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
The registration for the Rejuvenating Pill was about to close soon.Nearly a thousand tycoons from all over the world had signed up, but in the end, only two hundred would be able to successfully make the cut.After the registration deadline, Jasmine began arranging for the team to start on the capital verification process. If it was a tycoon with a ranking on Forbes, the latest net worth announced on the Forbes list would prevail and be used directly. However, if it was a tycoon who did not appear on Forbes, a series of cumbersome and thorough capital verification processes would have to be carried out. As for Charlie, he had also begun to prepare for the auction. He did not need to prepare the Rejuvenating Pills as they were already ready-made. All he needed to prepare was nothing more than the amulets that he had promised back then.Amulets were not difficult to make, but their function was relatively simple. Some could ward off evil, some could be used to change a person’s f
Charlie used a part of the giant clam to refine a few medium-level amulets to block disasters first. With the blessing from such amulets, at the very least, ordinary people could avoid death.However, this was only limited to ordinary people. Not to mention a master with Reiki like Charlie himself, but this amulet would not be useful for a relatively strong martial artist such as Porter. These few amulets were very easy to refine, so Charlie made ten amulets at one go. He planned to put two of the amulets up for auction, and he would give the rest of the amulets to his wife and friends around him. After refining the amulets, Charlie was then ready to refine a stronger talisman for himself.Although the previous Thunder Order could summon heavenly thunder, if Charlie were to really encounter a master, it would be difficult for Charlie to kill the enemy with just one blow like before.Therefore, Charlie planned to upgrade his Thunder Order.The original Thunder Order back then
But for all magical instruments, the strength of its effectiveness was closely related to three aspects.Firstly, it was the material used to refine the magical instrument.The better the material, the more powerful the magical instrument that was refined. This was the same as the casting of swords. The better the steel used, the sharper and tougher the sword. Secondly, it was the refiner’s own ability.The stronger the Reiki and the higher the cultivation level, the stronger the magical instrument would be. It was just like the gap between ordinary people and the swordsmith master which was insurmountable. As for the third, it was naturally the user’s own strength.All magical instruments were, by no means, a perpetual motion machine that could be used indefinitely. For example, there were two types of magical instruments for the Thunder Order. The first one was for the refiner to inject Reiki into the Thunder Order directly. This kind of Thunder Order could be used by peopl
Charlie also did not know what the effect of the force of cutting down dozens of trees in one go would be if it was used on metals and rocks.So, Charlie immediately sought out a boulder that was the size of an adult elephant, and he activated a ten-layer Soul Blade fiercely from a distance of several dozen meters away. At this moment, Charlie only felt as if thirty percent of the Reiki in his body had been drained away at once, which was then followed by an incomparably powerful burst of Reiki blasting out in front of him!A few moments later, the boulder shattered completely into countless broken pebbles which were flying in the sky, almost as if it had been detonated by the kinds of explosives used to open up mountains.For a while, the collapsed gravel and dust filled the surrounding area, covering the sky and the sun!Charlie stood still in place and endured a rain of gravel that lasted for several seconds. Each piece of debris carried great force, and they even cut Charlie’
Though Jacob had nothing going for him, he had always had a huge ego, and he had never once admitted that he would lose to anyone in the presence of his wife and daughter.That was why both Elaine and Claire were shocked when he suddenly openly admitted that he was a piece of shit in front of them. They had never heard such a thing from him in the decades they had lived with him!In fact, Jacob himself was reluctant to insult himself like that.However, Charlie told him repeatedly that he absolutely must say it before he came here—because Charlie was dead sure that this line was the key to getting over this impasse, and it truly did put this crisis to rest.Even as Jacob finished, his heart was bleeding as he felt like he had just put his pride on the floor and trampled all over it until it was crushed to oblivion. Even though it was to clear any suspicion Elaine held toward him, to call himself a piece of shit—to say it himself that his beloved woman would think him beneath her,
Before Elaine knew it, she was reading the website she had just read again, and she did indeed find Yolden's name on it.With that, everything Charlie had said snapped together into a perfect chain of logic.Seeing the troubled look on her face, Charlie quickly added, "I'm not going to lie—Dad told me right away when he was told Matilda was getting married. We even discussed if we should tell you, and now you know why." "Matilda is doing so well for herself and got such an amazing husband, and they've picked Shangri-La's Sky Garden—something an average Joe could never hope to reach. And since she invited our whole family and not just us, Dad had to really think about it.""Eventually, he told me to hide it from you or it'd leave you devastated, so none of us said anything. We just didn't think you'd find that invitation and then end up having a big fight about it."Sighing, Charlie then continued, "But if you really want to go, we can go together for their wedding to put your min
Bitterness swelled in Elaine's heart as she really didn't think that Matilda was doing so well for herself.The fact that Matilda was worth millions alone made her far superior.At the same time, she was also rejoicing that she had never actually met Matilda. If Matilda asked how she was doing directly, how would she respond?In the end, Matilda was no Hannah Queen.Elaine would actually feel accomplished if she compared herself to Hannah.On the other hand, Matilda eclipsed Elaine in every way—she was more beautiful, kind, smart, and knowledgeable. Even her figure left Elaine dead in the water!It was as pointless as comparing a hen to a peacock!Whenever she thought of her, she could comfort herself that she had stolen her man even if she couldn't measure up in any way.But now, Jacob was completely insignificant to Matilda while Elaine still treated Jacob like a trophy.Even as a sense of inferiority seized her, Charlie sighed. "Come on, you should understand where Jacob is
"Exactly!"Charlie agreed, striking the metal while it was hot. "To be honest, the years Matilda spent in the States would be wasted if she was actually still interested!" "She's a Wall Street veteran who'd definitely have met so many successful men! Why would she be interested in a loser like Jacbo Wilson? It's not like she returned from the States after thirty years to help the poor, don't you agree?"Charlie then finished with a sigh. "The way I see it? You're the only one who'd be interested in him."Jacob heard that from behind the wall and was left absolutely fuming and humiliated.He was the only one who knew that Matilda had come back for him—even if she was worth millions now.However, he just didn't have the spine to divorce Elaine and get together with Matilda.He presumed that it was no rush and that he could just give Elaine the silent treatment—who knew, she might just give in and ask for a divorce herself, and then, he would have no issues getting together with M
"Her real lover?!" Elaine exclaimed in shock. "What are you talking about?"Charlie put on a serious face as she said, "Matilda came back to Oskia for her one true love, who is now her fiance. His name is Yolden Hart, a top economist who's now a lecturer at Aurous Hill University, who was invited all the way from the States. He's a professional manager and used to work in Wall Street, so he'd be qualified to be a CEO in any Fortune 500 company…""Professional manager?" Elaine pouted. "That still means he's a wage slave!"Charlie laughed. "Don't underestimate professional managers now. Just look at Apple Inc.'s CEO—the man earns around a hundred million USD per year, and that's over seven hundred million in Oskian dollars!"Elaine was left gaping, unable to imagine how a wage slave could earn so much.At the same time, Charlie continued, "To be fair, Professor Hart wouldn't earn that much, but 50 million per year is still no sweat for him. Do you get the amount of money we're talki
Elaine appeared taken aback, and she promptly demanded, "You've met Matilda too?!"It was only then that Claire realized she had let the cat out of the bag, and she suddenly didn't know what to say. "Oh… Uh… Mom… I, uh… didn't?"Nonetheless, Elaine was suddenly pressing her menacingly, "If you've never met her, how would you know she's a serious person?!"As Claire stayed silent, Elaine broke down in tears. "No… You're lying to me too! Aren't you?!"While Claire was left at a loss of how she should salvage this mess, Charlie suddenly entered and said, "Claire didn't—but I did.""What?!" Elaine was left staring at Charlie, stunned.Still, she soon demanded, "Y-You've met Matilda?! Did Jacob take you with him to see her?""Yes," Charlie admitted, nodding.Elaine snapped right then, and she bellowed, "Then why didn't you tell me?! To think that I've always done right by you, treating you like my own son, but you wouldn't tell me that Jacob is cheating on me! Y-You disappoint me!"
Jacob certainly left Charlie speechless—the man might get kicked out of the house, but he was more worried about his car.Sighing in exasperation, he told Jacob, "Look, if it fails, I won't be able to get you a nice place, let alone leave the Cullinan with you."Jacob blurted out, "But why—""Don't forget—I'm still living in this house even if you're gone!" Charlie explained, his expression dead serious. "If I let you have a nice place and the Cullinan, God knows how terrible a grudge your wife would hold against me. I need to have a sense of self-preservation too!""If I got you a rundown apartment, I could at least defend myself even if she gets upset about that. I mean, I can't let you sleep in the streets, can I? Claire and I would be guilty of abandoning our elders."Seeing the serious look on Charlie's face, Jacob breathed a long sigh as he clapped him on the shoulder, groaning mournfully, "Oh, I get it. I wouldn't want to upset Elaine if I were in your shoes too…"Charlie
Charlie sighed. "I told you it'd blow up, Dad, but you had to doubt me.""I wasn't doubting you," Jacob promptly defended himself. "I thought I might catch a lucky break—"Charlie cut him short, "Fair enough. Then, how are you going to handle this? I can try to stop Mom from going to that wedding and prevent her from getting in the hall even if she went, but what's going to happen to the both of you? Do you want a divorce or do you want to stay with her?"The light in Jacob's faded as he shrugged and sighed. "If I could divorce her, I would've—and I would be living happily with Matilda now. What company would I have if I did it now? Do you think Elaine would let me stay in Thompson First, with that attitude of hers?""In the end, I'd be chased out without a place to stay, and I can't suffer the humiliation of moving back with my mom and brother, can I? Hell, they might not even take me back!""So, that's a no?" Charlie pressed.Jacob smiled wryly. "At my age, even if I could, I w
Hearing that Elaine was threatening suicide, Claire exclaimed urgently, "Take me to her now!"The traffic police officer quickly nodded. "Come on!"As the traffic police officer quickly led Claire to Elaine, Charlie arrived just then and gave chase after leaving the luggage by the entrance.Stopping them, he asked, "Excuse me, officer—where's the gentleman who came with Madam Parker? May I see him?""And who are you?" The traffic police officer asked."I'm his son-in-law," Charlier replied. "I was thinking that while my wife talks to her mom, I can talk to my father-in-law, make peace, and take them both home.""Oh, that'd be great!"The traffic police officer exclaimed and quickly beckoned at a colleague, "Come over. Take this gentleman to Jacob Wilson!""Okay!" The other traffic police officer was also quite enthusiastic.Charlie entered the room where Jacob was first, immediately seeing a disfigured Jacob taking deep puffs of his cigarette.Another traffic police officer w