Ten minutes later, Zephan had already picked out the candidates who would be participating in this roundabout and outflank attack.This time, Zephan decided to lead a thousand elites from Ten Thousand Armies to outflank Hamed’s permanent fortifications from the valley on the left.He gave these thousand elites thirty minutes of preparation time, and he told them to carry all of their weapons and equipment during this period of time so that they could strive to take down Hamed’s base completely in one go.Meanwhile, in Sudbury, Oskia.Eight black extended bulletproof Rolls-Royces were slowly driven up outside of the Schulz family’s villa and parked neatly in front of the villa.A burly young man in his twenties who had a short haircut came out of the first car at the front of the line. This man opened the door, got out of the car, and he had a very tough and upright walking posture. At first glance, it was obvious that this man had already undergone intense professional training.
As he thought of this, Arrington replied in an unpleasant tone, “There are many people who want to meet with Lord Schulz every day. You have to declare your identity first and let me know the exact identity of the person who wants to meet with Lord Schulz. After that, Lord Schulz will then decide whether he wants to spare any of his precious time to meet with all of you. Otherwise, do you think that Lord Schulz will meet with just anyone?”“Declare our identity?” The young man sneered and said, “You’re just a subordinate, and you’re not qualified to know of our lord’s identity!”Arrington felt that he was greatly insulted, and he said angrily, “Even if I am a f*cking subordinate, are you not a fucking subordinate too? We are all just subordinates, so what right do you have to speak to me like that?!”The young man rushed over to Arrington with great speed, and before Arrington could even react, he had already grabbed Arrington directly by his neck as he picked him up and said sternl
Arrington’s heart suddenly tensed up because of Henderson’s words.He could not think about how he should regain reputation at this time and instead, he hurriedly asked, “Henderson, if this person’s strength is really above you, what should we do if they have any malicious intentions, then?”Henderson said calmly, “If the other party truly had any malicious intentions, they would have already acted long ago. After all, they came in a total of eight cars. The strength of the only person who came out is already far beyond the level of my strength, so perhaps the strength of those people who have not gotten out of the car might even be higher as compared to his strength. Under this kind of circumstance, it would be simply impossible for us to defeat them.”Arrington’s neck shrank out of fear as he hurriedly asked, “Then, should we ask Lord Schulz to make a decision now?”Henderson said, “I feel that the other party should not have any malicious intentions. Otherwise, they would not ha
Henderson, who was besides Lord Schulz, was horrified when he took just one look at this young man!He could feel that this was definitely the first time in his whole life that he had ever seen such an aura that was emanating from this man’s body!Even a four-star martial artist might not be his opponent!So, he could not help but exclaim in his heart, ‘What is this guy’s origin?! How could he possibly possess such great strength when he is so young?!’Lord Schulz also did not expect that the so-called lord that the other party had spoken of would actually turn out to be a young man who looked about twenty-seven to twenty-eight years old. So, he frowned as he asked, “Young man, I wonder why you want to see me?”The man looked at Lord Schulz and smiled as he spoke up, “Grandpa Schulz, don’t you remember me?”Cadfan could not help but frown as he thought to himself, ‘Could it be that this young man is an old friend?’However, no matter how much he looked at it, he could not recall
Cadfan suddenly felt very excited at this thought.‘It seems as though Porter might not necessarily be my enemy, but he might even be a friend!’‘Every cloud has a silver lining indeed!’‘Not to mention anything else, simply based on the fact that this kid actually has a top master under him who is even stronger as compared to Henderson might mean that he would be able to help me out a lot!’So, Cadfan suppressed the inner joy he felt in his heart as he said with incomparable emotion, “So, you’re Leonardo’s son! This is truly unexpected! I really would not have imagined it! You have already grown up so much!”As Cadfan spoke of this, the expression on his face suddenly darkened as he sighed and said, “I still remember when your Uncle Schulz was so determined to adopt you after your mother had an accident back then. But at that time, you had already disappeared. He continued looking for you for a long time, but there was no news at all. So, he had been blaming himself for this matt
Cadfan froze for a moment before he let out a long sigh, and he wrung his wrist as he said, “Sigh! Sheldon, he... has already gone missing for a long time!”“What? He has gone missing?!” Porter asked offhandedly, “How did... How did Uncle Schulz go missing?!”Cadfan said emotionally, “I do not know either. I only know that he disappeared when he was in Aurous Hill. I’ve already been investigating this matter for a long time, but I have not found any valuable clues. Moreover, the mastermind behind this matter is a top master with superb strength. I have already thought of many ways to find out the truth, but I have not had any results at all...”As he spoke of this, Cadfan sighed with a grievous and sorrowful expression on his face.Porter did not hesitate as he blurted out, “Leave this matter to me. I’ll certainly find out about Uncle Schulz’s whereabouts and save him!”In this life, Porter was only grateful to Sheldon alone.This was because ever since he was young, Porter had a
Porter’s lofty aspirations and ambition made Cadfan feel extremely excited. Even Cadfan himself would never dare to do such an outrageous thing to the Wade family.Think about it. In this top wealthy circle, if someone were to destroy another family’s ancestral grave and dispose of other people’s ashes, finally hijacking and occupying their ancestral graves, would there still be any law in this land?Moreover, if he were to truly do something so vicious, how would he continue staying in this circle in the future? Who would want to continue collaborating with this kind of person?After all, this was a brute who would destroy other people’s ancestral graves just like that.Still, although Cadfan felt that Porter’s plan to take revenge was really shocking, as soon as he thought about the fact that the target of Porter’s revenge was the Wade family, he felt so excited in his heart that he was about to yell out loud. ‘Now that someone is going to destroy the Wade family’s ancestral
Porter clenched his fists. “I’ll definitely not let Uncle Schulz down!”After saying that, Porter stood up, and he clasped one hand over the other as he said, “Grandpa Schulz, please forgive me for the intrusion today. There are still many things that I have to deal with since I have just returned to Oskia. So, I will not continue bothering you anymore!”Cadfan hurriedly said, “Porter! You have finally returned to Oskia after such a long time, so no matter what it is, you have to give me the opportunity to host a welcome banquet for you. Why don’t we do this, then? You and your subordinates can wait for a moment, and I’ll ask the back kitchen to make the arrangements to prepare a banquet so that we can have a few drinks together and reminisce about the past. Sheldon has already been missing you for so long. If he finds out that I didn't even invite you to stay for a meal after you came back, he would definitely complain and blame me for not being a good host!”Porter had always felt
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