Chandler hesitated for a moment before he looked at Charlie and said seriously, “Young Master Wade, there is actually something that I don’t know if I should say or not.”Charlie said, “Old Master Lennard, you don’t have to be so courteous with me. There is no harm in speaking your mind.”Chandler said, “Although you have broken out of the dragon stranding predicament, getting back to the fate of the dragon that originally belongs to you is not the end! In the ‘Tales of Strange Matters’, it is recorded that it takes five hundred years to form a water dragon, a thousand years to form a dragon, and the dragon will turn into a horned dragon in five hundred years while a winged dragon would take a thousand years. This means that someone with the fate of a dragon does not really have the highest fate as there are still the horned and winged dragons above this.”The contents of the Apocalyptic Book instantly came to Charlie’s mind. There were indeed records of the water dragon as well as
Chandler’s words made Charlie ponder.What he was thinking about was not about whether he should borrow the strength of his maternal grandfather’s family to achieve his own goals in the future, but what he was thinking about was that the higher in the world he rose, the narrower the road would be. If he wanted the Wade family to stand at the pinnacle of the world, he was bound to meet with the Acker family on the narrow road someday in the future.He could not help but think about whether the Acker family would be his enemy or friend if they were to really meet on the narrow road one day in the future. After all, the Acker family was now one of the top three families in the world. If Charlie wanted to realize his father’s last wish back then, it would be inevitable for the Wade family to want to stand higher than these three big families.If the three big families did not want to see a rising star above them, that could also trigger a battle of life and death between the new king
When Charlie heard these words, he admired Kathleen a little more.This woman was really something. At the very least, because Kathleen was using favor as her mode of attacking, Charlie had already long decided that if Kathleen’s grandfather could not win the bid for the Rejuvenating Pill, he would still give him half a Healing Pill so that he could live for another two more years. Combined with Chandler’s words, it was basically certain that even if something unexpected were to happen to Jordan while he was in Aurous Hill this time, he would have half of the Healing Pill to save his life.Charlie knew that Kathleen was going to engage in using favor as her mode of attack, and he also knew that no matter how she attacked, it would still be far from the worth of half a Healing Pill.However, Charlie always felt that if he did not repay this favor and kept owing Kathleen all the time, he would definitely feel very awkward and twisted. This was the brilliant thing about Kathleen.
At this moment, Kathleen felt that all of her plans and rhythm had instantly been disrupted by Charlie’s sudden invitation.She did not even know what Charlie’s purpose was.Was it just that he simply wanted to invite her to participate in the auction, or had he detected her motives long ago and so, he was deliberately taking advantage of the situation?Hence, she suddenly did not know how to react for a while. Just as she was at a loss for words, Charlie then asked a follow-up question, “Miss Jane, are you not interested in this kind of auction? In truth, you don’t have to worry too much. I’m not helping the auction to attract customers, but I just think that this auction might be more interesting and so, I wanted to invite you, as a guest who came from afar, to come over and enjoy it. You could also kill some boredom and pass time there.”As Charlie spoke, he laughed and said, “After all, I am also married. It would be more or less inappropriate if I invited you out to watch a
“No.” Charlie said casually, “How can I afford to organize any auction? I just know the organizer and promised to do them a small favor. So, I received a VIP entrance ticket from them.”After saying that, Charlie added, “Miss Jane, the auction will officially start at eight o’clock the night after tomorrow. You should arrive at the entrance of Shangri-La at seven o’clock at night the day after tomorrow, and I will pick you up and bring you in.”“Okay!” Kathleen hastily agreed and smiled as she said, “I will see you the day after tomorrow then, Mr. Wade!”Charlie said, “Okay, see you then.”After Charlie had said that, he added, “By the way, Miss Jane, please do not tell anyone, especially Claire, about this matter.”Kathleen did not feel surprised when she heard this.This was because she had long known that Charlie was an extremely low-profile person, and he had been hiding everything extremely deeply, especially from his family. Claire did not even know as much about him as Kat
Kathleen also reported the good news to Jordan, who was still at Shangri-La, through a video call as soon as she could.Jordan, who was furious because of the strict rules and regulations in Shangri-La, was suddenly enlightened after learning of this news, and he said excitedly, “That’s great, Kathleen! It seems as though your hard work and efforts in Aurous Hill have not been in vain. That Master Wade must be the mastermind behind the whole auction!”Kathleen nodded and looked at Jordan in the video as she smiled and comforted him, “Grandpa, you will have to put up with it and suffer a little over these two days. I will bring you to the hotel where I am currently staying after the auction is over no matter what the result is. I have already prepared a room for you here.”“Okay!” Jordan said gratefully, “You’re still the most thoughtful and safe when it comes to getting things done!”Kathleen said again, “Grandpa, I will be staying in the VIP private room on the day of the auction,
Due to Charlie’s strong arrangement, the arrival of more than two hundred top tycoons did not make the ordinary citizens of Aurous Hill feel any change in the city at all aside from the fact that the parking spaces in the airports in several surrounding cities were all full. If it wasn’t for Charlie’s strong requirement that this group of people would have to comply and abide by all the regulations, this group of people would have made the traffic in Aurous Hill miserable simply by bringing their own motorcades and bodyguards with them. The auction for the Rejuvenating Pill was about to officially begin today.These top tycoons who came to participate in the auction were also a little impatient. They had spent two days under house arrest in Shangri-La, and they had been holding back their anger and frustration as they waited for the auction to officially kick-off.At 12.00 pm in the afternoon, the staff began to issue written notices to all the participants. The notice inform
When Jordan heard this, he smiled confidently as he clasped one of his hands over the other and said, “I’ll accept your auspicious words tonight, Master Yant!”After saying that, he got up from the sofa, and Jarvis, who was aside, hurriedly stepped forward to assist him. After that, both of them left the hotel room together. After they had walked out of the room, other people also began coming out of the surrounding rooms one after the other.Amongst these people, there was a mixture of eastern and western appearances, and since everyone was wearing the same clothes, it was rather difficult to distinguish each other’s appearance. Jordan thought that he would meet a few acquaintances, but to his surprise, he did not expect that the floor he was staying on was completely filled with unfamiliar faces. Everyone came to the elevator hall one after the other only to see two security guards standing at the entrance of the elevator hall. These two people had a blank look on their faces
Charlie frowned in thought for a while, before saying, "Well, there is a plan, but I can't vouch for the chances. I also need you to cooperate with me and not let anything slip, or everything will go to waste. Can you do that?""I can!" Claire nodded, determined, before quickly asking, "So? What's the plan?""Well, it's not specific," Charlie replied. "We just have to improvise as we go along. Let's just head in for now!"-They left the airport and took a cab to the traffic police's headquarters. Just as she entered, they saw their Cullinan parked outside.Charlie sent Claire in first while he carried her luggage before following.Meanwhile, Elaine was wailing in her room, "I've been married to him for years! Suffering so much pain and humiliation, only for him to hook up with an old flame behind my back! Is it wrong if I struck out?"The traffic police officer was on the verge of a breakdown, but he still said patiently, "Ma'am, I've told you many times—what he did was wrong
Claire wasn't all that experienced in love and hence didn't know how a person caught in a love triangle would think or why they would experience such terrible mood swings.Still, Charlie's explanation gave her a general idea, and she sighed, "Actually, Dad looked really bad when Matilda came back. He was so obsessed with her that he didn't care if Mom was alive—even bringing her home for dinner. I'd be seething if I was Mom."Charlie sighed in exasperation. "Well, let's not loiter about. Let's go to the traffic police station.""Yeah!" Claire nodded, before holding his arm, "If they're there, that means they're safe, and they won't be fighting with those officers around. So, let's not head over so quickly."Charlie raised a brow. "What are you getting at?"Claire sighed, clearly troubled. "We have to think—how are we going to alleviate this crisis? If it's really as you say and Mom has mostly guessed it right, this fight might just be the start. At best, that fight on the highway
The traffic police officer smiled in exasperation. "Is there no getting through to you? You could even afford to drive a nice car, and you'd most likely survive an accident. But what if you were left bedridden for a long time? Yell at each other in the same hospital room?"Elaine waved him off. "I don't care—all I know is that I will always get my revenge, and on the spot if possible. If there were superheroes, I would be Wonder Woman!""Urgh…" The traffic police officer was utterly speechless. "How about this? We will call your daughter and have her come over to bail you. She will mediate your fight!"With those words, he returned Elaine's phone to her, and it happened to ring just then.It was a call from Claire.Seeing that the contact name said [Daughter], the traffic police officer quickly said, "Go on, answer it!"Elaine took it and answered the call, and Claire asked urgently before she could say a word, "Mom? Where are you? Where's Dad? Are you both alright?"Elaine sulk
While Charlie was waiting for Claire at the airport, Jacob and Elaine were taken to the traffic police station.But even in the patrol car, Elaine did not stop lashing out at Jacob.As such, the traffic police had no choice but to call up another patrol car to bring them over separately.Charlie was hence left wondering what those two were up to this time as they were nowhere to be seen when Claire's flight was about to land and weren't answering his texts.Fortunately, Charlie never considered them reliable, so he was fine whether they showed up or not.If they did, they could all head home in the same car.If they didn't, he just had to take a cab home with Claire.It was past three when Claire's private jet landed, and Claire herself cleared the checkpoint in just half an hour, wheeling a trolley with her luggage.Seeing Charlie from afar, she couldn't help quickening her pace as she beamed.Charlie hurried toward her as well, and Claire shoved her trolley aside when they w
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