Charlie knew Jarvis and his men were a part of a martial arts school.Now, there was no martial arts school left in Oskia except for a few martial arts families. Most of the martial arts schools were overseas.Therefore, he must give Jarvis and his school a reminder to stay away from Oskia from now on.Charlie didn’t want the Fox family to get involved in Oskia. After all, the Fox family was huge. If they shifted their focus to Oskia, it would inevitably trigger many chain reactions. This might not be a good thing for Charlie or the Wade family.Besides, Charlie knew Kathleen was too smart for her own good. Thus, he must keep his distance from her to avoid unnecessary trouble.Everyone from the Fox family, including Jarvis, agreed without hesitation. What they feared most was Charlie’s fury. As such, no one dared to provoke him.Kathleen was the only one who felt quite sad about this. She had been thinking about transferring the family business to Oskia in the future so that she
Jordan stared at the Rejuvenating Pill, full of anticipation. He could finally have the miraculous elixir of his dreams!The rest of the Fox family widened their eyes as they watched with bated breath. They had heard of the Rejuvenating Pill’s miraculous effect, and wanted to confirm if it was indeed so magical with their own eyes.After splitting the Rejuvenating Pill into four portions, Charlie kept the three quarter pills and handed one quarter pill to Kathleen. He said, “Miss Fox, this quarter pill is now yours. You can decide what to do with it.” Kathleen was very grateful to him. “Thank you, Mr. Wade !” Then, she turned around and looked at her grandfather. She did not hesitate at all and gave the pill to Jordan.She said with respect, “Grandpa, you’re the root of the Fox family. Without you, the Fox family would not be what it is today. You deserve this quarter pill. Please accept it!”Jordan was moved. He reached out to take the Rejuvenating Pill, shaking with excitemen
A few moments later, the entire Fox family, led by Jordan and Kathleen, walked out of the Fox family’s villa together and sent Charlie out respectfully.At this time, a helicopter had already been waiting on the lawn outside the door for a long time.Charlie was surrounded by the Fox family as he came to the helicopter, and he then turned to Kathleen and said, “Alright, you can go ahead and handle your own matters.”Kathleen nodded gently and said respectfully, “Have a safe journey, Mr. Wade.”Charlie looked at her and whispered, “Miss Fox, I will ask Porter to get some people to help you through this transition period. You should also stay alert to the potential threats from within the Fox family itself. As the saying goes, although dogs can bite, they are still useful if they can be tamed and domesticated.”Kathleen was incomparably grateful, and she said seriously, “Thank you, Mr. Wade. I will definitely pay attention in the future...”Charlie nodded slightly and smiled as he
Now that Kathleen had become the head of the Fox family and with Charlie and Ten Thousand Armies to back her up, Spencer was worried that she would settle the score with him. So, he felt extremely nervous deep down in his heart, and he could only bite the bullet as he said, “Kathleen... To be honest with you, I was the one who sent your family to Miami... I thought that it would be relatively more comfortable for them to leave New York...”Having said that, he was afraid of Kathleen’s anger and so, he hurriedly said apologetically, “I’m sorry, Kathleen... I was just momentarily confused... Please do not hold it against me...”Kathleen had long guessed his motive for doing so, and the reason she was deliberately asking him about it was to expose him. When she saw that his attitude when admitting his mistake was not too bad, Kathleen said, “Uncle, as the saying goes, people do everything for money. Although these things that you’ve done are very inappropriate and even very immoral, I c
As a high-ranking Oskian detective in New York, Merlin was naturally very familiar with Jordan.Moreover, he also knew the inside story of the Fox family’s previous struggle for power. He knew that Jordan’s son, Spencer, had usurped Jordan’s power, and he had even heard that Spencer had secretly been spreading news everywhere that he would pay for Jordan’s head.However, he never would have expected that Jordan would be sitting next to Spencer so casually.Due to this unexpected scene, he suddenly could not understand what was going on.Meanwhile, Jordan clasped one of his hands over the other slightly as he said to Merlin, “Thank you for your concern, Inspector Lammy. I just came back today.”Having said that, he pointed at Kathleen, who was next to him, and smiled as he said, “Inspector Lammy, let me introduce my most beloved granddaughter, Kathleen Fox, to you. I don’t know if the both of you have met before.”Merlin looked at Kathleen and said politely, “Hello, Miss Fox. We h
Merlin intuitively thought that Spencer was not telling him the truth. However, he could not get to the bottom of it in front of Jordan and Kathleen and so, he spoke up and said, “Mr. Fox, did you prepare the cryptocurrency that the kidnappers asked for, then?”Spencer responded awkwardly, “This... Well... Detective Lammy, my niece, Kathleen, is in charge of all the affairs of the Fox family now. So, you should ask her about this instead...”Merlin frowned slightly before turning to look at Kathleen as he asked, “Miss Fox, since you are the head of the Fox family, how are you going to deal with Homer’s kidnapping?”Kathleen calculated the time, and she thought of how Charlie should be getting someone to publish those videos soon. Therefore, she could not expose anything in front of Merlin yet.So, she had a firm and determined look on her face as she said to Merlin, “Chief Lammy, although Homer is a little older than me, he is my eldest nephew and also the eldest great-grandson of
The police officer’s words made everyone, including Merlin, feel extremely nervous and tensed up.Merlin couldn’t help but urge, “What happened?! Hurry up and tell me clearly!”The police officer spoke with a frightened expression, “It’s a video! Someone has exposed a large number of videos on the internet, and the content of those videos... is really appalling! The internet has gone into a complete frenzy!”Merlin blurted out, “What exactly is the content of those videos about?!”The police officer swallowed his saliva and said dryly, “It’s all about Homer Fox... It’s about him abusing and killing various girls... Although the victims’ faces have been blurred, it is still possible to determine that there are at least twenty or more victims through their other identity features...”“What?!” Merlin was dumbfounded.He had long been prepared for the fact that Homer had been exposed to a huge scandal, but he had never expected that the scandal would be so big!At this time, his sub
At this time, his subordinates also said dejectedly, “Chief, I really cannot understand. They’ve killed so many people, but why haven’t we received any clues about the disappearance of young girls recently? It as though there haven’t been any reports of missing young women in New York at all...”Merlin said coldly, “They wouldn’t be so stupid to look for their prey from New York itself. In my opinion, most of these girls killed by them should have been secretly sent here from the West Coast, or they could even have been kidnapped and brought here from abroad.”As Merlin spoke of this, he suddenly remembered something, and he blurted out, “I understand now! The reason why they have been able to commit crimes so many times without getting detected is because they have never started committing the crime from their end before. But this time, Homer Fox made a fatal mistake...”Merlin’s subordinate quickly asked, “Chief, what is the fatal mistake?”Merlin blurted out, “It’s Quinn Golding
Pausing, Charlie then said, "I'll call Steve to drop by later too. I'm sure folks in Aurous Hill won't know him, but your potential troublemaker might.""I-Is that really fine?" Yolden blurted."What's not fine about it?" Charlie chuckled. "He has been treated like a tool ever since he came to Aurous Hill, and now that he has a chance to strut about, he wouldn't ask for more."Yolden appeared slightly relieved at that, and Charlie asked, "By the way, where's Paul, Matilda, and Autumn?""Getting their makeup done," Yolden replied. "Paul's my best man while Autumn's the maid of honor.""Good," Charlie nodded with a grin. "Don't worry—the wedding's going to be a success."As they spoke, Matilda stepped out of the dressing room in a stark-white wedding dress, flanked by Autumn and Paul.Seeing Charlie, Autumn nodded politely, "Good morning, Mr. Wade."As Charlie nodded in turn, Paul started, "G-Good morning… Mr. Wade…"Seeing that he was nervous and tentative, Charlie knew that he
As Yolden and Matilda were remarrying after living abroad for years, the wedding ceremony was much simpler, skipping Oskian customs and having a simple wedding reception for their guests at the hotel hall.There weren't that many guests either—aside from their children and close friends, only a handful of Yolden's colleagues at Aurous Hill University were invited.As the celebrant, Charlie didn't have much to do and was mainly the emcee.He brought along his jacket as he headed out to Shangri-La, not wearing it immediately so that Claire wouldn't guess that he was attending Matilda's wedding.Arriving at the Hanging Gardens before the guests were supposed to arrive, he found Yolden working with the staff to finalize the preparations.Seeing Charlie, Yolden approached him and said, "Thanks for coming this early, Charlie."Noticing that he was a little tired, Charlie asked in concern, "Had a bad night?"Yolden nodded, sighing, "Paul's uncle caused a huge mess. Both Matilda and I a
Tarlon nodded. "How do you suggest we find them?"Fleur scowled. "There's no rush. There are things which I'm still confused about, so just keep a close eye on the Ackers and the Wades for the time being. Report to me right away if anything important comes up—don't afford our enemies any opportunities to exploit.""Yes, milady!" -The next day, more news outlets were covering the joint project between the Ackers and the Wades as word continued to spread.However, neither family revealed too many details, be it the name of the company, who was the CEO, or the scale of their business.While the public was dying with curiosity, nothing else was known.Still, Aurous Hill's officials were especially interested, with the town hall visiting the Ackers the next day and showing utmost sincerity by leasing a whopping 2-million-square-meter land along the southern highway. Still, the condition was for the Ackers to come true on their promise to propel the city's economy to 15 billion US d
Fleur had repeatedly mentioned the conspiracy theory of Ashley using a body double over the last twenty years.Tarlon had investigated from many different angles, but everything from the gender, age, dental records, to body figure pointed to the fact that the deceased was Ashley Acker.And yet, Fleur had never bought it, insisting that Curtis was prepared for them just because Curtis' son had gone missing soon after.There was no way Curtis would save his son but not his wife, and the disfigured corpse only added fuel to Fleur's suspicion.Thus, over the last twenty years, Fleur had kept a close eye on the Ackers, arranging for two 'scholars' to be embedded amongst their ranks as sleeper agents. She went that far all to determine if Ashley was dead or had faked her death.However, the scholars had since been killed in action, and they had no spies within the Ackers left.As for Tarlon, he still doubted Fleur's theory even now, but he remained respectful as he spoke, "Milady, I mu
Meanwhile, on the edge of the South Pole, Tarlon Griffin rushed outside of Fleur Griffin's room, knocking the door gingerly as he announced, "I have news, my lady!"Fleur didn't respond, but the thick wooden door between them slowly opened as if pushed by an invisible force.Tarlon entered to find Fleur seated on the floor with her legs crossed at the ankles. Her eyes remained closed as she molded her Reiki, asking, "What is it?"Tarlon quickly answered, "News from Oskia. The Ackers are partnering with the Wades on a joint venture into electric-powered vehicles."Fleur slowly opened her eyes, asking quietly, "And you're telling me because?"Tarlon quickly explained, "It just came out of the blue, so I thought I should report it to you right away."Fleur sighed. "After I tried and failed to wipe out the Ackers so many times, they wouldn't dare set foot stateside. If anything, they must have decided to seek asylum in Oskia by offering a substantial investment, and it's a base whe
Silent for a while, Matilda then asked Yolden, "Do you think I can do it?""Yes!" Yolden nodded without hesitation. "You definitely won't have any problems!"Matilda sighed, shaking her head. "We traveled far abroad to study while we were young, but we didn't return to Oskia to help the country's development. It's been thirty years since, and now that we have returned to the country at the same time, I definitely wouldn't turn down such an opportunity to help."Pausing, she then said, "That said, major corporations make it a point to not hire family members. Forget spouses—employees aren't allowed to date, and one of the two will be asked to resign if necessary."Don't you think it's inappropriate since we are legally married, having gotten our certificate and all? And if we set these precedents, we would have trouble asking other employees to follow that policy. You are going to be a CEO, so you need a very clear answer on this issue."Yolden shrugged. "In the first place, that p
Yolden nodded slightly. "He does.""My gosh…" Matilda murmured. "That's too much… Ashley's son? A member of the Acker family and the Wades?!"Pausing, she then asked in confusion, "Wait, if Charlie has so much power and influence, why would he permanently reside in Aurous Hill… No, why would he be content as Jacob Wilson's son-in-law? Does Jacob know who he really is?""Definitely not," Yolden shook his head. "There were some compelling circumstances, and his identity is a sensitive one. That's why I'm asking you to tell no one except Paul—and even then, you should only tell him if he can keep the secret."Matilda was sharp enough to pick up on the reasoning, too. "Charlie's hiding because of his parents' accident, isn't he?""Yes," Yolden sighed. "He has his plans, but I didn't pry since I can only do that much, let alone help him on that.""Got it," Matilda nodded repeatedly. "Don't worry. My lips are sealed… And you just said you're resigning? Are you going to help with this e
"That would be Ashley Layna Acker," Matilda replied without hesitation. "She was our age, as well as a major investor in Silicon Valley, while we were only starting to get our first clients. It's no exaggeration to say that she's the shining example in many case studies when it comes to business."Pausing, she then continued, "And she used to be your classmate, right? I remember you mentioning that in our conversations before.""Yes," Yolden sighed emotionally. "She was a classmate and the star of our generation."Matilda nodded but soon shook her head, "Wait, weren't we talking about Charlie's car company? What does that have to do with Ashley Acker?" "Here's where I let you in on a secret," Yolden said. "But first, you have to promise me that you won't tell anyone except Paul."Matilda nodded without hesitation. "Don't worry—if it's a secret, I won't tell Paul either."Yolden scratched his head. "Actually, Paul should know. We are going to marry soon, and he's my stepson, lega
In fact, the legal department of major enterprises covered many responsibilities, the chief of which concerned intellectual property, which was why veterans were needed to lead.Additionally, Charlie trusted Matilda's accomplishments in the legal field, especially since she had worked in the United States for years.With Curtis Autos' intended expansion worldwide, that meant the legal department should also know the laws of countries abroad, ready to file or respond to lawsuits at any time. After all, competitors may use the law to impede their growth, along with the government applying unfair policies to impede their development and impact on local businesses.Moreover, Charlie considered Paul young and therefore lacking in experience, not to mention that it was not likely he would abandon his family's law firm. As such, the ideal solution was to poach Matilda for now.As for Matilda, she was still in the dark and had no idea what she was in for, asking Charlie in confusion, "Lega