No. 1 Supreme Warrior

Chapter 651-700

Chapter 651 Besides, his restaurant made losses every day, and he himself felt that he needed to shut it down soon. So long as jackie did not try to blackmail him of more than ten million dollars, everything would be fine and dandy!

“Alright, then. Just get out of here!”

jackie waved his hand and took out a White-Sand cigarette, lighting it slowly.

“Okay, okay. I’ll scram!”

The boss of the restaurant immediately darted out of the place as if he would die within the next second of remaining there.

“Big Bro, thank you so much. We wouldn’t know what to do if it weren’t for you!”

Tiger looked at jackie after the boss left, his eyes red. “And my wife would probably have been bullied by those vagrants if you hadn’t come over with me.”

Tiger was feeling extremely lucky—lucky that he had thought of jackie and managed to bring him here. Otherwise, he would not have been able to beat those guys.

Furthermore, that man called Brother Luca would probably have taken advantage of his wife.

“Just call me if you need anything!” jackie chuckled.

“Let’s go, Big Bro. Let’s go drink a few rounds!”

Tiger flashed a straightforward smile. “You just made someone give me more than nine hundred thousand dollars this time. I’ve yet to recover from the shock!”

“Don’t sweat it. Just go and open your business in peace. They won’t cause you any more trouble!”

jackie took a drag from his cigarette before he added, “On the contrary, I’m the one who’ll be causing them trouble tomorrow. I need to see if they’ve learned their lesson so I’m not going for a drink. I need to return home. It’s getting late.”

“All right then. Let’s drink sometime soon!” Tiger nodded, seeing jackie off as the latter drove away.

“Tiger, this Big Bro of yours is amazing! He’s not any regular veteran, is he?”

Tiger’s wife could not help but comment after jackie left. “His fighting prowess and aura aren’t like a regular person’s!”

“He saved the Goddess of War’s life before, and he’s pretty good friends with her. He wouldn’t be so fearless before the people from Kingston Hall otherwise!”

Tiger smiled. “I never expected that he would become such a man in five years. I heard that he was promoted to the rank of Head Commander. But to me, he’ll always be better than a God of War!”

“Shh!”

His wife immediately scanned their surroundings, fearful. “Don’t say such things. How can you spew such nonsense? Saying that he’s stronger than a God of War? What if a God of War heard you? They wouldn’t be happy, and they’re so terrifying. People practically worship the ground they stand upon. Your Bro is strong, but he can’t compare to a God of War!”

“All right. I get it. Let’s go. I don’t think we’ll be getting much business tonight. Let’s close up shop and go back home to see Dad and Mom and our son!

“We’ll wait until tomorrow when there aren’t any rascals disturbing us. I believe our business will start to pick up!” Tiger clenched his fist, speaking confidently.

…

jackie quickly drove back to the villa.

After he parked the car, he noticed a Volkswagen parked right beside him.

A small smile lit up jackie’s face as he studied the new car. It seemed that Ben had truly grown up. This was a good thing to him.

However, he also believed that Ben had suffered plenty of emotional trauma. jackie would not forgive what Ivan and Xena had done so easily.

He wanted to let them know that everything they had done today was incredibly and utterly foolish.

Chapter 652 “Daddy, Daddy. Come here. Look at this. See what I’ve got…”

Kylie ran over to jackie as soon as he entered the villa’s living room, squealing with that cute, angelic voice of hers.

jackie’s heart immediately melted at the sound of that voice and at the sight of those doe eyes.

He instantly crouched down to heft Kylie up, planting a kiss on her cheek. “Good job! My little girl’s got a sticker!”

“That’s right. The teacher said I was a good student!”

Kylie’s smile was bright and innocent, happiness laced into its curve.

“Oh? Of course, my daughter would be the smartest, most responsible kid in class!”

jackie carried Kylie up the stairs. “Right. Kylie, would you like a reward? Tell me. I’ll give you one!”

“Okay. Bring me and Mommy to the aquarium on Saturday!” Kylie asked, staring at jackie in anticipation after thinking about it for a moment.

“Sounds good. We’ll bring you there on Saturday!”

jackie only put Kylie down once they were on the upper floor.

He returned to his room. Only then did he notice that Selena had already returned home from work and was taking a shower.

On the bedside table, there was a poster.

Embarrassment clinched jackie when he noticed the poster. This was the advertisement that someone else had helped put up, no? It seemed that Selena already knew about the whole thing.

He sat down for a few minutes. Selena walked out of the bathroom, dressed in casual clothing. A hint of warmth graced her lips when she saw jackie. “You really want to send ripples across the entire city, don’t you now? How much money did you spend to advertise it so extensively? It seems like you wouldn’t have achieved such a result if you didn’t spend at least ten million dollars. Your mom will be worried about your finances. Again.”

jackie grinned in embarrassment. “My dear, I just want your birthday to be known throughout the entire city so that you’ll have some fine memories. However, I didn’t do the advertisements. I don’t like being so showy.”

Selena was surprised when she heard that. “No way. They would’ve had to spend a lot of money. The advertisements are everywhere. So much so that I’m embarrassed to go out. My colleagues are even discussing coming over during my birthday.”

Her brows furrowed after she pondered for a while. “Strange. Who would spend that much money to advertise the both of us if it’s not you? Isn’t this just a waste of money? What benefit would they

receive?”

jackie could not help but give a wan smile looking at Selena’s beautifully arched brows. “Think about it, dear. Not many people know about this, and not many were around either when I made the declaration. Who do you think it is?”

Naturally, Selena, being the sharp woman she was, immediately reacted when jackie prompted her. “No way. Xena? But why would she do this? Especially when Ivan had just been sorely beaten up by us. Why would she do this with Ivan?”

“They still think that I’ve been poisoned. The poison is expected to manifest on your birthday, and they want to watch the show. Do you get it?” jackie spoke lightly as he chuckled.

Selena finally understood. “Right. They don’t know that you’ve been cured. Ivan—that son of a b*tch! He really wants everyone to watch you die on my birthday, eh? I never expected him to be so wicked!”

jackie nodded. “It’s good that they helped advertise the event though. We don’t have to do it ourselves anymore. The news will circulate throughout the entire city very quickly.”

Chapter 653 Selena did not know whether to laugh or cry. Ivan and Xena would probably stab themselves in the throat if they knew what jackie was thinking right now. Of course, they probably would not have advertised the event just like that if they had known that jackie cured himself of the poison.

“But this is just my birthday. No need to kick up such a fuss over this. That advertisement probably caused a real shock for everyone, claiming that the bash will be the ultimate talk of the town for years to come. They even made a countdown. My God, we’ll probably be the butt of plenty of jokes if the party is too…normal!” Selena voiced her concerns after she thought about it.

“It’s not just expensive food that will make the event grand.”

jackie wrapped his arms around Selena, giving her a warm smile. “Don’t worry. Just relax. Trust me to handle this!”

“Okay!”

Selena pursed her flushed lips, then spoke bashfully. “Go and take a shower. We’ll go down to eat after that. They’re making the prawn that you like.”

“You really know me well. You already know what I like to eat only after a month of my return!”

jackie studied the beauty before him. He could not help but place a gentle kiss on her lips.

“Daddy kissed Mommy. I’m going to have younger brothers and sisters!”

They were not aware that Kylie had slyly opened the door and poked her head inside the room. She clapped a hand over her mouth and chuckled when she saw this.

“Ah!”

Selena jumped from shock and immediately shoved jackie away, rolling her eyes at him flirtatiously. “Seriously? Why didn’t you close the door?”

jackie gave her a bitter smile. “I never thought that our little girl would come in at this time.”

“Let’s go down, Kylie. Don’t speak such nonsense, too! You’re more than enough for us.”

Selena walked over and carried Kylie, ready to head down with her cheeks colored red.

“You can’t do this, dear. We need another child. Kylie will be lonely otherwise!” jackie quickly reminded her after he realized it. As for Selena, who had already walked to the door, the tips of ears were already flaring pink.

He did not expect her to cast a bashful glance over her shoulder after she stepped out of the room. She gave him a look that was not unlike a teenage girl experiencing her first love. “Fine. If you can cause a stir throughout the city during my birthday and make me feel like I’m the happiest woman in the world, I’ll agree to have another child. But that won’t happen if you don’t make me feel super, super touched, and happy!”

“I guarantee you’ll be satisfied!”

jackie burst into laughter. He knew that Selena was already satisfied with their lives now. She was teasing him on purpose.

After he finished showering and eating, jackie hugged Selena to sleep.

…

At this moment, a group of vagrants arrived before the headquarters of the Green Sky Hall. “Sir, you have to help us! Brother–brother Luca has been beaten up, so badly that his balls have been destroyed and his face rearranged. He’s in the hospital now!” a man threw himself at the feet of a middle-aged man, pleading pitifully.

The corners of the middle-aged man’s mouth twitched slightly when he heard that. “F*ck. What’s with all the commotion today? Spit it out! What happened?”

Chapter 654 The leader of the Green Sky Hall spiraled further into a bad mood.

That afternoon, he found out that Flynn had been hospitalized after being beaten up. One of his legs had been broken so badly, it needed to be amputated.

He was still contemplating what he should do tomorrow—if he should just let the whole incident slide for that bodyguard of the Drake family. He did not expect his subordinates to come crawling to him again.

“Tell me what happened. Why was Luca beaten?” the middle-aged man spoke slowly after having remained silent for a few seconds.

The other man finally narrated everything that had happened. After he finished, he said, “I don’t know if that fellow was making empty threats, but he said he’d bring trouble to the Green Sky Hall tomorrow morning! He wants us to compensate every bit of that fifty thousand dollars!”

“F*ck!”

The middle-aged man was extremely angry. He slammed his hand on the table beside him and with a sharp crack, the table splintered into pieces.

He stood up and spoke furiously, “Does he think that the people of Green Sky Hall are such pushovers? We’ve already given nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars. What more does he want? Jeez. That bodyguard from this morning knows the Goddess of War, and he’s a son-in-law of the second-class aristocrats, the Taylor family. Who’s this b*stard now? Don’t tell me he knows Gods of War too!”

The man kneeling on the floor furrowed his brows. “We’re not sure, but at any rate, he quickly fought us once he came. He probably doesn’t know any Gods of War!”

“Alright. Leave for now. I’d like to see if he comes tomorrow!”

The middle-aged man quickly took a few thousands worth of cash and thrust it to his subordinate. “Buy a few gifts and visit Luca tomorrow. Don’t worry about everything here. We’ll see if that punk shows his face. If he does, I’ll be sure to break both his legs!”

“Yes, sir! Thank you, sir!”

The men nodded and hurriedly left.

After they left, an elder that was sitting to the side finally stood up. “Master, what should we do? Will those two fellows actually show up? I think they probably just made the threat to scare our men.”

The leader of the Green Sky Hall was called Hector Zaborowski. He went silent for a few moments before speaking, “For the fellow who wants fifty thousand dollars, we’ll take his word with a grain of salt. We’ll just kill him if he comes! He was only able to defeat more than a dozen men because Luca and the others were never strong to begin with. With the two of us old pros, we’ll definitely beat him to death!”

Hector paused for a while before continuing with a leisurely tone, “But the man called jackie won’t be as easy to handle, I’m afraid. The Gods of War will probably give us trouble if we off-ed him just like that. On the other hand, the Green Sky Hall would lose its reputation if we just answered to his every beck and call like a lapdog!”

The elder nodded. He thought about it for a while before adding, “Why don’t we do this, Master? We’ll give him a test. It’ll also be a way for us to lose face gracefully. It won’t be embarrassing if word gets out, right? Or we could test his strength. He might serve us some purpose if he’s truly strong!”

Hector’s eyes brightened as he heard the suggestion. He smacked the side of his head. “You’re right! Why didn’t I think of that?” he exclaimed. “I heard that the fellow was a Head Commander. He’s definitely strong. More importantly, he has contacts. It’d be fantastic if he used them for the sake of the Green Sky Hall!”

“By the way, I’ve noticed quite a few leaflets circulating the city today, advertising the birthday party this fellow is going to throw for his wife. He even claims that it’ll cause a stir throughout the entire city.”

The elder quickly thought of something else.

Chapter 655 “Really? He must have spent a lot of money. Does he really have that much money to splash around? Or

perhaps the old master of the Taylor family will be giving him money to celebrate Young Miss Taylor’s birthday?”

Hector frowned. “Probably not. He said that it’d be shameful to use the Taylor family’s money. Besides, he’s just a son-in-law. No one would be so nice to someone like that.”

“Mmhmm. Let’s just prepare for tomorrow first!”

The elder spoke after a moment of contemplation. “If he comes alone and acts rudely, it’s possible for us to kill him off. No one can pinpoint the murder to us if the body disappears. If we say that he never came, the Gods of War wouldn’t just destroy the entire gang for his sake.”

Hector nodded. “You’re right. That man saved the Goddess of War, but he was probably a doctor in the army so it was his duty to save lives. Besides, the Goddess of War boosted his reputation aplenty during Old Man Taylor’s birthday party. She doesn’t owe him anything anymore. If we do kill him and pretend to not know anything, the most the Goddess of War will probably do is to pretend to interrogate us!”

The next day, a group of people waited in the huge garden right after the Green Sky Hall’s entrance. They wanted to see if the bodyguard from the Drake family and the man who bellowed about coming to claim the 50 thousand dollars would actually come.

jackie parked the car at the entrance. He walked straight in when he noticed that there was no one there.

Two muscled bodies immediately blocked him after he took a few steps into the garden.

One of them spoke in a rumbly, intimidating voice, “Are you the son-in-law from the Taylor family?”

jackie nodded. “Get out of my way. I came here to talk with your master. I don’t want to waste my time with you!”

“Quite crude, eh?”

The other man clenched his fists. “You can’t just see the master of the Green Sky Hall whenever you like,” he said viciously. “You’ll have to follow our procedures if you want to see him. Defeat the both of us first. Only then, do you have the right to see him!”

Hector and a number of the Green Sky Hall’s men watched the exchange from a distance. Quite a few of them had frosty smiles creeping up their lips. They wanted to see how strong this son-in-law from the Taylor family was.

After all, these two were not just any muscle-bound fighters, but they were two excellent fighters from the Green Sky Hall. Even some Head Commanders could not match up to them. Furthermore, it was two against one.

That was why they thought it would be difficult for jackie to take them on if he did not have the strength of a major, in the least.

jackie flashed a cold smile, not giving a sh*t about them. “What a load of rules and regulations! Since I have to follow them, let’s go!”

After he said that, he gently slapped a hand on the other man’s stomach, the movement a blur.

It looked like a casual slap. Yet, that huge man was flung backward, his limbs flailing. He flew for a few good meters before he finally crashed onto the ground. Blood spurted out of his mouth and his expression was contorted.

“Ah!”

The other man was already throwing a punch at jackie. jackie was fast—terrifyingly fast. However, during the exact moment he attacked the other man, a gigantic fist came straight towards his head.

Chapter 656 When he saw his opponent making a move, jackie quickly threw his fist forward. It suddenly collided

against the other man’s fist.

For a moment, there was only silence that followed a dull thud. Then, that big man flew backward as well, just like his comrade.

He flew quite a few steps back, his feet drawing beneath him a long, thin line on the ground before finally coming to a forceful halt. The big man gurgled and spat, fresh blood dribbling out of the corner of his mouth.

“Amazing!”

Two big men walked over. They clapped their fists into their palms simultaneously after looking at jackie, bowing slightly. Then, they parted to the side.

At this moment, Hector also stood up, clapping his hands while walking forward with the people gathered behind him. “You’re pretty good. I never expected that the son-in-law from the Taylor family would be so frighteningly powerful!”

“Master Zaborowski. I heard that your first name is Hector, right?”

jackie laughed and said, “It seems like you had planned to cower me into submission first, eh?”

The corners of Hector’s mouth twitched slightly. He stopped a few meters away from jackie. “I was merely being courteous. What do you mean I was trying to cower you into submission? My subordinates have long heard of your fighting prowess, so they wished to test their strength against yours. Now, all of you are comrades forged through the way of the fist!”

jackie laughed aloud again. “What a way to make friends. Thank goodness I’m strong enough. I would’ve probably been beaten to death if I were a terrible fighter. I have to pay compliments to your way of thinking, though—testing me first to judge the situation. Not bad!”

When they heard this, Hector and the elder beside him exchanged a glance. Both of their expressions had soured. This guy was far cleverer than their expectations, seeing right through their scheme in such a short time.

“No way. You’ve misunderstood us, kiddo. Our subordinates really just wanted to spar with you!” the old man stood up and told jackie, smiling.

“Really? But they both told me that according to the rules here, I don’t have the right to talk to their master unless I defeated them.”

jackie sneered inwardly, casting a glance toward the two men from earlier.

“Ahem. We just wanted to spar with you, dear sir. We only said that because we were worried you’d refuse us!” they quickly reacted and explained, chuckling. The two men were not idiots.

“All right. Speak, Mr. jackie. What business do you have with us here today?”

Hector maintained his smile as he looked at jackie, giving off the aura of someone engulfed in a fresh spring breeze.

jackie smiled. It seemed that Hector was a wolf clothed in sheepskin. Although he had a serene, kindly expression now, he must have stained his hands aplenty behind the scenes.

He spoke immediately, “Of course, I came here for business so I won’t dilly-dally any longer. You all probably know this as well—that I was the one who beat up the person who pretended to be blind yesterday. They secretly took pictures of a lot of ladies! I want to settle this matter today!”

Chapter 657 Hector still plastered a smile on his face when he heard that. “I thought it was something serious. I heard that the memory card had already been destroyed by you. So, isn’t the matter settled already? What more do you want from us?”

He paused for a while here, before continuing with a smile, “I know. You want some money from us to compensate for your losses, right? It’s normal for one to think like that. I completely understand! Tell me, how much do you want?”

jackie replied immediately, “I don’t want money for this issue. My request is simple. Don’t repeat this. Destroy any backups you have. Understand?”

The corners of Hector’s mouth twitched. “Are you threatening me?”

“I won’t investigate any further. I’m sure that you know full well I’m threatening all of you here. If you don’t destroy the backups and continue doing all this in the future, I’ll make sure that the Green Sky Hall would be completely obliterated if I catch wind of it!”

jackie chuckled. He was not frightened in the least, standing there with his shoulders squared and radiating an aura of utter solemnity.

“What a mouth you have on you! I’ll teach you a lesson!”

An old woman stood up. “Care for a round with me?”

Wrinkles were etched all over the old woman’s face, but there was a perceptible sharpness in her eyes. She looked to be in very good spirits.

jackie sensed that this old woman was probably a lot stronger than the two men from earlier.

However, he flashed a wan smile toward the old woman who was leaning against a cane. “No way. You look like you’re seventy or eighty years old. Won’t I be a laughingstock if I hurt you? They’ll say that I bullied a granny.”

“Don’t worry. We definitely won’t say that you bullied her!” one of the men from earlier laughed aloud.

“That’s right. She’s one of our best fighters. No average person can match her strength. You? Bully her? It’d be a miracle if you can last ten hits from her!” another middle-aged woman also laughed from the side. jackie’s words made her feel as though she had just heard the joke of the century,

“Don’t worry, sonny boy. I won’t hold a grudge against you if you do have the strength to beat me to death.”

After the old lady said that, she turned toward Hector who was behind her. “Master Hector, take this as a personal grudge between me and him. It’ll be my bad luck if he kills me. There won’t be any grudges between him and the Green Sky Hall. Is that possible?”

“All right!” Hector agreed with her, nodding after pondering the proposal for a few seconds.

From the looks of it, the old woman was going to fight with a killing intent, which was why she would probably use her full strength for the fight. She would not have told Hector all of that otherwise.

Meanwhile, Hector’s goal was the same. If she could not kill jackie because he was too strong for her, he would treat it as a mere spar and a personal grudge. It would not have anything to do with the Green Sky Hall.

However, if jackie was not strong enough and was killed by her, she would probably destroy every bit of evidence that he had been here, leaving no trace for anyone to find him.

“All right. You can fight me with peace of mind now, boy. Let’s see if you have the strength to kill this old granny here!”

The old woman clutched onto her cane, the light in her eyes dimming dangerously.

Chapter 658 “I know you want to kill me, but I won’t let you!”

jackie flashed a cold smile when he heard that. If this old woman from the Green Sky Hall did not act too brashly, he would not destroy her straight away either.

After all, Kingston Hall was behind the Green Sky Hall.

It was not because jackie was afraid of Kingston Hall. Tanya, Yvonne, and Sharon knew about the incident today. It would create a huge hoo-hah if Kingston Hall was completely destroyed. Many people would probably doubt his identity.

He would not be able to live the peaceful life that he had now.

After all, Kingston Hall was the most powerful underground organization in Eastfield and the strongest among the gangs. They did not fear the presence of the Drake family at all.

“Really? You’re speaking as though you can kill when and wherever you please!”

The old woman felt like she was being belittled. She was just old, but her strength was unmatched by a regular person.

She took one step forward. The cane in her hands suddenly whipped toward jackie in a vicious arc; a frosty, murderous intent filled her eyes.

It looked like a normal ebony cane, but at that moment, it resembled a sharpened sword, slashing forward at a blinding speed. With that sudden thrust, jackie did not have an inkling of doubt that a normal person would already have a hole carved into their chest.

That was because jackie had heard the subtle echo of a supersonic boom from that thrust.

“So fast!”

jackie was shocked. He really did not expect the old woman to be so dexterous. If he had not gone to war, he would have been completely terrified by her.

“Hmph. Scared now, aren’t you? Is your life flashing before your eyes? Don’t underestimate me just because I’m old. Those two huge goons from before can’t match my strength!”

Delight crept over the old woman’s expression when she heard jackie gasp.

The tip of her cane was extremely sharp. jackie did not have the time to dodge.

Yet at this moment, jackie dazzled her eyes. His entire body seemed to meld into the shadows as he sidestepped her attack in a flash. He appeared right beside her.

“No way. You dodged that?”

The old woman took a sharp breath. She was utterly stupefied. She suspected that she must have imagined it.

She knew that jackie was strong after having watched him defeat those two men without breaking a sweat. However, she never expected him to be far stronger than she had imagined.

She seriously suspected that only a King of War could have that kind of speed, based on the fighting strength within the military ranks.

jackie dodged the attack. The old woman’s cane pierced straight into a wooden pillar behind him.

This was a small pavilion that was held up by four wooden pillars.

No one expected that such a huge pillar would have a hole carved straight through it. The cane had struck through the entire pillar.

“That cane is made out of fantastic stuff!”

jackie gave a wan smile when he saw that.

“Ah!”

The old woman was so frustrated that she missed her mark. She felt embarrassed.

She released a huff and jerked her arm. That wooden pillar crumbled, allowing her to loosen her cane from the hole.

The pillar held for three seconds, then it toppled onto the ground in a resounding crash. The entire pavilion went down with it.

At that moment, the old woman attacked jackie again.

However, jackie did not dodge her attack this time. Instead, he grabbed the cane with a quick sweep of his arm, and a powerful force rippled along the length of the cane.

The old woman did not reveal a sliver of panic when jackie caught her cane. She still believed that jackie was not as strong as her.

Chapter 659 Nonetheless, she never thought that the force from that causal sweep of jackie’s arm could be so deadly and powerful that it ruptured the end of the cane she was holding. The incredible force streaked through her hand, causing it to tremble uncontrollably as she struggled to hold the cane.

“Ah!”

The old woman stumbled back a few steps and her right hand was trembling unruly. She gazed at jackie with her eyes full of terror and respect at the same time.

jackie’s strength was impressive and his speed was as fast as lightning. She even sensed that jackie was having fun with her and that he must not have shown his true strength—the powerful strength that was hidden perfectly.

“Hmmm? What now? Giving up?” jackie flashed her a small smile and said in an indifferent voice.

“Jesus Christ! Isn’t this kiddo too powerful? He’s even able to take away Elder Castellano’s cane!” a spectator from the crowd could not hold back a loud gasp. The battle between jackie and Elder Castellano was truly eye-opening.

“No way! Don’t tell me Elder Castellano can’t defeat this retired soldier?”

Some of them had their foreheads pressed together as they expressed their doubts.

After all, they had never seen Elder Castellano defeated in a fight before.

The corners of the old woman’s mouth twitched involuntarily. At the same time, she was hesitant to admit defeat. If she surrendered now, she would surely become a laughingstock in front of the Green Sky Hall. If she tried again—harder and fiercer—there might be hope for her to win.

“Kiddo, it’s either you or me in the coffin today!”

With her teeth gritted tightly, the old woman charged toward jackie again at lighting speed, switching positions several times in the hopes of trying to confuse and get close to jackie.

“Your cane’s in my hand. I must say, you’re quite bold to come at me without any weapon!”

jackie sneered frostily. With the cane in his hand, he swung it at his opponent before she could even come near him as though he was using the cane to beat a dog. The cane hit the old woman’s arms and thighs several times in a row.

“Ouch! Ow!” The old woman jumped from the pain as if she were a monkey in the circus. Her body curled slightly.

“You win! You win!”

Finally, she yelled her defeat. Every movement sent ripples of pain through the old woman’s arms and legs.

jackie stopped at last. The old granny scanned her body and there were many fresh and insidious bruises caused by the strokes of the cane. Although jackie did not use too much force, and all the injuries were merely bruises on the surface, the pain was searing and indescribable.

“Now, do you think I’m able to kill you?” jackie stared at the old woman without any remorse but a faint yet callous smile on his face.

The old woman felt even more embarrassed. For the first time in her life, she felt that she had been beaten until she could not even counterattack. She lifted her head, staring straight into jackie’s eyes, her voice cold, “Give me back my cane! I know I’m not your opponent at all. Kiddo, you’re young yet powerful!”

“I don’t think it has anything to do with age!” jackie chortled as he threw the cane away casually. It landed right in front of the other party.

“Ahem! Mr. jackie, a moment ago you mentioned that as long as we deleted all the backups and we ceased this business immediately, you’d leave us alone?”

Hector, blending in with the other spectators on the side, was stunned by jackie’s strength. jackie’s combat prowess was truly astounding! Now, Hector had no other choice, but to put on the warmest smile on his face so that he could look amiable in front of jackie.

“Yup, that’s right!” jackie bobbed his head.

“Alright! I admire you a lot. It’s a deal then!”

Hector immediately agreed to his demand. There was no other way after all. Besides, he did not want to make a big fuss about it. Although there was Kingston Hall behind them, if jackie was truly pissed off, it

was highly possible that today would be their last day on the earth.

Moreover, jackie was not just a ‘good’ fighter, but the finest and the greatest. Even if Kingston Hall knew about the episode, they would not dare to provoke him, too, given that his fighting prowess was that outstanding. Even if Kingston Hall were to win in a fight with jackie, the losses would be acute and unbearable.

“Hmmm. Well. That’s all, then!”

jackie smiled lightly and then continued, “Now, let’s talk about another thing!”

Chapter 660 Hector had assumed that it would be enough if he agreed to jackie’s demand and that the other man would think about leaving them alone.

He truly never expected jackie to bring up another issue.

jackie observed the people around him and noticed that the men that had followed Brother Luca from yesterday were not around. He surmised that they had gone to the hospital to see their injured comrade.

“What’s wrong? Don’t tell me that you want money, after all?” Hector spoke with a cold smile.

“I really am going to ask for money!”

jackie chuckled. “Your men owe me fifty thousand dollars. They couldn’t even cough up a million yesterday. How shameful!”

“You beat up Brother Luca, too?”

Hector’s expression darkened. He nearly fainted from anger. He had been thinking that he was truly unlucky today, to have met such a tough, fearless warrior. He planned to properly torture the fellow who had bullied Luca, ensuring his death.

He never thought that jackie was the same man who Brother Luca and the others had provoked. When it rained, it truly poured. They provoked the same fellow on both occasions.

“That’s right. Isn’t it a coincidence?”

jackie flashed a cold smile. “Not only do you have to give me fifty thousand dollars, but you’ll also have to order your subordinates to not give my brother any trouble. I won’t settle for cash otherwise!”

“Aren’t you pushing it, jackie?”

Hector flashed a bitter smile. “You wanted a million dollars, so my subordinates scrounged everything they had in their pockets to pay you nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Do you really have to ask for the remaining fifty thousand?”

jackie’s expression was nonchalant. “What a stupid question. Just pay the amount that we agreed upon.”

“Fine. I’ll just take this as a stroke of misfortune!”

Hector’s expression hardened and he was displeased, but he nodded at the middle-aged woman beside him anyway.

The woman walked towards jackie and took out her phone. “Give me your bank account number. I’ll transfer the money immediately.”

“Now we’re talking!”

jackie did not hesitate to give his account number to her.

What he did not expect was immediately receiving a notification from the bank after he gave his account number.

“So fast?” jackie frowned and looked at her.

“I haven’t even keyed in the amount yet!”

The woman stared at him, perplexed.

jackie opened the message and was taken aback. After he read it, he realized that it was a bank transfer of more than 170 billion dollars.

“Oh, it was from someone else!”

jackie flashed a pained smile, finally responding. He had asked Skyler to help get rid of the Xenos family in Sky City and to sell off the assets and shares that they had. They donated some of the profit and divided the rest between themselves, 50-50.

He never thought that there would be so much money left even after dividing the portion.

“Oh!”

The middle-aged woman furrowed her brow, suspicion twinging in her. It could not be a coincidence, right? Unless this guy was merely playing dumb?

However, it had nothing to do with her. She keyed in the PIN and quickly transferred 50 thousand dollars to jackie’s account.

At this moment, jackie’s phone rang.

Chapter 661 jackie switched his focus to his phone. ‘Skyler Celestino’ appeared on the screen.

“Hey, Skyler Celestino!” jackie uttered casually after picking up the call.

“yeah! According to the ratio you told me, you’ll be getting a hundred and seventy billion dollars for your part. You should’ve received it by now, right? What a steal. Not only did I fix my itch to fight, but I also

made a big profit out of it.” Skyler’s manly voice rang from the phone.

“Yup, I got the money. I’ve got some errands to run, so I’ll hang up now!” jackie ended the call in the next second.

The woman before him was standing nearby, and Skyler’s voice was not particularly soft on the other end of the call as well. jackie was not sure if the other party had heard any part of the conversation.

At this time, Hector approached the two and uttered, “ jackie, I heard that you’re a bodyguard of the Drake family, right?”

jackie had already outstretched his leg and was about to leave the place. He did not expect such a question to pop out of Hector’s mouth. He nodded in conformity with the question, “Yes, what’s the matter?”

“I heard that they pay you twenty million dollars a month. I find that you’re a gifted talent, after watching you and my men trying out each other. I really admire you for your skills!” Hector answered with a gentle smile.

“That’s right! Master Hector is right! jackie, we’ve heard your big name a long time ago. Your talent will be gone into the drain if you continue to stay with the Drake family,” the elder—who was standing next to Hector—leaned forward and echoed.

“I’d pay you a hundred million a month, how about that? Work with me and help me expand Sky Green Hall. I truly believe that if we work together, it’d be impossible for the Sky Green Hall not to grow in the future!”

Hector stretched out his finger, gesturing the number ‘one’. His expression turned solemn and firm.

“A hundred million dollars. It’s indeed quite a lot!”

jackie’s pallor remained calm and plain. “However, I don’t want to work with snobs like you. Forget it! Just coming to this place has wasted a lot of my precious time. I need to go to the Drakes to work now!”

In the next second, jackie strode toward the gate without turning his head once.

Hector’s right index finger was still mid-air. He stayed frozen as though the conversation was a deadly lightning bolt that struck his brain. Many have said that if one person was offered double of what he was earning, that person would take it without thinking twice. He, himself, had offered jackie five times his previous salary, and yet this punk did not even blink an eye and walked away.

Moreover, the look in his eyes and the tone of his voice were filled with disdain and contempt, as if 100 million dollars was nothing but stacks of waste paper in his eyes.

“What the f*ck? Is this brat an idiot? He turned down a hundred million a month? I swear that there’s no salary higher than this in Eastfield!”

A guy could not help but sigh at the scene before him. If he were offered such a salary, even if it were not 100 million per month but per year, he would be smiling all year long, even when he was sleeping.

“Yeah! What an idiot! He must be an idiot!” another guy chimed in, laughing aloud. “A hundred million a month, and he just walked away? Instead, he went to work for a job of twenty million a month. What’s wrong with this brat?”

“Perhaps this punk’s drooling over Miss Tanya or Miss Yvonne. After all, the only thing this guy doesn’t lack is money. Since he’s not short of money, he’s probably after the two beauties! That must be the case!”

Another man was hypothesizing the situation. He narrowed his eyes and scratched his chin.

The middle-aged woman from before gazed at Hector before slowly opening her mouth, “Master Hector, when jackie answered his phone a while ago, I think I heard something!”

“Oh? Really? You were standing very close to him just now, what did you hear?”

Hector was no fool. He believed in his subordinates. If his people took the initiative to come forward to report something, that something must be valuable and worth taking note of.

“The person who called jackie, I think his name is Skyler Celestino. I vaguely heard the other party mentioning that a hundred seventy billion dollars was transferred to jackie’s account. He asked jackie if he had received it,” the middle-aged woman said hesitantly, her face scrunched up.

Chapter 662 “Skyler Celestino?”

“One hundred and seventy-eight billion dollars?”

The crowd present at the scene was completely dumbfounded. Terror streaked through the space. These two pieces of information were overly shocking.

“Are you sure you heard it right? Skyler Celestino? Doesn’t this name belong to Skyler, the King of War? That’s the eight-star King of War!”

The elder was paralyzed to the spot, the terrifying surprise holding him in a tightening grip. He only managed to regain his words after a few minutes.

“There’s only one King of War with the name Skyler Celestino!”

The middle-aged woman had a blank look in her eyes as though she was dwelling in a haze of confusion, yet to recover from the news.

“If it really was Skyler Celestino, the King of War, why did he give jackie so much money? More than a hundred seventy billion dollars! Are you sure you heard the number correctly? Why did he give that b*stard so much money?”

The sudden shock caused Hector’s muscles to tense up. Only prominent families could produce that amount of money after they had sold all their properties.

Nobody at the scene could understand why a King of War—an eight-star King of War—would give so much money to an adopted son-in-law.

The elder suddenly thought of something and immediately rushed into the house. He took a poster and ran out again. He breathed out heavily, “Master Hector, look! Look at the poster! That guy promised to make his wife’s birthday the grandest event that would shake the entirety of Eastfield. Could he have borrowed money from the King of War so that he could host the greatest birthday party for his wife?”

Thoughts were running wild inside the elder’s brain. This was the only possibility that he could think of. Other than this, no other suppositions could explain this situation anymore.

Nonetheless, after hearing the words that he had spewed, he started to doubt his own assumption. If that was really the case, 170 billion dollars was too much, was it not?

“Hmmm, spending a hundred million is enough to hold the grandest birthday party in Eastfield, right? A hundred and seventy billion dollars, how’s that possible? Besides, a King of War wouldn’t have lent out such a huge amount of money, right? And I truly doubt that a King of War who had just returned from the army would be able to fork out that much money in the first place, right?”

After giving some thought to the shocking news, Hector finally said to the middle-aged woman, “Hawa, you must’ve heard it wrong. Yup. You heard it wrongly.”

“Did I? But I thought that’s what the other person on the phone said!”

“Oh! Now I see it!”

Suddenly, the elder clapped his hands together after realizing something. “Damn! I think we’ve been fooled by him!”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

Everyone at the scene turned their attention towards the elder, scratching their heads, not knowing why.

“That fool must’ve made someone else make that call on purpose and pretended that Skyler Celestino was the caller! All the contents in that call must’ve been staged and rehearsed!”

The elder’s mood lifted and his eyes were full of wisdom. “He did it because he was afraid of offending the great power behind us—the Kingston Hall. This shows that he’s afraid of Kingston Hall and that he doesn’t want to create trouble. Therefore, he pretends to be close with Skyler Celestino, the King of War. However, the biggest mistake that he made was the amount of money. That sum of money is so unrealistic that it exposed his sneaky plan!”

Chapter 663 “That mothercker is really fcking smart! We were almost fooled by him!” one of the injured bulky men slapped his thigh and shouted.

“This man is more cunning than a fox!” a middle-aged man chimed in, wearing a bitter smile. He then continued, “He’s afraid that we might continue looking for trouble and just let him off temporarily. That’s why he kept this wild card in his hand, so he could leave the place. Otherwise, how could the call be so coincidental? How could the call come in right as we were about to transfer the money to him?”

After hearing everyone’s detailed analysis, Hector bobbed in agreement. That b*stard had almost deceived him!

He turned his gaze to the elder and said, “Elder Ward, I’m thankful for your wit and wisdom. Fortunately, he revealed himself by saying some ridiculous amount of money—a hundred seventy billion. If he had said a hundred or two hundred million, we would’ve fallen for his trap.”

The sound of praise entered the elder’s ears and lifted his mood. With his hands behind his back, he slowly said, “I can only comment that this fool has over bragged. His plan would’ve been perfect if the

sum of money was lesser. He would’ve scared the wits out of us! But, the more he tried to scare us away, the more mistakes he made. It has become crystal clear that he’s actually afraid of us in his heart.” With a prideful tone in his voice, he continued, “He didn’t come here today to stir up trouble. If he really wanted to, he wouldn’t have been merciful to Elder Castellano and the two during the fight!”

“Yes, you’re right! This guy is as sly as a fox! Such a delicate plan!”

The old granny—Elder Castellano—nodded in agreement. “I only suffered surface injuries on my body. This guy can control his strength and power very well. It seems that he truly is afraid. He must’ve come today due to yesterday’s episode—he was showing off in front of Miss Tanya and Miss Yvonne, pretending to be all tough and powerful. Hence, he mustered up the courage today to come to warn us just to complete his bragging show. Secondly, he’s afraid that our men would continue to find trouble with his brother—Tiger!”

“Yep!” Hector nodded to agree. “Anyway, judging from his combat prowess, I guess I’m not on par with him. Plus, he’s clever and witty. He’s definitely not someone we should provoke. Let’s try not to offend him!”

“But…”

Elder Ward’s forehead creased, and after a moment of silence, he enunciated, “Master Hector, some of the photos that we took are for several domestic websites, and some are for the overseas markets, which are our primary market as well. If we were to follow what the brat had asked of us, we’ll make a lot less profit and the other parties may not agree to it!”

“Yes. The loss will indeed be quite huge. I estimate at least a hundred million dollars would be lost in a month!”

Hector clenched his fists firmly at the thought. “Dammit! This is a low-cost but high-yield business! Now, it’s all ruined by the b*stard jackie. If we stopped it, the losses would be huge!”

“That’s right! If the parties who work with us in the overseas market don’t agree with it, I’m afraid that they might create trouble for us. Besides, we’re not known by the authority and power behind them. It would be fortunate for us if they let us compensate for their losses!”

Elder Ward’s face morphed into one of solemn soreness. “We can stop causing trouble for jackie’s brother. As for the matter of not taking pictures, it’ll be a great loss for us!”

Hector flashed them a wan smile, his teeth gritted tightly. “But you saw it yourself, too. He is too powerful for us to offend. None of our men can kill him! We’ll call it luck that he decided to spare our lives. Even I, myself, am not his opponent, and I don’t think those skilled fighters from Kingston Hall are at the same level as him! Our best bet is to do as we were told!”

Hector shut his mouth for a moment and then continued, “I’m the master of the Green Sky Hall. I can’t go back on my own words! If word gets out that I’m an untrustworthy person, where should I hide then?”

The elder heaved a deep sigh. “This problem, hard to solve. What if you tried talking to someone from Kingston Hall?”

Hector presented the elder with a dry smile in return. “That’s a no-no! My elder brother doesn’t like me being involved in this business. I do it behind his back. So, you tell me, how can I talk to him about this?”

He remained silent for a while after he spoke, and then he uttered again, “We will trade the photos that we took this month. After all, tomorrow’s the trading day. We’ll do the trading privately and jackie won’t know of it. As for next month, let’s think about that next time!”

Chapter 664 Meanwhile, at the Drake’s residence…

Three beauties were casually strolling in the ample garden of the Drake’s residence.

Yvonne gazed at Tanya, wanting to ask something but she was afraid that her concern for jackie would be too obvious. She feared that the two beauties before her would misunderstand her.

Nevertheless, worries and concerns for jackie had been growing uncontrollably within her all day.

She knew in her heart that the head of Green Sky Hall and the head of Kingston Hall were biological brothers. The reason why Green Sky Hall managed to develop and expand so well and so fast was because of the power behind them—the Kingston Hall.

Moreover, there were several top-notch fighters in Green Sky Hall, whom even Spectre from the Drake’s family would think twice before picking a fight with them.

Therefore, dread and worry gnawed at her insides—she truly worried about jackie’s safety.

jackie should have come to work by now, yet he had not presented himself. Hemust have gone to do what he had declared he would do.

Tanya could not help but keep her eyes on the entrance gate, her face plastered with disturbance.

“ jackie, why hasn’t he come to work yet?”

Sharon George, who was still chit-chatting about another topic, could no longer suppress the uneasiness within her and blurted, “He must’ve gone to the Green Sky Hall! I don’t know if he can solve this matter!”

“I think not!”

Since Sharon had already mentioned jackie, Yvonne continued smoothly, “The men in Green Sky Hall are not easy to deal with. They have a lot of good fighters that can’t be easily handled. They’re beyond ordinary good fighters. Besides, Hector’s a smiling tiger—outwardly kind and benevolent, but inwardly cruel and wicked. jackie’s a simple-headed person. He’s too straightforward and wouldn’t know when to retreat and give face to the other party. I’m really afraid that…”

Tanya bobbed her head to show agreement. “The most crucial thing now is that jackie has gone to the place. He’s not going to let them continue taking such photos. I know jackie, he’d want to solve this

problem now and forever, but he’s practically chopping off the other party’s financial resources.” Tanya paused for a second and then continued, “Yesterday, I asked Pa about Green Sky Hall, and he told me that the people in there aren’t only trading their photos to domestic websites, they’re also trading with some powerful authorities overseas!”

When Sharon registered these analyses into her brain, she grew even more anxious. “You’re right! Cutting off people’s source of money is like killing their entire family! Not to mention, this is their long- existed business! Now that it’s been called off by jackie, how could the other party accept it? Green Sky Hall is one son of a b*tch! How could they trade with overseas authorities! This is frustrating!”

Tanya flashed a bitter smile. “Before, I didn’t know that the Green Sky Hall would do such a thing underground. My Pa and the others only found out about it not long ago, too. There’s simply no way to stop them. If Kingston Hall weren’t behind Green Sky Hall, we, the Drake family, would’ve taken action! But with Kingston Hall behind everything, my Pa feels helpless, too!”

“No, no way! jackie’s in danger now! I…I have to go and save him!”

Sharon stomped anxiously. “I’ll bring some bodyguards as well as several top-notch fighters from the George family! I must help him! He can’t die!”

“But, Sharon, jackie said he could solve it alone!”

Yvonne pulled Sharon back and added, “If you go there like this, aren’t you afraid that jackie might be unhappy?”

“But—but, it’s better than leaving him to die there, right? I’m really worried about him!”

Sharon was so frantic with fear, her face went white.

“Don’t worry. I believe in him!”

Tanya gained a little more confidence in jackie when she thought of the episode that happened outside the city— jackie attended to the challenge in the woods and beheaded hundreds of men, some of whom were very powerful.

Just as her last syllable dropped, a scarlet red Porsche 911 drifted into the gate and swiftly parked in a parking space not far away.

“He’s back!”

At the sight of this, the corners of Tanya’s mouth curled upward, and she was relieved.

Chapter 665 “Finally!” Sharon and Yvonne exclaimed in unison, both heaving big sighs of relief.

Sharon gazed at Yvonne, her rosy pink lips slightly parted. She could no longer hold back and asked, “Yvonne, you seem…you seem to be very very worried about him, too. Don’t tell me you like him, too?”

Sharon’s question startled Yvonne, causing her to choke. Her eyes flickered and her cheeks were immediately kissed pink. She retorted instantly, “What? Impossible! That guy’s a pervert who drools over beautiful ladies! I don’t like him at all, hmph!”

Lines appeared on Sharon’s forehead as her brows furrowed. “Impossible! If he’s a pervert, then why didn’t he drool over me? I’ve got a great figure and I look good, too!”

“Hello, beauties! Looks like nothing’s bothering you and you’re in a good mood, admiring the beauty of flowers,” jackie teased as he walked over to the three of them, a gentle and warm smile on his face.

When jackie appeared in front of them, Sharon—whose brain was seized by worries and panic just a few seconds ago—instantly calmed down and her demeanor changed. She became somewhat reserved and shy, putting on a casual face devoid of any worry for jackie at all.

“Green Sky Hall, did you really go there?” Tanya, on the other hand, asked aloud.

jackie nodded in response. “I’ve got the fifty thousand dollars! I’ll treat you ladies to lunch today!”

“Wait! What? What fifty thousand dollars?” Tanya questioned, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you say you were going to talk to them about the photos? What’s this fifty thousand you’re talking about? Don’t tell me that you let them off the hook for a mere fifty thousand dollars?”

“What? No way! I thought you’d at least fight them!”

Yvonne was as dumbfounded as Tanya. Why did jackie go to Green Sky Hall to make a fuss for fifty thousand dollars? Even if his purpose was to blackmail them, 50 thousand dollars was too little, no?

“Oh, I almost forgot something! You don’t know what happened after I got off work yesterday. My closest buddy, Tiger, came to me and told me that his restaurant….”

Remembering that the three had no knowledge about yesterday’s episode, he patiently narrated the incident from stem to stern.

jackie shrugged once he finished telling the story. “Therefore, not only did I settle yesterday’s issue, but I also collected what Green Sky Hall owed me yesterday—the fifty thousand dollars!”

“In that case, the people in Green Sky Hall are truly sly foxes! First, they tested your strength, and if you weren’t strong enough, they would’ve ended you on the spot!”

“Little did they know that you’re not just powerful, but their secret weapons—the skilled Granny and two big men—aren’t worthy opponents as well. Only when they knew they couldn’t beat you did they surrender, just so their problem wouldn’t become worse!”

Cold sweat dripped down Yvonne’s forehead as she repeated the episode. Fortunately, jackie was a strong combatant. His experience as a soldier in the past five years had not been in vain. Otherwise, he would have been in a dangerous situation today!

“They’re not that smart. Such dirty tricks can’t escape me!”

jackie chuckled nonchalantly, and then continued, “But I have to say that Hector’s nothing but a smiling tiger. He looks benevolent and kind on the outside, but inwardly, he’s full of dirty, cunning tricks. It’s not a surprise that such a person can become the Master of Green Sky Hall!”

“What I’m worried about now is whether the other party will go back on their word. They only agreed to your demand on the surface because you’re strong and hard to get rid of!”

Tanya frowned deeply after thinking about it. “His elder brother is the Master of Kingston Hall! What if he tells his brother about this? We’re done for!”

Chapter 666 jackie arched his brow upon hearing Tanya’s concern. “I don’t think that’d be the case. Hector’s the head of Green Sky Hall, after all. As the head of an infamous house, how can he just go back on what he’s promised?”

Tanya, on the other hand, could not hold back from shooting jackie a sarcastic glance with her pair of big beautiful eyes. “Indeed, he’s the head of the Green Sky Hall, but their real power is not what you see on the surface. To the world, they’re all about opening spa and wellness centers, but under the surface, they make a lot of deals with dirty trades. Should we really trust such a person?”

jackie bobbed his head in agreement at Tanya’s words. “Let’s see how it goes, then. If he doesn’t learn his lesson, he’ll regret it later!”

“Alright, then. It’s pretty late now, let’s go shopping!” Tanya suggested tentatively.

jackie looked at the watch on his wrist—it was almost noon. After some contemplation, he proposed, “Okay! I have fifty thousand dollars from the Green Sky Hall. Let me treat the three of you to a nice lunch!”

“Thank you!” Tanya chortled. “Oh, right! I almost forgot! It’s payday and it’s your first time receiving your pay. The financial department will transfer your salary to you no later than this afternoon!”

jackie looked unconcerned by Tanya’s utterance. “Really? If you hadn’t said anything, I would’ve almost forgotten all about it.”

“What? It’s a salary of twenty million dollars a month! I bet this figure is the highest in the bodyguard market! How could you not look forward to it nor show any excitement at all? Worse, you almost forgot about it!”

Yvonne was tongue-tied. Even if jackie had a few million in his hand, a salary of 20 million would still be considered a huge sum of money! Yet, not even the slightest hint of excitement could be seen on his face.

It seemed that money was irrelevant to him.

“This hopeless brat. How could you forget about twenty million dollars!”

Tanya did not know whether to cry or to laugh at jackie. “Had I known you’d forget your own payday, I wouldn’t have been in such a hurry to pay you. It’s great if I could save a lot of money!”

In return, jackie flashed her the warmest smile and said, “If you don’t pay me, won’t you be afraid that one day I’d remember my salary of twenty million and spank you for not paying me?”

jackie finished his sentence with another hearty laugh before noticing that Tanya’s face had turned as red as a tomato. He then realized that he seemed to have said something wrong. Tanya was a lady, after all. Perhaps his joke was a little bit too much.

Besides, he often made fun of his apprentices this way when he was on the battlefield. Everyone in the camp was used to it, but now they were not in the camp, and Tanya was no apprentice. She was the daughter of the Drake family—the family’s most precious pearl!

Tanya’s face turned scarlet as she shot a glare towards jackie. “Hmph! You…if you dare to do so, I’ll never pay you your salary!”

“Cough, cough! Ahem! It’s just a joke. Alright, let’s go…go out to eat!”

jackie coughed awkwardly, clearly embarrassed. He then walked to his car in a serious manner in an attempt to cover up his embarrassment.

Sharon felt uneasy and uncomfortable hearing the conversation that took place between jackie and Tanya. She curled her lips, pouted, and muttered, “This idiot didn’t even look me in the eyes, and now he wants to spank Miss Tanya!”

When Tanya heard what Sharon said, she went silent. She instantly took Sharon’s hand and said, “Sharon, don’t tell me you’re jealous? He was just joking around. How could he like a little girl like me? Besides, he has a wife!”

Nonetheless, Sharon did not look satisfied with the explanation. She mumbled with a tone of disappointment, “I’m still upset! Why can’t he joke around like that with me!”

Chapter 667 Yvonne was at loss for words. She sauntered behind Sharon and landed a soundly slap on her butt, then walked away as though nothing happened.

“Ah!”

A dull ache settled into Sharon’s back, causing her to yell out loud. Her eyes widened into spheres as large as saucers. “Yvonne Drake, what are you doing!”

A heartless smile plastered Yvonne’s face as she wheeled her head around. “Didn’t you just say you wanted to be spanked? Just pretend that slap was from jackie.”

Sharon was dumbfounded. She did not know whether to cry or to laugh. She huffed angrily, “How—how can that be the same?” If the slap was truly from jackie, it might have implied that jackie had some interest in her. In that case, even if she were to be spanked black and blue, her heart would be bursting with joy. However, she had to be realistic. jackie, this idiot, had never given her a chance. She had no idea what to do next.

“Let’s move. It’s the first time jackie’s treating you to lunch, so chop chop!”

Sharon’s affection and loyalty toward jackie triggered a sigh out of Tanya. She never thought that love could be like this. Sharon’s love was an obsession. It possessed her and made her lose her sense of self.

However, the current situation was of unrequited love.

After all, with Sharon’s attractive look and alluring figure, a lot of men out there would be head over heels for her!

With such charismatic attributes, Sharon still remained loyal to jackie and continued to actively pursue him. Nevertheless, jackie did not bother to reciprocate those feelings and never gave her a chance at all!

At the entrance of the villa, a faint yet cordial smile was hanging on James Drake’s face. He was observing the commotion, standing not too far away from the four of them.

“ jackie White, he’s indeed not an ordinary man. I must give him credit for having the courage to go to Green Sky hall alone!” James whispered to himself, his tone full of mixed emotions. By this time, jackie and the others had disappeared from his sight.

“Indeed, not an ordinary man. Miss Tanya said that jackie was going to pay them a visit, but I didn’t expect him to come back so quickly. It seems that everything went well!”

Spectre nodded in agreement. “For a detailed understanding of the whole situation, we’ll need to spend some money to get the information.”

James put on another warm smile in response. “Nah, I think Tanya and the others are pretty close to him. They were chatting for quite a while just now. They should be discussing the events that happened in Green Sky Hall. We could just ask Tanya when she returns later tonight. She should know quite a lot!”

Spectre chortled. “Miss Tanya’s something else. She’s managed to get close to jackie in such a short time. Young Master Drake, on the other hand, is still the same—stoic and full of disdain toward jackie. He doesn’t look like he’s a fan of jackie, and he never really talks to jackie that much.”

Thinking of this son of his, James’s facial expression hardened. “Timothy, this brat. Always making me worry for him! I heard he’s been playing billiards with Grayson from the Mont family whenever he’s free as of late. Furthermore, their betting amount in a single game is quite huge. You could lose a lot in just one game!”

Spectre’s forehead creased into a frown. Looking at James, he slowly spilled out some words, “Master Drake, there’s one thing about Young Master Drake that I’m not sure if I should report.”

Looking at Spectre’s hesitant expression, James’s heart suddenly felt uneasy. He permitted, with his brows furrowed, “Spill it!”

“I’ve heard that Young Master Drake has been visiting some entertainment centers lately and that he’s been mingling with a friend of Michael Wilson. That friend is a young master from a third-class family, and he’s got a stinky reputation.”

James’s face turned even darker upon hearing the news. “Timothy, this fool! He’s always been obedient and performs pretty well in front of me. I didn’t expect he’d start mingling with these people. If he continues to behave in such a way, how am I supposed to hand over the Drake properties to him in the future!”

Chapter 668 In a flash, jackie and the three beauties had arrived at a hushed and serene restaurant with classy decoration.

It was a decent restaurant. The environment was quiet and had pastel aesthetics. Although the price was mildly exorbitant, money to jackie was never a problem. The price did not sway jackie in the slightest.

“Alright, ladies. Order whatever you want! It’s my honor to invite three beauties to lunch for the first time!”

jackie handed over the menu and enunciated modestly. “I’m only a bodyguard, and three of you are from noble families. Yet, you’re willing to let me treat you to lunch. It’s truly an honor!”

Tanya was speechless for a while. This jerk was no ordinary man, and he must be a man of a higher social status than she was. Yet, he was acting all stupid in front of her.

It was evident to everyone that this guy was not an ordinary bodyguard.

“The prices aren’t cheap at all. Aren’t you worried that fifty thousand dollars won’t be enough?” Yvonne purposely teased jackie after taking a look at the menu.

“Don’t worry. Do you think my budget for our lunch is only fifty thousand? It’s my pleasure to have you three beauties together with me. I’d be more than happy to spend five hundred thousand on you, let alone fifty thousand!”

jackie giggled, then he gazed over his watch and pondered for a second before saying, “Oh! By the way, Selena’s company is just nearby, and it’s almost lunchtime now. I’ve invited her over for lunch with us since she has a two-hour lunch break!”

“Wouldn’t your dear wife be jealous of us? That you’re having lunch with three beauties? Moreover, you’re spending so much on us, wouldn’t she scold you?” Tanya teased playfully.

“Nah, she won’t!” jackie uttered confidently. “My wife is a gentle, kind-hearted, generous, intelligent, and virtuous woman. Why would she scold me just because I invited three of you to lunch?”

Hearing him compliment Selena and looking at the prideful expression on jackie’s face, Sharon’s heart sank and her thoughts started to get clouded. She could see that jackie really did love his wife. There was a huge difference between how he treated Selena and herself.

All this made her feel doubtful of herself. Was she not charming or good-looking enough? She wondered if jackie would ever fall in love with her.

jackie went out to call Selena. At the same time, Yvonne was ordering some food.

“F*ck off!”

A piercing voice echoed from inside the restaurant into jackie’s ears when he was just about to make the call.

jackie’s brows immediately furrowed after hearing the voice. He looked into the restaurant and in the next second, his face scrunched up.

Inside the restaurant, several men with gold necklaces around their thick necks surrounded Tanya and the others. One of them wore a cunning lopsided grin. He stretched out his arm, wanting to caress Tanya’s cheek.

“Tsk, tsk, you’re one hot chick, aren’t you? You have silky smooth skin, too. How about my bros and I treat you to this lunch and after that, you come with us for a karaoke session and have fun with us!” the rascal spoke, his mouth twisted into a perverted grin. He switched his focus over to Yvonne and Sharon who were beside her. His Adam’s apple moved up and down vigorously. “These two chicks, too! Look at their bodies…so well maintained…and their faces…so gorgeous!”

“Yeah, you’re so right! Miss, the one thing we don’t lack is money. We’ll treat you to good food and good wine. Come and have fun with us! Eighty thousand or even a hundred thousand is not a problem for us!” another man echoed while giggling.

Just as jackie stepped out of the restaurant to make a phone call, these rascals entered. They noticed the three beauties as soon as they entered the restaurant and they could not help but approach them in an instant.

There were a lot of nice-looking women on this earth, most of whom were gold-diggers. They all adored sugar daddies and enjoyed being their sugar babies. As long as the men flashed out some cash and showed off their money, most women would bow down before them!

Of course, these few thugs had experiences with such women before, so naturally, they possessed some level of confidence when they approached Tanya and the others.

“Just order whatever you fancy, my lovely ladies. Even those super fancy and exorbitant food and drinks, too. We have money!”

Chapter 669 Once the thug who had his eyes fixated on Tanya finished his speech, he stretched forth his hand again, trying to stroke her cheek.

“F*ck off!” Tanya slapped his hand away, with a look full of disgust plastered on her face.

This was the piercing voice that jackie heard a while ago. He entered the restaurant, his face icy-cold.

“You’re some hot-tempered chick, aren’t you? How dare you hit me! Do you know how much you need to compensate for slapping my hand? I was going to ask nicely if you’d agree to hang out with us, but since you hit me, you have no choice but to come with us today. Oh well. Of course, you can choose between hanging out with us or paying me one million dollars for the medical expenses!”

The man sneered. Since Tanya had hit his hand, he decided to threaten her.

“One million dollars is like a peanut to me, it means nothing! But for some jerk like you, dream on!”

Tanya shot up from her seat and leaped forward slightly, trying to push the thug away.

“Fcking btch! I’m trying to play nice with you, but you don’t seem to appreciate it, huh?”

This man was not easy-going as well. He pushed her back, hard.

“Ah!”

The man had obviously trained before, his physical strength was not a joke. How could a young miss from a wealthy family like Tanya be able to take in such a push?

Tanya stumbled, losing her balance before she slipped and fell backward.

As she was falling, she felt so frightened! She was wearing a short skirt today and her clothes were white! The words ‘embarrassment’ and ‘shame’ flashed in her mind.

A strong arm appeared from behind her and wrapped around her waist. The owner of the arm caught her in time, and Tanya hung diagonally in his grip, mid-air.

The moment Tanya was caught mid-fall, she struggled to release herself from his grip. However, when she noticed that it was jackie who caught her, she heaved a deep sigh of relief.

Was this not a scene similar to the ones in soap operas?

Before this, she had always found shows like that too ridiculous and silly. How could the male lead always appear on time during critical moments? The male lead would wrap his arm around the waist of the female lead before exchanging glances affectionately.

But as she found herself caught in this exact scene, Tanya was frozen, as still as a statue. She could scarcely believe the scene before her eyes. Her heart hammered in her chest and almost leaped out of

her throat. Suddenly, she was reminded of the night when jackie accidentally kissed her lips twice. Her rosy cheeks turn redder.

However, there was a difference between soap operas and the reality she was living in— jackie did not even look at her, much less in an affectionate way. After catching her from the fall, he immediately helped her up.

“Miss Tanya, are you alright? Did he scare you? I’m truly sorry. I just wanted to make a call. I didn’t expect the arrival of several wolves!” jackie spoke with a warm smile on his face as he helped Tanya up.

“Wow! Isn’t somebody trying to play superhero?”

The thug who shoved Tanya had a wolf head tattooed on his chest. He ripped his shirt open a little bit wider to show off the tattoo before saying aggressively, “You’re right about me being a wolf! I’m not just a wolf, but a wild one who has tasted blood before! Did you know that?”

“Look at this!”

The other three thugs glanced at each other before they, too, pulled their shirts open to reveal the same wolf-head tattoo on their chests.

“It’s just a tattoo. How’s that frightening?”

jackie let out a frosty laugh after taking a look at their chests as if he was watching a clown show.

Chapter 670 The four rascals in front of jackie thought that he would be scared of them after revealing their tattoos. However, not only did jackie show no sign of fear, he even said some things that made the corners of their mouths twitch. Did this punk not recognize the tattoo?

“Aren’t you afraid? The streets around this area are our territories! We’re from the Wolf Fang Gang!

The man pointed to the tattoo on his chest and announced proudly, “Although we don’t have a lot of members in the Wolf Fang Gang, each gang member is as ruthless as wild wolves! Offending us is equivalent to digging your own grave!”

Another one chimed in, “If you understand the situation, you’d make yourself disappear! Besides, this chick provoked Brother Felix. If not, Brother Felix wouldn’t have shoved her!”

“I understand. Hmmm. Then, do you know who I am? Also, do you know who this lady is? Are you guys dumb or what? How dare you push this young miss!” jackie chuckled and responded nonchalantly.

“Do I look like I care? All I know is that she’s an attractive woman.”

Brother Felix laughed uncontrollably. Obviously, he did not recognize Tanya and the others.

However, the blame was not on them. After all, they were just some local rascals that were not even qualified to meet or be associated with someone like Tanya who was from a noble family. Those who would be aware of Tanya’s status usually came from powerful noble families.

“I’m her bodyguard, and she’s Miss Tanya from the Drake family!” jackie’s face sank.

“What? No way! She’s Miss Tanya? From the Drake family?”

One of the thugs was stunned at jackie’s words. He was clearly frightened. If it was really Miss Tanya from the Drake family, then they were in big trouble!

Another thug immediately retorted, “F*cking fake! Miss Tanya is a Drake! With her status and identity, she shouldn’t come to a place like this. Besides, if Miss Tanya’s out in public, shouldn’t there be a group of bodyguards with her?”

Felix thought the statement was reasonable as well. He commented, “You sure do know how to brag, huh! If Miss Tanya from the Drake family has come out, there would be at least a dozen bodyguards withThis material belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

her! They’d be brawny and strong, but here you are, just a single fellow. Look at yourself, you’re neither bulky nor strong! Do you think we’re fools?”

“I’ve ordered mine, do the rest of you have anything else to add on?” Yvonne asked as she turned to jackie and the others after placing her order. There was not a single trace of worry or concern on her face.

“I’m good. We could always order more food later if it’s not enough!”

jackie smiled as he rubbed his fists. “Explaining things to trash like you is wasting a lot of my time and energy. I think my fists can do the explaining better!”

“Do you think I’ll be scared?” Felix laughed aloud and waved his hand, signaling the other three thugs to attack jackie.

Nevertheless, with a few simple strokes and punches, the wolves plopped onto the ground, clutching at their chests in pain before they started to cry. Pain seethed through them with a terrible intensity. It felt like being eaten from the inside out by a sharp-toothed creature.

“What the f*ck!”

Felix’s eyes widened into spheres as large as kiwis. His throat tightened and cold sweat streamed down his forehead.

He clenched his jaw, took out a pocket knife from his trouser pocket, and launched the blade in jackie’s direction.

However, he did not even get close before jackie snatched the knife away from him.

With his right hand, jackie dangled the pocket knife in front of Felix’s face. Felix was so frightened that his body went numb, his blood frozen in his veins. He was unable to move at all.

Felix looked down at himself, only to realize that while there were no injuries on his body, his shirt had been ripped and cut, leaving hundreds of holes. He stood frozen in his spot, looking like a peasant begging on the streets.

“Si—sir, I was wrong!”

Felix’s legs turned to jelly in a flash and he plopped onto the ground, kneeling before jackie. He truly believed that if jackie wanted to kill him a moment ago, he would have died more than a hundred times!

Chapter 671 “Boss, we… We’re sorry, we made a mistake. We’ll get out of your hair and let you be with this chick, alright?” Another man feebly knelt before jackie once he got over the initial sting of pain.

Frowning, jackie coldly snapped, “What are you talking about? I’m Miss Tanya’s bodyguard! How dare you!”

“Y—Yes, of course…! This honorable and pretty lady must be Miss Tanya. You’re such a powerful bodyguard. Now I see why she needed only one bodyguard with her all this time… You’re basically a one-man army, with the power of a hundred men!” spoke the man as he quivered, and he wiped the cold sweat off of his forehead from time to time.

If the beautiful woman they intended to take advantage of was indeed the Drake family’s Miss Tanya, members of the Wolf Fang Gang would not even mutter a word if they were killed right here. The Drake family was the most prominent family; small groups like them were not qualified to even fight back.

“Boss, please let us go,” Felix begged jackie. “Can we show ourselves out?”

jackie glanced at them indifferently. “I’d watch yourselves if I were you. You people might lose your lives the next time I see you doing this again!”

“Yes, Big Brother,” Felix nodded thankfully. “We’re truly grateful for this mercy you’ve shown us!” Felix lowered his head as he began to walk away with his men. He wanted nothing more than to dissolve from

this place.

However… “Wait!” jackie called out to him just as he took two steps away.

“What?!” The four of them glanced at each other, their faces slowly losing color. They never thought jackie would go back on his word. Was he going to kill them?

“I didn’t allow you guys to leave, did I? You guys said that you’d treat Miss Tanya to a meal, didn’t you? Could it be that you’re backing down on your promise?” jackie smirked. Meanwhile, Tanya had already returned to her seat as the blush on her face had receded. Still, she felt jittery when she recalled the feeling of jackie’s arm wrapped around her waist.

It was not long after jackie thought to himself that he ordered, “Go pay the bill. Then, kneel here and wait until we finish our dinner before you can leave. I’ll let you guys go after that.”

“Oh, of course, of course! We’ll pay the bill right now!” Fearing for their lives, the men nodded vehemently before they scurried to pay the 60,000 worth of bill.

Once they paid, the four The four rushed toward jackie’s table and knelt right beside them. They were so ashamed that they lowered their heads bitterly, and it showed on their faces too.

At this moment, Selena finally came from her company that was located nearby to where they were.

Selena frowned when they saw the four men kneeling on the floor. “ jackie, what’s going on? Did you get into another fight?”

Selena was startled to see four men on the floor, kneeling. She had told jackie many times before to stop getting into fights so they could enjoy a low profile lifestyle. The last thing she expected during this meal was this scene.

“These people left their eyeballs at home and dared lust over Miss Tanya’s beauty. This punishment is nothing, really.” jackie smiled indifferently and pulled out the chair beside them. “Honey, take a seat. The dishes will be served soon. Let’s sit and wait for our dishes.”

“Oh, so that’s what happened? I suppose they’re rather foolish if they don’t know who Miss Tanya is!” Selena smiled impassively once she heard jackie’s explanation. jackie was Miss Tanya’s bodyguard, so it was only his duty to do something if she was harassed.

The four men raised their heads and glanced at Selena. They were once again stunned because of her beauty, and they became green with envy. He was just a bodyguard but had such a beautiful wife.

Chapter 672 “Selena, you’re so pretty! This professional suit looks so classy on you!” Sharon looked at Selena and enviously added, “It’s no wonder that jackie loves you so much. I adore him so badly, but he’s cold and indifferent toward me!”

An awkward smile appeared on Selena’s face. “Sharon, jackie isn’t as good as how you’ve imagined him to be. He has a rather cold face sometimes, and he does things too earnestly. Apart from that, he’s not a romantic person and can be rather violent. He likes to settle everything with his fists. You like him so much because you don’t know him all too well just yet.”

Of course, Selena said all these things to Sharon so she could give up.

Although Sharon was a nice and rather wealthy person, jackie was her man. As his wife, how could Selena not have any selfish motives?

Apart from that, she felt that she should get Sharon to give up if jackie was uninterested in her.

“Really?” came Sharon’s reply, her smile still on her face as she did. “I feel that everything he does is great. It’s natural for him to settle matters with his fists if he’s being bullied. If not, what kind of man will

he be? Apart from that, he’s a retired veteran who was once in the forces. It’s normal for such a person to constantly have a serious expression on his face. It gives his people a sense of reliability.”

Sharon paused here before secretly glancing at jackie. “More importantly, he gives everyone around him a sense of security.”

“Honey, let me help you with the prawns!” jackie, on the other hand, acted as though he did not hear what Sharon said and, instead, helped his wife to de-shell the prawns.

Sharon was unhappy with this and prodded, “ jackie, answer me honestly: Will you consider me if you’re not married and have yet to meet your wife?”

Felix and the others were utterly stupefied when they heard this. What was happening?

Was he not a bodyguard? How could a mere bodyguard be an object of adoration by some? It seemed that this pretty lady was a rich person from another family, yet she liked a bodyguard?

They were practically swimming in envy. Had they been able to have one of these four beautiful ladies, they would not even bat an eye if their lifespan was reduced by a year.

There were actually four women fighting over this guy.

Above all, this guy seemed downright apathetic toward this girl called Sharon. Goddess… He refused such a good chance.

jackie de-shelled some prawns and placed them in Selena’s bowl before looking at Sharon. “Miss Sharon, my wife sacrificed a lot and endured a lot of grievance for me. I came back to have a good life with her. I love her and our daughter. With that being said, I can only appreciate your kindness, but I can’t accept them.”

“I mean, if… What if she’s not here? Will you love me?” Sharon was slightly anxious. jackie was really getting on her nerves as he refused to give her a little bit of hope.

“How would there be so many possibilities in this world? There are no such possibilities!” dismissed jackie with a tight smile. “Come on, let’s eat!”

The four kneeling by the side glanced at each other and were once again surprised. Sharon George? Was that not the name of the elder miss from the first-class aristocratic George family?

The George family only had one daughter, and whoever it was that married her could inherit the entire George family’s properties.

Yet, even with all that, the bodyguard in front of them refused in a high-profile way and without any hesitation. Was this person dumb? For a bodyguard like jackie, it was like getting a free lunch for him to woo for Miss Sharon’s love.

“Alright.” Sharon was disgruntled at the turn of events. However, when she thought about it… Was this not proof of a good man? At the very least, jackie—who had such temperament—was more worthy of her love.

Chapter 673 “Come, let’s drink some wine!” said Tanya with a smile on her face as she raised her glass of wine. “After all, the people from the so-called Wild Wolf Gang are paying for this entire table. It’ll be a waste if we don’t finish the wine we ordered, and we’ve ordered quite a few bottles!”

“Alright,” chorused Yvonne as she raised her own glass, “come on!” Yvonne grinned.

All five of them started drinking.

Though still bitter about jackie, Sharon spoke, “ jackie, it’s alright that you don’t like me, but I have to tell you this: If ever the day comes that you regret your words, come find me. I’m willing to be your second wife and be by your side everyday. I won’t cause you any trouble, and I’ll even get along with Selena!”

jackie cleared his throat at Sharon’s bold proclamation. “Ahem! Sharon, you’re still young, and life’s still long. You’ll meet someone who you’ll genuinely like in the future, I’m sure of it,” he spoke before he sipped his wine.

“Still young? Still young?! I’m not young anymore. I’m at the legal age to get married several months ago!” Sharon pursed her delicate mouth. “You’re just six or seven years older than me.”

All of a sudden… “Felix, what are you guys doing, kneeling here?” A group of seven to eight men walked up to them as they were halfway through their meal.

One of them had a head full of bleached-white hair. The men were extremely surprised when they saw Felix and the others on the floor.

Meeting the eyes of these men, Felix and his gang were speechless and ashamed.

One of the men kneeling blinked at Whitey, the man with bleached-white hair. “Don’t get involved, you guys!” he spoke in a half-shouting voice. He signaled the other person to leave; they could not afford to offend the people here.

However, Whitey did not register the signs in time. “What the f*ck. Had they lost a fight?” Whitey then looked at the four pretty ladies sitting at the table and smirked.

“I get it. You must’ve fallen for one of these women here, haven’t you, Felix? You pervert. how can I not understand you? You can’t control yourself whenever you meet pretty ladies. How can you bear it when you meet such extreme beauty?”

He paused for a brief moment before he badgered on, “Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid. I’m here. Your brother Anguis is here! We have a big group of people! Let us help you get even!”

“That’s right, Felix. You guys are so terrible! How could you guys lose against one guy? You guys are even kneeling…! This is so embarrassing!” Another guy smiled coldly, not once paying attention to jackie

who was at the same table, eating with the ladies.

Felix initially wanted to remind them that they should mind their manners before him and the ladies.

Thus, it came as a surprise to him that they continuously disrespected him. He decided to pretend that he did not see or hear anything and kept quiet all the while.

“Since you can’t get this woman, let me try instead!” Whitey smirked. He abruptly slapped the table and sneered, “Young man, don’t act all innocent and pretend that you didn’t hear us. I’m also from the Wolf Fang Group! You hurt and humiliate my brothers, and now, I’m going to avenge them…! If you understand what’s happening, scram and leave these women here.”

Glaring at Whitey with fierceness, jackie picked up a chopstick and stabbed the man’s hand that was on the table!

Whitey had no time to respond to such a quick move. “Aah!” The next thing he knew, a wooden chopstick was stabbed into his hand. He was in so much pain that he instantly fell to his knees.

Chapter 674 “Aah!” Whitey roared in pain. The veins on his forehead bulged out while the color of his face was drained.

“Hit him!” came Whitey’s thunderous order to his subordinates, all while he gritted his teeth.

“Brother Anguis, this…” His subordinates were downright frightened as they were met with jackie’s icy glare. Judging from jackie’s all-too-quick attack, he was no simpleton. Although they had the numbers, they might not be able to fight him.

“Get out. Don’t destroy my mood,” growled jackie as he noted that more people were surrounding them, and many of the new customers were glancing at them.

Felix immediately looked at jackie in anticipation when he heard this. “B—Boss, how about us? Can we go now?”

“Scram! Every one of you can get lost! Looking at you guys gives me a headache!” jackie looked at him impatiently and waved his hand.

“Okay! I’ll show myself out now!” Felix was all too happy when he heard this as he immediately nodded and stood up with his subordinates.

“Are you guys dumb? Why are you still standing there? Follow us out right now! This is Miss Tanya from the Drake family, and that’s Miss Sharon from the George family!” Felix glanced at the people who were still rooted where they stood.

He then looked at Anguis, who was in extreme pain. “Anguis, you’re too dumb. I was already kneeling there, and you dared cause trouble to Miss Tanya and the others. Are you on a suicide mission?”

“W—Why do you say that?!” Anguis almost fainted in sheer anger. “Why… Why didn’t you tell me this earlier?”

“I’ve given you all the signs, but you’re too dumb to understand it!” Felix immediately walked outside in huge strodes after he spoke.

The others, especially those who came with Whitey, immediately felt a sense of relief after they heard this. They thanked their lucky stars that they did not act upon order immediately. Otherwise, they might share the same fate as Whitey.

Whitey dared not linger any longer and ran faster than a rabbit. A group of almost 20 people vanished from jackie and the others’ sight.

With an indifferent smile, jackie turned to Selena and beamed, “Let’s continue our meal!”

“Okay!” Selena nodded in satisfaction. At that moment, she felt that what Sharon said about jackie—that a strong sense of security could be felt when she was around him—was very true.

Chapter 675 Selena returned to her office for work after she finished her meal. Meanwhile, jackie and the others took a walk around that area before returning to the Drake family’s mansion.

jackie rested in the room the Drake family arranged for him upon their return. He was ready to drive home at around five or six o’clock in the afternoon.

Meanwhile, in the Clark family’s mansion…

Flynn was extremely happy when he saw his cousin, Ken, entering the room. He immediately asked, “How did it go, Ken? Is jackie dead? What’s the situation of his body? Didn’t you say that he already drank the poison? I remember you guys have gone to Sky City to search for the strong martial artists of the Xenos family too, right?”

Flynn believed jackie was physically weakening day by day, since it had been two to three days since he consumed the poison.

Under such circumstances, jackie would definitely die if his cousin and Young Master Hugo invited the strong martial artists from the Xenos family over to avenge Quil.

His cousin and Young Master Hugo left yesterday and had just returned. Flynn was curious about jackie’s fate.

Ken looked at Flynn with an expression riddled with many emotions at once.

Flynn was his cousin who lost a leg because he offended Tanya while he was enjoying a trip here with Ken. Ken wondered about how he was going to tell Flynn’s parents about this.

Apart from that, the Bane family in the Lone City was slightly stronger than their Clark family, a second- class aristocratic family.

Flynn understood right away when he saw Ken’s darkening expression. Sitting on the sofa, the smile on Flynn’s face instantly vanished. “Is he still alive? It seems like you guys haven’t made a move yet. Every day is a difficult day for me right now… I want to see this bodyguard named jackie die soon!”

He gritted his teeth and looked at Ken with a cold expression on his face. “You’re irritatingly useless, Ken! You can’t even handle a bodyguard!”

Ken was speechless as he meekly sat next to Flynn. “Don’t be so impatient, Flynn. Why do you want to rush it so badly when this guy is going to die anyway? Yes, I went to the Sky City with Young Master Hugo, but the young master of the Xenos family was a troublesome person. He offended a King of War from Eastfield, and this King of War was so angry that he went to Sky City and wiped out the entire Xenos family!”

Ken paused here and smiled bitterly. “F*ck. This King of War—by some divine intervention—helped that useless jackie. He’s just too lucky. He would’ve been dead by now had he not received such help!”

“Damn!” Flynn balled his hands into fists as he was overwhelmed with disappointment. He had lost one leg and might have to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

He was unwilling to accept this fate as not only would he have a terrible life, but he would be made fun of by others too. jackie was the object of hatred whenever he thought of his possible fate, and a gloomy fate at that.

“There are only twenty-five days left. When it’s Selena’s time to celebrate her birthday, his time will be up. Don’t worry; the poison is very powerful. You don’t need to worry about a thing!” Ken comforted Flynn, though a sigh escaped his lips. “It’s a shame that Xena and Ivan’s private meetings have been exposed. Now, jackie and Ben know about them, and Xena can’t continue hiding and spying on jackie.

We’d still be able to get news about how jackie is; had she not been discovered. At the very least, we’d get updates on his health and know if it’s deteriorating.”

“That’s achievable!” Flynn laughed a sinister laugh. “Wait several days and employ several good fighters to test jackie. If his body is really in a terrible state and his combat abilities are gone, we can even use this opportunity to kill him before he succumbs to the poison!”

Ken nodded in glee. “This idea of yours is a good idea!” He then took out a flyer from his pocket and added, “Still, I really want to see jackie struggling to even walk and his body decaying till he dies at Selena’s birthday. Wouldn’t that be a better way to vent out our anger? The most important point is that he and the entire Taylor family will lose face if this guy failed to organize a city-stirring birthday party for Selena!”

Initially frowning, Flynn took the flyer and nodded. “This sounds right. Why end him so quickly if we can let him die uncomfortably and let him lose face? Let’s not kill him first. We can order fighters to beat him up good and assess his physical strength. It’s fine as long as they don’t kill him!”

Chapter 676 Ken nodded, satisfied with Flynn’s idea. “What an idea! This is a great idea! For now, we can beat him up and torture him however we like, so long as we don’t kill him. We’ll wait until Selena’s birthday, when he loses face, before letting him die painfully.”

“My thoughts exactly!” came Flynn’s reply, his eyes filled with malice and contempt. “I heard that his wife’s quite a catch.” Flynn gritted his teeth. “Hmph! Once he’s out of the picture, I’ll have his wife kneel at my feet one way or another, and I’ll have her begging for me to toy with her…! I’ll have fun torturing her by all means!”

Hearing this, Ken instantly snapped, “Cousin, I’m afraid that’s a no-go. I’ve had my eyes on Selena all this while, so you can’t touch her!”

This, of course, did not sit well with Flynn. “Ken, I only want revenge, and you can’t even fulfill this request of mine? I… I lost my leg…! I can’t vent my hatred if I don’t do that!”

Ken’s face darkened. “Flynn, need I remind you that it was jackie who broke your leg. You wanted to get revenge and I’m helping you, and your vengeance will be exacted when jackie’s dead! What does this have to do with Selena? If you want revenge, punish jackie, not Selena. It’s highly likely that she’d be your cousin’s sister-in-law in the future!”

He never expected Flynn would burst out laughing. “Sister-in-law? Are you daydreaming? You’ve known Selena for so many years but you failed to get her, even when jackie was in the army. What does this tell you? This woman doesn’t have you in her heart. If she likes you, you would’ve gotten her without any problems!”

Flynn paused here before he added, “I think Selena wouldn’t want to have anything to do with you, even if jackie’s dead. She doesn’t like you at all! What if it’s just you infatuated here?”

Ken was, of course, pissed at this notion. “You should know that although she didn’t express any feelings toward me at that time, she’d occasionally come to meals if I asked her out. I feel that our relationships shouldn’t be just as good friends. Do you understand?”

Flynn was not letting it up as he countered, “If that’s the case, then tell me why you failed to get her before?”

An expression of understanding appeared on Ken’s face, as though understanding Selena’s every thought and motive. “It must be because jackie was still alive, so she didn’t make a clear statement or give me any chances at that moment. That was why she made no advancements toward me. After all, Kylie is jackie’s daughter, and it’s natural for her to wish for jackie’s return for her daughter’s sake. This shows what a good woman she is…! She’s a dedicated woman!”

Ken picked up the teacup and took a sip before he added, “Apart from that, she wouldn’t have other choices if jackie’s dead. She’d choose a reliable and loving man among her pursuers. She’d choose a man with whom she can entrust her life. I am this man!”

“You’re really confident!” Flynn laughed and continued, “Just wait and see. It wouldn’t be you, even if jackie’s gone. It doesn’t matter how much effort you’ve placed into her; she would’ve given you a chance if she likes you! Oh, and didn’t you ask me why I want to torture her? That’s because she’s jackie’s wife. Even if jackie’s dead, I want him to die in regret!”

“I don’t care. You can’t touch her even if jackie’s dead.” Ken glared at Flynn, his tone much darker than usual. “I know I’ll win her heart and her hand!”

“Fine. I’ll give you one year after jackie’s death. If you can’t get Selena’s love and get her to be your woman willingly within that period, don’t blame me for getting involved then,” came Flynn’s cold challenge after he mulled over his thoughts.

Ken thought about it and nodded. “Alright. If I still fail to pursue this woman a year after jackie’s death, you can do anything you want, and I won’t care about her then!”

As a thought occurred to him, Flynn then spoke, “By the way, when you send someone to beat jackie up, remember to ask them to take photos and send it to me so I’ll have something to laugh over.”

“Don’t worry, that’s not an issue!” Ken nodded at Flynn as they reached an agreement.

Chapter 677 jackie was back in his villa, and he took a bath and changed. It was only then when Selena came back from work.

“How was work, Honey? Is everything in the company alright?” jackie asked caringly when he saw his wife entering the room.

“Yes, everything’s fine. Though… As bad as he may be, Ivan has been anxiously trying to show off his performance. All the materials in this project are able to reach in time, and their quality is quite good too. The general manager is extremely satisfied with him.” Placing her bag down, Selena searched for a fresh pair of clothes as she prepared to take a bath.

“Really? Oh, Mother said that Grandfather asked us to come over for dinner tonight, so go on and take a quick shower,” spoke jackie with a small smile on his face. “After dinner, we’ll stroll around the compound.”

“Really? Grandfather asks us to come and have dinner with him? Did something happen?” Selena was slightly surprised. After all, this was the first time Grandfather asked them over for dinner since they were chased out of the Taylor family.

jackie thought about it for a while before he replied, “Well, I’m not sure if anything happened, but Mother was the one who told me about the invite. Judging his temperament, he wouldn’t have asked us to come if nothing happened.”

A small frown appeared on Selena’s face as she racked her brain for a possibility, but after failing to come up with one, she went to bathe instead.

Once she was done, the entire family walked over to the Taylor family mansion that was just opposite theirs.

When they previously visited the Taylor family, the workers here—including the bodyguards—would not give Selena and her family a good greeting. This time, everyone greeted them curtly and kindly, and it gave Selena mixed feelings at the great change. It was true that one could observe another person’s heart more clearly when he had no money or have failed greatly.

“ jackie, say less if you can when we’re having dinner, alright?” Fiona came to urge him. “Although the Old Master had accepted that you’re the Taylor family’s son-in-law, you’re still an outsider. It might be

hard for the Old Master to accept you wholeheartedly in such a short time. I’m afraid that you’ll say something wrong and offend the Old Master.”

jackie nodded. “Alright, Mother-in-law, I understand. I’ll lower my head and focus on eating later. I won’t speak, alright?”

Fiona rolled her eyes at jackie. “It’s best if you understand. I’m afraid that you’ll only cause trouble. If it wasn’t because of you, we wouldn’t have offended the Xenos family back then!”

It was only after she said it that Fiona soon remembered something. “Now that I’ve mentioned it, something seems off. We’ve killed the Xenos family’s young master, and I heard that the Xenos family is quite strong in Sky City,” said Fiona. “Why didn’t they come for us?”

Chapter 678 Hearing what Fiona had said, Joan’s lips curled into a frown. “Yes, and I’m quite worried. Selena’s mother told me that Quil Xenos asked a marshal to come over. Although this other person’s not so capable, it only shows that the Xenos family is really powerful as they had gotten a marshal’s help!”

Fiona grew more afraid the more she thought about it. “It’s all because of jackie, and it’s infuriating.” She glared at jackie. “How could he offend someone like that and make people hate him!”

When she saw where this was going, Selena quickly jumped in on jackie’s defense. “Mother, we can’t blame this on jackie,” she reasoned. “ jackie told me that they were at the veteran’s gathering and the Goddess of War, Lana killed Magnus Sutherland because he forced female celebrities to sleep with him. This Magnus is Quil’s father’s god-brother, and he has to address Magnus as ‘uncle’!”

Selena paused before she added, “Nobody knew that Quil would instead pick a fight with jackie when he knew he couldn’t do so with the Goddess of War!”

“Don’t worry, Mother. Members of the Xenos family didn’t know that I did it, considering no one was left alive once I was through with them. Nobody would know if you don’t tell others about this.”

Although jackie knew clearly that the Xenos family no longer bore a threat to them, he had to pretend he knew nothing. “Even if they come and investigate the matter, they wouldn’t dare do anything to me if they know that I know the Goddess of War personally and have saved her, too. There’s nothing for you guys to worry about, really.”

“What do you mean, ‘as long as you don’t tell others about this’? Am I the kind of person who rambles about everything to others? Your mother-in-law’s lips are always sealed!” Fiona stared at jackie angrily.

As she walked a few steps closer to him, she spoke, “Even if the other party knew that you did it, they might not attack you. Of course, the Goddess of War doesn’t owe us favors anymore. She can’t help you for the rest of your life because of one favor, right? She’s the Goddess of War! Though, it wasn’t bad that she willingly came to the Old Master’s birthday party last time!”

Fiona then recalled something rather crucial, and it showed on her face as she slapped her thigh. “No, that’s not right… I almost forgot something. Wasn’t Xena there too? Will she tell others about this?”

Andrew was just as frightened when he heard this. “That’s really troubling. I used to feel that Xena was quite nice, but we now know she’s the complete opposite. She’s with Ivan now too, and he’s a person who bears grudges. Let’s not forget that jackie did injure him before, so if Xena tells this to Ivan, the consequences are unimaginable.”

Joan’s face increasingly darkened as she anxiously blurted, “Why did you offend such a powerful family? If Ivan knows and tells this to the Xenos family, we’d be in trouble!”

Quickly coming up with a plan, she then said, “ jackie, doesn’t Xena like money very much? She’s a gold- digger, no? How about this: Don’t you still have several tens of millions? Sometime later, ask her out and ask her to keep this a secret. We can give her some money as long as she doesn’t tell this to anybody. I know she’d keep that promise the moment she sees some cash.”

“This is a good idea. What jackie’s mother said is correct. I think that spending money to prevent trouble might work.” Andrew immediately nodded as a sign of agreement.

“I don’t think that’s a good idea.” Fiona was rather reluctant with the idea. “ jackie doesn’t have much money with him now; he’s got only several tens of millions. Xena is such a bad woman. How can we give her money when she’s caused my son so much heartache until now?!”

“You…! You’re really…!” Andrew was infuriated with Fiona, and this was the first time he had been this angry. “Do you understand what ‘spending money to avoid trouble’ means? jackie’s your son-in-law! What should we do when the Xenos family doesn’t come after us but kills jackie?

“By that time, Selena would lose her husband! Not only does jackie have quite the money to support her, but he treats our family members so nicely too. Isn’t it hard to find such a kind son-in-law wherever you look? How can such a small amount of money be more important than your son-in-law?!”

Chapter 679 “Mother, I can understand that you consider money to be a very great thing,” began Selena. “And yes, you suffered a lot several years ago. Still, you can’t risk our lives, including jackie’s. What if the martial artists from the Xenos family truly come for us and kill us? Are you really not afraid of death?” Selena felt herself getting heated at the moment. She felt that her mother was too much; that she could not even discern right from wrong.

Nobody expected, however, that jackie would side with Fiona as he spoke, “What Mother said seems to make sense. We can’t give money to Xena.”

Initially criticized and rebuked for her thoughts and opinions, Fiona lowered her head in embarrassment and dared not speak when no one sided with her. She never expected jackie would take her side on this matter.

Her lips instantly curled into a smile as she proudly remarked, “Look, I’m not the only one who said this. jackie’s saying the same thing, too. We can’t give Xena money!”

Selena was puzzled. She looked at jackie and had no idea why jackie would say something like this. “But why? You genuinely don’t look like a person who worships money. I know you dislike Xena a great deal, but isn’t it a good idea to give her some money so that she’d shut up?”

“This has nothing to do with whether I hate her or not,” came jackie’s cool-headed reply. “Xena is too greedy. The situation of our family isn’t bad right now, right? Yet she still chose Ivan. How much do you think we should give her? Half a million? Five million?” jackie smiled coldly before continuing, “I can bet she won’t be satisfied, even if we gave her fifty million. She might only agree if I give all my money to her! She might even want my future salaries, and I can only keep her mouth shut if I give her money whenever I get my salary.”

“Yes, whatever jackie says makes sense,” came Fiona’s enthusiastic reply, the energy of her nodding in agreement matched with her grin. “This is exactly what I meant. This Xena has a big appetite, and she’s not easily satisfied. What if she still tells the Xenos family after we gave her money? That’s not definite!”

Selena eventually sighed. “That’s true, too.”

Suddenly… “Hey! You people really think you’re that important?!” yelled Cecilia as she stormed from afar. “The Old Master has been waiting for you guys, and for quite some time, too! Why don’t you guys go in? What are you guys still chit-chatting about here? What’s there to talk about? We’re treating you guys to a meal, and you guys are acting important?”

“What are you talking about, Cecilia?” snapped Selena as she rolled her eyes at her. She was in a bad mood; even a well-tempered person had her limits, too.

Chapter 680 Cecilia was startled to hear Selena snapping at her in such a tone.

The initial stunned expression on her face eventually disappeared as Cecilia composed herself, folding her arms across her chest in arrogance just like before. “It seems the way you speak has changed now

that you have quite the money, no? No wonder you look down on me. Isn’t it only a villa that’s worth tens of millions?”

Though there was a strange undertone to it, Cecilia did not stop there as she continued, “I heard that a commander’s reward is around two hundred million, yet you get such a small amount of money after five years. You even went through uncountable life and death situations, but the amount of money you get isn’t much. You bought a villa and several cars, and didn’t I hear that you’ve even hired bodyguards? With my calculation, jackie doesn’t have much money left, right? He only has several tens of millions, no?”

Indifferent, Selena icily replied, “Yes, we don’t have much money, but we aren’t short of money right now either. We’re satisfied that we have a house, cars, and several tens of millions. Although we can’t compete with other wealthy people, I’m satisfied, and that’s enough!”

At this moment, Selena glanced at Cecilia and smugly added, “Our situation is better than some woman who’s not only not married at an old age, but she also doesn’t even have a job and is constantly asking for money from her family.”

This infuriated Cecilia. “You…”

“That’s right! How dare you say that our family doesn’t have any money? My daughter’s salary is a million every month, and she’ll even get bonuses at the end of the year. Although my son-in-law is only a bodyguard, his salary is much higher than hers at twenty million per month. How about you? You stay at home every day. Does this make you rich?”

Fiona could not stand how arrogant Cecilia was. She remembered how Cecilia always mocked them when they were chased out of the Taylor family previously and had no money. They, unfortunately, had no way of avoiding such a fate so they could only endure it.

“Hmph! No matter what, your son-in-law is a bodyguard. He’s only a bodyguard, and he’s working for somebody else. What’s there to brag about?” Cecilia scoffed and added, “Do you know why Grandfather asked you all to come tonight?”

“Aren’t we here to have dinner? What else could there be?” Fiona frowned. She had her suspicions as to why Old Master Taylor asked them to come over and have dinner. Could it be that he had something to announce? She thought about it for some time but could not guess what was going on. She even thought that she had been imagining things.

Once Cecilia brought it up, however, it seemed that there was something going on so he asked them to come over.

“I’m not telling you guys now. Go in and you’ll soon find out!” Cecilia placed both hands behind her back and walked inside with her head slightly raised. “Let’s go. I’m going to marry into a good family soon. I’d say I’m much better off than some woman who married a bodyguard. I don’t need to work in the future. I only need to stay at home and be a full-time housewife. How good is that?”

“She’s getting married!” Fiona’s face turned dark as she saw Cecilia’s retreating form. “Cecilia really is marrying into the second-class aristocratic family, the Gold family. I thought that the young master from the Gold family was toying with her and wouldn’t marry her. I never thought he’d actually marry her!”

Fiona was slightly envious. “That’s a second-class aristocratic family, and it’s only natural she’s happy. After all, she’s marrying into a rich family, and our Taylor family has just entered the door of the second- class aristocratic family range. This Gold family has been a second-class aristocratic family for the longest time. The highlight of everything is that the Gold family has only one son. Once Cecilia marries into their family, she’d have access to their family’s properties!”

She looked at Selena and sighed. “There’s a saying that men are afraid of being in the wrong field of work, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong people. Had you not been so headstrong before, you won’t need to face such humiliation. You could’ve married anyone like Young Master Wilson, Young

Master Clark, or anyone else like them. You wouldn’t have suffered for so many years, and sure as heck won’t be shamed today!”

Chapter 681 “Mother, what are you talking about? I chose this myself, and I regret nothing. Just so you know, I feel that jackie is so much better than Young Master Clark and Young Master Wilson!” Irked by her mother’s behavior, Selena rolled her eyes at Fiona and walked past her to get inside.

“Hmph!” Fiona looked at jackie, obviously displeased. Everything happened because jackie was incapable as a provider, and others had looked at their family with disdain. While their lives had changed for the better, they could have had that luxury and happiness even from back then.

Fiona brusquely walked inside, silently as she did. Andrew’s lips curled into an awkward and sheepish smile as he patted jackie’s shoulder. “ jackie, don’t take it too seriously. This is how she is. She’s not a bad person; she’s just hoping that Selena would have a good life.”

jackie smiled bitterly and nodded. “Don’t worry, Father-in-law, I won’t let you guys down! I don’t care that much about the Gold family or Clark family either!”

jackie’s reply made the corners of Andrew’s mouth twitched. He intended to comfort jackie and alleviate his mood, but he never thought that such proud words would come out in reply instead.

This disappointed Andrew; he felt that jackie was not down-to-earth enough. jackie just could not compete with others but he did not want to admit to it.

A heavy sigh escaped Andrew’s lips before he walked toward the villa’s entrance.

Eventually, Joan came closer to her son with a serene smile on her face. “Son, don’t pay too much attention to this. As long as you’ve done your best, that’s enough. Humans need to learn to be content. Your mother-in-law doesn’t understand this and constantly wants to compare with other people.”

“I understand, Mother.” jackie nodded and they walked toward the entrance together.

The moment they arrived at the living area, they noted the many tables already set up. Apart from a rather large number of Taylors, members of the second-class aristocratic family—that was the Gold family—were here, most notably their master and young master.

“ jackie, quickly. We’ve kept a place for you here!” Cecilia waved him over once she saw him come in last.

jackie’s face slightly darkened after he caught on to what she was doing. If he was given a choice, he did not want to sit at that table. Old Master Taylor, Theodore Taylor, and the people from the Gold family were sitting on that table. Wasn’t it obvious that Cecilia purposely asked him over so that she can humiliate him later?

Selena had already sat there, most probably the work of Cecilia.

” jackie, come over. There’s still one seat left here!” The Old Master smiled at jackie.

The Taylor family was proud of themselves and managed to show-off themselves because of what jackie achieved during his 70th birthday. Apart from that, the birthday present jackie gifted him was worth 500 million, and this caused him to re-examine this son-in-law who married into his family.

Chapter 682 jackie merely wore an aloof smile as he walked over to Cecilia’s table and sat on the empty seat next to Selena.

Once jackie sat down, the Gold family’s young master, Kelly Gold smugly spoke, “Ah, so you’re jackie? We went overseas for a trip some time ago and have just returned recently! I’ve heard quite a lot about you. You’re the one who joined the forces, right? A son-in-law who married into his wife’s family. You’ve been away for five years, no?”

On the other side, Old Master Gold’s expression darkened as he glanced at jackie. “Old Master Taylor, this… This is the son-in-law who married into your family?”

“Yes, and he’s been here for a month now!” Old Master Taylor nodded with a smile on his face.

The expression on Old Master Gold’s face continued to darken, and he added, “We’re here to discuss important matters today, and it’s about Kelly and Cecilia’s wedding. It’s not so good for an outsider to sit here with us on the same table, don’t you agree?”

“That’s right, Old Master Taylor,” the Head of the Gold Family chimed in. “I feel that the people sitting here need to be a member of the Taylor family. It isn’t the best for a son-in-law who married into your family and is a younger generation to sit here, is it?”

Old Master Taylor never thought that the people of the Gold family would take such a thing to heart. With a small smile, he gently asserted, “Although jackie married into our family, he’s considered as half a Taylor family member. I myself recognized his standing as a member of the Taylor family.”

Kelly burst out laughing. “That’s weird! I remember Cecilia telling me two months ago that jackie got Miss Selena from your family because he’s drunk. If that’s the case, what’s the difference between him and a rapist? You guys accepted a rapist into your family and welcome him as your own? Your values moved me!”

Selena never thought Kelly would disrespect jackie so much. She could still reason with herself if they looked down at him and said he was a son-in-law married into her family, but it angered her when they equated him to a rapist!

The expression on Selena’s face could easily rival the icy cold, and she had a matching smile as well. “Young Master Gold, may I know what proof you have when you say this? Don’t listen to someone’s baseless rumors. Does anybody know clearer than me, the person involved, about what happened that night?”

Selena glanced at jackie, who was beside her, and her expression lightened slightly. “I did things willingly on the night of my marriage. If I did it willingly, how can a petty person with a hidden agenda change that

into a rapist story? Am I wrong?”

This angered Cecilia at that instant. “You…!” This damned Selena. Selena had the gall to call her a petty person with a hidden agenda!

“What’s going on?” Stunned for a moment, Selena then smiled. “Cecilia, you don’t look very happy. I said that this was said by someone. You won’t jump to conclusions, would you?”

At this moment, Kelly started laughing once again. “Miss Selena, you’re a really open person. I heard that you met jackie on the first day and married him on the second day. It surprised me that you slept with him on the night of your marriage and even gave birth to a daughter for him. Hey now, your relationship has improved so quickly.”

Kelly took a rather dramatic pause before he disdainfully added, “However, as a woman, aren’t you slightly unreserved?”

“Young Master Gold, you don’t seem to be in the position to worry about this. Both of us fell for each other at first sight and we were married at that time. We were husband-and-wife at that time, so how was it wrong that we slept together?”

jackie chuckled as his eyes shifted to Cecilia. “No matter what, Selena and I were already married before we had our daughter. If this isn’t considered as being reserved, are girls who are pregnant before marriage considered as being reserved?”

jackie had long observed that Cecilia was pregnant; six weeks to be exact. If she did not get married soon, her pregnancy would be a glaring detail.

Chapter 683 This could be why the Gold family agreed to prepare for her and Young Master Gold to get married; she was with child. The Gold family’s future generation.

“Why… Why are you looking at me? I’m not pregnant!” jackie easily noticed the sliver of shock and guilt behind Cecilia’s eyes as she averted her gaze, turning to the side. “I’m not an easy woman!”

jackie chuckled at her comeback, and he smugly added, “You should be around six weeks pregnant. Being pregnant isn’t that much of a strange occurrence. It’s quite normal in this current society!”

“Cecilia, are you pregnant?” Old Master Taylor’s face darkened. Conceiving before marriage was not abnormal, merely a normal happening all around the world.

Still, Old Master Taylor was a man who highly preserved his dignity, and the Taylor family has just achieved the second-class aristocratic family title. If news about how the Taylor family’s girls got pregnant before they were married got publicized, the Taylor family’s value would deteriorate.

“Grandfather, he… He’s speaking nonsense. How would I not know if I’m pregnant or not?” Cecilia put up a strong bravado, but she was inwardly freaking out. It startled her how jackie could tell things so accurately just by looking at her and without even checking her pulse.

Even her parents did not know about her pregnancy. If jackie was making guesses, how did he manage to guess so accurately?

Cecilia’s father shot up from his seat as he furiously barked, “Don’t just spew out nonsense, you brat! How can my daughter be someone like that?” Cecilia’s father glared at jackie in all his fury. “You didn’t even touch her hand or check her pulse. How can you simply say she’s six weeks pregnant?”

“That’s right. Don’t talk nonsense!” Cecilia’s mother got up from her seat, just as angry as her husband. “Although our family doesn’t like to speak up, we can’t be pushed or stepped on like a doormat. It’s infuriating how a mere son-in-law married into the family could say whatever he likes!”

jackie was about to talk back when Fiona’s face darkened, and she was basically staring daggers at jackie. “ jackie, what did I say to you just now?!”

jackie was instantly silent. Fiona did tell him not to speak nonsense before he entered the door.

However, the situation was different. He could tank it if everyone was ridiculing him as he did not want to be like the others, but they were mocking Selena, his wife. This unsettled jackie to a great deal.

Ignoring Fiona, he directed his reply to Cecilia’s father. “Other people might need to check her pulse and western doctors might need to check your daughter with machines, but I’m different. I can see your daughter’s situation with my eyes only!”

Not wanting to be looked down by these people, jackie raised his chin slightly. “Let me just tell everybody the truth. I’m a medical god; a miracle-working doctor!”

“Yes! I’ll have you know that jackie was the one who cured my leg!” Andrew chimed in, obviously pleased with jackie’s work. “ jackie’s medical skills are very good. Not only that, but Sharon’s obesity-like disease was also cured by jackie!”

Chapter 684 Andrew was displeased at how the Gold family was treating jackie.

Of course, he had looked down on jackie way back then, and he recalled the bitterness he held against this young man. Now, jackie had shown his worth, strength, and excellence.

It surprised him at how the Gold family was saying such mean things to him. He could not stomach that and decided to stand for jackie.

Cecilia smirked pompously after she heard this. “A miracle-working doctor? That’s really funny. How can a soldier call himself a miracle-working doctor? Your boasts are too much!”

“My thoughts exactly. Do you think that you’re the God of War Ethan Hays? Only a person like him dare address himself as a miracle-working doctor. He’s a well-recognized miracle-working doctor to boot!”

The Gold family master even said with a smile. “You just got lucky in treating your father-in-law’s leg and Sharon’s disease. At the very most, it means that your medical skills weren’t bad. Still, you have a long way to go before you can become a miracle-working doctor!”

jackie burst out laughing when he heard, a laugh filled with mirth and amusement before he settled down and replied, “To be honest, Ethan’s medical skills are good, but he’s my disciple, really. Most of the time, he asks me for guidance on medical skills!”

Young Master Gold nearly spurted the soup from his mouth. He laughed as though it was the most hilarious thing. “You’re amazing, young man! You’re really good. If you dare say that you’re number one in boasting, nobody dares admit to being number two!”

Old Master Gold turned to Old Master Taylor with a grin on his face. “Old Master Taylor, this son-in-law of yours is really refreshing to see, and luckily, the God of War isn’t here. If not, the matter of him addressing the God of War by his first name would land him in so much trouble.”

The head of the Gold Family smiled coldly and said, “Hey, hey! He’s not even shy or anywhere remotely abashed when he calls himself a miracle-working doctor! That’s the biggest takeout from this!”

“ jackie, what are you talking about?” Stupefied, Selena discreetly tugged at jackie’s sleeve and signaled him to stop. It was fine if everybody thought that he was boasting. What would happen if what he so boldly claimed got out?

Enraged, Fiona had enough as she snapped, “Shut up, jackie! You constantly say whatever you like every single time. What kind of an existence is Ethan Hays, the God of War Hays? He’s excellent at both medicine and martial arts. He’s the most adored God of War. Even if his martial arts isn’t the best among the Nine Great Gods of War, his influence is the strongest. His position in everybody’s heart was the highest, and you’re here claiming you’re his master!”

Joan was also frightened by jackie’s words. She ran from her table—one that was next to theirs—when she realized jackie was starting to act out again. “ jackie, what are you saying? You can’t make jokes like this!”

“Auntie, you don’t have to worry. Your son doesn’t seem too bad. At the very least, he’s very brave. If God of War Hays knew about this, being killed would be the best turnout. However, your son might have involved your entire family, and that’s…” Young Master Kelly trailed off with a grin.

“Mother, I’m telling the truth. It doesn’t matter if they don’t believe me!” jackie did not want to dive too much into details. He planned on telling the truth; that he was indeed Ethan Hays’ master. He never thought he would be met with this much opposition and ridicule.

“It’s great if you’re really a miracle-working doctor… But I still feel you’re a quack!” Cecilia even denied with all her might and added, “If you’re a miracle-working doctor, how would you simply say that I’m pregnant? I’m not pregnant!”

Chapter 685 jackie glanced at Cecilia apathetically, at her feeble attempt of a comeback. “Aren’t you afraid that you’d be struck by lightning if you lie without even blinking?”

“You…” Cecilia saw red in an instant. How dare he spoke to her in such a tone! He was increasingly daring.

Old Master Taylor reeled in shock as he glared at jackie “Don’t say things so simply, jackie!” Old Master Taylor then composed himself and wore a smile before turning to the other party. “Old Master Gold, you’ve left the country two months ago, and jackie had just come back one month ago. I suppose you might not understand him well!”

Old Master Gold nodded with a smile. “Yes, I don’t understand him well. I didn’t know he loves to boast!”

The corners of Zeus’s mouth twitched before he replied, “How should I say this? He’s quite well-versed medically, and there are times where he likes to boast. However, I believe that even if the God of War Hays comes here, he wouldn’t kill jackie. After all, he had been on the battlefield on our Daxia’s behalf and is a head commander.”

Old Master Taylor paused for a moment before he continued, “More importantly, jackie once saved the life of the Goddess of War, Lana Zechs. The Goddess of War wouldn’t let the God of War Hays kill jackie, right?”

Old Master Gold frowned after he heard this and blurted, “Wait! Is the Goddess of War also in our Eastfield?”

Old Master Taylor chuckled. “You’ve been out of the country for two months and have just returned from overseas, so you might not know what happened around this one month. Not only is the Goddess of War in Eastfield, but she freely came to my seventieth birthday party.”

“Really? She actually came?” came Old Master Gold’s surprised exclamation.

Understandably, Old Master Taylor became giddy as he shared this story. He poured a glass of wine for Old Master Gold and they clinked their glasses together. “Come. Cheers! I’ll tell you all about it!”

Old Master Taylor soon told about how big a scene his birthday party was, and members of the Gold family listened rather attentively. After all, they had just returned and knew nothing of the occurrences that happened this month.

“Come here, Kylie. Eat more!” Selena placed some food for her daughter onto a plate as she listened on as well.

“I had no idea that the Goddess of War would give the luminous pearl she auctioned worth five hundred million to jackie,” Old Master Taylor concluded. “ jackie is also very filial. He gave it to me on my

seventieth birthday as my gift!”

Old Master Gold was envious when he heard this. “It seems that this son-in-law of yours is a stellar man. Although he’s only a head commander after five years, he saved the Goddess of War and this brought actual benefits for your family. Now, your family has even become a second-class aristocratic family. He’s a filial child, that’s for sure!”

“That’s right. Being filial is the most important quality for a person! Recently, I’ve placed the luminous pearl beside my pillow every day, and I feel like the quality of my sleep has improved. I used to wake up in the middle of the night or suffer from insomnia, but I don’t have such symptoms now,” beamed Old Master Taylor with a smile. “I now feel that my health and spirit is so much better!”

Old Master Gold’s eyes brightened after he heard this. “Really? Now that’s truly miraculous. Can you show it to us so that we can learn something new?”

Chapter 686 ”Sure!” Old Master Taylor obviously wanted to show-off. He went upstairs and soon came down with the luminous pearl. He then placed it in front of Old Master Gold.

Cecilia stopped speaking when she saw that nobody continued pinpointing jackie. After all, she was really pregnant, and Old Master Taylor would be unhappy if everybody knew this.

“Oh my, it’s really huge! I had no idea that there are luminous pearls of this size in the world! Everybody must be envious of you” Old Master Gold looked at the luminous pearl in the box with widened eyes. He had seen many luminous pearls but this was the first time he saw such a big one.

“the size doesn’t really matter. The most crucial point is its effect. I heard that it has the effect of prolonging one’s life. I hope that I can live an extra few more years with the help of this pearl. I feel like it really does what it says!” Old Master Taylor said with a smile. He even had a proud expression on his face.

“I really envy you! Why don’t we switch off the lights and take a look at its lustrousness?” Old Master Gold could not help himself and said as he remembered something.

“Sure!” Old Master Taylor asked the workers to switch off the lights. The luminous pearl shone a very bright ray of light and everybody in the room was able to see the pearl without lights on.

“This is a precious treasure! It really is something we don’t see very often!” Old Master Gold loved it so much he did not want to let the luminous pearl go. He continued exclaiming “Old Master Taylor, you’ve really found a precious treasure. Let alone five hundred million. I estimate that this item is worth at least a billion.”

Old Master laughed and continued saying. “I heard that many first-class aristocratic families were fighting over this. However, nobody could confirm its effect so nobody dared to bet a higher price after it reached five hundred million. After all, they would have suffered a big loss if this thing didn’t have the effect it was said to have.”

“Yes, only someone like the Goddess of War would dare to bet on it with five hundred million without any apprehension!” Old Master Gold nodded.

He asked for the lights to be switched on before closing the box reluctantly and passed it to Old Master Taylor. “Although the Goddess of War Lana is a woman, she’s such a generous person! She actually gifted something that’s worth five hundred million to jackie!”

“after all, jackie saved her life before this. Compared to her life, five hundred million is nothing!” Old Master Taylor laughed out loudly as he was very happy.

Old Master Gold also said with a smile. “Come, let’s drink!”

After they had several drinks, Old Master Gold said, “By the way, Old Master Taylor, let’s talk about serious matters. We are here today to send betrothal gifts to the Taylor family. It’s not easy for your family

to raise Cecilia until she’s reached adulthood. Hence, we’ve prepared eighty million as the betrothal gift!”

“Eighty million!” Cecilia’s parents were slightly happy after they heard this figure. Although they were also members of the Taylor family, they did not have that much money. They were able to have a comfortable life because they worked in the Taylor family’s companies where they get nice salaries and bonuses.

The amount of eighty million had really surprised them.

“Cecilia’s mother, you must accept this money from us. Apart from that, you don’t need to trouble yourself and think about returning us with gifts or other things. This money is for you to spend the rest of your lives with as you only have this one daughter!”

Chapter 687 The head of the Gold family took out a bank card and passed it to Cecilia’s mother with a smile.

Cecilia’s mother was extremely happy. She took the card and spoke with a smile. “This…this is too generous. I feel embarrassed to receive such a huge amount of betrothal gift!”

“Cecilia’s mother, you’ve raised Cecilia all these years into an adult and have done a good job. It’s not easy to raise someone into an adult with an honorable character. Our entire family is very satisfied with Cecilia!” The Head of the Gold family started laughing.

“That’s right. Cecilia is always very obedient. She also looks beautiful and has an honorable character. Apart from that, she’s a university student and had rejected many young masters who pursued her. In the end, she had her eyes on Young Master Gold and this might be their fate!” Cecilia’s mother placed the bank card into her pocket, glanced at Selena, and said with a smile. “It’s such a waste for the prettiest woman in our Taylor family to marry into a bad family. It seems that they only gave twenty million worth of betrothal gifts. A person’s choice is definitely the most important in one’s life.”

The head of the Gold family naturally understood the underlying meaning of what Cecilia’s mother was saying. He also said with a smile. “That’s right, that’s right… Isn’t the most important thing for a woman is to marry into a nice family? Once they are married to the correct person, they wouldn’t need to worry for the rest of their lives; if they aren’t married to the right person, they would have to suffer for the rest of their lives.”

Fiona’s facial expression darkened as these people were obviously saying that her daughter was not married into a nice family.

She felt slightly flustered as there was a huge difference when she thought about how Cecilia’s family had 80 million worth of betrothal gifts whereas jackie only gave her 20 million.

“Thank you, uncle!” Cecilia said happily.

“Hey, young lady, why are you still addressing me as your uncle?” The head of the Gold family adjusted his expression and purposely showed that he was unhappy.

“Oh! Thank you, Father!” Only then did Cecilia respond and immediately addressed him happily.

“that’s correct!” The head of the Gold family, Ezra Gold, started laughing loudly. He then said to Zeus, “Old Master Taylor, then it’s decided. Our next agenda is to discuss the dates of their marriage. Let’s choose a nice date and hold a grand wedding for this pair of newlyweds.”

“Sure, I don’t have any issues. Just let me know which day is more suitable, alright?” Zeus nodded. The Gold family people were really rich, and they could pay so much as Cecilia’s betrothal gift. He was quite satisfied that they expressed their sincerity with this.

“How about one month later?” Kelly said after thinking about it. “In this case, we would have more time to prepare as this is the most important thing in life and we need to make it as grand as possible.”

“I don’t think we need that much time! Why don’t we hold the wedding 25 days from today? Yes, that seems to be a good day!” Cecilia thought about it and said after she secretly glanced at Selena.

“That’s not so good, right? Isn’t that day Selena’s birthday?” Fiona soon remembered something and said with a frown. “Cecilia, it’s best if you change the date. Don’t hold both events on the same day.”

Chapter 688 ”Change to another day? Why do I need to change my wedding to another day? Why doesn’t your daughter change it to another day?” Cecilia’s expression immediately turned cold after she heard this. She said unhappily, “I chose this date after much effort and thoughts. How can you ask me to simply change it?”

Fiona was not stupid and she realized that the other party was definitely doing this on purpose. She refuted, “That’s my daughter’s birthday. How can she simply change her date? You’re getting married. There’s no difference if you get married a month later or a few days earlier, right?”

“birthdays can be held several days earlier too. Why do I need to make way for her? Is my wedding not as important as her birthday?” It was natural for Cecilia to not want to change her wedding date. She even said, “Her birthday can be celebrated every year but my wedding is only held once. How can I simply change the date?”

Old Master Taylor also frowned and said to Cecilia after he thought about it. “Cecilia, why don’t you slightly change the dates? It’s alright to have the wedding one or two days earlier or later, right? The most crucial thing is, jackie had already advertised Selena’s birthday and everybody in Eastfield already knows about it. He can’t change the date if you ask him to so suddenly!”

“Oh, yes. I almost forgot. We saw the advertisement all over the place on our way here and the advertisement said that he was going to hold a birthday party that stirs the city. I almost forget about it if Old Master Taylor hadn’t mentioned it. This birthday party is being held by your son-in-law for Selena?” The Head of the Gold family realized what was going on. He said with a cold smile. “city stirring? What a

tone! I’ll see how you can stir up the city. If you don’t have at least one to two billion or even more, how can you stir up the city?”

“Father, this person is boasting. I think that he has spent lots of money to do the advertisement. How much more does he have? When the time comes, don’t cause embarrassment to the family. That would be a lot of talk and no actions.” Cecilia directly said to the head of the Gold family. “I really want to hold my wedding on that day.”

The head of the Gold family thought about it and said to jackie. “You’re jackie? How about this? I’ll pay whatever amount you paid as your advertisement fee and you give that day to me so I can hold my son’s wedding.”

Kelly also said with a despicable expression on his face. “That’s right. I’m getting married and this might be the only time I’m getting married. It has to be an extravagant event. Your event is just a normal birthday party so you don’t need to snatch the date with us, right?”

“ jackie, how much did you spend? If you’ve spent thirty million, ask them for at least fifty million. After all, you still need to ask for payment for the damage to your mental health, right?” Fiona glanced at jackie and asked softly.

jackie smiled calmly, looked at the head of the Gold family, and said, “I’m sorry, Master Gold. I really don’t know how much money was spent so I don’t know how to answer you.”

Before the head of the Gold family could speak, Kelly had already stood up angrily. “Young man, don’t act stupid. You’ve done the advertisement but you don’t know how much you spent? Do you think that we’re stupid? You need to think carefully, if you really want to fight with me because of this, that means that you’re going against the current. Don’t regret whatever you did later on!”

“Young Master Gold, don’t get angry! Don’t get angry!” Fiona was surprised when she saw Kelly getting angrier. She secretly felt that this son-in-law was too disappointing. He actually caused trouble again.

Before they came in, she had already ordered jackie to speak less and eat more. She had no idea that jackie would still offend the people of the Gold family.

Chapter 689 She said with a smile. “ jackie doesn’t have much money with him. The most he has is seven to eight million and the advertisement should have taken him at least two to three million. Hence, he’s only left with five to six million. He wouldn’t be able to do anything extravagant. An advertisement is actually a boastful act. He doesn’t have other disadvantages apart from liking to boast.”

“He only spent two to three million, right? How about this, I’ll pay you five million and the rest is your compensation. So that the others would not say that our Gold family bullied you guys!” Kelly hugged his arms in front of his chest and looked down condescendingly and arrogantly.

“Sure, that’s agreed then. We’ll change to another day.” Fiona nodded continuously and agreed to it.

However, Young Master Gold said, “Whatever you say doesn’t mean anything. I want your son-in-law to nod and whatever he says, counts. Got it? After all, he’s the one who spent the money and did the advertisement.”

jackie shrugged his shoulders. “Truth be told, I really don’t know how much I’ve spent. However, I don’t want your five million because I don’t plan to change the date. I’ve set the date and that is my wife’s birthday.”

“ jackie, are you dumb? You’re going to earn so much money, can’t we move the date one or two days earlier?” Fiona was furious because of what jackie said, and she stomped her feet on the spot.

“Mother, don’t worry. I won’t change the date.” jackie directly looked at Kelly and did not want to back away.

Old Master Taylor thought about it and persuaded, “ jackie, I can understand how you feel. After all, this is the first birthday you’re celebrating with Selena after you’ve returned from the battlefield. It’s natural for you to want to give Selena the best and leave a good impression. However, whatever that’s happening today is different. This is Cecilia’s wedding. When you compare it, a wedding is definitely more important than a birthday.”

Selena sighed inwardly when she saw how Old Master Taylor helped persuade jackie. She said to jackie, “ jackie, why don’t we let it go. Mine’s just a normal birthday and this is Cecilia’s wedding. There’s a huge difference between both as this is her marriage. We don’t need to hold our event on the same day as her’s.”

Cecilia and Kelly looked at each other. Both of them had a cold smile at the corners of their mouths. Even Selena softened when she’s faced with such huge pressure. They did not believe that jackie would continue to persist.

Apart from that, they’ve given jackie an extra few million. It was just a change of the dates, other people would have agreed to it early on.

Although the advertisements were carried out and it was slightly shameful if they brought forward the event. However, they were not the ones being embarrassed.

“Honey, this is your birthday. Apart from that, the entire city knows about it. I’m not changing the dates.” jackie looked at Selena and said with a serious expression on his face. “Apart from that, we’ve agreed to this since long ago. When I was not here, it doesn’t matter if Cecilia steps on your head and bullies you. However, now that I’m back, I wouldn’t let you endure such suffering.”

Chapter 690 ”What a character. You’re really a soldier, your bones are harder than anything else.” Kelly started laughing after he heard this. “Since you don’t want to change your dates and we don’t want that too.

Then let’s do it on the same day. It’s actually not a big deal to hold both events on the same day, as long as you guys don’t regret it.”

The head of the Gold family also started laughing. “Since he doesn’t want money, we don’t need to continue persuading him. Our Gold family is also one of the best among all second-class aristocratic families. I believe that many people will come to my son’s wedding. At that time, some people will regret it!”

“that may not be the case. Master Gold, you need to think about it carefully. If you hold the wedding on the same day as us, the people regretting it might be you!” jackie smiled and said without much care.

“that’s quite fun. Let’s hold it on the same day. I want to see how you stir up the city then.” The head of the Gold family laughed coldly and looked confident.

Beside them, Cecilia stood up and said to the Taylor family members loudly. “Everybody in the Taylor family, I will only get married once in this lifetime. 25 days later would be the biggest day of my life. I believe that everybody would give me face, right? I hope everybody can come to my wedding and don’t miss it!”

One of the elders in the Taylor family immediately stood up. “Don’t worry, Miss Cecilia. That is your most important day so we would definitely be there.”

“Yes, marriages are definitely more important than birthdays. We will definitely attend it and drink with you.” Another middle-aged man also stood up and said.

Cecilia showed a triumphant expression after she heard this. She looked at Old Master Taylor and said, “Old Master, you won’t be absent from my wedding dinner, right? I need your blessing the most.”

“don’t worry. Grandfather will be there. I will definitely be there!” Old Master Taylor started laughing. Although he understood that Cecilia was doing this on purpose to bully Selena but he could not blame it

on Cecilia if jackie insisted.

It could only be said that jackie was too strong-headed. He wanted to compete with Cecilia on something like this.

“Sigh, this is so f*cking annoying!” Fiona was incredibly angry. She directly sat down, lowered her head, and focused on eating.

However, the food did not taste as good as previously.

“Thank you, Grandfather!” Cecilia was extremely happy as if she had won. She sat down happily and poured herself some wine. “Come, today is a great day. Let’s enjoy a glass of drink.”

“Sure, congratulations!” The other members of the Taylor family also raised their glasses and started drinking.

The head of the Gold family looked around him and soon frowned. “This is weird, are we two people short?”

“are you talking about Ben and Ivan?”

Chapter 691 Old Master Taylor roared in laughter and said, “I already called Ivan and he said he was quite busy as he had to work overtime.”

At this point, he looked at Andrew Taylor and said, “Oh yes, Andrew, why is Ben not here? I feel like I haven’t seen him in these few days.”

Andrew smiled indifferently and said, “Dad, Ben opened an internet cafe just a few days ago. Of course, he would be busy. He hasn’t been home in these two days.”

Grandpa Taylor smiled satisfactorily and said, “This kid finally knows how to make money. Looks like he’s finally grown out of his games too!”

Hearing Grandpa Taylor praising his son, Fiona smiled and said, “Yeah, our Ben is quite hardworking. He used to be young and raw, making mistakes here and there but now he’s really grown out of it.”

“Oh, I heard you guys hired ten bodyguards, and that all of them are beautiful and long-legged.”

Cecilia looked at jackie and said, “Let me guess. jackie was the one who hired them? You hiring bodyguards or going for a pageant?”

Kelly Gold heard and immediately said in a haughty voice, “This is so typical. Some men put on such a ‘good boy’ act when they have no money. When they get rich, they suddenly become ‘bad boys’ and even visit the spa for the women.”

At this point, he continued as a matter of fact, “But some men are different. They secretly flirt with chicks, bodyguards… Miss Selena, you are really pretty, but even pretty girls will get old, and we know all men love young girls.”

Cecilia said, “Yeah, Selena, you need to be careful. Your husband doesn’t seem to be an honest man. He hired ten beautiful and young bodyguards. You’re still pretty young now, but once you hit thirty, you will just age rapidly from there.”

“don’t worry. I have faith in my man.”

Selena laughed and said, “ jackie told me that these women bodyguards will be able to look after my mother and his mother. If they want to go shopping, it will be more convenient for them to have women bodyguards with them. There’s really no other intention.”

“I think those are just ten beautiful vases that don’t have much utility. I mean, how can beautiful girls be of any use? I’m guessing a certain someone is spending money and sneaking around.”

The head of the Gold family laughed cooly.

“Vases? You’re really getting ahead of yourself.”

jackie looked really unhappy. Those ten beautiful girls were not hired from just any security company. They were all decorated war heroes who had sacrificed a lot for the country. Some of them were even Majors. He felt that a grave injustice was being done to these women warriors, as they were being described as vases.

“Oh, you’re unhappy!”

Kelly looked at jackie’s unhappy face and wanted to poke fun at him. He said, “Since you’re not happy, then why don’t we pit our bodyguards against each other?”

“If you’re not fussed about embarrassing yourself, I’m happy to oblige!” jackie raised his wine glass to his lips and sipped it slowly.

“Alright, let’s start a match. Why don’t we gamble on the outcome too? How about that? Do you dare to take a bet?” Kelly thought about it and said coyly.

Chapter 692 jackie could not even believe that a gamble was at stake. He said, “Of course, as to how much we should bet, why don’t you suggest it, since it’s all your idea.”

Kelly heard and laughed cooly. He said, “Good, then I won’t quote such a high price-in case you lose, you can’t say that I am bullying you and you can’t pay up! Since you still have a couple of millions, let’s bet ten million per round?”

“Ten million per round? Isn’t that too much? If we lose a few rounds, then what do we do? We still need money for our daughter’s wedding dinner!”

“Yeah, that’s a bit much, Kelly. It’s not good to gamble such a large amount. Let’s just do a hundred thousand per round.” Joan was so shocked that she had stood up by the table and quipped.

“aunty, why are you even joking around? How will ten million even hurt me? Ten million isn’t even appropriate for someone of my status.”

Kelly laughed cooly and said, “Don’t forget, it’s your son who asked me to pick the sum. A hundred thousand is way too little. What if someone loses a limb or an eye in the fight? That’s not a small matter. How can you ask for only a hundred thousand?”

“Kelly, you want to beat my ladies to death?” jackie laughed. He was not stupid and he was able to read between the lines.

“Oh no, don’t misunderstand me. I’m just saying that this is a match of great warriors. It’s not unheard of to die in fights, is it not?”

Kelly laughed and looked at jackie. He continued, “Don’t tell me you have no faith in your beautiful bodyguards?”

“You’re right. These matches should not be taken lightly. Everyone, just try your best then.”

jackie picked up the phone and made a call.

At this moment, Orchid and the other eight bodyguards were strolling and chatting in the Villa’s Garden.

“Sigh, I’m so bored. All our bosses are out for a meal. They don’t need us again. It seems like we can only go for a stroll and rest up tonight.” One of the beautiful ladies said softly.

“Isn’t our life pretty good? We don’t need to do much and receive a monthly salary. Most importantly we can see the Supreme Warrior! How lucky are we to have the chance to be his family bodyguards.” Another lady spoke of Supreme Warrior with a sweet smile.

“Remember, don’t spew nonsense. Someone could overhear us. Just call him boss, okay?” Orchid reminded the ladies instantly.

“Okay okay, I know. I checked if there was anyone around us before saying that.”

The lady smiled, her dimples showing on the side. She was really attractive.

At this moment, Orchid’s phone rang. She looked at the caller gleefully and instantly received the call.

As she hung up, she smiled. “Good news! We’ve got a task. Our boss is asking us to visit him. Apparently Mister Gold thinks we’re just pretty vases. He wants us to spar with his bodyguard!”

“No way, can’t believe people are still saying we’re pretty vases. I’m so exasperated!” Another bodyguard clenched her fists and said angrily, “Let us show them what we’ve got.”

Chapter 693 The nine bodyguards arrived at the Taylor family hall very swiftly.

“Since we’re done with our meal, let’s go! Let’s see whose bodyguards are better.” Seeing that everyone was done with their meal, the head of the Gold family stood up and said.

“Dad, just look at these ladies. They all have such supple and smooth skin, beautiful and fair long legs. How can they compare to our family bodyguards?”

Kelly looked at Orchid and the group and furrowed his brow. He said, “That’s weird. Why are there only nine? I thought you had ten bodyguards?”

Orchid looked at Kelly and said cooly, “Elaine went to take care of Ben, that’s why there are only nine of us.”

“Ah what a shame, well looks like we’re missing out on ten million!” Kelly said breathily.

“Ten million?” Orchid and her group looked perplexed.

jackie walked before them and said, “Mister Gold doesn’t look highly upon you ladies. He thinks you’re all just pretty faces and I’ve hired you to wait on me. I think you should make him swallow his words!”

jackie said, “When the time comes, show him what you’ve got. They don’t plan to go soft on you, so you shouldn’t as well. Beat them to death if you wish.”

“Got it!” Orchid and the ladies nodded. They felt an injustice bubbling inside. It was really unfair that they were looked down upon just because they were beautiful. If only people knew what their capabilities truly were and if only they knew how many enemies had died under their watch!

Everyone headed to an empty piece of land outside the villa.

“Nine of our men, go forward. Who wants to fight with these ladies first? They’ll be begging you for mercy in a bit. If they don’t beg for their lives, kill them off.” Kelly smiled and said cooly.

“Come, I can take on two of them single-handedly!” A bulky man who looked around two meters tall boasted loudly.

“How can these women be good fighters? I think they wouldn’t last ten seconds if each of us took one on at a time.” Another man stood up and said. His clothes were tattered and old, but his spirits were high.

Fiona felt slightly worried. These bodyguards were hired by jackie, but within these two days, she had become quite close to them. If anything were to happen to any of them, she would be regretful.

She walked forward and said to Kelly, “Mister Kelly, this is just a game of sparring. If you guys lose the bet, you don’t need to actually kill them right? Bodyguards are also people.”

Kelly smiled cooly in reply, “I didn’t say kill them. I merely asked them to learn from each other and spar. I mean, anything could happen in a fight, why blame me?”

“aunty, the world is a dog eat dog world. Survival of the fittest. If you’re so merciful, just go be a nun.”

One of the bodyguards from the Gold family stood up and roared in laughter.

Chapter 694 “You…”

Fiona was really angry, but she held herself back as she considered Gold’s background. She retreated, fuming.

jackie did not say much. He looked at Orchid and the ladies and smiled, “All the best, I’ll buy you guys a meal when you win.”

“Really? That will be amazing, thanks boss!” Orchid and the ladies smiled.

One of the ladies walked in front and jostled her fists at the men. “Who first?”

“Let me go at it! I love this scene. What a nice body figure you have, good breasts and bum.” A tan man laughed and walked forward. He almost salivated, “Pretty girl, you’re going to be begging for your life later. If you beg for your life and I don’t kill you, how will you repay me? After all, I am a man who treats women right.”

The lady looked at him and smiled cooly, “Well, you can also beg me for your life. If you beg, I won’t kill you.”

“Max, you better win this okay? I am betting ten million on each of you!” Kelly reminded the men from the sidelines.

“Don’t worry, its just a few women, how can this be difficult…”

The man had a solid and large build. He took a big step forward and tried to grab the girls. At this moment, the woman initiated a few kicks. It happened so fast, she kicked him twice.

Max did not expect the woman to be so light-footed. Her strength was beyond his expectations. After experiencing two consecutive kicks, he could not stand straight and almost fell. He took a few steps back.

At this moment, the woman jumped and landed a fist on his face.

Max was seeing stars. He fell on the floor and passed out.

“No way, he fainted!”

The other Gold bodyguards saw the scene and were dumbfounded. Max was really strong. They never expected him to pass out even before he could throw a punch.

“Dang it, we might actually lose!”

The woman walked forward and gave Max two more kicks before she walked back to her group.

“No way, we…lost?”

Kelly saw this and his face distorted. He did not think jackie’s bodyguards would even be a match for them. But looking at how things were progressing, he might actually lose the next nine rounds. At that moment, he might not only have to give a few million to jackie, but he was also worried that he could not come up with the money in time and might embarrass himself. Unexpectedly, the Gold family had already lost in the first round. And what a bad loss!

“Mister Gold, look at your bodyguards. It’s fine, you have eight more chances.” jackie glanced at Kelly and smiled cooly.

“Hmph, that was just one round. I think we only lost because we underestimated the strength of your bodyguards. Don’t worry, if I win the next eight rounds, you owe me seventy million.”

Kelly’s face froze. He looked at jackie and said, “I’m afraid to embarrass you if you can’t even cough up seventy million.”

“Don’t worry. It just so happens that I got my pay today. I even got a bonus. I will be able to pay for this if I lose.” jackie said.

Chapter 695 “You…you got your pay?” Fiona heard and immediately, her eyes sparkled. This was jackie’s first month’s salary and that would be twenty million.

However, her face sank immediately. She said, “So what if you have gotten your salary. The money hasn’t been with you for long and you might be losing it!”

“Mother, don’t jinx it. You have to believe in what the ladies are capable of!”

Selena was just a bystander but she had started to feel nervous. However, she chose to believe in jackie and support his decision.

“Motherf****r, let me have a go at it!” Another bodyguard stepped out from Mister Gold’s pack of bodyguards.

“Orchid, let me do it!” Another adorable looking lady, part of the Taylor family bodyguards walked in front and got ready to spar with him.

“Little miss, you look so cute. I wonder how long you’d cry for after getting punched by me.” taunted the bodyguard as he saw the lady.

Truth be told, the adorable looking lady did indeed give off a very innocent and harmless look. It was not surprising to see that others could not take her seriously.

“Nero, stop fooling around. Max lost because he underestimated them.”

Kelly reminded Nero instantly. He could not afford to lose this round-it would be too embarrassing! If he lost two rounds consecutively, it would really prove that his bodyguards are not capable.

“Don’t worry, I will have no mercy.”

Nero laughed nonchalantly and rushed toward her. He moved at lightning speed and appeared in front of the lady. He raised his fist and threw a punch at her.

Kelly saw this masterful display and looked really satisfied. He thought, ‘The lady would not even have the time to make a move! She would be scared to death at his speed. This time, we will win!’

The attack did not perturb the lady at all. She reacted fast.

Their fists met and a loud sound exploded. The force was strong and the lady stepped back to stabilize her posture.

Comparing both their strengths and sizes, it was obvious that Nero was at a disadvantage.

“No way, don’t tell me Nero won’t be able to win?”

“Yeah, this lady looks like she’s skin and bones. How would she possess such strength?”

The Gold family bodyguards looked dumbfounded.

If the first bodyguard lost, that could be accepted as an accident. However, if the mistake were to repeat itself twice, it would not be passable as an accident anymore. They would just have to accept the obvious fact that these beautiful ladies were in fact, pretty capable.

Nero felt embarrassed for being thrown backward. He rushed for her and yelled, “I will kill you!”

“Feeling angry?”

The lady felt the murderous vibes coming from her opponent. Her brows furrowed and her eyes started to glisten, feeling the same fury in her heart, ready to defeat her opponent.

Chapter 696 In the beginning, jackie’s bodyguards did not have any murderous intent. They just wanted their opponents to lose. However, as they felt the rage coming from their opponents, they too felt a similar rage to annihilate them.

‘This man dares to kill me”, she thought, “I will have no mercy.’

Nero ran toward her with both fists clenched, he threw two consecutive punches with a left jab and right hook, giving off a roar as he faced her.

The lady’s posture straightened and she dodged her opponent. She kicked her left leg and dodged to her right, making a sudden jump onto the back of the man.

Her thighs gripped the shoulders of her opponent and she had his head in a deadlock. She twisted his head.

“Crack!”

A crisp sound rang. The Gold family bodyguard’s neck snapped.

She jumped down from his body. The eyes of the man still looked surprised as he fell on to the floor, splashing the mud and soil around.

“Nero!”

A Gold family bodyguard witnessed the scene as his eyes welled up in tears. He never imagined his good buddy would face such a fate.

“Mister Gold. I am sorry to say that I’ve won another round.” jackie laughed and looked at Kelly.

Kelly’s expression soured. He began to grind his teeth and said, “Did you bring out the best fighters first? My best fighters are yet to come.”

jackie smiled bitterly and said, “To be honest, I don’t really know what they are all capable of because it’s my first time witnessing them in battle. However, I believe their skills are all really not bad.”

“Hmph, let’s go for round three!”

Mister Gold did not care to hear jackie finish. He just wanted to win one round so that he would not embarrass himself too badly.

“Mister Gold, I think you should just stop and let this go. If we go on, you might lose a few more bodyguards.” Zeus Taylor thought about it and said from the crowd.

After all, the Gold family was one man down. If this continues, the other bodyguards might feel resentment toward the Taylor family. He was afraid that they would want to fight to death.

It was not about whose family would lose a bodyguard-they would not be losing money. These warriors have all been groomed and trained for years. It would be a devastating loss.

“old man, are you afraid of losing? I have lost my men and how dare you say you want to end this? Are you afraid that my best fighters are soon to come? I have two bodyguard leaders who have not even started yet.”

Kelly laughed. Even if Zeus was his senior, he did not care for respecting him anymore.

“Yes, old man, we can’t let it go now that we’ve started. Since we’ve all already agreed, let’s continue. Our Gold family folks are willing to stomach any losses hopefully, you have the same appetite.” The head of the Gold family said seriously.

“Alright then!” Zeus had no other option but to nod and smile bitterly. He said, “I just feel like we’re all going to be family, and we shouldn’t fight over such matters.”

The head of the Gold family laughed and said, “Don’t worry, just treat this as our post-dinner entertainment. This petty matter wouldn’t affect the bond between our family.”

Zeus smiled resignedly, “Well, as long as you think that!”

Round three was about to begin.

Chapter 697 This time, the Gold family presented a man who was two meters tall. His strength would definitely surpass the two men before him.

Even then, after two to three minutes of battle, the Taylor family bodyguards managed to kill him off.

“We’ve won three rounds. I’m afraid we might win all ten rounds.”

jackie looked at Cecilia Taylor and said, “Cecilia, you haven’t married into their family. You should still be part of the Taylor family right?”

Cecilia didn’t quite get what jackie was trying to imply by that question. She batted him an eye and said, “Nonsense, of course, I am part of the Taylor family.”

“Then, do you wish for the Taylor or the Gold family to win?” jackie suddenly asked with a laugh.

The corners of Cecilia’s mouth twitched slightly. She thought that jackie was a little punk trying to make her life difficult by asking this question. She was in between a rock and a hard place now-whichever answer would get her into trouble.

“I wouldn’t know the answer to these things. I think it is so hard to tell who is going to win.” Cecilia laughed flippantly and gave a non-answer.

“Who’s next?”

Round four was about to begin. A Taylor family bodyguard volunteered herself.

“I’ll do it!” A tall and thin Gold family bodyguard walked in front and said angrily, “We’ve lost two men. Pretty girl, I will annihilate you and avenge my brothers.”

“I don’t think you’re capable.” The female bodyguard laughed at her opponent.

Very soon, the battle began. Moments later, the Gold family bodyguard was also killed by the Taylor family bodyguard.

The entire Gold family’s facial expressions darkened.

Every single round did not seem to harm the Taylor family. Even their main bodyguards had been defeated.

Nine rounds later, other than the first bodyguard that had fainted, all eight Gold family bodyguards had been killed.

“Alright, the competition is now over. Thanks for all your effort. You ladies better head home and get some rest. You don’t need to stand guard for the night. I’ll take you all for lunch tomorrow.” jackie stepped forward and looked at Orchid and the ladies satisfactorily. He added, “Oh, tomorrow get Elaine to come and eat with us.”

“Alright, thanks boss!”

Orchid and the ladies looked really happy and shook his hand. They left.

The entire Gold family fell into silence. They could not believe that they had lost all nine rounds and ended up with eight dead bodyguards-even their two team leaders were dead. This was an embarrassing display.

“Mister Gold, now that you have lost, you won’t go back on your promises of ninety million, will you?” jackie laughed and asked Kelly.

“Ninety million is nothing, Mister Gold will definitely keep his words.”

Fiona was so happy at the thought of ninety million. She would have burst out laughing in glee if not for the Gold family’s presence.

Chapter 698 “that’s right. Gold family will keep to our word and pay our dues. It’s just ninety million-give us your bank account number!” Kelly held back the anger in his heart and said with a laugh.

“ jackie, just let this go.” Zeus could not resist but to suggest.

After all, Cecilia was about to marry Mister Gold. The opponents would be family soon. To kill their soon to be family’s bodyguards was already bad enough. To pursue the ninety million might add to their anger and offended Mister Gold. This could affect the relationship between both families.

Zeus had kept silent before. After all, he had already said not to continue the matches earlier and was refused by the Gold family. He had maintained his silence until now.

“I wouldn’t mind letting this go, but I think Mister Gold is someone who wants to pay his dues. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have heard such good things about Mister Gold’s character and reputation.”

jackie laughed and pretended to put on an unsatisfied face.

“Give me your bank account now-ninety million is small money!” the corner of Kelly’s mouth twitched as he said cooly.

Next to jackie, Fiona’s eyes were shining at the thought of money. He said bitterly, “Mother, where is your card? Pass your account number to Mister Gold. I forgot to bring my wallet out and can’t remember my

account number.”

“Me? Good, good, good, let me give it to you now!”

Actually, Fiona had taken out her card earlier. With so many pairs of eyes on her, she was holding onto her card cautiously, as she did not want them to think she was greedy. Now that jackie had offered her card, she felt so happy at her good fortune-to think that ninety million was coming to her-what a windfall!

“Alright, I’ll go now. Master Taylor, the wedding is going to be in twenty-five days. You all had better show up.” Mister Gold said after transferring the money.

“Of course!” Zeus smiled awkwardly. He could see that the Gold family was clearly unhappy despite their courteous words.

“Master Gold, I’m afraid to trouble you but you should also remove all these dead bodies.” jackie reminded.

Gold family was already angry. To hear jackie purposely remind them of the dead bodies pissed them off even more. They looked at him furiously and left with the bodies.

“ jackie, didn’t you think you were being too harsh on them?” Zeus said to jackie unhappily.

“I don’t think so. They were the ones who called for a match and called my bodyguards useless. Furthermore, it was their bodyguard who asked for a fight till death-why should they blame me for this?”

jackie said nonchalantly, “If they really want to blame it on something, they should just blame it on their rotten luck to have underestimated my bodyguards.”

Chapter 699 “Okay, fine, we’re all one family. I don’t think they will take this to heart for a few bodyguards.” Zues said,

“I’ve already advised them against it, their family insisted on competing with us-they shouldn’t entirely blame jackie for this.”

“But, dad…”

Zeus still looked unhappy-he was a little afraid of the Gold family. “But what? The Taylor family is no longer some third class family. We are a second class family. Gold family is also a second class family. We’re on equal footing and you shouldn’t be afraid.”

Master Taylor said and looked at jackie. “ jackie, although they were the ones who started the fight, you should also be more cautious in the future. They are going to be our family. We should make an effort to maintain a good relationship.”

“Don’t worry, I have plans!” jackie smiled. He looked at the time and said, “Alright, we need to go back and rest. We’ll come and visit you next time when we are free.”

jackie and the rest left the Taylor family and returned to their private villas.

As they entered the door, Fiona said, “ jackie, you gave the Taylor family only twenty million in dowry. Look at the Gold family-they gave Cecilia eighty million in dowry. I think my Selena is much better than Cecilia. You can’t do much worse than them.”

“Mother, what are you trying to say?”

Selena got a little upset at this. She could not help but glare at her mother. She knew that Fiona had no plans to give the ninety million back to jackie.

“Why do you care? I think I am right! My precious daughter is more beautiful and well mannered than her. My daughter is more clever and capable too.”

Fiona glanced at Selena haughtily.

jackie understood what she really meant and said, “Mother, can you hang on to the ninety million for me? Let’s consider that as Selena’s dowry. You’re right, Selena’s dowry can’t be lesser than Cecilia.”

Fiona could not contain her glee. She could not believe her windfall from just dinner.

“Don’t worry! It’s not a gift to me. It’s Selena’s dowry.”

jackie smiled bitterly. He knew that Fiona would be unhappy if he did not give the money to her and would even blame him for offending the Gold family. If a little money could help her let go of what had happened, he would gladly offer it up.

Furthermore, he felt that he owed the Taylor family much more. Ninety million was nothing to him.

“ jackie, are you sure you want to give this to mother? If you give it to her, will we have enough money for my birthday party? You only have a few million. I wouldn’t mind on usual occasions, but your advertisements are everywhere-the entire city knows about the party. If it’s not as grand as they imagined, we would be the laughing stock for everyone.”

Selena looked concerned and said, “I think what you have is roughly the same as what you won earlier.”

“My love, don’t worry about these matters. Leave the money talk to me. A few million is small money.”

jackie looked at Selena feeling worried and his heart softened. He was aware that Selena did not care much for the party-he knew that she just did not want him to appear like a fool and be looked down on by everyone.

Chapter 700 “Yes, jackie is so right! This is just small money. What is it to give it to his mother-in-law?”

Fiona was over the moon. She had already begun thinking about how to spend the money and did not really care if jackie had offended the Gold family.

“Alright, let’s sleep. I need an early night in.”

Fiona laughed and went into the villa with Andrew.

“How can you say ninety million is small money?”

Selena sounded like she was not sure if she should laugh or cry. She took Kylie’s hand and made her way inside. “ jackie, why don’t we scale down my birthday celebration? I don’t care if we look like fools. I don’t think we should waste money. I’m just so worried that you have prepared so many tables, but there might not be a huge crowd.”

“don’t worry, there will definitely be a huge crowd! After all, this shook up the whole city-we need to keep this up!”

jackie laughed and held Selena’s hand. He said, “Let’s go, my dear, you take a good rest and leave it to me.”

“Okay! I believe in you!” Selena nodded.

…

Meanwhile, the Gold family had just arrived home after half an hour’s drive. The other bodyguards disposed of the dead bodies.

“This live-in son-in-law of the Taylor family is so annoying. He shows us no respect!” Kelly thought of the drama earlier and gripped his fists, feeling the anger bubbling in his heart.

Even the Taylor family head had said to let the money go. He could not believe that jackie would dare to insist on the ninety million.

The Gold family head smiled bitterly, “Son, you should remember that ninety million is nothing for us. It is also nothing to them since they are also a second class family.”

He paused and continued, “However, jackie and his little family would consider it to be big money. It would be enough to cover half a year’s worth of salary-how could he reject such a large sum of money?”

“But, the head of the Taylor family even said not to take it. For him to do that, isn’t that a demonstration of disrespect toward us?”

Kelly still felt unhappy.

“this money is not for Taylor’s family head. It is for jackie. Master Taylor was just all talk, it’s normal.”

The head of the Gold family laughed, “ jackie must be dirt poor. It is not surprising that he is greedy for money.”

At this moment, Master Gold finally said, “I never expected all the ten beauties to be great fighters. Any one of them can beat our bodyguards, and even our bodyguard team leads.”

“Yeah, it definitely won’t be easy to kill jackie.” Kelly continued.

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