Charlie’s light-hearted words made Marianne feel nervous for no reason.She could not help but question Charlie, “What are you planning to do? Why do you have to do it in less crowded places?”Charlie looked at her and smiled as he said casually, “Don’t be nervous. What I want to do has nothing to do with you. You can just watch.” Having said that, he stepped on the accelerator and drove Marianne’s Tesla out.As soon as the car left the basement, three different cars quickly followed after the car.Dillion was sitting in one of the cars. He gritted his teeth as he looked at the Tesla being driven by Charlie, and he said coldly to the people around him, “Follow that scum! I have to kill him today!”The young man driving the car sneered and said, “Don’t worry, Dillion. We will definitely screw this kid up nicely today!” This man’s arms were all covered with tattoos, and he was also very muscular. At a glance, he was obviously not someone to be provoked.The corners of Dillion’s
Marianne then followed Charlie’s action to open the door and get down. After looking to her left and right, she then asked Charlie, “Where are we going?”Charlie looked at the path leading to the mountain and spoke up, saying, “Let’s go from here. We will go down and take a look.”Marianne was puzzled. Logically speaking, she would never agree to it if any man wanted to take her to such a deserted place.Still, she decided to trust Charlie after thinking about it.So, she followed Charlie down. When Dillion saw Charlie and Marianne going into the mountain forest, he roared in anger, “Get the f*ck out of the car! I’m going to kill this punk today!”A dozen or so people quickly got out of the three cars to follow and chase after Charlie and Marianne’s footsteps.The location of Hong Kong was already very far south. In addition, it was summer, and the mountain forest was very dense. One could only see the sunlight shining through the dense branches and leaves when walking through
Charlie’s casual remark made Marianne feel extremely nervous.In her opinion, how could Charlie be the opponent of this dozen or more people? These people were obviously people from the Order of the Star at first glance, and they could kill without even blinking an eye. Charlie would probably lose his life if they were to really make a move on him.When these strong and muscular men saw that Charlie was still putting on airs at this time, all of them had hideous expressions on their faces. Meanwhile, Dillion had a look of contempt as he said, “Great! You really have f*cking balls! You’re already on the verge of death, but you’re still putting on airs in front of a woman!”Charlie laughed and said, “We do not know who is on the verge of death yet. These men whom you’ve brought here with you are no better than animals, and they pose no threat to me at all.”The leader of the strong and muscular men who were on the other side roared, “D*mn it! We are from the Order of the Star! How
So, they would be able to get rich overnight if all of them worked together!At this time, the man who had rushed in front leaped and aimed a flying kick directly at Charlie’s face!According to his assumption, he would definitely be able to kick Charlie to the ground with this kick. As long as his remaining buddies could rush up in time and kick without allowing Charlie to fight back, that would be enough to beat Charlie until he was half-dead. However, Charlie did not retreat or dodge. Instead, he suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed the man’s flying leg with both hands!Immediately afterward, the man felt that his entire body was instantly stagnant in the air, and the inertia of his rushing over and leaping up seemed to have disappeared without a trace, which was simply defying common sense!Just as he was deadlocked in mid-air and clueless about what to do, Charlie looked at him, sneered, and said, “Where the h*ll did you come from? F*ck you!” After that, Charlie swu
Dillion was scared speechless by Charlie for a while, and he did not dare to speak.He knew that once both the Brown family and the Order of the Star could not suppress Charlie, he would not have any other trump cards to use.Therefore, he did not dare to continue testing Charlie’s bottom line.Nevertheless, Charlie absolutely would not let him off so easily. So, he raised his hand, slapped Dillion again, and asked, “Speak! Are you dumb?!”Dillion’s mouth was so swollen at this point, almost as if there were twenty quail eggs stuffed into his mouth. So, he could only endure the pain and whimpered, “I... I was wrong. Please let me go, Sir. Please let me go...”Charlie slapped him again and said coldly, “I asked you whether you were the person who said those words just now! I’ll tear your mouth apart if you say one more word of nonsense!” Dillion cried and howled miserably as he said, “It was me... It was me...”Charlie nodded, slapped him again, and said coldly, “You’re really a
Marianne was shocked and frustrated as she spoke up earnestly and worriedly, “Charlie, I beg you to listen to me. His family will definitely not let you off after you’ve beat him up so badly! How are you going to settle things, then?! Even my father will not be able to protect you...”“Your father?” Charlie smiled and said, “It would already be very impressive if he could protect himself.” Having said that, Charlie’s topic did not continue lingering on Shawn, and he said to Marianne, “What’s more, it’s not a question of whether this kid’s family will let me off or not, but it’s whether I am going to let them off or not. If he cannot continue enduring a hundred slaps, his father or godfather will have to endure it on his behalf, then. His father can only blame himself for failing to educate his son properly, and his godfather can only blame himself because he was an accessory to his crimes.”Marianne was shocked and speechless by Charlie’s words. After a while, she could not help bu
Charlie’s words caused Wester to instantly suffer an emotional breakdown.As soon as his legs went weak, he fell to the ground with a thud as he cried and begged, “Sir... I’m just a subordinate of the Order of the Star. Please have mercy on me and let me go on the account that I’ve already lost an arm...”Charlie frowned and said, “I really don’t understand gang members like you. You are usually the most ruthless people, but you guys are also the most cowardly when there’s trouble. Can’t you be a little tougher?”Wester cried and said, “Sir, I will not be able to continue working in the underground world anymore in the future if you break my leg as well...”Charlie asked him, “Are you thinking of taking care of your injuries so that you can continue being one of the Double Pride in the Order of the Star?”Wester hurriedly shook his head and said, “No... I didn’t mean that.”Charlie sneered and said, “You will still make enough if you make an honest living with an arm and a leg. O
Marianne continued questioning, “So, you lured them here deliberately so that you could deal with them?”“That’s right.” Charlie said indifferently, “You should look at a person’s boss before dealing with them, but you also have to choose a suitable place to take action. I could not choose a location where they could flee directly or cause a commotion in the downtown area as soon as I made a move on them.”Marianne looked at the light-hearted expression on Charlie’s face, and when she thought of what he had just done, she could not help but say, “You’re a devil!”“Devil?” Charlie frowned and said, “I, the devil, have never thought of violating you, but that guy in the car trunk is not only thinking of violating you himself, but he also wanted his gang of strong and muscular men to violate you as well. So, who do you think is right, and who is at fault?”Marianne blushed before her face turned pale. After a long while, she said angrily, “Even if that’s the case, you cannot use viole
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