No.1 Supreme Warrior by Moneto

Chapter 501
Selena rolled her eyes at her mother before returning to her house as well.

“So much money and that happens to be the George family, you know. They are wealthier than our Taylor family. He actually…” Fiona frowned while she watched the couple’s attitude. It seemed it would be slightly difficult if she wanted to pull the whole ordeal off.

However, her heart felt incredible when she thought about the George family’s assets. She truly could not understand how jackie could be that foolish since he would be able to marry another beautiful wife on top of getting so much money. How could he not agree to such a wonderful offer?

Although Joan already promised her that she would help talk to him, she understood her son very well so she never exactly did.

Instead, it was Ben and Xena who both shamelessly came to talk to jackie the next morning. This made jackie feel even more confused about them.

Selena instead behaved slightly more normal and calm the following couple of days. She returned home punctually every day.

Similarly, jackie did nothing much too since he would only sit around in the courtyard leisurely the following days. Ivan was immensely disappointed when he spent days on end spying on the mansion to spot jackie and the wealthy lady, dating.

Old Master Taylor’s birthday was soon approaching and Neil’s men did not notice jackie buying any luxurious gifts for the Old Master.

Just the night before Old Master Taylor’s birthday, Ivan and Neil were both drinking together.

“That’s odd, why didn’t jackie or the wealthy lady move in even after they bought that mansion? I kept a lookout as much as I could during the day and night as well. Godd*mmit, I am exhausted from the constant lookout but I never noticed jackie ever returning to the mansion ever again!” Ivan frowned and said, “Wasn’t this mansion bought to be their love nest so they could date in private?”

“That wealthy lady is incredibly rich and ninety million dollars isn’t a lot of money to her. Could jackie have asked her to buy that mansion for him so he could use it to gift to Old Master Taylor during his seventieth birthday?” After some thought, Neil said, “My men had been following jackie around for a couple of days now and they too had not noticed jackie buying anything expensive. He was basically just going to and from work every day.”

“It’s very likely though since jackie isn’t a fool. If the mansion happens to be his dating spot with that wealthy lady, he would know it’s easy for them to be caught by you guys since it’s literally just opposite Taylor’s family home. Besides, the possibility of them running into you guys would be extremely high when they enter or exit the mansion anyway! Hence, I presume that the mansion was a gift jackie begged the lady for so he could then use it as a gift for Old Master Taylor! It seems their dating spot would be at a different location!”

Ken began to make assumptions as he said, “As for Young Master Ivan running into them previously though, the woman was just checking the place out since it’s only natural for her to want to check out a new place she had just bought, right!”

“Yeah!” Ivan nodded and said, “If that’s the case, jackie will no doubt be able to butter up to Old Master Taylor tomorrow and he wouldn’t be exiled from the Taylor family then. It seems we will have to wait for at least two days before getting Xena to make a move on him again.”

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“Honey, have you prepared a gift for Grandpa’s seventieth birthday tomorrow? You’ve been going to work every day and I didn’t notice you bringing any gifts back. You know, tomorrow happens to be Grandpa’s seventieth birthday right!” Selena could not help herself from asking as she laid in bed at night.

“I’ve prepared it way before this already. Grandpa will no doubt love it!” jackie chuckled calmly.

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Selena frowned after hearing jackie said that. Could the gift jackie mentioned be the mansion? Could that mean jackie actually won the auction for that mansion? However, the Drake family never gave jackie advanced pay though. Could that be a gift from the wealthy lady to jackie and that was jackie’s gift for her grandpa?

Selena would not look down on jackie even if he became a sugar baby just for the sake of staying in the Taylor family because she had already decided that even if jackie could not fulfill his promises and was not acknowledged by the Taylor family, she would still stay by his side. She believed if they do not have money, they could make money together instead of using such methods to make money just for the sake of being acknowledged by the Taylor family.

Not to mention, if news of jackie being a sugar baby broke out, Old Master Taylor might actually be incredibly furious about it. He would rather not accept a mansion if that was the case since he would feel incredibly ashamed of it.

“Oh, that’s right honey, I’m planning to give you a surprise tomorrow night!”

She did not expect jackie to say that after pondering about something for a brief moment.

“Really? It would be extremely surprising for me if you could bring the gift along with the ten million dollars for Ivan tomorrow!” Selena chuckled bitterly. She did not probe deeper about the gift he prepared for Old Master Taylor was since she would eventually find out tomorrow.

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Fiona and everyone else got up early the next morning.

“Dress better and don’t embarrass us since it is Old Master Taylor’s seventieth birthday today. Old Master Taylor even personally gave us a call yesterday to have us arrive earlier!”

Fiona started rushing everyone early in the morning.

At this moment, jackie was dressed in a suit he had just bought yesterday. He looked even more stunning than before.

“Yes, this suit is not bad. Truly, a more expensive suit would feel different when a person puts it on!” Fiona nodded satisfyingly before asking jackie, “Oh, that’s right jackie, where’s the gift you’re planning to give the old master? You wouldn’t have not prepared anything didn’t you?”

Fiona dimmed when she noticed jackie’s empty hands as she said, “We didn’t prepare anything you know. Since you’re giving a ten million dollars worth of a gift and we’re a family so we are able to save on bringing one. You can’t embarrass us now, okay!”

jackie chuckled calmly as he replied, “Oh, mother-in-law, don’t you worry. The gift is already prepared since it’s not that big, I’m able to carry it in my pocket!”

“That small?” Fiona glanced at jackie as she wondered if he was bringing a disappointing gift and claiming it to be luxurious? Or else, how could such an item fit in his pocket?”

“It is indeed quite small!” jackie nodded.

“ jackie, are you sure the value of your gift is worth ten million? We didn’t prepare anything and you’re going to be the representative of our family, okay?”

Andrew was also dressed in branded clothing. He even got his hair done yesterday intentionally.

“I am very certain!” jackie nodded once again.

“Let’s go then. The old master happened to prepare twenty tables at the event!” Ben cheerfully exclaimed.

jackie smiled as he took a glance at Xena before frowning instinctively. This woman was not a good person since she thought of Ben as only a rebound guy. However, Ben was still naively dating her. He actually forgave her even after the previous incident.

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However, what made jackie feel odd was, Xena seemed honest and was staying by Ben’s side all the time. This made him wonder if she actually had turned over a new leaf after the boss of the bike group died?

However, with much deeper thought, that possibility seemed quite likely. Xena might feel hopeful again after seeing jackie giving Fiona twenty million dollars on top of gaining George family’s favor when their Taylor family were given two Rolls Royces. Moreover, both jackie and Selena each had a Porsche 911. These assets alone were more than enough for Xena to turn over a new lead and change her mind to be with Ben.

It did not take them long to arrive at the Taylor family home with their cars.

“I didn’t expect them to be able to drive such a car when they’re still living in that dump!” Cecilia mocked immediately after she noticed jackie and the others arrive.

“Yeah, I heard jackie knew of some medical skills and had successfully treated Sharon’s obesity. Those Rolls Royces were gifted by the George family. it’s not even bought by their own money, so it’s nothing praiseworthy!” Another Taylor family member chuckled coldly.

“I am quite interested to see just what kind of a gift jackie will give Old Master Taylor today!” Cecilia cackled coldly while she mocked.

“What gift have you prepared?” The man next to her asked Cecelia.

Cecilia chuckled calmly and said, “Doesn’t the old master love drinking tea? I’ve gone out of my way to buy two bricks of Pu’er tea. It’s over two hundred years old and it’s worth over sixty thousand dollars! It’s not easy to get my hands on them, I had to call in a favor from my friend!”

“Not bad, it seems you know how to butter up to people’s interests. You’ve gone all out this time!” The man spoke in a surprised tone after hearing Cecilia’s reply.

Cecilia chuckled immediately and said, “Come on, it’s the old master’s seventieth birthday, right? It’s not a regular birthday so obviously, I had to prepare a better gift so the old master would be happy.”

“I am quite curious to see just what kind of a gift that son-in-law jackie would prepare. A gift that’s worth over ten million dollars is considered a literal treasure though. Regular items would not be that expensive!” The man took a glance at jackie before cackling out loud.

“Yeah, it’s still early and the registration staff is not here yet. I heard registration starts at eleven and the meal will begin at noon!” Cecilia said with a laugh.

“ jackie, you b*stard!” He did not expect both Ivan and the Old Master of the Taylor family, Theodore would storm over here furiously.

“No way, right? Didn’t we just get out of the car? We didn’t even do anything so why is Ivan mad?” Ben was stunned when he noticed the situation. How could they angered anyone when they did not even do anything yet.

“ jackie, who gave you the right to decide? You sure have some guts!” Theodore was also storming out furiously. His expression was pale from being so furious.

“What’s the matter, Theodore? We’ve just arrived and shouldn’t our cars be parked here? Have we parked at the wrong spot?” Andrew looked confused as well as he had no idea what was happening.

“The old master had said that only twenty tables would be set up. However, when we walked to the back, it was completely filled with extra tables. Heck, tables were even placed on the grass. I’ve asked the kitchen staff and they told me that jackie came over yesterday to have them set up two hundred and twenty tables!”

Theodore seemed like he was about to cough up blood from being agitated. Every single table was already expensive for the old master’s seventieth birthday since all of the alcohol and cigarettes were expensive.

They even hired a chef from a luxurious hotel for this event. However, only the Taylor family members were invited.

They did not expect that for the brief moment of jackie’s arrival yesterday, he actually told the chef to prepare two hundred and twenty tables and the main point was, the hotel actually made arrangements for that many tables.

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” jackie, this, is this real? Did you know how much a table costs? Our preparations this time are very lavish and expensive. The food menu is pretty classy and it costs sixty thousand per table. Twenty tables would be 1.2 million dollars! Why did you prepare an additional two hundred tables? Did you know how much these extra tables would cost? That will set you back by ten million dollars!”

Andrew’s face dimmed. If that was true then jackie would have been too bold since it would be very unnecessary to do that.

“No way right, jackie? You dropped by yesterday?”

Ben was also frowning as jackie seemed to be a magnet for trouble. They finally had some peaceful days and he did not expect him to pull a stunt like that during the Old Master’s seventieth birthday.

“What on Earth was going on back there? I’ve asked the chefs as to why are there so many tables laid out and they said one of us had ordered them to lay out 220 tables!”

Old Master Taylor stormed out furiously at this moment. He seemed incredibly furious.

“Grandpa, it was jackie who had made them do such an arrangement. I’ve asked them and they said someone whose last name was White, a member of our Taylor family told them to do so. Tell me, which one of us in the Taylor family has the last name, White?”

Ivan immediately came forward to speak out. He was delighted in his heart. It seemed that jackie was truly a fool since he had already infuriated the Old Master the moment they showed up. He had already intended to have him exiled from the Taylor family today. He did not expect he would present him with such an opportunity on his own. He only had himself to blame now.

“Impossible!” The instant Selena heard that statement, she immediately said, “You guys only know the person’s last name. I think you guys must’ve wrongly accused jackie now! I think someone was pulling something behind our backs by pretending to be one of the members of our Taylor family and claiming that person’s last name happened to be White. Just to pin the blame on jackie!”

“Yeah, good point! It could be caused by one of us here!” Fiona glared at Ivan when she made that statement.

Since Ivan absolutely loved pulling tricks and she believed that no matter how bold jackie was, he would not be bold enough to do anything like this. Ivan on the other hand would be very likely to do something like this.

“What are you staring at me for, Fiona? Do you actually think it’s me? What reason do I have to do something like this?” Ivan did not expect Fiona would stare at him. He was incredibly furious at that moment. Although he intended to trap jackie, he would never think of pulling a stunt like that. He would not mind giving such a stunt a try if he had thought of it initially though.

Xena wanted to speak up for Ivan since she was currently Ivan’s girlfriend. However, she was afraid of exposing herself. To keep her identity a secret and gain jackie’s trust, she also came forward to speak for jackie, “we never accused you of anything so why did you come forward yourself? It seems you are guilty of something!”

“You…” Ivan was incredibly furious as he did not expect Xena would actually side with jackie.

However, he was no fool. It did not take him long to understand what Xena was thinking so he spoke with a cold look, “You have no evidence anyway so you can’t blindly accuse anyone. I have asked them and they told me it was a guy with the last name of White. That person had ordered the hotel to prepare an additional two hundred tables!”

“My son will never do such a thing and I believe him! He wouldn’t order so many extra tables for nothing!” Joan also frantically spoke up for jackie.

“Yeah, my father would not do such a thing!” Kylie too sided with jackie as she stared at Ivan with resentment before adding, “You big meanie, only you would do it! You’re framing my father!”

“I…” Ivan was fuming since that little brat actually called him a big meanie. This infuriated him into oblivion.

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”It might actually be Ken, Neil, or Micheal since they’ve always hated jackie anyway. They did this to target jackie!” After remaining silent for a brief moment, Selena made that assumption.

jackie had a peculiar look on his face as he stood by the side. He did not expect everyone to jump to his defense before he could even speak up for himself. He was incredibly touched by this.

“regarding if it was jackie’s doing or not, we’ll just have the hotel staff come over since they met the person anyway!” Ivan chuckled maniacally as he stared at jackie. He believed it must have been jackie since that person’s last name was White. It would be a miracle if that was not jackie.

As for why jackie was this foolish to have done that was not that important anymore. Having so many extra tables would at least cost ten million dollars. He was interested to see what jackie would do.

“You can stop asking now, it’s me!” jackie let out a bitter chuckle before waving both hands around as he replied.

“Look, look at him now, you guys. He’s admitted it!” Theodore immediately pointed at jackie before yelling at him, “It seems he is also afraid of us calling the hotel staff over because he knew he will be exposed real soon so he was forced to admit!”

“ jackie, it’s really you? Oh, how you’ve disappointed our trust in you. I didn’t expect it to be your doing!” Fiona almost started to stomp her feet around from being so infuriated. She had never expected that her troublemaker of a son-in-law would start stirring up trouble again after they finally have some peaceful days. He was truly a jinx!

“ jackie, you really are… I have no words for you. Why would you order two hundred tables for no reason?” Selena nearly passed out from how furious she was.

“No way right? It’s really Daddy?” Kylie bashfully lowered her head as she felt as if she had made a mistake. This little rascal had just spoken up for her own father but she did not expect, it was really her father’s doing.

“ jackie, why did you order so many extra tables for no reason?” Although Joan had faith in her own son, she was also startled by what jackie had said.

Old Master Taylor’s expression dimmed before exclaiming, “If you think it’s funny to do such a thing, you can leave today.”

Ivan was incredibly delighted after hearing that statement. He immediately said, “ jackie, you owe us an extremely clear explanation today. Could you have ordered an extra two hundred tables which were going to cost an extra 12 million as a gift for Grandpa? This isn’t a gift, jackie, this is a surprise, right?”

The other Taylor family members had long since gathered around them. Everyone was speechless when they heard that. Indeed, an extra two hundred tables would cost ten million now, right?

If this happened to be a gift, it seemed that this guy was a fool and his head had been kicked by a donkey.

“Should I really explain this anyway?” jackie chuckled calmly as he said, “I ordered that many tables because I know twenty tables alone would never be enough. There will be a lot of guests coming today and I’m even worried if two hundred and twenty tables would even be enough!”

“what a joke. How many guests would be present anyway? Do you think we won’t have a rough estimate in our heads?” Theodore chuckled and said, “When we held the sixtieth birthday for the old master back then, the relatives and some friends we are close to only filled seventeen to eighteen tables. Our twenty tables would be more than enough now!”

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”More than two hundred tables? that is basically impossible. How can we have that many guests?” One of the Taylor family members started cackling out loud. The way he was looking at jackie seemed like he was staring at a madman.

Cecilia was also laughing as she said, “Aside from the members of our Taylor family, it would only be regular wealthy merchants who have good ties with us. In addition to a few third-class aristocratic families that are close to us. Those second or first-class families will never show up because they all look down on us, third-class aristocratic families. Therefore, there can never be that many people present!”

“ jackie, this isn’t the gift you prepared now, right? This isn’t considered a gift, right? You came empty-handed and it seems like this happened to be a gift you’ve prepared for the old master?” Ivan chuckled coldly.

“This isn’t a gift. I just so happened to request those tables for you guys only! Don’t you worry, if the Taylor family is unwilling to foot the bill for those tables, I will pay for it when the bill comes later!” jackie chuckled calmly as he seemed completely unbothered by any of it.

“Nonsense. Of course, you’ll have to foot the bill when it was you who ordered that many tables. Are you expecting us to pay the bills for you?” Ivan exclaimed furiously immediately, “The most we will do is pay for the original twenty tables we’ve ordered.”

“No way, how can jackie fork out that much money?” The moment Fiona heard they wanted jackie to cough up twelve million dollars, she panicked.

From her perspective, jackie’s money was also her money since Selena was married to jackie anyway. Now that jackie had already given her twenty million, he was now considered one of them. Not to mention, she still had to rely on jackie to marry Sharon. When that happens, it would be amazing for her if the George family became part of their family, right?

“It’s his fault for randomly placing the order anyway so it’s only natural for him to pay the bill. This has nothing to do with us!” Ivan chuckled maniacally. He then added, “I’ll see just what you’re going to do with the remaining two hundred tables and food. Are you going to eat all of the food yourself or are you going to be a charitable man by giving away the food to the poor on the streets?!”

Everyone started laughing after hearing that statement. It seemed the thought process for this son-in-law was indeed an oddity to have ordered an extra two hundred tables for absolutely no reason.

“Don’t worry, there will be a lot of wealthy merchants that will show up this time. Those who have never made their presence before will show up this time. Not to mention, those first and second-class families that never came back then will be present this time. Therefore, I am quite worried that those two hundred plus tables won’t be enough to accommodate all of them!”

“keep boasting. How could that many people show up? This happens to be my grandpa’s birthday, not the birthday of the God of War, you know!” Ivan was cackling out loud as he felt that jackie was making an extremely huge joke.

“ jackie, are you intentionally insulting us by making that statement? I, your grandfather isn’t some reputable man so how could people like marshals or Kings of War even bother to show up to celebrate a birthday of a third-class aristocratic family like us? Not to mention, those first and second-class families will never show up!” Old Master Taylor’s expression dimmed as he found what jackie said, insulting.

If it was not for Selena sealing a major business deal for the Taylor family a few days ago, sparking hope for the Taylor family becoming a second-class aristocratic family in the next two years, he wanted nothing more than to kick jackie out immediately. However, he had no choice since she was still his own granddaughter and had done such a huge favor for the Taylor family so, he had to hold back his anger.

He let out a bitter chuckle before saying, “Forget it then. Let’s just forget about this ordeal for now since what’s done is already done and the hotel has sent so many staff over with so many waiters on top of so much food. We don’t have much of a choice now anyway.”

“Dad, no matter what happens, jackie has to be the one to pay the bill later!” Theodore exclaimed after some thought.

As Old Master Taylor was just about to nod, he did not expect a man that was responsible for the guest reception yelled out from the entrance, “Marshal Dennis is here to celebrate Old Master Taylor’s seventieth birthday!”

The old man was stunned. He was shocked that a marshal would actually show up to celebrate his birthday when his family was only a third-class aristocratic family?

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Not to mention, he had never even heard of the name of this marshal before.

“A marshal came?”

“That happens to be quite a capable marshal. How awesome! It seems our old master will be very reputable now!”

A few of the Taylor family members looked very delighted. Since even a marshal came, would that not make their family proud?

It seemed if any other third-class aristocratic families found out about this, they would all be envious of their Taylor family.

“That rascal sure came early!” jackie cracked a calm smile when he noticed Dennis. He did not expect Dennis would be the first one to show up when the others had not arrived yet.

“Why did Dennis show up? Isn’t he a good friend of Ken’s? Could he have come because he knew that Ken is coming?” Ivan’s expressions dimmed before softly whispering to Old Master Taylor, “Grandpa, Dennis happens to be a good friend to Young Master Ken. Since Young Master Ken is a close friend of mine and he’s coming today, Dennis might be coming because of how close both me and Young Master Ken are. This isn’t too surprising.”

“Young Master Ken is coming? The Clark family happens to be a second-class aristocratic family though!” Theodore was stunned with joy as he said, “Ivan, you sure are something. I didn’t expect you to get Young Master Ken from the Clark family to show up too!”

“Not only that, don’t forget, I know Michael Wilson and Young Master Hugo too. They are all coming. They’re only coming because of me!” Ivan started cackling maniacally in that instant. He was clear that they were all here just to watch jackie embarrass himself.

Ivan was worried that if he did not explain himself when all three of them show up later, everyone else might assume that jackie was right.

Hence, he added after some thought, “Therefore, aside from those few people, everyone else that jackie mentioned earlier will never show up!”

Just as he was done speaking, Dennis had already approached them.

“Greetings, Marshal Dennis. I truly didn’t expect you would grace our Taylor family with your presence!” Theodore immediately came forward to greet him while chuckling.

“Greetings, Master Theodore, Old Master Taylor. I wish you a long and healthy life!” Dennis spoke while waving his hand.

“you’re too kind, too kind indeed!” Zeus cackled out loud as he was very happy from receiving that wish.

However, he heard everything Ivan said earlier, and aside from those people he had mentioned, he might not be expecting any more guests to show up.

“Major Trent has arrived to wish Old Master Taylor a very happy seventieth birthday!”

“Major Pendragon Mace has arrived to wish Old Master Taylor a very happy seventieth birthday!”

Just at this very moment, the receptionist called out once again.

“Two more majors?”

All of the Taylor family members were all looking at each other and were wondering if they had all misheard anything.

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Old Master Taylor gulped as he was wondering if he was dreaming. Three majors came. Those happened to be majors and they commanded at least a few thousand to tens of thousands of men on the battlefield.

He did not expect them to show up to celebrate his seventieth birthday with him!

“What’s the matter? Young Master Ivan, didn’t you say that not many people would show up?” jackie said while chuckling calmly.

“no matter what, they still can’t fill all two hundred tables!” Ivan was also chuckling as he believed jackie was merely lucky. Moreover, those two majors might actually be very close to Marshal Dennis hence, their presence.

“The master of the Clark family has arrived with the members of the Clark family to celebrate Old Master Taylor’s seventieth birthday!”

“The master of the Hugo family has arrived with the members of the Hugo family to celebrate Old Master Taylor’s seventieth birthday!”

“The master of the Wilson family has arrived with the members of the Wilson family to celebrate Old Master Taylor’s seventieth birthday!”

It did not take long for three series of announcements to be made from the main entrance. All three second-class aristocratic families actually came as well.

All three masters had brought along all three of their young masters in addition to some high ranking members of their respective families here. More than ten people actually showed up in an instant.

Their bodyguards were all stationed outside.

“They actually came!” Zeus felt slightly surprised when the masters of those three families showed up as well. He initially thought that only the young masters of those three families would come. However, unexpectedly, the masters tagged along as well.

Both Theodore and Zeus immediately came forward to greet them.

A constant stream of guests came after that. However, those were people that Old Master Taylor and the others had expected.

Those people that jackie claimed that would show up seemed to be absent.

“weren’t you extremely confident earlier, jackie? Look at how many people had shown up now? Those two hundred tables worth of guests are all just air now?” Ivan chuckled before mocking jackie.

“Isn’t it still very early? It isn’t even time for the gift reception anyway. Where’s the fun in showing up early, right?” jackie chuckled calmly since the person tasked for the gift reception had not arrived yet.

After another moment had passed, the person tasked with gift reception had finally arrived.

“So many people had arrived already!”

After that person got seated, a few staff were tasked with receiving gifts from the guests and some were tasked in noting the gifts down.

“Grandpa, I won’t be noting my gift down. I’ll just hand it to you directly since we’re a family anyway!” Cecilia smiled and took out the gift she had prepared as she said, “The gift I prepared for you is two bricks of Pu’er tea that had been dried for two centuries. It’s not that expensive since it only costs 600 thousand dollars. The main thing is, such a gift is hard to find!”

Cecilia was quite detailed in her introduction. She was obviously trying to show off.

The other guests went over to get themselves registered aside. They were mostly giving out money as their gifts. Of course, these people would not be frugal with the amount they were giving. They would fork out at least eight to ten thousand dollars.

“Grandpa, this is something I’ve prepared for you… It’s a jade statue of Guanyin. This is very well carved but it’s not that expensive. It’s merely eight million dollars!” Ivan had also made his move. He took out a twenty centimeters tall jade statue of Guanyin from a box. It looked very impressive.

“Is this made from Hetian jade? It’s not bad, the coloration is impressive and it’s very intricately carved. Thank you!” Old Master Taylor nodded satisfyingly. He could tell how sincere Ivan was to go out of his way to pick out a gift for him.

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The other Taylor family members all came forward to give Old Master Taylor their gifts. Of course, the gifts they presented could not compare with what Cecilia or Ivan had offered but they were quite expensive too. Those gifts averaged around a hundred to two hundred thousand dollars. Hence, they were still considered luxurious gifts.

“Alright, old master. The gifts have been recorded here. I will be recording down any other gifts that will be given later!” The staff responsible for the gift reception recorded everything about the guests that came earlier before making that statement.

“What are you still standing around for? Aren’t you going to present your gift?” Fiona’s expression dimmed after noticing jackie had not done anything yet. It was unsure what jackie was thinking since he had not made a move yet.

“Yeah, brother-in-law, you wouldn’t have not brought anything with you now, would you? Hurry up and present it!” Ben was also pretty impatient.

“ jackie, don’t you forget about our bet. If you aren’t able to fulfill your end of the bargain, you will have to be exiled from the Taylor family!” Ivan reminded him as if he was worried that jackie might have forgotten about their bet.

“I know. I know that once I present the gift, you guys will acknowledge me as the son-in-law of the Taylor family, right?” jackie said with a smile.

“Yes, yes, yes. Now hurry up and show us a gift that is worth over ten million dollars!” Cecilia giggled as she said, “Both of your hands are empty. What exactly is your gift that could be so tiny and expensive at the same time when you’re carrying it with you?”

Upon noticing everyone forcing jackie to present his gift, Michael, Neil, and Ken came to spectate. They were all waiting for the moment where jackie was unable to present his gift and being exiled from the Taylor family.

“ jackie, I heard that you have won the bid for that mansion. I’m not sure if that’s true or not? Could that be the gift you’re planning to give the old master?” Ken said after some thought.

“What! jackie won the bid for that mansion?” After Fiona heard him say that, she immediately turned to look toward that mansion across the street. That happened to be an entire villa and it should cost about twenty to thirty million dollars. When exactly did jackie buy a mansion? How could he have not told them about it?

The corner of jackie’s mouth twitched slightly. He initially was planning to bring Selena over to surprise her after the event was done. He did not expect that b*stard Ken would expose the entire thing here. How could he still give Selena a surprise now?

“Brother-in-law, is that true? Is that the gift you’ve bought for the old master?” Ben gulped as he found jackie amazing. That mansion was not cheap and jackie was able to win the bid for it.

Ivan immediately said when he noticed jackie’s expressions dimmed, “ jackie, there’s a lot of guests here at the moment and we’re actually saving your pride for exposing it now. Or else, when more people show up later, you’d embarrass yourself even more!”

Selena stood calmly on the side. Judging from the looks of things, Ken did not intentionally try to strain their relationship by spouting nonsense. Since that mansion was actually bought by jackie after all.

She was curious to hear jackie’s explanation at that very moment. If jackie actually had a relationship with that wealthy lady behind her back, not only would the Taylor family members exile him, she too would want him to leave too. That was because jackie would have completely disappointed her if that was the case.

“I actually bought that mansion. I spent 95 million dollars on it. Young Master Ivan, you should know that better than anyone else, since you helped me shine my shoe after that!”

jackie let out a bitter chuckle as he took out a cigarette, lit it, and slowly took a puff.

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Ivan’s expression immediately dimmed after hearing that statement. Was jackie not trying to intentionally embarrass him? However, he was not exactly bothered by being embarrassed as long as he was able to get jackie exiled from the Taylor family today. Everything would be worth it for him.

“95 million? Was it really that expensive?” Cecilia gasped after hearing that as she said, “So, in order to increase the value of your gift to the old master, you intentionally spoke a random amount, jackie?”

“Regardless of whether it’s worth that much or not, is an afterthought. However, I actually spent that much on that house to win the bid. If you don’t believe me, you can ask both Young Master Neil and Young Master Ken. They were both there on that day as well!” jackie calmly replied.

“Young Master Ken, Young Master Neil, did he actually spend that much money? I refuse to believe him, the son-in-law who was enlisted as a soldier for five years can fork out that much money!” Cecilia was very dissatisfied. She was dissatisfied because she could never have forked out that much money and was she actually inferior to the son-in-law?

“He actually did. The thing is, Young Master Ivan too had his eye on that mansion and wanted to bid for the mansion as a gift for Old Master Taylor so he went to the auction that day. However, he did not expect jackie to be present as well…” Ken laughed before continuing, “So, both of them wanted to bid for it. They even made a bet that the loser would shine the winner’s shoe. Young Master Ivan conceded in the end and jackie won the bid for that house!”

Fiona clenched her fist furiously as she listened from aside. She was fuming. jackie happened to be wasting too much money now. He actually wanted to snatch it from Ivan. Why could he not just give it to Ivan? That house was not even worth more than ninety million anyway.

Besides, he initially agreed to only a ten million dollars gift for the old master anyway. Could he not have bought anything else that cost ten million dollars? He could have saved eighty million dollars then. Even if jackie did not want this much money, it would be better off just giving it to her. His mother-in-law happened to be short in cash anyway. Of course, she merely kept those thoughts to herself. As unhappy as she was, she could not speak her mind in front of everyone then. Besides, jackie spent that much money to win the bid for that house while making Ivan shine his shoe for him at the same time. This had earned some form of pride or glory to their family.

At this moment, Ken chuckled coldly as he said, “However, I’ve had people look into jackie and he never requested for an advance paycheck from Miss Tanya. Coincidentally, we ran into the same wealthy lady from the previous auction together with jackie again. Cough! Cough! This meant that the money came from that wealthy woman. The hard-earned money of that wealthy woman it seems!” Ken emphasized his tone when he said ‘hard-earned money’ as if he was trying to hint at something. He even slowed down when he said that.

“That’s right. That gift came from the bed, it seems!” After Michael heard that, he burst out laughing. How could Ivan not tell him when he knew so much information.

However, that was not important now since jackie, their son-in-law had utterly disgraced the entirety of the Taylor family now. If what Ivan said was true, it would be a miracle for jackie to not be exiled from the Taylor family immediately. He believed that as long as jackie was no longer in the picture to stop him, he would have a chance to pursue Selena.

“ jackie, what they’re saying, is it true? Were you really together with that wealthy lady?”

Fiona had nearly passed out from being agitated. Neil had told them about it previously and she thought they were intentionally spouting nonsense. However, Selena did not exactly probe deeper regarding that ordeal so the entire matter was dropped.

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Who would have known that they would mention that incident today. It would be extremely shameful if jackie had actually afforded the villa by being a sugar baby. It would be even more shameful if his sugar mommy was very old. Maybe in her seventies, even eighties? That was shame beyond words!

“There isn’t any sugar mommy, they’re just kidding,” jackie smiled and tried to explain himself.

“You can stop denying.” Ken laughed and then continued, “We have photos to prove our words!”

Old Master Taylor was all the more confused. He turned to Ivan and asked, “Ivan, what’s going on here? What about the auction? What about the rich woman?”

That was when Ivan detailed the situation to Old Master Taylor. Of course, he did not forget to mention that jackie had bought the villa in an auction.

Old Master Taylor’s face darkened with each word. His face was almost pale when he said, “I’ve wondered how you were able to fork out over ninety million to buy the villa without advance payment of your salary. There’s only one possibility and that is, getting money from your sugar mommy.” He then pointed to the villa and continued, “This is a great gift and I really like this villa. But if you’ve bought it with dirty money, I’ll never accept it and I’ll never live in it. I, Zues Taylor, will feel ashamed and filthy living in that house. Last but not least, I’ll never recognize you as the son-in-law of the Taylor’s. You’re a disgrace to our family!”

“That’s right, don’t humiliate us any further, scram!

“Yeah, go! Go to your sugar mommy!”

“Who’d have known a loser like you would be a sugar baby just to afford this gift for the Old Master… Hehe… This is…”

The Taylor family’s relatives started chiming in one after another.

“ jackie, you’ve let us down!” Andrew was angered too. He thought jackie could finally gain recognition from everyone in this joyful event by presenting this villa as a gift. If that were the case, Andrew and his family would be able to all move into the villa together. He did not see this coming.

“My dear son, how…how could you? I’d rather you marry Sharon than being a sugar baby to a rich woman!” Joan’s eyes reddened and she could not believe that her son would do such a thing.

Unexpectedly, jackie laughed out loud and asked, “Is there no way else that I could afford the villa other than asking for an advance salary payment and being a sugar baby?

Who said I didn’t have the money myself?” He paused before he continued, “It’s true that I have bought the villa—with my own money. Didn’t any of you know that Daxia had generously rewarded veterans? I have served the military for five years and some of you may have seen me fight before. Did you think I could survive five years as an ordinary soldier?” jackie got more and more emotional as he spoke.

“So… He wasn’t just an ordinary soldier?”

Some of them started to guess as they roughly knew jackie’s fighting ability—how he fought against a dozen people so effortlessly.

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“Oh yeah… Very few can actually survive past one month on the battlefield, let alone five years…”

“You’re right, those who can survive for a year are considered above average good. jackie must be very capable to be able to hang in there for five years. He mustn’t be just any ordinary soldier, maybe he held a higher position!”

Many started to second guess…

“as far as I know, you’ve spent almost a hundred million since you came back. This villa would cost you another ninety over million! In that case, the government must have rewarded you a pension worth that of a head commander’s,” Ivan remarked laughingly.

“Mhmm. I know of an assistant commander who’s received a hundred million as pension, some head commander… Maybe two hundred million. So you’re a head commander?!” Ken joined the guessing game.

“Do you have anything to prove your position as a head commander, jackie? As far as I know, any commander would hold a commander’s token as a symbol of their position.” Old Master Taylor wished really hard that jackie could show everyone his token to prove his position and that the money he used to buy what he bought, was the money he well deserved from protecting the country. In that case, it would be an honor to the Taylor family, not a disgrace.

Dennis rubbed his nose bridge and was trying to suppress his laughter. jackie had his token but he did not plan to expose his true identity. All he wanted was to live a normal life. Everyone in the house would have to kneel and bow before him if he were to present his token.

It was the one and only in Daxia, only the Supreme Warrior could have it. jackie could command and rule anyone in the army. It was extremely inconsiderate of him to display the token in front of this many people. He would get into trouble regardless. If he did not display it, he would be labeled as ‘the sugar baby’; if he did, his true identity would be exposed.

He was on the fence and his expression darkened. “I…” What should he do?

“What’s the matter? Just show us the token if you’re really the head commander, it’s an honor—not something to be shameful of! Come on, shut their mouth. I believe that you’re not a sugar baby,” Joan tried to persuade jackie.

Then, Ivan interjected as he was excited to see jackie not being able to show the token. “Don’t tell me you don’t have a token as the commander?”

‘We’ll see how long more you can put on this show, jackie. It’s shameful enough that you’re a sugar baby, and to cover that lie with ‘head commander’s pension’? That’s funny!’

“Come on, jackie. You were so confident just now. How do you prove that you’re not just an ordinary soldier? Where’s your token? You can’t prove anything without it!” Cecilia laughed and thought he had nothing to show after all.

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jackie bitterly smiled then said, “It’s true that I’m not an ordinary soldier. In fact, I hold a relatively high position in the military force. But I’ve lost my token, it was probably picked pocketed somewhere. Hence why I haven’t revealed my identity all this while, I was worried that no one would believe my words without the token.”

The crowd was speechless. How did he…

“I believe in him!” Selena walked forward. “When he first came back, I thought he was an ordinary soldier and only had a few hundred thousand on him. Later, I knew that my estimation was incorrect, five years of service in the military would have earned him maybe ten to twenty million… And I was wrong again! Now I think he’s a head commander, to be able to afford this villa!”

“you’d speak up for him because he’s your husband, Selena! What a sweet talker.” Micheal laughed. “You think he’s a head commander just because he bought this villa, not because of his capabilities? Now what do you want us to do and how can we trust his words? He can’t even prove his position!”

“Mhmm!” Neil interjected, “Of all, we know the money could be from his sugar mommy!”

Ivan chimed in, “So you said the money was yours… Then how do you explain your relationship with that rich woman? I’ve seen her many times. There was even once when you walked out of the villa with her!”

Neil continued, “She always goes around wearing a mask as if she was avoiding paparazzi. This is a telltale sign that she was avoiding her husband or acquaintances, and that means you both are up to no good!”

“A rich lady? aren’t you worried she’ll kill you if you angered her?” jackie smiled coldly and continued, “Stop guessing, everyone. She’ll be here later and you’ll know who she is. Brace yourself.”

“What! She’ll be coming here? How dare she!” Ivan laughed.

“Wow, such a thick-faced woman to dare to show up today. Tsk tsk…” Ken laughed too. “Selena, look at your husband’s sugar mommy. She’s about to come and claim her turf.”

“First of all, she’s rich but not that rich. Her wealth is granted by Daxia as a reward for her serving the country. Second of all, she’ll come today out of respect for me. Otherwise, she won’t attend functions like this.” jackie’s expression darkened. He was angry because he could not stand them making fun of his disciple, Lana.

If it was not for Old Master’s birthday and the many people that were present including his daughter and wife—he really wanted to beat them up to teach them a lesson! jackie was really pissed at them for pushing him to the edge of the cliff.

“Tsk tsk tsk. So you mean, she’s nothing ordinary!”

“We shall see who this ‘extraordinary woman’ is. We can finally see her face when she removes her mask to eat.” Ivan laughed.

Suddenly, a voice announced at the door. The voice sounded as if it was trembling.

“Quin Hayes, King of War with six stars, arrived and is here to wish Old Master Taylor a happy and blessed seventieth birthday!”

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Everyone was expecting to see jackie make a fool of himself when suddenly, the six-starred King of War arrived to celebrate Old Master Taylor’s seventieth birthday.

Hayes is

King of

War! What is he doing here at

started a discussion among themselves and they were obviously

in cash worth sixty million!” the man who was in charge of reception and

I decided to give you cash,

you seldom attend functions even when you’re being invited. Your presence here is a great honor, you need not prepare me any gifts. You’re too generous!” Zeus was so touched and surprised to have received such a

a generous gift!” Some wealthy merchants lamented.

Wilson have arrived to celebrate Old Master Taylor’s seventieth birthday. Here is a pair of jade sceptres for

after, more guests

at jackie. Was jackie right when he said that the unexpected guests and war kings will

family had never turned up in the past events even though they were only

Taylor a happy seventieth birthday. He presents a golden comb as a gift.” Again, the man who was in charge of

entered the hall together

Ivan’s face darkened as he observed. He was worried that jackie would get the praises and compliments from Old Master Taylor for inviting two hundred tables of guests! He also wondered how jackie predicted

they knew the war king was going

Commander Chris Tyson has arrived to celebrate the seventieth birthday of Old Master Taylor. He presents the old

cracking his head, more guests had arrived—a commander nonetheless. He held a relatively

from a second-class aristocrat family has arrived together with his family to celebrate the seventieth birthday of Old Master Taylor. They

515 Another unexpected guest arrived in a family of three. They presented their gift as

did you know so many people will show up?” Old Master Taylor could not keep his cool anymore and asked. “Will there really

the guests who showed up today… Who’ll be paying for their meals?

son pay for this. Look, the second-class aristocrats, war kings, commanders are all here! Given enough time, maybe even a God of War will show up

regardless of how many

smiled calmly and said, “It must be because these people heard the news that the Goddess of War will show up today. If she

was going on? Why would a God of War

was not for God of War, why would all these people—war king, commander, and the

and said, “Don’t you worry, Godess of War will be here today. She’d mentioned it in our last gathering

was so excited that a God of War would show up at his birthday celebration, which would be a great great honor to the Taylor family—regardless of the reason she decided to attend the party. That way, the

would be an excellent opportunity for them to regain their reputation

War will be coming?” Ivan and Ken were stunned after getting to know that. They expected

afraid that even two hundred tables were not enough to serve the guests

guard! A God of War may get mad at us for not preparing enough tables for everybody! Could you shoulder the consequences if you hadn’t booked these extra two hundred tables?” Ivan was so

wanted this to be a surprise,” jackie said

two hundred tables further. But you’ve mentioned, that ‘sugar mommy’ of yours will be coming too? If you still can’t prove to us that you bought the villa without the money from her, you’re still

the arrival of King of Wars. They revisited the topic once

this gift if you had really bought the villa with a sugar mommy’s money. This isn’t something I want to get myself involved in,” Zeus spoke with full certainty. That was his last straw

heard this. jackie did not tell the Taylors to prepare more tables when he knew that the Goddess of War was

jackie was still very calm. “You’ll know if she’s a rich lady when she’s here. How should I put this? Nine hundred

turned to look at Old Master Taylor and added, “I have your gift ready, Grandfather, but it’s not

crowd inhaled sharply when they heard this. If it was not that

behind jackie, frowned. This man was full of surprises, she could barely keep up with him. So the gift he prepared for her grandfather was

this villa is…”

place we’re currently staying in doesn’t have enough space, so I want my family to move over. I originally wanted to surprise Selena with this, but I never thought Ivan

to wait till dinner ended to tell you this tonight and bring you there to have a look. I had no idea that it’d turn into this, and I have

where jackie and the rich woman

the opposite villa, just to give it to my daughter? For our whole family to stay there?” Fiona gulped, evidently excited. Initially disappointed at jackie as Fiona believed he was kissing up to a rich woman, she was

for her. Moreover, it isn’t proper for Kylie to be sleeping with us in the same room. After all, Kylie is

real?” Kylie clapped her hands excitedly. “That’s so cool!

nose turned sour. The bitterness she experienced throughout these five tears was finally turned

frowned when she saw Selena crying, her face

Kylie’s delicate little head. “Don’t worry, Kylie, Mommy is just happy,” she spoke through tears.

wife kneeling before their daughter. Selena had endured numerous hardships throughout these five years. From now onward, if she was wanted, he would

“Alright!” Kylie nodded.

to scowl as the scene before them, inwardly

two billion,” Michael snapped, lips pursed into a tight frown. jackie was able to capture Selena’s heart by purchasing a villa; she did not even give

the old master’s gift then?” Cecilia spoke, unable to hold in her curiosity anymore. Folding her arms across her chest, she arrogantly added, “Is it possible that you

get out of the Taylor

villa for your wife. What does it say about you being so generous? This means that you’re very rich. If that’s the case, the present you prepared for the old master must be

decided to join in as he spoke, “Is it possible that the present you prepared is just ten million? If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be somewhat of

you worry; it’s much

of wealthy businessmen here,” he mused. “There are so many people here. When are you taking out this present of yours? It’s best if it’s something that can give us a run for our money!” Michael started

Then…

birthday!” No one saw this coming. The head of the

the first-class aristocratic families are here!” People began to chatter among themselves at the arrival of the

said Old Master Taylor, effectively interrupting Ivan and Michael. “I need to

today. To him, what jackie gifted him was not that important. It only mattered to him as long as the money jackie used to buy the villa was not earned by coddling rich

too grandiose; he was definitely

time. I don’t believe that you can drag it out today and avoid showing the present altogether!” Ivan laughed. “I

and know that the Drake family didn’t make any advance payment for your salary. I want to see how you’re going to explain these things and how’re you going

518 “Congratulations, Master Taylor!” The George Family Master offered him a small smile, gave

flower patterns adorning the clothing, appeared from behind the George family’s patriarch. She immediately ran up to jackie once she saw him. “Oh, I

and was equally talented in many other aspects, but he was older than Sharon. As if that was not enough, he had a wife

and the others scrutinized this woman carefully. She had to be a member of the George family

Sharon George…! Didn’t jackie treat her disease? Dear me. She’s an entirely different person once she’s slimmed

If he knew Sharon would look so prepossessing after slimming down, he would have pursued her from the start. He had no idea

this woman could turn out to

were at the auction house previously, this woman was obsessed with jackie.

could muster a proper reply, Fiona instantly walked up to welcome Sharon with a smile on her face.

Auntie. Long time no see!” Sharon smiled at the woman before walking up to jackie. Her inviting red lips were pursed into a sweet smile as she blushed. “I haven’t seen you

was speechless. Did Sharon George just ignore her,

of entertaining her, however, jackie turned to look at his wife and said, “Let’s have a walk at the garden over there,

hand with one hand and jackie’s hand with the

treated her. jackie truly was ruthless to her; he did not even bother to entertain her for a minute. She liked him so much, she had no idea… What was worse was that his actions were basically telling her to give up; that

act out like that either. She was just

Miss Sharon; he’s just too

understand where he’s coming from, so no offense is taken. This is normal as the three of them are such a loving family. It’s not good for me to involve myself like this. Is this not enough

of it that way. Don’t give up, Miss Sharon; perseverance is victory.

Sharon would be downright frustrated at what had happened, but she never expected that Sharon would have a unique way of thinking about it. This only made Fiona happy, ever hopeful that jackie could still consider having Miss Sharon as his second wife. They were not as poor as they used

Miss Sharon, it’s been a long time since we last met,” he spoke. “We’ve known each other

that’s right, Miss Sharon. Let’s exchange numbers, and we can come out for karaoke sessions when

were nearly a rival to Selena’s. Above all, her family was richer than theirs, and she was only 20 years old.

utterly shameless. He had been trying to converse

reply was a laugh. “Sorry, but I don’t think there’s any need for that!” She replied, not bothering to entertain them. She smiled coldly. “Did you really

Michael were embarrassed, unable to muster a proper reply

that never happened!” Neil hastily replied, an awkward smile on his face as he did. “I see that we’re inconveniencing you right now, so we’ll leave you be. However, if you need someone to accompany you for drinks or anything else,

chat more when we have time!” Michael

that moment… “The master of the Young family is here with members of the Young family. They congratulate Old Master Taylor on his

that the Goddess of War would be attending Old Master

idea that what jackie had so boldly claimed was genuine. Not only were there assistant commanders and head commanders, but there were

start, second-class aristocratic families,

saw the onslaught of people flooding the place, Old Master Taylor mentally wiped his sweat. Fortunately, jackie had prepared

Master is here

Roy family’s Master is here with the members

at last, fulfilling the attendance of

quite a feat on its own, what shocked the crowd to

is here to congratulate Old Master Taylor on his

One of the assistant commanders took a sharp

King of War Celestino didn’t even attend King of War Magnus Sutherland’s gathering for the veterans; never did

middle-aged man who walked

War, his position and status much higher than other Kings of War. Apart from that, he had achieved numerous great feats by this time. Even if

itself summarized Skyler’s reputation in the

Celestino doesn’t like gatherings and has an aloof personality, but he has to give the Goddess of War face! He does

else nodded. They had no idea that so many important people would be here at

high-status!” Ivan was in so much shock that he had no

and Marshals, and he

a conversation with these people. He was already a nerve-wreck, so he dared not

to the Taylor family, it was not his place to

battlefield. At that moment, the enemy had snapped the string of his mask, and

mild distress on her husband’s face as he stared at the King of War. “What happened?” she

turned his head away.

conversation as he spoke, “Honey, do you hate me for buying this villa? The truth is that I’ve made a bet with Ivan Taylor, so to win

it when it’s so expensive? The price of this villa could buy three of the same villa, right? If it was me, I’d rather lose to Ivan and shine

defended himself. “I can’t let it go; Ivan has bullied you and Kylie so badly before. I wouldn’t just give it up. I say that the ninety-million price tag

did. “How can I be angry at you? I can only imagine Ivan’s face as he wiped your shoes; it

it at the time. I promise I’ll take a picture next time!” jackie laughed and pushed the swing in front of him,

with the swing, Kylie felt like she was flying; as though she was a bird joyfully soaring in the sky.

What’s your relationship with that rich woman? Will she really

really powerful, and even the Gods of War had to respect me.” jackie had a tight

a head commander, jackie, and it’s not bad for you to have two billion. It’s actually astounding that you became Head Commander within five years!” Selena rolled

know her, and we’re friends!” jackie smiled bitterly. He had said all these before, and he even

jackie did not bother bringing it up

sacrifice for the country’, right?” Selena jokingly teased jackie. Still, it seemed so impossible to her. How was it possible that jackie knew the Goddess of War? After all, many head commanders did not know the Gods of War, let alone be

managed to befriend the Gods of War; an achievement worth gloating

only told these things to Selena, not to Dennis and the others. It was obvious jackie was

side piece?” jackie smiled, though dissatisfied.

clothing to a more feminine outfit after she

married man like you? This is just a joke between us, so don’t get any ideas. If someone overhears us and tattles on us, the Goddess of War might slap you the moment she hears it! By then, your death would be a wronged death!” Selena grinned, her mood seemingly much

that time, there would be lots of rooms there. Didn’t you say that we can’t do it if Kylie sleeps with us? It’ll be only

house in such a hurry was for… Hmph! I wouldn’t give chances to a person with impure motives like you!” Selena’s blush seared across her face. Despite turning her head to

was we were lacking a house, right?” he spoke in his defense. “Apart from that, this house is conveniently opposite the Taylors’ mansion, and

…

Walker is here to congratulate Old Master Taylor on his seventieth birthday!

another important person, a 5-star King of War at

face. There were a few Kings of War here and quite a

an impressive number of first-class and second-class

into a grand gathering. He began to worry if 200 tables were enough to

was fair to say that

person was said to be coming: Eastfield’s Goddess of War, a powerful unrivaled existence that had great

had no idea why the Goddess of War would come to the Taylor family just to congratulate him, but that was not an important thing to

many businessmen. Not only that, but some Marshals and Commanders

either in groups of twos or threes. Of course, these conversations were started for the sake of possibly establishing

“Why is the Goddess of War not here yet? Is it possible that she won’t be coming?” The 8-star King of War

the Goddess of War was coming, he would not have

battlefield right now, and our Goddess of War is a woman. I heard that

laughed. “I’ve seen her in feminine outfits before. I dare

and has legs for days. It’s only logical she’d look very nice in women’s clothing!” Skyler laughed as well, all the more excited about

respect for the Goddess of War’s appearance. Such a person was

and, without realizing it, found himself looking at

before he took a look. Upon proper inspection, he noticed a man grinning

person in the garden looked

“Who?”

him: He’s the son-in-law who married into the Taylor family. That woman, on the other hand, is Selena Taylor. She was the obsession of many rich young masters in Eastfield and was even dubbed the province’s ‘Number One Beauty’. However, for reasons I

Is he truly just a son-in-law married into the wife’s family?” Skyler frowned. He could no longer see

was too much

army for five years and is only a normal soldier. I’m not entirely

grew deeper when he heard this. “The Supreme Warrior

skilled on the battlefield. Rapidly scaling up the ranks, he became Head Commander in just two years on the battlefield, and I heard that he only got better and better.

to lament as well. “The world should know the name of such a powerful person. Everybody called him ‘Dragon of Daxia’ on the battlefield because he was the soul of Daxia. That title was bestowed to him because of his dragon mask, but not many

godlike!” Skyler exclaimed. A thought then occurred to him as he added, “I remembered that his surname is White, but I don’t know his full name. He became the only Supreme Warrior one year ago, and everybody addressed him

his surname is ‘White’?” Quin spoke as he laughed at his own ignorance. “I don’t even know his surname!

seems to have retired into the forest and became a dragon slumbering in private. Since he doesn’t like to be disturbed, then let him be!” Quin spoke before a sigh escaped his lips. “My only

on jackie’s back. The more he looked at him, the more he looked like

are you interested in him? His surname is White, and his name is jackie

Skyler trailed off. “And he’s only a normal soldier after being on the battlefield for

the Supreme Warrior’s face. There was a moment when his mask fell during a skirmish, and I caught

Celestino, I envy you so much,” he muttered. “You actually saw his face under the mask. I

smile, Skyler then added, “And there’s one more thing… I can see that the Taylors’ son-in-law

524 Skyler’s words stunned Quin for a good seven to eight

did

he looks very much like him. His side-profile and back figure looked very similar. I remembered that this was how the Supreme Warrior looked!” Skyler looked at jackie standing at the garden not too far away. Skyler’s eyes never left jackie’s figure the moment he got that epiphany—the revelation

he’s the Supreme Warrior. He’s just a normal soldier!” Quin laughed and patted Skyler’s shoulder. “I think that you’ve gone crazy from thinking about the Supreme Warrior, but I get you. I also want to see his elegant demeanor

the Supreme Warrior’s surname is White, and strangely enough, this son-in-law also has the same surname. Moreover, the Supreme Warrior stayed on the battlefield for five years, and this young man was

t—this normal?” came Quin’s meek reply, hands splayed out as though

of War will personally come and congratulate Old Master Taylor for

because she’s indirectly honoring the Taylor family’s son-in-law. It’s more than likely that he’s the Supreme Warrior. Do you think that the Goddess of War would honor and

then attempted to connect the dots, a frown

not long before a snicker escaped him. “Brother Celestino, you’re worrying too much! It’s a shame you didn’t join the veteran’s gathering that Magnus Sutherland held. That day, the Goddess of War was

it so much. I would’ve gone had I known she would come.” Skyler paused here before he continued, “I didn’t go because I sensed Magnus had changed, and not for the best. He wasn’t the man who loved his soldiers like his own son, and he was no longer the kind man he was once known for. He might’ve done many bad things in secret but nobody could prove it. It was only for the best that the Goddess of War got rid of such a danger to

second that. I had no idea that Magnus Sutherland was someone like this. He wanted to do unspeakable

happened because jackie saw it. He knew he was no match for Magnus, so he searched for Dennis and the two of them thought of a way together. Eventually, they called for the Goddess of War, Lana. It so happened that she was nearby, so she rushed over and killed this bastard. Thankfully, the two female celebrities were saved before they

was that he exposed Magnus for what he was doing?” he surmised. “And that’s why she would be coming to

it surely feels like it. This is the reason the Goddess of War would be here. The others should think

of a stretch that she’d be coming only for that reason!” He then eyed jackie, who stood in the garden still.

“That’s right!” Quin spoke, chuckling as he did. “It’s pointless for us to make guesses over here, but I can promise you he’s not the Supreme Warrior. They look

the men conversed with one another, a sports car rolled in from the entrance and into the compound. Parked at one side, a prepossessing lady with a nice figure wearing

the lady had a mask on, and no one knew whether it was because

in at such a speed!” Ivan yelled.

initially wanted to meet jackie in person—and the other attendees

hag is here. Shouldn’t you be welcoming her?” he sneered. jackie did mention that this woman would be attending, but no one expected that she would genuinely be that shameless and show up

impending fiasco, he pulled his son to the side. “Neil, what did I tell you? I asked you to

saw red at that moment. “Father, you’re too afraid of things happening around you. I’m starting to think you’re a coward. You not only stopped me from bringing bodyguards, but you even forced me to apologize to jackie back then. Now I’m out of line just by speaking the truth?”

you know who this supposed rich hag is? When did our Eastfield have a rich hag that could buy that luminous pearl just like

if she’s rich? This woman’s money must’ve come from her husband, right? She’d be kicked out of her family with nothing on her once her husband finds out about these two. We don’t need to be afraid of her,” Neil continued, his father’s anger dismissed

ordered

wife? You’ll never have to worry about nothing having enough on your plate when you have this rich hag!” Michael, who was waiting to see jackie’s jokes, piped in right after. All of

side of the area, Skyler was frowning. “This woman seems to have a

feminine outfits. What do you think? You can’t recognize her when you see her in

Why did these rich young masters keep calling her ‘rich hag’? Yes, she’s rich,

the previous veteran’s gathering and had seen Lana

smiled indifferently. He turned to his wife and spoke, “Let’s go over and welcome the Goddess of

this true? You really know the Goddess of War?” Selena also felt that this pretty lady was quite stunning when she looked over at the ‘rich hag’ Ivan kept talking

From the way she stood, she must have just made her return from the

face darkened. He did not come forward after that as he merely stood aside. Since this person was here,

the rest, Michael was more unruly, and it was probably because he

you still have the gall to come here? Why are you wearing a mask? Is it because you can’t meet with just anyone, so you had to

was hidden by her mask. “I just didn’t want people to recognize me

He did a

of a bastard for you?” Michael frowned, not

you know that you could die

do you think you are? I might die? Me?” Michael scoffed. “You’re the one who’s going to die!” Michael started laughing loudly. “My dear Majors and King of

Lana walked forward and slapped him

Smack!

like you talk to me like that!” she

mask as she growled, “I know how to take it off myself.

Goddess of War!” Skyler immediately bowed as a sign of

The other soldiers stood up and bowed respectfully, one after another. Their bow lasted three seconds before they lifted their

was so frightened that his voice trembled, his body rooted firmly where

had no idea that the rich

Neil broke out into cold sweat as he attempted to wipe them off. Had his father not pulled him

of that ‘rich hag’ nonsense. This is our Goddess of War, Lana Zechs!” Skyler took two steps forward and exclaimed to

jackie in the midst of announcing Lana’s arrival. He believed the Goddess of

sharply mid-sentence, and his voice

walked forward, knelt on one knee, and placed a clenched to his chest. “Greetings to the Supreme Warrior.

would be in for another surprise when the 8-star King of War, Skyler Celestino knelt before jackie, gave him a salute only given to the highest-ranking soldier in the army, and addressed him

was flabbergasted. He knew that Skyler had seen the Supreme Warrior

onto his

true identity will be exposed!’ Lana was petrified, too shocked at the sudden turnover of

shocked. He

Celestino, did you make a mistake? He’s only a son-in-law who married into our family, a normal soldier

of them would be in trouble. They offended jackie,

the ground. He had just offended the Goddess of War, and now jackie was revealed to be the Supreme Warrior? This… This was

hag, and jackie would be driven out of this house? How could this go wrong for them? Right now, the matter of whether jackie was the Supreme Warrior or not was unimportant. He had

her son-in-law was the Supreme Warrior. The Supreme Warrior was extremely mysterious, and nobody had ever seen

King of War had knelt on one knee and performed an honorable salute. He said that jackie was

can’t be the Supreme Warrior!” Even Selena walked forward in embarrassment. The Goddess of War did not kneel with him, so it must be that jackie was not the Supreme Warrior, and that this

me? Did you make a mistake? I… I’m not the Supreme Warrior! It’d be cool if

ago!” Skyler frowned. Even though he had just met them once, jackie’s face in his memory

was convinced that they

Despite her words, Lana felt as though there was a chance he did not believe her when she saw Skyler

he would not have

stood up soon after. “Goddess

tea, rather often. I’ve seen his face without the mask before, and

rather strange; they look so much alike. Are there people who look like each other that much in this world?” Skyler looked at jackie again, and a blush slowly crept on his face. If jackie genuinely was not the Supreme Warrior, then he had knelt to a mere man married into the Taylor family… This misunderstanding turned out to be a downright embarrassing

Warrior!” Lana assured him, followed with a nervous chuckle. “I know what you mean, though. I thought he was the Supreme Warrior when

that it genuinely was the Supreme Warrior. Had I not seen the Goddess of

jackie as his face darkened; he wanted to unleash his frustration onto him. How dare he look so much like the Supreme Warrior and caused him to lose face! He was a King of War, with 8-stars nonetheless, and he knelt and greeted a

at him. After all, jackie did not do anything wrong and, all the more, did not admit he was the Supreme Warrior. As a matter of fact, Skyler was the

Warrior!” Fiona started laughing. If jackie was the Supreme Warrior, did it not mean that the Gods of War had to

a soldier for five years, he was a mere delivery guy before that. He might have been honored a great rank in the army,

Daxia. One-of-a-kind by nature, he was the man who did the most on the battlefield as he

that shocked me!” Some of the commanders were stunned and

three years ago, so it’s only natural that his memory of the Supreme Warrior seemed vague at this point!”

about this incident. Naturally, people envied him for this. To the soldiers, those that had met the Supreme Warrior had won in life as not

other hand, sighed in relief. After all, he was worried Skyler would recognize him when he was

other party would still look for him. It would also be hard to explain the situation to Selena and the others. The only way was to pretend that he did not know the other

Lana might not respond in time and kneel with Skyler once everyone knew and believed Skyler. That would have

this guy can’t be the Supreme Warrior! He’s only our family’s son-in-law after all!” Ivan laughed it off as he slowly stepped forward. “Apart from that, our family didn’t

people here, it was the best time to get jackie to take the present out. Even the Goddess of War was here. He wanted to see if jackie was bold enough to continue his bluff as he hid his

the seconds-ago incident, and it was only to his favor that someone changed

of relief, a grin instantly appeared on his face. “Really? What

before and said that he’d compensate me with ten million. Apart from that, he claimed he would be giving Grandfather a gift worth millions. He also promised to pay my cousin sister’s family twenty million as her betrothal gift. If he fails to do it, he has to leave the Taylor family and

not very interested in this bet, his mind still occupied with the question why this man looked so much like the Supreme Warrior. The more he looked at jackie, the more he resembled the

entertained Ivan with a grin on his

for my grandfather isn’t just worth millions. Supposedly, it’s worth more than their new villa, and he paid ninety-five million for that villa. This means that his present

“Take out your gift if it’s here, jackie,” she spoke. Shen then explained, “ jackie had already given me the twenty million that’s

card out, passing it to Ivan. “This is your ten million, and the password is

a pivotal point as this man had boldly claimed his gift was worth that

shoved his hand into his pocket and took

small?” Neil said coldly and mockingly. “No one here is an idiot. Don’t simply take something out and lie to us about it. We know

This broken box looks so old. How is this worth over a hundred million? What are you trying to pull?” he scoffed. “It seems like all there’s left is for you to leave now. Don’t blame us;

Mont family, Grayson Mont soon realized what it was. “I—Isn’t this

pearl inside?” The

buy it? Still, was the

Some of the people looked

the box. Sure enough, a big luminous pearl was revealed to the

gaped at the pearl. This pearl had gone through a

this precious object was in jackie’s

herself back from snatching it. jackie was too much; he did not think about giving

present to the old master as well. She could

This object was an exceptionally rare and precious object. Experts claimed it could slow down a person’s metabolism. They wanted it so badly during the auction

five hundred million mark in

Happy seventieth birthday! I hope that this pearl can help Grandfather to be more energetic and live a long life!”

already at an old age. How could he not be happy when he got such a precious object? After all, he

I’m very, very satisfied! jackie, you’ve completed your every promise. Today onward, I welcome everyone to come back and stay. I’ll also acknowledge

around and looked at the villa. “Grandfather, you

me!” Old Man Taylor replied. “Still, I’m used to staying in this villa, so I’ll be here most of the time. Both houses are so

at the previous villa we used to stay in. We can stay at both

her heart after

somber expression. “But you were too rebellious before. There’s no way I could let

it’s all over now, and yes, I was quite a bit of a rebel when I was younger…” Selena pursed her red lips and walked over, holding onto jackie’s arm shyly. “I don’t regret it one bit,” she said, smiling sweetly. “Because I

So long as you don’t blame me!” Grandfather Taylor’s

for his granddaughter but he had a reputation to

this pearl yours? Why did you give it to

thought that jackie would never be able to take out something worth ten million dollars. Neil

skilled medical practitioner. He’s used his medical skills to save my life on the battlefield. So, never mind this pearl—I

So, this is why the Goddess of War came for Grandfather

of the Taylor family would not only know a Goddess of War but even saved her life before? What luck, to be

of War. She would never refuse a cry for help if it came

jackie and I are good buddies!” Lana grinned and looked

good thing that Lana was able to come to Eastfield. At least she could help him retain his cover;

in, Goddess

Michael, and the others had all stepped up and caused trouble for the Goddess of War. Only

at her to explain herself before commanding her to get out

been an absolute disaster if

box and tossed it to Zeus. “I haven’t given you your 70th birthday

This thousand-year-old ginseng was practically a national treasure.

of War, you’re too generous!” Old Man Taylor was shocked to his core by

glazed over Lana’s lips. She turned her attention towards the fatty, Michael, who was paralyzed. “Young Master Wilson, right? I remember how rude you

the floor, completely paralyzed with fear. When he heard this, he nearly peed his pants.

confront her, he had spoken with the most bite and even did his happy dance in

mercy on me. I didn’t know you were

seemed that he quickly thought of something and pointed at Ivan instead. “I was just listening to Ivan and the rest. They said that jackie was

dragging him down to hell. He was suddenly overcome with anger and a wave

and took two steps forward, glaring viciously at Michael. “Young Master Wilson, we’re good friends, aren’t we? How can you accuse me of something like that? Who was the one who said he wanted to

harrumphed coldly. “Don’t tell me

was determined to drag Ivan down with him. He was well aware that his death was certain if he did not drag Ivan along with him—even if he did not die,

young master of the Taylor family, the only son. There was no way the Goddess

No way a Goddess of War would dare kill his

she was wealthy. My intentions were completely different from yours!” Ivan

‘Goddess of War’ earlier, he probably would have gone ahead and scolded her for being

at the sight of these two idiots going at

jackie, tell me. How should I settle this? It’s Old Man Taylor’s birthday today, after all. It wouldn’t be a wise idea to spill blood here. I should probably just spare the

names by claiming that you were leeching off of me. It doesn’t only affect

that jackie was to make the final decision. It seemed that this

to the Wilsons. Theoretically, jackie should be calling him ‘Cousin’, so he could not afford to not spare

Goddess

relief when he heard that he was not going to die. Then, he looked at jackie. “ jackie, we’ve known each other for quite some time now. Please go easy on me!”

“That’s right. You’re an esteemed guest, and it’s Grandfather’s birthday today. So I

being aware that he was a young master of a second-class aristocratic family and not daring to lift a finger against him. That

pausing for a moment. “Lambasting my name is fine. After all, I’m just a bodyguard working for the Drake family. However, you’ve slandered the name of a Goddess of War. You cannot be forgiven that easily for that.

to Ivan, “Young Master Ivan, the fatty accused you of slandering the Goddess

nothing but respect for the Goddess of War. There isn’t a speck of disrespect within me. In my eyes, Miss Lana is the strongest Goddess of War among the nine. Besides, it’s a no-brainer that it’s extremely difficult for a woman to become a Goddess of War!” Ivan bobbed his head as he agreed with jackie’s words. He even threw in a statement

Are you underestimating women?”mHe never expected Lana’s

saying it’s not easy…” Ivan was suddenly shocked. Beads

said, “Young Master Ivan, you said it yourself—this fellow defamed you. Then we’ll make this easy and give you a chance to prove yourself. Our Goddess of War here will be watching if you do it well. Go on and give this fatty two hundred vicious slaps. Oh, and

see if you truly respect me!” Lana smiled and folded her

in him. jackie was

told Ivan to give him two hundred slaps—hard

much? The fact that you’re allowed to live is good enough, Michael, and you still wish to bargain with me? Vermin like you have no right to question the reputation of

in your hands!” he said. “It’s

the Goddess of War to kill Michael in a

Michael, it would be a miracle if the other man did not hold a

ask him to slap Michael, putting his respect towards the Goddess of War on the line!

you standing there for? Move!” Skyler glared at

Letting him live is mercy in itself, considering what he said about

place and defend her honor. I’ll slap

death, the fat on

Walker and Michael Wilson—sharing the same initial ‘W’. Yet, not only did this God of War not help him, he even considered beating him up? Michael thought to himself. Right now, he was not thinking straight at all. He was thinking hard, trying to come up with ways to get himself out

full strength, he would not even need three strikes—just

suffocated. He

he was a good friend. He probably would not hit him that hard. That was why it was better to let Ivan do the beating rather than a God of War. He was the most furious with jackie, the b*stard.

Master Wilson, I won’t hold

mud during a crucial moment earlier. What if the Goddess of War had decided to punish him as well in a fit of rage? Or worse, kill him? Where would he

Smack!

hand and

“Ah!”

painful, Michael yelped. His cheek burned from the pain and a red

b*stard. Was he not using too much strength? Did

around and asked Lana, “Goddess of War, look here. Is

sure to keep up the good work!” Lana

was why Ivan had purposely used more strength—it

arm high again, and before striking him, he would slow down at the last minute. That way, it would seem that he was rearing up for a vicious hit

Smack!

him again, going for the other cheek

little more strength into this

gritted his teeth and shot

people watching. I have no choice but to slap you for your blatant disrespect to the Goddess of War! After all,

Ivan’s lips as he saluted Michael

He used that much strength just to gain her favor? Was the years of friendship

more doing!” Lana immediately snapped. He had only given him two slaps and yet they were

not too far away—utterly terrified—giving him the side-eye. “Get over here now!”

the Goddess of War seemed to have forgotten everything he had said earlier. In his head, he kept praying that she would not hold a grudge against him and let the issue slide. Much to his dismay, she suddenly yelled at him to go over. It was possible

He wanted to come forward and beg for her forgiveness.

he pleaded for mercy, he might incur her wrath and have his entire family killed or worse,

to his spot—afraid to

is there a

Don’t miss a single

heart threatened to burst forth from his chest at any moment. Fortunately, she

and again. The latter’s face quickly swelled into the size of a balloon, blood dribbling

in his hand after quite a while of slapping, as though it was about to swell

the one hitting someone else, but his hand was in pain as well. He was

the one doing the

“Ninety-nine…”

had been slapped until his face was as red as a tomato, swelling past inhuman levels. He had a dull look

was evident that he had completely

have arrived with the Drake family to wish

James, Yvonne, Tanya, Timothy, and the other members of the Drake family arrived, presenting an exquisitely

God. What–what’s happening

Young Master Wilson kneeling on the ground being slapped by Ivan Taylor. The former’s face had swelled to

a birthday party,

Goddess of War! The Goddess of War’s here. See? Isn’t that Lana Zechs?” Timothy quickly noticed Lana

what happened…” One of the ushers of the Taylor family

the Goddess of War!” James was taken aback. Michael usually threw his weight about shamelessly in front

expected that jackie, the Taylor family’s son-in-law, had saved the Goddess of War’s life. Who would have known he would have

sensed that something was off. Was that really it? That jackie had used his medical skills to save the Goddess of War before she had grown strong to become a Goddess of War? Then why was jackie’s file strictly confidential? Why was his file so strange? Why were there so many things that were not officially recorded? No one could guess what jackie had done while he was a soldier for five years. That was why it was likely that the connection between jackie and the Goddess of War

536 After some contemplation, James turned towards the Taylor family’s servant who was standing beside him. “We’re kind of lost here because we arrived a

say anything like that, but jackie did say that he received a token but he lost it. He also said that the money he used to bid

a head commander?”

not tell anyone. But I really admire him. The Goddess of War might not even be standing before us today if it weren’t for him,