Kathleen was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter. “It seems like he’s trying his best to be low-key to the point where he has to conceal his BMW’s real model!”She thought of something and told Sherry, “Sherry, connect the dash cam to your phone. Try and see if there’s any photo of Charlie earlier.”Sherry giggled and handed the phone to Kathleen. “Young Lady, I exported the pictures from the dashcam while you were in the villa with Charlie. I’ve chosen some clearer shots for you. You can have a look.”Kathleen praised her, “Good job, Sherry! You’re getting better at this.”Sherry laughed. “Young Lady, I’ve learnt and improved a lot by working for you.”Kathleen grinned. She took the phone and looked through the pictures.Earlier, Charlie had arrived first and waited outside the car. When the Cadillac approached Charlie, the dash cam recorded a clear video of him. Sherry managed to get plenty of clear screenshots of him.Kathleen was pleased. “I’ll have to pay Jam
Porter worked efficiently, and quickly got back to Charlie with the results.“Mr. Wade, there’s a family of Oskians with the name Jane in France. However, the family’s company is relatively average, with a total net worth of roughly ten billion dollars euros at most.”“Their net worth was only ten billion dollars euros at most?” Charlie was shocked. “Did you miss any major projects?”Porter explained, “Mr. Wade, I can’t be sure if I’ve missed anything out. However, it won’t be far different from their actual worth.”Porter’s answer confused Charlie even further. The Jane family’s net worth was only around ten billion dollars euros or so. The amount was incomparable to the Moore family’s wealth.Charlie found the matter even more strange. At last, he decided to call Graham.Once the call connected, Graham’s surprised voice rang in his ears. “Master Wade, why did you call?”Charlie asked curiously, “Mr. Quinton, did you sell your Sonfo Valley villa?”Graham was startled. He ask
Graham was flattered by Charlie’s offer to help and said gratefully, “Master Wade, I’m already very thankful to hear that from you. However, I don’t have any cash flow issues anymore. Liam just called me earlier and told me that they’d settle the payment for the last batch of medicinal stocks soon. Once I receive the payment, I’ll be able to recover my funds.”However, Charlie urged, “Mr. Quinton, feel free to contact me if you face any similar issues again.”“Alright!” Graham was thrilled. “Understood, Master Wade.”Charlie then asked him, “By the way, when do you guys plan to move to Thompson First?”Graham said, “Aurora has been busy with this for the past few days. Our new place is already renovated. There’s not much that needs to be changed, except for some furniture. The place should be ready within these few days. Aurora said she’d invite you to have a meal and have a housewarming party soon. When that happens, please act like you know nothing about this and look surprised…”
Charlie frowned hard at the thought of Kylie’s ulterior motive. He came to the conclusion that Kylie might be a bad person.He even speculated that Kylie made her assistant purchase Graham’s villa not for her grandfather to live in, but as an excuse to approach him.In that case, her sponsorship to the Aurous Hill’s Calligraphy and Painting Association might be just a pretense.Perhaps her real motive was to get in contact with his father-in-law Jacob first. Then, she would approach him by using his father-in-law’s name and the excuse of wanting him to look at Feng Shui.Charlie was suddenly greatly alarmed.After he had accepted ten billion and Emgrand Group from Stephen, Charlie had tried his best to hide his real identity from others, especially from his wife’s family.He stayed low-key, mainly because he did not want anyone to come to them for his true identity, particularly his wife, Claire.Charlie managed to hide his real identity for more than a year. Although he had mad
“Right.” Kathleen nodded before sighing again. “Now, all we have to do is try to be on the good side of Charlie’s family. That’ll increase our chances. Otherwise, we’ll be driven out of the Fox family within less than a few years and end up as an insignificant part of the family.”The Fox family was a powerful yet low-profile Oskian family. The way the family worked was quite similar to most Oskian families.The most brutal fight of all was the fight for inheritance.Kathleen was indeed the most favored in the Fox family, but this was mostly because of her grandfather’s love. The rest were simply doting on her superficially to please her grandfather.Kathleen felt just like a princess from the ancient ages. She was the old emperor’s most beloved granddaughter. With the emperor’s affection for her, anyone and everyone in the palace will have to show respect to her, at least before she got married or before the old emperor’s death. However, the princess’s importance would be grea
It was no easy feat, but Charlie was determined to find Kylie’s true identity as soon as possible. Once he arrived home, he instructed Porter to use the Ten Thousand Armies’ connection overseas to investigate Kylie Jane’s identity.Charlie initially assumed that Kylie’s identity must be fake. However, based on Porter’s feedback, it seemed like someone named Kylie Jane did exist in France. A detailed citizen registration information of her could be found in France’s national registry. France itself was a big country with many immigrants. They had good management of the citizen’s information in the registry. The details not only contained basic information such as the citizen’s birth, gender, education, but also their parent’s occupation, income, and religious beliefs.Based on Kylie’s registry information, it showed that she was born in Paris, France. Her ancestors immigrated to France in the early 20th century. Since then, the family has been rooted in France for many years. They
She entered the country earlier than expected. It was before he told Liam Weaver to bring the Apothecary Restoration Pill to the United States, and before the Vintage Deluxe announced the news about the auction event for the Rejuvenating Pill.In this way, Charlie could completely rule out the third possibility. She was not here for the Apothecary Restoration Pill. When she crossed the borders and landed in Oskia, the pill was not even out yet.Thus, Charlie could rule out the Rejuvenating Pill as her motive. However, he did not dismiss the possibility completely for one reason. Before they announced the auction for the Rejuvenating Pill, the Rejuvenating Pill was already out.Lord Moore, Travis Lane, Albert Rhodes, Chandler Lennard, Yule Golding, and the old queen from the Nordic countries had taken the Rejuvenating Pill before.Kylie might have heard about the Rejuvenating Pill before the auction announcement!Therefore, Charlie narrowed down his guesses of Kylie’s real motive
Charlie was amazed by Kylie’s ability. Suddenly, he heard some loud honking noises in the yard.Charlie then heard Elaine screaming profanity from her room on the third floor. “Who the heck is honking nonstop? Are you crazy?!”The honking noises downstairs finally stopped. Then, Jacob’s loud voice followed. He shouted, “Elaine, Charlie, come out and see my new car!”Charlie could hear Elaine’s footsteps from upstairs right after that. Elaine limped and hurried to the balcony.Charlie was in his bedroom on the second floor during the commotion. He was distracted by the commotion, and glanced down from the window.Jacob was standing in front of a Rolls-Royce Cullinan in the villa’s courtyard, his face full of excitement and pride.Elaine stood on the third-floor balcony as she looked down. When she saw Jacob with an unfamiliar-looking car that looked like an SUV or a four-wheel drive, she was shocked. “Jacob, is that your new car?”Jacob grinned smugly. “That’s right! Why don’t yo
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