Arlo looked at his brother with bloodshot eyes and begged in an extremely humble tone, “Silas, as your brother, I beg you to please bury my wife and son with me since I’ve taken good care of you all this while. I have never asked you for help before in this life, and this is my last request before my death…”Silas shook his head and said calmly, “Bro, if we were in Naples, I would have honored you and buried you with your family even if you did not say anything, but we are in Cyprus now, and I can’t take your corpse back with me on the plane. Either airport won’t allow a corpse to enter or exit the country.”Arlo was speechless and said, “Silas, in that case, you can cremate my corpse and take my ashes back with you to be buried with my family!”Silas refused expressionlessly, “That’s impossible. Where would I cremate your body in this situation? The Cyprus police will be here before your corpse is fully cremated.”Arlo asked him, “You can’t let me die alone in the wilderness in Cy
Meanwhile, Mr. Chardon was still looking for clues about Vera in Eastcliff and was not ready to depart for Aurous Hill immediately. Mr. Zorro was still investigating New York but hadn’t made any progress. As for Miss Dijo, she had just settled down in the Far East.The three of them received a meeting notice from the British Lord at the same time, so the three of them entered the communication software immediately and waited for the British Lord to appear. Before the British Lord appeared, the three of them did not see Mr. Jothurn logging into the communication software, so Mr. Zorro joked, “If Mr. Jothurn doesn’t hurry up and connect to the communication software, I’m afraid that he will be punished after the British Lord logs in!”Mr. Chardon said casually, “I think Mr. Jothurn may be investigating relevant clues, so the British Lord will definitely understand if he is late if something really important is involved.”Ruby remained silent and did not seem to pay any attention to
The three great earls were extremely horrified when they heard the British Lord’s words. When the British Lord mentioned that Mr. Jothurn was dead just now, they thought that he had run into a greater expert, but they came to a realization now that Mr. Jothurn had died from a close-defense missile. They initially thought that there were very few people left in this world who could hurt them so they could basically be tyrants, but they suddenly came to a realization today that their so-called cultivation level was nothing compared to heavy weapons. Mr. Zorro, who was in New York, asked nervously, “British Lord, who would use close-defense missiles to deal with Mr. Jothurn? Could it be the official Cyprus military?”The British Lord said in a low voice, “No. Mr. Jothurn’s body as well as the artillery shells and the shell casings from the close-defense missiles were all found within the range of the dead soldiers’ base in Cyprus. This means that the enemy had installed the close-def
“Recruited them?!” Mr. Chardon said, “No matter what the circumstances are, they have to continuously receive the antidote given by the British Lord as long as they want to survive. What benefit will they stand to gain by joining the enemy? Once the antidote given to the Section Ambassador is exhausted, everyone is bound to die. Would these thousands of people be willing to die just to go against the Qing Eliminating Society?!”Mr. Zorro asked, “Could it be that the enemy has a way to eliminate the poison in their bodies?”The British Lord immediately said in a cold voice, “That’s absolutely impossible! There is no one in this world who can eliminate the poison in their bodies!” Mr. Chardon said, “This is so strange! Regardless of whether these people are truly loyal to the Qing Eliminating Society because of the antidote or because of their families, they would definitely go all out to fight for Qing Eliminating Society. If the other party really broke into the dead soldiers’ base
After saying that, he added, “British Lord, since the other party is good at using close-defense missiles, I believe that they are most likely not martial artists, let alone experts who have mastered Reiki. They are most likely well-trained soldiers!”The British Lord murmured, “Soldiers? If this was really done by a soldier, whose soldier could it be?”Ruby said, “I don’t have a clue whose soldier it could be, but I think we can start from the clues related to the close-defense missile.”The British Lord hummed in response and said, “Keep talking.”Ruby continued, “I just looked up information on this weapon. Although this weapon is very lethal, it is not actually an advanced weapon and equipment but can only be regarded as the first generation of modern weapons with a history of several decades. The parameters of the current close-defense missiles are several times that. Therefore, through this, it can basically be determined that there is a high probability that the opponent doe
Following the British Lord’s order, the Qing Eliminating Society entered an unprecedented period of dormancy. The five Military Governors of the five Military Governor Offices went into full hibernation immediately. Aside from the copper refinery in Turkey, all the other dead soldiers and Armed Calvary Guards were not allowed to step out of their bases. All members lurking around the world also temporarily terminated all contact with the upper line. From this moment on, only the three great earls of the Qing Eliminating Society were carrying out missions on behalf of the British Lord. Mr. Chardon was still looking for Vera’s whereabouts in Oskia and was preparing to set off to Aurous Hill to investigate clues on Charlie. Mr. Zorro was investigating the arms black market around the world to look for clues on the AK630 close-defense missiles, and Miss Dijo was filling in the gap for Mr. Chardon to look for Vera in the Far East. The day after Brody was shot, all members of the coppe
The condition for the British Lord to let them die willingly was for the British Lord to give their families freedom after their deaths. For these people, they would still die sooner or later without an antidote, so it would be better for them to die and give their families a chance rather than to die just like this. In fact, these people were different from the Armed Calvary Guards and the dead soldiers. They were Ezra’s confidants. When Ezra brought them here to take office, none of their family members came with them, nor could they come with them. They shouldered the attribute of self-destruction from the moment they took office. They would have to be the executors of self-destruction once there was a need for this place to be destroyed. The reason why the British Lord arranged this was so that they could complete self-destruction in the shortest time and cut off all risks completely once a major problem occurred in a certain dead soldiers’ base. Their families were the k
The weather in Aurous Hill in mid-August was extremely hot. Charlie had been busy urging Albert to renovate Champs Elys Resort over the past two days. He did not bother or ask about the matters related to the Qing Eliminating Society and the Middle East anymore. Charlie did not have time to talk to Caden at all over the past two days either. However, Caden was very proactive and called his chief disciple to come over all the way from the United States. He planned to pass on the position as head of the Taoist Sect in front of Charlie and draw a clear line with the Taoist Sect so that he could pledge his allegiance to Charlie wholeheartedly. Caden was waiting anxiously at the exit of Aurous Airport at the moment. The flight that he was waiting for was already half an hour late.Just as Caden was feeling impatient, the big screen at the airport finally updated the flight information, and the flight Caden had been waiting for finally arrived.After waiting for another half an hour,
While Charlie was waiting for Claire at the airport, Jacob and Elaine were taken to the traffic police station.But even in the patrol car, Elaine did not stop lashing out at Jacob.As such, the traffic police had no choice but to call up another patrol car to bring them over separately.Charlie was hence left wondering what those two were up to this time as they were nowhere to be seen when Claire's flight was about to land and weren't answering his texts.Fortunately, Charlie never considered them reliable, so he was fine whether they showed up or not.If they did, they could all head home in the same car.If they didn't, he just had to take a cab home with Claire.It was past three when Claire's private jet landed, and Claire herself cleared the checkpoint in just half an hour, wheeling a trolley with her luggage.Seeing Charlie from afar, she couldn't help quickening her pace as she beamed.Charlie hurried toward her as well, and Claire shoved her trolley aside when they w
However, to Jacob's shock, Elaine wasn't misled at all as she growled icily, "Why would I ask anyone else?! If there's someone I must question, it's Matilda! She's getting married, isn't she? Good! I will be there and ask her why she hooked up with my husband!"Jacob turned pale right then.Matilda's son and even some of their old classmates would be attending her wedding.If Elaine went, he would be exposed, and he wouldn't be able to stay in Aurous Hill out of shame!His nerves gnawing at him, Jacob could only plead, "Please, just trust me this once! Anything else aside, she's getting married, anyway—there's no way that I'd have anything to do with her! That alone should prove my innocence!"Elaine snorted. "If Matilda returned when I was arrested, it means she has been back for a while! And you're saying nothing happened since? Hell, even if she's married, it doesn't prove that she wasn't up to some hanky-panky with you! Maybe while I was arrested and refused a divorce when you
The driver was left dumbstruck—this wasn't how it was supposed to go.Still, he blurted, "C-Crashing into a Cullinan? I might end up dead instead…""Fine! Then let's change cars, and you crash into ours—how about that?!" Elaine promptly retorted before continuing, "Or we could just stand right in front of your car while you run into us! I just happen to have a death wish, but if you don't kill me now, I'll kill you! Don't think about getting away either—I know your car plate! I'll sell this car and use the money to put a bounty on your head! I don't care what happens to me now! I'll claw my nails into the devil's face even if he shows up!"The driver was actually quite experienced, but even he had yet to meet someone as ridiculous as Elaine.Barely able to keep his hands steady, he threw them up as he apologized, "I'm so sorry, ma'am—I just lost my cool. I'm merely a humble driver of a Honda Civic while you own a Rolls. Hell, I spent fifty bucks buying that red emblem from Amazon,
Elaine may have led a life as if she was above the rules, but beneath that tough exterior lay crippling insecurities and a horrific inferiority complex.She was always afraid of being belittled—but more than that, of being ostracized and betrayed.Over the years, the greatest source of her complexes could all be traced back to Matilda.After all, Matilda had been a star back in their school days. Because Elaine was a close friend of hers, many boys would get chummy with Elaine, but only because they were interested in Matilda.Being from a poor farmer's family, Elaine had been scorned plenty and therefore felt exceedingly inferior around Matilda.It was from that sense of inferiority that Elaine had inadvertently developed a one-sided rivalry against Matilda, and she believed her greatest triumph over Matilda in this life was the moment she had stolen Jacob from her.However, while Elaine presumed that she could hold that victory over Matilda's head, Lady Wilson had soured that v
Moreover, given Elaine's ridiculous temper, Jacob knew she would definitely go overboard and destroy him.He wouldn't even have a place to live at that point, and it would really be game over if she held a grudge and stormed the Calligraphy and Painting Association!Under such circumstances, he couldn't ask for a divorce—hell, he might even refuse a divorce if Elaine asked for one!However, that was when Elaine laughed coldly. "Oh, my… You're really not going to divorce me?""Come on—how long were we married?" Jacob quickly reasoned. "Getting divorced at our age? People would laugh at us."Elaine scoffed. "Now I'm curious… Matilda's quite old too, and she's a divorcee marrying again. Won't people laugh at her?""Technically, she's a widow—"Jacob blurted out, but soon turned pale, tensing up again not a second after he had just calmed down, asking gingerly, "W-Why would you suddenly mention her?'Elaine stopped pretending right then and snapped, "It's actually impressive that y
Horrified, Jacob promptly grasped the steering wheel and brought the Cullinan back under control while not hesitating to snap, "Are you crazy?! We're on the highway—that could have killed the both of us!"However, Elaine ignored him and seized the moment to open the armrest box, pulling out the large white envelope.As she opened it, she muttered, "So, it really was a wedding invitation… You really are a terrible friend, Jacob Wilson, hiding a wedding invitation like this! What's the point? Just look at that nervous face of yours—would I suspect you of having an affair with the bride-to-be?"She flipped open the card and was experienced enough to check the names first while disregarding the usual preamble. She wouldn't care about the venue or the time either, focusing solely on the professor who had somehow made Jacob very nervous.That was how Elaine found the names in less than a second: Yolden Hart and Matilda Hall.Matilda?!The name could well be knives stabbing Elaine in th
Jacob's brain blanked out, leaving only a dull hum as soon as Walker mentioned 'Professor Hall'.Already feeling nervous in the first place, he quickly said, "Okay, okay—I got it. Anyway, I'm hanging up if there's nothing else!"With that, he promptly pressed the button to hang up.Nonetheless, Elaine was soon asking in curiosity, "Who's Professor Hall?"If Jacob had any semblance of composure, he would have said 'a colleague at Senior University' as if it was perfectly natural, and the matter would have been forgotten.But the reality was that he didn't—in fact, he was the champion when it came to dropping the ball as a casual question from Elaine left him sweating all over his brow.Even as he slid nervous glances at her face, he stammered uncontrollably, "N-Nobody…"Elaine promptly noticed his strange reaction and frowned. "I'm talking about Professor Hall. What do you mean, nobody? Who are they? And what's this about an invitation? Inviting you for what?"Seeing that he was
Jacob had really had too much to drink and couldn't remember the later parts of what had happened last night—even how he had gotten home was a blur.Naturally, he also forgot that Walker had brought Matilda's wedding invitation, and therefore didn't hesitate to answer the in-car answer button.Over the phone, Walker was positively fawning as he asked, "Mr. Wilson? It's Walker. Why didn't you come in today? Had too much to drink last night?""Uh-huh," Jacob grunted, lethargic. "I did—my head still hurts now… Anyway, what's up? Trouble at the association?""No, of course not," Walker quickly said. "I was just worried you're still hungover, so I called to ask. If you need a driver or anything, you just need to ask!"Then, before Jacob could answer, he continued, "By the way, my wife is somewhat knowledgable in Oskian medicine, and she has recipes for brews that cure hangovers and nourish the liver. I'm sure you'll need the latter since you're always drinking at social events, so I as
Fortunately, Elaine and Jacob's bickering never escalated.Even though Elaine was winning, Jacob found it tolerable.After Jacob finished his lunch and cleaned up, he never looked up as he said, "Charlie sent a text, saying Claire's flight would touch down earlier at three. We will leave at two."Elaine grumbled. "Why leave so early? She's coming back from abroad, and there'd be checkpoints she has to clear—she'd be lucky if she could leave by half past three. I'm sleeping a few winks now, and we'll leave at half past two."As she left the dining room, she didn't even look back as she said, "Clean up for me too."Jacob had a million complaints but said nothing as he kept his head down, throwing Elaine's lunchbox in the trash can as well.With Elaine gone, he sat on the couch as her hangover slowly cleared while his mood soured with the lack of alcohol.In the end, the pleasure of being fawned over at the Diamond Room was but temporary—the pain of his beloved leaving with someone