Xavion hurriedly asked, “Dad, what do you mean?”Spencer smacked his lips and said, “No wonder Homer took so much effort to please her and even organized a charity dinner for her...”As he spoke of that, what Merlin had just said suddenly appeared in his mind.He immediately realized something and exclaimed, “D*mn it! Homer, this b*stard! Was he planning to do something to Quinn?!”Xavion replied awkwardly with a smile, “Dad, any man would love a beautiful woman. Isn’t it normal for Homer to want to do something? Is there anything wrong with that?”Spencer coldly said, “What I’m saying is different from what you’re thinking! Maybe he was pleasing her with the intent to spend a night with her. However, he may also be plotting to r*pe her first and murder her before destroying the evidence and corpse later!”Xavion's face turned cold, and he said, “Dad... I do agree that Homer behaved strangely at that time, but there was no substantial evidence. Say... Homer can’t be such a fool,
Charlie was no longer in a rush to head to New York. After all, Ten Thousand Armies had caught Finley. According to his plan, he wanted Kazuo to cut off Finley’s ears. Then, he would lock him up with Homer. He wanted to let them spend a night in horror. After that, he would crush them when he arrived in New York.Quinn was a well-informed lady, and she was not affected by Homer’s incident at all.The day after Charlie made Kazuo kidnap Homer, she forgot about it entirely and focused on preparing for her next concert.Quinn had been busy preparing for her concert all day. To better coordinate with the team, her agency company had rented a dance studio in New York specifically for Quinn to rehearse and choreograph with the dancers.At night, Quinn finally returned to the hotel to rest. After she was done taking a shower and about to rest, her assistant Dorothy knocked on the door.Dorothy told Quinn, “Quinn, Xavion Fox from the Fox family has just called. He would like to invite y
Spencer waved his hand and asked in a menacing voice, “Didn’t she come to New York for a concert?”Spencer instructed, “Arrange for someone to buy the venue and tell her team that the entire venue will be undergoing an upgrade and construction. Her concert will be postponed indefinitely. We will compensate her according to her rental contract, and I’ll see what she will do when the time comes.”***Quinn woke up early the next morning. After she had washed up and prepared herself, she was ready to go to the dance studio to continue rehearsing.She had been a little worried since Charlie had not come to New York yesterday. Hence, she took the initiative to send Charlie a message, asking if he planned to come to New York today.Charlie had indeed planned to go over today. He needed to find a way to get Homer and Finley to speak as he wanted to make the two confess to all the heinous deeds they had commited. After that, he needed to find a way to secure the evidence.It would be eas
Dorothy’s eyes lit up as soon as Quinn mentioned Charlie.She agreed and blurted out, “That’s right! Go and get Charlie to help! If the Fox family dares to hurt you, tell Charlie to punch the sh*t out of him!”Dorothy’s words embarrassed Quinn, and she said awkwardly, “Can you be a little more ladylike?” Dorothy’s lips twitched. “I’m usually very ladylike until someone messes with us. When I’m angry, I don’t care about being ladylike anymore. If Charlie can kick Xavion to the ground, I’ll make sure to join in and kick him too!” Quinn shook her head helplessly. “I really can’t do anything about you.”Then, she looked at the time and said, “Let’s go to the dance studio to rehearse first.” Dorothy hurriedly asked, “Wait, what should we do about the Fox family? If this doesn’t work out, the show will be canceled...”“It’ll be fine.” Quinn waved her hand and said, “The Fox family’s goal is to meet me. They won’t seriously cancel the concert. They’ll contact you soon.” Quinn had
At nine o’clock in the morning, Charlie arrived at Long Beach, New York, by helicopter.He directly landed at the luxury villa that Porter had rented. Porter, Hanzo, and Kazuo came out to greet him as soon as he arrived.Hanzo became very nervous as he greeted Charlie in person. He hurriedly bowed with respect and introduced himself, “Master Wade... I’m Hanzo Hattori, the head of the Iga ninjas. I’m so sorry for my son’s rudeness to you in New York. Please forgive us!”Charlie nodded and spoke indifferently, “I’ll let this go because you came to help me out on Mount Wintry with Miss Ito. However, from now on, the Iga ninjas must obey my orders. I will find you a good home in the United States, and you will not return to Japan.”“Yes, yes, yes...” Hanzo nodded reverently. Ever since he had recorded the video in which he had admitted to committing a terrorist attack, he knew it would be impossible to go back to Japan. He did not know what else the Iga ninjas could do apart from wor
Finley had been afraid to share the same fate as his younger brother, which was why he had fled to New York and hidden in the Fox family.However, he did not expect this to be his fate. He could not escape the mastermind even if he hid in the Fox family! Homer’s kidnapper and Franco’s murderer had turned out to be the same man.Finley thought about his younger brother’s death and was terrified. He senselessly asked Charlie, “What grudges do you have with my younger brother and me?! Why are you doing this to us?!” Charlie sneered, “You’re so obtuse. Let me ask you. Do you know Stephanie Lewis? Are you aware of her connection to me?” Finley was frightened to hear Stephanie’s name. Even Homer, who was beside him, shuddered in horror.How could Finley not know Stephanie? His younger brother had died when he had gone to pick Stephanie up at sea. Moreover, Homer had previously indicated that he wanted Stephanie.Finley knew he was doomed after hearing that Stephanie was related to Ch
Finley cried and shouted, “I... I know I was wrong... Mr. Wade, please let this end now...”“You want it to end now?” Charlie scoffed, “Well, not unless you take out all the information you keep. Otherwise, I’ll keep you alive and let you experience this pain daily.”Then, Charlie turned to Kazuo and ordered, “Kazuo, pull out your belt and hit him as hard as you can!”Kazuo dared not defy Charlie’s order, so he pulled his belt off immediately and rushed toward Finley. Then, he swung the belt at Finley like crazy. Finley was only wearing one pair of shorts and nothing else. Kazuo had soon beat him up horribly, bruising him.Every time Kazuo hit him, it was as if someone had cut his skin and flesh repeatedly. A great pain swept through his whole body like an explosion as the pain became more excruciating.Kazuo had only hit him a few times, but Finley was in so much pain that he felt as though he was about to die. He was starting to lose consciousness, but the pain had not weaken
Charlie’s words frightened Finley and Homer.The two were crying and begging for mercy in unison, but Charlie turned a deaf ear to their pleas.Finley collapsed in fright, and by this time, his pain perception had already magnified a hundredfold. He could only imagine how much pain he would be in if they arranged such a special session for them.He quickly shouted, “Why are you doing this to us! Even if we broke the law, let the law judge us! According to the law of the United States, we’d be imprisoned for life, at most! Why are you being so inhumane?!”“Inhumane?” Charlie curiously asked, “What? When you tortured those innocent girls, why didn’t you talk about your inhumanity to them? Now that it’s your turn to suffer, you’re talking to me about humaneness? What? Do you yourself possess any humaneness?”Finley cried, “I wasn't the one who killed those girls! I was only responsible for the arrangement. It was Homer and the rest who murdered them! There are at least dozens of perv
Charlie actually had to change his opinion of Elaine after seeing her ready to kill Jacob earlier but getting all clingy now.Despite her many flaws, Elaine was the one half of their marriage who was earnestly in love.As for Jacob, he didn't seem to have any genuine feelings for Elaine at all.The mere mention of his past with Elaine always left him grumbling and complaining, but now, it was clear that Elaine was his best choice. With his attitude and the way he did things, he and Matilda would have split up by now even if they had gone to the States together.In the end, Jacob simply had too many of the flaws common amongst men his age, but while others would have no more than five out of twenty of those flaws, he had eighteen.As such, from another perspective entirely, the only woman who could tolerate Jacob now was Elaine and only Elaine. Coincidentally, her straightforward personality and tendency to get violent was the perfect counter against all of Jacob's flaws, reducing
Elaine nodded, emotional as well. "Well, Claire's finally home after being in the States for so long. Let's stop being clowns already—let's go home!"Jacob nodded, utterly relieved and teary-eyed. "Yes! Let's go home!"Meanwhile, Claire was left dumbfounded even as she watched while Charlie was left wiping the sweat off his brow—they had really just snatched victory from the jaws of defeat there!And it looked like they had truly succeeded in clearing any suspicion Elaine had of Matilda, and she most likely would do her best to avoid running into Matilda as well.That way, all the nonsense he had said wouldn't be exposed.Still, as Claire came to her senses, she told Charlie, "Darling, that was amazing! You somehow managed to talk your way out of that!"Charlie chuckled in embarrassment. "I had no choice but to sacrifice my pride for the peace in the family."Claire hugged his arm and giggled happily, "There's no victory without sacrifice. You're the best, dear!"-Meanwhile,
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