Chapter 701
“What would you kill him for? You’ll marry Cecilia Taylor in the future and we’ll be in-laws with the Taylor family. We’re deemed as one family by then hence there’s no need to slit his throat.”

The head of the Gold family orated straightaway.

“Father, jackie is snobbish and always going about with his nose in the air! Okay. Let’s just forget the fact that he insulted you and Grandpa but for the deed he did to the Gold family today, killing so many of our men, don’t you desire to avenge the dead? Besides, if the words go out of these walls, what’ll be the outcome? It’s shame and humiliation toward the Gold family! We challenged the other party to duels, not once but nine times. And guess what? We lost all nine rounds! None of our men had won even one round! Isn’t that embarrassing?”

Kelly’s expression stayed frosty. The more he looked back on the occurrence, the deeper the irritation welled up in his chest.

“We can’t shove all the blame onto jackie for this. On the contrary, I think the fault is on you! Who asked you to make such a bet with him? Moreover, it’s not a small and casual one. And you kept emphasizing, what, ‘it’s not unheard of to die in fights’? Now that his bodyguard has killed ours, you were saying?”

Master Ezra was not particularly delighted with his son’s behavior—parading his superiority and desire to prevail over others. He thought that this son of his was too impulsive and reckless.

“Hmmm, if we really want to kill off this guy, it’s actually not that painful.”

Old Master Gold tittered and continued, “However, I don’t think there’s a need to kill him right now. Did he not keep on advertising that the birthday party that he’s going to throw for Selena Taylor, will shake the whole Eastfield? That this party will be the grandest and most indelible. Today, he’d shamed us all, so why don’t we return the favor on that day?”

“You’re right, Grandpa. If we end him right now, it would be too simple and painless for him. To shame him and humiliate him in front of thousands is a better idea!”

Old Master Gold’s utterance knocked some sense into Kelly, he nodded to agree. “It just so happened that Cecelia had the desire to compare with Selena, and suggested having our wedding on the same day as the birthday party. This is an excellent opportunity to avenge ourselves! Just imagine, when the day arrives, all relatives of the Taylor family will come to our wedding instead of Selena’s birthday banquet. Many guests of exalted rank will be present at our wedding and no one will go to theirs. Just the thought of it makes my mood soar!”

Old Master Gold bobbed to show unison. “When the time comes, we’ll need to gather as much information as possible about their party. If they’re preparing a dinner worth one hundred thousand dollars, then we’ll throw one that’s two hundred thousand. If they make it to five hundred thousand, we’ll raise it to eight hundred thousand. In short, we have to make jackie realize what true wealth is!”

A gentle smile appeared on Master Ezra’s face as well. “On that day, our event will be more magnificent and eye-catching than theirs will. By then, let’s see how he can stand by his promise—a party that will shake the foundation of Eastfield!”

“Yeah! They even made a countdown just for the birthday party! And we did not even use such exaggerated moves! We’ll wait until two or three days before the wedding and drop the bomb. It’ll be a total humiliation to them when their advertisements are louder than ours but the event is not as happening as ours! Such a shame!”

A contented smug appeared at the corners of Kelly’s mouth. The image of jackie’s vein popped out in his neck and Selena’s white blanched face was like a ray of warm sunshine flooding Kelly’s soul—he would be flabbergasted with joy.

“Kelly, get several men to challenge jackie’s female bodyguards someday.”

Nevertheless, Old Master Gold had abruptly invaded Kelly’s mind and broken his chain of imagination on jackie’s and Selena’s reactions. He did not expect such a question from Old Master Gold.

“Grandpa, what do you mean? What am I going to do with those female bodyguards?” Kelly’s brows drew together.

“These female bodyguards are no vases, all of them are very skilled fighters. The thing that makes me worried the most is that I feel that they haven’t revealed their full strength! Such combat prowess is no ordinary. So, try your best to find out, first, how much jackie pays them, then counteroffer with a higher pay and get them to work for the Gold family!”

Old Master Gold expressed his thoughts, slowly.

Young Master Gold stretched out his hand and gestured a thumbs up right after hearing Old Master Gold’s thoughts. “Smart! Grandpa, your plan is smart! Those ten female bodyguards are indeed powerful and strong. If we could get them to work for us, it’d be marvelous!”

” jackie will spew blood to death by then! Let anger consume him, shall we?”

The head of the Gold family laughed aloud at the proposition as well.

Chapter 702
The next morning, Kelly went out with a few bodyguards to execute their ultimate plan.

He waited until jackie and Selena were both out only then he spent some money to dig out information about the female bodyguards from some servant of the Taylor family.

When he finally got hold of the salary information of the ten beautiful bodyguards, his jaw dropped to the ground and his eyes widened. He was utterly shocked.

The combat strength and prowess of those bodyguards were beyond extraordinary. With such skill, fifty thousand dollars pay a month would not be an exaggeration.

The most overriding fact was that each of these gorgeous bodyguards possessed long and deceptively delicate legs. If the hirer was some young master of prominent families, they would be willing to pay everything, even if it breaks their bank!

“What the heck! And they’d actually agreed to this amount of pay?”

Young Master Gold was almost choking at his rage. He could not fathom what was on these female bodyguards’ minds, were they missing some brain cells? How could they have agreed to such a low pay, were they not self-derogating?

“Hmmm, Young Master, I think it’s good news. The lower their pay, the easier for us to persuade them to join us. Also, we’ll spend less money too, given that the starting pay is so low!”

A bodyguard of the Gold family addressed with a huge grin on his face, wanting to please his young master.

“You got a point!”

Young Master Gold nodded at his words. He and his bodyguards were standing far away from the villa, paying attention to the situation inside the villa’s gate and waiting for the golden opportunity.

After like a century, finally, there were two shadows. Orchid and another lovely bodyguard showed up at the main gate of the villa. They seemed like they were preparing to go shopping.

“Finally, the opportunity is here!”

Kelly smiled slightly at the sight before him, and soon he ordered a few of the bodyguards to tail the two beauties together with him.

Not long after Orchid and the other cute bodyguard left the villa, they sensed somebody was behind them. Both halted and wheeled back immediately.

“Oh, it’s Young Master Gold. are you upset about what happened yesterday, that none of you managed to defeat us? And you brought all these men with you to create trouble this early? Trying to use the number to press against us, to kill us?”

Orchid sneered with a frosty cold tone when she realized the sickos that were tailing them were Young Master Gold and his bodyguards.

“Chill! It’s a misunderstanding!”

Kelly let out an awkward chortle and approached nearer to the two, and explained, “Oh, my two beautiful ladies, you’ve really misunderstood me. How could I let someone tail you and harm you? Look, both of you are skilled fighters with high vigilance. Hence, even if I wanted to do sneak attacks, it’s impossible to succeed! It’s dumb for me to do that!”

“Hmph! Good to know that you’ve used your brain!”

With Orchid’s arms crossed in front of her chest, she jeered with a stoic tone.

“My ladies, we’re actually looking for you to discuss some business with you.”

Kelly explained with a pretentious smile plastered on his face.

“Some business? What do you want?”

Orchid and the other female bodyguard exchanged glances, both looking perplexed at the statement.

“Yup! I noticed this iron fact yesterday, that all nine of you, wait, no, there’s another beauty. All ten of you are strong combatants and your fighting prowess are incomparable! It’s really rare to have ten lovely masters of fighting… How wonderful!”

Kelly said it with a broad mischievous grin on his face, as though he was a greedy moneylender.

An obvious irritation washed over Orchid’s face, she barked impatiently. “Stop talking bullsh*t! If you have something to say, just spit it out! Don’t tell me you came here all the way just to praise us!”

“What a clever girl! And yes, I came here for an important business. I got to know that your combined salary is only twenty thousand dollars per month, which is way too little for a skilled fighter like you!”

Young Master Gold put on a faint smile, and extended his left palm, showing a figure five, “Fifty thousand dollars! How about the Gold family pays you fifty thousand per month? Quit your job and work for us!”

“Young Master Gold, let’s forget what you’ve said just now. Fifty thousand? We’re not interested at all!”

Orchid rejected his proposal straightaway without showing any hint of hesitation.

“Yep! You want us to quit our job? Dream on!” The other beautiful bodyguard refused Kelly’s proposition as well, without thinking twice.

Chapter 703
The corners of Kelly’s mouth twitched as though he was having a stroke. He started to wonder if he had misheard them. He had increased the pay from twenty thousand to fifty thousand, it was more than double! Why on earth did the ladies reject this fantastic raise without even thinking about it?

“Alright, alright. I’ll pay one hundred thousand. One hundred thousand is pretty good now, right?”

Kelly tightened his teeth and stretched out another hand, spreading all fingers of both hands to gesture the figure ‘ten’. “This price is five times your current salary. There’s no reason for you to refuse!”

“Hell no!”

The two beauties looked at each other and yelled in unison. Once the last syllable of the word dropped, the two turned and walked away, not bothering to continue this boring conversation anymore.

“What the f*ck?”

Kelly and his bodyguards exchanged perplexing glances, each of them remained as still as a statue, as though the episode had not registered into their central brain. Did these women just reject one hundred thousand pay per month? Were they stupid or what?

“What the heck, I don’t believe it!”

Kelly was not convinced, so he ran forward, caught up with the two, and then offered again. “Two hundred thousand dollars per month! How about that?”

Nonetheless, the two did not even bother to answer this time. They continued walking, nonchalantly.

“Three hundred thousand!

“Four hundred thousand!

“Five hundred thousand!”

Kelly kept increasing the amount as he followed the two by their side. The number was quickly raised to five hundred thousand per month. Each of the ten female bodyguards would be offered five hundred thousand a month, and it would be sixty million per year. The cost to hire these ten bodyguards was already hellishly high!

Nevertheless, Kelly was not convinced of the refusal, and he did not believe that these female bodyguards would reject such a high pay.

Finally, Orchid and another bodyguard stopped.

Kelly showed a victorious smile when the two had finally stopped for him. He thought that there was hope, and he said expectantly, “How’s it? Five hundred thousand a month and all ten of you will be offered the same amount. This number is considered high in the bodyguard’s market, isn’t it?”

“Young Master Gold, you won’t give up, will you? Even if you’ve offered us one million dollars, none of us will accept it, let alone five hundred thousand.”

Orchid flashed him a mirthless smile, spilling out a statement that would break Kelly’s hope and stop him from dreaming.

“What the f*ck?”

Kelly’s jaw dropped to the ground, and his eyes widened. “Why on earth did you reject such a great offer? Are you nuts or idiots? That you actually refuse such a high salary! Are you a hardcore fan of jackie? Otherwise, why are you satisfied with only two thousand per month?”

“It’s because Master jackie is Master jackie. We follow him simply because he’s Master jackie, it’s Master jackie’s personal charm that makes us follow undoubtedly. It has nothing to do with money. So now, can you f*ck off?”

Orchid smiled faintly, and she left with the other bodyguard in the next second.

Kelly and his bodyguards, on the other hand, stood still on the same spot, completely stunned.

After a moment that felt like a century, Kelly only moved a little—he turned his head toward his bodyguards—and asked in a disbelieving tone, “Master jackie’s personal charm? Did I hear it wrong?”

“No, you didn’t. Do you think that it’s because jackie is good-looking? Or it’s the inner kindness that makes up his personal charm?”

One of the bodyguards managed to spew some thoughts after squeezing all his brain juice. He looked at Kelly with confusion written on his face.

“I know! It must be that jackie has some sort of underground romantic relationships with these women a long time ago!”

Another bodyguard blurted out of a sudden as though some truth had entered his tiny brain. He guessed boldly, “Just try to think about it, women, in nature, are fans of love and romance. Usually, they would be blinded and dazzled by love and thus make such irrational decisions. They’re emotional mammals that can’t think logically. Otherwise, how could they pick two thousand over five hundred thousand? It’s a stupid choice! This proves the secret romance between jackie and these women! They would rather take two thousand than to leave jackie!”

“Jesus fcking Christ! It totally makes sense! Damn, jackie, this brat is something. All those ten beauties are his collection! Sht! This brat is just too good at flirting and seducing, isn’t he?”

Kelly nodded, his facial expression was full of admiration and envy. How he desired he was jackie right now.

Chapter 704
In the end, Kelly had no other option but to return to Gold’s residence, with his gloomy face.

The head of the Gold family frowned when Kelly appeared in his sight. He then asked, “What’s the matter? You look upset!”

“I went to jackie’s villa to persuade those bodyguards to leave jackie and come work with us. But everything is in vain!”

Kelly explained, smiling bitterly.

“Are you sure? How much do they earn per month now?”

Ezra—the head of the Gold family—was slightly startled. The thought of an unsuccessful persuasion had never crossed his mind. Was it because jackie paid them incredibly high?

“Only two thousand per month!”

A wry smile on Kelly’s face as he responded.

“Two thousand? Are you freaking kidding me? They only earn two thousand a month, and you couldn’t even get them to leave jackie? It should be a piece of cake!”

Ezra’s facial expression morphed into one of unpleasant surprise, his eyes were as large as saucers.

“Father, they claimed proudly that they followed jackie because of his personal charm, and even if I’ve offered them half a million or even five million a month, they won’t budge in slightest!”

Kelly added further, his smile bitter. “Ha! Personal charm, can you believe that?”

Ezra’s mouth was immediately shut for a few seconds at Kelly’s claim. “Personal charm? What bullsh*t reason is that? I think they probably have some romantic affair with jackie. Otherwise, how can they reject money? Which type of woman on earth doesn’t like money and branded bags? What a joke!”

“Yeah, that’s what I thought too. But the real reason is not important anymore, it’s impossible to persuade these women to work for us!”

Kelly heaved a deep sigh of defeat. It was obvious that he tried to suppress the disappointment within him.

After all, if he were accompanied by such a group of pleasing and lovely bodyguards, every existing man on the earth would look at him differently—admiration and approbation.

At noon, jackie, Fiona, and the others headed to a high-class restaurant in an opulent hotel, with a team of bodyguards together with them.

“Master jackie, are you serious about treating us to lunch? You’re so generous!”

Orchid could not conceal her smiles, obviously elated.

“Of course! You helped me to give the Gold family an unforgettable lesson! And did you notice how snobbish and brazen he was before the duel? And how his expressions turned into one of those ugliest and gloomiest ones, ones that I’ve not been seeing in quite some time! I’m delighted!”

jackie replied and a warm chuckle let out from his mouth.

“Ugh! I’m so frustrated! I’m at big loss! Last night was a priceless opportunity for me to showcase my combat skill, and yet I was not there!” Elaine, on the other hand, whined like a dog, then she shot Ben—who was sitting beside—a cold stare. “It’s all your fault! If I weren’t needed to protect you, I could’ve had a good fight last night! Ughh!”

Ben flashed her a bitter smile in return. “Well, I didn’t ask you to protect me. You worry about me and you’re the one who insisted on following me!”

“Hmph! If it weren’t for Master jackie, that he worried about your well being and asked me to protect you, I didn’t even want to be near to you! And I still have to endure your vicious and venomous mouth every day when my job is only to protect you! Elaine sneered angrily.

“Alright, alright. Don’t be mad. C’mon, I’ll pour you a drink. Thank you for being the most responsible bodyguard and for protecting me every day! Is that good now?”

Ben signed in defeat. He opened a red wine and poured a glass for Elaine.

“Hmph! At least you know how to say thank you!” Elaine snorted coldly, a closed-lip smile formed at the corners of her mouth, a frosty one.

Chapter 705
“Ahem! jackie, since it’s a rare opportunity to gather everyone for lunch, today the bill is on me!” All of sudden, Fiona blurted, followed by a giggly laugh.

jackie and Selena instantly looked at each other, their eyes full of disbelief. The thought of Fiona being generous and treating everyone to lunch with her own money had never crossed their minds.

“Mother, are you sure? I’ll pay for it, alright? Don’t worry about it!”

A pretentious modesty appeared on jackie’s face, he smiled and offered to pay.

“I’m just so happy today. Besides, I’m loaded now, no longer the old Fiona—poor and impecunious. It’s only lunch, I’ll pay for it!”

Fiona chortled in return, her mood obviously high and good.

“Tsk tsk, it’s not easy for a person to change, Ma. You used to be such a stingy person. You wouldn’t pay even if someone gave you money. I never imagined that you would suddenly have the conscience to do so now!” Ben said, grinning.

“What are you talking about? What do you mean I was stingy? We were poor before. I was being frugal, got it? Someone like me is more suited to manage money!”

Fiona rolled her eyes at Ben. “Eat all you want, everyone,” she told the entire family. “Just order more wine if you think it’s not enough. The bill can come up to ten thousand, a hundred thousand—it doesn’t matter!”

“Hear that? Did you hear that? My mom just said that. Let’s eat. Don’t be shy!”

Ben said with a huge grin.

At that moment, a middle-aged man was seen in front of the Green Sky Hall’s entrance. He brought quite a few people and went straight in.

The head of Green Sky Hall, Hector, immediately frowned when he saw the middle-aged man leading the group. He then went forward to welcome them with a smile. “Oh my. What’s going on? The head of the Eagle Clan is gracing my hall today. I did have a feeling that an esteemed guest was coming to visit today, but never did I imagine that it would be you, Master Neuman!”

Lee Neuman, the head of the Eagle Clan gave a wan smile. “Master Zaborowski, I have a matter to discuss with you today,” he said. “Let’s talk inside. It’s not convenient out here with so many people around!”

“Oh. Alright then!”

Hector nodded his head, smiling. He only brought a few of his most trusted fighters and they headed back in, along with the leader of the Eagle Clan. “Master Neuman, you’re being too courteous. Just call me Mr. Zaborowski. That’s what my men call me. It feels strange if you call me ‘master’.”

“It doesn’t matter if I call you Master Zaborowski or Mr. Zaborowski. It doesn’t change the fact that you call the shots here!”

Lee burst into laughter. The group quickly filtered into a receiving hall and settled themselves on the seats.

“Alright, Master Neuman. There are no outsiders here. You can say whatever you want to say now. The last time we saw each other must have been two years ago. You wouldn’t come to see me if nothing was going on!”

Hector was still smiling. He looked warm and friendly on the surface.

Lee’s countenance shifted, turning heavier. He looked straight at Hector. “Not too long ago, 300 men from the Eagle Clan died,” he said. “They were killed in the forest outside the city. One of them was part of my cadre—Baldy! Have you heard of this incident, Master Zaborowski?”

Hector picked up his teacup and slowly took a sip from it. Then he nodded his head. “Of course, I’ve heard of it. I even heard that it was a lone murderer. Tsk tsk. A man with such strength is frightening indeed. He must at least be a marshal!”

Lee shook his head. “I think even a marshal doesn’t possess that kind of strength. Among the 300 men, quite a number were masters within the Eagle Clan. You know as well as I do that the Eagle Clan is among the best of all the Halls. Now among the Four Fighters, only three are left. If my guess is correct, it’s highly improbable that the murderer is a marshal. Rather, it’s highly likely that he’s a King of War!”

“A King of War?”

Hector drew his brows together when he heard the phrase ‘King of War’. “It’d be a huge problem if you provoke a King of War.”

Chapter 706
“Judging from the strength needed to kill that many men, it’s almost certain that he’s a King of War. And we’ve been deciphering his modus operandi over and over, and all our men died by a clean break to the neck. It’s definitely done by a single person. Doesn’t seem like anyone else helped!”

Lee’s expression darkened. “Because of this, we suffered heavy losses and our position dropped a lot. Two of our territories had been snatched away by other Halls!”

When Hector heard this, his features twisted into an unreadable expression. “Master Neuman, don’t tell me you want to get my help to take your territories back? They probably aren’t worth much if they’re just small areas, right? Besides, this is a matter of the Eagle Clan. What does it have to do with Green Sky Hall?”

Lee laughed aloud. “We won’t trouble you for this. I’ve managed to recruit quite a few fighters lately. One of them is even stronger than Baldy when he first started out. That’s why we’ve already managed to take our small territories back!”

“Then you just came over to complain to me?”

Hector frowned. He did not think that Lee would come over for something as menial as that.

“We’ve been trying to find the murderer of Baldy and the others for some time now. Finally, we’ve got our man. It’s a 99% guarantee that it’s that person!”

Anger sparked in Lee’s eyes as he spoke. That man had killed 300 of their men, including a top fighter. This thought sent his mind into panic every time.

“Tell me then. Eastfield only has a handful of Kings of War. It should be easy enough to weed him out if you investigate properly.”

Hector spoke slowly after he thought about it, “But let’s say that he’s a high-ranking King of War and that he earned his position through his fists. It would be difficult for you to get revenge then!”

“You’ve seen him before!” Lee revealed, smiling bitterly.

“I’ve seen him before?”

Hector frowned. “No way. I’ve not spoken to any marshals or Kings of War lately,” he said, surprised. “And they think of themselves as the protectors of Daxia. They’re righteous warriors. We would have nothing common to talk about in a conversation!”

“Mmhmm. He came to see you just two days ago. If my guess isn’t wrong, he even fought with your men!” Lee answered, giving a wan smile.

“ jackie White!” Hector and the fighters around him immediately cried out.

“That’s right. It’s the adopted son-in-law of the Taylor family!”

Lee spoke in a confident tone, “I conducted a little investigation and found out that my subordinate had offended a good buddy of his, named Tiger. Tiger is a delivery boy, someone unassuming. But he actually killed 300 of my men to avenge his friend!”

Here, Lee paused for a while before continuing leisurely, “And according to what I know, your men had also offended Tiger and his wife a while ago. And so that punk came looking for you! I believe that he fought with your people!”

The corners of Hector’s mouth twitched slightly. It took a while before he replied in a frank tone, “That punk didn’t come to us just because of that. There was something else as well!”

Chapter 707
“Oh, really? Why don’t you tell me about it?”

Lee was slightly taken aback. He never thought that jackie would meet the Green Sky Hall for anything else other than the whole outcry over what they had done to Tiger.

At this moment, the master of the Green Sky Hall took a step forward. “This is what happened. Our men are also involved in another business,” he explained. “We don’t just make business within the country, but we trade with a foreign organization as well. We secretly take pictures of women and sell them…”

After Lee heard the entire story, he spoke up in a huff, “ jackie really went overboard. This has nothing to do with him. It’s natural for him to ask for compensation from you because of what happened to Tiger, but you guys didn’t even take pictures of his wife. Why did he have to get so worked up about it!”

“Right? This incident really pissed me off too!”

Hector’s expression hardened, then his gaze sidled toward Lee. This entire affair was between him and jackie. He was curious why Lee was reacting in such a manner, blowing up even more than he did.

“Then what happened? Did you guys fight him after he came?”

Lee asked after he thought about it.

“Of course, we fought. Initially, we had planned to kill him if he wasn’t any good. But if he was strong, we would brush the conflict off as a misunderstanding…”

Hector narrated the entire incident to Lee. After he finished his story, he released a long sigh. “Unfortunately, we lost! All our people were no match for him.”

After he said that, Hector looked as though he suddenly recalled something, and could not help but say to Lee, “Right, Master Neuman, isn’t jackie, a commander? I heard that he proclaimed to have two hundred million dollars to his name during Old Man Taylor’s seventieth birthday party. He’s probably a commander. But he claimed that he lost his medal. Why are you saying that he’s a King of War?”

“It’s obvious that this punk is lying. He’s definitely not some run-of-the-mill assistant commander!” Lee chuckled. “I’m very sure that the person who killed Baldy and the rest of our 300 men was jackie. And with that amount of destructive power, he’s definitely a King of War. There’s no way that so many people would surround him together and still be killed otherwise.”

“His strength really can’t be underestimated. Judging from how our best fighters fared against him, he doesn’t seem like a commander. Even a marshal wouldn’t have beaten us so easily!”

After Hector began to deduce the information, a shadow passed over his features. If this was truly the case, he would truly be difficult to deal with.

“Master Zaborowski, that punk told you to cut off the entire photo trade. Do you really want to give it up just like that? You guys make a lot of money from it every month. More importantly, this is a business that will only expand into a gold mine, and you’ll just abandon it? Can you really do that?”

Lee noticed that Hector was in a dour mood, and he intensified his manipulation. “Why don’t our Halls join hands and kill this nuisance?”

At this moment, Hector burst into laughter instead. “Master Neuman, you’ve spoken so much today, but this is your main motive of coming here, isn’t it? You don’t stand a chance against him, so you’re coming to us in hopes that we’ll lend you our strength!”

Lee nodded his head. “That’s right. I was thinking of that when I came here. That punk offended both of our Halls. How can we just let him live?”

Hector went silent, pondering. After a while, he finally replied, “For now, we’re not sure if we want to take jackie on. You said it yourself. It’s a big possibility that he has the strength of a King of War. It won’t be easy to kill him. And in the end, we might suffer heavy losses and still end up on the losing side!”

Chapter 708
“Can you really stand it, Hector? This is a colossal loss for you! Have you really thought about it? At any rate, I’ve got some grudges against the kid!”

Lee chuckled, although he was a little unhappy. He had thought that the master of the Green Sky Hall would agree to cooperate with him. After all, jackie had bullied him practically to death.

He never expected that Hector would choose to compromise himself at this moment.

“Master Neuman, what happened to the Green Sky Hall is a little different from what happened to yours. The Eagle Clan lost 300 men. They were your precious comrades, so I understand if you want to kill jackie!”

Hector released a breath. He picked up his cup from the table and sipped from it. “However, no one from our side has died,” he said slowly, “only two of our men were critically injured. One had his leg broken, and the other had his d*ck rendered useless. So we didn’t lose any men, and we’ve only lost a bit of money. There’s no need for us to provoke a man who has the strength of a King of War. Look, let’s say we fight—we’ll still suffer heavy losses even if we win!”

The corners of Lee’s lips began to twitch. Green Sky Hall was very powerful, and they had the backing of Kingston Hall. That was why he wanted to cooperate with them and gather their strongest fighters to assassinate jackie together.

Now though, if Green Sky Hall refused his proposal, he would have zero chance against jackie, with only the men from the Eagle Clan to rely on.

He never expected that Hector would cast him a long look and suddenly break into a smile. “Oh, right. I heard that jackie had offended Young Master Wilson during Old Man Taylor’s seventieth birthday party not too long ago,” he said. “The Wilsons are very powerful too. That guy really has got some guts!”

Lee was not an idiot. When he heard this, he immediately understood the hidden message behind Hector’s words. His eyes brightened as he leaped to his feet. “Master Zaborowski, think about my proposal for a while longer. Once you have truly come to your senses, just give me a call. We’ll stand together, for the enemy of an enemy is a friend. I believe that there’ll be a day where we’ll be allies!”

“Let’s wait and see. For now, though, I really don’t want to provoke someone who’s as strong as a King of War!”

Hector chuckled and climbed onto his feet as well, preparing to see his guest off.

Soon enough, Lee and the others left Green Sky Hall.

After the men from the Eagle Clan left, the old woman of Green Sky Hall finally blurted toward Hector, “Master, jackie is truly a loathsome man. He’s making us lose at least one million dollars in a single month. If we can’t continue our business, I think we should cooperate with the Eagle Clan and get rid of jackie!”

Yet Hector had a frosty smile plastered onto his face. “Lee will definitely never forgive jackie for killing 300 of the Eagle Clan’s men,” he said. “I reminded him of something else just now though. I believe that he’ll go see the Wilsons and make an alliance with them. They’ll help us get rid of jackie instead. Isn’t that better? We won’t have to do anything. All we have to do is to sit back and enjoy the show. Isn’t this perfect?”

The old woman’s eyes brightened when she heard this. She flashed him a thumbs up. “It’s perfect. It’s absolutely perfect! We’ll reap the rewards for no cost if they’re really able to get rid of jackie.”

“Mmhmm. Let’s just wait and see. We need to continue our photograph business. We can’t just give up a gold mine because jackie threatened us.”

Hector thought about it for a while and added, “But tell our men to be more careful. Don’t let jackie catch them doing our business anymore. It would be troublesome for us if he did. We’ll just be as careful as we can. As for jackie, we’ll let Lee and the others take care of him. We’ll just quietly rake in the dough.”

The few people surrounding him bobbed their heads.

At this moment, Lee and his henchmen quickly arrived on the streets.

“Master, are we going to the Wilson family’s estate?”

One of the elders had already guessed Lee’s motives. He could not help but step forward and ask.

After Lee thought about it, he nodded. “We should pay the Wilsons a visit. But the fighters from the Wilsons are no match for those from Green Sky Hall. Furthermore, Green Sky Hall has Kingston Hall backing them up. There’s no way that Kingston Hall will stand by and watch if anything happens to Green Sky Hall. That’s why the Wilson family isn’t as reliable!”

Chapter 709
“Why are we still meeting them then, if they’re not that reliable and can’t guarantee us victory?”

The elder furrowed his brows and asked again.

Lee gave a bitter smile. “Wouldn’t it be better if we made an ally with the Wilson family while we’re forming an alliance with Green Sky Hall? Firstly, let’s go meet the Wilson family and propose an alliance. But don’t rush it. We’ll plan our next move once we have Green Sky Hall in the alliance!”

“But won’t it be difficult to get Green Sky Hall onboard? Hector already expressed that he didn’t want to face jackie with us just now!”

A middle-aged woman chimed in, frowning, “Unless you have some other plan in mind, Master?”

“Of course, I have a plan!”

Lee burst into guffaws. “It’s impossible that Hector doesn’t hate jackie. He just wants to watch from the side-lines because he fears that we are no match for jackie. He even reminded us of the Wilson family on purpose, hoping that we will cooperate with them and get rid of jackie. As for them, they won’t have to lift a finger, and their enemy would be gone. Hmph. Did he really think I wouldn’t see through his schemes?”

The middle-aged woman clenched her hands into fists when she heard that. “Hmph. What an old fox. He meant to use us as fodder!”

The elder asked, “Then how should we drag Green Sky Hall into this, Master? It’ll be very difficult for us if they refuse to join us!”

“Didn’t they say that they wouldn’t sell photos to the foreign organization anymore? I don’t believe a word of it!”

Lee chuckled and said, “We’ll get a few of our bravest men to pretend to be from Green Sky Hall and go around secretly taking pictures. Then we’ll get jackie to find out and pin the blame onto Green Sky Hall.”

“Amazing. Your plan is absolutely amazing, Master. It’d be difficult for them to refuse to join our alliance then!”

A few of the fighters surrounding him nodded their heads. They could not help but admire their master’s intelligence.

“Let’s go and see the Wilson family!”

Lee waved his hand. He and his men drove straight toward the Wilson family’s estate.

“F*ck. That stupid jackie. My face still hasn’t recovered!”

A few days had passed since the party incident. Michael rubbed his face. It still felt a little swollen.

However, the injuries were barely noticeable from a glance. He would probably recover fully in one or two days.

“Dad, you must avenge me!”

Michael looked at his father, almost bursting into tears.

“Of course!”

David looked at his son, expression solemn. “Don’t worry. I’ve spent quite a lot of money lately to hire a few fighters to be our bodyguards,” he said, “I even recruited some from other cities. They’re all pretty strong. jackie won’t live for very long.”

Chapter 710
“That–that’s great!”

Michael heaved an internal sigh of relief when he heard that.

“Master, the Eagle Clan is here to pay you a visit!”

Right at this moment, a bodyguard ran in and reported, “The master of the Eagle Clan is here, along with his fighters!”

David and Michael exchanged a glance. They were confused.

“F*ck. What does the Eagle Clan want from us? Organizations that operate in the day like us have never had anything to do with Halls like theirs!”

David frowned. The Eagle Clan could not be easily provoked. They were far stronger than a second-class aristocratic family like his. Their sudden appearance at his doorstep made him anxious.

“Dad, don’t tell me that one of our men offended the Eagle Clan so they’re here to see us now? It’ll be troublesome if that happens. It won’t be easy to deal with them!”

Michael was worried as well.

David looked at the bodyguard. “Tell me, were they extremely angry when they arrived?” he asked.

The bodyguard shook his head. “No. They were all very calm. They said that they’re here to propose a deal to you!”

“Alright. Bring them in!” David loosened a breath when he heard that. Then he waved his hand.

“Looks like they’re not here for trouble!” David told his son after the bodyguard left.

After a while, Lee and the others came in.

Lee raised his hands in a fist-to-palm salute toward David after he sat down. “Master Wilson, long time no see. I heard that the Wilson family has been doing well lately. So admirable!”

David managed a wan smile and returned the salute. “Oh, we’re not that great. We’re just getting by. We have no way to match up to a first-class aristocratic family!”

“From the looks of it, your family is drawing closer and closer to the title of a first-class aristocratic family!”

Lee flashed a polite smile and looked at Michael. “Young–Young Master Wilson, your face hasn’t recovered completely yet? Tsk. What a shame. I heard that Ivan from the Taylor family was the one who beat you up?”

When he heard this, Michael replied immediately in a huff. “It was Ivan’s doing, but the person I’m most frustrated at is that son-in-law of the Taylor family. My face wouldn’t be in this state if he didn’t think of that method to punish me. I’m mad at Ivan, but I’m most angry at jackie…”

Here, Michael ground his jaw and clenched his fists. “If I ever get the chance, I’ll make sure that jackie is flayed and tortured to death!”

“All right. That’s the spirit!”

Lee instantly stood up as he saw Michael’s temper flaring. He clapped his hands as he spoke, “You’re a true man, Young Master Wilson. You have the aura of someone who isn’t afraid of anything. Men should be like that. To bless when they have received blessings, and to take revenge when they have been wronged!”

Delight sprang in Michael’s heart at the other man’s praise. “But of course, don’t judge me just because I’m fat. I’m a grown man as well!” he said, chuckling.

Yet David, who was watching all this from the side, could not bear to watch on any longer. “Master Neuman, just get straight to the point,” he said simply, tone blunt. “The Wilson family hardly associates with your Eagle Clan on a normal basis. What business are you here for today?”

Chapter 711
When Lee noticed that David was raising the issue, he said, “To be honest, you know as well as I do that the Eagle Clan has suffered heavy losses before this. We lost 300 men, and we’ve been searching for the culprit behind their murders. We must avenge their deaths by killing him!”

“Oh? So did you find him?”

David’s heart nearly skipped a beat. He said, “Master Neuman, why are you here then? Don’t tell me that you suspect one of us? Your 300 men were all elites from the headquarters. One of them was even one of the Four Fighters from the Eagle Clan. We certainly don’t have the means to have a man slaughter so many people!”

“It’s all a misunderstanding! You misunderstood me, Master Wilson,” Lee replied hurriedly. “I don’t want to cause any trouble by coming to you. I wanted to cooperate with you!”

Here, Lee paused for a while and cast a glance toward Michael, who stood to the side. “According to our investigations, jackie was the one who killed our 300 men,” he continued. “That son-in-law of the Taylor family, jackie!”

“What!”

Michael immediately exclaimed when he heard that. His expression revealed utter disbelief. “No way. Is he that strong?”

“You don’t know who he really is?”

Lee was surprised. “I know that you’re on pretty good terms with Selena. Shouldn’t you have some knowledge about the circumstances surrounding jackie White?”

“Not really. I’ve seen him fight before, but he was only facing off against a few dozen bodyguards. I know that he’s pretty strong, but no way that he killed all 300 of your men all by himself!”

Michael still felt that it was impossible. He looked straight at Lee. “Maybe you’ve got the wrong guy? The man who killed your people from the Eagle Clan, at least had the strength of a marshal or a King of War. And jackie is probably just a head commander!”

“No way. We’ve verified our sources. It’s definitely him!”

Lee was extremely adamant. “ jackie is a funny little character. I suspected that he was a King of War who was hiding his true strength and keeping a low profile. But once he’s provoked, the consequences are unimaginable.”

At this moment, David nodded his head after he thought about the subject. “ jackie is very strong. I was also curious why so many people respect him even though he was just an assistant commander. And many war veterans had turned up for Old Man Taylor’s birthday party!”

of War, it doesn’t matter if he’s only a one-star King of War—he’ll be extremely difficult

features into a grimace, clearly unhappy

we have our brothers from the Eagle Clan

between us. You won’t let him go just like that, won’t you, knowing that

“Bingo!”

wan smile. “Just get some of your best men ready and wait for our orders. We’ll get in contact then and set out to kill jackie. We’ll

combine the forces from our two families. In fact, I feel like we’ll

felt unsure of the plan after he thought about it for

Green Sky Hall. Soon enough, we’ll have the

“But you’ll have to wait

It’s a

The two men shook

finished their lunch

that expensive now, was it? We only spent over seven hundred thousand dollars. I thought

was an

forget our struggling

She did not know

compare myself to the olden days? Now I have a son-in-law who can bring in the dough, and my daughter makes plenty of money as

grinned and looked at Joan beside her. “Let’s go, Joan dear. I saw some nice clothes in a boutique yesterday. I think it’d

“Is it expensive?”

brought her to buy plenty of clothing and all

her quite a lot of money. Now that it was in her grasp, she could not bear to spend it every

on you. I’m a little short, so I probably won’t look good

ninety million dollars yesterday. She was in good spirits

“Alright then!”

smiled and agreed to the proposal to go

course, two of the beautiful bodyguards tailed after them

at your

during lunchtime, and now his cheeks were flushed. He patted his son’s shoulder

take Kylie to the aquarium. I did promise her, after

looked at the beautiful Selena beside him,

a long time now. But I didn’t have the time nor the money, so I told her that we

hoped that you would return

she reminisced about what had happened these past few

jackie would never return. She had been fearful that he would die on the

have a father then, and she would

and jackie returned. He did not disappoint her either, turning

now. All we need to do is live our lives

was touched. He swept Kylie into his arms

bodyguards trailed after them, keeping an eye

from them, Flynn was watching the entire exchange

a few days now. He’s definitely

713 Flynn spoke with such hatred, and he gritted his teeth in

wear yourself out over this. The people I’ve dispatched are ready to give jackie a good beating without killing him. We still need to wait for him to make a fool of himself and die painfully during Selena’s birthday party.” With a cynical grin on his face, Ken then took out his phone to make a

a dozen people walked out from an alley, seemingly dubious and

looked at the people slowly emerging from the alley. “Are these people

not-poisoned jackie, but as luck would have it, he’s weakening due to the poison as we

four stunning ladies with jackie. “Look at him. He has four women with him,

wind. “Now that Xena isn’t with them, we won’t get updates about

at those four women. Do they look like bodyguards? All of them have long legs, fair skin and pretty faces. Well, there’s no reason to fret. They’re no match for

Ken. “ jackie is really good at employing bodyguards, I’ll give him that. All of them are so pretty. I don’t think he’s employing bodyguards… I

he might’ve had secret affairs with these women since long ago. That irks me so much! And here I am, holding Selena so dear to me and treats her so well. I don’t even mind that she’s married

the unmistakable look of malice in

Kylie in his arms, he gently spoke,

thing jackie expected was for Kylie’s defiant, “No!” She then pouted. “I want to see how the pretty sisters fight the bad guys. I want to beat bad guys up when I’m older, too! I’ll beat anyone who bullies

warm sensation going through the

bodyguards, jackie then ordered, “If they make a move, you fight back, but don’t kill anybody so you don’t scare Kylie. Just give

Orchid and the group

but they instantaneously reacted once they came close

of the people with dyed-blonde hair, and everyone else rushed toward jackie not a

his family defensively.

a blink of an eye, the gangsters dropped like flies

of them! Hasn’t it only been a few seconds? Every single one has fallen!” Ken’s jaws nearly dropped to the ground when he saw the turn

hadn’t even done anything, and all our people had already fallen!” The expression Flynn was wearing was equatable to unadulterated fury

an accident! I never thought these girls would be so skilled!” Ken smiled sheepishly. He could only watch as jackie swiftly

himself from his thoughts. “Since you’re afraid that jackie would recognize the bodyguards you normally have with you, my only remaining

and make sure you get several good ones. However, it’s best if you don’t tell your parents about what happened to your leg for the time being. I’m afraid that they’ll be so angry

to it. “Right. We can’t let this guy die

those people are? Why are they after us?” Although those people were no rivals of their bodyguards, Selena was still

all eyes to see while the enemy hid behind shadows. It was difficult to hide from

Michael must hate me too, so there’s that. Of course, it seems that it might be Ken and Young Master Hugo. Apart

jackie’s eyes brightened as he exclaimed, “Oh, yes! Young Master Gold from the Gold family also lost something last night. If he’s

many people jackie had offended without her knowing it. Guessing the perpetrator’s identity would be a

the Xenos family from the Sky City had come for us? Didn’t you say that the Xenos family is very powerful? I heard that they’re almost like the Drake family.

you able to offend so many people? Dear me…

quickly assured her, “Honey, don’t worry. I can assure you that it’s not people from the Xenos family. They’re a strong family, so they would’ve come with a group of strong bodyguards. I’ve killed the master’s son, so isn’t it right that the

with these people if they

We’re lucky that all ten bodyguards that you’ve employed are quite good. I’d say that people with subpar skills

strong! It’d be so good if I can be as good

up to be just like them. Kylie, you’ll be an extremely strong person when you grow up. If not, you’re not worthy of being

715 jackie chuckled aloud

and rolled her eyes at him. “I don’t want my daughter to be a brawny girl when she grows

girl!” said jackie with a grin on his face. “However, we still need to teach her the skills she has to learn so she could protect herself.

nodded in agreement. “That’s right. After all,

….

aquarium. They enjoyed a happy afternoon together and went home

following few

happen. As

in front of him, and they menacingly rubbed their knuckles as they

down from his

time are the stronger bodyguards from your family. It’s been ten days since jackie drank the poison, so this guy’s body must be extremely weak right now. I do wonder if he notices the condition of his body!” In a

the people I asked to come today are team

Meanwhile…

searched for a slightly spacious place. A group of seven to eight men had already surrounded

to know that, young man! We won’t tell you either!” One of the men smiled coldly as he twisted his head side

all out of luck because my daughter isn’t here today.” came jackie’s reply, nonchalant

does your daughter’s presence have to do with us? The order we received is to beat you up until you can’t move!” said the

here, the only option left for you is to die!” jackie smiled coldly. He stepped forward and made the

rather boastful, young man!” One of the bodyguards cackled sinisterly. He balled his fist and swung it, aiming for jackie when he saw him rushing toward

each other, and the powerful force set off waves of gusts. Such a force sent the man

and was in disbelief; he never thought that the man before him could conjure

as blood oozed out of his mouth. His face

gave a sharp punch to another man’s neck. The unmistakable sound of something snapping

more punches later, several masters died on the

turned pale after seeing how the tides had turned.

on par with a major—was also killed by jackie easily in just two

last one. Do you believe me now?” jackie smirked sardonically at the man on the floor

and lit it up when he reached that person. He smoked for a short while before asking, “Speak up. Who

his teeth and was afraid. By instinct, the man turned to look at

person’s line of sight and

when he saw the

this moment, both he and

Young family. Among them, two were more-than-ordinary fighters. It never occurred to both

speed of the perpetrators leaving.

in the eyes of the man lying on the ground. Pulling a dagger out, the man rushed toward jackie and aimed the dagger at

his hand, jackie caught his hand and stabbed the knife into the startled man’s

hand, the man fell straight to the floor, his eyes still wide

the bunch of suicidal people.” Smirking callously, jackie went back to his car and swiftly

had to show these people some consequences as it was difficult for him to live life in peace if

jackie was not trailing after them. He could only get a breather

There are people with the fighting powers of majors among the masters from the Young family, yet jackie… jackie killed them so easily?!” Gulping nervously, Ken

spoke, “What’s going on? Why do I feel like that guy isn’t

said. “F*ck. Now that you’ve mentioned it, I’m starting to wonder if we were played by that woman, Xena. If jackie was poisoned, he wouldn’t have been so powerful. More importantly, jackie has killed masters that were on par with majors of an army. Didn’t he

but I think he’s a marshal!” As he thought about it, Flynn then asserted, “It’s almost impossible for him to be a King of War. After all, there are very few people

really is a marshal, why does this

and clueless as to why jackie would

get it! Some people might have the fighting strength of a

be lying when he said he lost his token and that he’s just a normal soldier. He might’ve had a title but was demoted to a normal soldier after he made a mistake. He must’ve felt

about it, the more possibilities were presented. He thought about it some more before he turned to Ken and said, “What should we

meet Ivan and Xena first. We’re asking Young Master Hugo to join us too. We’ll tell them about what happened today and see what they say. After all,

someone to carry Flynn back into the house before driving to the hospital with

recovered, and I’m getting ready to be discharged!” said a grinning Ivan as Ken and Neil approached him. “Did Xena

here, saying that there’s something important to discuss.” Neil

as he had a bad feeling. “What is

spoke to Ivan, “Let’s go and find a place where we can all sit down. I’ll

how Ken looked at her. It made her

after, Ken brought the group to a hotel, had

at Xena and asked, “Miss Xena, are you sure jackie

I even passed him

still in doubt of what

defense. “Why? Young Master Clark, what’s

my life and worked undercover for you guys. Do you know how nervous I was? I was so afraid

Why would you ask Xena this? She doesn’t need to lie to

for him to die painfully during Selena’s birthday. However, I’ve sent two different groups of people out to get him. I wanted to test

each other, somewhat excited when they

was it? It isn’t possible that his body has no symptoms, right?” fretted

breath and stated, “I think he’s not poisoned. The first time I sent people after him, nothing much happened since he had his bodyguards with him. The second time, my cousin, Flynn asked several masters from the

good while before he anxiously remarked, “I think jackie’s got fighting capabilities

marshal?” The faces of Ivan and the others darkened. If that was the case, it would be

wonder! It’s no wonder the pretty assassin we hired previously was unable to kill this guy. He had been hiding his true strength!” Neil instantly blurted as

“Why would he hide his true strength if he’s a marshal? Why didn’t he tell the Taylor family? If that’s the case, the old master would definitely be pleased with that. More importantly, Fiona and the others would’ve accepted

by the side—was deep in thought with

eyes soon brightened up and she exclaimed, “I get it! This guy must’ve been afraid of Fiona, Ben, and the others spending his money! That must be it! I heard that majors come

right, that’s right. This one’s plausible. This guy might’ve wanted to hide the fact

on the other hand, wore a tight smile on his face. “You guys are definitely imagining things. If jackie has several

and you don’t think so, what do you think the reason is, Young Master Clark? Apart from being a marshal himself, I can’t think of any other reason for

jackie couldn’t present the token despite claiming he’s a head commander. He’s no head commander, that’s for sure.

ability is somewhat

if he’s not a marshal, he must be considered one of the strongest among the

normal soldier? It means that he must’ve done something wrong during his time in the army, and he

soon after. “I get it now! He’d surely be scolded by Fiona and the others if he says that he has a title of either a marshal,

Neil also caught on. It seemed that jackie was ashamed to tell this to the others, so he kept

“Hey, if jackie used to be some head commander or major, would the country still

this before. After all, people who were once majors still made huge contributions to the country. The country wouldn’t abandon people like jackie who was in

to a normal soldier, the rewards might go from one billion to two or three hundred million. If the rewards were originally two to three billion, it might’ve been reduced to five hundred million.

Eureka moment; as though she had seen through everything. “No wonder… It’s no wonder that guy could claim he’s going to host a huge city-stirring birthday party

boast about hosting Selena’s birthday grandly. He’s confident because he has the means to do so!” came Ivan’s reply as he, too, saw the clearer picture. “F*ck… jackie had been so low-profile that we thought he only had several million with him. It genuinely didn’t occur

see him failing miserably like we had thought. At this rate, he can host a grand birthday party after all!” fumed Neil. He poured

chat while we

one go. “Suddenly, everything falls into place for him,” he hissed, “while we’ve wasted so much money. F*ck! What did

money from my friends and said that I’ll pay him back. I borrowed that money just to help fund the ads for this jerk!” Neil sighed and was helpless. His father had strict control over him and was afraid that he would cause trouble, thus Neil’s

“Regardless, he has no idea that he’s been poisoned. So what if the

that he’s not poisoned! That’ll be a huge trouble!” Ken was downright worried as he eyed Xena warily. “That’s why I rushed to ask Miss Xena if

how many times do I need to say this before you believe me? I, Xena jackieson, swear to the skies.

did not lie

jackie had bribed you and that

Ken angrily and exploded, “I’m truly in love with Ivan. Don’t make assumptions all the time! I’ll get very angry if

a point, Young Master Clark. You’re overthinking

used to think that he was good in martial arts because he was enlisted in military service for five years. How could we have known that he

Quil Xenos asked a marshal to fight with jackie, though jackie eventually killed him. I heard that this marshal was Magnus Sutherland’s apprentice who got his title because of Magnus’s influences in the army. jackie said it then that this guy didn’t have the power of

be the case. Even if the marshal was slightly weaker, his capability in fighting shouldn’t be that far off from any other marshal.

his true strength

million dollars with him, and that’s enough for him to host a city-stirring birthday party in Eastfield. We’ve wasted

his title due to some unknown reason, so he hid

and he’s still astonishingly strong!” concluded Ken as he eyed everyone in

right?” started Ivan as he offered his analysis. “The later days will be the most crucial period, and jackie would be physically tortured by then. His body will rot and he’ll die in pain. It might be normal for his fighting ability to still be

we’ll have a repeat of what happened today. We not only lost several people in the fight, but he nearly found me out. It was really not worth it. Let’s just wait patiently for jackie to die

all, if he’s still strong, we’d only suffer a huge loss. Let’s also not forget his

to think that this guy is a useless son-in-law, but I never thought he’d be so smart and play us like fiddles. Lucky for us, he had drunk the poison. Otherwise, we’d never take him down even with all

almost forgot something!” Ivan soon remembered something and his eyes lit up. Guffawing, he boasted, “Even if jackie has the money to give Selena a city-stirring birthday party,

if he has the money, right? Why will it be shameful for him?” Both Ken and Neil

cousins is getting married. Do you guys know Cecilia? She’s getting married to the Gold family’s young master. Nevermind the other details, but Cecilia is holding her wedding dinner on the same day as Selena’s birthday party. One is a wedding, the other is a mere birthday party. Which one do you think Old Master Taylor and members of the Taylor family will attend?” Ivan cackled again, and his eyes gleamed with pure satisfaction. “I really like Cecilia. She’s obviously doing

the ads, the entire city is aware of the

to choose the same day as Selena’s party! That’s really amazing!” beamed Neil, a huge grin on his face as he did. “Even if jackie changes the date now, he can’t escape the people’s mockery. After all, it’s not good to change dates for something as important as a birthday party. It doesn’t

Cecilia after I heard what happened, just to get the entire story. She told me that jackie was really stubborn and refused to change the dates. He insisted on having the party on the

early, people from the Taylor family might be there. If that’s the case, he wouldn’t be in such an embarrassing situation. The Taylors will definitely attend Cecilia’s wedding instead of Selena’s birthday party

at the party? Am I not right?” Neil laughed and raised his wine glass. “It’s decided then. We’ll sit back and wait to see how jackie will die twenty days

and the others stood up

went to work at the Drake family’s residence as

Eagle Clan’s operating base and came toward Lee with a

this, Lee replied, “Really? Did you find information that the people from Green

power overseas without anyone knowing. Apart from that, we have news that they’ll trade at City God Temple, located on the outskirts of

the masters and hosted a discussion

the afternoon, at the Drake

smiled and glanced at jackie. This guy grew increasingly handsome the more she looked

wants to go out and play, I’ll follow you. After all, I’m your bodyguard.” jackie smiled, at ease when he noted

over. Although what he said during the previous meal they had was slightly overboard, the aftereffect was worth

sports car followed by several Audis entered the grounds and was

out? It seems like I’ve made it just in time. You would’ve been long gone if I came a little later!” There was a small yet sweet smile on Sharon’s face. She looked

when Sharon made her appearance. It seemed that his way of blatantly rejecting her and cozying up with Selena did not

Tanya and Yvonne and seldom kept in touch, but Sharon had been coming over a little too often. If it was

them wished that they were jackie. They wondered if jackie was a dumb

morning, no? This hairstyle looks good!” Tanya smiled and said to Sharon, “We’re going to play billiards. How about that? Do

“Although I’m not very good at it, I play

even exit her car and chirped,

seat beside her. “ jackie, you don’t have to drive; there’s not enough space for everyone.

at each other after they heard this, and they had to

jackie smiled bitterly. Since she made the invitation, it seemed too abrupt to reject her. Apart from that, would it not seem too cowardly if he did

inwardly happy when she saw jackie agreeing to her suggestion. Once jackie got in, Sharon tailed after Tanya and

could not help it. She had to ask

jackie merely answered,

important than you feeling that it looks good!”

after, several cars were parked

so you guys can find a place and enjoy some milk tea if you want.” Sharon gave her bodyguards several hundred

The bodyguards

jackie inspected the area and said, “This place looks quite

free, though the fee here is based on per entry. It’s a thousand dollars per person, no matter

a little longer. It’d be a waste

to pay. You’re here to company us, so we’re going to pay. Apart from that, it’s only several thousand dollars. How’s that expensive? Didn’t you just

offered a smile, but the sight of a person not far away soured his

and was slightly surprised. Her

recently meddled with people from the Turner family and was progressively gambling

would be

Meanwhile…

lost

Drake. Your skills have gotten better! Didn’t I lose the last game to you?” The man with a cue stick that stood opposite Timothy laughed and added, “Apart from that, ten million per round

collar and said, “Ten million is nothing; I can afford that. That’s

walked over, took a bottle of beverage and started drinking. After he had large gulps, he growled, “Of course, it’s only natural that I’m unhappy since I’ve lost

payment once every ten

of Timothy’s mouth slightly twitched before he took out his

we still playing?” The man opposite Timothy asked him if their game was still up for another round after he received the

replied, “Of course! Let’s do another ten more

we’ve got a few angels coming this way!” One of the men

long, too. Tsh! The old master and the rest think that this guy is, at the very least, a King of War. Less to be known, he’s admitted that he’s only a head commander with no token. I really don’t understand why they pay him such a high salary as

playing billiard beside Timothy was a young master from a third-class aristocratic family. His name was Leo Turner and was great friends with Michael Wilson. He could not help but smile when he heard this and went right next to Timothy. “Young Master Drake, there’s a simple solution. He’s just a bodyguard, and we only need

“It’d be great if you could do

Oh, and Miss Sharon is also here? That’s quite rare!” Leo immediately moved forward to greet Tanya

not respond to him kindly as she eyed him icily. “So you’re the one who’s

smile on his face, and he discreetly swallowed his saliva. These three ladies were the object of obsession for many rich young masters at the

for Miss Tanya and Miss Sharon; they had high ranks after all. If he managed to marry them, he would be marrying

Yvonne was only Tanya’s cousin, her figure was even sexier.

working, and that’s fooling around in my book!” Unbothered to even entertain the man, she turned to Timothy and asserted, “You should avoid going to shady places with these people. It’s fine to play some billiards games, but don’t gamble with others

things that aren’t of your concern. I know Father pampers you and that you’re well received by the people of

by James, their father. He had changed after

brother. How can I not butt in now that you’re fooling around with these people and have been gambling more and more on billiards? I’m only reminding you of

entertainment places, and they’re unorthodox ones with these kinds of

Timothy chuckled mockingly. “Which rich person now doesn’t like to play? Also, how dare you say that it’s an unorthodox place? I went for massages at regular places.

slovenly, as though he had not groomed himself in ages. He looked like a good-for-nothing at first glance—nothing close

young men before him, all from third-class aristocratic families or wealthy families. Now, after one or two months, it felt as

and plastered a smile onto her face as she spoke, “Don’t bother about him, Tanya. Men have their own ways of relieving stress. Let’s play billiards instead.

“All right then!”

brother was not the man

a lovely

little sister looking after the big brother. Maybe she’ll be the one to ‘look after’ the Drake family

began to curve his lips into

You

Leo placed the cue stick to the side

at himself. “Are

You really had gold falling onto your lap, being

I’m jealous,” he said, expression scornful, “but I have to say that it’s like trying to stick a bunch of fresh flowers onto a pile

about it though. I had pretty good luck, I suppose. I’ve always had pretty

offended by his words. Instead, he smiled

rendered unhappy in

get mad, when someone

about? You have no idea how magnificent of a man jackie is,” she said. “You’re not even worthy of polishing his shoes if you were to pit yourself against him. Do you know that? And a bunch

held in very high

George family has had her eyes set on this good-for-nothing. I thought that

heiress to a first-class aristocratic family would actually fall in love with a married man,” he mumbled. “Doesn’t she feel ashamed? It won’t do good for the George family’s

Whoever I like has nothing to do with you! Besides, can any of you match up to

the moment she remembered that jackie was right beside her, she forced herself to maintain the image of a well-behaved lady. She suppressed the rage within her and debated with the

billiards, Young Master Leo?” he asked. “I don’t know how to play.

thought so. After all, to us, military people are just reckless fools. Naturally, you wouldn’t know of such a game of gentleman nature, since

rounds against me if you knew

rounds earlier. It doesn’t seem too hard. You just have to aim for the white ball and make sure you pocket another

he

of the men could not help but giggle when they

and angle right. Besides, did you really think that the game would be over after you pocket the balls belonging to you? And there are rules to billiards. This game we’re playing is called ‘snooker’. You’ve never heard of it, have you? playing against you? Forget

straight up burst into

master it as well as those who have. Besides, I’ve played this for two years, but my skill is a far cry

of it as though it was an easy game.

we can’t just allow ourselves to be

smile. Then he said to Tanya, “Why don’t you explain all the rules to me first? Teach me the techniques to play this game. Then I’ll have

the point that they wanted to spew blood. This punk did not know the

guys hear that? You heard that, right? This p*nk doesn’t even know the rules of the game.

immediately felt that it was funny when he heard those words. His friends

here can pocket 70 to 80 points in one sitting when he’s in good form. He’s even been dubbed as the ‘Prince of Billiards’.

idiot as well? After all, Leo is the Prince of Billiards, but Young Master Drake still dared to play against him. Isn’t it obvious that he’s playing a

“You…”

angry. That stupid punk—was daring enough

expression instantly hardened. “The f*ck are you talking about, jackie?” he said. “You’re the bodyguard of the Drake family. It also means that I’m

728 He had thought that jackie would be scared to death when he said something like that. After all, he was a bodyguard who was paid 20 million dollars a month. It was probably the only job in the entire Eastfield that paid that much.

if his father and the others did not suspect that there was

seemed not to care about his family, coming whenever he

Taylor’s seventieth birthday party, this punk claimed that he had lost his badge. Would a King of War use such

thought that he was a marshal. Even then, it

that. Did you really think I wanted to be a bodyguard for your family? If your family didn’t help mine, and if you hadn’t helped my wife to find a job, I would have

Miss Tanya who gave me the job,” he

“You…”

something like that right in front of his

bodyguard when you’re the young master of the Drake family?” he reminded the other man. “Who are you, and who is he?

dusted the sleeves of his shirt and

you’re so gung-ho about it, do you dare to have a match against me? We always play ten

features were twisted into a goading expression as he spoke to jackie, “I think you should just forget about it, a layman like you trying to play a gentleman’s

play, let’s play big. One hundred million per round. And let’s play ten rounds. Do

expected jackie to retort

accept the bet—and not only that, he even proposed to raise the wager to

“Are you nuts, jackie?”

even if you’re betting on your pride!” she protested. “You’ve

then just

also chimed in to advise him, “Besides, it’s obvious that he wants to get a rise

right. Don’t agree with that, jackie. Don’t bet

Sharon said as well.

jackie did not care about their protests at all. “What do you say?” he said to Leo. “Are you daring enough to play with one billion

“Are you serious, p*nk? Sure thing. But I truly suspect that you don’t have that much

can’t pay up at the end, I’ll just chop my hand

jackie said, smiling coldly.

he did not play this game before, he had been observing it from a distance a while ago. He felt that it was

How about this? Young Master Drake and I will put on a free show for you. You just stand at the side and watch us play. We’ll explain the

as he spoke

sure of this. I won’t let you off if you can’t fork out that much money by the end

agreed, nodding his

at least 5 hundred million in my credit balance now. I don’t believe that you’ll

in ten rounds, you have to win at least eight and lose two. If you win seven and lose three, then you’ll

like you to win, seeing as how you’ve never played this in

it, then she clenched her teeth and stood up. “ jackie, you can’t just chop off your

he heard that. He would be losing a billion dollars if he lost ten games in

that Sharon would put herself forward and offer to

you thought about

looked straight at her

George family is a first-class aristocratic family. We can

Sharon replied confidently.

Aren’t you afraid that your parents would

jackie felt speechless.

Mama like you a lot.

redder. She could not help but

of course, a lovelorn woman is not

Young Mistress George is standing up and offering to take the bill for this punk, Young Master Turner won’t have to worry about not getting his money any longer. His hand is of no use anyway, am I

worth so

he started the game. “Look closely, p*nk. It’s

explained everything to jackie as they played, and jackie watched them very intently—how to control the opponent’s play, how to position the

game. Timothy emerged victorious, and he had

that we’re not placing bets on this round and just putting

he won,

Master Drake, can’t you tell

it was Young Master Turner who had gone easy on you. It’s a pity that you’re so stupid

punk? How could I just go easy on

heard jackie’s words,

be able to tell if he was going easy on

spoke in a huff, “I’m a pretty

easy on you that you can’t tell. His angle was off ever so slightly on purpose when he struck the ball, and pretended he almost pocketed a ball. He only needed to go easy once or twice during a

a leisurely tone, “Furthermore, I think you’ve thought about why he would go easy on you, Young Master Drake. Would you still play with him if he never went easy on you, and if you kept losing ten rounds out of ten games? Of course, he would need to let you win a few rounds to let you savor the happiness of winning a bet! But it’s obvious that overall, you lose more than you win. Let’s say that you lose more than one hundred million dollars today, he’ll probably let

because he realized that whatever jackie

carefully thought about it, he still could

are you talking about! It’s just my bad luck that I lost more, that’s all.

want to admit that he was a worse player compared than Leo. It was because he felt that he was already pretty skilled at the game, and was almost on par with Leo. If Leo truly went easy on him quite frequently, did that not mean that his friend was far, far

jackie had no evidence to support his claims. He was just being ostentatious. It was possible that jackie was just trying to draw a rift between them, and so

good friends with Young Master Timothy. How can we just do something like that

spoke

still playing? We’ll play one hundred million dollars per round for ten rounds. And you can’t just give up halfway. For example, you can’t say that you want to withdraw after you lose one round. Withdrawing means that you automatically give up on the remaining nine rounds, and you’ll still have to

so obvious that you’re bullying jackie because he’s new at

she stamped her foot against the ground. Leo was really a b*stard. They were putting a bet of ten billion dollars—ten whole

son-in-law from the Taylor’s who claimed that ten million was too little, raising it

and

placed such a big bet before? Then I hope that you won’t be so frightened by the numbers that you can’t be in your best form later—so scared that your

punk was playing. He had just watched them play one round of billiards and had just gotten to know the rules.

break, or will I have the

and

first.

answered after he

731 “Very

next second, the cue ball was struck with a great force that sent the red

unfortunately, none of the balls went into either of

Master Leo, seems like lady luck is not on

help but laugh at the play. “Now, my turn! The position of the

white cue ball is in good position, but for a newbie like you, I don’t even have to plot

Leo laughed.

smile at the situation as well. He sneered, “It seems simple. But

on his stomach on the edge of the billiard table. His posture seemed professional and in the next moment he

“It’s pocketed!”

for the pocketed ball. “Oh my goodness! It went in! jackie actually scored points in his first

is pocketed and

professional, too. If he had not asked so many questions during the play between Timothy and Leo, Tanya would not have thought that

one ball? There’re so many balls yet to be

whined. She felt worried for jackie, after all, it was her first time witnessing a billiard game

nearby tables stopped whatever they were doing

of one hundred million per

that I can aim for seven points. But I couldn’t manage the strength well when I struck it out, and the white ball stopped at another position. Hmmm. It’s better for me to aim for six points then, especially for someone

he studied the positions of the balls on the

pro, huh? Planning for the positions of the balls and aiming seven points? I think he just struck the

Leo’s group sneered

the next strike. After adjusting his cue stick, he flung his

one? Although this is an easy one because it was in a straight line,

previously, had slowly morphed into a dry and bitter one. Worries and concerns gnawed inside him slightly. Was this punk pretending to be a newbie at this game? His preparation posture and the way he struck out the

“He pocketed another ball? Oh

ground. If the first score was due to luck then what about this time? jackie not only pocketed a six-pointer, but the cue ball stopped at a very

really knows how to plan the position of the

her excitement that her heavy breathing made her chest rose and fall

group. He helped jackie to take out the ball that helped score the six-pointer from the pocket, set it nicely, and then smiled at jackie, “Young man, if this is your first time

in return. “Don’t worry, I’ve studied their play just now and I basically know how to hit and where to position the balls. As long as the

crowd was at loss for words. How could this guy compare playing billiard to shooting

then. I

that this punk was like a blind cat who stumbled upon a dead rat—sheer luck. There were so many balls on the table yet to be pocketed anyway and each of them was in an excellent position however a minor mistake might just cost jackie his marks. As long as jackie made a mistake later, he would be able to come back

his ruse—he went easy on Timothy

that game but was merely using it

on him to make him happy again. He not only won the money but at the same time also established a good relationship with Timothy. One stone killed two

few months or so. He would let Timothy win a few rounds occasionally, just to give him a sweet

Thud!

another red ball, at the same time positioned

aiming for the seven-pointer. He kept his panic in check

him tongue-tied. Another seven points went

dumb about billiards? How

playing with Leo and the others all the while, came forward

think he’s pretending. If he played it before, there’s no need to ask about

forehead snapped together, not believing jackie

more was that jackie had pocketed several balls in a row. The red balls on the table became fewer and fewer, and jackie’s

a seven-pointer did not enter

face sunk, looking a little upset

“Damn, what a pity!”

a deep sigh

at the points! jackie scored eighty points. He had actually scored a freaking eighty points in one go! This means that he

Chapter 733
“You’re right!”

Leo pocketed all the remaining balls on the table, the highest score would only be sixty-seven,

“I…I won this round?”

mouth, “But…but aren’t there a few more balls on

already scored 80 out of it. So, even if Leo finished off all the balls on

“Sounds about right!”

on jackie then he looked at Leo. “Now, Young

Leo almost wetted his pants, sheens of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. This punk scored 80 points in one go. Even if he hit all the balls into the pockets, he

your *ss!

owner of the place, “Boss, reset the game! We’re going for the

shot jackie a thumbs up as he finished setting up the game. “Young man, amazing play! You’re a genius among geniuses! Before the games, I studied you and realized that you are indeed a newbie. The posture is not particularly correct, and you took several seconds to adjust the cue stick for a better angle. Besides, there are hints of hesitation in your eyes sometimes, but at the later part of the game,

Leo and the others’ eardrums. They could feel a flicker of irritation thrumming through their

to see jackie lose one billion. Even if Sharon offered to pay, jackie would still owe her a great favor—one that could not

that jackie would

and barked, “I shouldn’t have scattered the balls in the last game. I guess

adorable chuckle, flung the cue stick, and struck the white cue ball. The white cue ball touched the red ball lightly and it spread out a little from its original position. The white cue ball on the other hand, bounced back and halted behind

“Snooker!”

trying to see clearly the current position of the white cue ball. The white ball happened

luck! Must be

look like it’s merely sheer luck. The position of the

Christ, jackie is

joy that she did her little happy dance. The sight of Sharon’s bouncing chest when she did

in his neck. He thought that since jackie was a beginner, he would not know how to serve the first strike and scatter the balls on the table, then he would be able

at. He

Thud!

truly a good player; his billiard skill was not bad at all. He managed to find an accurate

out the red ball further than before, leaving jackie an excellent stance to

balls were widely scattered, his heart sank. He let out a heavy sigh and

you so much,

indifferent smile was hanging on jackie’s face as he walked

standing behind him, and commanded, “Bring me a bottle of

puckered, he could easily sense that panic

it was a one hundred million bet per game and one tiny mistake would cost

not own many properties and assets. If Leo continued

tossed it to Leo. Leo twisted it

jackie had pocketed several balls one after another and had scored more than 15

my God! Good moves and great positions! jackie has hope to win

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