Meanwhile, Jasmine was still stunned in place. She suddenly did not know what she should do for a while.A few moments later, Jasmine picked up her cell phone, and she was about to make a video call to Nanako. As a result, she suddenly received a text message from an entrepreneur with the last name Hawley in one of her South Region group chats on WhatsApp. The content of the text message was: [Breaking news! Breaking news! The overseas mercenary organization, Ten Thousand Armies, is seeking revenge on the Wade family! The Wade family will cease to exist after tomorrow!]When Jasmine saw this, she suddenly became very anxious. She hurriedly picked up her cell phone and sent a voice message to ask: “Chairman Hawley, what do you mean by your last text message? What happened to the Wade family?”The other party quickly replied with a voice message: “Chairman Moore, haven’t you heard the news yet? Ten Thousand Armies went all the way to the Wade family’s old mansion today, and they even
At this time, Yahiko, who had lost both of his legs, had already announced his retirement and handed over the actual controlling rights of the Ito family to his daughter, Nanako.However, Yahiko did not become someone who did nothing after handing all the work over to his daughter.Instead, he retreated from his position as the former head of the Ito family, and he became the assistant behind Nanako as he provided her with some help and support in terms of judgment and resources.However, Nanako was very capable and good at her job. So, most of the time, he was actually just staying idle at home even though he was her assistant. At this time, Yahiko was in the courtyard in his mansion in Tokyo, and he was working on some Japanese potted plants with his loyal subordinate, Tanaka.A servant suddenly ran in with a panicked expression and blurted out, “Master! The eldest young lady has suddenly summoned the four ninja clans, and she told all of the ninjas from the four ninja clans to
Nanako pursed her lips, and she instantly burst into tears as she choked up and said, “Otosan… Charlie-kun, he…he’s in trouble…”“What?!” Yahiko exclaimed, “Mr. Wade is in trouble? A person with such great and divine powers like Mr. Wade shouldn’t be in any real trouble, right?”Nanako could no longer control her tears as she sobbed and said, “This time, Charlie-kun… was approached by Ten Thousand Armies, the top mercenary organization in the world… It is said that the Wade family has a blood feud with the lord of Ten Thousand Armies. The other party has already gone all the way to the Wade family’s old mansion to seek revenge…”“Ten Thousand Armies?!” Yahiko felt slight dizziness in his brain as he blurted out, “How could the Wade family have possibly offended Ten Thousand Armies?!”Nanako shook her head and said, “I don’t know about the specific details. I only know that Ten Thousand Armies already went to the Wade family’s old mansion today. They left more than a hundred coffins
When the ninjas from the four major ninja clans in Japan began assembling and preparing to rush to Eastcliff, many people in Aurous Hill also began getting busy.At Shangri-La hotel.Rosalie, who had also received the news, was extremely determined as soon as she heard the news, and she said to her mother, Yashita, “Mom, I want to go to Eastcliff to help Mr. Wade too!”Yashita hurriedly said, “Rosalie, have you forgotten what Mr. Wade instructed you? Your current identity is too sensitive now, and the Japanese are still looking for your whereabouts. They even got Interpol to issue a wanted warrant for you! If you were to head to Eastcliff at this time, it is very likely that you will get arrested before you can even help Mr. Wade!”As she spoke, Yashita then said, “Rosalie, listen to me. Just stay here peacefully. As for Mr. Wade’s situation, I will go to Eastcliff now to look for your grandfather, and I will definitely go with your grandfather to help Master Wade face Ten Thousand
“That’s right.” Helen nodded. “Your father could be said to have been very gracious and benevolent toward the Waldron family.”“That’s great!” Sophie said excitedly, “It just so happens that my benefactor is also planning to bring my father up to Mount Wintry so that my father can repent and confess his mistakes in front of my benefactor’s parents’ graves. Since my father has been very gracious and benevolent toward the Waldron family, if my benefactor were to use my father as a condition when the time comes, he will definitely be able to force Porter Waldron to back off, then…”After saying that, Sophie then said anxiously, “No. I have to make a trip to Eastcliff too! I will go up to Mount Wintry and wait there in the morning tomorrow. That way, I would also be able to persuade Dad if he is unwilling to cooperate with my benefactor!” Helen nodded in agreement before she said, “Your father had indeed shown a lot of kindness and graciousness toward the Waldron family. If your father
Evening.While the entire Eastcliff were all thinking that the Wade family only had this one last night left, Charlie had already finished determining the entire process of the ancestor worship ceremony with the Wade family.Although the members of the Wade family were all distracted, they could only bite the bullet and push forward. After all of the processes had been determined, Charlie stood up and said, “All of you should rest early tonight. We have to follow every step of the process tomorrow. If anyone dares to make a mistake in such an important matter, don’t blame me for being rude when I deal with you!” Clayton could not help but wring his wrist as he said, “The ancestor worship ceremony is not an issue, but the main point is what we should do about Porter Waldron?! He will be going up to Mount Wintry at eight o’clock in the morning tomorrow. How are we going to fight with him?”Charlie said calmly and indifferently, “You don’t need to worry about how you are going to f
Felix held onto his face with a look of disbelief.After that, the expression on his face became even angrier. He rushed forward and started fighting with Hugh as he cursed in anger, “Even you dare to hit me?! I will f*cking fight it out with you!”When Charlie saw that the both of them were scuffling, he immediately stepped forward, dragged Felix up directly, and kicked him out like a goalkeeper who was scoring a big goal.Felix was dizzy and confused after getting kicked. Although he was not unconscious, he was in so much pain that he could not move at all.Before he could speak up, Charlie pointed at him and said coldly, “If you dare to say one more word, I will arrange for a plane to send you to Syria now! I, Charlie Wade, am a man of my words! If I dare to say it, I will do it!” Felix really did not dare to be pretentious in front of Charlie again at this moment.He did not know whether Charlie would really send him to Syria, but he could feel that Charlie was not joking wi
When the girl saw Helena’s fierce reaction, she had a flustered look on her face, and she hurriedly explained, “Princess Helena, you have misunderstood… Princess Olivia is simply thinking that the royal family will not be able to continue the marriage alliance with the Wade family anymore in the future based on the actual situation now and so, she wants you to go home and rest.”“I don’t believe that!” Helena immediately refused loudly, “There is absolutely no way that I will leave with you. You can leave by yourselves if you want to!”The girl said immediately, “Princess Helena, if you refuse to abide by and carry out the orders of the royal family, you will be removed from the royal family in the future! Please consider it carefully!”Helena blurted out without any hesitation, “Just remove me from the royal family, then! Anyway, no matter what it is, I will not go with you!”When they saw that Helena was obviously on her guard, the girl immediately exchanged glances with the othe
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