When Jasmine heard Nanako’s question, she said seriously, “I actually know very little about Master Wade’s past. I met him for the first time last year in one of our family’s antique stores. At that time, Master Wade was not famous in Aurous Hill, and he was just a live-in son-in-law with a very low status in his family.”As she spoke of this, Jasmine then spoke up, “But although Master Wade is very young, he had mastered an antique restoration technique that had already been long lost. This really made me feel very shocked. At that time, I felt that this man should have some unknown story.”Nanako nodded. “There are indeed many shocking things about Charlie-kun, but what I want to know the most is about Charlie-kun’s childhood. For instance, where exactly he came from, and how he ended up becoming an orphan. Was he abandoned by his parents after he was born, did he lose his parents after he was born, or whether he only became an orphan after he lost his parents at a certain point in
However, after Claire busily talked on her cell phone as she was eating, she then said to Charlie excitedly, “Husband, Miss Jasmine from the Moore family has asked me to go to Moore Group to discuss the project collaboration with her!”Charlie was not surprised because Jasmine had already expressed this intention very clearly yesterday.In Charlie’s opinion, the reason why Jasmine was doing this was definitely because she wanted to repay Charlie for his help by helping Claire to build up and establish her own business.So, Charlie did not think too much about it and asked her, “Then, should I send you to Moore Group or somewhere else after we’re done with breakfast later?”“To Moore Group!” Claire replied without any hesitation at all. “Miss Moore is the chairman of Moore Group now, so she should be able to make the decision directly with regards to the project collaboration. So, I have to hurry up and talk to her to see if we can put the collaboration in place as soon as possible.
However, Claire knew very well in her heart that it would be impossible for her to collaborate with Moore Group on projects that were worth a total investment of tens of billions of dollars at one go based on her current strength and ability.The overall strength of her company now was still far from the scale of that of a large design company. Moreover, she still had the project with Emgrand Group on hand, so the energy that she could spare was even more limited. Claire estimated that she would at most be able to take on only one-fifth of the projects that Jasmine had brought out, which were worth tens of billions of dollars. But even if it was just one-fifth, it was still a very large piece of cake. The design fee alone was already around forty million dollars. Just as Claire was still feeling extremely excited about this, Jasmine, who was opposite her, was actually thinking about how she could somehow lead the conversation topic to Charlie without arousing Claire’s suspicio
Jasmine explained, “This is the case. I trusted and believed in a fraudster from Hong Kong back then, and I accidentally turned the Feng Shui in my house into a dragon encapsulation formation, and something terrible nearly happened to me. It was all thanks to Master Wade’s advice that I managed to avert disaster…”As she spoke, Jasmine then told Claire about the story of how she had been deceived by the fake Hong Kong master, Master Lennard, because of her back luck. After that, Charlie had seen right through Master Lennard and had eventually helped her to get rid of the dragon encapsulation formation.Claire was dumbfounded after listening to Jasmine. She had initially thought that her husband’s so-called Feng Shui skillset was more or less deception.However, after listening to Jasmine’s explanation, she finally understood that Charlie’s skillset was not just a silly gimmick. Instead, it actually had really practical effects. So, Claire could not help but sigh and say, “In the p
What made Jasmine realize that the situation was not quite right was after all of these clues were cleared, and all of them seemed to match Charlie. Charlie’s last name was equivalent to the last piece of evidence that locked all of these clues together, and Jasmine no longer had any more doubts about her own assumption.She thought to herself, ‘So, it seems that Master Wade should be the young master of the Wade family from Eastcliff. Moreover, the Wade family had a very good relationship with the Golding family back then. So, that is the reason why they had arranged a marriage contract when the two children were still young. However, some changes happened to Master Wade in the middle, and that was the reason why he ended up in Aurous Hill and became an orphan!’As she thought of this, Jasmine suddenly had mixed feelings in the depths of her heart.Before this, she had felt that Charlie came from a lowly origin. However, he succeeded because of his own ability, and it was also prec
“Okay!” Claire quickly stood up and said, “In that case, I’ll not disturb your work anymore, Miss Moore. We can keep in touch by phone if there are any problems.”“Okay!” Jasmine then took the initiative to extend her hand toward Claire as she said, “To a good collaboration!”Claire nodded. “To a good collaboration!”Jasmine also stood up and smiled as she said, “Let’s go. I’ll see you out.”Jasmine sent Claire out of her office. After saying goodbye to her, Jasmine immediately returned to her office and took out her cell phone to call Nanako.At this moment, Nanako was waiting for Jasmine’s feedback at the Moore family villa. This was because she knew that Jasmine was going to meet up with Claire this morning. So, she also hoped that Jasmine would be able to extract some useful key information and clues from Claire directly.Therefore, as soon as the call came in, Nanako immediately answered the call and spoke up as she asked, “How did it go, Jasmine?”Jasmine got straight to t
Jasmine actually knew very little about the Wade family.These big families had always been particularly concerned about protecting their own privacy. So, aside from the local families in Eastcliff who more or less understood their situation, the non-local families only knew about their situation vaguely in general, and there were simply no ways for them to know any details in depth.Moreover, during the era when Curtis had passed away, information dissemination was still very backward, and there were only two methods for ordinary people to gain news. The first one was through the television, and the other method was through the newspaper. However, the television at that time rarely played any reruns of news, not to mention that there were no internet platforms to help them keep the video files. So, this meant that if you missed the news when it was exposed at first, there was a high likelihood that you would never have the opportunity to see it again.It was precisely because of
Sheldon also knew that his so-called return to Oskia would actually be Charlie escorting him to the Wade family’s ancestral tomb so that he could grovel in front of Curtis and confess his sins, which was essentially an outright insult to Sheldon.However, even if that was the case, Sheldon was really looking forward to this day, and he was hoping that it would come quickly. This was because Sheldon knew one thing very well in his heart, and that was, ‘If I were to continue staying in this godforsaken place in Hamed’s base, there would be absolutely no way for my family to know about my whereabouts at all!’‘However, if Charlie can allow me to return to my country, then even if that means that I would have to go to the Wade family’s ancestral tomb and grovel and confess my sins, there is still a certain opportunity for me to let the Schulz family know about my specific situation!’‘Perhaps my father might even have a way to rescue me and get me out.’‘If that cannot be done, my fa
Reservations in Heaven Springs had always been unpredictable, and most rooms weren't open to the general public—even if said rooms were vacant for the night.It was not as if Albert Rhodes didn't want to make money when he built Heaven Springs. He simply didn't do it solely for profit, but only mostly for social events and posturing.Back when he was a humbler member of society, he realized that many bigwigs and even his fellows cared for pride a lot. Be it food, liquor, or even simply everyday consumption, they always strove for the best and the most expensive.That was why polite society valued their privacy and established their respective social circles, which was why Heaven Springs ensured that everything was first-rate: atmosphere, service, food, and clientele.Just like how bigwigs wouldn't dine at the same table as their goons, said goons wouldn't eat at the fancy places those bigwigs frequented even if they had money, as it may appear as if they were overstepping.That wa
As such, intent on keeping up his pretense, Jacob answered the phone, "Looking for me, Matilda?""Uh-huh," Matilda replied, and asked, "You didn't show up at Senior University, and your sub is saying you probably won't be coming for a while? Is that true?""Oh—right, that," Jacob quickly said. "Well, it's true—the gist of it is that the Association is getting busy with a project. As the vice president, I probably shouldn't be staying at Senior University all the time, right?""Heck, Mr. Bay called me last minute, telling me how busy we're going to be and that I was needed. That's why I had to go back, but I will head over to campus again when I have the time."Matilda knew right then that those were all excuses.However, she did not expose Jacob, instead asking, "Well, when are you free? So that I can send you my wedding invitation?""Oh, the invitation?" Jacob quickly chuckled. "You really didn't have to come to me—just pass it to Walker, my sub lecturer. He can pass it to me wh
The next afternoon, there was a sudden change of lecturers for the calligraphy class.Despite being the vice president of the Calligraphy and Painting Association, Jacob never showed up, instead getting a substitute instructor to replace him.Matilda had come with the invitation Yolden had written for Jacob, but seeing that Jacob wasn't at the lecture hall, she waited until the class was over to ask the sub, "Excuse me, can I ask why Mr. Wilson wasn't teaching this class?""He's busy at the association," the sub replied. "So, I'm taking over his class."Curious, Matilda pressed, "Then, would you happen to know when he will be coming?""Probably not for a while," the sub replied. "He delegated other classes to me as well, telling me that I could just stick to the PowerPoint slides."Then, he asked, "Do you have business with Mr. Wilson?"Matilda nodded. "Yes, but I can call him myself. Thank you."Leaving the lecture hall, Matilda called Jacob, who was goofing off in his office
On the other end, Matilda was left staring at Jacob's reply in confusion.She had presumed that Jacob would understand when she mentioned inviting his whole family that he should be coming up with an excuse to skip attending her wedding.That was the most ideal solution.As such, she was shocked that instead of playing along, Jacob's reply was short and blunt.[No problem. The four of us will be there!]Perplexed, Matilda was left wondering what Jacob meant. Was he really going to attend her wedding with Elaine?The thought left Matilda frowning as she absolutely didn't want to see Elaine—especially not at her own wedding.Yolden was writing an invitation when he saw the somber look on her face, and he couldn't help asking, "Is there a problem?""Jacob replied," Matilda admitted. "And he's saying that he will bring his whole family.""Really?" Yolden was confused too, as he was hardly as eccentric as Jacob. "But he's afraid of his wife and shouldn't be telling her at all…
Charlie was driving Jacob to Thompson First when the latter received the text from Matilda.Seeing that they were reaching the front gates, Jacob promptly snapped at Charlie, "Charlie, stop the car now!"Charlie did so and asked in curiosity, "What's wrong?""Matilda just texted me," Jacob replied, showing the chat log between him and Matilda.Charlie was just glancing at it nonchalantly when he saw that Matilda's contact name was 'AAA July Florist'."Wait, why is that Aunt Matilda's contact name?" He exclaimed in surprise."I changed it."Jacob explained gingerly while reading through the text Matilda sent. "Her profile picture is an iris, so I changed her contact name to a florist since I'm mostly worried Elaine would peek into my phone.""Anyway, she's asking if I'm attending her wedding with Yolden. They would send us an invitation if I accept, extended to our whole family… what do you think I should say?"Charlie asked in return. "You're planning to skip it, aren't you? T
Then, Matilda suggested, "How about this—I'll ask him before deciding." "I'll pass on inviting the rest of my former classmates too. They're too vain and love comparing, so I'd rather not have anything to do with that. Also, there are our Korean friends who have it together, and they were telling us to invite them if we were going to get married. We have to keep our promise, right?""Yeah—then, it's basically decided. Aside from Charlie, we shall invite our colleagues and Korean friends while we wait for an answer from Jacob."Yolden nodded and said, "Now, I'll talk about the honeymoon—cut me short if you have a different opinion."Matilda nodded, resting her chin on her hands and smiling. "Shoot. I'm all ears."Feeling a little embarrassed by Matilda's glowing stare, Yolden took a sip of his ice water before continuing, "My idea is to head to the States for our honeymoon after the wedding…"He trailed off, staring at Matilda and waiting for a response.However, she was merely
"Oh, Jacob…?"Matilda chuckled awkwardly. "Just today, he offered to buy me dinner, but I said I didn't have the time, and I also told him about our wedding… So, we should invite him since he's aware of it.""Jacob offered to buy you dinner?" Yolden exclaimed in surprise. "Did he say why?""Nope," Matilda shrugged, smiling. "Probably just dinner between old classmates."However, she was actually smart enough to guess Jacob's intention even though Jacob was inviting her somewhere near campus. That was why she had also mentioned she was marrying Yolden while turning down Jacob, all so that he would give up on her.After she had managed to get over their past fling completely, she didn't want to give Jacob false hopes before she walked down the aisle.In the same regard, she didn't want to worry Yolden, and therefore, had deliberately discouraged Jacob.Be that as it may, Yolden was smart too.He knew about Matilda and Jacob's past and that her son, Paul's full name was Paul Jam
Before Charlie had arrived, Jacob was still furious that Matilda would soon marry Yolden.After Charlie came, however, he was instead worried that Matilda would send him a wedding invitation.Meanwhile, Matilda and Yolden were discussing their list of guests.They had different social circles, but most of their friends were Stateside, and they only had some distant relatives in this country.Still, they had colleagues in Aurous Hill. Matilda had classmates too, but she was out of touch with them aside from Jacob, whom she often met.Still, as they discussed who should be invited, Matilda first suggested, "Let's go through everyone. First, our Stateside friends… I don't think we should tell them at all since it's a long journey, and inviting them would seem tactless. What do you think?"Yolden nodded, smiling, "I was just thinking the same thing. We're close with our Stateside friends and always keep in touch, but inviting them to our wedding might be a stretch. We'd just hit a wa
With that being said, once Matilda was thrown in the mix, Elaine would suddenly become an African honey badger, with every bit of black air force energy that was implied.As such, if Jacob had managed to be brave and take that one step back then, Charlie would have tried to help, stopping Elaine from harassing Jacob or Matilda.However, the reality was that Jacob had to bungle the chance when Matilda offered it to him.That was why the best option was for Jacob to understand that he couldn't get together with Matilda now so that he would feel much better.And since he had always been a coward, Charlie's slight intimidation cleared his head considerably.He then sighed, "Well, that's just life—you don't always get what you want, and you should never try to claim what you couldn't. I couldn't bring myself to choose Matilda over thirty years ago, so not being together now only makes sense.""Now, I can only pray that Elaine never finds out… or at least that things don't get out of h