So, his expression softened a little, and he smiled as he said, “Mr. Long, you are truly courageous! I appreciate that!”Shawn snorted and said, “Mr. Star, why don’t you tell me what your final offer is directly, then?”Solomon nodded and said, “Mr. Long, I will not speak in circles. I will settle this matter with you for five million US dollars.”Shawn frowned and then pointed at both Marianne and Charlie as he said loudly, “I can give you five million US dollars, but I will have to take them both away.”Solomon laughed out loud. “Haha! Mr. Long, you might not understand the situation, but the reason why you’re here is to solve your daughter’s problem. The reason why you’re asked to solve your daughter’s problem is because your daughter is not the main culprit in this matter. So, I decided to give you a chance to resolve this conflict for your sake.”Having said that, Solomon pointed his finger at Charlie and said coldly, “As for this kid, you will not be able to take him away to
Shawn was dumbfounded when he heard Marianne’s words.He subconsciously asked, “Are you insane?! Don’t you know that you will only die if you stay here?!”“I don’t care.” Marianne said with a firm expression, “I want to stay with Charlie regardless of whether I will stay and go, die or live!”Shawn became anxious, and he blurted out, “Marianne! This is not the time for you to be loyal! As long as one person can leave now, it’d be better than two people dying together!”Nevertheless, Marianne’s eyes were firm as she said without hesitation, “You don’t have to persuade me. You can go by yourself.”Shawn stomped his feet angrily. “Are you insane?! You will not be able to do anything by staying here!”Marianne said coldly, “I’ve already said that I don’t care! I just want to stay with Charlie!”“F*ck!” Shawn gritted his teeth. He then took out his checkbook and kept writing on it as he clenched his teeth and said, “I’ve let you do everything that you wanted to in the past, but that
For martial arts cultivation, it had always been those who were at the top who could see the cultivation levels of those who were at the bottom, whereas those who were at the bottom could not see those who were at the top.Charlie could tell that he was a martial artist at first glance, but he could not see Charlie’s cultivation level. This meant that Charlie was most likely stronger than himself!If Charlie was a four-star martial artist, he would have the ability to act wildly.If Charlie was a five-star martial artist, he could counter him easily with a single move!When Charlie saw that Mr. Lanyon was flustered, he deliberately said, “I cannot see anything, but I’ve heard others talking about you. All of them said that you’re a three-star martial artist.”In truth, Charlie was simply making things up. He had never heard anyone talk about this person nor his cultivation level.Furthermore, the reason why he had said this was because he did not want Mr. Lanyon to give in so qui
“Call someone here?” Mr. Lanyon snorted coldly in disdain, “Why? You still want to call for help?!”Charlie laughed and said, “It’s not a helper. Don’t you want to know of Dillion’s whereabouts? I can make a call right now and arrange for someone to bring him in.”Solomon sneered and said, “Kid, you are really courting your own death. Do you think that you will be able to get out safely if you just make a phone call to bring your helpers here? Let me tell you that no one, not even God, will be able to take you away in my territory!”Charlie smiled and said, “I don’t need anyone to take me away. I will walk away from this place myself after I deal with you. You will be kneeling on the ground as you bark and crawl like a dog at that time.”“F*ck you!” Solomon was completely furious. He pointed at Charlie and yelled at Mr. Lanyon, “Kill him! Right now! Immediately!”Rudy, who was aside, panicked, and he hurriedly said to Solomon, “Godfather, you cannot act too rashly for the time bei
After he had finished speaking, he turned around and ran in, and he was panicking as he shouted, "Leader! Three people are coming in from outside... Oh, no, it's four people, and one person is carrying another person on his shoulder..."Solomon frowned, and he immediately guessed that the other party should be carrying his god-grandson, Dillion. So, he muttered, "Three people? Three people actually dare to come and mess with me? Don't they know that I have a hundred people here with me?! Let them in!" The subordinate hurriedly ran back to the door and said to Porter, "Please come in."Porter did not say a word and walked in with the two War Kings, Hunter and Zayne.At this time, Solomon had a smile on his face as if he had achieved success. He felt that Charlie was not only crazy but also extremely stupid. So, he looked at Charlie with a playful expression and smiled as he said, "Kid, you cannot pretend to be so forceful when you’ve just entered the arena. You have to use your
When Mr. Lanyon suddenly knelt on the ground, everyone present, except for Charlie and the rest of the people from Ten Thousand Armies, was stunned as if they had just been struck by lightning!After all, Mr. Lanyon was definitely a unique top existence in Hong Kong.The city of Hong Kong was not big, and the place itself had many underground gangs and societies. However, to many martial artists, this was simply not a qualified place to live.For example, the gang members in Hong Kong were far from being as awesome as they were in the movies. When it came to the real gangs in Hong Kong, they were just a bunch of thugs.When the gang members here committed a crime, they could take a one-hour boat ride, which would be considered as them running away. If this were to get exposed to the public, they would definitely become a laughingstock.This was also the reason why many Oskian gangs had gone to Japan or farther to North America to develop. One of the reasons was because there was r
Porter nodded and then looked at Mr. Lanyon as he asked the latter, “Do you know why I don’t allow members of Ten Thousand Armies to use banned drugs?”Mr. Lanyon cried and said, “I know... Although banned drugs are of great help to improve a person’s strength in a short period of time, their essence is to overdraw the potential in the human body ahead of time. It has great side effects on the users themselves. There is more harm than good, and the losses outweigh the benefits...”Porter looked at him and pointed his finger at Solomon, who was standing aside and consumed by fright, and he asked again, “Although you have been expelled by Ten Thousand Armies, you used to be a member of Ten Thousand Armies, after all. Every member of Ten Thousand Armies should be proud of themselves, but why did you degrade yourself to work for such unworthy trash?!”Mr. Lanyon cried out in repentance, “Lord, it was just because I was confused for a moment, and I lusted for profits. I was persuaded by
Solomon was frightened by Charlie’s words and he almost suffered a heart attack on the spot.If Charlie were to give him a dose of his own medicine and act according to his vicious words earlier, Charlie was bound to rip his mouth apart and tear his tongue off. Not to mention whether Solomon’s body would be able to stand this kind of torture, but after this experience, Solomon was afraid that he would lose half his life.As he thought of this, he was extremely terrified. He clutched tightly onto his chest and endured the severe pain in his heart as he cried out to Charlie, “Mr. Wade, I’m already old, and I cannot withstand this kind of hardship...”Charlie smiled and said casually, “Oh, it’s alright if you cannot withstand the hardship. You can just die here. Anyway, I don’t care whether you live or die.”Solomon’s eyes were swollen from crying, but he continued kneeling on the ground as he groveled before Charlie and cried out, “Mr. Wade, I really know that I am wrong... Please
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
Charlie frowned in thought for a while, before saying, "Well, there is a plan, but I can't vouch for the chances. I also need you to cooperate with me and not let anything slip, or everything will go to waste. Can you do that?""I can!" Claire nodded, determined, before quickly asking, "So? What's the plan?""Well, it's not specific," Charlie replied. "We just have to improvise as we go along. Let's just head in for now!"-They left the airport and took a cab to the traffic police's headquarters. Just as she entered, they saw their Cullinan parked outside.Charlie sent Claire in first while he carried her luggage before following.Meanwhile, Elaine was wailing in her room, "I've been married to him for years! Suffering so much pain and humiliation, only for him to hook up with an old flame behind my back! Is it wrong if I struck out?"The traffic police officer was on the verge of a breakdown, but he still said patiently, "Ma'am, I've told you many times—what he did was wrong
Claire wasn't all that experienced in love and hence didn't know how a person caught in a love triangle would think or why they would experience such terrible mood swings.Still, Charlie's explanation gave her a general idea, and she sighed, "Actually, Dad looked really bad when Matilda came back. He was so obsessed with her that he didn't care if Mom was alive—even bringing her home for dinner. I'd be seething if I was Mom."Charlie sighed in exasperation. "Well, let's not loiter about. Let's go to the traffic police station.""Yeah!" Claire nodded, before holding his arm, "If they're there, that means they're safe, and they won't be fighting with those officers around. So, let's not head over so quickly."Charlie raised a brow. "What are you getting at?"Claire sighed, clearly troubled. "We have to think—how are we going to alleviate this crisis? If it's really as you say and Mom has mostly guessed it right, this fight might just be the start. At best, that fight on the highway