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.

time, Hector approached the two and uttered, “ jackie, I

not expect such a question

watching you and my

Master Hector is right! jackie, we’ve heard your big name a long time ago. Your talent will be gone into the drain if

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

out his finger, gesturing the number ‘one’.

hundred million dollars. It’s indeed quite a

to this place has wasted a lot of my precious

next second, jackie strode toward the

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

with disdain and contempt, as if 100 million dollars was nothing but

turned down a hundred million a

offered such a salary, even if it were not 100 million per month but per year, he would be smiling all year long,

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

lack is money. Since

was hypothesizing the situation. He narrowed his eyes and scratched

her mouth, “Master Hector, when jackie answered his phone a while ago, I think

were standing very close to him

in his subordinates. If his people took the initiative to come forward to report something, that something must be valuable

hundred seventy billion dollars was transferred to jackie’s account. He asked

Chapter 662
“Skyler Celestino?”

and seventy-eight

the scene was completely dumbfounded. Terror streaked through

right? Skyler Celestino? Doesn’t this name belong to Skyler,

was paralyzed to the spot, the terrifying surprise holding him in a tightening grip. He only

War with the

she was dwelling in a haze of confusion, yet to recover

than a hundred seventy billion dollars! Are you sure you heard the number correctly? Why

up. Only prominent families could produce that amount of money after they had

understand why a King of War—an eight-star King of War—would give so much money

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

that he

he started to doubt his own assumption. If that was

a huge amount of money, right? And I truly doubt that a King of War who had

Hector finally said to the middle-aged woman, “Hawa, you must’ve heard it wrong. Yup. You heard

But I thought that’s what the other person on the phone

Now I

clapped his hands together after realizing something. “Damn! I think we’ve been fooled

do you

their attention towards the elder, scratching

someone else make that call on purpose and pretended that Skyler Celestino was the caller! All the contents

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

by him!” one of the injured bulky men slapped his

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,

analysis, Hector bobbed in agreement.

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

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

is as sly as

in front of Miss Tanya and Miss Yvonne, pretending to be all tough and powerful.

par with him. Plus, he’s clever and witty. He’s definitely not someone we should

“But…”

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

be quite huge. I estimate at least a hundred million dollars

clenched his fists firmly at the thought. “Dammit! This is a low-cost but high-yield business! Now, it’s all ruined by the

for us. Besides, we’re not known

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,

offend. None of our men can kill him! We’ll call it luck that he decided to spare

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

“This problem, hard to solve. What if you tried talking

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

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

at

strolling in the ample

she was afraid that her concern for

concerns for jackie had

The reason why Green Sky Hall managed to develop and expand so well and so

Hall, whom even Spectre from the Drake’s family would think twice before

worry gnawed at her insides—she truly worried about jackie’s

to work by now, yet he had not presented

keep her eyes on the entrance gate, her face

jackie, why hasn’t he come to work

the uneasiness within her and blurted, “He must’ve gone to the Green Sky Hall! I

“I think not!”

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

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

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

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

jackie’s in danger now! I…I

bodyguards as well as several top-notch fighters from the George family! I

jackie said he

you go there like this, aren’t you afraid that jackie might be

than leaving him to die there, right?

was so frantic with fear, her

worry. I

confidence in jackie when she thought of the episode that happened outside the city— jackie attended to

syllable dropped, a scarlet red Porsche 911 drifted into the

“He’s back!”

corners of Tanya’s mouth curled upward, and she was

“Finally!” Sharon and Yvonne exclaimed in unison, both

could no longer hold back and asked, “Yvonne,

to choke. Her eyes flickered and her cheeks were immediately kissed pink. She retorted instantly, “What? Impossible! That guy’s a

why didn’t he drool over me? I’ve got a great figure and I

bothering you and you’re in a good mood, admiring the beauty of flowers,” jackie

seized by worries and panic just a few seconds ago—instantly calmed down and her demeanor changed. She

Sky Hall, did you really go there?” Tanya, on the other

fifty thousand dollars! I’ll treat you ladies to lunch

looking puzzled. “Didn’t you say you were going to talk to them about the photos? What’s this fifty thousand

way! I thought

a fuss for fifty thousand dollars? Even

I almost forgot something! You don’t know what happened after I got off work yesterday. My closest buddy, Tiger,

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

he finished telling the story. “Therefore, not only did I settle yesterday’s issue, but I also collected what Green Sky Hall

Hall are truly sly foxes! First, they tested your strength, and if you weren’t strong enough, they would’ve ended you on the

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

strong combatant. His experience as a soldier in the past five years had

smart. Such dirty tricks can’t escape

nothing but a smiling tiger. He looks benevolent and kind on the outside, but

will go back on their word. They only agreed to your demand on

of Kingston Hall! What if he tells his brother about

arched his brow upon hearing Tanya’s concern. “I don’t think that’d be the case. Hector’s the head of Green Sky

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

how it goes, then. If he doesn’t learn his lesson, he’ll regret it

now, let’s

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

forgot! It’s payday and it’s your first time receiving your pay. The financial department will transfer your salary to you no later

utterance. “Really? If you hadn’t said anything,

figure is the highest in the bodyguard market! How could you not look forward to

if jackie had a few million in his hand, a salary of 20 million would still be considered a huge sum of

money

could you forget about twenty million

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

you be afraid that one

Tanya’s face had turned as red as a tomato. He then realized that he seemed to

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

she shot a glare towards jackie. “Hmph! You…if you dare to do so, I’ll never pay you your

Ahem! It’s just a joke. Alright, let’s go…go out to

then walked to his car in a serious manner in an attempt to cover

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

“Sharon, don’t tell me you’re jealous? He was just joking around. How could he like a little girl like me? Besides, he

with a tone of disappointment, “I’m still upset! Why can’t he

Yvonne was at loss for words. She sauntered behind Sharon and landed a soundly slap on her butt, then walked away as

“Ah!”

dull ache settled into Sharon’s back, causing her to yell out loud. Her eyes widened into spheres as large

her head around. “Didn’t you

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.

first time jackie’s

be

the current situation was of unrequited

all, with Sharon’s attractive look and alluring figure, a lot of men out there would be head

jackie and continued to actively pursue him. Nevertheless, jackie did not bother to reciprocate those feelings and

on James Drake’s face. He

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

ordinary man. Miss Tanya said that jackie was going to pay them a visit, but I

nodded in agreement. “For a detailed understanding of the whole situation, we’ll need to spend

just now. They should be discussing the events that happened in Green Sky Hall. We could just ask Tanya when

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

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

Looking at James, he slowly spilled out some words, “Master Drake, there’s one thing about Young Master Drake that I’m not sure

at Spectre’s hesitant expression, James’s heart suddenly felt

visiting some entertainment centers lately and that he’s been mingling with a friend of Michael Wilson. That friend is a young master from

he’d start mingling with these people.

had arrived at a hushed and serene

price was mildly exorbitant, money to jackie was never a problem. The price did not sway jackie

my honor to invite three beauties to lunch for the first

and three of you are from noble families. Yet, you’re

man, and he must be a man of a higher social status than she was. Yet, he was acting all

that this guy was not an

all. Aren’t you worried that fifty thousand dollars won’t

budget for our lunch is only fifty thousand? It’s my pleasure to have you three beauties together

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

us? That you’re having lunch with three beauties? Moreover, you’re spending so much

gentle, kind-hearted, generous, intelligent, and virtuous woman. Why

jackie’s face, Sharon’s heart sank and her thoughts started to get clouded. She could see that jackie really did love

of herself. Was she not charming or good-looking enough?

to call Selena. At the

“F*ck off!”

restaurant into jackie’s ears when he was just about to make the

immediately furrowed after hearing the voice. He looked into the restaurant and

restaurant, several men with gold necklaces around their thick necks surrounded Tanya and the others. One of them wore

fun with us!” the rascal spoke, his mouth twisted into

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

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

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

so naturally, they possessed some level of

Even those super fancy and exorbitant food

eyes fixated on Tanya finished his

away, with a look full of

voice that jackie heard a while ago. He entered

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

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

is like a peanut to me, it means nothing! But for some

seat and leaped forward slightly,

trying to play nice with you, but you don’t seem to

not easy-going as well. He pushed her back,

“Ah!”

his physical strength was not a joke. How could a young miss from a wealthy family

balance before she

was falling, she felt so frightened! She was wearing a short skirt today and her

of the arm

grip. However, when she noticed that it was jackie who caught her, she heaved a deep sigh

this not a scene similar to

appear on time during critical moments? The male lead would

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

not even look at her, much less in an affectionate way. After catching her from the fall, he immediately

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

trying to play

little bit wider to show off the tattoo before saying aggressively, “You’re right about me

“Look at this!”

thugs glanced at each other before they, too, pulled their

tattoo. How’s

look at their chests as if he was

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

you afraid? The streets around this area are our territories! We’re from the

members in the Wolf Fang Gang, each gang

you’d make yourself disappear! Besides, this chick

Also, do you know who this lady is? Are you guys dumb

I know

did not recognize Tanya and

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.

and she’s Miss Tanya from the Drake family!”

way! She’s Miss

was stunned at jackie’s words. He was clearly frightened. If it was really Miss Tanya from

Drake! With her status and identity, she shouldn’t come to a place like this.

sure do know how to brag, huh! If Miss Tanya from the Drake family has come out, there would be at least

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

good. We could always order more food later if it’s

is wasting a lot of my time and energy. I think my fists

laughed aloud and waved his hand, signaling the other

ground, clutching at their chests in pain before they started to cry. Pain seethed through them with a terrible intensity. It felt like being

“What the f*ck!”

His throat tightened and cold sweat streamed down

a pocket knife from his trouser pocket, and launched the blade

not even get close before jackie snatched the knife

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

his shirt had been ripped and cut, leaving hundreds of

“Si—sir, I was wrong!”

ground, kneeling before jackie. He truly believed that if jackie wanted to kill him a moment ago, he

mistake. We’ll get out of your hair and let you be with this chick, alright?”

you talking about? I’m

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

of was indeed the Drake family’s Miss Tanya, members of the Wolf Fang Gang would not even mutter a word if they

please let us go,” Felix begged jackie. “Can we

indifferently. “I’d watch yourselves if I were you. You people might lose your lives the next time I see you

lowered his head as he began to walk away with his men. He wanted nothing more than to dissolve from

“Wait!” jackie called out to him just as he

other, their faces slowly losing color. They never thought jackie would go back on his word. Was he

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

kneel here and wait until we finish our dinner before you can leave. I’ll let you guys go after

the bill right now!” Fearing for their lives,

The four rushed toward jackie’s table and knelt right beside them. They were so ashamed that they

came from her company that was

kneeling on the floor. “ jackie, what’s going on? Did you get into

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

lust over Miss Tanya’s beauty. This punishment is nothing, really.” jackie smiled indifferently and pulled out the chair

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

were once again stunned because of her

pretty! This professional suit looks so classy on you!” Sharon looked at Selena and enviously added, “It’s no wonder

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.

things to Sharon so she

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

should get Sharon to give up

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

here before secretly glancing at jackie. “More importantly, he gives everyone around him a

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

“ jackie, answer me honestly: Will you consider

utterly stupefied when they heard

bodyguard be an object of adoration by some? It seemed

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

women fighting over this

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

a lot and endured a lot of grievance for me. I

Will you love me?” Sharon was slightly anxious. jackie was really getting

no such possibilities!” dismissed jackie with

by the side glanced at each other and were once again surprised. Sharon George?

daughter, and whoever it was

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

not proof of a good man? At the very least, jackie—who had

on her face as she raised her glass of wine. “After all, the people from the so-called Wild Wolf Gang

Yvonne as she raised her own

of them

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

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

several months ago!” Sharon pursed

of a sudden… “Felix, what are you guys doing, kneeling here?” A group of seven to eight men

The men were extremely surprised

Felix

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

signs in time. “What the f*ck. Had they lost a fight?” Whitey then looked at

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

he badgered on, “Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid. I’m here. Your brother Anguis is here! We have

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

initially wanted to remind them that they should mind their

continuously disrespected him. He decided to pretend that he did not see or hear anything and kept quiet all the

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

chopstick and stabbed the man’s hand that was

next thing he knew, a wooden chopstick was stabbed into his hand. He was in so much

veins on his forehead bulged out while the color of

order to his

icy glare. Judging from jackie’s all-too-quick attack, he was no simpleton. Although they had

as he noted that more people were surrounding them, and many of the new customers were

at jackie in anticipation when he heard this. “B—Boss,

you can get lost! Looking at you guys gives me a headache!”

now!” Felix was all too happy when he heard this as he immediately nodded and stood up with his

the Drake family, and that’s Miss Sharon from the George family!” Felix glanced at

kneeling there, and you dared cause trouble to Miss

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

dumb to understand it!” Felix immediately walked outside in

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

and ran faster than a rabbit. A group of almost 20 people vanished

smile, jackie turned to Selena and beamed, “Let’s continue

that what Sharon said about jackie—that a strong

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 arranged for him upon their return. He was ready to drive home

the Clark

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

was physically weakening day by day, since it had been two

if his cousin and Young Master Hugo invited the strong martial artists from the Xenos family over to avenge

yesterday and

Flynn with an expression riddled with many emotions at

while he was enjoying a trip here with Ken. Ken wondered about how he was going to tell Flynn’s parents about

the Lone City was slightly stronger than their Clark family, a second-class aristocratic

like you guys haven’t made a move

a cold expression on his face.

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

some divine intervention—helped that useless jackie. He’s just too lucky. He would’ve been dead by now had he

into fists as he was overwhelmed with disappointment. He had lost one leg and might have

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

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

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

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

face? Let’s not kill him first. We can order fighters to

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

teeth. “Hmph! Once he’s out of the picture, I’ll have his wife kneel at my feet one

no-go. I’ve had my eyes on Selena all this while, so you

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

revenge and I’m helping you, and your vengeance will be exacted when jackie’s dead! What

even when jackie was in the army. What does this tell

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

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

that’s the case, then tell me why you

didn’t make a clear statement or give me any chances at that moment. That was why she made no advancements toward me.

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

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

even if jackie’s dead.” Ken glared at Flynn, his tone much darker than usual. “I know I’ll win

her to be your woman willingly within that period, don’t

this woman a year after

jackie up, remember to ask them to take photos and send it to me so I’ll have

Ken nodded

took a bath and

everything in the company alright?” jackie asked caringly when

and their quality is quite good too. The general manager is extremely satisfied with him.” Placing her bag down, Selena searched for

for dinner tonight, so go on and take a quick shower,” spoke jackie with a small smile on his

something happen?” Selena was slightly surprised. After all, this was the first time Grandfather asked them over

“Well, I’m not sure if anything happened, but Mother was the one

racked her brain for a possibility, but after failing

done, the entire family walked over to the Taylor family mansion that was just

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

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

head and focus on

that you’ll only cause trouble. If it wasn’t because of you, we wouldn’t have offended the Xenos family back

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

worried. Selena’s mother told me that Quil Xenos asked a marshal

all because of jackie, and it’s infuriating.” She glared at jackie. “How could he offend someone like that and

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

a fight with jackie when he knew he couldn’t

no one was

knew nothing. “Even if they come and investigate the matter, they wouldn’t dare do anything to me

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

anymore. She can’t help you for the rest of your life because of one favor, right?

her thigh. “No, that’s not right… I almost

“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,

did you offend such a powerful family? If Ivan knows and

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

is correct. I think that spending money to prevent trouble might work.” Andrew

only several tens of millions. Xena is such a bad woman. How

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

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

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

expected, however, that jackie would side with Fiona as he spoke, “What Mother said seems to make sense. We can’t give money to

dared not speak when no one sided with her. She never expected jackie would take

not the only one who said this. jackie’s saying the same thing, too. We can’t give

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

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

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?

sighed.

some time, too! Why don’t you

eyes at her. She was in a bad mood;

680 Cecilia was startled to hear Selena

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

You even went through uncountable life and death situations, but the amount of money you

we have a house, cars, and several

Selena glanced at Cecilia and smugly added, “Our situation is better than some woman who’s not only not married at an

This infuriated Cecilia. “You…”

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

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

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

have dinner. Could it be that

was something going

marry into a good family soon. I’d say I’m much better off than some woman who

aristocratic family, the Gold family. I thought that

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

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

feel that jackie is so much better than Young Master Clark and Young Master Wilson!”

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

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

let you guys down! I don’t

made the corners of Andrew’s mouth twitched. He intended to comfort jackie and alleviate his mood,

Andrew; he felt that jackie was not down-to-earth enough. jackie just could not compete with

escaped Andrew’s lips before he walked toward

long as you’ve done your best, that’s enough. Humans need

jackie nodded and they

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

for you here!” Cecilia

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

there, most probably

There’s still one seat left here!” The Old Master smiled at

from that, the birthday present jackie gifted him was worth 500 million, and this caused him to

smile as he walked over to Cecilia’s table and sat on the empty seat

a trip some time ago and have just returned recently! I’ve heard quite a lot about you. You’re the

expression darkened as he glanced at jackie. “Old Master Taylor, this… This is the son-in-law who

for a month now!” Old Master Taylor nodded with a smile on his

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

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

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

“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

much. She could still reason with herself if they looked down at him and

proof you have when you say this? Don’t

night of my marriage. If I did it willingly, how

damned Selena. Selena had the gall to call her a petty person

moment, Selena then smiled. “Cecilia, you don’t look very happy. I

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

he disdainfully added, “However, as a

other at first sight and we were married at that

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

that Cecilia was pregnant; six weeks to be exact. If she did

family agreed to prepare for her and Young Master Gold to get married; she was with child. The Gold

shock and guilt behind Cecilia’s eyes as she averted her gaze,

comeback, and he smugly added, “You should be around six weeks pregnant. Being pregnant

darkened. Conceiving before marriage was not abnormal, merely a normal

and the Taylor family has just achieved the second-class aristocratic family title. If

put up a strong bravado, but she was inwardly freaking out. It startled her how jackie could tell things so

If jackie

you brat! How can my daughter be someone like that?” Cecilia’s father glared at jackie in all

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

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

silent. Fiona did tell him not to speak nonsense before he entered the

as he did not want

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,

people, jackie raised his chin slightly. “Let me just tell

jackie’s work. “ jackie’s medical skills are very good. Not only that, but Sharon’s obesity-like disease was also cured

684 Andrew was displeased at how the

jackie way back then, and he recalled the bitterness he

family was saying such mean things to him. He could not stomach that and decided

this. “A miracle-working doctor? That’s really funny. How can a soldier call himself a miracle-working doctor? Your boasts are

thoughts exactly. Do you think that you’re the God of War Ethan Hays? Only a person like him dare

Sharon’s disease. At the very most, it means

a laugh filled with mirth and amusement before he settled down and replied, “To be honest, Ethan’s medical skills are good, but

mouth. He laughed as though it was the most hilarious thing. “You’re amazing, young man! You’re really good. If you dare say

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

coldly and said, “Hey, hey! He’s not even shy or anywhere remotely abashed when he calls himself

jackie, what are you talking about?” Stupefied, Selena discreetly tugged at jackie’s sleeve and signaled him to stop. It was

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

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

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

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

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