“What?”Max has already lived for more than twenty years. This was the most shocking sentence that he had ever heard Charlie said in his whole entire life.With bloodshot eyes, Max stared at Charlie before he muttered, “Impossible. How could that be possible? I know who you are. I’ve known you since you were a child. Your name is Charlie Wade and you are an orphan. Mrs. Lewis was the one who brought you back to the orphanage when you were eight years old. You are just a pathetic jerk who has no support and no father or mother in this society. How can you be the young master of the Wade family?”Charlie smiled slightly before he said, “I know that it is hard for you to believe this but it’s the truth. Otherwise, how else do you think I could have mobilized so many people to chase you so casually? Look at all these helicopters and these men dressed in black with live ammunition. If I were not the young master of the Wade family, you would have succeeded in your heist this time.”“But
The most painful thing in this world is to realize that it would be completely impossible for a person to catch up with their enemies even if they had several lifetimes.At this moment, Max was completely ashamed of himself!He looked at Charlie with tears in his eyes as he choked and said, “Charlie, I accept it. I really admit defeat. You can kill me. I am already sick and tired of this world and myself…Please set me free…”Charlie nodded before he looked at Max and said seriously, “Max, your crime is the lightest amongst all of the people who are going to die today. However, everyone who is going to die today had already committed a capital crime, including you. Therefore, I hope that you can be reincarnated and have a good next life!”Max smiled miserably before he said, “In my next life…after hearing your story, I suddenly have a feeling that someone like me was born with a tough life. Even if I were to be reincarnated and even if I had a next life, I might probably still be an
After Max died, Charlie suddenly felt a little sorrowful.He was not sad because he sympathized with Max. Instead, he felt that it was indeed very upsetting for a person to turn out to become the kind of person that he hated and despised the most.Max was in the prime of his youth. If he had not gone astray, he would have had the opportunity to change his own destiny. Perhaps in a few years’ time, he would have had the opportunity to marry a fair-skinned, rich, and beautiful girl, become a CEO, and reach the pinnacle of his life.However, life was like this. Some people could still get up after getting stuck in a pit but some people would never be able to get out of it after getting stuck in a pit. As he looked at the surging river, Charlie was a little upset for a moment before he said to Isaac, “Okay. Help me take the children back and bring them to the hospital for an examination to see if there is anything wrong with them. After that, you can notify someone from the orphanage
At this time, Donald and his wife, Alice were just comforting Kian who had just enjoyed his extra meal.Sean, as the eldest grandson, was bringing the dinner prepared by the servant to his grandfather’s room.When he pushed the bedroom door open, he saw the old man convulsing uncontrollably as he lay on the carpet. His face was also very pale as he was foaming at the mouth!Sean was taken aback and he hurriedly stepped forward to check on his grandfather. He realized that the old man seemed to have suffered from a stroke. When he looked at the old man’s hand, he saw that he was holding tightly onto his cell phone in his trembling hand. He was looking at a video on his cell phone. Why did the person in the video look just like his uncle?He subconsciously picked up the cell phone to take a look at the video. At this time, he happened to see his uncle losing his mind as he grabbed his aunt’s neck and strangled her directly…Sean shuddered before he threw the cell phone aside.As he
Donald and Alice were huddled closely together as they stared at the cell phone. They broke down completely after watching this thrilling video.She was already panicking when she saw her brother strangling her sister-in-law to death. When she saw her brother getting welded to the body of the car as he drowned in the sinking car after getting thrown into the river, she collapsed immediately. Her legs became soft and she fell to the ground in an instant.Immediately afterwards, she cried out desperately, “Nelson! My brother! You died so miserably! Now that you’re dead, our Bishop family will lose our family lineage! How do you expect your sister to face our parents in the future? How am I supposed to face the ancestors of the Bishop family?”After she spoked, Alice started hitting the ground as hard as she could with her fist before she yelled hysterically, “My good brother, tell your sister who killed you! I’ll make sure to shred him into pieces to take revenge for you! This person
Some companies with a market value of more than ten billion dollars could drop until it was only left with a market value of a few hundred million dollars. This meant that their assets would have shrunk by more than ninety percent!Some companies could even fall into bankruptcy because of a small problem with their manufactured products. However, what was this compared to the charges faced by the Webb family now?This time, the Webb family might have to be the scapegoat for Nelson’s beggar syndicate. All the unconscientious things that he had done would eventually be pinned on the Webb family!Donald was extremely nervous at this time. This was because he knew very well in his heart that the Webb family was facing a huge crisis and disaster this time!So, he immediately told his assistant, “Issue a statement immediately under the name of the group. State that even though Nelson was indeed my brother-in-law, the Webb family had no knowledge of what Nelson was doing or what he was in
As the Webb family was getting scolded on the Internet, Webb Group has already published their statement through various channels.However, all the netizens could see that this was just a statement to disassociate themselves so they could shift the blame away from them.Everyone knew that it was completely impossible for a capable person such as Donald not to know anything about his brother-in-law’s occupation.There was no credibility in the statement at all since he was coming out to whitewash himself at a time like this. Moreover, many people on the Internet had already looked through Nelson’s life experiences.The Bishop family was originally a poor family in the South Region. They did not have much money and they were not a flourishing and prosperous family.It wasn’t until Alice, the daughter of the Bishop family, married Donald that the lives of the Bishop family finally got better.However, Alice’s parents did not have a good life. Both of them had passed away from canc
Later, he got connected to the Webb family by chance.Earlier, Sean’s younger brother, Kian, was exposed online because he had given young girls some psychological hints and had induced another girl to jump off the building.At that time, the Webb family had asked this shill to come forward. They had asked the shill to counterattack and twist the facts so that it seemed as though the young girl was greedy for vanity and was trying to marry into a wealthy family even though Kian was the one who had forced the young girl to kill herself. They wanted to make it seem as though the young girl threatened to jump off the building when she failed to pursue Kian before she died accidentally.At that time, the shill used his shameless and powerful forces to twist and turn the truth on the Internet. They convinced the netizens to mistakenly believe that the young girl was simply suffering the consequences of her own actions. In the end, a large number of netizens scolded the young girl on the
Jimmy was taken aback since he didn't recognize Julien at all, mainly because the Rothschilds had always kept out of the public eye.In fact, it was basically impossible to gather genuine information about the Rothschilds online, as it was a mix of press releases and gossip. Most online biographies would only be about the older generations or certain frivolous figures. Any information about key members like Steve would never be searchable online.Matilda was confused as well, not quite understanding who Julien was since he wasn't on the list of guests invited.Seeing that she was confused, Julien turned and smiled at Yolden, "So, Professor, shouldn't you introduce me to the bride?"Yolden finally remembered that and quickly nodded, "Sorry, it slipped my mind."Turning toward Matilda, he smiled, "Darling, this is Julien Rothschild… A friend of mine from the states…"Julien's full name left everyone within earshot gaping as the Rothschild name was way too famous across the globe.
Seeing that Jimmy was getting a little nervous, Charlie smiled and assured him, "Please, you have nothing to worry about. No one's going to do anything to you, but if you feel threatened in any way, you can call the cops. The Oskian emergency hotline is 110, by the way."Jimmy was slightly relieved as he could see that Charlie really wasn't trying to make things awkward for him, and he straightened his collar as he said, "Actually, I didn't mean to cause trouble—I'm pleased that Matilda has found true love once more, and if we can be friends, I can set aside my claim and stay for the rest of this wedding, offering the newlyweds our best wishes as a representative of my family."Still, his expression showed contempt as he turned toward Yolden. "Also, I'm really curious and looking forward to seeing what connections Professor Hart might have that you say could be better than Bill.""You'll see soon enough," Charlie smiled and nodded.Jimmy remained skeptical and scoffed, "I really do
If Charlie really did get Jimmy to stay, who knew what other rubbish Jimmy would spout.As for Jimmy, he was actually surprised Charlie was asking him to stay, and his instincts told him that Charlie definitely didn't mean well.Not only that, he was on foreign soil—wouldn't he be defenseless if Charlie called in his friends to beat him up?Hence, he shook his head without hesitation as he said, "I'm sorry, but my sister-in-law is quite keen for me to leave, so I have no reason to stay and add to her problems. And it is her big day. I can afford to let her save face instead of spilling the beans on her all at once.""Oh, but you were complaining about the lack of important people just now!" Charlie quickly interjected. "It just so happens that we have a big-shot on his way here, and he's a good friend of the groom. When I told him about you over the phone, he said to keep you here no matter what it took, since he would like to talk to you face to face."Jimmy frowned. "What, are y
And with those words, Jimmy turned to leave.Despite threatening Matilda, there was no such agreement, and he knew that Matilda was well aware of that.Regardless, the only strategy he had in mind when he came to Oskia was harassment. As such, he simply came up with a lie to make Matilda look bad in public. All it took from there was just for one person to relay what he had said—even if it were all lies, Matilda's character would still be called into question.He made himself very clear so that Matilda would understand that if she didn't give in, his family would keep hounding her to take their two pounds of flesh. Even if she wouldn't surrender the stateside estates and human resources of Smith Group Corporate Law, they would still claim a sizable chunk.But if that failed too, they would just have to destroy Matilda's reputation along with Smith Group Corporate Law.Either way, they were not letting her off easy!And reading that much from Jimmy's behavior, Matilda snapped co
Jimmy didn't expect Matilda to break down the share ownership of Smith Group Corporate Law to such detail, and he hollered as he was starting to feel embarrassed, "Now, you're just being irresponsible, Matilda. My father gave my brother a million to start the law firm in the first place, and they had agreed that the family would have a stake, albeit only at 49%, to not deny your decision-making as a startup. Or are you denying it?"Matilda immediately became furious and snapped, "Bullshit! That was just a loan of one million, and the agreed term was three years. However, your brother returned it in one! I even asked him to return the money with every single one of his siblings watching, since you might all get skeptical, yet suddenly, you're calling it an investment?""You said he's returned it? Well, what proof do you have?" Jimmy quickly shot back. "Our entire family can testify that the money hasn't come back to us!""So, this is how you're going to play it?" Matilda smirked. "Th
In the first place, Jimmy had come to Oskia to claim a stake in Smith Group Corporate Law, ideally strong-arming Paul and Matilda into splitting the firm in two, with Jimmy taking everything in the States while Paul kept what was left.The way Jimmy saw it, Paul and Matilda were going to be permanently residing in Oskia anyway. There was no way they could manage things over in another country properly, so it was basically returning the firm to the rightful owner.Naturally, Jimmy also knew that despite bearing the Smith family name, the success of Smith Group Corporate Law was all the work of Jimmy's brother and Matilda. Jimmy's father had helped to a certain extent, but that extent of financial support wouldn't amount to an investment at all. No judge in the world would support his claim to the law firm's shares.Therefore, when he learned that Matilda was remarrying, he thought he could seize the moment to cause a scene. Nothing could be better if she and Paul decided to sacrifice
Jimmy deliberately raised his voice as he said coolly, "Oh, but I didn't want to intervene. It's you and your mother who left the States in a split second, taking with you the law firm which bears the Smith family name. Don't you think such behavior is inappropriate?"Seeing the surprised reactions of the guests, Paul promptly retorted, "The law firm uses the Smith family name, but it is my parents' legacy! They worked blood and sweat to build it from the ground up, and as their only son, I have a veto when it comes to decisions. Or did we need your permission to move to Oskia?""Where's your conscience, Paul?" Jimmy pursed his lips. "Even if you don't know how Smith Group Corporate Law was founded, is that the case for you? It would have been a joke if it weren't for my father's connections!"Hell, it's no exaggeration that it was my father who fought to expand the law firm across America, and just using the family name means you're borrowing the family's influence. The family hono
The blonde man's voice drew everyone's attention in an instant.Despite his foreign appearance, he spoke Oskian fluently and walked with a haughty gait, almost as though he was above the rest.Paul's expression turned grim the instant he saw him, and he hurried over with Charlie.Still, before Paul could speak, Charlie stopped him, frowning at the man as he said, "Don't you think it's inappropriate to come slinging personal attacks at someone else's wedding?"The man clearly didn't know Charlie, and he wasn't worried, seeing that he was young.Snorting in disdain, he asked, "You must be from the groom's family, yes? Please tell him that he doesn't deserve my sister-in-law.""It's up to the happy couple to decide that," Charlie retorted quietly. "Deserving someone is no issue as long as they both love each other."The man pursed his lips and looked pointedly around him. "Just look at how simple this wedding is. Forget picking an unassuming city like Aurous Hill—is there a single
Pausing, Charlie then said, "I'll call Steve to drop by later too. I'm sure folks in Aurous Hill won't know him, but your potential troublemaker might.""I-Is that really fine?" Yolden blurted."What's not fine about it?" Charlie chuckled. "He has been treated like a tool ever since he came to Aurous Hill, and now that he has a chance to strut about, he wouldn't ask for more."Yolden appeared slightly relieved at that, and Charlie asked, "By the way, where's Paul, Matilda, and Autumn?""Getting their makeup done," Yolden replied. "Paul's my best man while Autumn's the maid of honor.""Good," Charlie nodded with a grin. "Don't worry—the wedding's going to be a success."As they spoke, Matilda stepped out of the dressing room in a stark-white wedding dress, flanked by Autumn and Paul.Seeing Charlie, Autumn nodded politely, "Good morning, Mr. Wade."As Charlie nodded in turn, Paul started, "G-Good morning… Mr. Wade…"Seeing that he was nervous and tentative, Charlie knew that he