Association were the various cultural societies and circles of antique enthusiasts and the Senior University. In fact, most fans of the public page of the Calligraphy and Painting Association were from the Senior City, and every lecturer, student, and even guest lecturer were subscribed.As a matter of fact, that was entirely Jacob's doing. After his lect
There weren't that many members in the Calligraphy and Painting Association—just a handful over twenty.Hence, at Mr. Bay's request, everyone showed up at the conference at 1 pm.He chose the afternoon as there were a handful who were away on outreach, including Walker, who was subbing for Jacob's lectures.Once the entire Calligraphy and Painting Association save for Jacob was informed of the mandatory meeting, every member was there on the hour, seated primly and in attention in the huge conference room.Mr. Bay didn't waste his breath on the preamble either—as soon as he saw that everyone had arrived, he announced, "Everyone, I've gathered you here today because our administrative vice-president, Jacob Wilson, has been alleged to be involved in a certain malicious scheme."Last night, Mr. Wilson submitted his resignation to me, and after a discussion with my vice-presidents, we've all decided to hold a vote. It will be open to every member in the association as we will be decid
Having sent his resignation letter, Jacob had no idea that it would be the catalyst for his dismissal.He didn't sleep well at the rundown motel either and had dark circles under his eyes as he rushed to the airport early the next morning.Clearing the checkpoint and boarding his flight, everything went smoothly until his flight to Dubai lifted off at 10 am.-Meanwhile, the other vice-presidents of the Calligraphy and Painting Association had arrived at Mr. Bay's office.They all had the same goal—pressure Mr. Bay and get Jacob kicked out of the association no matter what it took.Naturally, they knew that Mr. Bay most definitely would have to help Jacob since Jacob was close with Don Albert. If Mr. Bay insisted on protecting Jacob, they shouldn't insist, or Jacob would hear about it, and the man would bear a grudge.Even so, as the vice-presidents entered Mr. Bay's office and closed the door behind them, one of them couldn't help asking, "So, Mr. Bay—how do you intend to deal