Inquiring about Albert in Aurous Hill was just like inquiring about the celebrity, Andy Lau, in Hong Kong. You could get plenty of information simply by stopping and asking anyone on the street about it.Therefore, Sherry quickly obtained some information about Albert, and she gave the feedback to Kathleen immediately. “Young Lady, I have already inquired about Albert. He is the leader of the underground forces in Aurous Hill, and he is infamous in Aurous Hill. Moreover, he has also engaged in a lot of industries, and amongst them is a restaurant called The Heaven Springs which is one of the top high-end restaurants in Aurous Hill which is very famous.”Kathleen nodded and analyzed, “That Master Wade casually told Isaac one sentence, which was to send some people over to Albert. Although I do not know who he is sending over to him, from the tone of his voice, it could be seen that Albert should also be obeying his orders.”Having said that, Kathleen could not help but sigh emotional
As for people like Albert, Liam, Isaac, and Graham, it was even more certain that they would never reveal a single word if someone were to look for them to inquire about Charlie’s deeds.So, even if Aurous Hill was Charlie’s turf, there were really not many people who knew him as ‘Master Wade’ in Aurous Hill.This made Kathleen even more puzzled. She had originally thought that Charlie should be a famous local Feng Shui master, and that was why some local dignitaries had to show him respect.But now, it seemed as though he was hardly known locally, which was really strange.Kathleen frowned and said, “I’ve been feeling that something is not quite right with this matter and that something is not quite right with Master Wade, but I cannot figure out where the problem lies at the moment.”Sherry hurriedly comforted her as she said, “Don’t worry too much, Young Lady. Perhaps Master Wade is not really that capable, and there might be no direct connection between him and the Rejuvenat
Albert had been very leisurely recently. After going out for inspections every day, he would then return to the top floor of The Heaven Springs to drink tea and listen to music in a very chic and comfortable manner.However, Isaac suddenly called him in the evening and said in a serious tone, “Albert, you have to hurry up and get your dog farm ready. It’s going to be receiving new goods tonight.”Albert was lying on the recliner and drinking tea with a purple teapot in his hand. When he heard this, he sat up straight and asked, “Mr. Cameron, how many goods will be arriving tonight?”Isaac laughed and said, “If there are no surprises, it would be about seven or eight. If more people are going to send themselves to our doorstep, I estimate that it will go into double digits, then!”“Holy sh*t...” Albert exclaimed, “Why are there so many?”Isaac said helplessly, “Sigh, tell me about it. There have been waves after waves of special agents being sent here from the West to spy on The Ap
“Who is it...” Albert was surprised and asked, “That person wants to come to The Heaven Springs to eat here for a month? That person must be insane, right?”The manager was also very puzzled, and he said, “I don’t understand it either. When the person came, she asked what is the most expensive package in our restaurant. So, I quoted her the price of two hundred thousand dollars for a meal without drinks in the Diamond Room. After that, the other party did not say anything, and she simply booked the room for a month for both lunch and dinner and so, it would be sixty meals in total! Twelve million dollars!”Albert frowned and said, “Is that person insane? Could it be that she is deliberately playing a trick on you?”“No!” The manager hurriedly said, “That lady was really cool! I said that it would be a minimum of twelve million dollars and that I could give her a discount if she were to really make the booking. The lady then transferred fifteen million dollars directly to The Heaven
After Sherry had returned to Shangri-La, she reported the situation that she had encountered at The Heaven Springs to Kathleen.Upon listening to Sherry’s account, Kathleen immediately said with certainty, “I guess that they must be reserving their Diamond Room for an important guest. It might be Master Wade.”As Kathleen said that, she smiled slightly, and she was also much more relaxed as she said, “That is even better, then. Perhaps I might be able to see Master Wade in a few days.”Sherry stuck out her tongue and sighed emotionally as she said, “He could actually refuse an order of more than ten million dollars because of Master Wade. Albert is really showing Master Wade a lot of respect!”Kathleen nodded gently, pursed her lips, and said with great interest, “I’m really getting more and more curious about Master Wade!”Immediately afterward, Kathleen’s eyes lit up as she spoke up and said, “Sherry, see if there are any villas in Aurous Hill that are close to the mountains and
Under such circumstances, not to mention letting them find a paper clip or blade to escape, but even if a blade was placed in front of them, they would not be able to pick it up.When the soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies brought all of them into the lower second floor of the basement in the dog farm, this group of men did not know what kind of situation awaited them. The group of men was then brought to the solid and impregnable cage. Albert then pulled off the black gunny sack covering their heads one by one. When he saw more than ten men with different skin tones, he said coldly, “Since all of you are special agents, I think that all of you should be proficient in Oskian dialect too. I will introduce myself to you. My name is Don Albert, Aurous Hill’s mobster boss! I’ve never been afraid of anyone on this land aside from Master Wade. You b*stards are all equivalent to the dogs that I’m raising here. So, you have to obey all of my arrangements obediently. Otherwise, I have my ways
Albert had a strong and reckless aura. This strong and reckless aura of his was usually not scary in front of people who had gone through life and death as well as various difficulties and setbacks in life. Some people might even feel that it was a little ridiculous.However, once he was in the right environment, a very powerful deterrent power would burst out of this recklessness in his body. At this moment, Albert was just like an African hyena standing on the endless African savannah as he stood in front of the iron cage at the dog farm!This was his turf, and on his turf, even a lion, who was the king of all beasts, would squirm after seeing his fierce appearance.This was because this scene might look inconspicuous, but in reality, it was truly ruthless. So what if it was a lion or a hippopotamus? If they were to indeed fight, the African hyena was not afraid of anyone. They could play directly according to the most ruthless and cruel methods in the animal world, which was
As Albert spoke, he then said with some concern, “Mr. Cameron, what I’m worried about now is whether there would be any mistakes when there are too many people around and we are about to transport them out. No matter how strongly the cage is welded, it would have to be cut open when we let them out.”Isaac laughed and said, “That’s easier to settle. When the time comes, I will prepare some anesthetic injections used on bears for you to use. You can just give them a shot through the cage, and after they are all down, you can load them into the container directly and arrange for a truck to pull the container to the dock to be loaded onto the cargo ship. It should not take long to deliver them to Hamed.”Albert heaved a sigh of relief and smiled as he said, “That would be much easier, then!”***At this moment.It was early morning in Washington, D.C.Roger and Smith were sitting in the office and smoking a cigarette in the military’s research and development base. Moreover, there w
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