‘That’s impossible!’ was Xavion’s first thought upon hearing the mention of the Japanese ninjas.He used to let his men deal with the Japanese ninjas before. In his opinion, the Japanese ninjas would never dare to go against the Fox family. Why would they kidnap his son?!With that thought in mind, Xavion looked at Becker and asked coldly, “Are you sure it’s the Japanese ninjas?”“I’m sure!” Becker explained, “Only the Japanese still use hidden weapons like shuriken. It's their tradition to use such poison that kills the victim immediately.”Xavion questioned, “Doesn’t Oskia also have this throwing weapon with poison that kills immediately?”Becker hurriedly said, “Master, Oskia has it, but only in the bast. There were indeed these weapons in martial arts a long time ago, however, during the Boxer Rebellion era, these throwing weapons basically ceased to exist after their defeat. Only martial arts remained in practice. Therefore, these despicable means of hurting people are not se
In Xavion’s opinion, Homer probably wanted to take the opportunity to pursue Quinn. That explained why he had made such a strange arrangement and had not expected the Japanese ninjas to seize the opportunity.In that instance, he could not help but suspect Quinn’s relation to this incident. Was she behind it?With that thought in mind, he told the hotel manager, “Tell Miss Golding to open the door! I have something to ask her!”The hotel manager hurriedly said, “Master, Miss Golding’s men said that they would only open the door when the police arrive.”“Nonsense!” Xavion’s anger grew and became unstoppable. “Does she know that she’s in the Fox family’s territory?!”After that, he took a step forward and kicked the lounge door. He shouted, “Open the door!” Charlie called out from inside, “We’ll only talk to the police. Anyone unrelated to the police should stay away! The farther the rude guys go, the better!” Xavion was shaking in a fury. The fact that his son was missing alrea
Charlie could sense Xavion’s extremely unfriendly gaze, and he casually glanced at him with his peripheral gaze and noticed that Xavion resembled Jordan a lot.Based on the conversation he had overheard from inside earlier, he could be sure that this man was Homer’s father, Xavion Fox.Xavion was burning in savage fury, and as his eyes met Charlies, he barked with the authority of a man who was not to be crossed, “I told you to open the door just now! Why didn’t you open it?!”Charlie said in exasperation, “I don’t even know you. How would I know who you are? I don’t believe in anyone but the police in such an emergency!”Xavion said menacingly, “I am Xavion Fox from the Fox family! Have you ever heard of my name?”Charlie shook his head, “I’m sorry. I just came from Oskia, and I’ve never heard your name before. Besides, your priority now is to find your son. There’s no need to show your authority to me here, right? If you have so much free time, why don’t you search for your son
After a short pause, Merlin added, “Bring in all the staff here tonight for investigation. Check if the number of personnel is the same, and let the staff identify if there are any missing people!”The police officers immediately got to work. After that, Merlin said to Charlie, “You’re most likely the only witnesses at the scene. You didn’t witness the full incident, but you’ll be a great help in solving this case. We’ll need to trouble you to follow us to the police station to make a statement later.”Charlie said, “Miss Golding is a public figure. If she’s seen going in and out of the police station at this time, I’m afraid the media here will try to fabricate fake news to gain attention. It'll be inconvenient.”Having said that, Charlie suggested, “How about this. We’ll go back to the hotel first. You may come to the hotel to meet us for the statement later. We’ll give you our full cooperation.”Merlin nodded and said, “That will do. Once I’m done with the crime scene, I’ll visi
Merlin had always been unhappy with Xavion, mainly because of his dislike for Xavion.He had also heard that Xavion’s father, Spencer, had taken the opportunity to seize power while Jordan was vulnerable. Merlin admired Jordan a lot, so he despised Spencer and his son, Xavion.Xavion could not deal with Merlin because Merlin was just too famous, and he also had a high political status in the White House. Merlin was known as the light of the Oskians in the United States. He had even received an award from the current president for solving a serial murder case that had lasted for ten years.He had a strong following and supporter base in the United States and was viewed as a symbol to the Oskians in the United States. If something were to happen to him, the Oskians in the United States would parade for his justice.Therefore, Xavion had no way to deal with Merlin at all. He could not offend him nor do anything to him. If he hurt him, it would hurt the Fox family a lot.Merlin looked
A police officer immediately came forward and warned him, “Sir, you have to leave now! If you continue to stay and disrupt the scene, we’ll have to take coercive measures against you!”Xavion ground his teeth as he barked, “I’ll see who dares to touch me!”The police officers were aware of Xavion’s identity, so they did not dare to use force on the furious Xavion.Merlin turned back and said, “Fine. Xavion, you can stay here if you’re just so stubborn.”Xavion was pleased to see Merlin’s compromise. He felt suffocated when others pushed him around and refused to comply with him. At last, he could at least win once.He snorted and said arrogantly, “Merlin, glad that you know what to do!”Merlin was not angered by Xavion’s arrogance at all. Instead, he spoke with a wry smile, “By the way, Xavion, the police are obliged to disclose such a tragic incident to the public. I'm sure many media will arrive soon to report this case. You can stay and have a good chat with them.”Upon sayin
The bodyguard’s words made Finley panic more, and he quickly asked, “Who else died?!”The bodyguard shook his head and said, “I’m not sure about that.”After that, he could not be bothered to talk to Finley anymore and left in a hurry.Finley immediately fell into deep thought. ‘Homer has gone missing? Who did this? What happened to those Iga ninjas? Are they the ones who died?!’Finley never thought that the eight Iga ninjas he hired would attack Homer instead. Hence, he speculated that it might be another enemy that had kidnapped Homer.Finley had done a lot of despicable deeds in his life. However, he could swear that he had absolutely nothing to do with Homer’s disappearance.It was rare for him to face something with a clear conscience like this.He was not worried that Homer’s disappearance would have anything to do with him. He was only worried about the implications. If something happened to Homer, Finley might temporarily lose his protection. In that case, he might be
According to the United States student visa policy, the visa would become invalid once you were expelled from the school. In this case, a student would have to leave the United States first in a normal process. However, this young man had been too ashamed to face his parents, so he had gone dark in New York.The young man had overstayed his visa illegally, and he did not have a fixed job or permanent residence. In order to survive, he usually stayed in an internet cafe in Oskiatown every day, and he earned his living by providing game-boosting services and doing other part-time jobs.If the income from his game-boosting job was insufficient, he would search for a one-day gig job to work. Once he had enough money, he would continue his stay in the internet cafe. He would come out to work when he ran out of money again.The young man was standing in the meeting room with the others while waiting for the police to question them.However, he was very anxious and nervous because he was
Though Jacob had nothing going for him, he had always had a huge ego, and he had never once admitted that he would lose to anyone in the presence of his wife and daughter.That was why both Elaine and Claire were shocked when he suddenly openly admitted that he was a piece of shit in front of them. They had never heard such a thing from him in the decades they had lived with him!In fact, Jacob himself was reluctant to insult himself like that.However, Charlie told him repeatedly that he absolutely must say it before he came here—because Charlie was dead sure that this line was the key to getting over this impasse, and it truly did put this crisis to rest.Even as Jacob finished, his heart was bleeding as he felt like he had just put his pride on the floor and trampled all over it until it was crushed to oblivion. Even though it was to clear any suspicion Elaine held toward him, to call himself a piece of shit—to say it himself that his beloved woman would think him beneath her,
Before Elaine knew it, she was reading the website she had just read again, and she did indeed find Yolden's name on it.With that, everything Charlie had said snapped together into a perfect chain of logic.Seeing the troubled look on her face, Charlie quickly added, "I'm not going to lie—Dad told me right away when he was told Matilda was getting married. We even discussed if we should tell you, and now you know why." "Matilda is doing so well for herself and got such an amazing husband, and they've picked Shangri-La's Sky Garden—something an average Joe could never hope to reach. And since she invited our whole family and not just us, Dad had to really think about it.""Eventually, he told me to hide it from you or it'd leave you devastated, so none of us said anything. We just didn't think you'd find that invitation and then end up having a big fight about it."Sighing, Charlie then continued, "But if you really want to go, we can go together for their wedding to put your min
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