Frankly speaking, Charlie did not want his grandparents to come to Aurous Hill.However, he also understood that this matter might not be within his control.After thinking about it over and over again, he looked at Caden, who was in front of him, and suddenly came up with a plan as he said, “Send a message to Lady Acker now saying that you just did a divination for the Acker family, and the Acker family will face a serious threat if they come to Aurous Hill this time. Let her think about it carefully. It’d be best if she retracts this decision.”Caden asked in surprise, “Master Wade, why are you avoiding meeting the Acker family if you gave the Healing Pill that Miss Golding gave to Lord Acker that day?”Charlie said lightly, “I have my own considerations, so you don’t need to say so much.”Caden nodded resentfully, but in the next moment, he rolled his eyes and suddenly remembered something as he blurted out, “I remember now! Miss Golding… She… She’s not just a celebrity, but sh
Caden nodded and answered the call while also tactfully putting the call on loudspeaker at the same time.Charlie’s grandmother’s voice came from the phone as she asked anxiously, “Master Howton, you said in your text message that there is a bad omen if we go to Aurous Hill this time. I wonder what’s the specific situation?”Caden could only make up some nonsense as he said, “I observed the stars at night and did a divination for the Acker family. The divination showed that Aurous Hill is a very bad omen for the Acker family, so I hurriedly told you that it’d be best for the Acker family not to come here in the near future.”Lady Acker pondered for a moment and then said seriously, “Master Howton, the Acker family is already making preparations to go to Aurous Hill. We’re going to Aurous Hill this time in order to find my grandson who has disappeared for twenty years. I think that he disappeared in Aurous Hill back then, so we’ve decided to start over this year, and we have to go to
“Go back to the United States?!”When Caden heard this, tears came to his eyes.The first thought that flashed through his mind was excitement. After all, this meant that Charlie was willing to let him go back to the United States, which meant that he would not take his life or imprison him.So, he asked excitedly, “Can I?”Charlie could not help but laugh secretly when he saw Caden’s excited appearance. In fact, he did not plan to kill Caden at all. After all, Caden had merely played some tricks on Anthony with an underhanded method, but this crime should not be punishable by death.What’s more, he had already handed the medicine cauldron over. Although he was reluctant to do so, he was still willing to admit defeat after losing the bet.In addition, Caden had a personal friendship with his grandmother. If Charlie were to acknowledge his grandmother in the future and she brought up this friend of hers, it would be a little untenable if he had killed Caden or imprisoned him a
When Caden heard Charlie’s irrefutable words, he was so depressed that his entire body shook. His lips were trembling, and his teeth were also gnashing together involuntarily in his mouth. Caden naturally did not want to leave, but he also did not know how to express his intention to Charlie. After all, he was afraid that if he was insatiable, Charlie might end up changing his mind. Wouldn’t it be a big loss if Charlie were to decide to kill him, then?At this moment, Charlie suddenly changed the subject and asked, “Master Howton, how long have you remained in the realm of an eight-star martial artist?”Caden said respectfully, “Master Wade, I’ve been in the lower realm of an eight-star martial artist for sixteen years…”Charlie asked curiously, “How old are you this year, then?”Caden said, “I’m sixty-two years old this year!”Charlie said, “You’re already an eight-star martial artist in your forties? It seems that you have pretty good cultivation speed!”Caden forced a laug
When Caden heard Charlie’s words, he was shocked and froze in place as if he had been struck by lightning. He was so stunned that he could not speak at all.After a while, he asked Charlie with a look of disbelief, “Master… Master Wade, this… this pill will help me to enter the Great Perfection Realm of the Illuminating Realm?!”Charlie nodded and said indifferently, “With your current cultivation level, the potency of this pill is enough for you to achieve a breakthrough.”Caden was still in disbelief and asked in surprise, “What kind of pill is this that can be so miraculous?!”Charlie smiled and said, “This is the Healing Pill. You should have seen it before.”Caden asked in shock, “Master Wade, this… Is this the Healing Pill that saved your grandfather that day?! This medicine can be called a panacea that can bring the dead back to life! Are you really giving it to me?!”Caden had been at the Acker family’s mansion that day, and he had personally witnessed the power of the He
He then looked at Anthony with great shame and spoke up as he said, “Dr. Simmons, the previous competition was just a little scheme that I devised. Your medical skills are definitely far superior compared to mine. I was really embarrassing myself by trying to display my slight skills before an expert before this. I hope that you will not hold it against me!”Anthony hurriedly said, “Don’t worry about it, Master Howton. Since you’re Master Wade’s subordinate from now on, we are friends, so there’s no need for you to bring up things of the past anymore.”When Caden saw Anthony’s magnanimity, he quickly bowed and said, “Dr. Simmons, I’ll be staying in Aurous Hill from now on, so please feel free to contact me at any time if you need my help with anything.”“No problem!” Anthony said as he nodded politely.Caden then turned to look at Charlie, bowed, and said, “Master Wade, I’ll go back to the hotel to rest first if you have no other instructions for me for the time being.”Charlie no
As Charlie was preparing to start refining pills, Caden also returned to the hotel where he was staying.He hurriedly entered the lobby like a thief, quickly got into the elevator, and slipped back into his room. As soon as he entered the room, he locked the door and put on the anti-theft latch. However, he was still worried and moved the coffee table in the living room to block the door of the room.After doing all these things, Caden could not wait to go into the bedroom, closed the curtains, and then took out the Healing Pill from his pocket. Caden also had some superficial alchemy technique, so he could tell at a glance that the pill that Charlie had given him was not an ordinary pill.The color and aroma of this pill were definitely much stronger than the pills he had refined, not to mention the Life-Sustaining Pills passed down to him by his masters in the Taoist Sect. Caden became increasingly excited and put the pill into his mouth impatiently after scrutinizing it.
Someone else could solve what he had been unable to solve for so many years with just a pill. This showed that the gap between him and Charlie was really big and incomparable. It was also at this moment that he suddenly felt incredibly grateful. He was happy for making the decision to stay by Charlie’s side to serve him and do his best for Charlie. If it was not for this decision, he would never have been able to discover the marvelous feeling of breaking through to the Great Perfection Realm of the Illuminating Realm even until his death! ***Meanwhile, at Champs Elys hot spring villa.Charlie had already prepared the medicinal herbs that could be used to refine twenty Healing Pills. He decided to prepare his first batch of Healing Pills using this medicine cauldron.Fortunately, the medicinal herbs required to refine the Healing Pill were not rare, so Graham could prepare a lot of these medicinal herbs for him back then.The reason why Charlie wanted to use the medicine cau
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