‘It’s just like how the Laine family was the absolute richest family in Hong Kong back then, but there were still people who dared to kidnap their eldest son even when they were so powerful!’‘It’s the same for me!’‘Although I’m almost about to become the richest man in Hong Kong now, I still do not have absolute influence before people like Solomon.’‘If Solomon wants to fight with me, I would still be afraid, and I can only find someone to make peace with him or end up spending money to settle things.’‘It’s just like how I could only clench my teeth and promise to give Solomon five million US dollars so that I could take my daughter away when I first came here today...’‘But... even though it was obviously his god-grandson who had provoked my daughter first, I ended up having to pay him five million US dollars as compensation instead! This is the biggest drawback of having only money but no authority!’‘It would be completely different if I could have someone like Charlie to
“Me?”Charlie smiled faintly and said indifferently as he drove, “I already told you that my name is Charlie Wade, I am twenty-eight years old, and I’m from Oskia.”Marianne continued questioning, “Aren’t you an assistant for Ito-Schulz Ocean Shipping Group? Why is the whole of Ten Thousand Armies yours if you are just an assistant of Ito-Schulz Ocean Shipping Group?”Charlie looked straight ahead, and as he steered the vehicle to the left, he casually said, “I was not the one who created Ten Thousand Armies, nor did I pay for its acquisition. However, I was kind to Porter, who is the lord of Ten Thousand Armies. So, he voluntarily made Ten Thousand Armies pledge its allegiance to me.”Having said that, Charlie paused and said again, “As for my role as an assistant in Ito-Schulz Ocean Shipping Group, I am just making a friendly appearance here. Your family is also in the ocean shipping business, so you should have heard from your father that Ito-Schulz Ocean Shipping Group has a cl
At this time, Marianne looked at Charlie and asked, “Why do you have to be in contact with my father when you are here to administer justice? Your so-called discussion to talk about the collaboration should also be fake, right?”Charlie shrugged. “The discussion about the collaboration is not necessarily fake. With Ito-Schulz Ocean Shipping Group’s rapid expansion and strength, there is indeed a great need for us to enhance its capacity. Although the ocean shipping company in your father’s hands has a certain capacity, it cannot convert 100% of its capacity into revenue. So, it could be considered a complementary advantage if the two sides collaborate on this basis. In fact, this is a win-win situation.”Marianne hesitated for a moment and then asked Charlie, “Then, is the justice that you are going to administer related to my father?”Charlie did not want to deceive Marianne, so he simply shook his head and said, “I have no comment on this for the time being.”Marianne seemed to h
When Marianne heard Charlie’s words, she felt even more emotional and reluctant.She pretended to be relaxed and smiled as she said, “Okay! I will take you there tomorrow night, then.”After saying that, she suddenly found that she had already run out of topics to talk about with Charlie.She did not dare to ask him about the previous topic, but she also did not know what else she could talk about with Charlie now.In truth, she had a lot of questions that she wanted to ask Charlie. For example, she wanted to ask him which part of Oskia he was from, whether he was already married at the age of twenty-eight years old, or whether he had a girlfriend. Or perhaps she could ask him if he would like to stay longer in Hong Kong because Marianne had a lot of places that she had never shared with others before, and she wanted to take Charlie there along with her for a walk or to take a look at the place and experience it with her. However, she did not dare to ask him any of these questi
Charlie asked curiously, “How long has it been since the food street was bought over?”Marianne thought for a while and said, “It must be for more than ten years now. My father bought it for me the year he got married.”Charlie asked her, “Do you know how much it cost when he bought it?”“I forgot...” Marianne said embarrassedly, “I’m actually not that sensitive in this aspect. I was still young at that time and simply thought that I wanted to keep the food street intact. So, I asked my father to buy it for me. I really do not know how much it cost.”Charlie asked again, “How do you know that there is still a deficit of two hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars every month, then?”“The manager was the one who told me.” Marianne said, “My father put someone else in charge of the operation of this food street before I became an adult. It was given to me to manage after I became an adult, but I do not know how to manage it. I only thought that I should not increase the rental to ensure
“Go to Oskia?”Charlie looked at Marianne in surprise and asked, “Haven’t you always been reluctant to leave Hong Kong?”Marianne said a little unnaturally, “That was before... I was still studying before this, so I did not want to leave Hong Kong. However, if I were to consider employment, there will definitely be even more room for development after I leave Hong Kong.”Charlie nodded faintly and said seriously, “Miss Marianne, if you’re really interested in going over to Oskia, you can go to Oskia to take a look after your graduation. You should walk around first and then choose a city that you like so that you can try to develop there. After all, you are highly educated and come from a good family background, so it should be very easy no matter where you choose to settle down.”Marianne hummed lightly in response. She wanted to ask Charlie which city he was from, but she could not bring herself to say those words when they reached the tip of her tongue. Meanwhile, the rain in
Unexpectedly, Solomon only wanted to avoid him.Rudy was helpless, and he could only sigh deeply as he felt extremely regretful in his heart.At this time, Solomon, who was aside, seemed to be very disgusted with him and he blurted out, “There is nothing else for you to do here. Why don’t you get lost? Must you continue standing here to be an eyesore for me?!”Rudy sighed before looking at Hunter and asking respectfully, “Excuse me, can I leave now?”Hunter threw Dillion, who was on his shoulders, in front of him and said coldly, “Take your son away.”Rudy glanced at Dillion in disgust, and he felt extreme anger. This prodigal son had cost him to lose ten billion US dollars in one afternoon. Rudy was already considered very benevolent for not killing Dillion on the spot, let alone taking him home.Rudy also planned to break off his father-son relationship with his son. He too did not want to see this loser son of his just like how Solomon did not want to see him anymore.So, h
Dillion had just woken up and was in pain all over his body, and he was filled with grievances. Unexpectedly, he saw that his own father was about to release his anger on him. He never would have dreamed that his own father would treat him as an enemy and rush up to kick him violently!He was in great pain after getting kicked several times by Rudy. He cried and shouted, “Dad, are you insane?! Why are you beating me?!”“Why am I beating you?!” Rudy panted as he cursed, “I’m beating you up because you’ve caused a lot of trouble for me, you scoundrel!”After that, Rudy sat on Dillion, grabbed his collar with one hand, and then slapped his face with the other as he scolded, “You b*stard! You’re always causing trouble for me! You’re going to piss me off to death sooner or later!”Dillion cried and yelled, “Dad... What did I do wrong? It’s fine if you’re not going to avenge me after I got beaten up like this, but why are you still beating me?!”Rudy was about to explode out of rage, bu
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