In truth, she had been dealing with the death of the murdered staff just now, and she had been feeling relatively depressed. However, considering that Charlie and Claire were VIPs, she still came over to greet them and exchange pleasantries with them. When she saw that her task had been completed, she did not dare to relax because she had to rush backstage to explain things clearly to Quinn.At the same time, outside the venue, Angus kept begging the security guard, “I really do know Miss Golding! I am looking for her for something very important, and it is also very urgent! Please help me tell Miss Golding that I’m Angus, the staff from the roast goose restaurant in Oskiatown. She will definitely know, then!”The security guard scoffed at his words and said disdainfully, “Come on, I don’t know how many fans have come up to me and made up all sorts of stories in front of me today. How can Miss Golding know you when you’re just a staff member from a roast goose restaurant?”Angus sai
Dorothy had been forcing herself to stay calm and composed all this while.Even though she had always done things differently and was quite feminine, what happened today was something that she had never experienced before in her life. She had seen Merlin’s corpse with her own eyes, she had seen Charlie’s aunt die of poisoning, and she had seen the horrific and gruesome scene of the tragic death of many members of her team. Nevertheless, she had kept bracing herself so that she would not collapse emotionally. This was because Quinn was still performing, and she was the head of the whole team. She had to be in charge and handle these things well.However, the moment she saw Quinn, she could not hold back her emotions any longer, and she burst into tears.Quinn was also taken aback by her behavior, and she quickly asked, “What happened to the VIP area. Brother Charlie was there, so what could have possibly happened?! Dorothy, you’ve been given the nickname ‘Tough Lady of Eastclif
Quinn was astonished and asked, “Get up first, Angus. Tell me properly, what happened?”Angus cried and said, “Uncle Janus was taken away by the police. They said that they would hand Uncle Janus over to the immigration department because someone reported him to the immigration department for his illegal stay. The police also said that Uncle Janus would be deported back to Hong Kong in five days at most.”Quinn blurted out and asked, “How could this have happened?! Did Shawn Long do this?”“It should be!” Angus nodded again and again, and he choked up as he said, “An officer came to the restaurant to investigate Master Wade and you earlier. Uncle Janus was afraid of revealing any information, so he destroyed the hard drive of the surveillance camera in advance so that it would be empty. As a result, Uncle Janus began packing his luggage, and he said that he would entrust the roast goose restaurant to me. I guess that he realized that the American police officers would go to Hong Kon
Charlie did not have the slightest good impression of Shawn from Hong Kong.It was not because of what he had done to Janus. Charlie was fair and objective, and although Janus was the weaker party in this matter, this matter was indeed Janus’ fault. It was only human nature for Shawn to want to take revenge against Janus for his dignity and reputation. However, what made Charlie most dissatisfied was that Shawn was a person who went back on his own word.According to Janus’ dictation in the roast goose restaurant at that time, Janus had called his father, Curtis, for help as soon as the incident had happened. Charlie’s father had also flown to Hong Kong immediately and reached an agreement with Shawn so that Shawn would let Janus off on his account. However, not long after that, Charlie’s father had had a conflict with his grandfather, and he had brought his wife and Charlie to settle down in Aurous Hill. After that, his parents were then murdered. The first thing Shawn had
As soon as the call was connected, he asked, “Quinn, is Angus still with you?”Quinn said, “I just sent someone to send him back. By the way, Brother Charlie, what happened tonight? Dorothy said that many people died tonight, and even Inspector Lammy was killed?!”Charlie hummed slightly and told her about the situation over the phone.After listening to Charlie, Quinn exclaimed, “Oh, my God! How could there be such cruel gangsters...?!”Having said that, she said quite self-reproachfully, “Brother Charlie, do you think that there is a mole in my team? Otherwise, how could these people work so well together? Surprisingly, they attacked when the background music was strongest, and there is a high probability that they seemed to have figured out the flow of the concert in advance...”“Not necessarily,” Charlie said indifferently. “At present, it can be determined that my aunt is the mole, but she is already dead. I’m guessing that the gangsters did not know about the flow of your co
Charlie had originally planned to let Janus continue living peacefully in Oskiatown first. After that, Charlie would take some time to go to Hong Kong in the future to settle his affairs for him.However, since Shawn was so impatient and was taking the initiative to do something, Charlie could only go to Hong Kong to meet him first, then.Hong Kong was far away from the United States, and it would take an ordinary plane ten hours each way. Moreover, it also took time to process things, so Charlie estimated that he would have to leave the United States for at least three to five days, or even longer.What he was most worried about was Claire.Although he had already arranged for female soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies to protect Claire in secret, he was still worried about letting Claire live and study in the United States alone.At this time, Jacob was still engaged in a cultural exchange in South Korea. The only person who could really come to the United States to accompany Clai
Elaine had always been bullied by Hannah when she was in the Wilson family, and she held a lot of grudges against Hannah. However, now that Hannah was suddenly currying favor with her and flattering her, this instantly magnified her vanity and gave her the refreshing feeling that her life had turned around completely. So, she was also happy to hang out with Hannah every day.For Elaine, she could only feel that she was really a different person from who she used to be in the past when Hannah was flattering and fawning over her. So, when Elaine heard Hannah’s voice over the other end of the line, she hummed and said, “I haven’t slept enough yet. What time is it?”Hannah hurriedly said, “It’s almost eleven o’clock! Didn’t you say yesterday that you wanted to go shopping in the mall today? I’m all ready and am waiting right in front of your house! Are we still going out today?”It was only then that Elaine came to her senses and blurted out, “Oh, no! I forgot about it! I was planning
Elaine drove the domineering Rolls-Royce Cullinan all the way to Harbour City in Aurous Hill.After carefully driving into the underground parking lot with more than a dozen cars, she finally parked the car. She then went to the first floor with Hannah.The first floor in Harbour City was filled almost entirely with first-tier luxury brands.Amongst them, half of it was clothing and luggage brands such as LV and Gucci, whereas the other half were jewelry brands such as Bvlgari and Cartier. Elaine took Hannah to the Bvlgari store as soon as they arrived. It was not that Bvlgari was much better compared to the other brands, but it was mainly because Elaine liked the name ‘Bvlgari’, and felt that it was festive.As soon as they entered Bvlgari, Elaine went straight to the counter in the middle and sat on the high stool in front of the counter as she slapped the Rolls-Royce key on the counter with her right hand and placed the Hermes handbag that Charlie had given her on the counte
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