With the distance between their vessel and Charlie’s getting closer and closer, a vengeful expression had begun to emerge on Rosalie’s face.She had been born in one of the largest martial arts families in Oskia and had grown up in the best martial arts education and environment in the country. Hence, she could certainly be considered one of the top martial artists in the country. Her strength was much more powerful and stronger than those small potatoes who only knew a trick or two in martial arts. Therefore, she did not even consider Charlie as a threat.To her, Charlie was nothing but a devilish and sinister blatherskite. He might have some skills and know some important people, but he was definitely not an expert in martial arts.After all, competing openly and honestly was the important aspect between experts, unlike him, who called the police behind their backs.Therefore, she had concluded that she would be able to avenge the attack today.At this moment, the captain repo
Rosalie’s mother had always told her that the most important task in her life was to do her best to serve Sheldon, her biological father, and the entire Schulz family.Over time, this belief had become her unwavering belief in life.Her mother had brainwashed Rosalie for twenty-one years ever since she was a child, so, as long as it was beneficial to the Schulz family, she would not hesitate even if it made her a public enemy.Someone who dared to harm the Schulz family would be her ultimate target! This was also why she had eradicated the entire Matsumoto family.She and Charlie not only had a personal grudge, but also a family grudge! It was because Charlie had apprehended her as well as more than fifty other martial artists. This, in turn, had caused the Schulz family to suffer a great deal of damage and loss all of a sudden.Therefore, she now not only wanted to avenge herself, but also the Schulz family!At this moment, the distance between the two ships was less than two hu
Rosalie immediately became nervous upon hearing Charlie’s remarks.She was the most wanted felon in the entire Japanese judiciary as she was the main culprit in the murder of the Matsumoto family. If they attracted the attention of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force due to the collision of ships, she certainly would not be able to escape.Moreover, if the Japanese found out that she had escaped from prison, they would definitely keep a close watch on her and would never give her a second chance to escape.Thinking of this, Rosalie ground her teeth and ordered in a cold voice, “Slow down! Don’t ram into them! Just get close to them.”The captain sighed in relief and hurriedly hit the emergency brakes.Resentment and determination filled Rosalie’s eyes. She shouted to the people around her, “Follow me!”With that, she took the lead, rushed out of the cockpit, and directly ran up the deck!At this moment, the two ships were almost close to each other. Rosalie stood in front o
In addition, Charlie saw that several men had followed Rosalie to his ship, and they had begun to climb over the railing onto his deck. If they saw him subdue Rosalie now, they would certainly turn and escape.In that case, he might as well wait for all of them to board his ship and shoot fish in a barrel.Thinking of this, Charlie continued to retreat and let Rosalie chase after him.As Rosalie was chasing Charlie, the men had also rushed up to the deck.Seeing this, Charlie said with a satisfied smile on his face, “Since all of you are on my ship, I won’t waste any more time, then!”Upon saying that, he seemed to be suddenly transformed into a different person as his body exhumed an amazing aura!Rosalie was a skilled martial artist who had practiced a great level of internal Reiki, so she was immediately dumbfounded when she sensed the aura emitted from Charlie’s body!‘If I’m not mistaken, that kid’s internal Reiki is much stronger than mine!’‘Still, he doesn’t look like a
As the man flew through the air, he realized in shock that Charlie had thrown him to the left side of the ship, while the vessel he had come from was on the right side of the ship!Moreover, Charlie was so strong that he had been thrown more than ten meters away! He directly fell into the cold seawater in the huge parabolic motion of a projectile.Their location was not far from the open sea, and the water’s depth reached thousands of meters. It was winter too, so the seawater was bone-chillingly cold!When he fell into the seawater with a splash, the impact itself caused a sharp pain to run all over his body. Immediately after, his clothes were completely soaked with cold water, and all of a sudden, he felt as if he had been dropped into an ice cellar!Under such circumstances, he could only struggle desperately, trying to swim back to his boat.However, it was very windy, and the waves were very strong. As he was downwind, no matter how desperately he swam, he was unable to shor
Rosalie reprimanded him angrily, “Kid! How dare you disrespect the Schulz family!”Charlie sneered, “Oh? Am I being disrespectful? Let me tell you, sooner or later, I will make Cadfan Schulz and Sheldon Schulz grovel before me and beg me to spare their lives!”Rosalie felt a buzz in her head as if it was about to explode!Cadfan was her grandfather, and Sheldon was her father!Thanks to her mother’s constant brainwashing ever since she was a child, she had a fascinated admiration for her father. Therefore, at this moment, she wanted to kill Charlie right there and then to avenge his insult toward her father!She pulled out a sharp dagger from her waist and said in a cold voice, “Kid, prepare to die! Take this!”With that, she lunged toward Charlie fiercely! This time, she was so overwhelmed by her anger that she couldn’t be bothered by who was stronger or who would win in this battle between them. She only wanted to kill Charlie and defend the dignity of her father and the Sc
The current Charlie had nothing to fear. He had not even the slightest fear whether it was the Wade family or the Schulz family.With his power and strength, it would even be possible to take Cadfan’s and Sheldon’s lives even if they were protected by ten thousand men.The reason why he had not yet gone after the Schulz family to denounce them was because he wanted to wait for the right moment to give them a comprehensive defeat.Not only did he want to be stronger than the Schulz family, but he also wanted to form an absolute advantage against them in the business industry. Only in this way could he force the Schulz family to truly grovel to him.Rosalie didn’t know Charlie’s true capability. She just felt that he was terrifyingly powerful but did not have the capability to defeat the entire Schulz family by himself!However, Rosalie also knew that there was no point in talking about this now. The most critical thing right now was how she could escape from this inhumane man!Ros
Rosalie dodged his glances, not daring to answer him for fear that he would notice something.She was afraid that Charlie would find out that she was Sheldon’s illegitimate daughter. If that happened, he might not only use her as a bargaining chip to threaten her father and the Schulz family, but he might even expose her to the public.Although she hoped that Sheldon could announce to the world that she was his daughter, she also knew that by doing so, it would jeopardize his reputation as the eldest son of the Schulz family, a husband to a lawfully wedded wife, a father to a pair of children, bringing a negative impact on his family’s happiness.Rosalie only wanted to share her father’s worries and burdens and never once thought of giving him trouble, so, deep inside her, she was terrified that Charlie would notice any peculiarity.Sensing her dodging his gaze and keeping her mouth shut at the same time, Charlie felt that something was amiss and said, “You are now the number one f
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
As Yolden and Matilda were remarrying after living abroad for years, the wedding ceremony was much simpler, skipping Oskian customs and having a simple wedding reception for their guests at the hotel hall.There weren't that many guests either—aside from their children and close friends, only a handful of Yolden's colleagues at Aurous Hill University were invited.As the celebrant, Charlie didn't have much to do and was mainly the emcee.He brought along his jacket as he headed out to Shangri-La, not wearing it immediately so that Claire wouldn't guess that he was attending Matilda's wedding.Arriving at the Hanging Gardens before the guests were supposed to arrive, he found Yolden working with the staff to finalize the preparations.Seeing Charlie, Yolden approached him and said, "Thanks for coming this early, Charlie."Noticing that he was a little tired, Charlie asked in concern, "Had a bad night?"Yolden nodded, sighing, "Paul's uncle caused a huge mess. Both Matilda and I a
Tarlon nodded. "How do you suggest we find them?"Fleur scowled. "There's no rush. There are things which I'm still confused about, so just keep a close eye on the Ackers and the Wades for the time being. Report to me right away if anything important comes up—don't afford our enemies any opportunities to exploit.""Yes, milady!" -The next day, more news outlets were covering the joint project between the Ackers and the Wades as word continued to spread.However, neither family revealed too many details, be it the name of the company, who was the CEO, or the scale of their business.While the public was dying with curiosity, nothing else was known.Still, Aurous Hill's officials were especially interested, with the town hall visiting the Ackers the next day and showing utmost sincerity by leasing a whopping 2-million-square-meter land along the southern highway. Still, the condition was for the Ackers to come true on their promise to propel the city's economy to 15 billion US d