Becoming the Richest Man Alive

The next second, the door opened and revealed a beautiful, charming middle-aged lady. Even though there were visible wrinkles on her face, there was no doubt she must have been a knockout in her younger days.

Her eyes glittered with emotion as she glanced at the unconscious Terrence, but when she turned to Casper, she was shocked to see how young he was. “Pity that you’re doing this sort of dirty work at your age,” she mumbled. “Wait here. I’ll get the money for you. There’s only twenty thousand left at home, though. That’s all I can give you.”

“You’ve misunderstood, Mrs. Clauder,” Casper hurriedly explained. “I really am Giselle’s friend, and all I want is to get Mr. Clauder home safe and sound. I’m not here to collect any debts.”

Upon hearing Giselle’s name, a tinge of anger appeared on Belinda Yach’s face. “How dare you bother Gigi. She’s my child! Come at me if you have the guts!”

With that, Belinda stepped forward and deftly kicked Casper above his waist. Taking advantage of the momentum, she went on and landed a chop to his neck.

Although her strikes seemed light, they were so powerful that even Casper almost couldn’t bear the brunt of the attack.

“You’ve got slick moves, Mrs. Clauder!” he exclaimed in utter shock.

No wonder she had the guts to open the door for me. Given her abilities, she wouldn’t have any problem taking down three or four ordinary guys!”

“Mrs. Clauder, you’ve truly gotten the wrong idea. My only intention is to get Mr. Clauder home,” Casper pleaded.

Belinda, on the other hand, was stunned when she saw Casper merely bent over slightly after taking her hits. “It looks like you’re pretty skillful too. You barely flinched after my two strikes,” she remarked, giving Casper another once-over. “Are you really Giselle’s friend?”

“Why would I lie to you? Ouch, this hurts so much…” Casper hissed as he pretended to be in pain.

couldn’t help but burst into laughter. “Listen, kid, if you had cried out when I hit you, I might have believed it. But it’s been a while, and you’re only now wincing in pain? Do you think

must say, though, you didn’t go easy

gone overboard. Since you’ve brought Terrence home and are Giselle’s friend, would you

agreed to it and carried Terrence into the house. The decor was plain and modest, but the set of training gear on the balcony and the sword in the living room didn’t escape his eyes. Ah, I see. Giselle’s mother is a trained fighter

put Terrence down on the couch, Belinda returned with a cup of tea. The light outside the house was dim earlier, so Casper didn’t realize until now that

Belinda, however, crouched beside Terrence and caressed his face, her eyes filled with gentleness

you?” she quipped, knowing at a glance that Casper

from it. I think the main reason is he

Casper had to lie. After all, how could he offend

feel some pain… Don’t worry. By the way,

friends, but I have no idea what you’re referring to, Mrs. Clauder,” Casper replied cautiously. “She has briefly described Mr. Clauder’s appearance to me before, so when I ran into him today, I decided to give

like an honest kid, so why are you afraid of telling the truth? Are you worried about

dumbfounded. He could practically hear his mind buzzing, just like what

beautiful, but she was also a lot more sharp-witted than Giselle. Fearing that she might accuse him of

to you, Mrs. Clauder. Nothing escapes your eyes. I didn’t want any misunderstandings, so I refrained from telling the truth about Giselle and me.

voice that she’s found a partner. From the looks of it, she must like you a lot. She tends to keep everything to herself, and no matter what problem she runs into, she’ll shoulder the burden.

those words only made Casper somewhat disheartened, especially since Giselle had never told him about her family situation. “Mrs. Clauder, the truth is, I didn’t know anything about this before tonight. It was purely coincidental that I found out about Mr. Clauder’s gambling addiction. I’m not

stammered as her face paled. “His debt has

Mrs. Clauder,” Casper reassured. “I’ll settle his debts. All we need to do now is figure out how to help Mr. Clauder

time thus far. “We’re talking tens of millions.

that he was no ordinary person. That said, they weren’t talking about a small sum. How could he possibly shell out tens of millions without batting