When the young man saw Hugo, he cautiously took out his cell phone from his pocket, opened a photo, and checked it thoroughly. After making sure that it was Hugo, he then realized that another Oskian man was accompanying him. So, the young man pointed at Charlie and asked warily, “Who is this person? Is he with you?”Hugo said with a smile, “This young man is called Charlie Wade, and he is a compatriot whom I met on the plane. Our seats were next to each other. He is running away because he owes some money back in Oskia. He also does not know what to do in Mexico. He wanted to try it out when he heard that I came to work as a seaman. I just do not know if we are still recruiting people here.”Charlie, who was aside, hurriedly said, “I can bear hardships, and I can handle all the hard and tiring work.”The young man could not help but frown before he spoke up, “Wait a moment. I’ll call the leader and ask about it first.”Having said that, he took out his cell phone and walked a long
The young man finally heaved a sigh of relief. After hanging up the phone cheerfully, he turned around and walked toward Charlie and Hugo.The young man did not know that Charlie had heard his whole conversation over the phone with his superior just now.On one hand, Charlie marveled at this organization’s vigilance, yet on the other hand, he could not help but sigh because such vigilance and a well-thought-out plan seemed meaningless in the face of absolute power. Although they were cautious, from now on, they would not be able to escape the fate of getting wiped out no matter how smart and cautious they were. The young man did not know that a great calamity was approaching. He thought that Hugo had brought a free gift along with him, so he returned to the two men with a smile and said to Charlie, “You’re really lucky. We are usually very strict when it comes to recruiting people. You not only need to submit materials in advance, but you also have to go through strict medical ex
The reason why he had asked Charlie and Hugo to call home was because his car was equipped with signal shielding equipment. Once the car left the city, he would turn on the signal shielding equipment to prevent the signal base station from recording the trajectory of the two cell phones. As all cell phone communication depended on the ground base stations and a large number of ground base stations overlapped each other, forming a communication range with basically no dead-end communication range in the city, the cell phone would automatically adapt to the one with the strongest and best signal among multiple base stations before establishing a connection with it.When the cell phone continued to move across regions, the cell phone would then search for the base station with the best signal along the way and switch between multiple base stations. This way, the base station would also record the information accessed by this device. If one wanted to use a cell phone to track a person
Charlie was very surprised when he saw the text on Hugo’s cell phone.He did not expect that Hugo would be able to see through the problem so quickly.So, he took the cell phone while secretly typing on it as he said with a smile, “Oh, Hugo! Your son doesn’t look like you at all. He’s much more handsome compared to you!”As he spoke, he typed a sentence on the cell phone: [What’s the problem?]After that, he handed the cell phone back to Hugo.Hugo took the cell phone back from Charlie and said with a smile, “My son looks like his mother. My wife is really beautiful. Wait a minute, I’ll find and show you a picture of my wife when she was young!” Having said that, he typed on his cell phone and muttered, “Oh, there are too many photos on my cell phone. I have about twenty to thirty thousand photos in here. It’s really difficult for me to find the picture.” After a while, he handed the cell phone to Charlie and said, “Here, take a look. This is a photo of us when we got married.
They could only fight to the death if they wanted to escape this situation now.However, there was a high probability that they would die if they were to fight to the death.After all, their opponent was well-prepared and was even carrying a pistol on his body. If he were to shoot them as long as there was any disagreement, both he and Charlie would definitely be abandoned in the wilderness. After all, Hugo had stayed in the United States for so many years, so he had a relatively good understanding of the situation in Mexico.This place was full of armed criminal organizations, and the number of armed criminals might even exceed the number of police officers and soldiers in the army combined. In this place, it was easier for criminal organizations to kill people than to steal bicycles on the street. Not to mention ordinary people, but even the wealthy folk, politicians, and high-ranking officials in Mexico were also often kidnapped and assassinated every now and then. To the Mex
The pickup truck they were in did not head to the port city of Ensenada as promised.That place was just a cover to fool people.Instead, the pickup truck drove to the edge of a coastal fishing village that was located northwest of Ensenada. They were still more than ten or twenty kilometers away from Ensenada.Before the pickup truck drove into the fishing village, the driver kept looking in the rearview mirror, and he also looked left and right out of fear that someone would be tailing him. So, he slowed down deliberately to see if the cars behind him would slow down with him.Soon, he found that as his speed slowed down, the cars behind him caught up to him one after the other, and none of these cars slowed down just because he had slowed down.According to his superficial anti-tracking common sense, he was basically sure that there was no one or any vehicles following them.Only then did he put his mind at ease and turn the pickup truck into the fishing village.However, l
When Charlie saw the Mexican driving the pickup truck into the dilapidated fishing village, he pretended to be curious and asked the young man in the passenger seat, “Hey buddy, aren’t we going to Ensenada? Why are we driving into this dilapidated fishing village?”The young man casually replied, “Our car is almost out of fuel. There is smuggled fuel in this fishing village that is sold at a cheap price. We will refuel the car here and continue driving afterward. We are not far from Ensenada, only more than ten kilometers away. It will only take us twenty minutes to get there after refueling.”Having said that, he stretched his body lazily and said casually, “Oh, I played cards with a few Mexicans until after three o’clock in the morning. I’m so f*cking sleepy! I can finally sleep well after picking you up!”Having said that, the pickup truck drove into a small courtyard. Charlie looked at Hugo, who was aside. When he saw that Hugo seemed to be getting more and more flustered, he
The other party coerced Charlie and Hugo with their pistols, and they were taken directly into one of the brick houses.There was no furniture in this brick house, and there was only a brightly lit sunken staircase.The two were taken underground by a group of thugs who were heavily armed with live ammunition. It turned out that there was something else hidden here.The entire underground section was divided into two areas by a corridor. There was a prison cell with an iron grill gate on the left side, and the right side was covered tightly with a white cloth curtain that was nearly ten meters long. The situation behind the white cloth curtain could not be seen.However, the entire underground section was filled with the smell of disinfectant water which was very strong and was even a little choky. In addition, the sound of ventilators and the heart monitor could also be heard.Charlie suddenly realized that this could be a simple operating room.Moreover, Charlie could also sens
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