Charlie hurried out of the bedroom and he saw Loreen who has especially dressed up today.Loreen was really dressed very beautifully today. She was wearing a beige windbreaker with a black base sweater inside and she looked very tall and feminine. As for her lower body, Loreen was wearing a woolen short skirt with a pair of leggings that really brought out her long and slender legs. It was really very eye-catching!As soon as Loreen saw Charlie, she started blushing immediately. She waved her hand slightly at him before she said nervously, “Hello, Charlie! I will have to depend on you to take good care of me in the future!”Charlie smiled slightly before he nodded and said, “Welcome. Welcome.”Charlie was actually feeling a little helpless.He knew that Loreen was in love with him.He would not mind it if she simply confessed her feelings to him. He could simply decline her feelings or turn a blind eye to it.However, she was moving in and she was going to be living under the sa
After editing and posting some of her pictures online, Elaine deliberately added a few pictures of herself with a shy expression on her face. Moreover, she also tagged the location of the villa at Thompson First in her pictures.As soon as she posted her pictures online, many people immediately liked and commented on her pictures.They even left all sorts of admiration messages to praise and suck up to Elaine at this time. All of Elaine’s friends could not help but marvel at how luxurious and grand her villa was.After all, no one would have ever imagined that Elaine would be able to live in a top notch villa worth more than one hundred million dollars. This was really beyond the understanding of everyone who knew her.At this time, the Wilson family members were all very miserable as they were eating some duck and a handful of boiled cabbage.The old lady was in charge of handling the family money and she was very dissatisfied with Christopher and his son and daughter because the
Christopher plucked up the courage to say, “Mom, even if the court sentences you to prison one day, Harold, Wendy, and I will be able to live a simple and stable life if we have the money. However, if you refuse to take the antiques out of hiding, then the three of us will definitely starve to death if you are sentenced to prison!”“Starve to death?” Lady Wilson replied coldly, “All three of you have hands and feet. You won’t starve to death if you’d just go out to the streets and work as a community worker! Christopher, let me tell you something; the batch of antiques left behind by your father is for my retirement fund! You shouldn’t have any funny ideas about it!”Christopher could no longer hold back his anger and he stood up as he said coldly, “The things left behind by my father is also for the sake of his children and grandchildren! Who gave you the rights to keep everything for yourself?”Lady Wilson replied coldly, “So what? Are you going to rebel against me now? Alright th
The expression on Lady Wilson’s face changed as soon as she heard the other party’s words!She trembled uncontrollably and her walking stick fell to the ground with a thud.She had initially thought that she would have enough time to look for someone who would be able to help her to turn things around for Wilson Group. However, she would have never imagined that she would be placed in this kind of situation so quickly!Christopher and his children’s faces also turned pale as soon as they heard what the other party said!“Mom, what’s happening here? Are they going to seal up our villa now? Didn’t you already repay more than one million dollars to the bank?”Based on the current economic condition of the Wilson family, they would not have a place to stay at all if their villa was sealed. Furthermore, none of them had any skills or abilities of their own. They were going to suffer a terrible fate!Christopher and his children would not be the only ones who would have to go out to fi
Christopher rubbed his forehead slightly before he said, “If they discover it, then it will all be over for us!”As they were speaking, a young man dressed in a uniform suddenly walked into the villa with a strange device in his hand.The device was a long pole with a circle in front of it. It looked like a mine detector commonly used in movies.Christopher asked in surprise, “Young man, is that a mine detector?”The young man simply smiled before he said, “No, but it is actually pretty similar. This is a metal detector. It will give out a warning should there be any metal detected underground. Since mines are also made out of metal, we can also use this to detect mines but there is a difference in the level of sensitivity.”As soon as Christopher heard that it was a metal detector, he could not help but say, “It’s already bad enough that you come over to and seal off other people’s houses. Why do you have to bring a metal detector to check out other people’s houses?”The other p
As soon as the old lady passed out, Christopher rushed forward before he grabbed hold of the old woman’s collar as he shook her vigorously in anger!The old lady woke up as soon as she passed out because she was being so vigorously shaken by Christopher. As soon as she opened her eyes, Christopher reprimanded her immediately, “Didn’t you say that no one else would be able to find those antiques aside from you? Now, all of our antiques are gone! They’re all gone! How is our family going to survive and continue living now?”Lady Wilson could not help but feel a sharp pain in her heart. She could not stop crying out loud. She was in deep grief and she kept wailing as she said, “I really didn’t know that things would turn out like this. If I had known that things would end up like this, I wouldn’t have hid all of my antiques at home even if it would kill me!”As she spoke, the old lady could not stop the tears from flowing down her cheeks. “It’s over. Everything is really over now! My h
In other words, they would not only have no place to stay for the next three months, but she might even probably be sent to prison after three months…Lady Wilson cried until she was almost out of breath and she felt as though her life was already ending.After the representative from the court gave them a warning, he did not say anything else and he simply turned around, then got into his car and left immediately.The members of the Wilson family could only sit helplessly outside their villa with a pile of their tattered and broken furniture and bundles of their clothing and necessities. They could not stop the tears from flowing down their cheeks.They were completely helpless at this time.Unexpectedly, it started to drizzle at a time like this.A few security guards from the villa community rushed over to them and said, “Guys, please take your belongings with you and move out of the community of our villa as soon as possible. Please do not affect the appearance of our villa c
At this time, at the villa at Thompson First, Elaine was lying on the deck chair on the all-glass balcony on the second floor and she was grinning from ear to ear as she stared at her cell phone.There were more than three hundred likes on her pictures right now and this has already broken her records.She could not even keep count of all the comments and after a short while, she could not even reply to all of the comments anymore.Today, Elaine finally understood what it felt like to have everyone’s attention on her.Her entire circle of friends were all staring and keeping track of her! Moreover, they did not hesitate to praise her in the comments. Therefore, Elaine really felt very relaxed and happy.At this time, some of Elaine’s closest friends started sending her some messages in their group chat: “Oh, Sister Elaine moved into the villa at Thompson First today! She will have to buy us dinner!”“Exactly!” Some of the other people started replying: “Sister Elaine, you’ve jus
The Calligraphy and Painting Association was certainly efficient—soon after the meeting was dismissed, the news that the administrative vice-president had resigned was posted on their official page and social media.The notice was simple and never mentioned what Jacob had done, only that the administrative vice-president had asked to resign for personal reasons. The request had since been voted upon, and all members had agreed to it.And that was how a simple and short message kicked Jacob out of the Calligraphy and Painting Association entirely.In the city, other associations closely connected with the Calligraphy and Painting Association were the various cultural societies and circles of antique enthusiasts and the Senior University. In fact, most fans of the public page of the Calligraphy and Painting Association were from the Senior City, and every lecturer, student, and even guest lecturer were subscribed.As a matter of fact, that was entirely Jacob's doing. After his lect
There weren't that many members in the Calligraphy and Painting Association—just a handful over twenty.Hence, at Mr. Bay's request, everyone showed up at the conference at 1 pm.He chose the afternoon as there were a handful who were away on outreach, including Walker, who was subbing for Jacob's lectures.Once the entire Calligraphy and Painting Association save for Jacob was informed of the mandatory meeting, every member was there on the hour, seated primly and in attention in the huge conference room.Mr. Bay didn't waste his breath on the preamble either—as soon as he saw that everyone had arrived, he announced, "Everyone, I've gathered you here today because our administrative vice-president, Jacob Wilson, has been alleged to be involved in a certain malicious scheme."Last night, Mr. Wilson submitted his resignation to me, and after a discussion with my vice-presidents, we've all decided to hold a vote. It will be open to every member in the association as we will be decid
Having sent his resignation letter, Jacob had no idea that it would be the catalyst for his dismissal.He didn't sleep well at the rundown motel either and had dark circles under his eyes as he rushed to the airport early the next morning.Clearing the checkpoint and boarding his flight, everything went smoothly until his flight to Dubai lifted off at 10 am.-Meanwhile, the other vice-presidents of the Calligraphy and Painting Association had arrived at Mr. Bay's office.They all had the same goal—pressure Mr. Bay and get Jacob kicked out of the association no matter what it took.Naturally, they knew that Mr. Bay most definitely would have to help Jacob since Jacob was close with Don Albert. If Mr. Bay insisted on protecting Jacob, they shouldn't insist, or Jacob would hear about it, and the man would bear a grudge.Even so, as the vice-presidents entered Mr. Bay's office and closed the door behind them, one of them couldn't help asking, "So, Mr. Bay—how do you intend to deal
Hence, Mr. Bay sent a reply in under five minutes after Jacob sent his resignation letter.As Jacob tapped on it, he immediately saw Mr. Bay's reply: Mr. Wilson's resignation is a huge loss to the association. However, we should also respect his individual situation and opinion. As such, to discuss our direction forward, all vice-presidents are required to attend a meeting at 10am tomorrow to discuss this matter.Jacob was still perplexed as to why Mr. Bay would reply to his mail and even summon the other vice-presidents for a meeting, and when he had a closer look, he saw that Mr. Bay had forwarded his mail to everyone else.Seeing that, Jacob thought to himself that Mr. Bay could just stick to a discussion involving just Mr. Bay and the vice-presidents instead of the entire association.As such, he sent a voice message on WhatsApp: "Mr. Bay, did you make a mistake and forward my mail to everyone else?"Mr. Bay soon replied, "Everyone already knows about your situation, so there'
Mr. Bay was left pursing his lips awkwardly. "T-That's way too despicable, don't you think? I'm the one who asked him to write a resignation and give up his place as vice-president while I handle the other vice-presidents and resolve the entire matter internally. Everyone can take a step back from escalation, and it's a solution that could please everyone."If I take that resignation at face value, won't it be like a bank goading a client into taking a scam loan? Won't he hate me to the bone if he finds out I screwed him over?""What are you worried about?" Mrs. Bay shot back in annoyance. "Are you that scared of Jacob Wilson turning against you? Hell, my own sister hates me to the bone—but what did you think I told her? That I'm never lending her the money no matter how much she hates me!"What do you think would have happened if I were worried about her feelings and loaned her the money she asked for? She wouldn't have to use a single cent to get herself a new house! She would say
"Don Albert… is giving up on Jacob Wilson?!"Mr. Bay exclaimed in shock. "B-But he was so respectful toward Jacob just the other day when we had dinner at the Heaven Springs… He gave us the best private room and even offered his best wine, filling our glasses personally…"Mrs. Bay waved him off. "You've been stuck with the retirees of the Calligraphy and Painting Association for so long that you've lost your nose for danger! Just think about it—married couples who were just sharing a bed one night could pull a knife on their partner the very next day. And these are men with priorities we're talking about."Also, you should take into account that Zachary Evans is Don Albert's right-hand man, and Jacob somehow dragged him into a fraud scheme. So, do you think Don Albert would be happy with that?"And according to Zachary's public statement, all the money they got went straight into Jacob's pocket—and what does that mean? It means Zachary is an accessory to a crime—at worst, an accomp
"That would be me," Don Albert replied and asked in return, "And who are you? What's your business with me?"Mr. Bay quickly said, "Good evening, Don Albert. I'm Mr. Bay from the Calligraphy and Painting Association—we've met before.""Oh, Mr. Bay…" Don Albert did indeed recall who he was. "So, why have you called me?""I hope you don't mind—I had to ask a few friends to get your number…"Don Albert smiled as he already had a hunch that Mr. Bay was calling about Jacob. "I see. Just be straight with me now.""Okay, so here's the thing…" Mr. Bay promptly said, "Jacob and Zachary Evans really stirred some waves with what they did, and it's talked about a lot amongst the circles of antique enthusiasts in Aurous Hill… But I wonder if you've heard?"Don Albert sighed. "Yes, I've heard. Go on."Mr. Bay obliged. "Well, to be honest, it wasn't just a big deal amongst the circles of antique enthusiasts in Aurous Hill. Even the Calligraphy and Painting Association was affected. As you know
Having heard all of that, Julien promptly picked up his cup and chugged his drink, and he felt distinctly different as soon as the liquor touched his lips.While one would usually feel warm after drinking alcohol, like a thrilling burning sensation, this medicinal liquor was nourishing instead, almost as if every single one of Julien's sweat pores were revitalized.After all, it was the enhanced version of the Healing Pill, whose effect was more than double the prototype. That was why just a fifth was enough for Julien to feel two years younger.With the miraculous pill, he felt less tired, and sitting on the stool didn't hurt his rump or his hip.Even his sight was much sharper, his presbyopia clearing considerably.In short, his entire body had never felt this good!Even as he glanced at Raymond across the table, he could see that the other man's cheeks were flushed, and many of his wrinkles had smoothed over!It went without saying that Julien was envious as Raymond drank twi
Julien had made up his mind—Charlie had already dragged him into this anyway, and he certainly wouldn't stay as a slave who bemoaned his fate every day.He had boarded Charlie's ship, and the ship had sailed—he just had to come up with a plan so that he could stay on it without any problem.After all, the chances for him to become the next Rothschild head or how long he would get to live were banked entirely on Charlie's decision.If Charlie didn't want him as head, he just had to ask Helena to be his broker and sell some pills to old Harrison, and Julien would be forced to stay as the heir apparent to their empire until he expired.And since the decision was made, he must first show some sincerity by investing into Aurous Hill—it was the ideal way to bring in both capital and human resources.With Julien having indicated his position, Charlie smiled. "Aurous Hill is a land of wealth and prosperity. As a local, I keenly await your investment, Mr. Rothschild."Julien was worried f