The appearance of the Green-Eyed Wolf King, Zayne, who was the second expert of Ten Thousand Armies, as he broke down emotionally and cried so miserably felt like a heavy punch had landed on the hearts of everyone from Ten Thousand Armies!Although they did not know what it felt like to have their consciousness imprisoned in their bodies, seeing Zayne’s current appearance caused them to feel extremely terrified to the core of their being because of this unknown feeling.No one dared to imagine how helpless they would feel and how it would feel like to live a life that was worse than death if such a thing were to happen to them.They would truly be helpless, hopeless, and without any aid at all…It was also at this moment that they suddenly felt a complete hellish fear of Charlie in the depths of their hearts. They had originally thought that three out of the Four War Kings had been destroyed in Charlie’s hands, and another one had been destroyed in the Middle East.However, who
“Everything changes quickly and rapidly in the business world! Your father was incompetent, had limited skills, and was unaware of his own abilities!” “He was the one who thought too highly of himself and wanted to enter the futures market to try to compete against my father! As a result, my father defeated him reasonably and legitimately. That was why he lost all of his assets. Who the hell can he blame for this?” “It was because of his own incompetency and his limited abilities. What has that got to do with my father?”As he spoke of this, Charlie paused for a moment before he continued speaking, “Forget it if your father’s abilities are limited. What’s the big deal? He could have simply endured the hardship and planned a retaliation in order to make a comeback and rise again. However, he did not even have enough psychological endurance and strength and so, he chose to jump down from a building. Can you push the blame onto my father for this?”“And what about your mother? It wa
At this time, Sheldon let out a long sigh and said very seriously to Porter, “Porter… what Charlie said just now is right indeed… Your parents’ deaths were not related to and have nothing to do with his father at all…”Porter was in tears as he asked, “Uncle Schulz, my father went against Curtis Wade to defend you back then, and my father and mother’s coffins are also here today. Aren’t you afraid that they will be utterly disappointed if you say that?”Sheldon was helpless as he said emotionally, “I would still say this even if I were to die today and go over there to see your parents.”After saying this, Sheldon paused for a moment before he continued speaking, “The Anti-Wade Alliance back then was indeed an immoral existence in itself. Curtis Wade had always been a decent man. He was not only a decent man, but he was also extremely capable and possessed great abilities. That was the reason why many of our families were shrouded in his shadow for a long time…” “So, those of us w
“The reason I did not dare to come back for so many years was because I wanted to wait until I had the strength to win over them so that I could avenge this blood feud that I have and put them to shame…”“But now, everything has actually turned out to be in this situation again…”As Porter said this, he raised his head and looked at Sheldon with flushed red eyes that were filled with desperation as he cried out loud, “I really cannot understand… I really cannot figure it out, Uncle Sheldon… This kind of feeling feels as if I have lived the past twenty years of my life for nothing…”Sheldon felt distressed when he heard this, and he could not help but burst into tears. He could understand the multiple pain and grievance that Porter was feeling.The hatred from back then, his failure today, and all of the misunderstandings behind this matter were tormenting Porter madly, making his life feel even worse than death.So, Sheldon spoke up and comforted him, “Porter, you have to stop d
At this moment, the expressions on the faces of everyone at the scene were all shocked and appalled.No one would have expected that as an eight-star martial artist, Porter would admit defeat completely by cutting off all of his meridians without even fighting against Charlie!Even Charlie himself was slightly amazed.Charlie had initially thought that Porter would definitely want to fight to the death, but to his surprise, Porter had actually taken the initiative to cut off his own meridians. At this moment, Porter knocked his head hard on the ground once again as he said in a loud voice, “I’m at fault, and all of this is my mistake alone. Mr. Wade, I beg you to arrange for my parents to be reburied again, and I also beg you to spare the lives of these men who have stayed by my side and followed me to battle for so many years. As for myself, as long as you say the word, I would be willing to grovel to death in front of you!”For Porter, he had long realized that he could not pos
At this time, Helen, who was amongst the crowd, felt a lump in her throat. She really could not stand it anymore, so she immediately walked out from the crowd, looked at Charlie, and pleaded, “Charlie, please forgive Porter and spare him this time on the account that he has truly realized his mistake…”When Porter saw Helen, he recognized her immediately. He was dumbfounded as he asked, “Aunt… Aunt Dunn… Why are you here too?!”Helen looked at Porter sympathetically as she sighed and said, “Charlie rescued me and Sophie before. When the both of us heard that you were coming up to Mount Wintry, we rushed over here overnight because we were worried that Charlie would be in danger. We were originally planning to go out of our way to plead with you and ask you to be magnanimous. Unexpectedly… Sigh….”Porter could not stop his tears, and he said tragically, “I’m sorry, Aunt Dunn… Sorry for causing you such trouble… I will not ask for Mr. Wade to spare me, but I simply ask that he spare m
Although these soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies were all very afraid of Charlie’s strength, at this moment, all of them could not bear to see Porter looking so miserable and desperate.After all, almost all of them had received favors from Porter. Therefore, they could not sit back and do nothing at all with peace of mind. What’s more, if Charlie refused to let go, Porter would not be the only one who would not be able to escape death, but it would also be very difficult for Porter’s subordinates to survive as well. So, all of them knelt on the ground one after the other as they hoped that they would be able to do a little something for Porter and come together to beg for Charlie’s forgiveness.When Jeremiah saw so many experts from Ten Thousand Armies kneeling on the ground and groveling before Charlie, he suddenly felt incomparably excited in his heart. From this scene, Jeremiah saw hope for the Wade family rising. Moreover, this rise did not mean that the Wade family could
Charlie frowned slightly. After that, he looked at Holden and asked, “Lord Harker, did you bring a dagger with you when you came out today?”Holden said respectfully, “Yes, Mr. Wade. I brought one!”After saying that, Holden took out a short, sharp dagger from the pocket on his waist and handed it over to Charlie with both hands.Charlie took the short dagger and threw it in front of Porter as he said indifferently, “I will agree to your request on the account that you’re still a filial son! After your death, I will not destroy your parents’ or your remains, nor will I expose your body out in the wilderness. On the contrary, I will repay your grievances with virtue and bury you and your parents together so that you can leave this world in peace!”When Porter heard this, a relaxed smile finally appeared on his face. The expression on his face was also filled with gratitude as he looked at Charlie.After that, he bowed down deeply and groveled in front of Charlie once again. This
However, to Jacob's shock, Elaine wasn't misled at all as she growled icily, "Why would I ask anyone else?! If there's someone I must question, it's Matilda! She's getting married, isn't she? Good! I will be there and ask her why she hooked up with my husband!"Jacob turned pale right then.Matilda's son and even some of their old classmates would be attending her wedding.If Elaine went, he would be exposed, and he wouldn't be able to stay in Aurous Hill out of shame!His nerves gnawing at him, Jacob could only plead, "Please, just trust me this once! Anything else aside, she's getting married, anyway—there's no way that I'd have anything to do with her! That alone should prove my innocence!"Elaine snorted. "If Matilda returned when I was arrested, it means she has been back for a while! And you're saying nothing happened since? Hell, even if she's married, it doesn't prove that she wasn't up to some hanky-panky with you! Maybe while I was arrested and refused a divorce when you
The driver was left dumbstruck—this wasn't how it was supposed to go.Still, he blurted, "C-Crashing into a Cullinan? I might end up dead instead…""Fine! Then let's change cars, and you crash into ours—how about that?!" Elaine promptly retorted before continuing, "Or we could just stand right in front of your car while you run into us! I just happen to have a death wish, but if you don't kill me now, I'll kill you! Don't think about getting away either—I know your car plate! I'll sell this car and use the money to put a bounty on your head! I don't care what happens to me now! I'll claw my nails into the devil's face even if he shows up!"The driver was actually quite experienced, but even he had yet to meet someone as ridiculous as Elaine.Barely able to keep his hands steady, he threw them up as he apologized, "I'm so sorry, ma'am—I just lost my cool. I'm merely a humble driver of a Honda Civic while you own a Rolls. Hell, I spent fifty bucks buying that red emblem from Amazon,
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