That morning at ten o’clock, Lucian, who was the special envoy, and his male companion were sent to the pier by the convoy.Since the members of the copper mine still needed to conceal their identities, the Section Ambassador and the others would not get off the car during the normal send-off session.Therefore, Pilos did not get out of the car this time either. He watched Lucian and his male companion get out of the car and watched as they stepped onto the cargo ship.The guards and crew members on the cargo ship bowed respectfully to Lucian when they saw him and greeted him respectfully as the Special Envoy Master.However, Lucian seldom responded, and he would only hum in response at most. He then walked toward his office without looking back.Upon entering the room with his male companion, the captain came to the door, knocked on the door, and said respectfully, “Special Envoy Master, our cargo has been loaded. Do you want to leave the port?”At this time, the strong psycho
“Add three more Dark Realm experts?!”Porter was a little dumbfounded by Charlie’s words.Although he was a Dark Realm expert now, he knew very well in his heart just how rare a Dark Realm expert was. It was not an exaggeration to say that Porter had never seen anyone who could break through the Dark Realm through his own cultivation. Firstly, he could only break through to the Dark Realm because of Charlie’s support.Secondly, his master, who had failed to achieve a breakthrough for thirty years, was finally able to achieve his wish only thanks to the opportunity given to him by Charlie. As for the Qing Eliminating Society’s special envoy, Lucian, and the Section Ambassador, Troy, they had also been trained in the Qing Eliminating Society’s Hubbert Battalion.Therefore, so far, Porter had never heard of any Dark Realm expert who had achieved a breakthrough on their own. This was why Porter was both shocked and happy when he heard that Charlie was going to add three more Da
The mighty Qing Eliminating Society did not know that they had permanently lost their base in Cyprus.A few hours later, Charlie returned to his wife, Claire’s side, in Providence. Claire only thought that her husband had finished reading Feng Shui for a client again, but she did not know that he had traveled all over Northern Europe, Syria, Lebanon, and Cyprus over the past few days in order to fight against the most mysterious and powerful organization in the world.By the time he had returned to Providence, Claire’s master class at Rhode Island School of Design had also come to an end.Rhode Island School of Design prepared a special graduation ceremony for the master class, and Claire had told Charlie about it two days in advance, asking him to accompany her to the ceremony.Charlie naturally did not refuse. After all, his wife had studied hard in the master class for more than a month. Now that she was graduating, he naturally had to accompany her to attend her graduation ce
Charlie smiled and said, “Who would want to come all the way to the United States to serve him? I could do him a favor and take a look at his Feng Shui if he buys a villa in Aurous Hill, but forget it if it’s in the United States.”Claire could not help but laugh out loud and say, “You’re really getting too arrogant!”After that, Claire thought of Elaine and quickly asked him, “By the way, Honey, how is my mother doing in New York? She always refuses to answer my video calls these days, and she would only be willing to chat with me when it’s voice calls. I feel that she’s hiding something from me.”Charlie thought to himself, ‘Of course she’s hiding something from you. You can’t imagine that her leg is broken now and that this Ferocious Ghost of Bedford Hills Correctional Facility is recuperating in a hospital in New York. Wouldn’t she expose herself if she video calls you?’However, Charlie still smiled and said comfortingly, “Don’t think too much about it. It’s not as if you don’
Charlie could see that Claire still regarded Kathleen as a friend.However, the huge disparity in their social status also made her feel a little discouraged. Charlie understood this very well.Moreover, Charlie did not really want his wife to get too close to Kathleen.On one hand, Kathleen already knew his identity, so she might reveal clues about his identity to his wife if she got too close to Kathleen. On the other hand, Kathleen was simply too smart. In contrast, in front of Kathleen, Claire was like an elementary school student who was facing a graduate student. One was too smart, and the other was too naïve. Compromising with the other party would definitely be exhausting.Therefore, in Charlie’s opinion, it was best for the two of them to maintain this current state. So, Charlie digressed and asked Claire, “Honey, what time does the graduation ceremony start in the evening?”Claire said, “The graduation ceremony starts from around 5.00 pm to 5.30 pm.”Charlie nodde
Therefore, Charlie stopped pointing out this matter and instead, said with a smile, “Mrs. Lewis, Claire’s course in the United States has ended today, and we plan to return to Aurous Hill tomorrow. You, Stephanie, and Claudia should make some simple preparations to come to New York to meet us tomorrow.”When Mrs. Lewis heard this, she could not help but say happily, “That’s great, Young Master. Stephanie has been talking to me about going back to Aurous Hill during this period of time.”Charlie said with a smile, “That’s great. I was afraid that you’d be reluctant to part with the environment in Canada.”Mrs. Lewis said very seriously, “Young Master, to tell you the truth, when a person grows older, no other place will be as good as home, not to mention how I can take care of those children after going back. I really can’t wait.”“That’s good.” Charlie also heaved a sigh of relief and asked, “By the way, Mrs. Lewis, how are Stephanie and Claudia doing lately?”Mrs. Lewis replied,
Charlie insisted, “Mrs. Lewis, it’s tiring to travel, so try to save yourself from going through too much trouble as much as possible. Albert will take care of this matter, so you don’t have to worry. We will meet directly at the airport in New York tomorrow. The plane that you, Stephanie, and Claudia will be taking happens to be the plane that we will be taking back to Aurous Hill together. So, when the plane lands in New York, we will board the plane to meet you, and you don’t have to get off the plane to go on another connecting flight.”When Mrs. Lewis heard Charlie’s firm tone, she had no choice but to agree, and she said respectfully, “Thank you for your arrangements, Young Master.”“No problem.” Charlie smiled slightly and said, “See you tomorrow, Mrs. Lewis!”***Five o’clock in the evening.Charlie, who had changed into a suit, and Claire, who was wearing a long white evening gown, arrived at Rhode Island School of Design together. It was summer vacation time for Americ
Claire did not intend to chat with Amily too much, so she quickly said to Amily, “Amily, I’m not very good at socializing, so I won’t bother your boss.”With that said, she said to Charlie, “Honey, why don’t we go in first?”When Amily heard Claire referring to Charlie as ‘Honey’, she looked at Charlie in surprise and asked, “Are you Claire’s husband?”Charlie nodded slightly. “Yes, I am.”Amily looked Charlie up and down and said with a smile, “Claire said that you specialize in reading Feng Shui for others. Do people still believe in such deceptive things?” Charlie frowned slightly and said, “Many things exist if you believe in them and don’t exist in you don’t believe in them. It’s just like religions and God. No one has ever seen God, but it doesn’t prevent believers from believing in His existence.”Amily curled her lips and said with a smile, “God and Feng Shui are not the same things. God is faith. In other words, it’s a crystallization of wisdom, whereas Feng Shui is jus
As such, intent on keeping up his pretense, Jacob answered the phone, "Looking for me, Matilda?""Uh-huh," Matilda replied, and asked, "You didn't show up at Senior University, and your sub is saying you probably won't be coming for a while? Is that true?""Oh—right, that," Jacob quickly said. "Well, it's true—the gist of it is that the Association is getting busy with a project. As the vice president, I probably shouldn't be staying at Senior University all the time, right?""Heck, Mr. Bay called me last minute, telling me how busy we're going to be and that I was needed. That's why I had to go back, but I will head over to campus again when I have the time."Matilda knew right then that those were all excuses.However, she did not expose Jacob, instead asking, "Well, when are you free? So that I can send you my wedding invitation?""Oh, the invitation?" Jacob quickly chuckled. "You really didn't have to come to me—just pass it to Walker, my sub lecturer. He can pass it to me wh
The next afternoon, there was a sudden change of lecturers for the calligraphy class.Despite being the vice president of the Calligraphy and Painting Association, Jacob never showed up, instead getting a substitute instructor to replace him.Matilda had come with the invitation Yolden had written for Jacob, but seeing that Jacob wasn't at the lecture hall, she waited until the class was over to ask the sub, "Excuse me, can I ask why Mr. Wilson wasn't teaching this class?""He's busy at the association," the sub replied. "So, I'm taking over his class."Curious, Matilda pressed, "Then, would you happen to know when he will be coming?""Probably not for a while," the sub replied. "He delegated other classes to me as well, telling me that I could just stick to the PowerPoint slides."Then, he asked, "Do you have business with Mr. Wilson?"Matilda nodded. "Yes, but I can call him myself. Thank you."Leaving the lecture hall, Matilda called Jacob, who was goofing off in his office
On the other end, Matilda was left staring at Jacob's reply in confusion.She had presumed that Jacob would understand when she mentioned inviting his whole family that he should be coming up with an excuse to skip attending her wedding.That was the most ideal solution.As such, she was shocked that instead of playing along, Jacob's reply was short and blunt.[No problem. The four of us will be there!]Perplexed, Matilda was left wondering what Jacob meant. Was he really going to attend her wedding with Elaine?The thought left Matilda frowning as she absolutely didn't want to see Elaine—especially not at her own wedding.Yolden was writing an invitation when he saw the somber look on her face, and he couldn't help asking, "Is there a problem?""Jacob replied," Matilda admitted. "And he's saying that he will bring his whole family.""Really?" Yolden was confused too, as he was hardly as eccentric as Jacob. "But he's afraid of his wife and shouldn't be telling her at all…
Charlie was driving Jacob to Thompson First when the latter received the text from Matilda.Seeing that they were reaching the front gates, Jacob promptly snapped at Charlie, "Charlie, stop the car now!"Charlie did so and asked in curiosity, "What's wrong?""Matilda just texted me," Jacob replied, showing the chat log between him and Matilda.Charlie was just glancing at it nonchalantly when he saw that Matilda's contact name was 'AAA July Florist'."Wait, why is that Aunt Matilda's contact name?" He exclaimed in surprise."I changed it."Jacob explained gingerly while reading through the text Matilda sent. "Her profile picture is an iris, so I changed her contact name to a florist since I'm mostly worried Elaine would peek into my phone.""Anyway, she's asking if I'm attending her wedding with Yolden. They would send us an invitation if I accept, extended to our whole family… what do you think I should say?"Charlie asked in return. "You're planning to skip it, aren't you? T
Then, Matilda suggested, "How about this—I'll ask him before deciding." "I'll pass on inviting the rest of my former classmates too. They're too vain and love comparing, so I'd rather not have anything to do with that. Also, there are our Korean friends who have it together, and they were telling us to invite them if we were going to get married. We have to keep our promise, right?""Yeah—then, it's basically decided. Aside from Charlie, we shall invite our colleagues and Korean friends while we wait for an answer from Jacob."Yolden nodded and said, "Now, I'll talk about the honeymoon—cut me short if you have a different opinion."Matilda nodded, resting her chin on her hands and smiling. "Shoot. I'm all ears."Feeling a little embarrassed by Matilda's glowing stare, Yolden took a sip of his ice water before continuing, "My idea is to head to the States for our honeymoon after the wedding…"He trailed off, staring at Matilda and waiting for a response.However, she was merely
"Oh, Jacob…?"Matilda chuckled awkwardly. "Just today, he offered to buy me dinner, but I said I didn't have the time, and I also told him about our wedding… So, we should invite him since he's aware of it.""Jacob offered to buy you dinner?" Yolden exclaimed in surprise. "Did he say why?""Nope," Matilda shrugged, smiling. "Probably just dinner between old classmates."However, she was actually smart enough to guess Jacob's intention even though Jacob was inviting her somewhere near campus. That was why she had also mentioned she was marrying Yolden while turning down Jacob, all so that he would give up on her.After she had managed to get over their past fling completely, she didn't want to give Jacob false hopes before she walked down the aisle.In the same regard, she didn't want to worry Yolden, and therefore, had deliberately discouraged Jacob.Be that as it may, Yolden was smart too.He knew about Matilda and Jacob's past and that her son, Paul's full name was Paul Jam
Before Charlie had arrived, Jacob was still furious that Matilda would soon marry Yolden.After Charlie came, however, he was instead worried that Matilda would send him a wedding invitation.Meanwhile, Matilda and Yolden were discussing their list of guests.They had different social circles, but most of their friends were Stateside, and they only had some distant relatives in this country.Still, they had colleagues in Aurous Hill. Matilda had classmates too, but she was out of touch with them aside from Jacob, whom she often met.Still, as they discussed who should be invited, Matilda first suggested, "Let's go through everyone. First, our Stateside friends… I don't think we should tell them at all since it's a long journey, and inviting them would seem tactless. What do you think?"Yolden nodded, smiling, "I was just thinking the same thing. We're close with our Stateside friends and always keep in touch, but inviting them to our wedding might be a stretch. We'd just hit a wa
With that being said, once Matilda was thrown in the mix, Elaine would suddenly become an African honey badger, with every bit of black air force energy that was implied.As such, if Jacob had managed to be brave and take that one step back then, Charlie would have tried to help, stopping Elaine from harassing Jacob or Matilda.However, the reality was that Jacob had to bungle the chance when Matilda offered it to him.That was why the best option was for Jacob to understand that he couldn't get together with Matilda now so that he would feel much better.And since he had always been a coward, Charlie's slight intimidation cleared his head considerably.He then sighed, "Well, that's just life—you don't always get what you want, and you should never try to claim what you couldn't. I couldn't bring myself to choose Matilda over thirty years ago, so not being together now only makes sense.""Now, I can only pray that Elaine never finds out… or at least that things don't get out of h
Then, Jacob quickly pressed, "Dear boy, maybe you could stay a few days instead of taking more jobs. At least you could be there to stop my wife if she snaps.""Sure," Charlie chuckled, cheerfully agreeing to it. "Don't worry—Claire's returning in a couple of days too, and you'll be fine with us around. You're cheating in your mind, anyway…"Pausing, he then added a reminder, "But if she's really furious, just bear with her beatings and clawings. Live and let live, as they say."That left Jacob sulking, however. "What the hell! If I knew this would happen, I should have just taken her to court and divorced her openly! That way, I'd definitely make things work with Matilda. Yolden wouldn't even stand a chance!"Charlie had to keep a straight face. "Now, you're not quite right there—don't you know what would happen to your wife if you took this to court?"Jacob snorted coolly. "Elaine would just snap at me, hit me, and make sure I don't get a cent in the divorce. That's no big deal—