Once the Qing Eliminating Society stopped his antidote prescription, he would die regardless of his status as the son-in-law of the Acker family or the head of the family. Based on this point, he was destined to rise as high as possible within the Qing Eliminating Society. As for his status in society, it was of little importance. In the Qing Eliminating Society, strength had always been the determining factor. It went without saying that the British Lord was powerful and strong, and next to her, the highest status in the Qing Eliminating Society was the three elders from the Elder Council, followed by the Four Great Earls, and then the descendants of the British Lord's own clan, including Tarlon. Although Tarlon was deeply trusted and valued by the British Lord, in the Qing Eliminating Society, he had to be humble when he saw Mr. Zorro. This was like the royal family in ancient times. Even though the relatives were related to the emperor by blood and had a closer relationsh
Knowing that the Qing Eliminating Society was much more low-profile now, Charlie never expected to cross paths with them during this trip to New York. However, now that he had just arrived on the 17th floor of Manhattan Hospital and a wounded member of the Qing Eliminating Society had been brought in immediately, it couldn't possibly be a coincidence. Charlie's intuition told him that the Qing Eliminating Society must be targeting Raymond, and their purpose of approaching Raymond must be the Four-Sided Treasure Tower. Charlie mumbled under his breath, "Vera told me that Marcius had mentioned the Four-Sided Treasure Tower to her father, so Fleur must know about the existence of the tower. It is very likely that she is the only person in the Qing Eliminating Society who knows the true background of the tower. Now that the society has set its sights on this place, it must be on Fleur's orders." Thinking about this, Charlie became more cautious. He knew that apart from Fleur, th
In Wards 02, 03, and 04, each ward had four agents stationed, while in Ward 1701, besides Raymond, there were six agents closely guarding him. Moreover, the FBI agents were all armed with live ammunition. As soon as someone rushed in, they would shoot without hesitation. The situation would inevitably escalate once a gunfight occurred. Charlie had no grievances with the FBI, nor would he mercilessly attack the FBI agents protecting Raymond, so if force were to be used in this situation, it would essentially be unsolvable. However, there weren't any good breakthroughs with a soft approach either. It was impossible to psychologically manipulate nearly 20 people in a row, right? Even if he managed to take Raymond out, Raymond would become a wanted fugitive. According to Raymond's wishes, he would rather spend his life in prison than be a wanted criminal. Just as Charlie was in a dilemma, a message suddenly popped up on his phone. It was a message from Vera which said, "Mr
"Acquitted?" Charlie asked, "In that case, how long will it take to get everything done?" Julien answered, "It still requires a court hearing as part of the process. The formal procedure would typically be slower, but the previous impact of this case has been too severe, and the judicial department hopes to resolve it quickly. My father is also urging them to handle it as a special case, so the New York court will send a team of judges to the hospital to conduct the court hearing and pronouncement on-site. They are expected to depart in a few hours, and considering all the time involved, the process should be completed around five hours from now at around 7 p.m." Charlie was relieved to hear this. Fleur would need at least ten more hours to arrive. If Raymond could be acquitted in three hours, they could leave the United States directly. He would arrange for Raymond to return to Oskia, and Fleur would not dare to go after them. In fact, it didn't matter if Fleur went after them
Ruby said that Mr. Chardon was the strongest among the four earls. However, even if he hadn't killed himself, he was no match for Charlie. Hence, Charlie had a clear idea about killing Mr. Zorro easily. Nevertheless, having an idea was one thing; whether there would be an opportunity to execute it was another matter entirely. Charlie knew it would be difficult to kill Mr. Zorro in New York. Fighting with someone in the downtown area of a bustling city would do more harm than good. If he performed his execution here, his act might be broadcast live on the internet before he could even kill Mr. Zorro. Hence, it was not a wise option to confront Mr. Zorro directly. Furthermore, he could not use his Reiki to kill him with a single blow. It would likely cause a huge uproar and bizarre headlines if a bolt of lightning suddenly struck down Manhattan Hospital and killed a man. This meant that he would have to think of a hassle-free way to kill Mr. Zorro such as catching him o
Charlie took the file and looked it over. The patient's name was Joel Carr. He had been admitted to the hospital after being hit by a vehicle, suffering from multiple soft tissue contusions and superficial injuries. However, there was no damage to his bones or muscles, so it didn't seem to be a serious problem. Charlie turned to Pitt and queried, "His condition isn't serious. There's no need to admit him to the hospital, right? Wouldn't it be enough to just observe him in the ER?" Dr. Pitt gasped and quickly explained, "You may not know this, but the patient is Mr. Zekeiah Cash's assistant. Zekeiah is very famous in New York, and his wife is a member of the Ackers. He personally called the hospital director and asked him to transfer the patient to the 17th-floor ward for treatment." "What did you say?" Charlie frowned in dismay. "Zekeiah Cash? Lulu Acker's husband?" "Yes!" Dr. Pitt nodded. Charlie curled his fingers into a fist and gritted his teeth. It seemed that the thr
After Keith expressed his opinion, Christian affirmed, "Since Charlie already has solid proof, I second that!" "Yes, Dad!" Kaeden nodded. "I firmly support your decision." Sensing Keith's concern, Merlin smacked his lips and said, "I support you too, but once the deed is done, will Lulu be okay with it? Will she be mad at Charlie?" Keith waved his hand. "Our family will not be so ignorant. She will understand." Then, Keith attested firmly, "However, besides Charlie, only the four of us know about this. After the dust settles, no matter how Lulu reacts, we must never mention it. We shall keep this a secret." The three men nodded simultaneously. A tacit understanding was the best solution for this kind of thing. Keith was silent for a moment, then he quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and replied to Charlie's message with a determined expression. "Charlie, kill Zekeiah if you can, but your safety is the most important." He then sent another message
After reading Keith's messages, Charlie kept the phone in his pocket and asked Pitt, "What tests have you done to the patient in Room 1707? Show me his files." Pitt immediately handed Joel's medical records to Charlie. Charlie read through them and asked, "Do you have an extra white coat? Get me one." "Yes, yes." Pitt swiftly handed Charlie an extra white coat. After putting it on, Charlie said, "Come with me to Room 1707." "Okay, Dr. Wade." Pitt nodded. At this moment, in Ward 1707. Mr. Zorro closed his eyes and used his Reiki to sense the situation in the room as well as the surrounding wards. When he realized that a team of FBI agents was lying in wait, he couldn't help but frown in dismay. Even Charlie wasn't sure he could sneak Raymond out of here quietly, let alone Mr. Zorro. Hence, Mr. Zorro was perplexed, not knowing what to do. Noticing that Mr. Zorro had opened his eyes, Zekeiah walked forward and asked, "How is it?" Mr. Zorro shook his head, smacked his
"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
Charlie frowned in thought for a while, before saying, "Well, there is a plan, but I can't vouch for the chances. I also need you to cooperate with me and not let anything slip, or everything will go to waste. Can you do that?""I can!" Claire nodded, determined, before quickly asking, "So? What's the plan?""Well, it's not specific," Charlie replied. "We just have to improvise as we go along. Let's just head in for now!"-They left the airport and took a cab to the traffic police's headquarters. Just as she entered, they saw their Cullinan parked outside.Charlie sent Claire in first while he carried her luggage before following.Meanwhile, Elaine was wailing in her room, "I've been married to him for years! Suffering so much pain and humiliation, only for him to hook up with an old flame behind my back! Is it wrong if I struck out?"The traffic police officer was on the verge of a breakdown, but he still said patiently, "Ma'am, I've told you many times—what he did was wrong
Claire wasn't all that experienced in love and hence didn't know how a person caught in a love triangle would think or why they would experience such terrible mood swings.Still, Charlie's explanation gave her a general idea, and she sighed, "Actually, Dad looked really bad when Matilda came back. He was so obsessed with her that he didn't care if Mom was alive—even bringing her home for dinner. I'd be seething if I was Mom."Charlie sighed in exasperation. "Well, let's not loiter about. Let's go to the traffic police station.""Yeah!" Claire nodded, before holding his arm, "If they're there, that means they're safe, and they won't be fighting with those officers around. So, let's not head over so quickly."Charlie raised a brow. "What are you getting at?"Claire sighed, clearly troubled. "We have to think—how are we going to alleviate this crisis? If it's really as you say and Mom has mostly guessed it right, this fight might just be the start. At best, that fight on the highway
The traffic police officer smiled in exasperation. "Is there no getting through to you? You could even afford to drive a nice car, and you'd most likely survive an accident. But what if you were left bedridden for a long time? Yell at each other in the same hospital room?"Elaine waved him off. "I don't care—all I know is that I will always get my revenge, and on the spot if possible. If there were superheroes, I would be Wonder Woman!""Urgh…" The traffic police officer was utterly speechless. "How about this? We will call your daughter and have her come over to bail you. She will mediate your fight!"With those words, he returned Elaine's phone to her, and it happened to ring just then.It was a call from Claire.Seeing that the contact name said [Daughter], the traffic police officer quickly said, "Go on, answer it!"Elaine took it and answered the call, and Claire asked urgently before she could say a word, "Mom? Where are you? Where's Dad? Are you both alright?"Elaine sulk