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

shouldn’t call him by his name, you should address him as King of War Hayes. Otherwise, he can slap

King of War… A SIX-STARRED King of War! What is he doing here at this

relatives started a discussion among themselves

presents a gift in cash worth sixty million!”

a suitable gift to get and I’m not familiar with your hobbies. So I decided to give you cash, that way, you can spend it to your heart’s content!” Quin walked forward as he

You’re too courteous. It’s our honor to serve you as a guest, as we know you seldom attend functions even when you’re being invited. Your presence here is a great honor, you need not prepare

Some wealthy merchants lamented. Why would the war king waste

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

after, more guests

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

turned up in the past events even though they were only

Benett has arrived to wish Old Master Taylor a happy seventieth birthday. He presents a golden comb as a gift.” Again, the man who was in charge of reception and gifts

commander entered

from Old Master Taylor for inviting two hundred tables of guests! He also wondered how jackie predicted that these people

they show up because they knew the war

of Old Master Taylor. He presents the old master two pieces

had arrived—a commander nonetheless. He

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

in a family of three. They presented their gift as they

you know so many people will show up?” Old Master Taylor could not keep his cool anymore and asked. “Will there really be guests enough to fill two hundred

guests who showed up today… Who’ll be paying for their meals? If you’re

kings, commanders are all here! Given enough time,

the guests today regardless of how many of them show up!” Old Master

people heard the news that the Goddess

on? Why would a God of War attend this celebration? Did the Taylor family

War, why would all these people—war king, commander, and the

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

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,

top of that, it would be an excellent opportunity for them to regain their reputation in the society. That would enable them to easily secure business deals in the

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

hundred tables were not enough to serve the guests if a God of

could you do this?! Why didn’t you pre-empt us about the attendance of a God of War?! We’re all caught off guard! A God of War may get mad at us for not preparing enough tables for

to be a surprise,” jackie said with a

pursue the matter about the extra 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

previously interrupted with the arrival of King of Wars. They revisited the topic once the guests made their

bought the villa with a sugar mommy’s money. This isn’t something I want to get myself involved in,” Zeus

when they heard this. jackie did not tell the Taylors to prepare more tables when

that 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 million

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

crowd inhaled sharply when they heard this. If it was not that villa, then what

of surprises, she could barely keep up with him. So the gift

this villa is…” Zeus

The place we’re currently staying in doesn’t have enough space, so

you there to have a look. I had no idea that it’d turn into this, and I have no other way but to tell you the truth a little

her red lips parted. She wondered if she had heard wrongly. All this time, the villa was not the place where jackie and the rich woman were secretly seeing each other; it was his gift to her. She silently thanked herself for not dwelling in the matter or exposed jackie for it. Otherwise, things might have

to my daughter? For our whole family to stay there?” Fiona gulped, evidently

house was bought for

“That’s so cool! Mommy, we

throughout these five tears was finally turned into tears of relief that trickled down

you crying?” Kylie frowned when she

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

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

“Alright!” Kylie nodded.

Neil, and Michael—began to scowl as the scene before them, inwardly

into a tight frown. jackie was able to capture Selena’s heart by purchasing a villa; she did not even give them a chance

the old master’s gift then?” Cecilia spoke, unable to hold in her curiosity anymore. Folding her arms across her

previously? You can get out of the Taylor mansion if you didn’t prepare anything!”

“ jackie, you bought a 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

you prepared is just ten million? If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be somewhat of a downgrade for Old Master

jackie merely replied, “Don’t you worry; it’s much more

taking out this present of yours? It’s best if it’s something that can give

Then…

here with his family to congratulate Old Master Taylor on his birthday!” No one saw this coming. The head of the George family, he who was from the

families are here!” People began to chatter among themselves at the arrival

given to me at any time. We’re really busy right now,” said Old Master Taylor, effectively interrupting Ivan and Michael. “I need to welcome the George Family Master first. This is

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

jackie said about the presents he prepared exceeded the value of the villa was too grandiose; he was definitely

you some more time. I don’t believe that you can drag it out today and avoid showing the present altogether!” Ivan laughed. “I want to see what kind of present you’ve come up with that’s more expensive than

Apart from that, we also made some inquiries and know that the Drake family didn’t make any advance payment

George Family Master offered him a small smile, gave Master Taylor

charming woman, who had on a white dress with flower patterns adorning the clothing, appeared from behind

He never understood why his daughter would fall for this guy. Yes, jackie was medically skilled and was equally talented in many other aspects, but

had to be a member of the George family

her disease? Dear me. She’s an entirely different person once she’s slimmed down. Her figure, her pretty

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

woman could turn out

here. When they were at the auction house previously, this woman was obsessed with jackie. With her current attitude,

instantly walked up to welcome Sharon with a smile on her face. “Long time no

to jackie. Her inviting red lips were pursed into a sweet smile as she blushed. “I haven’t seen you these past few days, and now I finally get to meet you. How have you

Did Sharon George just ignore her,

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

hand

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 he

did not anticipate jackie to act out like that either. She was

the young woman, and quickly spoke, “Don’t take his words to heart, Miss Sharon; he’s

smiled bitterly before she replied, “Don’t worry. I understand where he’s coming from, so no offense is taken. This is normal as the three of them

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

the impression that 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 to be, but who said one could ever have too

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

to them in an instant. “Yes, that’s right, Miss Sharon. Let’s exchange numbers, and we can come out for karaoke sessions

to Selena’s. Above all, her family

Neil coming over. This bastard Neil was utterly shameless. He had been trying to converse with Miss Sharon for a while before asking

She replied, not bothering to entertain them. She smiled coldly. “Did you really

were embarrassed, unable to muster a proper

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

Miss Sharon, let’s chat more when we

They congratulate Old Master Taylor on

Old Master Taylor’s 70th birthday, thus

had no idea that what jackie had so boldly claimed was genuine. Not only were there assistant commanders and head commanders, but there were quite a number of marshals

second-class aristocratic families, and even first-class

the onslaught of people flooding the place, Old Master Taylor mentally wiped his sweat. Fortunately, jackie had prepared an additional 200 tables. Otherwise, there would not be enough seats for so

Mont family’s Master is here

Roy family’s Master is here with the members of the

appearance at last, fulfilling the attendance of all

was quite a feat on its own, what shocked the crowd to its core is when a

congratulate Old Master Taylor on his seventieth birthday and presents a gift

“Oh my god… E—Even King of War Skyler Celestino is here!” One of the assistant

King of War Magnus Sutherland’s gathering for the veterans; never

sides even rubbed his eyes before looking at the middle-aged man

King of 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 Quin was in front of him,

in itself summarized Skyler’s reputation

is coming too. Skyler Celestino doesn’t like gatherings and has an aloof personality, but he has to give the Goddess of War face! He does admire Goddess of War, Lana Zechs the most!” One of the majors smiled indifferently. “So I’ve anticipated the God

no idea that so many important people would be here at such a

much shock that he

Marshals, and he had no

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

a son-in-law to the Taylor family, it was not his place to welcome important guests. Hence, he was able to use

rescued Skyler during one of their skirmishes on the battlefield. At that moment, the enemy had snapped the string of his mask, and his face was revealed when the mask fell from his face. Hence, Skyler was one of the few people who

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

turned his

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 over him and

playfully. “How could I not hate you? How dare you bought it when it’s so expensive? The price of this villa could buy three of the same villa, right? If it

Kylie so badly before. I wouldn’t just give it up. I say that the ninety-million price tag was worth it, just to humiliate

laughing as she did. “How can I be angry at you? I can only imagine Ivan’s face as he wiped

I promise I’ll take a picture next time!” jackie laughed and pushed the swing in front of him, where Kylie sat

the sky. This young girl was

right. What’s your relationship with that rich woman? Will she really be coming over?” she asked. “I had no idea that

You only need to know that your husband is really powerful, and even the Gods of War had to respect me.” jackie had a tight

billion. It’s actually astounding that you became Head Commander within five years!” Selena rolled her eyes at jackie. “I’ve never met the Gods of War.

they’re talking about is the Goddess of War. I’ve told you before that I know her, and we’re friends!” jackie smiled bitterly. He had said all these before, and he even said that the Nine Great Gods of War were his apprentices. In the end, Selena merely shrugged him off, believing

did not bother bringing

sacrifice for the country’, right?” Selena jokingly teased jackie. Still, it seemed so impossible to her. How was it possible that jackie

befriend the Gods of War; an

not to Dennis and the others. It was obvious jackie was afraid

of War’s side piece?” jackie smiled, though dissatisfied. She had

Of course, he would admit she looked prettier and sexier after she changed from her army clothing to a more feminine outfit after

if you’re willing to do it, she isn’t willing for that. She’s the Goddess of War! How would she fall for some married man like you? This is just a joke between us, so don’t get any ideas. If

move tomorrow in the morning? By 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 the two of us in that room. Can we…” jackie spoke,

a person with impure motives like you!” Selena’s blush seared across her face. Despite turning her head to the other side in a

not the case. The main reason was we were lacking a house, right?” he spoke in his defense. “Apart from that, this house is conveniently opposite the Taylors’ mansion,

…

Walker is here to congratulate Old Master

in. Nobody anticipated that another important person, a 5-star King of

of War here and quite a number of majors and

but an impressive number of first-class and second-class

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

their gifts rather expensive. It was fair to say that the Taylors had earned a lot

because a certain person was said

the Taylor family just to congratulate him, but that was not an important thing to fret over. The most important thing was that the Taylor

only that, but some Marshals and Commanders also approached him and offered their

either in groups of twos or

yet? Is it possible that she won’t be coming?”

Goddess of War was

the battlefield right now, and our Goddess of

“I’ve seen her in feminine

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

they held respect for the Goddess of War’s appearance. Such a

wandered and, without realizing it, found himself looking at the

took a look. Upon proper inspection, he noticed a man grinning as he stood with a rather beautiful lady and

person’s side-profile looks… So much like…” Skyler frowned. That person in the garden looked so much like a

“Who?”

looked at and laughed. “You’re talking about that person? I know him: He’s the son-in-law who married into the Taylor family. That woman, on the other hand, is Selena Taylor. She was

just a son-in-law married into the wife’s family?” Skyler frowned. He

convinced that this man’s figure was too much

army for five years and is only a normal soldier. I’m

grew deeper when he heard this. “The Supreme Warrior supposedly stayed in the army for

Commander in just two years on the battlefield, and I heard that he only got better and better. He wore a mask shaped like a dragon’s face and was

on the battlefield because he was the soul of Daxia.

then occurred to him as he added, “I remembered that his surname is White, but I don’t know his full name.

as he laughed at his own ignorance. “I don’t even know his surname! I only know that he’s the Supreme Warrior

doesn’t like to be disturbed, then let him be!” Quin spoke before a sigh escaped his lips. “My only wish is that I want to see what the Supreme Warrior looks like, just once. My life would be complete if I do. Alas, I’ve never seen him, let alone see his

man’s surname?” Skyler’s eyes kept focusing on jackie’s back. The more he looked at him, the more he looked like the Supreme

him? His surname is White, and

off. “And he’s only a

Warrior’s face. There was a moment when his mask fell

Quin inhaled sharply through gritted teeth. “King of War Celestino, I envy you so much,” he muttered.

one more thing… I can see that the Taylors’ son-in-law has

for a good seven

of his mouth twitched. “Who did y—you say he looked like? The Supreme

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

look like one another. It feels surreal to even think he’s the Supreme Warrior. He’s just a normal soldier!” Quin laughed and patted Skyler’s shoulder.

Hayes, everybody says that you’re quite the airhead, and I now feel that way as well. Can’t you use your brain and think?” snapped Skyler. “We all know that 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 also on the battlefield for the same duration. Do you think

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

right, absolutely right. It’s normal if all of this is coincidental and it would be explainable.” Skyler nodded before adding, “Then why do you think the Goddess of War will personally come and congratulate Old Master Taylor for his birthday? Do you think that it’s for Old Master Taylor? Will

is here because she’s indirectly honoring the Taylor

connect the dots, a

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 also there and, later on, killed Master Miller and Magnus. Do you know

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

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

added, “This incident 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

a favor was that he exposed Magnus for what he was doing?” he surmised. “And that’s why she would be coming to Old Man Taylor’s seventieth

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

eyed jackie, who stood in the garden still. “Let’s go and take a look. I

for us to make guesses over here, but I can promise you he’s not the Supreme

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 traditional Chinese cheongsam

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

just drove right in at such a speed!” Ivan yelled.

War—the two who initially wanted to meet jackie in

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 in

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

back then. Now I’m out of line just by speaking the truth?” Neil asserted, a cold expression on his face

rich hag is? When did our Eastfield have a rich hag that could buy that luminous pearl just like that? Why are

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 entirely. This was his chance to see jackie dropped from the Taylor family.

remained. “Shut up!” he barked. Roy ordered him

there accompanying your 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 them wanted to see

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

is how she looks in feminine outfits. What do you think? You can’t recognize her when you see her in such clothing for the

calling her ‘rich hag’? Yes, she’s rich, but she wouldn’t keep

526 The Kings of War were not the only ones stunned; everyone who attended the previous veteran’s gathering and had

“Let’s

War?” Selena also felt that this pretty lady was quite stunning when she looked over at the ‘rich

as she stood straight and tall. She had the pride of a soldier. From the way she stood, she must have just made

forward after that as he merely stood aside. Since this person was here, he wanted to hear jackie’s explanation. If jackie could not even explain in detail who

unruly, and it was probably because he came on his own

still have the gall to come here? Why are you wearing a mask? Is it because you can’t

was hidden by her mask. “I just didn’t want people to recognize me on my way here. Now that I’m here, I’d have to take my mask

added, “I’m here out of respect for jackie. He did a good deed that day when he got rid

rid of a bastard for you?” Michael

rich hag. Do you know that you could die for that?” Lana’s face

Michael scoffed. “You’re the one who’s going to die!” Michael started laughing loudly. “My dear Majors and King of Wars, this woman is

did not see it coming when Lana walked forward and

Smack!

dare rubbish like you talk

her mask as she growled, “I know

Goddess of War!” Skyler immediately bowed as

one after another.

that his voice trembled, his body rooted firmly

Goddess of War was coming, but they had no idea that the rich hag mentioned by Ivan was the

to wipe them off. Had his father not pulled him away moments ago, he might have continued speaking less

of War, Lana Zechs!” Skyler took two

midst of announcing Lana’s arrival. He believed the Goddess of War was here because jackie did a meritorious

and his voice

his chest. “Greetings to the Supreme Warrior. Supreme Warrior, I had

presence. They never thought that they 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

that Skyler had seen the Supreme Warrior before, seeing as he had told him the Supreme Warrior had saved his

seemed as though Skyler still held onto

petrified, too shocked at the sudden turnover of events. She had

Dennis was just as shocked. He had no idea

possible? King of War Celestino, did you make a mistake? He’s only a son-in-law who married into our family, a normal soldier who had just returned from the battlefield. How could he be the Supreme

trouble. They offended

of War, and now jackie was revealed to be the Supreme Warrior? This… This was too

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 just offended the Goddess of War, and

is my son-in-law. You must’ve made a mistake.” Fiona offered an awkward smile, finding it utterly impossible that her son-in-law was the Supreme Warrior. The Supreme Warrior was extremely mysterious, and nobody had ever seen him. Even if someone did, it

knee and performed an honorable salute. He said that jackie was the Supreme

made a mistake. He 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

behind him and pointed at his own nose, “Oh my. King of War Celestino, are you addressing me?

to three years ago!” Skyler frowned. Even though he had just met them once,

was convinced that

Were you mistaken? He only looks like him.” Despite her words, Lana felt as though there was a chance he did not believe her when she saw Skyler frowning. It seemed that the other party was

would not have argued

up soon after. “Goddess of War, are you

confident with herself. “I’ve drunk with him, wine and tea, rather often. I’ve seen his face

jackie again, and a blush slowly crept on his face.

chuckle. “I know what you mean, though. I thought he was the Supreme Warrior when I saw

making such a grand gesture of honor just now, and I thought that it genuinely was the Supreme Warrior. Had I not seen the Goddess of War still standing, I would’ve knelt and greeted him like you!” The more he

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

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,

If jackie was the Supreme Warrior, did it not mean that the Gods of War had to greet him? Apart

a son-in-law who married into his wife’s family. Apart from being a soldier for five years, he was a mere delivery guy before that. He might have been honored a great rank in

entire Daxia. One-of-a-kind by nature,

but that shocked me!” Some of the commanders were

two to three seconds, and it even happened two to three years ago, so it’s only natural that his memory of the

To the soldiers, those that had met the Supreme Warrior had won in life as not many people could see his

he was worried

wait to ‘expose’ the things between him and the so-called rich hag. Thus, even if he hid, the other party would still look for him. It would also be hard to explain the situation to Selena

Lana might not respond in time and kneel with Skyler once everyone knew and believed Skyler. That would have been terrible. Luckily, Lana was no daft soldier and quickly

Supreme Warrior! He’s only our family’s son-in-law after all!” Ivan laughed it off as he slowly stepped forward.

the present out. Even the Goddess of War was here. He wanted to see if jackie was bold

it was only to his favor that someone

instantly appeared on his face. “Really?

also promised to pay my cousin sister’s family twenty million as her betrothal gift. If he fails to do

man looked so much like the Supreme Warrior. The

a grin on his face. “Really? Did he manage to do

Ivan replied. “By the way, he had mentioned this just recently that the present he prepared 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 is worth a hundred million or so!” Ivan thought about it and continued, “I’ve been a curious man for the longest time.

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

bank card out, passing it to Ivan. “This is your

coldly. This was a pivotal point as this man had boldly claimed his gift was

pocket and took

more than billions when it’s so small?” Neil said coldly and mockingly. “No one here is an idiot. Don’t simply take something out

in contempt. “What’s this? 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; you failed

master of the Mont family, Grayson Mont soon realized what it was. “I—Isn’t this box used to hold the luminous pearl?!”

inside?” The master of the Roy family, Robert Roy chorused

was the rich hag

that possible? Did the Goddess of War buy it? Why is it in his possession?” Some of the people looked at jackie and Lana weirdly

Sure enough, a big

this the luminous pearl that can prolong a person’s life?” Old Master Taylor gaped at the pearl. This pearl had gone through a very fierce bidding process before it landed in the mysterious rich hag’s hand who he recently found out was the Goddess of

this precious object was in jackie’s

Fiona gulped, evidently shocked as she held herself back from snatching it. jackie was too

jackie’s present to the old master

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

the item had reached the five hundred million mark in the end,

help Grandfather to be more energetic and live a long life!” jackie smiled

five hundred million and, coincidentally, he was already at an old age. How could he not be happy when he

very, very satisfied! jackie, you’ve completed your every promise. Today onward, I welcome everyone to come back and stay. I’ll also acknowledge that you’re the son-in-law who

He then turned around and looked at the villa. “Grandfather, you can also follow us and stay

pleasant, and I guess I could stay for a night or two, so keep a room for 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 nearby, so I can visit

him. “Then we’ll still stay at the previous villa we used to stay in. We can stay

heart after having received her grandfather’s recognition and the Taylor family’s

a somber expression. “But you were too rebellious before. There’s no way I could let you get away with it without teaching you

over, holding onto jackie’s arm shyly. “I don’t regret it one bit,” she

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

his heart ached for his granddaughter but he had a reputation to maintain, and it was hard for him

pearl yours? Why did you give it

would actually manage to complete the three tasks. He had thought that jackie would never be able to take out something worth ten million dollars.

knows that jackie’s a skilled medical practitioner. He’s used his medical skills to save my life on the battlefield. So, never

this is why the Goddess of War came for Grandfather Taylor’s birthday party!”

knew that the good-for-nothing son-in-law of the Taylor family would not only know a Goddess of War but even saved her life before? What luck, to be associated so

of War. She would never refuse a

are good buddies!” Lana grinned

a good thing that Lana was able to come to Eastfield. At least she could help him

in, Goddess of

stepped up and caused trouble for the Goddess of War. Only then could he have an opportunity to

he might have gone forward and yelled at her to explain herself before commanding her to

would have been an absolute disaster if

smiled and walked over to her car. She took out a long, rectangular box and tossed it to Zeus. “I

was practically a national treasure.

so expensive! Ms. Goddess of War, you’re too generous!” Old Man Taylor was shocked to his core by the exorbitant gift. He

Master Wilson, right? I remember how

he heard this, he

with the most bite and even did his happy dance in an

of War, pl–please, have mercy on me. I didn’t know you

but it 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 leeching off a rich woman,” he said. “They’ve

would think of dragging him down to hell. He was suddenly overcome

Who was the one who said he wanted to see the rich woman’s true colors? Who was the one who said that she had a secret affair? And who was the only who refused to listen, but remained arrogant and

harrumphed coldly. “Don’t tell me

certain if he did not drag Ivan along with him—even

Neil or Ken along. Ivan, however, was different—he was the young master of the Taylor family, the only son. There was no way the Goddess of

birthday—his 70th. No way a Goddess

her a rich hag but I just wanted to prove that she was wealthy. My intentions were completely different from

all, if Skyler and the others had not referred to her as ‘Goddess of War’ earlier, he probably would have gone ahead and scolded her for

of these two idiots

“ jackie, tell me. How should I settle this? It’s Old Man Taylor’s birthday today, after all. It wouldn’t be a wise

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

It seemed that this Goddess of

the Taylors were somewhat related to the Wilsons. Theoretically, jackie should be calling him ‘Cousin’, so he could not afford to not spare his reputation and press him on this

you, Goddess of

jackie. “ jackie, we’ve known each other for quite some time now. Please go easy on me!” he said. “Besides, it’s Old Man Taylor’s

“That’s right. You’re an esteemed guest, and it’s Grandfather’s birthday today. So I really can’t

elated. It seemed that jackie was not an idiot after all, being aware that he was a young master of a second-class aristocratic family and not daring to lift a finger against him. That was why he would

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. Our Goddess of War here isn’t even married, yet you’ve said such things

the Goddess of War as well. Isn’t that practically defamation for

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

women?”mHe never expected Lana’s

saying it’s not easy…” Ivan was

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 each slap must be absolutely resounding to prove your respect and regard for the Goddess of War! Otherwise, it would mean

It’s time to see if you truly respect

was seriously overstepping

him two hundred

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

Ivan. “Young Master Ivan, this is now in your hands!” he said. “It’s time to prove your loyalty—the respect and regard

preferred the Goddess of War

hand and slap Michael, it would be a miracle if the other man did not hold a grudge against

the line! It was hard for him to go easy with such a matter at stake. Furthermore, he could not fake the slapping,

there for? Move!” Skyler glared at Ivan as

mercy in itself, considering what he said about a Goddess of War!” Quin

I’ll slap him

to death, the fat on his cheeks

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 of being

he used his full strength,

feeling as though he was being suffocated. He had no choice

strong could he possibly be? Plus, 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

Master Wilson, I

had tried to drag him down into the 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,

Smack!

raised his hand

“Ah!”

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

Michael raised his head wildly and looked at Ivan, breathing heavily. That b*stard. Was he not using too much strength? Did he not

and asked Lana, “Goddess of War, look

keep up the good work!” Lana nodded her

That was why Ivan had purposely used more strength—it was to see if the Goddess

slow down at the last minute. That way, it would seem that he was rearing up for a vicious hit when in reality, his blow would be

Smack!

him again, going

as though this b*stard had put a little more strength into this slap compared to the last

Michael gritted his teeth and shot Ivan a fierce

slap you for your blatant disrespect to the Goddess of War! After all, the Goddess of War is my idol. She’s

wan smile crossed Ivan’s lips as he saluted Michael with his fist

stunned. That f*cker Ivan—was he thinking of sucking up to the Goddess of War? He used that much strength just to gain her favor? Was

Lana immediately snapped. He had only given him two slaps and yet they

too far away—utterly terrified—giving him the side-eye.

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 that he was

father, Hugo, was just as terrified as his son. He wanted to come forward and beg for her forgiveness. He took one step

him—it was a Goddess of War. If he pleaded for mercy, he might incur her wrath and have his entire family killed or worse, and all he would be able to do at that point was to

there—rooted to his spot—afraid to take

of War, is there a problem?” Neil gulped, his

Don’t miss a single

ma’am!” Neil bobbed his head vigorously. It was so scary. His heart threatened to burst forth from his chest at any moment.

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

quite a while of slapping, as though it was about to

was in pain as well. He was only better

not the one getting slapped, the one doing the slapping was not

“Ninety-nine…”

tomato,

he had

James Drake, have arrived with the Drake family to wish Sir Taylor a

Timothy, and the other members of the Drake family arrived, presenting an exquisitely expensive

God. What–what’s happening

saw Young Master Wilson kneeling on the ground being slapped

Master Clark, what’s…” Tanya was also stupefied. This was a

of War! The Goddess of War’s here. See? Isn’t that Lana Zechs?” Timothy quickly noticed Lana and exclaimed, “I never

what happened…” One of the ushers of the Taylor family explained to James and his family as they

Michael usually threw his weight about shamelessly in front of others, but he had offended the Goddess of War this time. Nothing could be done about it. He was asking for

not help but look at jackie. He never expected that jackie, the Taylor family’s son-in-law, had saved the Goddess of War’s life. Who would have known he

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

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 little late. Did the Goddess of War mention jackie holding a certain position?” he asked, tone quiet. “Like a God

say that he received a token but he lost it. He also said that the money he used to bid for that villa was all his. He’s probably a

was a head commander?” Spectre, who stood at the back,

jackie explained that he was afraid nobody would believe him because his token was lost on the road. So, he simply did not tell anyone. But I really admire him. The Goddess of War might not even be standing before us