The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family by Adela

After leaving Pearl River Point, Charlie rushed to the wet market.

He had spent too much time dealing with Wendy's matter. If he didn't hurry to buy the food back to cook, Claire would not be able to eat lunch when she got home from work.

Although Aurous Hill was an ancient city, it was getting more and more modernized nowadays. Most of the old buildings were either destroyed, demolished, or renovated to suit the modernization of the city. They had basically turned into skyscrapers and high-rise buildings of the modern metropolitan city.

Many traditional craft stores and markets were gradually being replaced by a variety of luxurious shop lots as well as integrated supermarkets.

In the early years, there were a lot of roadside barbers who had excellent skills in haircutting and shaving. A simple haircut or shave was only about two to three dollars. 8

However, these ancient and old-schooled barbers had long since disappeared and were now replaced by the dazzling and high-end hair salons. The standard price for a simple haircut from the mediocre at best or even unskilled hairdressers was a couple of hundred

dollars and above. Some of these salons would even beckon the customers to apply for a membership, and eventually, a simple haircut would end up costing a few thousand dollars. These kinds of shops were rife in the city. 5

In the past, many roadside wagons and carts would sell fresh vegetables. The vendors were the countryside farmers who picked their own vegetables from their farm in the morning and then drove the wagon to the city to sell. Their vegetables and fruits were both fresh and cheap. 5

operate in the city. Even the traditional wet markets were dwindling, so most people could only go

supermarket was not very good, yet the price was surprisingly expensive. A

the ancient city gradually lose its traditional

dullness whenever he visited the supermarket, so he often went to the protected residential area in the old town district where there was a very

go to the old residential area was not only because it

but there was another reason hidden in Charlie's heart that he had never told anyone.

his parents had liked the vibrant and unique characteristics

over from the medieval dynasties in which the architecture style was very different from the north. His parents

in the old town district. After his father had renovated and refurbished the house, they had

to the orphanage, he would often sneak out to the old town district with his buddies, Harvey and

out because he was playful and wanted to have fun, but the fact was that Charlie was there to

had been rented

estate investor had bought the residence in hopes of demolition

were classified as a historical building protection zone. Due to this, demolition and renovation