Jeremiah also believed that Porter was not just talking big since he had already waited twenty years for this day to come.However, the conditions raised by Porter were indeed too harsh.This was not a choice between life or death. Instead, this was a choice between prolonging one’s feeble existence or an unhurried death.If Jeremiah were to accept Porter’s conditions, the members of the Wade family would definitely be able to preserve their lives. However, all the dignity of the Wade family would then cease to exist.And as long as the members of the Wade family were still alive, they would end up being the laughingstock of others, and they would also be mocked and ridiculed even after their deaths. So, as a result, Jeremiah was at a loss because he was being forced to make the most difficult decision in his life. He suddenly did not know what to do.As for the members of the Wade family behind him, all of them were also shocked and terrified at this time.The vast majorit
Clayton felt his whole body shaking when Jeremiah gave him a deadly stare. He hurriedly said, “Dad, I just feel that… When it comes to this… There is nothing that would be even more important as compared to our safety and lives…”As he spoke, Clayton continued selling his idea to Jeremiah as he said, “Besides, the Wade family has more than one trillion dollars’ worth of assets, right? Even if we were to take out half of our family’s assets, we would be able to continue living a lifetime of luxury and extravagance with the other half of the assets that we have left. After all, things such as money are not something that we can take away with us when we die. It is meaningless even if we want to keep so much…”“Furthermore, the Wade family might still be able to make a comeback and rise up again in the future in my hands, or even in Felix’s hands. When the time comes, we will be able to earn back everything that we have lost today!”Jeremiah stared at him and asked coldly, “Make a come
He did not expect that none of his sons and daughters would put the family’s dignity first.All they were thinking about was to stay alive.This made him feel extremely sad.As he thought about this, he could not help but reprimand them with a pained expression on his face as he said, “All of you are persuading me to agree to their conditions one after the other, but have any of you thought about the fact that they want to take Curtis’ coffin?! Curtis is your own brother. So, how could you give his coffin to others so that they can trample all over it?! If that is the case, even if you can live for a few more years or decades, will you be able to face Curtis when you die?!”Hunter smoked his cigar. After that, he yawned and smiled as he said, “Sigh. The old man truly has great foresight. Our lord’s main point is to destroy Curtis’ ashes and bones!”As soon as he heard these words, Charlie really had the strong impulse to twist and rip Hunter’s head off his neck directly! However
Jeremiah knew that the only chance that he had to save the Wade family at the moment lay with Charlie. Aside from Charlie, there was no other possibility of anyone else there who would be able to save the day and turn things around for them.However, Jeremiah did not know whether Charlie would be able to deal with Ten Thousand Armies or not.Moreover, Charlie had never stated his position from the very beginning to the end.Therefore, Jeremiah was curious to find out what Charlie’s attitude was at this moment.At this time, Charlie sighed softly as he responded, “You want to know what I think we should do?”Speaking of this, Charlie raised his head and looked indifferently at Hunter, who was extremely arrogant, and he clenched his teeth as he muttered, “I think that I should just rush up immediately and rip that d*mn dog’s head off directly!”However, that dog’s owner was not here yet, and if Charlie were to deal with Hunter at this time, he would only be alerting Porter of who
Hunter looked at Charlie in contempt. He did not say anything else. Instead, he simply turned around and shouted out to the group of men around him, “Brothers, unload all the coffins sent by our lord and give it to the members of the Wade family!”As soon as his words fell, dozens of three-star martial artists rushed to the flatbed transporter and kicked those coffins to the ground vigorously after untying them. The pile of inferior coffins turned into a pile of coffin boards the moment they hit the ground. After that, Hunter looked at the members of the Wade family and sneered as he said, “Remember, if our lord does not see what he wants to see at Mount Wintry at eight o’clock in the morning tomorrow, all of you will have to die! After you die, you can assemble and make do with these coffin boards, then!”After saying that, Hunter then yelled at his men, “Let’s go!”The group of people from Ten Thousand Armies then left the Wade family’s old mansion in a flashy manner.By then,
When Jeremiah yelled this, all of those who had wanted to speak up immediately chose to shut their mouths.Although they could not accept the fact that they would be handing their fate over to Charlie, they also knew very well that Lord Wade still had a way out.Therefore, at a time like this, the most important thing that they could not do was to openly turn against Lord Wade. Otherwise, if Lord Wade were to decide to accept the other party’s condition, he would naturally look for the people who had opposed him openly to settle the score with them when their wealth was gone.Even Jeremiah’s eldest son, Clayton, also gave up struggling. He took the initiative to step forward and slap Felix fiercely as he cursed angrily, “You uneducated child! Who told you that you can talk to your grandfather like that?! Hurry up and apologize to your grandfather right now!” Felix knew that he had failed to incite the others and so, he could only say in a low and muffled voice, “Sorry, Grandpa.
However, at this moment, Jeremiah suddenly raised his hand and slapped him as he yelled angrily, “You are nothing more than a b*stard who can never succeed in accomplishing anything! Are you not going to take the words that I’ve just said to heart? If you don’t want to do it, you can get out of the Wade family! The Wade family is facing a grave crisis concerning the matter of our life and death, and I will not be merciful if anyone dares to cause any trouble, even if it is my own son!”Felix was thinking about reasoning with Charlie just now, but he did not expect to receive another slap from the old man immediately after that. At this time, Felix was feeling so aggrieved that his tears simply rolled down his cheeks, but he did not dare to say even one more word.Hugh, who was aside, was flustered when he saw this and so, he hurriedly took a stand and said, “Grandpa, I will go right now!” When Clayton saw that even Hugh had already expressed his opinion while his stupid son was sti
A few minutes later, an extremely shocking piece of news suddenly spread around the entire circle of Eastcliff’s top families!Back then, Leonardo, who was not capable but still insisted on competing against Curtis and finally decided to commit suicide by jumping off a building after he finally failed to do so, had actually had a son!And his son was actually Porter, the lord of Ten Thousand Armies who was well-known overseas!What was even more shocking was the fact that Porter had actually sent his men to go all the way to the Wade family’s old mansion, and they had even killed the Wade family’s chief bodyguard. Besides that, Porter had even sent more than a hundred coffins to the Wade family’s old mansion!This was not the thing that sent chills up everyone’s spine.What made people feel absolutely terrified was that in order to avenge his parents, Porter had actually made a series of extremely harsh and even inhumane demands on the Wade family!Furthermore, he had only given
Elaine may have led a life as if she was above the rules, but beneath that tough exterior lay crippling insecurities and a horrific inferiority complex.She was always afraid of being belittled—but more than that, of being ostracized and betrayed.Over the years, the greatest source of her complexes could all be traced back to Matilda.After all, Matilda had been a star back in their school days. Because Elaine was a close friend of hers, many boys would get chummy with Elaine, but only because they were interested in Matilda.Being from a poor farmer's family, Elaine had been scorned plenty and therefore felt exceedingly inferior around Matilda.It was from that sense of inferiority that Elaine had inadvertently developed a one-sided rivalry against Matilda, and she believed her greatest triumph over Matilda in this life was the moment she had stolen Jacob from her.However, while Elaine presumed that she could hold that victory over Matilda's head, Lady Wilson had soured that v
Moreover, given Elaine's ridiculous temper, Jacob knew she would definitely go overboard and destroy him.He wouldn't even have a place to live at that point, and it would really be game over if she held a grudge and stormed the Calligraphy and Painting Association!Under such circumstances, he couldn't ask for a divorce—hell, he might even refuse a divorce if Elaine asked for one!However, that was when Elaine laughed coldly. "Oh, my… You're really not going to divorce me?""Come on—how long were we married?" Jacob quickly reasoned. "Getting divorced at our age? People would laugh at us."Elaine scoffed. "Now I'm curious… Matilda's quite old too, and she's a divorcee marrying again. Won't people laugh at her?""Technically, she's a widow—"Jacob blurted out, but soon turned pale, tensing up again not a second after he had just calmed down, asking gingerly, "W-Why would you suddenly mention her?'Elaine stopped pretending right then and snapped, "It's actually impressive that y
Horrified, Jacob promptly grasped the steering wheel and brought the Cullinan back under control while not hesitating to snap, "Are you crazy?! We're on the highway—that could have killed the both of us!"However, Elaine ignored him and seized the moment to open the armrest box, pulling out the large white envelope.As she opened it, she muttered, "So, it really was a wedding invitation… You really are a terrible friend, Jacob Wilson, hiding a wedding invitation like this! What's the point? Just look at that nervous face of yours—would I suspect you of having an affair with the bride-to-be?"She flipped open the card and was experienced enough to check the names first while disregarding the usual preamble. She wouldn't care about the venue or the time either, focusing solely on the professor who had somehow made Jacob very nervous.That was how Elaine found the names in less than a second: Yolden Hart and Matilda Hall.Matilda?!The name could well be knives stabbing Elaine in th
Jacob's brain blanked out, leaving only a dull hum as soon as Walker mentioned 'Professor Hall'.Already feeling nervous in the first place, he quickly said, "Okay, okay—I got it. Anyway, I'm hanging up if there's nothing else!"With that, he promptly pressed the button to hang up.Nonetheless, Elaine was soon asking in curiosity, "Who's Professor Hall?"If Jacob had any semblance of composure, he would have said 'a colleague at Senior University' as if it was perfectly natural, and the matter would have been forgotten.But the reality was that he didn't—in fact, he was the champion when it came to dropping the ball as a casual question from Elaine left him sweating all over his brow.Even as he slid nervous glances at her face, he stammered uncontrollably, "N-Nobody…"Elaine promptly noticed his strange reaction and frowned. "I'm talking about Professor Hall. What do you mean, nobody? Who are they? And what's this about an invitation? Inviting you for what?"Seeing that he was
Jacob had really had too much to drink and couldn't remember the later parts of what had happened last night—even how he had gotten home was a blur.Naturally, he also forgot that Walker had brought Matilda's wedding invitation, and therefore didn't hesitate to answer the in-car answer button.Over the phone, Walker was positively fawning as he asked, "Mr. Wilson? It's Walker. Why didn't you come in today? Had too much to drink last night?""Uh-huh," Jacob grunted, lethargic. "I did—my head still hurts now… Anyway, what's up? Trouble at the association?""No, of course not," Walker quickly said. "I was just worried you're still hungover, so I called to ask. If you need a driver or anything, you just need to ask!"Then, before Jacob could answer, he continued, "By the way, my wife is somewhat knowledgable in Oskian medicine, and she has recipes for brews that cure hangovers and nourish the liver. I'm sure you'll need the latter since you're always drinking at social events, so I as
Fortunately, Elaine and Jacob's bickering never escalated.Even though Elaine was winning, Jacob found it tolerable.After Jacob finished his lunch and cleaned up, he never looked up as he said, "Charlie sent a text, saying Claire's flight would touch down earlier at three. We will leave at two."Elaine grumbled. "Why leave so early? She's coming back from abroad, and there'd be checkpoints she has to clear—she'd be lucky if she could leave by half past three. I'm sleeping a few winks now, and we'll leave at half past two."As she left the dining room, she didn't even look back as she said, "Clean up for me too."Jacob had a million complaints but said nothing as he kept his head down, throwing Elaine's lunchbox in the trash can as well.With Elaine gone, he sat on the couch as her hangover slowly cleared while his mood soured with the lack of alcohol.In the end, the pleasure of being fawned over at the Diamond Room was but temporary—the pain of his beloved leaving with someone
Vera kept her plan to investigate the identity of the abbess deep in her mind and told Charlie nothing.Instead, she smiled as she said, "It seems that it's both yours and Ms. Ito's good fortune that she has attained enlightenment. You've never had anyone who could attain enlightenment and master Reiki at the same time, so Ms. Ito will definitely be a great help to you in the future."Charlie chuckled and said calmly, "I'm not hoping for her to help. I'm simply happy for her with her enlightenment and excited to have another comrade in my solo ventures into the dark forests."Vera nodded in understanding, and she murmured emotionally, "I've lived for so long, and it's only when I opened my heart to you that I felt that sensation you described."There was a flicker of wistfulness in her eyes.She really did not expect to attain enlightenment before meeting Charlie.Years ago, she thought that she would eventually avenge her father.Now, she no longer hoped to murder Fleur Griffi
Vera was inwardly disappointed to hear that Claire was returning.That meant there were fewer chances of Charlie visiting the Scarlet Pinnacle Manor, as were her chances of seeing him again.Still, she didn't let it show, instead asking casually, "How are things at Champs Elys? Are the warriors improving at a rate to your satisfaction?""Well, most of everyone's improvement is within expectations…" Charlie explained, just as he remembered a certain someone. "By the way, there's something I haven't told you yet. Are you perhaps acquainted with the name Ito Nanako?""Yes," Vera smiled. "The Japanese lady who was with you. What about her?""She attained enlightenment days ago.""Enlightenment?" Vera did a double take and soon pressed, "Enlightenment in what sense? Essential Qi or Reiki?"After all, the former was the path to enlightenment in martial arts, while the latter meant enlightenment in cultivation.But despite the distinction between both domains, enlightenment was a comm
While Charlie had long since gotten used to Elaine and Jacob's bizarre marriage, being near the heart of the storm still took a toll on his senses—to the point that he felt physically sick.Leaving right away was therefore his best solution.Once he left, however, he realized he didn't have anywhere to go. Champs Elys was quite far, and it would take a lot of time.As he started to feel bored stiff, he remembered Vera for some reason and called her.Once Vera answered, she quickly asked in curiosity, "To what do I owe the pleasure? Lunch, perhaps?"Charlie chuckled. "Since you've put it that way… I haven't eaten either, so lunch it is!"Vera giggled. "Come over to my place, then. It's cold outside, and I was just lighting up a hot pot. I'll have Madam Marilyn prepare an additional portion.""Okay!" Charlie agreed to it without hesitation. "I can return her car too. Just wait, I'll be right there!"Once he hung up, he got on the Rolls Roycs he had borrowed from Scarlet Pinnacl