Porter said to Charlie over the headset, “Mr. Wade, can you be sure that the plane flying to Sweden is being sent to pick them up and not to send another group of people to Sweden for another mission? I’m afraid that they might have some other operations in Sweden.”Charlie said, “I overheard their conversation just now. The main reason why they came this time is not to kill but to bring back a target who is important to this organization. So, they must have a safe retreat path, and the plane they came on has already gone back to avoid exposure. Therefore, I speculate that the plane flying to Sweden is coming here to pick them up.”With that said, Charlie said again, “Besides, there is no border control for land transportation between European Union countries. The convenience of driving from country to country is as simple as commuting between two provinces in the country. However, although everyone in the European Union countries and law enforcement agencies serves their respective
Charlie laughed and said, “Chief Merlin and I think the same. I just want to follow this clue now and seize the opportunity to teach them a few more lessons. Once they encounter frequent regimented failures, they will not only doubt life, but they will also lack confidence and restrain themselves for a long time in the future.”As Charlie spoke of this, he had an austere expression, and he said coldly, “Although I haven’t met their so-called British Lord, from 547’s description, it’s not too difficult to analyze this person’s character. This person must be extremely confident and conceited, and he must also rarely encounter defeat because his strength is indeed strong enough. I want this extremely conceited person to be forced to realize an eternal truth, and that is that there are always people who are stronger in this world!” Psychological warfare had always been a point that Charlie attached great importance to. A long time ago, he had flattened the entire Elite Vault Enterpris
At this moment, there was still more than an hour left before dawn.The old man looked at the time and returned to the villa anxiously. He knocked gently outside the door of the study room on the first floor and said respectfully, “Miss.”A very young, even childish girl’s voice came from inside. “Come in.”The old man said respectfully, “Yes, Miss!”He opened the door gently after speaking.Although this villa looked like a western detached house as a whole, the interior was in ancient Oskian style.A young girl with a very beautiful and fragile appearance in the study room was sitting in front of a top-grade Lexington desk. She was reading an ancient yellowing book with fascination.The young girl looked incomparably exquisite, and her facial features were simply faultless. Even her long and curved eyelashes were unbelievably perfect. She was wearing an Oskian-style skirt with embroidery paired with a blouse that was embroidered with auspicious clouds in all directions, whic
The girl nodded without saying a word and then frowned intensely as she looked at the remaining six copper coins from earlier.At this time, the girl had just taken the coins in a diagonal line from the upper left to the lower right of the previous nine copper coins. The remaining six copper coins presented two triangles at the lower left and upper right.She grabbed the three copper coins on the lower left and hurriedly threw them on the table as she said with an even more horrified expression, “The hexagram is extremely bloody. There must be a killing here today...”Having said that, she could not help but mutter, “That cannot be right... I drew up a hexagram last night, and although it indicated that I will be facing doom, it was not dangerous...”After saying that, she quickly grabbed the three remaining copper coins and threw them on the table.However, due to her nervousness, one of the copper coins fell from the table to the ground due to excessive force. After the girl l
Charlie’s words caused the ten people in the study room to be shocked beyond belief.The leader turned around, and when he saw Charlie appearing alone at the entrance of the study room, he frowned and asked, “Who are you?”“Me?” Charlie snorted and said, “I’m someone that eight of you combined cannot afford to offend.”The man was stunned for a moment before laughing contemptuously and saying, “What a joke! Don’t brag so easily. You think you can fight all eight of us alone? Do you know of my origin?”Charlie nodded and said with a smile, “I know. Aren’t you the commander of the Armed Calvary Guard? Not to mention the eight of you, but so what even if there are eighty of you?”The man did not expect that Charlie would know about his background. His surprised expression instantly became dark, and he said coldly with murderous intent in his eyes, “Young man, you’re really courting death!”With that said, he raised his gun immediately and aimed it at Charlie to pull the trigger.Ch
After experiencing about three seconds of extreme fear, he suddenly shouted, “Hurry! Kill him! Kill him quickly!”The other seven people also came back to their senses in an instant. Each of them was about to instinctively shoot with their guns.Charlie’s sharp gaze swept across them, and there was a sudden burst of murderous aura from him as he shouted, “Who dares?!”This shout instantly scared the seven men out of their wits, and the assault rifles in their hands suddenly seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and they could not lift it up at all!The leader was already desperate as he reprimanded angrily, “You b*stards who are all scared of death! Do you think he will let you off like this?!”Everyone was too scared to speak. This was because they knew that Charlie could cut off their heads if he could cut the commander’s assault rifle and arm.Therefore, no one dared to take the risk of pointing their guns at Charlie at this time in order to avoid the tragedy of being decapitat
Charlie’s words, which were filled with sarcasm and mockery, filled the commander with resentment. He held onto the last ounce of his strength and said through clenched teeth, “The British Lord... The British Lord will definitely avenge me!”Charlie snorted and said disdainfully, “I can see that you have a deadly drug in your body that kicks in periodically just like those dead soldiers. You will definitely die if you don’t get the antidote within a week, right?”The commander’s eyes were filled with horror when he heard this.He did not know how Charlie could see the hidden toxins in his body.Charlie ignored his astonishment but continued to sneer and say, “There is no essential difference between you and those dead soldiers. You’re all just lackeys controlled by the British Lord. The only difference between you and the dead soldiers is that you don’t have to be blindfolded with a black cloth like the dead soldiers.”Having said that, Charlie suddenly remembered something and
He really wanted to know who Charlie was and how he had mastered this deep secret. However, he failed ultimately. This was because his life came to an end with a painful expression showing his struggles. Charlie threw his body aside without the slightest pity and then looked at the seven men and said coldly, “I believe that although all of you are saying that you’re willing to sacrifice everything for the British Lord, deep down in your hearts, you should have an extreme hatred for the British Lord that you’ve never seen, just like those group of dead soldiers, right?”As soon as Charlie said this, the seven men had very complicated expressions on their faces.It was natural for them to feel hatred. Moreover, it was a deep-seated bloody hatred!Their ancestors could only be reduced to being assassins supported by this organization for as long as a hundred years. They could only live a life without seeing the sun every day. Although they managed to take a step up through hard
Charlie chuckled. "Don't sell yourself short, Mr. Hart. There are plenty of business folk who got so used to their comfort zone that they became caught in the illusion that they can be successful in anything they do. It's a mindset that leads to them blindly developing new projects and new competition, and then they end up losing big."If memory serves, there have been real estate businesses that started mineral water brands, search engines that tried the car industry, e-commerce sites attempting social media, and vice-versa. All of them are multi-billion-dollar companies venturing into new frontiers, but all to unimpressive outcomes."Pausing, Charlie then continued, "You've mentioned rising above the competition amidst the development of the new energy industry. That would get anyone's attention, and it is why I believe that you definitely will make a strong impression with your strategizing and knowledge of the basic principles."Yolden found it hard to refuse, seeing that Charli
Having lost it all, Jacob really looked like he wouldn't be getting back up.But fortunately, he had a pillar in the form of Elaine.In fact, Elaine would serve to be a container, whipping Jacob into shape if he got too full of himself.But on the other hand, now that Jacob was utterly despondent, she would be forcing him to smile and function in general.Elaine's attitude to the entire issue was clear as well. Even though Jacob had just lost his job, she would make him go shopping with her in Dubai even if he fell into a coma. Even if he was dead, she'd just cremate him and bring his ashes along.Hence, with Elaine's firm grip around Jacob's leash, he went on strolls, going shopping and taking selfies with Elaine everyday, eventually easing the toll on his mood and spirit.-Back at Aurous Hill, Charlie was preparing for Yolden Hart and Matilda Hall's wedding as it approached.Yolden was a schoolmate of his mother, Ashley Layna Acker, as well as Charlie's elder.And while Cha
"See you." As soon as Charlie hung up on Matilda, Don Albert's call came right after.He sounded nervous as Charlie answered the phone, saying, "Master Wade, I think I might have gone too far…""Wait, what's this about?" Charlie asked."Your father-in-law, of course…" Don Albert sighed. "You asked me to leave him hanging for a while, so I did. I even refused when he asked to book a room in Heaven Springs.""Well, that's not a problem, is it?" Charlie shrugged. "He and Zachary ganged up for some real mischief. As you are Zachary's boss, it's right that you refused him because you didn't appreciate what he did.""That's just it. I thought that approach was just right as well," Don Albert quickly said. "I wasn't playing nice when Mr. Bay of the Calligraphy and Painting Association called me either. That's when he said he'd try to save Jacob's position as vice-president, but I told him it's none of my business."I then hung up on him without much thought, only for Zachary to tell m
Meanwhile, Charlie was downstairs in Claire's office, waiting to pick her up and head home.That was when Matilda called him, asking as soon as he answered, "Charlie, do you know how Jacob is doing? He never answered any of my texts—is he going to be alright?""I wouldn't know," Charlie replied. "Both he and Elaine are in Dubai on a trip… What's wrong?""He resigned," Matilda sighed. "I only saw the public statement that the Calligraphy and Painting Association posted this afternoon. It says that he tendered the resignation himself, but it doesn't really feel that way. I wonder if he's at odds with other members of the association…"Charlie was actually surprised to hear that Jacob had resigned.He had told Zachary to expose the truth of the bronze sculpture fraud case to teach Jacob a lesson so that Jacob would understand the meaning of true pain.However, he anticipated that Mr. Bay would at least keep Jacob around with an unimportant job even if Jacob did lose some money and e
Falling apart in both mind and spirit, Jacob was crying as he disembarked and took a cab to the hotel.Elaine, who had been lying around for 24 hours, was stunned speechless as she watched him enter, crying like a child.In contrast, Elaine looked like a mother to Jacob just then as he threw himself into her arms and bawled, "Darling… That prick Mr. Bay screwed me over… I have nothing left now…"Taken aback for a moment that Jacob would bawl in her arms like that, Elaine soon came to her senses and patted his back as she comforted him, "Oh, stop crying already. Who cares about some Calligraphy and Painting groupies? We certainly don't! Just hear me out and don't ever go there again!"Jacob kept sobbing, "But I care… I want to go…"Annoyed, Elaine's hand that had been patting Jacob a moment ago slid down to his hip and pinched him viciously before he noticed."Ow!" Jacob yelped in pain, and he demanded indignantly, "What was that for?!""Shut up!" Elaine snapped, glowering. "I wa
Jacob couldn't even be bothered by the looks others were giving him, and he called Mr. Bay immediately.Mr. Bay had already gone home and was seated on the couch with his wife, watching his phone and waiting for Jacob to call and demand an explanation.Mr. Bay knew that he had to answer for this and that if he avoided Jacob, it may well be a confession that he had screwed Jacob over.So, to avoid unnecessary trouble, he decided to come clean with Jacob.Naturally, by coming clean, he meant passing the buck as his wife had suggested.Hence, as he answered Jacob's call, he immediately sighed in embarrassment, "Hey, Jacob. I'm so sorry about that…"However, Jacob was so furious he immediately started bellowing, "Mr. Bay! Are you fucking with me here?! You said that the resignation letter was more of a formality, but you just made it public instead! So, all those things you said about helping me were just a trap, was it?! You're despicable! And to think I've been so good to you, even
The repeated flights had left Jacob tormented.Even before he actually had the time to enjoy Dubai, he had already gotten sick of the place and didn't want to ever return.And on the flight, he couldn't stop his thoughts from going astray.Now that he was not getting back the money he had lost, his only hope was Mr. Bay.Fortunately, Mr. Bay was serious about his promise that he would at least save him a job as department head. That was why, despite his thoughts running astray, he never considered the thought that he would be kicked out of the Calligraphy and Painting Association.As soon as his flight landed, he didn't wait to turn off his phone's flight mode, waiting for the internet connection to return so that he could ask Mr. Bay about the meeting.Once he did, he received a ton of messages from public accounts to acquaintances—many had already found out that he had resigned from the post of administrative vice-president and wanted to ask how he was doing.And Matilda was
The Calligraphy and Painting Association was certainly efficient—soon after the meeting was dismissed, the news that the administrative vice-president had resigned was posted on their official page and social media.The notice was simple and never mentioned what Jacob had done, only that the administrative vice-president had asked to resign for personal reasons. The request had since been voted upon, and all members had agreed to it.And that was how a simple and short message kicked Jacob out of the Calligraphy and Painting Association entirely.In the city, other associations closely connected with the Calligraphy and Painting Association were the various cultural societies and circles of antique enthusiasts and the Senior University. In fact, most fans of the public page of the Calligraphy and Painting Association were from the Senior City, and every lecturer, student, and even guest lecturer were subscribed.As a matter of fact, that was entirely Jacob's doing. After his lect
There weren't that many members in the Calligraphy and Painting Association—just a handful over twenty.Hence, at Mr. Bay's request, everyone showed up at the conference at 1 pm.He chose the afternoon as there were a handful who were away on outreach, including Walker, who was subbing for Jacob's lectures.Once the entire Calligraphy and Painting Association save for Jacob was informed of the mandatory meeting, every member was there on the hour, seated primly and in attention in the huge conference room.Mr. Bay didn't waste his breath on the preamble either—as soon as he saw that everyone had arrived, he announced, "Everyone, I've gathered you here today because our administrative vice-president, Jacob Wilson, has been alleged to be involved in a certain malicious scheme."Last night, Mr. Wilson submitted his resignation to me, and after a discussion with my vice-presidents, we've all decided to hold a vote. It will be open to every member in the association as we will be decid