In the afternoon, Charlie said goodbye to Helena and Raymond and set off alone to the United States. It was not far from Ottawa to Burlington, but crossing the border was a bit tricky. Thankfully, the management of the US-Canadian border was relatively lax, and without the Rothschild family secretly watching, it was a piece of cake for Charlie. After successfully entering the United States, Charlie drove to Burlington, where his plane was waiting and ready to take off. At this moment, at the small airport dozens of miles away from Burlington International Airport, the Department of Homeland Security was still conducting an intensively detailed search for the Gulfstream G650, but nothing of value was found. They began to suspect if this was a hoax or if the whistle-blower had made a mistake. However, there was no turning back at this point, so they had to bite the bullet and search the plane thoroughly before closing the case. However, this did not affect the normal operation
Standing in the middle of the hangar, Fleur closed her eyes, and the surging Reiki spread out from her body, covering the entire hangar. She carefully scanned all the details in the hangar, and her eyebrows became more and more furrowed as she couldn't find anything of value. Seeing her frown, Tarlon assumed that the search was fruitless, so he asked after she opened her eyes, "Lord, have you found anything?" "No." Fleur shook her head and muttered, "That's strange. No one died in the fire? I would have sensed something otherwise." "Does this mean that Zekeiah and Mr. Zorro might not be dead?" asked Tarlon. Fleur nodded. "Maybe. It is possible that they are not dead since we can't find their bodies, but I don't understand why someone would want to take them." Tarlon analyzed, "It's probably because they thought that it would deal a huge blow to our organization, and they could get a lot of information about us from them." Fleur waved him off. "Killing them would be a bigg
Hearing Fleur's analysis, Tarpon was shocked and blurted, "W-What makes you think that?" Fleur answered, "Because he witnessed Mr. Chardon's self-destruction when he killed him, so he knew that he couldn't give Mr. Zorro a chance to self-destruct. He had to kill him with one blow, so he used such an unusual way to kill him." She then bellowed, "He's everywhere like a ghost! He not only survived Mr. Chardon's explosion but also killed another earl of mine not long after!" Tarpon asked, "The fire happened not long ago. Doesn't that mean that person is also in New York right now?" Fleur gritted her teeth and snarled, "If I'm not mistaken, we are now in the light while our enemy is in the dark. He must know that I came to New York, so he must not be here now. Also, he killed Zekeiah and Mr. Zorro before I landed and secretly sent the Four-Sided Treasure Tower back to Oskia. He also deliberately rented a plane in Zekeiah's name to fly to Oskia to trick me. The timing and precision o
For Charlie, this trip to the United States had been truly rewarding. He had managed to rescue Raymond, send the Four-Sided Treasure Tower back to Oskia, and murder Zekeiah and Mr. Zorro. Zekeiah was a mole planted in the Acker family, and Mr. Zorro was Fleur's last earl. Now that both of them had been killed, it was a big loss for the Qing Eliminating Society. The only people in the organization who could threaten Charlie were Fleur and the three elders who were about to open the pineal gland. Charlie was in no hurry to continue the war with the Qing Eliminating Society for now. It was a good opportunity to temporarily cease-fire since Fleur did not have the guts to attack Oskia. After he returned to Aurous Hill, he could take his time to study and understand the contents of the Preface of the Apocalyptic Book, and at the same time, he could also study the photo album his father had left behind to see if there were any other clues. Moreover, Oskia was safe now, so Charlie fe
Qi Temple, Aurous Hill. At the northern foot of Mount Qi and in the valley on the north side of Qi Temple, there was a serene courtyard. This courtyard belonged to Qi Temple, but it had never been open to the public. Even the monks of Qi Temple had been told by the abbot not to approach it without permission. At this moment, dawn had just arrived in Aurous Hill. There was not much light in the mountains, and the whole valley was shrouded in fog, the sound of birds chirping in the valley. In the courtyard, a gorgeous woman was sitting cross-legged on the futon, gently twisting the beads in her hand. The woman was Ashley, Charlie's mother. A woman with a very short haircut came out of the blue brick house. She was Suzanna Sun, Ashley's subordinate. Suzanne walked up to Ashley, stopped, and said respectfully, "Ma'am, I have just received news that Mr. Charlie has returned to Oskia." "Oh?" Ashley opened her eyes and gasped in surprise, "The Four-Sided Treasure Tower has jus
With Charlie out of Aurous Hill, Nanako had been concentrating on her martial arts practice for the past few days. For the time being, she stayed in the dormitory at Champs Elys and occasionally went home to visit her father. Yesterday, Yahiko had asked Nanako to join him for dinner because he missed her very much. He had ordered his chef to prepare a sumptuous banquet, and they had dined together. Banquets were usually upscale and elaborate, and the course could take up to three hours. Hence, Nanako had decided to stay home for the night instead of going back to Champs Elys. In order not to delay the morning practice, she had gotten up early at dawn, washed up, and prepared to head back to Champs Elys. As the elevator went down to the basement, it stopped at the ninth floor, and a young woman about the same age as Nanako entered as soon as the door opened. Nanako stood idly. Meanwhile, the young woman whispered mysteriously on the phone as she entered the elevator, "Oh, I di
Hence, Nanako walked a little faster to follow up with the woman before her and began apologetically, "Excuse me, miss. I didn't mean to, but I overheard your conversation about an amulet with your friend. May I know where I can get a blessed amulet from Master Jeevika?" Slightly startled at first, the woman then smiled sweetly and said, "That's simple. Just go directly to the Transmission Office at Qi Temple and say you're here by invitation to visit Master Jeevika. The monks will take you to the Serenity Hall to wait. Not many people know about this, so if you go early, you should have a chance." "Wonderful!" Nanako thanked her profusely, "Thank you so much." "You're welcome," the woman said with a smile. "You live here too? We should be neighbors then." "Yes." Nanako nodded and said, "I live on the 21st floor." The woman smiled and replied, "I live on the 9th floor. I just moved in a few days ago. My husband is busy with work all year round, and he flies frequently, so I b
Hearing Ashley's lament, Suzanne couldn't help but chuckle. "What about Claire? What do you think about her?" "Claire..." Ashley was silent for a moment before explaining seriously, "At some point, she has done a favor for Charlie, but she has neither become pregnant nor had a child after four years of marriage, so I guess that their marriage is likely more show than substance. From the things Charlie has done for her, it's clear that he has been sincere toward her. Given this situation, the problem should lie with her." She then added, "She must have her reasons. It's not fair for me to doubt her, but does this also show that she doesn't love Charlie as much or that she doesn't love him as much as he loves her?" "You're right." Suzanne nodded. "I share the same thought. Mr. Charlie would be better off divorcing her and being with either Miss Golding or Miss Ito. I can tell that these two ladies love him very much." Ashley nodded slightly. She then donned a bitter smile and lam
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
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