After that, he took out a black pistol from his waist before he checked it and said in a cold manner, “Alright then. After Charlie arrives, I will just shoot him in the head directly! I will avenge you immediately!”***Claire did not know anything at all.She waited for her mother by the entrance of the riverside villa and at this time, she suddenly saw Elaine trotting out to meet her.Elaine quickly opened the small gate before she said, “Claire! Come in!”Claire also waved at her mother.After that, Claire could not help but asked her mother, “Mom, why haven’t I heard of this friend of yours who lives at the riverside villa before this?”The riverside villa was located on the river bank and it was one of the local high-end communities in Aurous Hill. The people who lived here were all very wealthy and powerful and they were obviously beyond Elaine’s ordinary circle of friends.Elaine grinned before she said, “It’s one of my old classmates. He recently bought a villa here and
Elaine did not know that she was not only pushing her daughter into a fire pit at this time, but she was also pushing herself into one.Elaine was only hoping that Claire could clear up all the misunderstandings that she had with Jason and she also hoped that Claire would be able to develop a good impression of Jason at this time.If everything proceeded as planned, then Claire would finally divorce the useless piece of trash, Charlie, and then she could marry Jason instead.Claire could not help but feel a little annoyed and frustrated as soon as she was pushed into the villa by her mother.She knew that her mother was a materialistic person who had no morals at all but she thought that Elaine would have a limit.However, she could not believe that her mother would actually gang up with someone else to deceive her. This made her feel really disappointed!At this time, Claire turned around because she wanted to leave the villa immediately. Unexpectedly, Jason closed the door befo
Jason had always dreamt of getting Claire’s body.After all, Claire was known as the number one beauty in Aurous Hill. Moreover, she really deserved this title. She was really the best of the best.Now, this almost perfect woman would become his soon. This made him feel very excited!Elaine, who was standing next to Claire, looked at Jason with a look of disbelief.Didn’t Jason say that he wanted to apologize to Claire before confessing his love for her?What was going on now?Elaine hurriedly stepped forward before she stopped him and said, “Jason, what’s going on? That isn’t what you told me!”“Stop talking!” The expression on Jason’s face changed before he kicked Elaine to the ground immediately. After that, he sneered before he said, “Did you really think that I’d asked you to call your daughter over here just so I could confess my feelings to her? Become your son-in-law? You must be daydreaming!”After that, he continued speaking with an icy expression on his face, “Do you
Claire was frightened by the vicious expression on Jason’s face.Elaine was also panicking at this time.At this time, Elaine really felt like slapping herself.How could she be so materialistic? Why did she have to insist on matchmaking Jason with her daughter?This was great. She got her daughter and herself into deep trouble…After that, Elaine looked at Claire before she said in a guilty manner, “Claire, I really didn’t know this would happen. I’m really sorry for dragging you into this matter…”Claire sighed as she cried but she did not say anything at all.Jason stared at Elaine before she gritted his teeth and said, “I really didn’t want to do this to you. I originally wanted to get the doctor to cure your husband so Claire would feel grateful towards me. I thought that she would finally agree to get together with me if she felt grateful to me for saving her father….”Speaking of this, Jason cursed out loud, “Who would’ve known that Charlie, that piece of trash, would ac
”Oh, Charlie. You didn’t expect me to be the one calling you?”“Jason Grant?” Charlie asked in a cold manner. “Why is Claire’s cell phone with you?”Jason sneered before he said, “Because your wife is in my hands now! I’m ready to take off all of her clothes now because I want to enjoy her body!”After that, Jason said once again, “Oh, by the way, I heard that Claire is still a virgin? Hahaha! Charlie, you’re really useless! You’ve already been married to Claire for more than three years and you haven’t even slept with her? Don’t worry, I’ll destroy her virginity for you today! Hahaha!”Charlie was furious at this time and he yelled out in a cold voice, “Jason! I’m warning you now. If you dare to hurt my wife, I won’t let you off just like that!”“Damn you!” Jason said in a cold manner. “You have twenty minutes to come to the riverside villa. If you don’t arrive in time, then I can’t guarantee that your wife will still be a virgin! She might even lose her life! Hahaha!”At this t
Elaine was shocked at the father and son’s vicious plan!She yelled out, “Both of you are worse than beasts! I’m going to bite you to death!”Justin slapped Elaine directly across her face as he sneered, “Damn you! B*tch! You’d better behave yourself!”After that, he grabbed Elaine by her hair before he dragged her towards the bedroom inside.Elaine kept resisting and Claire wanted to rescue her but Jason did not give her a chance to do so. He grabbed her arm firmly and she could not move at all.Justin really did not expect Elaine to have such a strong personality and such a fierce temper! Therefore, he yelled at her in a furious manner, “Damn it! Do you not believe that I’m going to shoot you, you b*tch?”At this time, Jason suddenly spoke up and said, “Dad, Charlie might arrive anytime soon. If you aren’t done by the time he arrives, I’m afraid I won’t be able to deal with him on my own.”Justin hesitated for a moment before he kicked Elaine aside and said coldly, “Alright th
Wasn’t Charlie very great? Didn’t he know Don Albert? Didn’t he throw him out of the window?Now, he was going to take his life!After stepping into the house, Charlie looked at Claire with an apologetic expression on his face as though he wanted to say, “Claire, I’m sorry I’m late.”Claire did not know whether she felt surprised, happy, worried, or afraid when she saw Charlie coming into the villa to save her.However, Claire did not know why she felt very safe and secure when she saw Charlie standing in front of her.At this time, Claire suddenly cried out, “Husband…my husband…”Elaine, who had been kicked to the ground, suddenly came to her senses as she crawled over and grabbed hold of Charlie’s thigh as she said, “Charlie, my dear son-in-law. I’m glad that you’re here to save your mom now! If you had come one step later, I would’ve been a gone case!”As she said that, she pointed a finger at Justin and his son before she cried out, “Do you know that this b*stard, Jason, lie
“Damn it!”When Justin saw that Charlie was not taking him seriously, he sneered before he said, “You’re really very cocky! Good! Since you like to act tough, I’ll let you taste what pain feels like today, then! I’ll destroy your manhood now!”At this time, Jason hurriedly said, “Dad, don’t rush to destroy his manhood! I still want to take a picture of him having intercourse with his mother-in-law! Why don’t we break his hands and legs first? After that, we’ll play around with him!”“Alright then!” Justin grinned before he said, “Let’s break his hands and legs before we do a live broadcast of him!”Elaine and Claire turned pale immediately because they were both in shock. Justin pointed the muzzle at Charlie’s thigh at this time.He looked at Charlie before he sneered, “This is the price you have to pay for provoking my son!”After that, he got ready to pull the trigger.At this time, Charlie quietly released some spiritual energy from his hand, causing Elaine and Claire to fall
"Good." With a light nod, Charlie turned to Jiro and spoke up, "Jiro, I'll give you a chance to prove yourself." "Okay, Mr. Wade!" Jiro beamed excitedly. "Please tell me what to do! I promise I will do my best to serve you." Charlie smiled and said, "Once the ship is ready, you'll board it together with them. Your only task is to keep a close watch on them the entire time. Don't let them pull any tricks. If you succeed, you'll be a free man here. You'll get a basic monthly salary and can ask for anything you like within reason—so long as it's not contraband, it will be yours." Hearing this, Jiro was so thrilled that he trembled all over. His current treatment was already decent, but he was still only a semi-free man. He didn't dare casually set foot on the ground outside. If he could become a truly free man, he would be able to enjoy the sunlight outdoors freely. More importantly, from then on, he would have a salary. Although he couldn't personally go out shopping, having a sa
Julien had uncovered Charlie's true identity quite some time ago and investigated Charlie's background. He was well aware that Charlie had become the head of the Wade family and that the Acker family fully supported him. Although the outside world believed that Ten Thousand Armies had subdued the Wade family, Julien had witnessed Charlie's methods firsthand. Even the top two figures of the Rothschild family had been toyed with by Charlie, so how could Ten Thousand Armies possibly make him surrender? Thus, Julien deduced that Ten Thousand Armies was undoubtedly Charlie's covert tool. Considering the combined strength of the Wade family, the Acker family, and Charlie's personally cultivated forces, it was evident that Charlie even had the power to contend with the entire Rothschild family. Moreover, with the life-extending pill in his possession and the life of the Rothschild family head in his hands, Charlie's chances of prevailing in a confrontation against the Rothschilds were e
Enraged, Julien cursed while angrily raising his leg, "Damn it! How dare you negotiate your terms now?!" Charlie stopped him and said, "Calm down. 1 billion dollars is quite a good amount. You offer 100 million, he offers 1 billion—doesn't that mean I'll make 1.1 billion?" Dumbfounded, Julien said, "Mr. Wade, how can you even take that money? Wouldn't taking the money expose you?" Charlie smiled and said, "That's simple. I'll give you a plan that not only makes your task impossible to complete but also gives me a chance to collect the money. What do you think?" "What's the idea?" Julien asked in surprise. Charlie replied, "Here's the plan, I'll have someone put these two on a cargo ship bound for the Middle East. Once the ship passes Sri Lanka and enters the Arabian Sea, I'll have them record a video with the endless ocean as the backdrop. In the video, they'll inform their family to prepare 1 billion dollars. The money will be transferred directly in cryptocurrency." "Once
Salem cursed angrily, "You bastard! We've been desperately waiting for you to rescue us, but now you want to kill us! Are you even human?!" Julien kicked Salem far away and shouted furiously, "Damn it! You should be glad this is Oskia and not America! Otherwise, I would have shot you dead on the spot, you bastard! And your son too!" Then, Julien looked at Charlie very seriously and said, "Mr. Wade, please give me a chance! Give me a gun, and I'll take care of these two scumbags right now!" Edmund and Salem, terrified, knelt on the ground, with Edmund desperately pleading, "Mr. Wade, please spare us! Please!" Salem crawled to Charlie and wailed, "Mr. Wade, please don't believe anything Julien says! If you let him kill us, it will cause you unnecessary trouble. Just pretend that nothing happened today and let us continue to be imprisoned here!" Charlie grinned as he watched the scene and said to Julien, "If you want to kill them, go ahead, I won't stop you, but you can't take t
Salem was stunned by Julien's slap. He covered his face, looked at Julien in shock and sorrow, and sobbed, "But... but I'm older than you... I was given that middle name first." Instead of calming down, Julien became even angrier. He slapped Salem again and furiously scolded, "When your damn father found out my middle name was also Steve, why didn't he change yours? Acting above your station—who gave you the guts?!" Salem's face was swollen on both sides, and his heart was filled with even greater indignation. Crying, he pleaded, "Sir, now isn't the time to blame me for sharing your middle name! You need to figure out a way to get my son and me out of here!" "Get you out?!" Julien laughed in exasperation, pointing at him with rage. "Your wretched son committed such heinous crimes, yet you still expect me to save you? I'd rather kill you both myself to ease Mr. Wade's anger!" Julien's words were not idle talk. For him, the task in Aurous Hill had only two possible outcomes:
Charlie warned with a cold and stern voice, "You must tell him everything you did, or I will make you eat dog food for a month." Trembling in fear, Salem quickly said, "O-okay... This is what happened... My son, he was momentarily misguided..." As he spoke, he detailed how Edmund had become infatuated with Doris and the Emgrand Group. He went on to describe how Edmund had poisoned Doris's father, leaving him in critical condition with kidney failure and then used the promise of a kidney transplant to coerce Doris into submission. Since Charlie was standing right there, Salem didn't dare to omit or conceal a single detail. When he finished, Charlie sneered, "You really are a shameless piece of trash. You just described your son's series of despicable actions in meticulous detail. The careful planning and the step-by-step execution—this clearly shows that it was premeditated and deliberate. Yet, from the start, you tried to excuse him by calling it a momentary lapse in judgment.
Julien was startled by the slovenly old man with a scruffy beard, gray hair, and sloppy appearance. Sensing that the old man recognized him as a member of the Rothschild family, he asked curiously, "Do you know me?" "Yes! Of course, I know you!" Salem cried. "You're Julien Rothschild, Harrison's eldest son. I... We are somehow related. My name is Salem Steve Whittaker, head of the Whittaker family. In fact, we share the same middle name, Steve. Please... Please save us!" After hearing this, Julien looked at the man wailing and begging him and the sickly younger man on the bed crying and struggling to sit up. The scene and the realization that dawned upon him horrified him. Although he had been ordered to look for the Whittaker pair, it had never crossed his mind that he would find them on the first day he arrived in Aurous Hill. What shocked him even more was that it was actually Charlie who had locked them up! And from the looks of it, they were being tortured so miserably.
After descending to the underground level, Julien discovered that this was indeed a miniature prison. There was a long corridor in front of him, and on either side of the corridor were rooms sealed off by reinforced concrete walls on iron railings. Each room had no walls facing the corridor but iron railings that allowed you to see everything inside at a glance. Even the simple toilet inside had only a one-meter-high wall, and people's heads were exposed when using the toilet. Even though it was completely underground, the air, temperature, and humidity inside were no different from those above. Charlie thought there would be a strange smell when he came down, but he was surprised that he didn't feel any discomfort at all. Albert came to him and said, "Mr. Wade, we installed a fresh air system when we built this place. The air in here is circulated twice an hour. It even includes a central dehumidification system, so it doesn't feel humid even underground. I also installed centra
Jiro swiftly ran up from the descending staircase. When he saw Charlie and Albert, he was pleasantly surprised and greeted them enthusiastically, "Hello, Mr. Wade, Don Albert, and Mr. Cameron!" Next, he saw the unfamiliar face of Julien and, noticing his foreign face, couldn't help but feel curious about his identity. Despite his curiosity, Jiro was well-mannered and knew his place. Given his current status, it was not appropriate for him to ask unnecessary questions. So, he courteously greeted Julien, "Hello, sir." Julien, recognizing the name as Japanese, also felt curious about his identity and was even more curious about what exactly this place was. Seeing Jiro's vibrant face, Charlie smiled and asked, "Jiro, how is your life here these days?" "Very good!" Jiro answered with a beaming smile. "Everyone is very nice to me. Everything is fine." Currently, Jiro was considered a semi-free man at the dog kennel. Aside from not being allowed to leave the place, he had qui