"Emergency! Emergency! Calling Q! Calling Q!" Aiden had just called out on the walkie-talkie when Mr. Q responded immediately as if he had been waiting there all along. "Q speaking! Q speaking!" The man asked confidently, "Have you had breakfast? Have my superb cooking skills amazed you?" "What are you talking about? It wasn't amazing. It was terrifying! Mommy almost called the police after eating your dark cuisine," Aiden replied as he threw up his hands helplessly. "Dark cuisine?" Mr. Q's voice turned cold, obviously disagreeing. "That food was carefully made according to the cooking instructions, and I poured my passion and love into them... Just to make the bread, I spent an hour kneading the dough. How could you call those a dark cuisine?" "Okay, fine. I see your sincerity, but it's a fact that you don't have a talent for making good food. This is your shortcoming, and you have to make up for it quickly. Otherwise, I'll have to choose someone else... I must find someone wh
'Argh! Every path I see ends in a roadblock! On the surface, it looks like there are many ways to Rome, but in reality, they're all blocked!"Renee repeatedly sighed, almost driven mad by the problem."Mommy, are you unhappy?" Aiden asked worriedly after pushing the door open to see Renee sighing."No. I'm very happy. I'm a winner in life with you and Abby by my side. Why would I not be happy?""Mommy, stop lying to me. You're clearly forcing your smile, and you blink a lot when you lie. I'm not a three-year-old anymore. I'm almost five, you know? Can you please stop insulting my intelligence?""Uh, well..."Like a thief caught in the act, Renee's smile froze on her face. After all, with Aiden's intelligence, her poor acting skills were a joke that would be easily exposed. So, she stopped pretending and was honest with Aiden."Adie, I've encountered a problem recently and need a little money. We may have to sell Sun Island temporarily to solve this problem. Are you and Abby ok
"What happened? Calm down and tell me," Renee said. Her brows furrowed deeply as she helped Leia, who was trembling in exhaustion, up."My brother... My brother is in trouble!" Leia exclaimed, her pretty face now as pale as a ghost. She took a deep breath before stammering, "Earlier, he went to get a loan at the bank to solve Azure Group's financial issues. He used his shares in Osborne Enterprise as collateral. Initially, everything was fine. He simply needed to repay the money on time. But somehow, my father got wind of it..."Renee's grip on Leia's arm tightened as a foreboding feeling of dread overcame her. "What happened?""You know how my father is. When he's angry, he doesn't care about anything. You know how we Osbornes started our business in the grayer parts of the industry, don't you? He's using his old ways to punish Liam! M-my father will beat him to death at this rate!" Leia gushed out everything and burst into tears.She looked helpless as she begged Renee, "Ren, p
"Dear, stop beating him! If you continue, you'll kill our son...!" Hayden cried as she held Liam in her arms. Tears flowed down her face as she begged, "Liam is your only son! You have a huge business! If you kill him, who will inherit it?""Mom, I don't like that you said that!"Laura, the third daughter of the Osborne family, sneered, "You make it sound like we're not part of the family! What? Did you pick us up from the roadside? Even if Liam is no more, it's not like the Osborne name will go extinct! What century are we in? Why do you still prefer sons over daughters?""That's right!" Geronimo exclaimed. "Liam is not my only descendent! If I beat this loser to death, I still have six daughters! Every single one of them brings me less heartache than this loser, especially Laura! The family business I handed her has flourished these years, and I'd be at ease if I handed them all the business!"Laura smirked, then said to Liam, who was kneeling in the middle of the room, "When you
"Oh? Did the sun rise from the west today? The redhead whose shoes my son has been licking has finally decided to show up?" Geronimo hissed venomously as he studied Renee from head to toe as though he was looking at a commodity.Then, he sneered, "Are you really willing to pay any price to save this loser?"Renee nodded, her eyes determined. "I've never gone against my words.""Good. At least you still have some conscience."There was a complicated look in Geronimo's eyes when he looked at Renee, and it was unclear if it was appreciation or contempt. Then, he said in a vague tone, "You have quite a devastatingly beautiful face, I must say, to be able to charm my son to this extent..."Liam, who was still kneeling on the ground, furrowed his brows when he heard that. "Boss, just ignore me and leave!" he pleaded emotionally. "I'm my father's favored child! No matter how angry he is, he won't kill me. But if you fall into his hands, I don't dare to imagine what kind of sick things he
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief but didn't forget to take a jab where they could."All of you, shut up! Don't talk about Ren that way! Have you forgotten that she saved Liam and me before? With our family's status, even if we cultivated another eight hundred years, we'd still be unable to match up with Ren!" Leia yelled angrily at her family, and her cheeks flushed red."Take her away!" Liam ordered Leia, his head hanging low and fists clenched.His goddess and savior had been humiliated by his family! He was so ashamed that he couldn't even find the courage to look at Renee!"Geronimo, you better beat me to death today, or it’ll be your fault that I become a rebel!" Liam coldly warned Geronimo.Although the older man was his respected father, he had touched something precious of his! It wasn't something he could tolerate!"You stupid beat! How dare you say such damning things to me just for the sake of a used woman! Fine! I'll fulfill your wish and beat you to death!"Geroni
Renee was already walking out of the Osborne Mansion when she heard Liam shouting her name from behind. She stopped but did not turn around."Why are you following me?" she asked him coldly. "Just go back and get a good rest. That whipping must've done a great deal of damage to your body. Be careful, or it might make you impotent.""Boss…" Liam's lips were pale. His whole body seemed fragile and his handsome face was twisted by a look of excruciating pain. "I'm so sorry, Boss! Please don't be angry with me!"All these years, his family never liked it when he was too close to Renee, but as long as he made sure to keep it all under a low profile, they always kept their distance and never interfered too much with his life. But he made a mistake this time. Had he not taken such a monstrous risk and angered his father, Renee would not have been humiliated by his own family."You idiot… How could I possibly be mad at you?!""Then why are you turning your back on me? You don't want to se
"Don't worry. I know what I'm doing."Renee waved her hand goodbye and walked away. But she soon paused and turned around to ask Liam, "By the way, do you know where Carmine Pawnshop's exact location is?""Why do you want to know?" Liam was immediately alarmed by her question. "What are you planning to do?""Just answer the question!" Renee replied sternly, looking displeased."It's near the Water Dock, but it's a really dangerous place, Boss. It's a lawless no man's land where even the Devil himself could get conned out of the clothes on his back!"Liam had been to that place with his father once or twice before, and it left a distinct impression in his mind. Suffice it to say, the experience had fueled his nightmares ever since!"Besides, Carmine Pawnshop is nothing like the ordinary pawn shop that you might expect. You must know that the pawn shop's owner, Mr. Q, is known as the Midnight Demon. Don't even think about making a deal with him—it's no different than selling your s