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
When Jordan saw that Jarvis appeared a little sluggish and noted the dumbfounded look on the latter’s face when he turned to look at him, he lowered his voice and asked, “Master Yant, what’s wrong with you?”Jarvis came back to his senses, and he said in a similarly low voice, “Lord Fox, the security personnel here are all martial arts experts without exception...”“What?!” Jordan exclaimed, “There are at least dozens of security personnel here, and they are all martial arts experts?!”“Yes!” Jarvis nodded and continued with certainty, “And the ones with the worst strength are also three-star martial artists!”Jordan was dumbfounded, and he could not help but murmur, “How can there be so many martial arts experts in a small city like Aurous Hill...” Didn’t they say there weren’t many martial arts experts in the country not long ago?!”Jarvis said in a low voice, “I don’t know... If that’s the case, it seems as though the boss behind this auction must be an all-powerful person.”A
At this time, Jeremiah was incomparably excited, and he spoke in a somewhat incoherent voice as he said, “C-Charlie... You... Are you really going to give me half of a Rejuvenating Pill?!”Charlie smiled slightly, nodded, and said, “Would I still be joking with you about such things? You can rest assured that I will arrange for this half of the Rejuvenating Pill for you at the auction site tonight. When the time comes, Miss Moore, the organizer, will then thank you in public for your support for the auction, and she will give you half of the Rejuvenating Pill on the spot. All you would have to do is just take that half of the Rejuvenating Pill in front of everyone.”Jeremiah did not expect that he would be able to get what he wanted at the auction tonight. He could not help but feel ecstatic and his whole body was trembling with excitement as he said with incomparable excitement, “Don’t worry, Charlie. I will do everything that you ask me to do at that time!”Charlie nodded and said
“That’s good.” Charlie nodded in satisfaction and turned to ask Zayne, “Nothing unusual was found on the scene today, right?”Zayne shook his head and said in a hurry, “Mr. Wade, I’ve arranged my capable subordinates to install many hidden cameras as well as thermal imaging and life monitoring systems that use the most cutting-edge technology around the hotel. There are also quite a number of soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies hiding in the shadows. They’d never let any suspicious person enter Shangri-La.”“Good.” Charlie smiled, pleased. “With the Ten Thousand Armies taking charge, I’m completely at ease with the security here with the brothers .”Zayne beamed. “We’ll do our best to ensure that the security of the auction is flawless, Mr. Wade!”Charlie gave him a nod of approval. Just then, his cell phone suddenly rang.The caller was Kathleen, the fourth VIP of the night.As soon as the call was connected, Kathlee’s voice came from the phone. “Hello, Mr. Wade. I’m at the entran
Kathleen had long known of the process and requirements regarding the auction for the Rejuvenating Pill.However, she still pretended to be surprised in front of Charlie as she listened to his explanation.Charlie was also playing along with her, deliberately pretending to be convinced that she was Kylie Jane from France, not Kathleen Fox. Charlie had no intention to expose Kathleen’s identity. He wanted to go along with her act, and wait for her to take the initiative to explain the truth to him.With these thoughts in mind, the two soon arrived at the security inspection channel at the entrance of the ballroom. Charlie handed a VIP invitation to Kathleen. “Miss Jane, take this invitation and give this to the staff when you go in. The staff will take you directly to the private room on the second floor.”Kathleen asked in surprise, “Mr. Wade, aren’t you going in together with me?”Charlie laughed. “I have a VIP invitation, but my status here is not as a VIP. Rather, I’m a co
Jasmine nodded shyly and mumbled, “Actually… I’m mainly afraid I won’t do well and let you down, Master Wade…”Charlie laughed good-naturedly. “That won’t happen. Today is our seller’s market. As long as you take out the Rejuvenating Pill, they’ll still go through thick and thin just to participate in the auction next year, even if we do a lousy job. You should be bold and confident! There’s no need to worry whether you'll do good or bad.” At his encouragement, the tense knot in Jasmine’s heart came undone. Feeling better, she gave him a small nod and said determinedly, “Okay, Master Wade. I understand!”Charlie hummed in approval. He recalled something and added, “By the way, Jasmine. I was originally planning to invite your grandfather to this auction today as a VIP. After thinking about it, you’ve just taken over Moore Group. I figured it’s better to let you stand out and present yourself properly as the new head of the Moore family on this occasion. It’d be too overwhelming for
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