No.1 Supreme Warrior by Moneto

Chapter 601
“Who dares lay a hand upon our young master? Does he have a death wish?”

It was another middle-aged man who spoke. His body was jacked with muscles, and he looked very sturdy from a glance.

“I know. He’s got a death wish! F*ck. There’s no need to be afraid of some so-called powerhouse from Eastfield!”

Another elder also spoke up, extremely furious, “We need to investigate the issue and find the culprit behind our young master’s death. We must kill him!”

Drag shook his head. “I think we should all just leave under the cover of the night. It’s not safe for us here any longer!”

“Why? Master, we’ve got plenty of villas and factories here, and our company’s here, too. Are you saying that you don’t want them any longer?”

One of the men wore a perplexed expression, unable to comprehend why his master would make such a decision.

“Quil was likely to have been with Marshal Zain. If Quil’s dead, and so are his bodyguards, Marshal Zain would’ve called me!”

Drag released a sigh. “But the Marshal hasn’t called, which means that he’s probably dead, too. We’ve provoked someone who shouldn’t have been provoked now. Eastfield is small, but don’t forget that plenty of war veterans have returned to the city, and there are plenty of Majors and Kings of War there. They even have a Goddess of War among them!”

“So, what you’re trying to say is that we’ve probably provoked a powerful veteran, sir? And it’s highly likely that they’re a King or God of War?”

One of the elders surmised after he thought about the matter in silence.

Drag nodded his head. “Quil had said that jackie was the one who leaked the secret to the Gods of War, and they had only killed my brother, Magnus, in a fit of rage. I suspect that they caused some trouble for jackie which then happened to attract the attention of the Gods of War. If that were the case, it’d been extremely unfortunate!”

At this moment, a frightening explosion resounded from outside. The terrifying cacophony of a fight immediately followed.

A bodyguard of the Xenos family immediately rushed in. “Bad news, sir. Someone’s ambushing our place. He’s in the mood for slaughter—and he’s very strong. I think he’s the famous King of War, Skylar Celestino!”

Drag instantly plopped onto his seat when he heard that, fearful. “We’re screwed. We’re completely, absolutely, screwed. Skylar is an eight-star King of War, an experienced fighter. No one in Sky City can hope to match his fighting prowess—what more someone from the Xenos family!”

“Ah. We’re too late. We probably would’ve survived if we’d left just a little earlier!”

An elder sighed.

It was too late now. The King of War was already there, ready for blood.

Three resounding crashes echoed consecutively, and three of the Xenos family’s fighters were thrown into the room. They lay on the ground, breathless.

“My apologies for the intrusion, but your young master offended someone who even I dare not offend. All the Xenos family can do now is to blame their unlucky stars!”

Skylar’s eyes were icy cold. He stood there, an immovable mountain of pure strength.

Chapter 602
It did not even take an hour for a single man to obliterate the powerful Xenos family of Sky City.

The powerhouses in Sky City were all extremely shocked when they learned about what had happened. This was the strength of a King of War—the terror of an eight-star King of War. Such power was far beyond the likes of normal powerhouses.

As to how the Xenos family provoked such a King of War, no one had the answer. They only knew that the young master of the Xenos family had stirred some trouble in Eastfield, thus, provoking this frightening enemy.

…

“Dad, Mom, we haven’t gone for a picnic in such a long time. Why don’t we take jackie, Selena, and Kylie to the countryside for a picnic tomorrow? How about that?”

Over the dining table, Xena suggested after she thought about it.

“Sure. I happen to be free tomorrow, and it’s been a long time since I’ve gone out with Kylie. Since tomorrow’s a Saturday, let’s go!” Selena said, smiling when she heard about the idea.

“Alright. Now that we’re rich, we can just drive away whenever we want to relax, and buy some stuff for a riverside barbecue!”

Ben chuckled. He could not help himself from shooting a glance at Xena beside him. “Who knew you’d learn to enjoy life more and more!”

“Why not? I was thinking we should all go out and have fun together!” Xena smiled.

When Xena and Selena had returned earlier, they did not catch sight of the ten beautiful bodyguards.

Who knew that at this moment, all ten bodyguards were wearing white sneakers and denim shorts, revealing their long, sexy legs. They wore loose-fitting T-shirts, giving off a seductive yet relaxed aura.

“Master, take a look. How are the working clothes we chose?”

The ten beauties filed into a single line after they came in. Elaine stepped forward and posed the question to jackie, grinning.

The beauties were all garbed in such uniformed dressing—it had to be said that it looked very easy on the eyes. Besides, each of them was full of life and vibrancy from a glance.

“You–you look great!”

Ben frowned after he observing them. “These are the bodyguards of the Taylor family? These are our bodyguards? Why didn’t I see them in the afternoon?”

One of the bodyguards immediately stepped forward. “Are you Young Master Ben? We rested for a while in the afternoon before we went to get some clothes,” she explained. “We’ve just arrived home, so we decided to try on our clothes for everyone to see. Are you satisfied with this?”

“Young Master Ben?”

Elation sparked in Ben’s heart when he heard that. That was right. He was a Taylor as well, and he was a young master of the family. He should have been living the life of an affluent young master from the start.

Unfortunately, five years ago, he had been kicked out of the Taylor family when he was still young because of the affair between his sister and jackie. It made him a laughingstock—trash of society who everyone sneered and looked down upon—a useless scum who only knew how to play video games.

When he was younger, the children of other affluent families who had been his playmates had all abandoned him eventually.

Being addressed so respectfully again caused a swirl of emotions to stir within his heart.

That was right. He was Young Master Ben from the very start. Finally, he was getting the respect he deserved!

“What’s wrong, Young Master Ben? What happened?” The bodyguard asked, puzzled.

Chapter 603
“It’s nothing!” Ben smiled awkwardly and continued eating.

“You look good!” jackie also smiled. “But those words on your chests, ‘the Bodyguards of the Taylor Family’, that’s too attention-grabbing. It’s like you’re trying to tell everyone that the Taylor family has bodyguards!”

“Does it matter? We’re rich now. Isn’t it normal to hire bodyguards?”

Fiona grinned. “We’ll be going to the countryside for a picnic tomorrow, but since jackie is coming with us, you all won’t have to come along. You’ll only have to follow us if Xena and I go out shopping in the afternoon! Just two of you will do. It’ll be too striking if too many of you were to come!”

“Yes, ma’am. Then we’ll take our leave and patrol the area!”

Elaine smiled and brought her bodyguards out.

“Yay! We’re going out tomorrow!” Kylie was extremely elated, her gaze filled with anticipation.

After dinner, Kylie returned to her room to rest.

Meanwhile, jackie and Selena took a shower and laid on their bed.

“We can’t let Kylie know what happened this morning. She’d be worried!” Selena spoke after thinking about it.

jackie nodded. “Agreed. I never thought Quil would be so bold. Never mind that he lashed out against me, he even hired people to kidnap you and Xena—and even Mother!”

A frown formed between Selena’s brows. “Now, Quil is dead. I did some digging of my own and found out that there are two Xenos families in Sky City, and they’re both pretty strong. We don’t know which family he belongs to, but it doesn’t matter. They’ll probably come to you for revenge once they find out that you killed Quil!”

After she said that, Selena thought about it for a while before she added, “Dear, did you hire so many bodyguards because you were worried about this?”

jackie looked at her picture-perfect face before him. “I hired them because I’m worried about you and your mother’s safety the next time you go out. Besides, we’re rich now. It’s normal to hire bodyguards!”

Here, he paused for a bit before continuing nonchalantly, “As for the Xenos family, don’t worry about that. It won’t be easy for them to find out the truth since I took no prisoners. Besides, there’s always a solution to a problem. If we really can’t avoid conflict, I’m pretty good friends with the Goddess of War—we can go to her for help!”

Selena’s anxiety finally eased after she heard what her husband said. She bobbed her head. “By the way, Xena’s really weird. She’s never initiated a family outing before, and even if she did, it’d usually just be her and Ben. Why would she think of including us in her plans this time?”

jackie’s brows furrowed. “You also thought it was strange, dear? I thought so, too. Seems like Xena did a one-eighty flip. Perhaps she’s in a good mood today because I gave her one million dollars?”

Selena’s expression darkened when she heard that. “She’s definitely seeing a man on the side while using my brother as a cover,” she said, vexed. “Didn’t we say that we’d find that man and break my brother’s heart once we had evidence? Why did you go and give her money instead?”

After she said that, she rolled her eyes at jackie. “Don’t tell me that you gave her money because she’s good-looking?”

“Her?”

jackie did not know whether to laugh or cry. “Not only is she unattractive compared to you, but she’s also unattractive even compared to Sharon. Why would I give her money because she’s good-looking? It’s like this…”

Selena’s anger only abated after she listened to jackie’s explanation. “So you’re trying to get her to lower her guard and reveal her true colors later on!”

jackie nodded. “But I still don’t get why she suddenly asked us all to go out!”

Chapter 604
“I know. I really don’t understand. Is it because you saved her and gave her a million dollars, or has she really had a change of heart?” Selena speculated for a moment.

“A change of heart?” jackie flashed a frosty smile. “A leopardess like this can never change her spots. She’s extremely greedy—even greedier than your mother. There’s a possibility that she’s got some devious scheme in the works for tomorrow!”

“No way. We’re going out and she’s scheming?”

Selena smiled and lay down after turning the lights off. “Let’s go to sleep!”

jackie hugged her from behind. “Dear, we were interrupted by Kylie last night, but she’s asleep in her room now. Should we…”

“Seriously? Why are you always thinking of such perverted things, you b*stard!”

Panic suddenly gripped Selena’s chest. There was a hint of coyness in her tone.

jackie was delighted when he sensed that coyness. He decided to continue with the game.

He flipped Selena over and pressed his mouth against hers.

“Mmph!”

Selena was extremely nervous, but she wrapped her slim, tapered hands around jackie anyway. The two became one.

The next morning, Selena stretched her body after she woke up. Her face was slightly flushed, and her skin looked bright and clear.

“You’re beautiful, dear!”

jackie stared at her, goggle-eyed.

“Hmph. You didn’t even ask for my permission last night and you went ahead and bullied me!” Selena harrumphed, but warmth emanated from her belly.

To be fair, she had been dead drunk on her wedding night and could not remember anything that had happened between them.

“your entire face is red, dear. I think I’m falling deeper and deeper in love with you!”

jackie chuckled and hugged Selena who had just gotten off the bed.

“Since when did you learn how to speak such sweet nothings!”

Selena picked her clothes up from the floor and rolled her eyes at him. “Turn around. I’m changing!”

Selena’s cheeks were stained red as she forcibly turned jackie around.

jackie spoke, grinning as his heart was just as full of warmth as before. It seemed that the two were just about to begin a passionate love story.

“Agh, so annoying. Quiet, you!”

Selena was so embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole and bury herself in it. After she finished changing, she ran over and gave jackie a vicious pinch on the back.

“I never thought you’d have such wild moments too, dear!”

Yet jackie turned around and embraced her, not the least bit irritated. He planted a kiss on her forehead. “All right. Let’s wash up and head down for breakfast!”

“All right!”

Selena resembled a preening cat in jackie’s embrace, purring with delight. The smile on her face was small and sweet.

Before, she had hoped to experience this feeling—that she was protected. However, she had no choice but to be strong for her family when jackie was not around. She had no choice but to be a strong, independent woman who had to carry the weight of her family on her shoulders.

Chapter 605
Now that jackie was back, she had hope.

“Right. No matter what happens, you have to promise me one thing, dear!” Selena lifted her chin and told jackie.

“What is it? I’ll promise you anything!” jackie smiled.

“We must find the man Xena’s seeing. She’s extremely clever, so we have to be cautious not to alert her!”

Selena thought about it for a while. Then she said, huffing, “Xena has my brother and my parents eating out of her palm now. They won’t believe whatever you and I say. That’s why we have to catch them in the act and let my brother see who she really is. Only then will he completely give up on her!”

“All right, I get it. Don’t worry. I’ll be discreet, and I’ll catch the man she’s seeing!” jackie nodded and promised.

After they washed up, they went into Kylie’s room to wake her up before the three went down for breakfast.

When breakfast was done, everyone got into their cars and drove to a small river in the countryside. They set up their barbecue pit, took out the ingredients, and began grilling the food.

There were usually plenty of people barbecuing around the area since it was specially reserved for barbecues. There were even hired staff to clear the place. However, they would need to pay 20 dollars to use the facilities.

On one side, there was a public toilet, as well as a few pavilions for everyone to rest and play.

Not too far away was a fairly large supermarket. Business was pretty good in a place like this.

“Mmph! It’s so good!” Kylie relished her chicken skewer.

“It’s a little hot today. You and Ben are drenched in sweat, jackie!”

Xena smiled. She had been calling out jackie’s name in an endearing tone since they left the house that morning. It was evident that she was a lot closer to him now.

“Oh, right. Thanks for yesterday, jackie. I would’ve been dead if it weren’t for you. You’re my savior!”

Xena smiled and added, “I’ll go to the supermarket and buy some water for all of you!”

“Don’t sweat it. We’re family. I couldn’t just leave you to die. Consider your debt paid as long as you continue your loving relationship with Ben!” jackie chuckled as he replied.

“Don’t worry. It’ll happen!”

Xena stood up and wheeled around, heading toward the supermarket.

She arrived at the supermarket and bought quite a few bottles of mineral water.

She looked at jackie from a distance. Once she was sure that no one was around, she opened one of the bottles and popped the medicine into it.

Of course, the pill was amazing. It completely dissolved and no one could tell that it was poisoned.

Once the poison was completely invisible to the naked eye, Xena heaved an internal sigh of relief. She capped the bottle and placed it on top of the bag, walking towards jackie and the others.

She was well aware that jackie was intelligent. If she gave him the bottle that had an opened cap, he would definitely be suspicious.

However, she was not an idiot either. She placed the bag on the ground when she arrived at jackie’s side and immediately took the bottle, wrenching its cap off. She thrust it to him. “Here, jackie. Drink some water. Look at you. You’re bathing in sweat!”

“Oh!”

jackie frowned. Xena was being a little too nice to him.

Still, it was just a bottle of water. He was probably reading too much into it. He took the bottle from her. “Thanks!”

Chapter 606
From the side, Ben’s brows furrowed as he was grilling the meat. He could not comprehend the scene before him.

He was Xena’s boyfriend, not jackie. Why was she never this considerate with him?

Furthermore, jackie was his brother-in-law. Xena’s actions twisted his guts.

Xena’s heart leaped in excitement when jackie took the bottle. She immediately whipped out another bottle and opened it for Ben. “Here you go, Ben. You’re drenched in sweat, too!”

“Okay!”

Ben was delighted. He instantly snatched the bottle and took a big gulp out of it.

“We’ll grab it ourselves!”

Selena forced a polite smile but was not very happy. jackie was her husband. Since when was Xena responsible for caring for him?

Besides, she even opened the cap for him. This was being a little too friendly. Even if she did that, she should have given the bottle to Ben first. Why did she let jackie take it first?

Here, Selena could not help but suspect that she was beginning to like jackie just because he saved her yesterday, and because he had given her a million dollars. Even if she did not like him, it was possible that she was trying to seduce him now that she knew that he was rich, so that she could siphon some money from him.

At this moment, jackie took the bottle and was about to take a sip, but he stopped.

Xena frowned. Was jackie able to detect even a colorless, tasteless poison?

Anxiety clutched at her heart when she considered the possibility. jackie was someone who could kill without blinking. He would probably give her a single punch and send her into oblivion if he found out she tried to poison him.

Her expression darkened. She stared at jackie, trepidation pounding in her chest. She felt as though she could hear her own pulse.

“What’s wrong, jackie? Aren’t you thirsty?” Xena gulped and posed the question tentatively.

jackie craned his head to look at her and flashed a wan smile. “Of course, I’m thirsty!”

After saying that, he tilted his head back and gulped the water down, drinking more than half of it in one go. In the end, only a little bit was left. He carelessly flung it into the trash can beside him.

He was well aware that there was something in the water—and he was even more aware of what exactly was in it.

For a brief moment, a murderous intent surged within jackie. He wanted to shred that dmn btch apart. However, he quickly toned down on his anger.

He remembered what Selena had told him that morning, and he remembered his promise to her—that he would not alert Xena to his actions. They needed to weed out the man she was seeing, and they needed to show Ben that Xena was seeing someone else behind his back.

Besides, Ben was here now, and so were Fiona and the others. He would have no way to explain himself if he killed Xena.

Would they even believe him if he told them the water was poisoned? The poison would probably take about a month to manifest, so he would be fine for now, almost as if he had never drunk any poison. Would they believe him? A poison like this was truly dangerous.

More importantly, even if they did believe him, Xena would never admit to it. They would not be able to do anything if she insisted that she did not know anything, and she would probably shift the blame to the bottled water company.

Xena heaved an internal sigh of relief when she saw jackie drinking the water—and plenty of it to boot.

He probably did not know anything. Otherwise, he would not have drank nearly the entire bottle in one go. There would be absolutely no evidence then.

“Come on, let’s eat! The wings are ready!”

Chapter 607
jackie distributed the freshly barbecued wings to everyone. After a while, he stood up. “Take your time eating it. I’m going to the toilet.”

After he ducked into a cubicle, he whipped out a silver needle and pricked his skin on several acupuncture points.

At that moment, he vomited all the poison in his stomach.

jackie flashed a cold smile after he kept the silver needle away. “This poison isn’t a bad idea at all, but it’s shallow of her to try to kill me with this!”

He walked out nonchalantly.

At around one in the afternoon, everyone packed up and drove home.

Xena retreated to her room to rest once they arrived home. Meanwhile, jackie took Selena out for a stroll through the small patch of forest outside their villa.

“What on earth happened to Xena? She hated your guts before, and now she’s treating you like a god. Never mind her buying water for you—she even opened the cap for you!”

Selena was still unhappy when she thought about what had happened earlier.

“Selena, she’s not being nice to me. She poisoned that bottle of water!”

Yet, jackie gave her a frosty smile. “If I hadn’t promised you that I’d remain discreet just so we can weed out the man she’s seeing, I would’ve killed her on the spot!”

“What?!” Selena was shocked. “That–that bottle was poisoned? No way. Didn’t she just buy it?”

jackie smiled again. “She did, but she dropped the poison in before giving it to me. She even pretended to open the cap for me because she was afraid I’d realize the cap had been opened before!”

“My god. No way. I really thought she had turned over a new leaf just because you saved her and that she wanted to establish a good relationship with you. Who knew the witch would dare to poison you!”

Selena was extremely angry. “God. You’re such an idiot, dear,” she quickly added, frightened. “Why did you drink that water, then? And you drank almost all of it!”

“Don’t worry. Your husband is a miracle doctor. I’ve solved this little problem a long time ago!”

jackie chuckled and spoke, “The poison will probably take about a month to manifest if you don’t treat it, but since I’ve treated it, it won’t be a problem.”

“I’m so mad! I’m going to kill that b*tch!”

The more Selena thought about it, the angrier she became. Xena was really rotten to the core. Fortunately, jackie was a doctor and sensed that something was off soon enough to cure himself of the poison. What would happen if it happened to a regular joe? Was she really going to resign herself to the fate of a widow?

However, she only took two steps before jackie dragged her back. “What are you doing? You’re going to alert her if you do this. Besides, what proof do you have now? If you go, she might just turn the tables on us and knock you down senseless instead, and she’ll frame us both. Your brother and your mother won’t believe you. They’ll definitely think you’re still against her!”

“But I just get so frustrated when I think about it!”

Selena was so angry that she stomped her foot against the ground.

“Don’t worry. I’m going to use her own trick against her. She thinks that I drank that poison so naturally, she’d want to report the entire situation to her man. I believe someone is manipulating her actions from behind the scenes because no ordinary person can procure that poison so easily!”

jackie smiled. He was well aware that the poison Xena had fed him was probably the same poison Ken and Neil had intended to give Fiona, which would have been fed to him eventually.

That was why he surmised that the man behind Xena’s back was probably Ken Clark or Neil Hugo. They knew that she was someone who would do anything for money, and that was probably why they had instructed her to administer the poison on him.

Chapter 608
“You’re right. It’s frustrating, but we have to hold our anger back for now. I believe our enemy doesn’t have any precautions set in place. He’ll definitely reveal himself soon!”

Selena finally calmed down after a while. How could she not control herself when jackie was able to control himself and drink the poison even after knowing that the water had been poisoned?

The only thing she could do was to hold it all in—for the sake of her brother and her parents so that they would not be blinded any further by this woman.

“Do we have any countermeasures? Or do we just wait like this?”

Selena could not help but say after thinking about it, “I really think we should hurry up and catch that b*tch while she’s with the man.”

jackie flashed a bitter smile. “I’m just worried that this man isn’t in an intimate relationship with her. It’ll be impossible for us to catch them on the same bed. What if the man just wanted to use Xena to give the poison to me? What if he had already given Xena some down payment earlier? She would have the money to buy all those clothes and our judgment would’ve been wrong!”

Selena also nodded. “You’re right. If that were the case, my brother will have zero trust in you!”

jackie also frowned. Dealing with this entire scenario was harder than slaughtering enemies on the battlefield. He noticed that Xena had been buying new clothes and bags quite frequently. She dressed more seductively, as well. Both he and Selena had assumed that she was seeing a man on the side and that she had traded her body for money. They thought she was seeing two men at the same time.

However, Xena poisoning him today caused jackie some uncertainty about his initial judgment. If the man had only given her money to administer poison, how was he going to explain it to Ben?

“I really think we need to be super cautious about everything we do!”

The crease between Selena’s brows deepened. She did not want to waste a single moment because having a woman like Xena right beside her was like being with a viper in a pit.

Today, she had given jackie the poison. In the future, she might give it to Ben, or her parents. For a woman as venomous as her, they needed to reveal her true colors as soon as possible.

“Dear, do you have such little faith in your husband?”

jackie flashed her a bitter smile. “I’ve told the bodyguards at the gate a long time ago to keep tabs on her. If they see Xena walking out alone, without a bodyguard or Ben, they’ll report it to me in secret,” he said. “I’ve also secretly installed a bug and tracking device on her today.”

“Seriously? You’re amazing, dear!”

Selena was suddenly delighted when she heard that. She impulsively flung her arms around jackie’s neck, giving him a peck on the cheek. “Now I know you’ve had a plan all along, dear.”

“Of course. Xena’s very cunning. It’ll be difficult to unravel her schemes if we don’t do some scheming of our own.”

When jackie pressed a button on his side, he could hear everything she was doing.

“All right, Ben. It’s getting late. Rest nicely at home and wait for me. My friends have asked me out for karaoke.”

Xena’s voice drifted.

jackie and Selena shared a glance when they heard this. Their hearts leaped in delight. Was Xena really going to head out alone? This was too much of a coincidence. They actually heard what they wanted to hear the moment they decided to eavesdrop on her.

Ben’s voice rang out as well. “Bring me along, Xena. I’m a pretty good singer, too. I’m so bored at home. You never bring me out when you see your friends!”

Xena replied, “Why would you come along? They won’t be happy if you’re with me. We’ve already said that we wouldn’t bring others to our meetings, and we wouldn’t bring men along. Us girls are only able to completely relax when we’re singing on our own!”

Chapter 609
Xena paused for a while before resuming, “Right. Don’t call me at night either, okay? We always play a game during our gatherings where we’d put all of our phones on the table, and the owner of the phone that’s the first to ring will be the one to pick up the bill. We always end up spending over ten thousand dollars, so I definitely don’t want to pay. We have to save up a bit. Understand?”

“Then, when will you be back?”

Ben’s voice rang from the listening device again.

“Seriously, Ben? Why do I feel like you’ve been nagging at me more and more lately? My friends and I always hang out, drinking until late in the night. What do you mean ‘when am I coming back’? Of course, we’re going to go to a hotel to sleep. I’ll come back in the morning!”

Xena was getting a little impatient. “All right, I’m off. See you tomorrow!”

Soon after, they heard the thud of a closing door. It seemed that Xena had gone out.

jackie and Selena heard the clicking of heels from outside, growing softer as the sound faded into the distance and followed its master down the stairs.

“Dear, it seems like Xena’s going to see that man. This is a golden opportunity for us!” Selena spoke.

jackie nodded. “She definitely thinks that I’ve been poisoned. Now, she either can’t wait to ask for her reward or she’s going to report the incident to him. As to whether she’s in an intimate relationship with that man, I don’t dare to ascertain just yet.”

“I do think they’re in a physical relationship!”

Selena mulled over it for a while, then she spoke in a solemn tone, “I have a strong feeling that they are since she’s so secretive about it. She wouldn’t do this if they weren’t in a physical relationship. Secondly, never mind that she’s been dressing more provocatively lately, she’s also been spraying on some heavy perfume. The possibility of them being lovers is very large.”

“All right. I trust your judgment. We can call your brother now and find our proof!”

jackie gave her a small smile and together, they left their room. They also temporarily disabled the eavesdropping function on the device, only leaving the tracking function on.

“Mr. jackie…”

They did not expect the bodyguard at the entrance to approach them as soon as they exited. “Mr. jackie, Xena…”

It was evident he had come over to report the situation.

“Never mind,” jackie interrupted him. “I know what’s going on. Go down now!”

The bodyguard nodded and went down.

jackie and Selena stood in front of Ben’s room, their insides stirring with uneasiness. In the end, Selena sighed heavily before knocking on the door.

“Sis? jackie? What’s going on?”

Ben stared at the two of them suspiciously when he opened the door.

“Let’s go. Don’t forget that promise you and jackie made. If you find her with another man, you’ll kill her yourself. Right?”

Selena’s expression darkened as she looked at her brother, utterly solemn.

Chapter 610
“Sis, what are you talking about? Hasn’t she gone for a karaoke session with her girlfriends?”

Ben frowned. His features twisted into a slight grimace. Now that his sister and jackie came over looking for him, they probably had some measure of certainty in themselves.

He never wanted to believe what they said, but he himself felt that Xena had changed a lot lately. She would frequently go out with her so-called girlfriends, and she would never bring him along.

Still, he harbored hopes that everything was a fluke and that he was reading too much into her actions. He hoped that jackie would never find his evidence, and he definitely hoped that Xena would wed him and that they would have the wedding soon.

Yet this day had come, and it had arrived so soon, too. jackie and Selena were both standing at his door.

“How can you be so idiotic, brother? Both of you are about to get married. She’s your fiancée. Why wouldn’t she bring you along if she’s going to see her girlfriends for karaoke? Besides, this isn’t just a one-time thing, right?”

Selena was speechless for a while before she spoke with a tinge of disappointment.

“But Sis, she herself said that her girlfriends don’t bring outsiders along and that they can only loosen up when they’re alone among themselves. That’s why she doesn’t bring me along…”

Ben insisted on believing in Xena.

“So…are you coming along? She’s definitely going to see a man. Don’t tell me you’re chickening out now? Why are you so scared if you trust her so much?” Selena spoke with irritation in her voice, her arms folded across her chest.

“Let’s go, then. I refuse to believe she’ll do something like that to me after all I’ve done for her!”

Ben clenched his palm into a fist and stomped out of the door, trudging down the stairs.

Selena shot jackie a glance and the two immediately trailed after him. The three quickly got into a car and drove out.

“But Sis, Xena has been out for a few good minutes now. Can we even find her? Don’t tell me you know where she is.”

Ben’s heart palpitated as he sat at the back.

He knew that jackie was clever and that he would always have a plan in wait. Since he and his sister had brought him out so confidently, they probably had pretty good proof already.

Selena, who sat beside jackie, took his phone out. She turned it on and showed it to Ben.

“You two planted a tracking device on her?”

Ben watched the flashing dot on the screen moving forward. His expression darkened.

“We had no choice. Xena’s extremely sneaky. We’d be found out long ago if we didn’t do this. That’s why the best method is to let her go first before following her.”

Selena’s lips curled into a bitter smile. Although she felt that this method was a little underhanded, she had no choice but to go along with it for the sake of her little brother, so that he would finally open his eyes to the truth.

“She stops! It’s the Grand Star Hotel!” Selena yelled abruptly as she quickly realized that the red dot stopped moving as soon as it arrived at the Grand Star Hotel.

Chapter 611
After she spoke her last word, she wheeled around to look at Ben. His face went white, as though an artist had forgotten to put any color on his face.

A few seconds of silence filled the car before Ben blurted awkwardly, “There are several restaurants on the first floor. Perhaps she made an appointment with her girlfriends to have dinner first, or perhaps they agreed to meet at the hotel before they head out for karaoke? Isn’t it normal?”

Ben paused for a moment and then his face lit up as if some idea popped up in his mind. “Look! Aren’t there a few bars next to the Grand Star Hotel? They could’ve just parked their cars in the hotel’s parking lot and plan to walk over to these bars, right? That’s possible, too! So, Sis, don’t simply make assumptions. I believe in Xena—she’s not a slutty person!”

Selena was stunned. She could not believe that up until this moment, her dear brother still had so much trust in Xena, siding her without hesitation. A cold smile crossed her face as she snorted, “My dear brother, how could you still believe in her? Can’t you tell how cunning and vicious she is? Didn’t you feel she was acting strange when we went for the barbeque this morning?”

“Acting strangely? Which part of her behavior was strange? I didn’t see it!”

Ben frowned. The folds between his brows grew deeper as he tried to recall any strange act from Xena. Suddenly, he shouted out of nowhere, “Oh! Sis, are you referring to when Xena handed jackie a bottle of water? Are you jealous because of that? If that’s the case, Sis, you’re being oversensitive! It’s just a bottle of water, what’s the matter?”

A frosty smile returned to Selena’s face. “Just a bottle of water? Do you know what was in that bottle of water…”

Selena briefly recounted the episode to Ben.

“Impossible! Xena’s no such person! How could she do such a thing? Somebody must have threatened her to do so! Yes! This must be the case, somebody had threatened her!”

The truth could not reach Ben’s ears. He refused to believe it. In his heart, Xena was almost a symbol of an angel—pure and innocent. She had never allowed Ben to touch her even after being together for so long. She told him to wait until the day of their wedding night. Only then, would she allow him to touch her.

A pure-hearted angelic girl like Xena would be hard to find in this world. He truly believed that he was so fortunate to meet such a perfect girl.

As for the fact that Xena always wore sexy and provocative clothing and loved dressing up, that was because Xena was a fan of fashion! There was nothing wrong with her pursuit of fashion. Not to mention, the love for beauty is a woman’s nature.

jackie drove the car and parked outside the Grand Star Hotel as they spoke.

He grabbed his phone from Selena and said in a firm and solemn tone, “Ben, this button will turn on the eavesdropping function of the device that I’ve secretly planted under her bag. This small device not only helps to track but also to listen to the sound around it. The only flaw is that this device can’t record their voices. However, I believe that the eavesdropping function is sufficient for us to know whether or not Xena’s meeting her girlfriends as she said. Once I turn on this button, we’ll know the truth!”

jackie stopped for a moment before he resumed, “The red dot has stopped in this area. This indicates that Xena has arrived at her destination. Now, do you dare turn on the function to listen in on her?”

Ben gritted his teeth, stretched out his finger, and finally tapped on the button on the screen.

A man’s voice came from the phone.

“Baby, finally you’re here! You’ve made me wait for so long!”

A coy woman’s voice emerged in the next second. It belonged to Xena.

“Jeez. I have to sneak out every time I want to see you. I even have to look at the rearview mirror when I drive to make sure nobody follows me. You’ve made me into a thief now. Ivan, I don’t want to live a fearful life like this anymore!”

“Ivan Taylor!” jackie and Selena exchanged glances in unison. Their eyes widened at the fact. They had their guesses and made a lot of speculations, but Ivan Taylor had never crossed their minds. How could they have guessed that the b*stard Xena was seeing was Ivan Taylor!

Moreover, judging from the conversation itself, it was obvious that this was not the first time they were together—they must have been together for a very long time.

Selena switched her gaze over to Ben. This time, Ben was no longer calm. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, staring straight at the phone. Rage was consuming him alive. The veins on his neck were popping out, and at the same time, his eyes reddened.

Chapter 612
“How could it be him?”

Selena’s forehead puckered. She was at a loss for words. If Xena was with the others, it would not cause this much emotional damage. How could it be Ivan Taylor?

Even jackie’s face turned gloomy at this fact.

After all, Ivan was Selena’s cousin. If it was Ken Clark or the others, jackie could have just ended their lives without thinking twice.

Ken and the others were always targeting jackie and his family. They even wanted to slit jackie’s throat. If the poison was given by Ken, jackie would have no worries about killing him.

However, if the person behind it was Ivan Taylor, the situation became more complicated. Ivan is a Taylor and Selena’s cousin, after all. If he sent him to the grave, it would be too much. Besides, Ivan had never inflicted grave harm on jackie before, other than hatred, mockeries and contempts.

Furthermore, if Old Master Taylor knew that jackie had killed his only grandson—Ivan Taylor—he would spew blood to death. Not to mention, Xena was the one who initiated the dirty deed and had offered herself to Ivan. Hence, Ivan could not be blamed completely.

Besides, the Taylor family’s anger would spike if jackie killed Ivan just because of their secret affair.

After all, one hand cannot clap alone. It was not as if Ivan had forced Xena into this.

“Dear, what do you say? I’ll follow you!”

possibilities, jackie threw the ball

brother end her. As for Ivan Taylor, hmmm, it wouldn’t be a good idea to kill him. He’s responsible for the South

him or he went to Xena first. We can’t let this slide. Beat him up, hard! Make him bedridden for at

the way, I’ve some great news to tell you!” Xena’s voice

what’s making you so giggly?”

the poisoned water yesterday! And he’s

“As long as this b*stard dies, you can announce our relationship in front of everyone in the Taylor family. I’ll officially be your girlfriend then I won’t have to be with Ben the

give jackie the poison? Are you

had been looking forward to this day for

the grilling, which made him sweat like a pig. So, I volunteered to buy them some drinks and seized the opportunity to put the poison pill

arrogance could be heard in Xena’s tone as though she had accomplished a glorious

day will also be jackie’s memorial day. His body will become weaker and weaker as the days pass, and in his last two days, his body will fester.

Let me undress

so cute when you’re

was full

say what you

let out a

the car, Ben was burning with so much

been saying was true, that Xena, this slutty

about Xena poisoning him was proved to be true,

and dirty woman. What she

Don’t forget to buy me a

veins. He stretched out his hand and tapped the button on the screen, turning off the listening device. In the next second, he got out

“Let’s go!”

exchanged quick glances before getting out of the

desk of the hotel

room Ivan Taylor is staying in!” jackie commanded

customer’s information is confidential. I’m sorry but I can’t tell you…” The

the desk. “You have two choices here. First, find out the room and the money belongs to you.

female receptionist. She knew that there were many people in this world that she could not

would not provoke

jackie fit into the definition of ‘such a

typed on the keyboard and searched

let out an icy laugh. “I’m glad you brought your brain

strode towards the elevator

a keycard door!

skin between Selena’s brows crinkled when she noticed the hotel room door

door was kicked wide open with

was so frightened that she hid under the blanket, using it to cover her body and face in hopes that her face was not

the door burst open, Xena reacted almost instantly. She knew that

one of horrified surprise as well. The only clothing left on his body was a pair of boxers. He quickly put on his shirt and

jackie, Ben, Selena, why are you here? Are you guys insane? How dare you break

expression

of a

could no longer hold back his anger. He leaped toward Ivan with a firmly balled fist, slamming a

Ivan backward, causing him to fall onto the ground, hard. When he got up on his feet, a stream of scarlet blood flowed from his nostrils

Why did you hit me? What right

“The woman in bed right now

think I don’t know who’s under the

again as

into the room, they did not manage to see her. Therefore, they could have just been throwing some guesses to lure her

well prepared. He swayed slightly to the left, just enough to avoid the blow, and then he shot his right knee upwards, striking

Ivan’s powerful kick. He

know if it was Xena?

did not pick up anything strange from him.

I’ll fight you to

the ground and charged toward Ivan,

flying backward with another kick. He plummeted to the ground, again. Ben was not on

learned and practiced a

brazenness and arrogance covered his face as

Ivan Taylor, did you just

the poison to Xena, and if he could not kill Ivan, at least he would give him

nosy? Besides, the things between men and women are

fearfully. Even though he knew a bit of fighting, he could only, at best, beat someone like Ben Taylor. Fighting with jackie? It would be like an ant trying

brother, after all. You beat my dear brother-in-law, it would

mouth curled upwards, showing a disdainful smile. He walked slowly towards Ivan,

got up on his feet as well. He wiped off the blood near his nose and shot Ivan a hateful

us before? If the woman under the blanket was Xena, you’d end her life yourself, right? You said that as long as I found

the shivering figure hiding under the blanket. He strode belligerently to the bed and pulled the blanket

“Ah!”

away

jackie and the others discovered where she was and that she was secretly seeing Ivan. She deliberately took extra precautions when she went out today! She even kept an

F*cking pervert! I haven’t put on

arms

jackie, he did not even bother to look at them. Instead, he walked up to Ivan and threw him a powerful

him inside out. Every jostle sent ripples of pain through his shoulder, back, and neck,

thrown at Ivan as jackie approached

staring menacingly at Xena. He was hoping with all his heart that he would

completely blame me for this. You can only blame yourself and your uselessness. Do you think I’d be with

snarled, “Shameless fcking b*tch! Pretending to be all elegant and pure in front of me every day! You’re just a nasty, filthy witch who does dirty

dare you hit

fortunate that I decided not to give myself fully to you. You’re a grown man, yet, you’d hit a woman? Luckily, I’ve yet to marry you. Otherwise, I’d suffer from domestic violence in

his arm high again. However, his movement stopped

me! Stop being a useless gnat and hit me! A grown man who’d beat a woman? How can I be with a person like that? Besides, I’ve been with you for two to three years now and I’ve never seen a hopeful future from being with you! Especially

was tied by a series of questions. He stood frozen. At this moment, he actually began to believe

who stood behind Ben, could not stand the situation anymore. She went forward and

right do you

much, so naturally,

never thought Selena would come forward and slap

he’d share it with you! The money he’s been saving up was always for you to go for

Ivan and slept with him for his wealth! How dare you shamelessly shove all the blame onto

with a puzzled look? End her right now! Trash like her should be eliminated immediately. Don’t tell me you want to keep this rubbish to celebrate

me if you

You’re a useless piece of trash that only knows how to play games all day. What’s the use? Moreover, I’m not even married to you, I’m

“Shameless!”

Xena hard before pushing her down on the bed. His hands were around her neck, choking her. “I—I’ll kill

Ben like a tide. His bloodshot eyes were full of wrath and he looked as

You can’t blame Xena just because you’re a piece of useless sht!” Ivan yelled. He spat out a mouthful of blood after receiving a few kicks from jackie, yet he could not

Xena had helped him a lot, and there was much affection between the two

Xena as his girlfriend in front of the Taylor family.

body was getting feebler and feebler, her face turned

Ben could not bring himself to kill her

blurred his vision. He let go of Xena and fell to the side, mentally and spiritually

stop coughing

what are you doing?

breath, and Ben could have avenged himself! Yet, her softhearted brother decided to give

“Sis!”

with reddened eyes. He was fighting back his tears until he could no longer hold them anymore. Tears ran down his cheeks like a river. “Can someone really kill the one they love with their whole heart? She betrayed me, and my heart broke, but…but, I can’t bring myself to kill her. I love her beyond everything.

a tremble inside her. She understood Ben’s feelings

party had wronged him, for him to kill

the advantage of the timing and got up and rushed

ran out of the room, Selena breathed out a sigh of defeat and sat

feelings. It was already arduous for Ben to let go of

feel better in a few

lying on the ground, spat out another mouthful of crimson red blood. His face had been beaten blue

him to death if you

and Ivan and sighed tiringly. She walked over to jackie and

reap what you sow. You can find whoever to

secret affair, he and Selena would not be able to justify themselves before Old Master Taylor. Besides, if he were to tell Old Man Taylor about the poison, no one would believe him. Now that he had forced the poison out of his body, his body was as healthy as before. Nobody would believe he was poisoned as there was no evidence to prove it at

Therefore, jackie could only pretend he was not aware of the plan to

did feel a lot better now after

me just because Xena is fond of me but not Ben? What a joke! If you murder me, then pray real

“ jackie, I’ll remember what happened today! And don’t you worry,

Xena’s bag and plucked off the tracking device. He

A few minutes after jackie and the others left, Ivan used

hopes of asking Xena to come back, Ivan picked up his phone and called her, only to find that Xena had been so frightened that when she escaped the room,

were about to detach from his body and it

know that you’ve been poisoned, do you? Humph! You’re strong and powerful, but you can live for at most another twenty-nine days?

himself, his tone icy

…

bad news! Somebody’s beaten Ivan up, and I don’t know what his condition is right now. What

down on her. Even until now, she was shaking in

speeding toward the

What just happened? Tell me everything from A

now a second-class family, and with the fame and glory the Taylor family had received during Old Man Taylor’s birthday banquet, who on earth would dare to go against Young

“ jackie, the b*stard!”

this. I had planned to go on a secret date with Ivan tonight. I don’t know what I did to make jackie and Ben so suspicious of me. Besides, I was extra careful when I went out. I truly don’t know why and how on earth they knew my whereabouts.

almost killed by Ben. Luckily, he couldn’t do it in the end and loosened his grip around my neck. Only then

it. I don’t think Young Master Ivan would

then a disdainful smile hung

How can

brows knitted together. “ jackie is a hot-headed and simple-minded guy.

scene, this one-brain-cell brat might’ve

“But Selena was there, too. So, he wouldn’t kill Ivan. He’s Selena’s cousin after all, and if jackie killed him because of this, it would be difficult for them to justify themselves before Old Master Taylor. Furthermore, Ivan is the main person in charge of the South Hill Real

hearing Ken’s words. “ jackie and the others should’ve left by now, but I’m still afraid. Could you please get several bodyguards and

“I—I’m coming

throbbed inside Ken when Xena requested him to take some bodyguards and go with her

no one in the Clark family possessed combative skills that were on par with jackie’s, not even the number one bodyguard of the Clark

of War. All in all, they did not dare to offend jackie at all. If jackie wanted to beat him, he could only swallow it and blame himself for

the matter? Young Master Clark, are you afraid

aback and felt something was

I be afraid of him?” Ken sneered dryly, but he was obviously

call to him first. If jackie left the scene, he’ll answer the

Ken’s

moved his fingers on his phone, dialed Ivan’s numbers,

Master Clark! Goddammit! I was beaten by that motherf*cker jackie and I’ve called nine-one-one. I don’t

voice came out from

here with Young Master Clark! I went to seek help from him to get you out of there! Are you

It seems like jackie didn’t dare to throw heavy blows. After all, I’m the Young

walk around the room now. Although his

the blue and black face that he had now made him feel too embarrassed to return to the Taylor Residence or the company. If he went back in such a state, he

father ask why jackie had attacked him, he could not possibly tell his father that it was because of

My phone and bag are still in

of a btch! The bstard jackie’s really sneaky and cunning. How did he manage to track you down and catch the both of you?” Ken cursed out loud. He turned his head towards Xena and his eyes went up and down,

I’ll call some bodyguards over and we’ll

discreetly glanced at Xena’s boobs and his adam-apple jumped. “It’d be better to keep tonight’s

I’ll keep my

had noticed Ken’s burning stare on her chest. Her cheeks were suddenly kissed pink at the thought, yet she put on a smile,

and soon, came out with several bodyguards behind him. They got into cars and

and got into the car as well. The cars were heading in the

Ben had already

stayed silent the whole way home, as though sadness had stolen his words. It was obvious that dread and sorrow had been growing inside him since the earlier

if you can’t kill her. After

time we see her, you can’t stop us from wanting to kill her. After all, this woman is

understand now. I was useless before, and too naïve. I don’t behave like a grown and mature man. I don’t even

In the future, it’ll be fine with me as long as you don’t kill her in front of me. I believe I’ll stand up

in this

of something. “Oh, right. By the way,

jackie didn’t have the

that jackie’s medical skills were just average, but right now it seemed that his skills were more than that. He was a miraculous doctor, but Selena was not sure if jackie possessed the medical knowledge for other illnesses and if he

a bitter smile

what happened to Ben? He doesn’t seem right to me. Where did you all

cheated on Ben with Ivan. I

else, they would have killed him on the spot. She never

No way! How’s that

morphed into one of horrified surprise. She could not believe her

with Selena’s bad

percent! We caught them in the middle of the

have I been saying? This woman’s not so simple, yet none of you believed me. Do you finally

her last word while jackie followed her back

must kill Xena, that

room, Selena could no longer suppress her irritation about the situation. “It’s not only because of my

her, it’s as easy as A-B-C! Your brother couldn’t do it just now, but I can, right? Doesn’t she love money? And there she thought she’d become wealthy after marrying Ivan? I’ll let her taste her own fruit! I’ll make sure she knows that even if she married Ivan, she won’t be

mean you’ll make her regret everything and kill her after

taken aback. She tilted her head slightly to the

get rid of us because he feels that you’ll compete with him for the Taylor’s inheritance. I know you’re not interested in it at all, but now I

“Because this will be the best revenge for Ivan

in Taylor’s inheritance at all! I’ve never

monthly is more than enough for us to live comfortably. We have a villa, and also cars! I truly enjoy the life we’re having right now. As for the Taylor properties and assets, Grandpa Taylor already entrusted them to Ivan from the beginning, so he’ll definitely pass everything over to him. As for whether or not Grandpa Taylor wishes to give me some of it,

dear wife, you’re too simple

The thing is, Ivan doesn’t think so! For a long time, he always felt that Grandpa Taylor always

share any of it with anyone. If you married a rich man, you wouldn’t be competing with him for the assets anymore. He’s worried that he might need to share a part

“I get what you mean. I’ve been forgiving him and letting things slide due to our blood relationship, but he’s

after, the Taylor properties and assets will all be gone. He’ll make sure that everyone’s efforts go into the drain. At that time, Grandpa Taylor will

I’ll make sure he feels the same! I, Selena Taylor, am not a paper

only bullied her and impeded her from finding a job

returned from the war and both of them had found decent jobs with the Drake family, Ivan would tone down his behavior for a bit.

one of the Taylor’s at all. He did

a certain amount of power in Eastfield. It would have been easy for him to find a woman to play and sleep with, but instead, he went for Xena. It was so obvious that he did

often. His attitude toward us

quickly took a warm shower and went

this point in time, Ivan was lying on a hospital bed, taking some medicine and

didn’t you know you were being

was sitting beside the bed, sighed loudly and

going on, too! I even took extra steps to make sure I wasn’t followed! I really can’t fathom how they

a heavy sigh. She was worried. “I’m done for! Although Ben spared my life this time, I don’t think jackie will. I think his hatred toward me now is beyond any imaginable level. If he

The first time was during the

her sneaky mind and successfully blended into the family again. jackie did not

was Ben who had let her go. jackie was not able to kill her in front

deed

these few days. They willingly participated in yesterday’s event, so they can’t explain their actions if they kill you.”

joy began spreading throughout every inch

once jackie was out of the picture. He had waited for this day

onto what Xena was planning. He never thought Xena would succeed at feeding jackie the poison without

Xena saw how Ken’s expression lightened up right after he heard about her success. “You seem so excited!

he quickly

promise of yours!”

situation, so I’ll tell him all about it later. He’d definitely be over the moon when he hears about this!”

it went down…” Xena began, and she relayed

doesn’t know he’s been poisoned, does he now? He doesn’t even know that his life is in danger! Let’s just wait and see how he dies after

jackie said that he wants to prepare an extravagant birthday party that’ll stir the entire town. That day happens to be the day of his death, too. Don’t you think that’ll be a day of celebration for us? Selena’s birthday is his death anniversary…! Oh, I

drop dead as soon as possible!” came Ken’s honest reply laced with

a way for jackie to pass on early,” Ivan spoke up after a moment to himself. “ jackie had dug a hole for himself when he killed the Xenos family’s young master of Sky City, Quil Xenos. This Xenos family is a big family and is much stronger than the Drake family. Now that jackie has been poisoned, his

prodded, his heart leaping in joy when he

needs to pay the Xenos family a visit and tell them how jackie killed their young master. That way,

succeeding in getting even would increase,” schemed Ivan with a nonchalant grin

entire Taylor family’s business is under my management, and

Let me call Neil and tell him about this over some drinks,” Ken spoke. “This will surely make a good conversation!” The smile

he left the hospital and entered his car, Ken rang up Neil and invited him out to

…

me out so late at night?” huffed Neil once he arrived at

no longer have the chance to win over Selena’s heart. After all, the Taylor family had become a second-class aristocratic family,

even saved her life. Apart from that, they knew

this town were still talking about

superb matter! An extremely happy

that are good to you might not be that way to me.” Neil smiled bitterly. It seemed that Ken had a change of luck and struck gold or something. Still, what did

You’ll be just as happy when you hear what I’m about to say!” Ken paused here before saying, “But you’ll have to pay for

when did you become so stingy? You were the one who called me out for drinks, and now you’re asking me to pay the

you know what this is about! It’s also big and good news for you!” Ken smiled and

really don’t know what to do with you. You’ve caught my attention and now you’re telling me that you won’t tell me about it?” Neil was speechless. “Come on, tell me about it. I really want to know what it is so

jackie drank that poison. He drank half a bottle of that mineral water bottle in one go. Do you think that the amount of poison he took was

too good to be true for Neil as he broke a slow smile. “F*ck! That’s good news alright! He’s poisoned!

much for you to pay for this news, right?”

F*ck… jackie’s dying soon. The gods must be on my side

began to formulate inside Neil’s mind. Once jackie was out of the picture, he would

Selena for the longest time and used to have a good relationship with Selena. Neil was good-looking and prepossessing, but he did not have

get Selena.

and his own true heart to win over Selena. She would be very distraught after her husband’s passing, but his passion would

the details of the situation in a bit. This Xena can be rather useful in things

insight. We’ve finally gotten rid of jackie!” The excitement was getting the best of Neil as he took his cell-phone out and said, “Let me call Ivan. The more the merrier, and we

best if you don’t call Ivan right now. jackie had beaten him up, and he’s now in the hospital with Xena taking care of him.” Ken

was surprised. “Why was he beaten up? Could jackie have known about this matter? That doesn’t seem right… if jackie knows that he’s been poisoned, wouldn’t he ask Ivan for the antidote? Wouldn’t he

up, it wasn’t about this matter. jackie knew about him and Ben, and he’s found out some things

room, Ken sat himself and patted Neil’s

Neil scoffed. “Of course I want that. I wish that he’s dead right now! I’ve been waiting so long for this day, but now, I’m hopeful! One month… He’ll be six feet under after a month!” Neil’s

to a place called Sky City…” Ken chuckled and told Neil about how jackie killed Xenos family’s Young Master Quil

heard this. “Great! Let’s go early tomorrow. If that’s the case, jackie’s strength would decline. Coupled with

them enjoyed their drinks to their hearts’ content. The next day, they brought several bodyguards with them and left for Sky City

drove toward Sky City the

far away from Eastfield; it took them two to

the others eventually reached the

three times bigger than Eastfield. Many powerful yet rather extreme people were in this city, thus Neil

found a restaurant and had a simple meal before they started

is powerless?”

one left now. Someone had wiped out the bigger Xenos family, and their properties were then sold at a very low price. This person had just left. I think

Quil have come from this wiped-out Xenos family?” Ken gulped; he could not believe what he had just heard. This seemed too coincidental. They had just reached this place, yet they were faced with the fact that the

Sigh! What a terrible fate!” The passerby paused here before he continued,

Master Clark, what’s going on? How can the Xenos family be wiped out when they’re

me… Could it be that Goddess of War, Lana Zechs

young master and, because of that, sought for the Goddess of

in fact saved the Goddess of War. Had jackie begged for her help, the Goddess of War won’t have the heart to turn

have any true strength, relying only on others to do his dirty deed! Doesn’t he feel that troubling the Goddess of War and wasting

wants to stay alive?” Neil sighed inwardly. It seemed as though their plan to end jackie’s life much earlier than anticipated, had

you talking about? What about the Goddess of

the Goddess of War is here? How’s that possible? The person who took out the Xenos family was a

each other. What was this?

heard that he’s a very powerful King of War, but I’ve forgotten his

were baffled even more. This

several hundred dollars and gave it to

you, Young Master!” Elated, the man gratefully took the money

do I not understand what’s going on?” Neil looked at Ken, who was

this time; he dodged a disaster. Still, it doesn’t change the fact that he’s poisoned. We don’t even have the antidote, and it’ll be too

that the Xenos family’s young master has offended a King of War. He must’ve been very angry to have dealt such an attack on the Xenos family,” surmised Neil. “He’s ruthless, alright! What we didn’t expect was that this King of War helped out

that he even kidnapped Fiona and herself, wanting a three-way with them, but jackie managed to get there in

the Kind of War’s daughter, and people came looking for him after they investigated

then returned to Eastfield, dispirited

discussion between both men, they bought some fruits and decided to

…

they got to

here?” blurted Xena when

King of War from Eastfield, so before we could even look for the

lucky!”

We have twenty-eight more

a while, and a smirk slowly appeared on his face. “Oh, right. Didn’t jackie say that he’d give Selena an extravagant birthday party? Since this guy

on his behalf, and that it’ll be much better if everyone

event is possible. However, your copies must be attractive. You can try to employ those aunties and ask them to help send flyers

626 On

finished breakfast when Ben walked

stood silent before them—and for a good, too—before he muttered, “Brother-in-law, Sister, I

if Ben’s mood had improved. They

“I intended to get myself a job but I’m not highly educated, so

I want to grow. I now realized I had been a complete bastard who only knows to fool around and take things for granted. When our family was poor and my sister picked up trash just

Selena glanced at each other, noting that Ben had matured overnight. He was able to reflect on

who stole my lover,” Ben blurted. “I can’t even win a fight with Ivan…!” Ben

you want to do, and

offer with a shake of his head. “I don’t want your money. We have two Rolls-Royce Phantom given to us by Miss Sharon because Brother-in-law helped cure her condition. As Mother is getting her car license, leave one for her. I’ll sell mine and

new car and was gifted to you. Go ahead if you want to sell it, but

so it won’t be an issue to sell it for six million. I’ll still have some money left after I set up the internet cafe, and by that time, I can simply buy a car at a hundred thousand budget. I now realize that we need to be frugal even though we’re rich. And to think I used to plan how to treat Xena with the finer things in life… Now it’s

that Ben had changed a lot after the turn of events,

whatever you want to

jackie as he spoke, “By the way, Ben, don’t tell Mother and Father that Xena poisoned me. I

and nice person. I didn’t even want to face the fact that sometimes, I do feel like something’s wrong with her. It would’ve been better if I broke up with her earlier.

the grounds not

Supreme Warrior is calling out to us!” Elaine was happy when she saw jackie waving

sharp glare. “Shh, quiet! Don’t address him as Supreme Warrior and call him Master instead. Wouldn’t the Supreme Warrior scold you If others overheard that?” Elaine carefully eyed her surroundings. If others knew that jackie was indeed

627 “Ahem, ahem! Sister Orchid, you said it twice…” Elaine bit back a smile before she

Elaine said

lady? Do you need our protection?” gushed Elaine the

Both of you, follow him and protect

when he heard this. “No, no, I don’t think there’s a need for this. I’m a man. Why do I need to be protected? It’s normal for Mother and Sister to bring

who needs protection the most!”

would fight back. He rolled his eyes at her. “If that’s the case, I don’t need two female bodyguards following me,

down on women?” Elaine raised her head and said provocatively. “If you’re so capable, fight with me. If you win, I won’t follow you. Otherwise, we stick to Master’s plan; I’ll

bodyguard! I… I’m a man, and I won’t fight with a woman!” came Ben’s reply, an indirect concession to the female

Elaine smugly

Ben immediately opened the car door

Orchid immediately boarded his car. “Let’s go,

Ben when Elaine

a good figure. With the seatbelt on, her figure looked sexier.

such

as she grinned cheekily. “Hey, who hit you by the way? Do you want me to help get revenge? Don’t worry, I’ll do

a tight smile on his face. “Nevermind,” he declined. “Even if I do want vengeance, I should be

backbone!” Elaine then mulled things over and suggested, “If that’s the case, I can help you get stronger whenever you’re free. I’ll train you well and upgrade you, in a sense. What

he nodded, a sign of agreement it was. “Sure, I’ll

and Fiona walked toward

with Ivan? We couldn’t sleep at all last night because of this. We’re afraid that your brother might lose his mind and do something foolish!” Fiona frowned, worry written all over her face. “From what I’ve noticed, he didn’t even have

smile on her face as she did. “I feel that this is a good thing for

almost killed him. Our entire family’s worried about him, and you say this is a good thing?” Fiona was speechless; she had no idea why

him before that Xena’s just a golddigger and that her social connections are rather shady. Apart from that, she had questionable relationships with several people in the motor robbers. It’s just a shame that none

finally grown up. He even

does he want to sell it? That’s a very expensive Rolls-Royce Phantom!” Fiona was getting more stupefied. She did not know what

to earn a living himself. He wants to sell the car and open an internet cafe…” Selena then explained the situation to Fiona and Andrew. “ jackie wanted to give him money to start a business, but he declined jackie’s offer. Doesn’t that sound

This guy has finally matured after such a blow. I hope he can move on from Xena soon.” Andrew nodded in satisfaction, obviously satisfied with

times if I ever see her again…! She’s

her. If this isn’t enough to satisfy you, you can slap her all you want the next time you see her!” Selena commented, a small smile on her face

let’s go to work.” jackie smiled, and they soon left

…

family’s residence and walked toward

thing he expected was to see Tanya, Yvonne, and Sharon walking out

been visiting a little too frequently these days. She was

Sharon instantly ran

He almost passed out when he

no reason?! It was quite obvious she

practically glued herself against his arm and rubbed against it incessantly. Any other man would fail to hold himself

away gently. He

I need a reason to miss you?” Blush seared

no man did not like this. Since Sharon had explicitly expressed her feelings

Sharon that she should always be in close

to be proactive, dress skimpily and get closer to jackie, she never thought Sharon would go overboard and

this

smiled before

going to the amusement park later. As always, we’ll be bringing only you, and no

never really been to places like that before!” said jackie with a faint smile. “Since

I didn’t know that you, an old antique, know how to praise women!” Tanya was rather elated when she heard jackie’s choice of words. jackie praised her as the pretty lady. Did he genuinely

nonchalant words caused Tanya—this young and pretty lady—to have unrealistic fantasies, he might

I that old?” jackie laughed; this

at jackie secretly. She recalled the time when their lips accidentally met when they were wrestling; his

she thought of that moment, and her heart would beat so

men like you are mature

recalled the time when he drank with Yvonne, and at that same time,

accident. He had no idea something like that would happen. When he saw Yvonne’s abashed

How could jackie handle it if Yvonne was feeling the same way? jackie suddenly had a bad feeling at this

at first sight if he wasn’t!” It shocked them that Sharon would still go up to jackie—even after he basically tried

need to have the reserved attitude of a woman!” This was Tanya’s house, thus he could

for him to change her mind in such a short time when he saw her

But didn’t Yvonne say that men like proactive women? She even told me that it’s

face suddenly darkened. “How clever you are, Yvonne Drake. You

growled, “Sharon, why

happened, Sharon sheepishly replied, “Sorry, my bad. I was careless and blurted

“I’ll pay for everything later when we go out to play! I’ll pay

arms across her chest, inwardly

“Let’s go!”

…

eventually arrived

did not think they would see a few aunties handing out flyers

them knew that these people had a difficult job, thus

amusement

when he

their

real? jackie, you’re so romantic! Did you design this

the flyer, and there were words typed in as

forward to it! It’s 27 more days to the birthday of Taylor family’s No. 1

jackie White, will hold an extravagant birthday party in 27 more days! We

the words written

Selena! This is so romantic of jackie! He’s promoting the birthday party like this!” Sharon looked at the flyers and looked at jackie with hearts in her eyes. “Not only are you manly, but

will surely be so happy with this!” Truthfully, Yvonne envied Selena to an extent. jackie was already advertising the party far before the event started. She would love it if a man were to treat her this

stated here that you’re the ‘Goddess of

think your advertisement is a little too exaggerating? With this, the entire city knows that you’re the

do want my wife’s birthday party to stir the entire city and this was the surprise I prepared for

your mother? Fiona? Andrew?” Tanya had initially assumed jackie could pull such a romantic move, but the more she thought it over, the more

admitted that jackie saved

to be proud of. If somebody else was in jackie’s shoes, they would have told

however, had never taken something like this as his

frown. “Not many people know about this as I’ve just mentioned it briefly the other day. Even Old

moment, Yvonne pointed at a taxi that drove

popped out of their sockets when he realized what it was about. What was going on? Why were such publicizing words continuously broadcasted on the taxi? If that

Why would anyone do this, apart from trying to be romantic to your wife

saw through him. “Don’t pretend

speechless. Why did that—‘don’t

about it. “There’s only one other

thought to himself. ‘They don’t have any motive to do this. I’ve given Ivan a beating, so they must hate me. Why are they still spending money and doing

as his eyes

was not poisoned, while both Xena and Ivan were

would take effect around thirty days from the day he consumed it. Was it a coincidence that the day so happened to be

sly dogs—Ivan and Xena—would want to make a big fuss on this matter. They were waiting to see how jackie would fail on that day. What sort of a scene would

the party. Even if it was canceled, jackie and the Taylor family

would be even happier if the party happened

this is.” jackie smiled coldly once he was able to conclude everything. It

do you mean by ‘scheme’? Do you know who it

more elusive. It was this mysterious feeling that made her want to know him

flyer, it seemed as though this publicity was done as a deliberate attack against him. Still, she had no idea how such publicity could

let’s go! it’s time to go in and enjoy ourselves!” jackie smiled indifferently and walked

she

jackie had made his

the entire city?” After mulling it over, Tanya soon realized that ‘stir the entire city’ here meant that the more the event was marketed, the more extravagant the event had to

spend more money. If jackie only wanted to spend around ten to twenty million, that

wanted jackie to lose his face and unable to bear the cost of such a grand event so they could make fun of him! This person is a low-life, alright. They rather spend money to help jackie market the party so that jackie would

party might not know this, but the Drake family had been thinking of ways to get into jackie’s good books. It did not matter if it was ten billion or a hundred billion; they would take any amount and help jackie as though that

this, too. She ran up to jackie, catching up to him, and assured, “Don’t stress over it, jackie. It’s a good thing that other people helped you with the advertisement

not wanting to say

already bought four tickets and

Meanwhile…

one random park-goer. “F*ck, I envy him… He

are beauties! One of them not

families, so it’s only natural that this man is just as rich. Otherwise, why would these women go out with him? Normal people like us can only look!” One

only look at

Meanwhile…

man had several young men and

her here. “Tsk, tsk! And it seems Tanya’s not the only one here. The beautiful Yvonne and Miss Sharon are also

man from a second-class

Still, his family was a third-class aristocratic family, thus the only thing he could afford to do was look at jackie’s female

there was a chance he would fail should he even tried to

down many young masters without being given a

lately. This is the person on the flyer!” Young Master Lowe had one of the flyers he received at the entrance in his hands, thus he and his

thought they would meet this person

the son-in-law who married into the Taylor family!” The man suddenly understood what had happened. “F*ck… He’s really lucky with the opposite gender! He’s able to be with beautiful women no matter where he went, and even his wife is a

man then studied the flyer closely and sourly commented, “Stir the entire town? He’s just a son-in-law who married into the family. Can he actually

he’s a head commander in the army and had already spent over a hundred million on other things. He shouldn’t have much left with him; probably around tens

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spend lots of money on the advertisements,” blurted a young woman among the company.

that’s absolutely correct. If the aim’s to stir up the entire city, doesn’t it have to be several levels higher than the Old Master Taylor’s seventieth birthday dinner? At the very least, it should be held at a very expensive bar. Old Master Taylor’s birthday dinner wasn’t hosted in an extravagant way, but it did stir

We’ll go and take a look by then. I want to see how he can stir up the entire city!” Young

jackie and

jackie as though asking for

dark glasses and a cap not far away from him. “That

aimlessly on the ground. He seemed to be blind yet was tailing behind a group

634 “How’s that possible? He’s just a blind person,” countered Tanya as she looked at the blind man. “What’s

rather sad that he turned blind at this age,” muttered Sharon as she looked at the

“Look carefully,” jackie insisted, “there’s something wrong with his cane. Try and think why is he constantly

jackie’s login, and she instantly sped toward the supposed blind man with the cane. “F*ck! This guy is a

possible? He’s actually…!” Sharon was just as angry when she finally realized what was going on. Sharon, along with jackie and Tanya,

to the man and she pushed him down to the ground with such force.

the man once he collided against the ground. He then yelped, “Help!

the attention of the group of young women walking in front of him, and these women turned around to look at them. The man’s

on, felt utterly terrible for the blind man. “What’s wrong with you? Why are you bullying a blind man?!” scolded one of the women that the supposed

man onto the ground without any reason? She’s really ruthless! What’s in that head of hers?!” Several other people began hurling insults

so painful!” The man pretended to feel around on the ground before he got a hold of his cane. He then tapped it several times against the ground before stretching it under

daring. He had the gall to

walked away and hid away from

from the crowd and scolded Yvonne, “What’s wrong with you, woman?

to put her thoughts into words, Yvonne walked up to the man and took his cane away. “I won’t let him leave. He’s a pervert, and this cane is his instrument to take photos! I saw him secretly taking photos from

cane?” The blind man immediately yelled loudly. “It’s bad enough she pushed me down,

secretly takes photos?” Some of the people started suspecting what Yvonne said. After all, who would push another person down without any

He’s a piece of trash that takes photos of girls under their skirts!” Tanya pushed her way through the crowd as she yelled in defense of

good for being kind to you guys.” Sharon also walked forward. “How can

exclaimed, “Hey, isn’t this the eldest young miss of the George family? I heard that she had turned into a pretty woman. I wouldn’t be able to recognize her if I hadn’t heard her

must be Miss Tanya then, right?” another man exclaimed. “I

other people began to recognize Tanya as well, thus began the exchanged comments about her. They had no

believe what Miss Tanya said. Miss Tanya is a member of the Drake family, the daughter of the richest man in Eastfield. Why would she

and she’s very active in doing charity work. Why would she lie to us?” Several other women also went

if I stretched the cane under their skirts, that’s just an accident. How could you say that I did it on purpose?!” He paused here before continuing, “Apart from that, I’m blind. If you say

way through the crowd immediately said, “Yes, this woman misunderstood him for

up to the plate. “Young lady, you’re really kind, but how can you wrongly accuse someone else? Being heroically is the right

went to the blind man and spoke, “Hey, Brother. It’s better if you don’t walk around in such hot weather. There’s

than bad ones in this world!” chirped the blind man in a seemingly grateful manner, and this moved many of the

wrong about him? What this blind person said seemed to make sense. Why would he take photos of other people’s underwear when he was blind? This

they were wondering what to do next, jackie pushed his way out from the

slightly stunned. He smiled earnestly at jackie. “What is it, Brother? Is there anything you need

under the skirts of girls wearing them? Why didn’t he stretch his cane to those wearing long pants?” jackie

even see,