Charlie realized that Homer was Kathleen’s nephew after reading the message.Charlie told Quinn, “Well, I happen to know Homer’s aunt.”“Huh?” Quinn asked in surprise, “How do you know his aunt?”Charlie scoffed and replied with a smile, “It’s a rather long story.”Charlie soon received another message on his phone: [Mr. Wade, Finley and Homer used to study in the same college. Their enrollment years were the same. They were collegemates.]‘F*ck!’ Charlie quietly cursed in his heart. After reading the message, everything became crystal clear in his head. He thought to himself, ‘No wonder we couldn’t find Finley anywhere at all! He had come to New York for Homer’s protection!’‘The Fox family is strong. Besides, New York is their territory too. How can Ten Thousand Armies fight the Fox family along with their power and resources in New York?!’‘If Finley had continued to stay in hiding in the Fox family, Ten Thousand Armies would never have been able to find his whereabouts even
Janus could not understand. He had told Charlie everything about the matter’s danger and severity, but despite that, Charlie was unmoved.He sighed quietly and pondered, ‘Does Charlie really think he can keep this under control?’As he thought of that, he could not help but sigh. ‘Charlie’s courage is commendable. He is brave, but he just can’t see the big picture... What if he can’t escape today? Will Master Curtis’s descendant be doomed?’Janus was shocked by his thoughts. He knew Curtis only had a son, which was Charlie, however, he had only recently learned that Charlie was still alive.He could not allow his benefactor’s only son to die here.He had survived for more than twenty years and had no regrets. However, Charlie was still young. He was the child of Curtis and Ashley. Janus could not just watch him die here!Janus immediately took out his phone and attempted to call the police at once.He no longer cared about Charlie’s reaction. Charlie might stop him or get angry,
Only Charlie could hear everything happening outside the door.He recalled his experience when he had faced the Fujibayashi family ninjas in Japan. He could sense the movements outside with his keen senses. The enemies outside were using the shuriken as their weapon. It was the same weapon that Fujibayashi Aota had used at that time! He frowned a little and scoffed disdainfully. “Hmph. It’s the Japanese Ninja!”Right after that, he quietly grabbed the Soul Blade in his hand.Quinn overheard his mutters and asked in a surprise, “Charlie, what are you talking about? What Japanese Nin-”Before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by someone suddenly kicking the door open!Immediately afterward, Kazuo led seven Iga ninjas into the room.As the two girls screamed in fright, Kazuo coldly ordered the ninja beside him, “Kill everyone here except for the women. Don’t let them li-”Kazuo was then unable to finish his sentence because when he looked up and saw Charlie sitti
Janus and Quinn were completely stunned.Quinn had absolutely no idea about what was going on. Meanwhile, Janus could not understand why the group that had come in with murderous intent was now kneeling and begging for mercy as soon as they had seen Charlie. Janus, Quinn, and Dorothy had no idea what had brought upon Kazuo’s fear. They could not understand why Kazuo was scared to death upon seeing Charlie.Kazuo could feel the abnormal heartbeat in his heart, and his heart rate became so fast that it hurt badly.He could not help recalling the shocking scene he had witnessed on Mount Wintry that day. Charlie had merely used a small stone and easily killed a War King by kicking the stone at him. Charlie could easily end their lives if he was unhappy!Kazuo had no choice but to keep begging for mercy. He hoped that Charlie would spare their lives.Charlie then spoke with a playful smile, “Kazuo, right? Close the door first.” Kazuo nodded pathetically and hurriedly stood up befor
Charlie nodded before he spoke, “To tell you the truth, one of the masterminds behind this incident today is here now. He is Homer Fox from the New York Fox family.”“I would like you to help me kidnap him and take him away according to the plan you’ve just mentioned. Transport him to the port, but not to Finley George. I will arrange for someone to contact you and take him away. Once this is done, the eight of you will follow my men and leave. They will keep you safe.”Kazuo had never met Homer Fox in person. However, he was aware of the New York Fox family’s reputation and strength.The Fox family was powerful, and even the Ito family from Japan was incomparable to them. Despite that, Charlie had ordered him to capture the Fox family’s eldest young master, and this scared him to death.He cried and hurriedly pleaded, “Master Wade... We Iga ninjas are already surviving in the cracks! Provoking the Fox family would probably bring disaster to us...”Charlie sneered and warned him s
Charlie wanted to ensure his plan was in order. He had received Homer’s profile on his phone from Porter earlier, and he opened it. Then, he clicked on Homer’s photo and handed his phone over to Kazuo and his men.He urged them, “Remember this man’s face carefully. If he comes over with his men later, you can wait until he comes in before killing all of his men. If he comes alone, kidnap him right away and bring him to me. Understand?”Kazuo dared not delay his response, and he hurriedly nodded as he said, “Master Wade, please rest assured! I understand...”Charlie nodded and added, “If he has sent someone to come and check on the situation, you don’t have to do anything. Just let them in.”“Understood!” Kazuo solemnly agreed and stared at Homer’s photo carefully. Finally, he said, “Master Wade, I have memorized Homer’s face!” Charlie nodded slightly and waved his hand. “Since you have memorized it clearly, you may leave now.”Kazuo let out a sigh of relief, and he hurriedly sai
Charlie agreed, “That's right. I also suspect that Finley has been hiding in the Fox family.”Janus smacked his lips and said, “Since you plan to let these ninjas kidnap Homer, you might as well let your men keep these ninjas under control. Tell the ninjas to demand a huge ransom from the Fox family first before disappearing. After that, the Fox family will assume that the ninjas are the ones who kidnapped Homer. Then, they will follow the ninja’s trail and continue the investigation.”“Once they uncover the ninjas’ identity, they will head to Japan to search for their whereabouts. However, they will not be able to find them while the ninjas are still in your hand. They will find the ninjas family and interrogate them only to learn that Finley is the one who hired them.”“As a result, the Fox family will think that Finley is the one who hired these ninjas to kidnap Homer. When the Fox family interrogates Finley, Finley will not be able to explain himself.”“Finley will panic once t
Charlie was impressed with Janus’s suggestion, and he exclaimed, “Janus, your idea is brilliant! I’ll go with that!”At the same time, Dorothy could not help but say, “Mr. Wade... Didn’t Kazuo just say that that scum, Finley, is waiting for him at the port? Why don’t we catch Homer here and catch Finley at the port? Why go through so much trouble?”Janus smiled and explained, “Miss Dorothy, reality is different from the movies. In the movie ‘Young and Dangerous’, the main character often takes his men to kill people everywhere. However, this is very rare in reality. Most crime organizations have a strict internal hierarchy and clear segregation of duties. Everyone has their designated role in the organization. Those who are assigned to fight will fight, but those assigned to think will only use their brains. Why would the commander put himself in danger?”Charlie nodded as well. “If Finley were to personally meet the Iga ninjas at the port, he wouldn’t have survived until today. In
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
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