No. 1 Supreme Warrior

chapter 901-950

Chapter 901 jackie chuckled. He felt a little speechless. It seemed that these people knew how to keep a secret.

“Enough with the talking. Kill him!”

The head honcho with the bald head waved his hand. A mass of people surged toward jackie.

“Trying to bully me with sheer numbers, eh?”

jackie narrowed his eyes. He cracked his knuckles, but he did not reveal a lick of fear. Instead, he rushed forward.

“Striking Eagle Fist!”

One of the men used one of his skills when he came before jackie.

He launched punches after punches, the air seeming to rip apart before him. One could even hear the clear whoosh that shot through the atmosphere.

jackie could not be bothered with his attacks. He swiped a fist at the other man, spun on his heel, and went straight for another person.

The man who used the Striking Eagle Fist was probably as strong as an army major. He was already considered an exceptional fighter.

Unfortunately, jackie merely saw him as a child, trying to emulate the grandmasters—and his fist technique was really no technique at all. The man flew to the side from jackie’s blow. His arm shattered.

“Ah!”

The man released a pained cry. His face immediately paled.

jackie struck a few more fists straight into the center of a few people’s chests. Their sternums shattered, and they all spat mouthfuls of blood. Each of them was sent flying, and by the time they landed on the ground, none of them were breathing. They were all dead.

At that moment, jackie seemed to have melded into the shadows under the dim lighting, slaughtering the Americans in a spray of blood and gut-wrenching cries.

The people hiding in the house, especially Fiona, Joan, and the others, had never seen something like this before.

Now though, as they bore witness to the scene, shock seeped into their marrows. Their breathing hitched.

In a short while, jackie killed every single one of those dozens of men at the speed of light.

“You’re so strong, jackie. Why do I feel like you’re fighting way better than you did in the morning?”

Fiona was no expert at martial arts. Whitet she still felt the rush of his speed, the confidence in every move he made, the deadly aura he emanated.

jackie flashed an awkward smile. “Oh, Mother. Don’t you know that it’s always best to reserve some of your strength when fighting, no matter where and when? We always need to keep a trump card for ourselves!”

“Oh. So that’s it!”

Fiona bobbed her head as if she understood. She scanned across all the corpses. “What do we do with them? It’ll be difficult for us to clear this mess at night. But it’s bad luck for us if we don’t clear them. We’ll probably be working through the night!”

jackie thought about the issue for a while. “It’ll be difficult for us to sell this villa in such a short time. It’s not like we’ll be worse off without the money though. Okay, how about this, I’ll get Master George to send some of his bodyguards over to get rid of the bodies. Then I’ll give the villa to them.”

Chapter 902 You’re going to give away such an expensive villa? It’s such a pity!”

Fiona’s expression darkened the moment she thought about giving away such a nice villa.

“We already have plenty of money, Mom. Now, the Taylor family would be able to do pretty well in Swallow City or even Gin City, even if we are not one of the strongest families there. It’ll take a long time to sell this villa. So it’s best that we just give it away. And we can also move out early!”

Selena tried to convince her, smiling.

“All right. Why did Ivan have to refuse to go to war? Why did he have to offend the Lambert family in the first place? Ah. We’ll just chalk it up to bad luck!”

Fiona heaved a long sigh and entered her room.

jackie called Master George.

Master George had just finished his meal and was taking a walk in the garden. His heart leaped in delight when he realized that it was jackie who called. “Anything going on, jackie?” he asked.

jackie smiled. “Master George, I don’t have many servants at my place,” he spoke into the line. “I’ve just killed dozens of men in my garden. Can you send some people over to help clear the bodies?”

Master George was rendered speechless when he heard this. He nearly wanted to spit blood.

He knew about jackie’s strength because of the latter’s relationship with the Nine Great Gods of War. Even a first-class aristocratic family like his could not afford to provoke him.

It was also because of jackie’s brilliance that he had hoped that his daughter, Sharon, would marry him, even if she was relegated to the position of a second wife.

However, he never thought that jackie would have not the slightest bit of interest in his beautiful, stunning daughter. He did not even give her a chance and she was left completely heartbroken.

Whitet now that this punk had gone and killed dozens of men, he was asking them for help to clear the bodies? He was practically bullying them now.

Still, Master George reminded himself of how terrifying jackie could be. He could do nothing but hold his frustration in. “No problem,” he answered, grinning. “It’s a small matter!”

“All right. My family and I will be leaving Eastfield tomorrow or the day after, and we won’t be coming back. So we’ll give the villa to you!”

jackie’s coming reply made Master George extremely excited. The villa was worth at least thirty million dollars, and jackie had successfully bid for it at the price of one hundred million.

“Are you serious? This–this is too…”

Master George felt as though he was dreaming. Money was practically falling onto his lap.

“Of course I’m serious. I’m a man of my word.”

jackie smiled and hung up the phone.

“Men, men!”

Winston George called out as he walked.

Soon enough, 70 to 80 bodyguards appeared before him.

Chapter 903 “You called for us, Master?”

The assistant commander of the bodyguards quickly asked Winston. It was already late at night, and everyone was preparing to go to sleep. They could not comprehend why their master was calling for them and was curious as to what was going on.

“There are dozens of bodies in jackie White’s garden. Go over, help clear it out and find somewhere to burn the bodies!”

Winston said, smiling.

“No way. Master, the George family is a first-class aristocratic family too. How can we be used just like that? And for such a degrading task too…”

The assistant commander did not know what else to say.

“What do you know? jackie and his family will be leaving Eastfield soon. I heard that they had killed some people from Gin City in the afternoon. They probably offended some influential family, and so are forced to leave. His villa could not have been easy to sell off, so he’s going to give it to us!

“Go on then! After you finish your work, see me for your bonus tomorrow,” Winston said, chuckling. “I’ll give each of you 10,000 dollars!”

“You have our thanks, Master!”

The bodyguards were suddenly elated. Each of them rushed off to help jackie and the others to get rid of the bodies.

The next day, the Taylor family sold whatever assets they could. At night, Old Man Taylor and the others invited jackie and his family as well as Cecilia and the Gold family over for dinner.

After they ate, Old Man Taylor directly addressed Selena. “Selena, Cecilia is now married into another family, and Ivan is dead. I’m growing old, and I cannot oversee the Taylor family matters for very long now. And you know that Theodore is no good at business. Our cash now is far less than what the assets are worth. I think you’ll be able to make the right decision on what we should do with it from now!”

After he said that, he thrust a credit card toward Selena. “Each of us has about one hundren million dollars left for us to spend when we need it. The money in this credit card belongs to the Taylor family. I’m entrusting it to you now. It’s up to you to decide if we’re going to venture into business again, or if we should keep a low profile and live simple lives!”

“You’re stressing me out, Grandfather!”

Selena had not been mentally prepared for this at all. After all, she had never thought about taking over the Taylor family.

Under their current circumstances now though, it seemed that only she was capable of leading the Taylor family.

“What are you talking about?”

Fiona was excited when she heard Old Man Taylor deciding to entrust the Taylor family business to Selena. She immediately rolled her eyes at her daughter. “You have the best head for business out of anyone here. If not you, then who? Besides, your grandfather said it himself—you can use the money to invest in businesses, or you can just keep it if you don’t want to. The Taylor family will be able to survive for quite a few generations so long as we don’t simply spend it, right? We’re just putting you in charge of our finances!”

Selena did not know whether to laugh or cry. She could only bob her head and accept the card. “All right. Since Grandfather has declared his belief in me, I will seize this opportunity to make the Taylor family great again!”

Whitet Old Man Taylor, who had always been ambitious, always finding ways to make the family stronger, felt lukewarm toward his decision.

He gave a wan smile. “Ah, it doesn’t matter if we’re strong or not,” he said. “We’ll be fine as long as we have enough money to spend. I just hope that we can all lead peaceful lives!”

Here, Old Man Taylor divulged his worries once more. “After all, we don’t know how strong the Lambert family is. Even if we aren’t strong enough to face them, it won’t be easy for them to find us if we go into hiding and keep a low profile. That won’t be a problem at all! But if the Taylor family rebuilds its business empire and becomes famous enough, it would be pretty easy for the Lambert family to find us if they wanted to.”

Only then did Selena understand her grandfather’s intentions. It was not that he did not want the Taylor family to grow into a powerful conglomerate—he was afraid that the Lambert family would easily find them if they had a strong presence.

If word got out, the Lambert family would probably send their people to destroy the Taylor family.

Chapter 904 “Grandfather is right. Life will be meaningless with that much money anyway. We’ll lead very comfortable lives just by spending a few hundred thousand dollars per year!”

A member of the Taylor family offered a reassuring smile. “The money is enough to sustain us for a very long time,” he said. “No need to become a powerful conglomerate. It’ll be terrible if we reveal ourselves!”

Selena considered the opinions, then she nodded her head. “Whatever comes later comes later, I suppose. For now, we can only open small companies and do small businesses. It would be safer since it’ll be harder to find us that way. And we’ll have a steady stream of income. We can’t just keep digging into our savings!”

Old Man Taylor bobbed his head in satisfaction. “You’re right. It’s plausible for us to do small businesses. It’ll be fine so long as it doesn’t grow out of control. We can do it!”

After he said that, he looked at jackie. “Right. You’re the strongest fighter we have here, jackie. And the ten female bodyguards of yours are pretty strong too. The rest that we have aren’t that reliable. So where should we go now? I hope you can make the decision. We’ll listen to you!”

jackie was a little moved when he heard this. If Old Man Taylor said that they were going to listen to him, it meant that the family was entrusting all the lives of the Taylor family to him.

jackie thought about it. “Since you’ve given me the authority, Grandfather, I say that we move out tomorrow,” he said. “We’ll drive off at night. It’ll be harder for people to track us this way. I don’t plan to tell you where we’re heading now. My car will be leading in the front, and all of you just follow along. I’ll tell you where we’re going after we’ve arrived at another city!”

Old Man Taylor creased his brows slightly after taking it in, then he slowly nodded his head.

At that moment, he was not questioning jackie’s decision to keep the destination a secret—and he was also appraising the young man’s discreteness in his mind.

After all, the Gold family was here for dinner as well, and there were plenty of people around them. What if the Lambert family tracked down their movements through these people? They would be in deep trouble then.

He doubted that the Gold family could keep their lips completely sealed if the Lambert family came knocking on their door. After all, they immediately revealed their relationship with the Taylor family the other day, when the four people came to them.

It seemed that this would be the last time they were going to have a friendly meal with the Gold family— and with Cecilia.

At this moment, jackie added, “Give the workers here some money tomorrow—the guards, the bodyguards—and dismiss them. The female bodyguards working for me told me that they would follow, and they’re strong enough fighters. It won’t be good if we bring too many people along. It’ll attract attention.”

jackie paused here before continuing, “Of course, if any one of the Taylor family members does not wish to follow us, and wants to find their own place to hide and live their own lives, that’s fine by me. But you can only take 50 million dollars tomorrow when you leave. I believe that it’ll be enough if you’re thrifty. It all depends on you!”

At jackie’s words, Old Man Taylor scanned the faces of his family members.

When he studied them, he could not help but furrow his brows. He noticed that plenty of people were seriously considering the proposition; it was evident that they were moved.

Old Man Taylor heaved an internal sigh. He had thought that everyone would be united enough to go together.

He never thought that so many people would be so fearful of dying. The chances of being tracked down shrunk exponentially if they left alone or with their small family, settling down in a rural area. It would be difficult to find them, and they would get 50 million dollars. They would lead comfortable lives, at least. Obviously, they could not afford to be too showy.

Chapter 905 “Think about it tonight. If you want to leave on your own, come see me tomorrow morning. I’ll transfer the money to your accounts. But you won’t get 50 million dollars per person. It’s 50 million per family. For instance, if Uncle Roger leaves, he’ll definitely bring his family along. Then you get 50 million as a whole!”

jackie said, smiling.

Everyone dissipated after they finished their meal.

On the way back, Cecilia did not seem too happy.

“What on earth is jackie doing? He can’t even tell us where he’s going? Does he think we’re outsiders?”

Cecilia could not help but mumble. The more she thought about it, the more frustrated she became. “And Grandfather even gave the Taylor family’s money to Selena. Seriously? Doesn’t he trust us to manage part of it?”

“You’re already married to another family. It’ll be strange if he gave it to you. Besides, you married a young master from a second-class aristocratic family. They won’t be worried about you!”

Kelly chuckled. “Ah, they refused to tell us their destination just to ostracize us—they’re pretending that we’re outsiders! But it’s better this way. We don’t want to associate with them any longer now that they’ve offended a powerful family. It’ll be best if we don’t communicate with them at all!”

The next morning, the members of the Taylor family—especially the ones who were not very close to the family—indeed brought their entire family to meet jackie and claimed their 50 million dollars before setting off.

Although this made Old Man Taylor very disappointed inside, he was well aware that it was a wise choice on jackie’s part.

After all, they would have a larger target on their backs if they traveled in such a big group. It would be more difficult for the Lambert family to track them down if everyone were scattered around. This would ensure their safety. Besides, jackie was the one who had killed those four people. The Lambert family would probably give up finding the other members of the Taylor family if they were difficult to trace.

That was why jackie, Fiona, Selena, and their family would be the first target of elimination for the Lambert family.

jackie and the others needed to draw attention so that the other Taylor family members would have an easier life, and they would not be dragged into the same pit.

Essentially, it was a good thing.

In the end, there were only about 20 Taylor family members who chose to stay behind. If jackie and the others were included, there were 30 or 40 of them.

In the afternoon, the bodyguards from the Taylor family were all dismissed. Aside from Orchid and the others, who had insisted on following jackie and the rest, the other bodyguards and servants all left.

At night, about a dozen cars slowly drove out of Eastfield, heading for the north.

They drove the entire night, finally stopping at another city to rest. Here, jackie told Old Man Taylor, Theodore, and everyone else that their destination was Swallow City.

Chapter 906 “Swallow City?”

Theodore was shocked when he found out about the destination. Never in his wildest dreams would he imagine that jackie would actually decide to head straight for the north—toward the direction of Gin City. Swallow City was practically right next to Gin City!

The Lambert family was a prominent family in Gin City. They would be serving themselves on a silver platter if they went ahead.

“Seriously? Wouldn’t it be better if we get away as far as we can, jackie? It’s way too dangerous to go to Swallow City.”

Fiona was shocked as well. She quickly asked him.

She did not expect jackie to flash a mirthless smile in response. “I have business to do in Swallow City. Besides, I think that the Lambert family will start their investigation in Eastfield, assuming that they want to track us down. And what will they do once they find out that we’ve left? They’ll definitely search for us in neighboring areas—perhaps even in cities in the south. They would think that we would run as far as possible from Gin City!”

Realization dawned upon Theodore. “I get it. They’ll be less vigilant if we hide under plain sight—they won’t search those areas. It’ll be far easier for them to find us if we head south of Eastfield, right?”

“That was my train of thought. It’ll be safe for a period of time in Swallow City, at least! We’ll be fine so long as we don’t create a ruckus and be careful! Besides, we don’t have many people with us now. There’s a smaller chance of us being suspected.”

jackie spoke with finality in his tone.

“All right. We’ll head for Swallow City. Let’s eat and have a good rest tonight. We’ll continue our journey in the afternoon!”

Old Man Taylor considered the idea, and he thought that jackie’s words made sense. He released an internal sigh of relief.

“Oh, right. Our cars have number plates from Eastfield. So when we’re nearing Swallow City, we’ll burn our cars in a secluded area. We’ll buy new cars when we’re in the city itself, and our cars will have number plates from there. We’ll be even safer then!”

jackie went silent for a moment before speaking, “I’m not afraid of the Lambert family, but they’re probably pretty strong. It’ll be best if we don’t provoke them unnecessarily. Besides, we have quite a number of people here. It’ll be difficult for me to protect all of you on my own.”

At this moment, a car drove toward them and parked right before jackie and the others. Lana and Skyler exited the vehicle.

“You–you brought Skyler too?”

Once jackie saw that Skyler was coming along, he suddenly did not know whether to laugh or cry.

“Master Lana, Sir Skyler, why are you two here?”

Theodore and the others cried out, utterly stupefied. They had not stopped for very long, but the Goddess of War and King of War had quickly arrived. They must have been tailing behind them long ago.

“I already told jackie that I would be tagging along for a spin. This is my holiday for me to relax. Besides, it’ll be so boring if I were to be left alone in Eastfield!”

Lana chuckled. Then she cast a glance over her shoulder. “Oh, right. There are others who’ll be following along too,” she said. “They told me that they want to be your bodyguards!”

“Seriously? Who?”

Theodore exclaimed in surprise. He was in awe. He would feel ten times safer if Lana and the others were coming along.

True enough, a few other cars quickly came along and parked nearby.

“No way about it. I’m bound to follow jackie wherever he goes for my entire life, and Elaine wants to follow too—and she’s my disciple. I don’t feel comfortable about leaving her alone, so I decided to follow. And some of my older disciples all wanted to come along with me, so here they are!”

Skyler chuckled. “I’ll be the commander of your bodyguards from now on, and my disciples will make up the troops. How about that? You won’t chase us away, will you?”

“Oh my. Sir Skyler, you’re not joking, are you? You’re such a respected person. How could we accept you to be the leader of our bodyguards!”

Chapter 907 Old Master Taylor was overwhelmed with emotions. Every member of the Taylor family was afraid of being dragged into the mud and fear of being killed. All of them left Eastfield without informing.

Instead, the elders, Skyler, and the others were the ones willing to protect and leave with them. They were willing to go to hell with them.

“Old Master Taylor is right! Sir Skyler, your status and identity and those of your disciples are high and honorable. Each and every one of them is nothing but powerful and strong. Two or three of them are even comparable to the King of War. Such strong people, we’re afraid that we can’t afford to hire all of you.”

jackie was bursting with gratitude in his heart. These people before jackie, who knew that he was now in trouble, did not run away like the other Taylor members, instead, they were willing to follow him to hell and protect him and his family. Only such people could be deemed as loyal and upright.

“We don’t ask for much. A couple of million a month will be enough. It’s affordable, right?”

Skyler’s face was solemn and dull at the same time. He wanted to tell them that they did not have to pay to hire him. But if he really said so, he was afraid that Fiona, Andrew, and the others would suspect jackie’s identity. Thus, he simply called out an amount to cover it up.

“A…a couple of million? It’s absolutely fine! This is great! Sir Skyler, thank you for serving us!”

A wide grin immediately appeared on Fiona’s face. Getting a King of War to work for the Taylors for such a price was totally worth it!

A few vertical lines formed between jackie’s brows. He opened his mouth after much thoughts. “It’s fine. But you and Lana are no commoners. You are not any common bodyguard or fighter, you’re an eight-star King of War and Lana is a Goddess of War! Hence, there’s a high chance for others to recognize both of you even if it’s in Swallow City. And everyone knows you are from Eastfield, so I’m afraid that Lana and your presence will cause suspicion!”

“You’re right! What should we do though? Both of us will wear masks from now on!”

Skyler blurted after giving the matter some thoughts. He felt that every word that was from jackie’s mouth was nothing but logical and reasonable.

“It’s not a bad idea, but it’s too aggravating for both of you!”

jackie frowned, though he thought this idea seemed to be a good solution for now.

“What’s so difficult about this, let’s do it!”

Lana, on the other hand, said nonchalantly, “I’ll go and pick some better-looking mask. That kind of mask that reveals half of my pretty face. Must be stunning!”

“The pursuit of beauty is really in a girl’s nature, huh? You thought you’re participating in a beauty mask contest? It’s only a mask!” jackie let out two awkward coughs and teased Lana.

“ jackie, what bullsh*t are you talking about? She is the Goddess of War, how can you talk in such a disrespectful manner!”

Old Master Taylor was startled and immediately reprimanded jackie. In Old Master Taylor’s heart, he believed that Skyler and Lana were only here because of fun. They treated this as a fun tour, and that was why they came along. Perhaps after a while, when they are bored, they would leave.

Therefore, he did not think otherwise about Lana’s utterance about masks.

In contrast, jackie was being rude and disrespectful toward Lana.

“Old Master Taylor, don’t mind it. From now on, there is no Goddess of War but the Chief Captain of the bodyguards in the Taylor family. Hehe! Chief captain, a little higher and more glorious than Sir Skyler!”

Lana chuckled warm-heartedly, then she continued, “From now on, we’re a family. As for, what, one or two million a month? Just forget about it. I’m not here for a part-time job, but to have fun with you guys!”

“Nope! The pay will be food and accommodation!” jackie returned jokingly.

Chapter 908 “That’s fine by me as well! As long as there is good food and a place for me to sleep, I’ll be satisfied!”

To everyone’s surprise, Lana accepted jackie’s suggestion and smiled joyfully.

“Master Lana, you’re the least demanding Goddess of War that I’ve ever seen!”

Skyler, on the other hand, laughed out loud, looking very cheerful.

“Right, about your cars, they’re all with Eastfield’s plate numbers. So, before we arrive at Swallow City, you guys have to sit in our cars and dispose of your cars outside the Swallow City. But, don’t you worry, after we enter the city, I’ll buy each of you a car. You can pick whatever car you want!”

jackie gazed over Lana’s and the others’ cars, and smiled bitterly, and said, “Well. If I can get a new car, why not?”

Skyler chortled loudly again at the side.

Soon, the group arrived at the city center of Eastfield. Skyler and Lana bought themselves masks, rested for a while, and then finally set off.

Not to mention, the mask that Lana chose not only did not obscure her beauty but also intensified the beauty of her alluring body. With her face half-covered by the mask, she let out a mysterious aura, luring others to her realm of seduction unconsciously.

“Master Lana, the mask looks really good on you! You’re stunning yet mysterious! Especially your exposed long legs, even I’m a little envious of you!”

Selena, who was sitting in the same car with Lana, gazed over at Lana’s outfit. She could not help but compliment Lana.

Now that Lana was with them, it made Selena’s heart breathe a huge sigh of relief. With Lana around them, even if those strong and powerful people from the Lambert family were to come to avenge, they might not be her opponents. Furthermore, Lana coupled with jackie, Skyler, and the others would be considered as a scary force to be reckoned with.

Before that, she felt upset about how the other members of the Taylor family left, fearing to be involved. Now, it seemed that it was the right decision for them to leave, at least they would be safe too. Besides, it was a good thing for Selena, jackie, and the others as well—they could travel faster and safer with fewer people.

Now, with the additional forces from Lana and Skyler, their overall combat power was naturally increased to the point that they could say they would not have to be afraid anymore.

“Really? Aww!”

After hearing Selena’s compliment, Lana was flabbergasted with joy. “Actually I’m envious of you, Miss Selena. You’re so gentle, beautiful, and with a noble temperament. These are the characteristics that I don’t possess. They always say that I’m too boyish, too manly and domineering, and lack of gentleness. Sigh! I’m worried that I’ll not get married!”

“How can you not get married? Don’t be a fool. You’re the Goddess of War! Besides, you’re really good- looking and attractive. I bet a lot of men out there would be head over heels for you when they see you!”

Selena smiled and added, “But an excellent woman like you should pick your life partner carefully and this matter cannot be rushed!”

“You’re right. Oh ya! You guys shouldn’t call me Master Lana or Goddess of War, especially when we get to Swallow City. If you continue calling me that, won’t I wear this mask for nothing?”

Lana reminded the group after thinking about it.

“Is it okay for me to call you Lana?” This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

Selena asked with a frown.

“Don’t worry, it’s definitely more than okay. There’re too many people in this world with the same name. Lana is just a popular common name. Besides, most of the people know that Lana the Goddess of War is in Eastfield, who knows that she’ll come to Swallow City?” Lana smiled gently in return.

“That makes sense!”

Selena bobbed her head in agreement.

Another day had passed. On a fine morning, the caravan finally arrived at a valley not far outside the Swallow City.

“Push the cars to the open space over here and burn them!”

Chapter 909 Although these cars were branded and exorbitantly expensive, but now there was no other way, jackie could only give the order, helplessly.

The group immediately pushed the cars to the open space and burned them. Then only did they head toward the Swallow City on foot.

They could already see the incomparably tall and magnificent city walls of the Swallow City from afar. The city was surrounded by an archaic yet ancient atmosphere and a layer of faint mist. This city looked mysteriously ethereal.

Although the Swallow City was a lot smaller than the Gin City, it was at least two or three times larger than Eastfield.

“The Swallow City. It’s an ancient city, isn’t it? There are many high authoritative powerhouses in it. And the main thing is this city is a wonderful place for people, families, or houses to improve and expand their power!”

Staring attentively at the city before him, Skyler could not help but to express with a sigh.

“Yes, this is indeed a wonderful place!”

Lana, too, sighed with emotion.

jackie looked at the group, then finally said, “We’ve now arrived at the Swallow City. Let’s hurry up and buy a villa to live in as soon as possible. It’s fortunate that it’s morning now, we’ve time to purchase a villa. As for cars, we’ll wait till tomorrow morning!”

Old Master Taylor nodded in accordance. “I’m afraid that the villa here will be very costly. For the time being, we don’t need to recruit any bodyguards, but I think we have to hire some helpers to help clean up the house. So, we’ll have to prepare a few more suites for them.”

“Hmmm. Alright, let’s do this. We’ll purchase twenty units of terrace house and these should be enough. We don’t have to buy a single huge villa. Perhaps, we can opt for terrace houses or townhouses. Also,

when we buy more units, we’ll let the developer enclose them with walls. This should not be a big problem!”

jackie uttered his thoughts to the group.

At this time, Lana’s phone rang.

After she took a look at the number, she sauntered to the side and picked up the call. “Hey Bro, what’s the situation?”

“Bad. It’s, it’s a trap…”

Fernando’s weak and feeble voice came out from the phone and followed by a light thud. The phone call ended after the thud sound.

Lana’s finger pounded the last-call button on her phone to call back, but only then did she found out that the number was no longer available.

Her face turned blank and gloomy in the next second. She immediately approached jackie and pull him to the side, then reported, “Master, it’s not good. Brother Fernando seems to be in trouble!”

“Has something happened? What’s the situation?”

When jackie heard of the news, he frowned and wondered if he had heard it wrongly. Fernando was one of the disciples whom he considered strong and powerful. His combat prowess could be placed at the top of the list, how could something bad happen to such a strong person?

“I’m not too sure myself. He called just now and his breath is very feeble. He only told me that it was a trap and then the call disconnected. I tried to call back but I could not get through!”

Lana’s forehead ceased together. She was anxious beyond measure.

“Dragon scale, it’s a trap?”

jackie’s brows snapped together, and his face was full of worries. “Even if it’s a trap, Fernando is not that weak that he can’t defeat the other party, right?”

“Sigh! I don’t know, Master. Will Brother Fernando be alright?”

The more Lana thought about it, the faster her heart pounded. Fernando’s fighting power was a few levels better than her; he was the eldest disciple among them. What kind of fighter did he meet this time?

“We can’t do much now. We’re here and worries will only drag us down. Let’s enter the city first, then we’ll slowly investigate the matter. Since it’s a trap, I believe Fernando will not die, because the other party is actually targeting me!”

jackie jeered coldly, and then continued, “The other party was trying to set traps and catch me. I bet they know who’s the owner of the dragon scale!”

Chapter 910 “No way, you mean the other party knows who this dragon scale belongs to?”

After hearing this, Lana took a deep cold breath. She was taken aback.

“I’m just guessing. Since Fernando said it was a trap, I believe the other party will only incarcerate him and not kill him. This act will lure us out. Hence, I guess the other party must know more about the dragon scale!”

The whole situation was giving jackie a headache. There were not many people, perhaps less than a dozen people, who knew about the dragon scale. Furthermore, Fernando’s words did not reveal much information. Hence, jackie could only suggest settling in first.

Soon enough, jackie brought everyone into the city.

They first looked for a hotel to stay in. Then jackie and Selena went ahead to look for a villa.

They soon found themselves in the lobby of a sales department. A young saleswoman noticed them and quirked her lips into a small smile, walking toward them.

“Good morning, sir and madam. Are you here to look for a villa? Or do you want to look at bungalows? We have both here!”

The young saleswoman flashed a brilliant smile—one that could dazzle the sun.

“Villas!”

jackie gave a wan smile and replied.

“All right, sir. Please follow me! We’ve already renovated all the villas here, so you can move straight in. That’s why the price will be a little higher…”

The saleswoman introduced as she brought jackie and Selena toward the sandbox.

Not too far away, another two saleswomen began chatting quietly to themselves.

“That new girl really doesn’t have a good eye. Those two are wearing pretty nice clothes, but didn’t she see them getting off from a cab?”

One of the women gave a frosty smile as she spoke.

“Right? She was right at the door. No way she didn’t see it. Someone who needs to call for a cab definitely has no money to buy a villa. It’s obvious that they’re just here to browse around!”

The other woman added in a low, conspiratorial tone, “We don’t sell many houses here because of the price. Although the villas here are just townhouses, they’re super expensive because they’re in the

middle of the city. One would cost at least 120 million dollars. No way someone like that can afford to buy the villas here.”

jackie and Selena so happened to walk past them. They spoke softly, but they heard their voices—and they clearly heard each and every word.

The two exchanged a glance. They could not be bothered with the two women. After they walked over and scanned the sandbox and listened to the saleswoman’s explanations, jackie spoke up, “How much is one unit? There should be a discount if we pay in full, right?”

“Ah! Why don’t you two look at our showcase unit? I’ll take you there. It won’t take much time…”

The saleswoman was a little surprised. She suspected if she heard wrongly.

Honestly, she had seen the couple getting off a cab from the entrance.

She did not expect them to have the money to buy a house.

However, she recalled what her manager had told her in the beginning—to not give up on any customer that walked through the door. She was new and she did not have a stellar performance to boast off. She used this opportunity to practice her negotiation skills, to familiarize herself with talking to customers, and introducing the houses to them. Basically, she took this as a chance to improve herself.

That was why she kept a smile on her face the whole time, carefully explaining every detail to the couple.

Whitet they had never asked many questions, and they did not talk much. They seemed very impassive.

They did not pose many questions. From that, she surmised that they did not have much interest in the property, and they would never even think of buying it after hearing the price. Still, they were probably too ashamed to walk away immediately.

She did not expect the man to ask straight away if there were discounts if he paid in full.

Even some customers who were interested in buying would negotiate with them a few more times and mull over the decision for a few days. After all, a single unit was worth millions. A big celebrity would also have to consider this for half a day if they wanted to purchase a unit.

Chapter 911 However, the couple in front of her did not even bother to look at the showcase unit. They just took a glance at the sandbox and inquired about the price.

“No need. We’re in a hurry to move in!”

jackie flashed a wan smile and responded emotionlessly.

“Well. If you were to pay in full, surely there would be a discount for you. The company is now promoting cashback for these units. So, it’ll be 110 million dollars per unit!”

The young and pretty salesgirl hung a smile on her face, but muttered inside her heart, ‘Don’t tell me they’re really planning to buy a villa!’

It was precisely because of the price of these villas; they could hardly sell even one unit per month. However, if they were to successfully sell one unit, the commission for that month would be a lot.

“110 million per unit? So if I buy twenty units, it’ll be 2.1 billion, right?”

After calculating in his brain, jackie replied in a carefree tone.

“Twen—twenty units?”

The pretty salesgirl released a deep breath of surprise, doubting her own ears—whether did she heard wrongly. It was not twenty dollars or 200 dollars but freaking 2.1 billion. Could it be that this couple came from a rich family?

“Yes. This side, the side near the gate, I want twenty units. But, I have a small favor to ask!”

After pondering about it, jackie pointed at the sandbox and uttered.

“What is it?”

The salesgirl gulped loudly, thinking that could it be that this man before her was setting a trap? Was he trying to do something bad to her? After all, she had been hearing that some thugs and b*stards always liked to tease salesgirls like them.

These thoughts made her heart pound harder than ever; she could not help but worry for herself. She was afraid that jackie was one of those b*stards.

But the worries soon subsided when she saw a woman stood next to jackie—Selena. She felt that she was overly worried.

No words could describe Selena’s attractiveness and beauty. Such a woman was hundred times better looking than her; how could jackie possess dirty thoughts when he had such a beautiful wife in his life? Besides, if jackie really wanted to do something bad to her, he would not be doing it in front of his wife, right?

“Can the developer enclose these twenty units with walls? Separating our villas from others. This should not be a problem, right?”

jackie gave a light smile and then only slowly uttered his request.

“This, this can be done! It’s only a small matter. I’ll talk to our manager right now, and you can look at the map here, pick the unit you want, and circle it with this pen!”

The young salesgirl took out a pen, a leaflet of the villas as well as the layout map. She handed these over to jackie as she spoke. She requested jackie to circle the unit they wanted.

“No freaking way? Twenty units? Did I hear it right?”

The other two salesgirls—who were talking about jackie a moment ago—passed by the three and overheard the conversation. Their jaws dropped to the ground and their eyes were widened as large as saucers. They doubted their ears.

20 units of villas? The commission of these 20 units, for them, would be…

“Sir, no problem, absolutely no problem. Have you circled up?”

The manager of the store and the young salesgirl appeared before jackie again. The manager asked cautiously, with excitement, delight, and joy plastered all over their faces.

After all, if these 20 units were sold off, the manager could receive a lot of bonuses, though it would not be as much as what the young salesgirl would receive.

“Yup. It’s done. Just these 20 units. Let’s sign the contract!”

jackie spilled nonchalantly as he handed the pen and leaflet to the other party.

Chapter 912 “Sign…Sign the contract?”

The manager was taken aback. Never in his life had he seen such a quick purchase.

“Stop gibbering! I don’t have much time. I still need to buy some house supplies later and I’ll have to move in this afternoon. Do you want to sell or not?”

jackie, on the other hand, did not entertain the manager further but shot him a deadly glare. jackie was impatient.

The manager was dumbfounded once again. “Of course, Sir! Just that I’ve never seen such a generous person like you!”

The manager returned with a smile on his face, meanwhile, the salesgirl was getting the contract over for the transaction.

A small smile appeared on jackie’s face as he said to the manager, “By the way, all these sales must be credited to this young salesgirl. This is because she is the one who served us well. Don’t you dare to steal her credit!”

The young salesgirl was touched when she heard jackie’s words that she almost cried. This couple was so kind-hearted that they thought of the low position employees.

“Don’t worry, this will not happen, because manager’s bonuses depend on the total sales of every month. Even if I wanted to take credit for today’s sales, it would be useless and meaningless!”

The manager chuckled and responded.

Soon, jackie completed all the formalities. He then stood up, ready to go over to swipe his credit card for payment.

However, to everyone’s surprise, Selena pulled his sleeve and whispered, “Swipe my card. These houses are bought for the Taylor family, so naturally, it should be paid with the Taylor family’s money!”

“Alright, Dear, since you said so, I won’t compete with you this time. Anyway, whatever is mine is yours and yours is mine!”

jackie shrugged his shoulder as he spoke. A gentle smile plastered on his face.

The two saleswomen who have been watching the scene at the side were completely speechless. It was a 2.1 billion bill, and this couple was actually competing to pay the bill. It seemed like this couple was not short of money, perhaps buying another 20 units would not be a problem.

After the money was paid and the formalities were completed, the manager asked all the employees to line up in two rows, saluted jackie and Selena, and saw them off the store.

“Damn, rich people really do have deep pockets, huh?”

The manager of the sales department looked at the back of jackie and Selena with an envious look.

The manager then wheeled around and faced the young salesgirl. “Carol, let me say this to you, you’re now officially a permanent staff member. Also, I’ll call the general manager and inform him about today’s incident and advise him to promote you to the supervisor position. It just so happens that we lack a supervisor.”

“Ah! I…thank you so much! Thank you so much, Sir!”

Carol was overly shocked that her tongue was tied. In the beginning, she did not think that jackie and Selena could afford a villa, let alone 20. However, with a humble mindset of taking it as a business practice, she went forward and served them well.

Little did she expect that the two of them changed her fate in just half an hour. The commissions of these 20 villas were enough for her to buy two houses and may even allow her to save a lot of money. This was basically a miracle—to become wealthy in just half an hour.

Moreover, the salary and year-end bonus for the supervisor position was outstanding.

“No way, Sir, she has only been here less than a month, how can she be a supervisor?”

The two saleswomen could not hold back any longer, approached the two and questioned the manager in an exasperated tone.

The young salesgirl had already taken so much commission today, which they were envious and jealous of, and now the manager had actually wanted to make her a supervisor? They could not approve this

matter.

After all, the two saleswomen were promising candidates for the supervisor position. They were not only veteran staff but also very discerning and often observed how customers entered their shop—whether in sports cars or sedans—and estimated roughly which unit to sell to them. They knew how to choose customers.

However, they did not expect that today they missed out on jackie and Selena—the ultimate filthy rich customers.

Chapter 913 “She’s been here less than a month, so what’s wrong with that? Her sales and performance today is something you can’t achieve. You two were with her just now at the entrance, why didn’t the two of you bother serving the two customers and make such a sale?”

The manager retorted. He could not be bothered by their resentment instead, he left to report to the general manager about today’s incident.

The two saleswomen exchanged glances. Right now, they could not feel anything at all other than regrets.

…

Meanwhile, at this time in Gin City, the head of the Lambert family, as well as a Patronum and the elders, were gathered together.

“We couldn’t get hold of Lucas. I’m afraid that something bad has happened. We’ve been trying to contact him for these past few days. And it’s not just him, we couldn’t keep in touch with the other three too. The head of Freeman has been coming over to ask us the whereabouts of his daughter—Snow Freeman. Snow went with Lucas and it’s Lambert’s responsibility to keep her safe!”

The head of the Lambert family frowned. His features were terribly unsightly.

The loss of three Lamberts had already broken the members’ hearts. Moreover, Lucas Lambert was the son of the second master of the Lambert family. They could not get hold of him for the past several days, it was highly likely that they were dead.

The death of Snow Freeman had worsened the situation. Snow was the fiancée of Lucas and the two initially decided to get married soon. However, nobody had expected that bad things would happen to them at this time…

“They went to Eastfield. Looks like sending our men to investigate the matter is the only way.”

An old man finally spoke with a bitter smile on his face.

“Eastfield is just a small city. What kind of person can actually kill the four of them?”

Another person responded to the old man’s suggestion instantly.

The head of Lambert family pondered and then said, “In Eastfield, only some eight-star or nine-star, and God of War is capable of killing them. They went to Eastfield to kill Ivan Taylor because they didn’t expect that Ivan was still alive. But, this time they…”

“The grand wedding that the Taylor family held previously, I heard that the son-in-law is the Gods of War’s exclusive doctor. That’s why all Nine Great Gods of War attended his wedding.”

The grand elder of the Lambert family paused for a moment to ponder over some matter, and then said, “So, I guess Lana Zechs, the Goddess of War in Eastfield had killed them!”

“Damn. How could this Lana Zechs offend the Lambert family just because of some guy named jackie. Doesn’t she know that there’s a more powerful existence backing us?”

The second grand elder barked. His resentment grew within him like a tumor.

The third grand elder had not spoken anything, but his face was the most unsightly among others.

He was no other than Lucas Lambert’s father. The thought of his son dead had caused agonizing wrenching pain in his heart.

“This afternoon I’ll go to meet with the Freeman family, ask them to bring a few good fighters, and go with us to Eastfield. Maybe the head himself will be going because of his daughter’s death!”

The third grand elder—Tao Lambert—balled his fist firmly as he uttered.

“Alright. If we successfully identify the killer, you guys must avenge the four of them!”

The head of Lambert family bobbed his head to give permission. He then added, “Tao, when do you plan to leave?”

“I’ll go to the Freeman family’s residence in a moment and plan with them. We’ll leave early tomorrow morning!”

Tao was gloomy all the while. After finishing his sentence, he took his leave.

The head of the Lambert family could not help but to only breathe out a deep sigh.

Chapter 914 jackie and the others went out to buy daily supplies before shopping for a new car. They then started moving happily.

At the same time, in one of the villas located in the villa neighborhood, a beautiful superstar could not help it but to complain to another beauty. “This is so weird. I saw the developer ordering for a wall to be built on my way back. When I went over to enquire about the situation they told me that somebody had bought 20 villas in one go and asked them to build a wall to surround the area!”

“20 villas?!” The beauty on the other side inhaled deeply. “This person must be rich and powerful to be able to afford so many villas. Well, there are so many rich people here in the Swallow city that this is considered as normal!”

The other beautiful lady pursed her lips and started complaining, “It’s quite normal but you weren’t there to see it yourself. After this person puts up the wall, the afforested area that we can carry out activities in will be reduced. I bought this property because I really liked the green areas. Now that this person has built a wall around the 20 villas, our homes will be right next to the wall.”

Blake Knight could only smile bitterly. “Well, what can we do? People like us can only accept our fate. Somebody who can buy so many villas in one go is not someone we, as celebrities, can offend!”

Tianna Scott also said, “Yes, we seem well-regarded as celebrities as many people chase after us for our signatures wherever we go. However, we really can’t afford to offend people who are really rich and powerful.”

“Don’t even think about offending them, it’s nice enough if we can sing and earn money in peace!” Blake once again smiled helplessly.

“By the way, Blake, didn’t a director ask you to join his movie? How is it? Did you think about transitioning?” Tianna thought about it and asked curiously.

After all, many singers dreamt of transitioning into movie stars. It would benefit their careers in the future if the movie they filmed got famous. This was a good opportunity to grow their income.

Different to Tianna’s imagination, Blake started complaining, “Don’t even mention that bastard. He’s a dirty old man. He asked me out for a meal the other day with the excuse that he wanted to discuss some details about the character. Turns out, it was just the two of us and that guy started touching me right after I began eating. I was so angry that I turned around and left!”

“Sigh, nine out of ten directors nowadays are womanizers and it’s really difficult for us to meet one who’s not. I think it’s best if we continue singing and produce records. At least, this industry is much cleaner!” Tianna sighed and spoke with a hint of helplessness.

The developers acted really swiftly. The next day when jackie and his family woke up, the walls were already done.

“I’ve already asked Skyler and his disciples to help get news about the Dragon scale. Let’s hope that we can get some clues soon!” Lana walked over to jackie and said to him.

“Alright!” jackie nodded and walked over to Selena.

”Selena, let’s go take a stroll so that we can familiarize ourselves with the environment. After all, the Taylor family will be staying here for a long period of time!” jackie smiled and said to Selena.

Selena nodded. “Sure, I was about to go out and take a look. I want to look around this area and see if there are anywhere suitable for us to start some businesses so that we don’t waste time.”

jackie, Selena, and Lana soon walked out.

They had no idea that when they started their stroll, they would see two beautiful women coming out from the side door and it looked like they were going shopping.

At this moment, two cars halted in front of them and several men came down. They restrained the girls and were about to stuff them into the car.

“Help!” Tianna was extremely frightened and immediately started yelling loudly while struggling.

However, her struggles did not work as there were three to four men restraining her.

Chapter 915 Beside Tianna’s, Blake was also struggling to break free from these people.

The both of them were leaving the house to go shopping. They had sunglasses on and did not have any bodyguards with them. Who knew that they would meet with such an awful incident as soon they stepped out of the house.

“How dare these people kidnap commoners under broad daylight?” Lana could not help and started scolding. She stepped forward and kicked a small pebble she saw by the road. The pebble flew forward and hit one of the men’s thigh.

“Ah!” The man was in so much pain that he almost knelt on the ground.

“Who did that? Are you trying to get yourself killed?” The man was extremely angry. He turned his head around and his eyes lit up when he saw Lana running toward him angrily. “Oh my, it’s a sexy and pretty lady!”

“Are you suicidal? Bring this one with us, maybe our director will like her too!” Another man said with a smile on his face.

“That’s right! She has such a nice body. Haha, she might just get famous if she stars in a movie!” Several men from that group of people temporarily let go while the others continued to hold on to Blake and Tianna.

“I was wondering why their voices sounded so familiar, it’s them!” jackie glanced at the duo. He recognized them although they had on sunglasses.

Lana defeated those people with just a few moves. They fell to the ground and started moaning in pain.

“What sort of director is this? Is he suicidal? How dare he kidnap somebody under broad daylight!” Lana scolded those people. They used all their might to climb up before leaving in their car.

“It’s you!” Blake and Tianna covered their mouths in surprise when they saw jackie amongst the people walking over to them.

“Oh my, you guys came over to Swallow City?” Tianna was in disbelief. She looked at jackie from head to toes. “Thank you so much! We would have been done for if it weren’t for you! Normally we won’t meet

with incidents like this. Who knew that we would be so unlucky just as we were about to leave the house!”

“Cough, cough… It’s us… We’ve moved here to start a new life here!” jackie was embarrassed and immediately reminded them. “Oh yes, please don’t tell others that we are from Eastfield. The wedding happened some time ago and not many people remember me and Selena!”

“Don’t worry, we won’t say anything!” Blake smiled as she spoke. How could they go around spreading news about jackie when he had saved both of them? They did not even know how to repay his kindness.

Apart from that, there must be a hidden reason for them to be here as jackie purposely mentioned this to them.

“The car seems to have come from that direction as if they knew that you guys were leaving the house!” jackie thought about it and looked at both ladies.

Soon, he stepped forward and stretched one of his hands out toward Blake’s chest.

Chapter 916 The startled Blake’s face turned crimson red when she saw jackie reaching out his hand toward her chest.

How bold of him—she was a famous superstar!

Had she not known jackie was a decent man and Selena was not with them at that moment, Blake might have thought that jackie was a pervert that tried to take advantage of her.

Blake’s heart raced, out of control.

Still, she did not step back with the belief that jackie was not trying to take advantage of her.

Selena frowned, curious as to what jackie would do.

jackie merely smiled as he freed a button on Blake.

“Ah!” yelped Blake, blush searing her face as she crossed her arms at her chest. Her collar was exposed after jackie unfastened one button.

“A tapping and locator device.” jackie smiled coldly and, with just a small force, crushed the button between his fingers. Everyone saw a small chip hidden among the broken button’s remnants.

“How’s that possible? It’s so small and…” Blake took a sharp intake of breath, shuddering at the thought.

jackie chuckled. “I think they took the opportunity to do something because they knew you’re leaving the house without bodyguards with you, all with this small device,” remarked jackie.

“Where did you buy these clothes, Blake? How can it…” Tianna was equally frightened. None of them would have known Blake had a spying device on her if jackie had not come to them.

Blake’s face darkened. “That damned director gifted it to me yesterday, some time ago. It looked pretty, so I’ve been wearing it these few days!” Blake grew angrier the more she thought about it and scoffed, “It’s best if we go back and change, and I’m throwing this away. It seems best to not take any clothes people give me!”

She turned to look at jackie, her gaze kinder as she smiled. “Thank you very much for today, jackie. I hope to treat you to dinner whenever we have the time. I want to thank all of you!”

“That’s mighty generous of you. This is my name card, call me if that bastard director still comes causing trouble. Since we’re neighbors now, I’ll get to swiftly come to your aid.” jackie smiled and passed his namecard to them.

He initially had no name cards, but Tanya made some for him when he worked as the Drake family’s bodyguard. He carried some with him so that it would be much easier to pass his contact to other people.

“Thank you so much!” Blake and Tianna exchanged glances and were delighted. They immediately exchanged contacts with jackie and the others.

“By the way, jackie, you’re staying in this neighborhood too, right? Which building are you staying at?” asked Blake, curiosity peaked as jackie mentioned they were neighbors.

“I live here, in this area that’s surrounded by the wall!” jackie pointed at the area behind him.

“What?!” Blake and Tianna gaped at the revelation. It was just yesterday that they both talked about who it was, wealthy enough to have bought so many villas in one go. They even grumbled at how such a wall would reduce their greenery significantly.

Astounded were they when jackie revealed it was him and his wife who bought that area!

Chapter 917 “You… You’re really rich!” said the grinning Tianna.

“Alright then, jackie. Please do join us for dinner when we invite all of you!” Blake smiled and walked back to their houses with Tianna. “I need to go back and change.”

“Alright!” jackie nodded and agreed with a smile. After all, they were famous A-list celebrities, and it would be ungentlemanly if he kept refusing them when they repeatedly mentioned they would like to thank him with a meal.

“It seems that Swallow City isn’t such a peaceful place, too!” exclaimed Selena as the three of them walked on.

“That’s fair. This place is also known as the City of Martial Arts as many masters and powerful people gather here. There’s constant news about how powerful clans or families grow or are wiped out,” remarked Lana with a smile on her face.

“City of Martial Arts? Swallow City has such a name?” Selena frowned; she had never heard of that before.

“Oh, Sister Selena doesn’t know about this yet. There are quite a lot of powerful people in this world. In this City of Martial Arts, many people have worked as bodyguards or opened martial arts clubs since ancient times. This is an old city, so there are many masters here. Because of these ancient practices, the people here like to practice martial arts to stay healthy,” Lana explained patiently to Selena as they walked.

“Oh, I see. I had no idea that Swallow City is such an interesting place!” Selena spoke with a deep realization. “It’s alright, I don’t need to care about all this. I only need to know that both my husband and you, Lana are powerful people. That’s enough for me!”

“Of course! Giving a sense of security to my wife is a must!” jackie chuckled, and the trio talked while they walked, familiarizing themselves with the area.

…

At the same time, Tanya, Sharon, and Yvonne were drinking coffee in a cafe, seemingly bored.

“Sigh! Why didn’t jackie tell us that he’s leaving? We could’ve at least had a farewell gathering!” At the thought of jackie, Tanya remembered how jackie took her first kiss by accident, and she somehow felt like a piece of her heart was missing.

“That’s right! That guy had the audacity to leave quietly with the entire Taylor family without telling us a word. Hmph!” scoffed Yvonne.

“Well, what could we have done?” murmured Sharon. “He doesn’t like us. Don’t bother denying it; I see how you both fawn over jackie. You two just don’t want to admit it!”

“Nonsense!” Tanya rolled her eyes, refusing to admit it.

“That’s right! That guy is dumb, and I don’t like him!” quipped Yvonne, though she was bitter at the thought. jackie was a flawless man! Could he not just think of having two wives?

Had jackie mentioned it or acted more proactively, Yvonne did not mind being his second or third wife.

Meanwhile…

…

The White family butler and the young lady, Beth White had returned to the White family mansion.

Nash White laid on the bed with a pale face, his breaths shallow as he coughed. “How did it go? Did you guys manage to meet jackie and Joan?” he asked weakly.

Chapter 918 The butler, Titus White gazed at his master, Nash White, who laid on the bed. Titus nodded solemnly. “We managed to see them, but they refused to come back with us. Moreover, they gave us no clear answer on whether they’ll come here or when they’ll come.”

Disappointment welled in Nash’s eyes when Titus relayed that piece of information. “It’s all my fault… I’ve wronged them. I just didn’t realize that jackie would hate me so much that he refuses to come back and see me one last time, knowing that I’m going to die. Sigh, this has to be my retribution, isn’t it?”

However, different from what he imagined, Titus spoke again, “Master, I believe that the young master will return because before we left, Joan told us that jackie has something important to do and needs time to think about it. I believe that jackie will come back to see you, but it might take some time, no sooner than now.”

“Is that true?” The corners of Nash’s eyes grew moist when he heard that. “That’s… That’s good to hear! I haven’t seen jackie for so many years, and I really want to see what he looks like now…!”

“Master, the young master is as handsome as you!” Titus immediately smiled. “Apart from that, the young master is incredibly talented. Four young people from the Lambert family paid a visit to the Taylors because they had some misunderstandings with them before. Those people stirred trouble with them, and we saw how Young Master jackie killed all four of them on his own. His sword aura attacks were hauntingly powerful!”

“Really? I had no idea that jackie could achieve so much in the normal world and under such an environment. If he grew up in the White family and we trained him from a young age, he would’ve achieved an even higher altitude now!” Nash was pleasantly excited when he heard this news. That was his son! Nash White’ son was really talented and successful.

Titus paused before continuing to speak, “By the way, Master, there are some misunderstandings between us and the young master. I think that the eldest madam caused such issues!”

Nash frowned and immediately asked. “Misunderstandings? What misunderstandings?”

“Didn’t you ask the Ninth Patronum to send the young master and Joan one million every year? You even asked him to send resources that will help their physical fitness, right? However, Joan told us that they’ve never received any of these things or any of the money, and jackie went to the battlefield because they lacked money. Although he managed to survive the challenges throughout those five years, Young Master jackie must’ve experienced many life-and-death situations on the battlefield,” Titus’s eyes turned red as he spoke. “Sigh! I can’t imagine how difficult life has been for them these past few years!”

“Damn it…! How dare Brenton take these things for himself?! He even pretended to leave the house several days every year, and told me that he found jackie! He lied to me, saying jackie and Joan lived a comfortable life!” Nash knew then why jackie refused to return and visit even when Titus told him his days were numbered.

It turned out that the Ninth Patronum, Brenton White had always been lying and hiding things from him.

Chapter 919 “There’s more. Five years ago, Joan was severely ill and needed one million for a surgery…” Titus then went on to tell Nash everything that had happened to jackie and Joan five years ago.

Nash’s fists balled tightly as he gritted his teeth in anger. He supported his body and sat up with the remaining strength he had in him left. “How dare she get someone to act as the butler and even humiliate jackie! I never knew he knelt for one whole night! Lily, you’re really too cruel!” With that, Nash ordered, “Beth, bring the elders here. I have to kill Lily and that Yvette Lagorio! How dare she pretend to be the butler?!”

Nash knew right away the ‘fat woman’ Titus spoke of was Lily’s personal maid, Yvette Lagorio. She was Lily’s maid when Lily married into the White family and had always been under Lily’s lead, loyal to a fault.

“Master, we can’t do that!” Titus was surprised when he heard this and immediately added, “Master, it’s true Madam went out of line, but the White family doesn’t have an actual leader right now. Although you are alive, you’re severely ill. If we have an internal war at this moment, the other families will be over the moon and attack us when we’re occupied with each other! What should we do if we don’t have an actual leader by then?”

Nash knew it himself that he was acting irrationally out of anger.

Although the White family developed speedily and had many masters, the Lagorio family still had many masters working in the White family. The White family might win if they fought wholeheartedly, but they would have suffered severe losses.

Above all things, Nash was dying and would not hold up for much longer. There was a huge possibility that the son he had with Lily had died. They failed to find his body after searching for so long, and it was highly likely that beasts had devoured his body. Moreover, he did not know if jackie would return, willing to inherit the White family’s properties. Under such circumstances, having an internal fight was not a good idea.

“You’re right, I’m acting impulsively.” Nash smiled bitterly. “I still need to tolerate it. For the time being, have the accomplished youths in the White family to better themselves. I really do hope that our White family can have a peaceful relationship with the Lagorio family. However… If jackie returns, Lily would be displeased, what with that insufferable attitude or hers.”

“You need not worry about that, Master. Although Lily is a bad person, she wouldn’t show her bitterness out in the open. After all, the elders are observing and you’re still alive. Still, she might do something under the table to attack jackie when he comes, all while a gentle facade is maintained.” Titus smiled; he understood the madam well.

“That’s for sure…” Nash nodded. “Lily is my wife, and she chose me many years ago. Our family grew stronger and became a real shadow family under the support of the Lagorio family. Forgive her, and spare her life as long as her actions aren’t too overboard.” Nash then asserted, “However, the Ninth Patronum, Brenton White and that woman, Yvette Lagorio have to die! I won’t forgive them for what they did to my son and Joan!”

“That’s right. Brenton is one of the White family members, and nobody knew Lily had bribed him. We can’t keep this person around.”

Beth was deep in thought all the while before she broke her silence, “Master, although Yvette is only Lily’s personal maid, they’ve been together for so many years and are like sisters. Madam won’t let it fly if you’re to kill her, and it might even make her furious.”

Chapter 920 “I don’t care how good their relationship is. She’s just a maid yet had the gall to treat my son so cruelly. Not only did she pretend to be the butler, but she even humiliated him and made him kneel outside for the entire night. jackie is my son, and I have to avenge him…!” Nash’s fists tightened in agitation.

Beth agreed with Nash, thus she nodded and suggested, “Yes, but this it’s not the right time yet. Let’s wait until Young Master jackie comes over; I think that it’s best to find an excuse to kill her if she dares

humiliate Young Master jackie when he’s here. That way, you can avenge Young Master jackie for him to see, and he’ll then know how much you do care for him.”

Nash’s eyes lit up when he heard what Beth said. “That’s splendid! Oh, how I wish jackie would come already… It would be nice if he could stay here for a few days, even if he doesn’t want the White family’ inheritance…”

At that moment, Nash wheezed as he broke out into coughs.

…

By noon, the trio— jackie, Selena, and Lana—had finished walking and had coffee.

jackie noticed a restaurant not that far away from, nicely decorated. “Let’s go have lunch!” suggested jackie. “That restaurant looks nice. Let’s go have a look!”

Meanwhile… “Look at that guy! He’s got two beautiful ladies with him, and I’m just jealous of him at this point!” People began to murmur among one another as they enviously looked at the trio, especially jackie.

“That’s right. It’s already good enough to get just one of these ladies, and this guy has two! Look at how they’re interacting; they must be this guy’s first and second wife!” Some people made bold guesses as they stared at those two pretty ladies.

jackie found a table by the window once they entered the restaurant, and they sat down.

A waitress came over with the menu.

“The dishes here are really expensive!” exclaimed Selena as she looked at the menu.

The same dishes were 50 percent cheaper when they were in Eastfield. That showed Swallow City’s cost of living was much higher than where they came from.

Four men at a table not far away overheard what Selena randomly said.

One of the men, dressed in branded clothes, smiled and walked over. “Dear me, pretty lady, do you think that this is expensive? The dishes in this restaurant do cost a pretty penny, but they’re delicious. Apart from that, the decorations are really pretty, so their business is good. Many rich people like to eat here!”

Chapter 921 The man slightly bent his body as he spoke so that his hand could lean on the side of the table where Selena was sitting. The branded watch on the man’s hand looked very conspicuous.

The man had a small smirk on his face as he showed his branded watch and continued speaking, “It’s nice meeting such pretty ladies. Would the both of you like to be my friends? Let’s exchange contacts. As long as you’re willing to be my friend, I’ll pay for your meal today!”

Young Master Quinton spoke confidently and had a smile on his face. He believed that most pretty ladies could be reeled in with money.

Apart from that, the prices of dishes in this restaurant were nothing to him. Judging from this beautiful lady’s words, they might opt to leave as they could not afford the food in this restaurant. After all, many poor people could not afford the food here, so they would leave after looking at the menu.

He would have sat himself next to these pretty ladies had it not been for the man with them at their table. He did not know what their relationships were.

Regardless, he believed these women would write down his number and contact him secretly later on— assuming they were not idiots. This was not the first time he had such a situation. As long as they accepted his courtship, it meant that there was a possibility that they would come out the next time he asked them out.

The man leered at the two beautiful women, and his heart raced with excitement as he moved nearer to them. He was filled with anticipation as he smelt Selena’s faint fragrance.

What the man failed to realize was that Selena said what she said not because she had no money; she merely exclaimed out of surprise that the level of consumption was somewhat higher when compared to that in Eastfield.

The Taylor family prospered for quite some time, and all the family’s wealth and finances were with her from operating funds, money from the company, and the huge amount they earned from the wedding banquet. How could she not afford a dish in this restaurant?

She would have spent several hundred thousand if she ordered a whole table of fine dishes and wine. That amount was also nothing to them.

Even if Selena was out of the picture, Lana had a lot of money with her too. They would never be in a situation where they could not foot a bill, no matter how expensive it was.

Hence, Selena only smiled indifferently and commented, “Thank you for your great courtesy, Sir. We can pay our own expenses here.”

The corners of Young Master Quinton’s lips slightly twitched. His brothers were looking at him from the other table, and it would only shame him if his offer was turned down.

He was momentarily stunned before he insisted, “Pretty one, why do you want to put yourself in such a bad situation? I’m sure you can afford two slightly cheaper vegetarian dishes, but we as humans should enjoy ourselves. Isn’t it good if we can get a serving of seafood, lobsters, and red wine here?”

The man then straightened himself and gestured toward the Rolls-Royce parked outside, an affirmation of his wealth should Selena be blind to it. “Look, the cars outside are ours. What does that tell you? This means that I have enough money. Be my friend, and you can order whatever you want. I can even pay for the meal if they cost one whole million!”

Selena dumbfounded. She was reasonable in turning the man down, but the man was so persistent.

She smiled indifferently once again and affirmed, “Young master, we know that you’re rich, but we’re not poor. We can afford the food here.”

“Oh dear, they’re not entertaining Young Master Quinton!” Those three men stood up and one of them could not help himself from laughing.

Young Master Quinton’s face darkened when he heard what the men said. He spoke to Selena, “Pretty one, think about this carefully. If you reject me now, don’t blame me for not giving you guys face later!”

Chapter 922 The threat in Young Master Quinton’s words was evident as he glanced outside; there were seven to eight bodyguards smoking beside his car.

“Young Master Quinton, how much is your face worth?” jackie could hold back his laugh when he heard the man’s words. “My wife treated you kindly and refused you so euphemistically. We don’t want to cause trouble, so it’s best if you quickly leave as that’s best for us all. Apart from that, she’s not some gold- digger; she’s happily married to me. Do you understand?”

jackie was unafraid to face Young Master Quinton and maintained his gallant disposition.

While jackie wanted to keep a low profile in Swallow City as he had just moved in, he had a limit that should not be crossed, and that was on his wife Selena. It felt like a slap to the face when the man asked Selena out.

Moreover, how could the Supreme Warrior’s wife be bullied like that? How could anybody treat her like that?

After all, there were many powerful people in Swallow City. Who knew who this Young Master Quinton in front of them was?

“So what if she has a husband? There are many who are married!” Young Master Quinton jeered at how jackie stood his ground. “Many married women get with me in the end. Everything is fine as long as I,

Caleb Quinton, am rich!”

Caleb then turned to Selena and commented, “Pretty lady, stop following this guy. You’re really pretty— why don’t you follow me instead? I’ll give you five million every month, and if that’s not enough, ten million per month is doable too! That’s a pretty penny, mind you!” He then turned to look at Lana and cooed, “Oh, yes. If this pretty lady wants to follow me too, I can pay you the same amount!”

“In your dreams!” Lana was displeased with from the start, but she never thought Caleb would get bolder by the minute.

Lana stood up and walked away from the table, waggling her finger as a taunt to come at her. “Are you trying to take advantage of me? We’ll talk about this after you’ve won against me!”

Caleb’s eyes lit up at Lana’s words. “Not bad! This pretty lady has good characteristics, I like you more by the minute!”

With that, Caleb balled his fists and rushed toward Lana.

Lana had to give it to Caleb—he seemed to be a capable fighter. His speed was so great, he got close enough to her in just seconds.

It seemed to make sense that Swallow City was dubbed the City of Martial Arts. These young masters from wealthy families seemed to have seasoned combat abilities.

However, this man was not her opponent. While he had the talent in martial arts equivalent to that of an assistant commander, how could he beat the Goddess of War, Lana?

Lana swung her fist and slammed it against Caleb’s, though there was not much force in her first. Despite that, Caleb was sent backward before he could regain his footing. He stood in place while his arm shivered in pain.

“Who would’ve thought that you’re a master!” Young Master Quinton waved his slightly numb arm and had a playful smile on his face. His interest in her only grew.

“You’d leave instead of disturbing our meal if you’re sensible enough!” Lana glanced at him coldly with a slight impatience in her eyes.

At that moment, Caleb’s three companions walked toward him and grinningly said, “Young Master Quinton, it looks like you can’t settle this yourself. Do you need our help?”

“Sure. This woman is quite strong, but there won’t be problems if we team up.” Young Master Quinton felt as though this woman—who had a face mask on—was the stronger bunch among the three. After all, jackie and Selena did nothing.

Despite what happened, the woman had only a small upper hand against him, but he would surely win with his companions joining him.

Chapter 923 Firm in his decision, Caleb then gave the order, and the quartet rushed toward Lana.

Lana internally facepalmed at the sight of all four men rushing toward her. She showed only a fraction of her strength as she did not want to make a scene; all she wanted was to teach him a lesson that would make him admit defeat and leave. She did not expect them to grow more confident with themselves and attacked her together.

Lana no longer reserved her strength. All four men fell to the floor as Lana kicked them relentlessly, and blood spurted from their mouths as their faces turned pale.

“Young Master!” Several of the bodyguards who waited outside hastily rushed when they saw the scene.

“Damn, this woman is really strong. Seems like we can’t do anything against her!” Young Master Quinton stood up and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

“Young Master, don’t you worry. We’ll kill her for you!” One of the bodyguards with a Herculean build glared daggers at Lana.

It was quite obvious that these bodyguards were much stronger than those useless rich second generations.

The other three young masters seemed to have a good relationship with Young Master Quinton, but they did not come from a strong family like him, so they naturally treated him with more respect.

“Oh, dear… It seems that you guys won’t leave without being taught a lesson!” Lana sighed and ran toward the men.

The waitress was stunned by what happened and stood by the side helplessly. That kind of commotion happened all the time in Swallow City.

Meanwhile, jackie nonchalantly ordered, “Pretty lady, give us three lobsters—one for each of us—and three bottles of this wine. We’d also like to have this…”

Only then did the waitress snap out of her trance and wrote down jackie’s order. “Alright!”

By the time jackie finished ordering the dishes, Lana languidly walked back to her seat after giving the bodyguards and the four rich second-generations a serious beating.

“Young man, wait here for us! Don’t you dare leave!” Young Master Quinton threatened before leaving with his people.

“They asked for it!” jackie looked outside and smiled indifferently when he saw how those people ran.

“You’re really something. How can you just sit here and let Lana do all the fighting?” Selena rolled her eyes at jackie. Lana was the Goddess of War, yet jackie did nothing. Would Lana not be angered as she did all the fighting?

“It’s alright. After all, I’m quite free!” said Lana with a smile.

“Sir, Madams, I think it’s best if you guys leave. What should we do if Young Master Quinton brings the master from his family here?” reminded the waitress after looking at them for some time.

Chapter 924 “Is this Young Master Quinton from a strong family?” Selena was slightly worried when she heard the waitress’ suggestion. After all, they had just moved into Swallow City. It was not possible for them to provoke a powerful family too quickly, was it?

The waitress eyed her surroundings before she softly explained, “How should I say this… They used to be a small family back then and were some sort of low influential force. Still, they were considered a strong power around this area.” The waitress paused before continuing, “However, ever since Young Master Quinton’s second uncle came back from the battlefield, the Quinton family’s status rapidly improved, and they’re now regarded as a third-class aristocratic family. The Quinton family developed so quickly because his second uncle is none other than a King of War!”

“A King of War?” jackie was not afraid when he heard this. Instead, he felt anger sizzling in him.

As a dignified King of War, how could he allow his nephew to behave so terribly in public? Had it been jackie instead, he would not stop at just refusing to help Young Master Quinton… He would give him a beatdown!

“So you’re saying that this King of War doesn’t know right from wrong and only knows how to protect this Young Master Quinton?” Sure enough, Lana was just as displeased when she heard the waitress’ explanation and asked with a cold expression on her face.

“Yes, and because the young master has such strong support, he’s used it to show off and bully people in this area!” After the waitress finished speaking, she asserted, “Why aren’t you guys leaving yet? It’ll be too late if you don’t leave now!”

Lana smiled and said to the waitress, “Haha…! Thank you for that, but we don’t plan on leaving. We’re here for food, so you can ask the kitchen to start cooking!”

“What…?” The waiter was speechless as she did not expect them to stay, even after she kindly suggested that they leave for their own sake.

Were these three that unafraid of Young Master Quinton?

She gave the trio a thoughtful gaze before she left.

“If this dignified King of War truly does nothing to discipline his nephew, we can help him with that today!” commented jackie with a cold smile on his face after the waitress left.

Worried, Selena softly said to jackie, “Will this matter escalate? We’ve just arrived here, and we haven’t figured out the situation yet…”

“There’s nothing to be afraid of. Didn’t you hear what the waitress said just now? This Quinton family can be considered as a third-class aristocratic family, and that means they’re not formally a third-class aristocratic family in Swallow City. There are too many of such forces in this city and it doesn’t matter if they’re destroyed, let alone giving them a lesson!” jackie had an indifferent expression on his face. Although there were many forces and strong people in the city, not many of them scared him.

The only thing that he was worried about was what Fernando said. He said that it was a trap, and even Fernando was not their opponent. Could it be that there was a shadow family like the White family, or was it a certain super master from the Gin City who took action?

After all, jackie knew the extent of Fernando’s combat abilities. If Fernando could not win against such a person, it meant that either the opponent was very strong or there were many powerful masters besieging him.

jackie hoped that it was the latter because there would not be anything to be afraid of. It would be slightly worrying if it was the former.

Lost in his thoughts, he did not realize the table had been filled with delicious food.

“Let’s eat! It smells really good. What Young Master Quinton said about the food here being good got me excited about it!” Selena smiled and began to eat.

Chapter 925 jackie then joined in the meal, and while the dishes were on the pricier side, it genuinely tasted delectable. As they ate, they had some drinks as well.

Ten minutes passed…

“Hey, that Young Master Quinton didn’t come back for revenge. Seems like he’s all bark but no bite when he threatened us just now, and he won’t be coming back!” Lana smiled and raised her glass of red wine. “ jackie and Sister-in-law, cheers!”

Selena smiled and said to Lana, “Sure! Still, it’s best to not drink so much in the afternoon so we don’t get drunk!”

“Don’t you worry. Both me and jackie can hold our alcohol down well, so one bottle of wine won’t affect us at all.” Lana finished her red wine in one go, her smile never leaving her face as she looked at Selena. “You should mind your wine though, Sister Selena, and don’t get drunk!”

“I might not be able to hold down that much like you two can, but one or two glasses won’t affect me.” Selena smiled. “After all, I had to drink when I started working for the Taylor family, and I’ve gone through some training.”

“Really? If that’s the case, let’s get another bottle later. This is the first time I’m drinking with you both!” Lana shrugged her shoulder. To be honest, she somewhat envied Selena.

To Lana, jackie was god-like. He was her idol, extremely strong and handsome.

If she did not know that jackie was married and was very faithful to his wife, she would want to be his woman.

Still, Lana knew that jackie thought of her only as a childish disciple.

“Sure! Get us three more bottles of wine, please!” Selena smiled and ordered with the waitress tending to them.

Selena was incredibly touched that the Goddess of War Lana was willing to be by their side and protect them as their bodyguard.

Selena was happy so long as Lana was, even if she got drunk.

“He’s really back with a gang of people!” Lana looked outside and stood up. “ jackie, Sister-in-law, please continue your meal. Let me go out and teach them a lesson. Don’t worry, I’ll be back in a short while!” Lana walked out after she spoke.

The young master brought quite a huge number of people with him, about 50 to 60 bodyguards. Many of them looked like really strong masters. Their status seemed much better than the previous seven to eight bodyguards.

“It’s her!” A smile appeared on Young Master Quinton’s bruised face when he saw Lana walking out. “not bad. You’re really bold! I was afraid that you guys ran away already. Who knew that you’d still be eating here!”

“How can we leave when we’re halfway through our meal?” Lana laughed and replied, “Where’s your second uncle? Is he here yet? If he is, ask him to come out so I can teach him a lesson!”

Chapter 926 “My second uncle?” Young Master Quinton was taken aback at Lana’s question, stunned for a good while before a grin appeared on his face. “Well, well! This lady made a thorough background check on me. You even know about my second uncle!” Young Master Quinton paused before continuing to speak, “We won’t be needing my second uncle here to get you guys, though. The Quinton family’s bodyguards are enough!”

One of the Quinton family’s bodyguards stepped forward as he chuckled. “Young lady, since you know about Young Master Quinton’s second uncle, you should know who he is. He’s a three-star King of War. It’s best if you give up all resistance so we won’t have to resort to more extreme methods. Everything will be fine as long as you apologize to our young master wholeheartedly and leave with him!”

Unexpectedly, Young Master Quinton piped in right after one of the guards spoke, “That won’t work. There’s another pretty woman inside the restaurant, and both of them are the cream of the crop. If we leave, both of them would have to come with me!”

“You’re nowhere handsome, yet you’ve got high hopes and demands!” Lana did not bite back a condescending grin after hearing Young Master Quinton’s bold claim.

“Ahaha! Seems like you’re not wanting to leave with our young master, young lady. Allow this assistant commander to test out how good you are!”

The bodyguard rushed toward Lana without any hesitation.

The bodyguard’s speed was comparable to a major’s. His combat prowess was considered excellent in Swallow City that was filled with many powerful fighters.

That in itself fueled his confidence.

As he sprinted toward Lana, the assistant commander bent his fingers as though they were claws, aiming at Lana’s face in an attempt to take off her mask.

The bodyguard grinned coldly; Lana would not have such impeccable reflex to dodge his speed and sudden attack.

He would have taken down Lana’s mask by the time she could react, but they would have all seen what she looked like under the mask by then.

“Oh, so you’re acting alone?” Lana gave a cocky smirk as she acted swiftly. She caught the man’s hand with her palm just as his hand nearly grazed her face mask.

“Ah!” Lana’s palm caught the man’s hand like iron tongs. She exerted force into her grip that made the bodyguard kneel in pain.

“How’s this possible?!” The bodyguard was startled by Lana’s power that rendered him—a powerful individual—somewhat helpless.

With the man still in shock, Lana swung her leg and kicked him at his chest, the force sending him zipping through the air.

With an audible thud, the bodyguard fell several meters away and landed on the floor in an awkward position as dust flew.

“How’s that possible? How can the assistant commander lose just like that?” Some of the Quinton family’s bodyguards were baffled at the sight, unable to hold back their shock.

“This woman is really good!” The assistant commander withstood his pain and got back up on his feet. He hesitated to rush forward again and instead, walked over and glanced at an elder who stood at one side.

Chapter 927 The elder had greater and better combat abilities than the assistant commander and was a head commander of the Quinton family’s bodyguards.

“Attack together!” The head commander would not take chances when he knew how strong Lana was. He gave the rest of the guards a signal—to attack together.

“That’ll save me the trouble if you’re all attacking together!” Lana laughed at the sight of the men rushing toward her, and she nonchalantly met them halfway.

Daunting, blood-curdling noises were heard as several of the Quinton family’s bodyguards flew backward, and they were all on the ground just moments later. Only Young Master Quinton and the three rich young masters—who shared a table with him and drank with him before—stood there dumbfoundedly.

Many passersby gazed at Lana with awe and respect. “How’s that possible? How… How can she be so strong?”

Swallow City was also known as the City of Martial Arts. Most of the people in the city advocated power and worshipped masters very much.

People from the Quinton family had always bullied and oppressed people around this area, and Young Master Quinton was nothing but savage. Still, no one expected to see him getting schooled on that very day.

Lana glanced at the group of four with a slight smirk and said indifferently, “You four, it’s time for you to learn!”

Frightened to the core, Young Master Quinton instantly begged, “D—Don’t…! Pretty lady, we’re only weaklings. What if you end up killing us? I’m the Quinton family’s young master, and you also know that my second uncle is incredibly powerful!”

Once she mulled over her thoughts, Lana then remarked, “Didn’t I tell you that I don’t care about your second uncle? I’m giving you two choices now: One, you receive your punishment from me. Two, kneel

here until I finish eating, and then you can leave!”

“Isn’t this woman acting too arrogantly? How dare she look down on a King of War?” blurted one of the bodyguards to his companion.

Another bodyguard thought about it and added, “That’s right. Who’s this woman? Why haven’t we seen her before? She doesn’t seem to be from around this area. If she’s better than the three-star King of War, we’d surely hear about her at some point!”

“How… How can I do that? I… I’m Young Master Quinton!” said Caleb with a grimace. He would be extremely ashamed if others saw him kneeling outside the restaurant under the bright sun.

Lana got closer to the group of four and, rubbing her knuckles, grinningly commented, “You leave me with no choice then. I can only take action since you guys don’t want to kneel here. Sometimes my fists don’t obey me, and my punches and kicks still hurt even when I’m not trying to kill. I might accidentally kill someone if I slightly lose control of my punches!”

The other three rich young masters glanced at each other and knelt while ignoring Young Master Quinton. “We’ll kneel!”

One of them even said, “Pretty lady, please go enjoy your meal!”

Caleb’s face darkened as his lips twitched for a good while. “I’m the Quinton family’s young master,” he uttered. “Are you sure about this?”

Chapter 928 “You still got the guts to threaten me right now!” Lana laughed and questioned, “By the way, how many stars does your second uncle, the King of War have?”

Caleb was embarrassed. This woman had no idea how frightening his second uncle was, yet she dared force him to kneel.

He turned his head to the side and arrogantly scoffed, “Hmph! My second uncle is no one or even two- star King of War—he’s a three-star King of War! Three-stars! Do you get it now? Are you afraid yet? Let us go if you are. If not, all of you will face my uncle’s wrath today!”

“Three-stars? Oh my, I’m so scared! Why didn’t you tell me earlier?” Lana’s expression intentionally morphed into one of pure fright before it died down into a more neutral expression. “Kneel!” she snapped. “I’ll hit you if you don’t!”

It only occurred to Caleb then that she was mocking him. “How… How dare you toy with me?”

Still, he had no choice but to kneel under Lana’s intense, sharp gaze, all while he gritted his teeth.

“Alright, I’m going in to have my meal. You guys can leave after I’m done with my meal and after I leave!” Lana clapped and walked into the restaurant.

“Who’s this woman? How dare she humiliate us like this!” growled one of the rich young masters once Lana left them.

“Humiliate us? You were the first one to kneel!” Caleb was rather displeased at that. These three were gutless and they caved in all too quickly, kneeling down all too soon. He at least tried to fight back.

“What could we even do, Young Master Quinton? That woman is fearless, and I do believe she’s never lost before. She’s so daring to threaten us. What if she killed us if we didn’t kneel?” muttered one of the young masters with a bitter smile on his face.

“He’s got a point, Young Master Quinton,” another piped in. “You at least have your second uncle supporting you, but we don’t have such support. Our deaths would’ve been in vain!”

The third guy then added, “That’s right. This city is a chaotic one with so many masters, and they don’t care much nor do they care what sort of support you have. They don’t care much about their lives, and there are many desperados who’d kill you before explaining why!”

Caleb had nothing to say to that; they were telling the truth after all.

“What are you guys still lying on the ground for? Stop pretending. I don’t believe that you guys are dying from those beatings!” barked Young Master Quinton as he glared at his bodyguards on the ground.

“Young master, what else can we do apart from lying down here? Moreover, that woman got us real good. Although we’re still alive, our wounds are really bad!” whined one of the guards.

“Come here and kneel beside us too. If not, how shameful will we be when so many people walk past and see us!” Caleb thought about it and continued saying, “Apart from that, you guys can cover me while I call my second uncle. F*ck, I don’t believe that we can’t get back at those people right now!”

The rich young master beside Caleb thought about it and immediately reminded him, “Young Master Quinton, are you sure you want to call your second uncle? You need to know that he’d surely come and punish them on your stead with just one call. After all, he’s really nice to you.”

Then, the young master’s stance shifted as he added, “However, you’ll have to think it through. You won’t be getting those two women. Your uncle might help you, but he hates it when people try to get handsy with civilian women!”

Chapter 929 Caleb frowned at the other young master’s advice. He gave it a thought before he made his decision. “Hmph, I don’t care! We’ll teach them a lesson. I’ll ask my second uncle to hurt that woman. As long as she’s badly injured, the remaining two won’t be a threat. It’d be easy for me to follow these three later on and beat them up myself after my second uncle’s gone.”

Everybody nodded at Caleb’s words.

Meanwhile… “Why are they kneeling on the ground?” As his eyes wandered, jackie noticed the bodyguards kneeling outside the restaurant.

Lana’s eyes wandered to the same direction as she calmly smiled. “Haha…! That guy’s probably unsatisfied and is calling his second uncle. His second uncle is a three-star King of War! I’ll surely teach him a thing or two!”

“Leave him be if he’s a good person at heart and that it’s just his nephew acting up. After all, he’s somebody who fought for the country!” advised jackie after he assessed the situation. “However, if he tries to protect his nephew and is acting aggressive, get one of his fingers.”

“Alright.” Lana nodded and ate her steak in a relaxed manner.

Their conversation stunned Selena.

Why did it feel like jackie was ordering Goddess of War Lana? Why did it feel like Lana listened to everything jackie said?

Was it because jackie was the Great Nine Gods of War’s exclusive doctor? That could not be. Was it not supposed to be the doctors respecting the Gods of War?

“Honey, eat. Eat more!” jackie smiled and placed more food into Selena’s plate.

Eventually, the group of three were full after their meal.

“Why isn’t he here yet?” Lana was slightly impatient as she glanced outside again.

“It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t come over. Let me go pay the bill!” jackie stood up and walked over to pay the bill.

…

“Young Master Quinton, why isn’t your second uncle here yet? Look, that guy is paying the bill. Dear me, they’re done with their meal and are leaving!” informed one of the bodyguards as he looked into the restaurant.

“No way! F*ck, they are done!” Caleb scowled at the sight. His second uncle had yet to arrive when jackie and his company were leaving after their meal was finished. Locating them would be too much of a hassle. After all, Swallow City—a large city, at that—made it hard for people to locate one another.

“He’s here! He’s here!” At this moment, a car drove into view and was parked not far away. A man in his forties came down from the car.

He was accompanied by two other middle-aged men, and all three of them were rather red in the face due to the alcohol they drank before coming to the restaurant.

“Which woman bullied my nephew?” snapped the man in his forties upon his arrival.

Chapter 930 “Seems to me like he’s full of himself!” Lana smirked when she caught what the man had said, and she then remarked to jackie and Selena, “This guy’s losing one of his fingers after this!”

“Uncle! My dearest uncle! You’re finally here!” Young Master Quinton stood up from the ground as both his legs were numb from the kneeling. “I almost died from being under the sun, and it really doesn’t help that we’re humiliated, kneeling in public!”

“That’s right, King of War Hunter Moore. These people are downright detestable! Not only did they hit us, but they even forced us to kneel under the sun!” one of the young masters helped explain the situation.

“That’s right, King of War Hunter Moore! The woman even boldly claimed that she’s not afraid of you, even if you came!” said the other young master as he stood up and rubbed his knees.

“Uncle, it’s that woman wearing a mask. She’s utterly despicable! I was kind enough to treat them to a meal, but they refused me and said that I was making fun of them for being poor. We started fighting because they spared no respect to the Quinton family!” Caleb immediately pointed at the trio walking over and added details into the story.

“Alright, I get it now!” Hunter nodded and walked several steps forward.

“You guys are rather bold, I’ll give you that. Do you know who this is? This is the Quinton family’s young master and my nephew, yet you guys not only hit him but even made him kneel to you? Are you guys looking down on me, Hunter Moore?” The arrogant-looking Hunter placed both his hands behind his back, seemingly condescending.

“These people are suicidal for looking down on King of War Moore!” The two men that accompanied Hunter seemed to hold important positions as well. They smirked as they eyed jackie and his company.

“Tsk, tsk! You guys won’t even ask about the situation before you start accusing us, huh?” Lana stepped forward and said straightforwardly, “No wonder Young Master Quinton dared to act so arrogantly in this area—he’s got this kind of uncle, that’s why. People always say that the subordinates will surely follow the bad example of the leaders!”

“You’re really naive. How can King of War Moore not know what sort of people Young Master Quinton is?” A man stepped forward and cupped his hands at Lana. “I’m a one-star King of War, and I really want to ask this lady for clarification!”

“Even if my nephew made a mistake, you guys shouldn’t have asked him to kneel here!” Hunter wore a dark expression, seemingly not believing he was mistaken.

“Alright! If that’s the case, we can only resolve this with a fight!” Lana did not want to waste time rambling with those men, thus she waved at the one-star King of War.

“Then I won’t hold back!” The one-star King of War stepped forward and a strong aura surged out of his body. Although this invisible aura could not be seen, it gave people a strong feeling of oppression.

“Hmph!” Lana zipped toward her opponent so quickly that she got right in front of him in mere seconds. She swung her leg and kicked.

“You’re really fast!” Skilled in his own rights, the one-star King of War raised his leg that collided against Lana’s.

“What?!” He initially held no expectations on Lana, but he was evidently surprised by then when he felt how strong she was. Stronger than him, even!

With an audible noise, the one-star King of War flew several meters back as he spun in the air, regaining his footing after a while.

“You’re really good. You’re stronger than me!”

Chapter 931 The one-star King of War’s face darkened.

“Didn’t think you’d be a one-star King of War. It looks like you people plan to help Young Master Quinton no matter the reason or consequences, huh? It does look like some people do change after they return!” commented jackie as he eyed the man with a faint smirk.

“Young man, this isn’t the time for you to speak. We’ll get to you after we’re done with this woman!” barked Hunter as he glared daggers at jackie.

Caleb spoke as he stood by their side, “Uncle, this person is really terrible. You gotta beat her down badly, even if you don’t kill her. Teach her a lesson and make sure that she can’t get out of bed for at least half a month!”

Caleb inwardly sneered. This woman did not seem any stronger than the one-star King of War, and she was surely no match for his uncle. So long as Caleb’s uncle could incapacitate her, they could follow after both women once his uncle left. They could then bring those women to a hotel to enjoy themselves.

As for the guy? Simple; he would be killed.

“Half a month? Are you dreaming?” Lana gave a cold grin as she pointed at Hunter, saying, “Hunter, you’re a three-star King of War. How dare you allow your nephew to do whatever he wants! You’ll receive a severe punishment today from yours truly!”

“You? You want to punish me? You are the one dreaming!” Hunter inwardly smirked. “Who do you think you are? The Goddess of War, or maybe the Supreme Warrior? How does a young girl like you have the rights to punish me?”

He balled his fists tightly and aimed for Lana, and the winds whistled with the velocity of each punch.

“I’m not in the mood to explain anything to you!” Lana felt like Hunter would not believe her anyway. Lana threw her fist as it collided against the opponent’s fist.

Men from the Quinton family anticipated the sight of Lana flying backward.

Which was why it shocked them to see King of War Hunter Moore zipping through the air instead.

Lana caught up with the still-airborne Hunter Moore.

“How can this be? Such speed…is ridiculous!” Hunter’s face turned green as Lana moved at breakneck speed. She had just sent him flying yet managed to catch up to him so quickly.

Lana’s lips curved into a menacing smirk as she sharply punched his abdomen.

Blood spurted out of Hunter’s mouth and his body immediately changed course. He plummeted to the floor.

Hunter’s hurled a mouthful of blood as several thin cracks appeared on the floorboard.

“Uncle!” yelped Caleb as everything unfolded before him—everything happened so quickly. The uncle that he assumed was invincible had been bested by a woman, and the attack seemed rather brutal as well.

“I’m not going to kill you today, but I’ll take one of your fingers as a lesson for you to think of!” Lana looked at Hunter, who laid on the ground and had blood on the corners of his mouth. She took a dagger out and knelt next to him.

“How dare you? I’m a three-star King of War! How dare you attack me after I’ve fought for this country for so many years!” Hunter looked at Lana hatefully.

“How dare you say that you’re a King of War?” With that, Lana flicked the dagger at his hand.

Chapter 932 “Argh!” The pale-faced King of War Moore roared in pain as his finger was severed.

Despite his agony, he glared viciously at Lana instead of showing fear, and the sight of him was downright feral.

Lana sneered, “You don’t seem convinced about your punishment!” Lana calmly stood up as she wiped off the blood on her dagger.

“You’ll definitely regret this!” growled Hunter through gritted teeth.

“This is your lesson. Don’t blame me for ending you next time if you still refuse to repent and change your ways!” commented Lana, a cold smile on her face as she left with jackie and Selena.

The other man who came with Hunter was also a King of War; a two-star King of War at that.

He stayed rooted when he saw Hunter attacking her, and he was utterly floored at the turn of events. Hunter was no match for the woman, and he was defeated in just a short while. The outcome would have been the same had he been the one attacking her; he would have failed as well.

“King of War Moore, are you alright?” A number of the bodyguards stood up and ran to him.

“Uncle, how are you?” Caleb was frightened by what happened and quickly ran over to Hunter’s side. He never thought that the woman would best his uncle so skillfully; he never saw it coming.

“Why is that woman so strong?” Hunter stood up as he held his wrist, saying, “We need to go to the hospital first. F*ck! I won’t let that woman go so easily!”

“Let’s go! We need to hurry to the hospital to stop the bleeding!” The other two Kings of War immediately asked the others to make way so they could send Hunter to the hospital.

“I never thought my uncle would fail to defeat her. Seems like I won’t be able to have my way with both women!” Caleb was disappointed as he looked at the car driving out of his view.

Both women were belles that he rarely came across, and his desire for them only increased due to his defeat. He wanted them to regret what they did. He wanted them to kneel in front of him and beg for his forgiveness.

“Young Master, the woman who had good combat abilities is really good, but the remaining two don’t seem to be good fighters. Even if we can’t get the one with the mask, we might be able to get the other one, no?” suggested one of Caleb’s guards.

Caleb’s eyes lit up as he heard this. “That’s right! Why didn’t I think of that? F*ck, go investigate the three of them and find out where they’re from! I want to know where they’re staying. We’ll snatch the woman right from the man given the chance, or get her when she leaves her house alone!”

Chapter 933 Decision made, Caleb then instructed, “Alright! Move quickly. Both of you, follow them in your car to see where they live. Be smart and keep your distance—don’t let them see you, understand?” After all, the trio had not walked far and they did not come to the restaurant by car. Surely his guards would catch up to them if they followed them swiftly.

“Yes, Young Master!” Both bodyguards nodded respectfully and sneakily followed after jackie, Selena, and Lana.

Meanwhile…

…

“We’ve spent half a day outside but haven’t seen any good shops suitable for doing business with!” Selena was extremely tired upon arriving home. She took a bath and laid on the bed. “We don’t need to work, but it definitely won’t work for us if we don’t do some business. People will question us and our backgrounds.”

At that moment…

Members of the Lambert family had arrived in Eastfield and started their investigation secretively.

Hearing the report of the incident, the Lambert family’s third elder, Tao Lambert and the Freeman family’s master, Louis Freeman wore an ill-omened expression.

They found out that jackie and his family had left Eastfield dead of night, anticipating that they would search for them.

The Lamberts discussed among themselves before they came to a decision and barged into the George family’s mansion.

“You are?” Winston George glanced at his bodyguards who were on the floor, injured, as he asked the unwelcomed guests before him, all while he wore an uncongenial expression.

“Master George, it came to my attention that the son-in-law married into the Taylor family, jackie White gifted you a villa before he left. Is that correct? It seems like you people get along rather well,” came Louis’ languid comment

Winston’s face darkened and his heart sank when he heard that. He never expected that the Lamberts from Gin City would come to Eastfield that quickly. More importantly, they went straight to his residence after failing to find jackie and the others.

“Gentlemen, I don’t have a good relationship with jackie, though we’re thankful to him for healing my daughter, and I won’t deny his incredible medical skills! Apart from that, you also know about how all the Gods of War attended jackie and Selena’s wedding. Anybody in their right mind would attend their wedding and try to please them. At the very least, we had to maintain a good relationship with them as we’re afraid of offending them. Our family did the same.” Winston smiled indifferently, momentarily pausing before he concluded, “We, the George family, are the same as any other families. We try to keep a good relationship with jackie and the Taylors, and we don’t know anything else about them!”

Winston’s answer seemed to make sense to Louis, but he still pressed on, “If you don’t have a good relationship, why did they give the villa to you?”

“They left in such a hurry that they couldn’t get rid of the villa in such a short time, and it didn’t help that a dozen people wanted to kill them before they left. jackie killed the assassins, though, and the ground was littered with bodies everywhere. They asked me to help them get rid of the bodies as they’ve disbanded their bodyguards previously and were only left with a meager handful.

“They gave me the villa so that I can send people to clean up the bodies. I mean, why else would they just hand me the entire villa like that?” Winston laughed. He did not want to lie to them about things like this; they were intelligent and would know everything with just a simple investigation. They would not be interacting with them so nicely if they knew he lied to them.

These people were powerful masters, and they could not offend any of them.

Louis could tell Winston was not lying to him after hearing his entire explanation. He thought of it and said, “Oh, right, do you know which way they headed off to? You must know something, right?”

Winston smiled bitterly. “How would we know? jackie’s no fool, and they left in the middle of the night. They must’ve been hyper-alert that others would see them and know which way they headed off to!”

Chapter 934 Louis did not know what to say after hearing Winston’s answer. He went silent for a moment as he thought things through before he commented, “How about this: We’ll leave now, but we’ll leave our contacts with you. Call us as soon as you receive any news about them, know where they’ve gone, or if they’re back. As long as you provide us useful news, we’ll give you a handsome reward as our thanks.”

“Alright, don’t you worry, gentlemen. I’ll surely contact you once I have news about them!” Winston nodded and agreed to it.

“Excellent.” Louis nodded and left with Tao and his subordinates.

Winston wiped the cold sweat on his forehead after they left his mansion. “They almost gave me a heart attack. They’ve brought more than a hundred people with them, and there must be a lot of masters in their ranks!”

At this moment, Sharon—who had been standing behind Winston and the others—walked forward. “ jackie and the others made a wise decision. Who would’ve known that these people would come looking for them in such a short period of time. They’d be in so much trouble if they hadn’t left!”

“I wonder if Goddess of War Lana can match up to those people. Of course, Lana can’t always be next to jackie and his family, no? What if these people manage to catch up with jackie and the others before they leave? They might be dead by the time Lana manages to catch up with them!” Winston wiped his cold sweat as he spoke.

“That’s right. Although jackie has a good relationship with these Gods of War, the Lambert family is a powerful family from Gin City. Who knows if the Gods of War will offend such a big power for jackie and his family!” A thought then occurred to Sharon as she hastily said, “I need to quickly call Miss Selena and get her to change their phone numbers. I’m afraid that they’ll locate jackie and the others with their phones if they manage to catch one of the Taylors’ extended relatives!”

Winston nodded after he heard what Sharon said. “Definitely. jackie and the others helped us greatly, and jackie is an incredibly great person. I suspect that he was the one to have overturned several clas, or perhaps he asked someone else. Our lives had gotten better without those forces causing trouble!”

Sharon nodded. “If they hadn’t offended the Lamberts the Taylors would’ve surpassed the Drakes. Now that the Taylors have left Eastfield, the Drakes benefit the most from all this. Powerful clans like the Eagle Clan and Kingston Hall have disappeared, and nobody can stop the Drakes on their path of expansion.”

“Yes, but the Drakes are reasonable people, luckily,” said Winston with a small nod on her head. “By the way, I heard that nobody could reach the Goddess of War Lana these couple of days. Nobody saw her leaving her house.”

A frown appeared on her face as Sharon thought things through. “Could she have left with jackie and the others? That’d be for the best. Lana’s skilled in combat after all, and jackie and the others would be much safer with her!”

Winston inwardly sighed when he saw his daughter’s happy expression. “Sharon, I know that you like jackie very much, but he’s a married man and shares a beautiful relationship with his wife. Above all, he’s rather far above the pedestal and doesn’t share your feelings for him.”

“Sigh! I really hope that you can let go of those feelings and start to look for a man who’s good for you. Find a boyfriend so that your mother and I can stop worrying about you.”

Sharon’s smile immediately disappeared. She pursed her lips and said, “Father, I understand the situation. jackie truly is a stellar individual, and we may not be suitable for each other. Don’t you worry, I’ll see if there’s someone I like and I’ll try to get into a relationship. I’ll treat jackie as a dear friend of mine.”

“Good. My Sharon has grown up!” Winston nodded in satisfaction and soon went back into the house.

…

At that moment, jackie, Selena, and the others were enjoying their meal when Selena received a text message.

Chapter 935 “Miss Sharon sent me a text and said that about a hundred people from the Lambert family came to Eastfield, asking about us even going to their house for information. She suggested that we change our phone numbers so that we can be much safer,” announced Selena as she eyed her phone.

“Yes, we’ll have to change our phone numbers. What do we do if we don’t change and they manage to find us?” Fiona was startled when she heard the news and was afraid that they would come looking for them.

Andrew agreed and added, “It’s best if everybody ceases contact with our other relatives after we change our numbers. They might end up telling who we are and where we’re staying—it’ll be hell to get through!”

Old Master Taylor sighed. After all, those were also members of the Taylor family. Although they chose to leave heartlessly, they never wanted anything to happen to the other relatives nor did they want to stop contacting them.

jackie, on the other hand, nonchalantly spoke, “Truthfully, I don’t think that it’d be a big deal if we change our numbers or not. I’m not really afraid of this Lambert family, especially now that we’ve got so many masters here with us. Both King of War Celestino and Goddess of War Lana are with us, too.

“I chose to hide from them and come here for another reason. Apart from that, I didn’t want to involve myself with the troubles of the Lambert family!”

“You can continue your boasting. Just tell the truth about how you’re not confident! How can you say that you don’t want to involve yourself in the mess? What’s so good about us running to such a faraway

place? I rather stay in Eastfield; life was good there!” Fiona rolled her eyes at jackie and felt that jackie was boasting.

“Mother, there are many advantages in moving here!” jackie smiled and explained, “Did you notice that this city is always veiled by clouds and mist? This city is also known as the City of Martial Arts, and there are many masters here. What I’m trying to say here is that this city is located at a special geographical location. People who work in this city have a longer lifespan, and the prosperity of such a big city is incomparable to Eastfield!”

“This city can make people live several years longer? Are you lying to me?” Fiona was suspicious of what jackie was saying.

jackie chuckled at her suspicion as he commented, “Mother-in-law, there are many things in this world that are unexplainable. For example, grandfather’s luminous pearl. Now that he’s placed it by his bedside while he sleeps, don’t you see that the old master’s body is much healthier than before? He doesn’t get sick so easily, and the probability of him getting the flu has been reduced as well!”

“This is true. I don’t get the flu so easily, and my appetite and spirit have gotten better as well. I’m enjoying my meals better, and it seems that this luminous pearl jackie gifted to me is an incredibly special item!” Old Master Taylor chuckled heartily. “Since jackie said that this is a good place, then it must be so. Let’s see if I can live till I’m a hundred years old.”

Fiona momentarily went silent at that, thinking things through before she replied, “I don’t know if you can live that long, but I insist that everyone changes their numbers tomorrow to be safe. Got it?”

Chapter 936 In the evening, jackie and Selena were once again on the bed after they took their baths.

jackie could not help but hug and kiss the pretty woman in front of him.

“Aren’t you tired?” Selena blushed with a shy expression on her face.

Selena frowned as she looked at the weird scar on jackie’s arm after he took off his clothes. She said, “Honey, I feel weird every time I see this scar on your arm. Why does it look like a huge fish scale? Apart from that, since you have such good medical skills, why can’t you get rid of it?”

jackie smiled bitterly after he heard what she said, “It’s not so easy to get rid of this scar but it might be gone soon!”

jackie kissed Selena after he spoke.

The next morning, the bodyguards came before Young Master Quinton.

“Young master, we’ve inquired clearly and the three of them are staying at the same place. Apart from that, they have also just arrived recently. I think they’re a family who recently moved from another city and just got settled in here. They bought 20 villas in one shot!” The bodyguard greeted Caleb and said.

“What? They’ve just arrived here? F*ck, they dare act so outrageously when they’ve just reached this place? They even dared to hit my second uncle!” Caleb frowned and said. “My second uncle knows many masters. I need to act quickly and make my move soon as my uncle is really angry at these people. If my uncle finds out where they’re staying and send masters over to kill them, wouldn’t I lose my chances to touch that gentle beauty?”

The bodyguard also nodded and suggested, “Young master, how about this? Get several people to guard their door every day. Get them to wait and to immediately call you when that woman comes out alone or with her boyfriend. How does that sound?”

“Alright, you go and make the arrangements. Don’t call me immediately. Catch the girl and bring her to the hotel before you call me!” Caleb smiled indifferently. “It wouldn’t be a problem to handle a woman, right? That man looks like he does not have any combat abilities. If not, why didn’t he say anything the other day?”

“Alright, young master. We’re getting it done now!” The bodyguard nodded and left to make the arrangements.

…

In White’s family mansion, the Ninth Patronum, Brenton White, walked toward the madam, Lily Lagorio with a heavy expression on his face.

“Madam, we’re in trouble!” Brenton said to Lily with a frown on his face.

“What happened?” Lily drank the tea in her cup and asked with a frown.

“Two days ago, I still had contact with those people. They said that both the butler and Beth White went looking for jackie and Joan. Although I don’t know why, they must be there to persuade jackie to come back!” Brenton was speechless. “The young master has disappeared for such a long time, many people must have thought that the young master had definitely died. Our people didn’t manage to find the young master so Nash White must be thinking about getting jackie back to inherit the White family’s properties now that he’s dying!”

Chapter 937 Lily’s face darkened when she heard what Brenton said. She held the teacup with all her might and the teacup turned into dust with a bang.

She stood up and said angrily, “Is there nobody else in the White family? Can’t the other young people in the White family be the inheritor? Anybody can be the next master apart from jackie White!”

She looked at Brenton after she spoke. “Oh yes, did jackie come back with them? You said that we’re in trouble, does that mean that jackie has returned with them? If that’s the case, I’ve sent so many people and none of them are Beth and the butler’s opponents. F*ck, I can’t get them killed on the way!”

Only then did Brenton replied to her, “Our people told me that jackie doesn’t want to come back with them because of what happened previously so the butler and Beth came back by themselves! I told my

people to make a move after they leave!” Brenton paused here before speaking again. “However, I’ve been calling them since yesterday and I failed to make contact. I think that they’re all dead and I don’t know what’s the situation!”

“You’re telling me that our people started taking action after Beth and the others left but they still ended up dead?” Lily inhaled a deep breath and exclaimed. “Sh*t, if that’s the case, that means jackie might have really strong combat powers? If not, how could he kill people from the White family? We sent several of them!”

Brenton shook his head. “This might not be the case. There’s a possibility jackie has masters helping him. After all, he’s quite rich and powerful in Eastfield. He might have hired a couple of strong bodyguards!”

“Our people did not expose their identities and said that they were from the White family, right?” Lily thought about it and asked.

“Definitely not. I told them to not expose their identities and to just kill jackie!” Brenton said confidently.

“Let’s hope that jackie has a master with him. If he really has the strength to kill our people, it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t come back to the White family. If he really does, Nash and the others from the White family will focus on training him. They will help him to be the White family’s inheritor whole-heartedly!” Lily was also upset when she thought about it. “No, we can’t let jackie back no matter what happens. Continue to send people over. jackie might not know who wants him dead since they did not expose their identities. Don’t act carelessly this time, send several really good ones over!”

“Yes, madam!” Brenton nodded.

“Go get things done. Don’t you worry, I won’t forget about you after we’re done.” Lily finally waved and asked Brenton to leave.

She thought about it before sending someone to get the third elder over.

“Madam, how can I help you? Are you missing me so early in the day?” The third elder smirked and hugged Lily from behind after he closed the door.

Lily directly rolled her eyes at him and pushed him away. “I ask for you to be here today to discuss something serious.”

“What’s there to worry about? Nash is dying. We just need to wait for another two to three months and we have nothing to worry about after he dies!” The third elder smirked and his hand started exploring Lily’s body.

Chapter 938 ”Stop it!” Lily escaped from the third elder’s hug and gave him a flirtatious look. “I need you to do something important. You need to add another 200 people to look for my son and get him back! Do you understand?”

The third elder’s face slightly darkened when he heard this and he said helplessly, “Babe, do you think that I don’t want to get Lance back? We’ve sent hundreds of people searching for him previously. That unknown forest is very deep in, and the landscape is very complicated. Do you know how difficult it is to search for one person there? Apart from that, there are many beasts inside. If we are not careful, our people might die there!”

However, Lily responded with a cold expression. “I’m asking you to find one person, we’re looking for several people. Lance went in with several people so they must have left some trails, right? Since you also said that the forest is very big and deep, we must not have sent enough people in. It would work if you send another 200 people! Apart from that, the people who went in would be much safer with the extra number of people we are sending in!”

The third elder sighed. “Honey, do you think that only we, the White family members, are worried? We’ve already sent lots of people and the families of those who went in with the young master also sent people in. Now, the forest has thousands of people searching for them. The most crucial point is that they still can’t find anything after searching for two months. So, the young master and the others might have…”

“Impossible, my son cannot be dead. He’s so talented! He might be stuck in there! That must be it. You have to search for him, add more people and search for him!” Lily’s eyes were red and she looked crazy.

“Okay, okay! I will make the preparations tomorrow, alright?!” Although the third elder was impatient, he could only agree to make Lily happy.

“That’s more like it. Nothing will happen to my son!” Lily’s emotions calmed down a bit. “You might not know this but that young man, jackie, might be coming back.”

“You mean the bastard child of the master and that woman?” The third elder frowned and finally realized why Lily was in such a hurry to get the eldest young master back. She was afraid of jackie’s return.

“Yes. I discovered the butler and Miss Beth leaving with several people some days ago. I felt that something was not right so I sent someone to follow them in secret. As a result, our people discovered that Titus and Beth really went looking for Joan and jackie. They might be thinking about bringing them back here! However, I secretly severed the relationship between the father and son. This caused jackie to hate Nash so he did not return with Titus and the others!” Lily said slowly.

“F*ck, luckily they did not return together. Now that everybody thinks that the eldest young master is dead and if we fail to find him within another two to three months, Nash might ask jackie to inherit the position of the White family master when he dies. That would be troublesome for us!” The third elder could not help but inhale a deep breath after he heard what Lily said and finally acknowledged the seriousness of the issue.

After thinking about it, the third elder spoke again. “Since Titus and the others are back without jackie and that woman, why don’t you send people over to kill them? We can get rid of the threat once and for all. Previously, they weren’t a threat to us because the master never contacted them and the eldest young master was really talented. However, it’s different now that the young master is missing and the master is very ill. If jackie returns, the White family members will definitely help jackie to raise his strength and be the White family master!”

‘

Lily smiled bitterly. “Do you think I did try that? I lost contact with the people I sent over and they might be dead.”

“How’s that possible? Were the people we sent over very weak? That’s impossible. Our people are from a shadow family and any one of them is a one in a million master. How can they fail to kill a pair of mother and son?” The third elder was once again surprised. Everything seemed to have gone out of his control.

Chapter 939 “I’m not sure either. Maybe jackie just grew a lot stronger returning from the battlefield or he had someone helping him. Our men have heard of rumors that jackie has an excellent relationship with the Goddess of War from Eastfield. I suspect that either the Goddess of War has a hand in this, or the Taylor family is rich enough to hire better bodyguards to protect them now!”

Lily speculated after she thought about it.

“Then what will you do now?”

The third Grand Elder frowned. “From the looks of it, jackie and Joan can’t stay!”

“I’ve already assigned a Patronum to take care of them. This time, he’ll be recruiting stronger fighters in bigger numbers!”

Lily gave a frosty smile. “Even if my son is dead, I will never let jackie become the White family head. Never!”

“Mmhmm. It should be fine since you’ve already assigned people to the job.”

The third grand elder gave a small smile. Then he had his arms wrapped around Lily in a flash. “We haven’t been together in so long, babe. Let’s enjoy ourselves tonight. Don’t worry. I’ll send 200 men to help you find Lance tomorrow!”

“Now we’re talking!”

Lily rolled her eyes at him as he carried her onto the bed.

…

“They’re out, they’re out!”

At this moment, outside the villa where jackie and the others were staying, a few cars were parked nearby.

Soon enough, a bodyguard in the car—who was from the Quinton family—immediately told the bodyguard beside him.

“Excellent. The masked woman isn’t out, only that man and woman have come out this time. They won’t be very strong fighters, probably. This will make our job easier!”

The other bodyguard observed jackie and Selena as they emerged out of the house, grinning. The people in the car were extremely excited.

They waited until jackie and Selena took a few more steps forward, then the cars zoomed and screeched to a halt right beside them.

17 to 18 bodyguards from the Quinton family quickly emerged from the vehicles and circled jackie and Selena.

“Who are you?”

jackie noticed the delighted expressions on their faces, and he sensed that they did not come here out of goodwill. He furrowed his brows and asked.

“You offended Young Master Quinton, and you think that you can escape?”

One of the bodyguards flashed a cold smile. “Our young master has his eyes on the woman here. As for you, he has his eyes on your life!”

Chapter 940 “Your young master has pretty good taste. He has his eyes on lots of things. It’s a pity that he doesn’t have the right to do so!”

jackie guffawed when he heard that; disdain sharpened his gaze.

“Let’s get him first!”

The bodyguard did not waste any more time talking. He extended an arm and latched his fingers onto jackie.

The next second, jackie was catching the bodyguard’s wrist. He twisted the other man’s arm, and a sickening snap of bones breaking rang out.

The bodyguard from the Quinton family immediately released an agonized yelp. He was in so much pain that all color was leached from his face, and he keeled over.

“Do you have a death wish?”

Another two bodyguards were stunned for a moment at the sight of such strength from jackie. They quickly recovered and lashed out at the same time, attacking him from both sides.

jackie sent two fists flying in rapid succession. The two men flew backward in a split second.

“No way!”

The other bodyguards were all taken aback at the sight. They rushed forward, attacking jackie.

The bodyguards were pretty skilled in martial arts. It was rare to find bodyguards of their caliber back in Eastfield, and a few of them were probably as strong as head commanders.

However, they were nothing to jackie. All of them were downed in less than ten seconds.

Quite a few of them were in so much pain that they fainted. A number of them had their ribs broken as well.

“Go back and tell your master that we’re not people he can offend that easily. So he better not come looking for trouble again. Otherwise, he probably won’t have a chance to regret his decision!”

jackie shot a cold stare at the men writhing on the ground. He spat those words before he took Selena’s hand and stalked away.

“Let’s go!”

The bodyguards were all in utter shock. They took their injured men and left the place in a hurry.

“What!”

In the garden of a villa, Caleb was absolutely furious when he received the report from his bodyguards. “You’re telling me that those men were no match for him? He defeated more than a dozen of you, alone?”

“That’s right, Young Master. We never expected him to be so strong either. His fighting prowess probably matches that of our assistant commander!”

One of the bodyguards released a sigh. “Quite a few of us are still being hospitalized. More than a few have their ribs broken!”

“We were careless. We never expected him to be so strong! Maybe that woman can fight as well. But they’re probably no match for the masked woman from the other day, so they didn’t show up then! Seems like they’re as strong as generals, really!”

Caleb drew his brows together. His expression darkened. If that was the case, it meant that he would have no chance of getting that woman.

“So you’re saying that the two were going out for a walk?”

He thought about the situation, then Caleb could not help but ask.

Chapter 941 “Yes, Young Master! Why?”

The bodyguard was confused. He did not understand why the young master would suddenly ask that question.

The corners of Caleb’s lips curved upward. “In which direction? If they were walking, they should be nearby. They couldn’t have walked that far. Hmph. Since it’s going to be difficult to get that woman, so it seems like I’ll have to learn to share!”

“Share?”

The bodyguards before him exchanged glances. All of them were bewildered.

“No need to think so much about it. Just tell me where he went!”

Caleb spoke again.

“They were walking toward Cornflower Street. Right, there’s a famous street there that attracts a lot of rich people. There are plenty of upscale neighborhoods around there, where there are plenty of villas!”

One of the bodyguards replied after he thought about it, “I think it’s highly likely that they went there to stroll around Waltz Street!”

“All right. Got it. Go down and take a rest and see Little Jake. Get him to withdraw one million dollars from the account, and divide the money for the injured men. Make sure all of you get a good rest!”

Caleb gave his orders and recruited three to four bodyguards before driving off.

“Young Master Caleb, where are we going?”

In the car, one of the bodyguards asked.

Caleb gave a cold smile. “I’m going to look for Peace!”

“That fatty?”

The bodyguards were confused when they heard the reply. Peace loved physical beauty, but he did not have many friends because he was fat.

Additionally, Young Master Peace Chaffman did not have a good reputation, so many other young masters could not be bothered to interact with him.

However, the Chaffman family was a true blueblood family. In Swallow City, also known as the City of Martial Arts, they were a true second-class aristocratic family. They had plenty of fighters in the family.

Meanwhile, the Quinton family was not even a third-class aristocratic family. True, he could rely on his uncle to kill jackie, the masked woman, and Selena but it meant that he would not even be able to get a single woman.

He had been beaten and humiliated. He would never be at peace if he could not touch a single woman.

That was why he could only go to Peace for help this time.

The Chaffman family’s residence was not too far away, so Caleb quickly arrived at their villa and looked for Peace.

“What a surprise, Young Master Quinton. What brings you here? I never thought I’d see the day where you would visit me!”

Peace was truly like a pig, his cheeks were fat and blushing red.

Whitet he had two sexy women on both sides. His eyes narrowed into a smile; it was obvious that he was happy.

It seemed that Caleb had been expecting a scene like this. He sat down on the side and smiled. “You’re so suave, Young Master Chaffman. It’s so early in the morning, yet you’ve already found yourself, two beautiful women. Tsk tsk. You’re so admirable!”

“I am?”

Peace was slightly taken aback. He gave a light push, and one of the women stumbled forward. “Why don’t you play around with one? You’re our guest now since you’re here. Of course, I must extend my hospitality!”

Caleb was speechless for a moment, but he stroked the woman’s cheek, chucking. “These two women are indeed beautiful, hot and sexy, but they lack some sort of…aura,” he said, smiling. “I found a beauty the past two days who’s a true treasure in the trove. Her body, her face, and her dignified aura—heh, your two beauties here are nothing compared to her!”

Chapter 942 When he heard this, the smile on Peace’s face immediately dropped. Instead, he looked angry.

Peace had met plenty of beautiful women before. He thought of himself as a connoisseur of true beauty, and that no normal person could match his eye.

The two models he had found today were quite beautiful. He never thought that Caleb would comment that they were nothing compared to the beauty he had found.

Before Peace could say anything, the two models were evidently unhappy too. “Young Master Quinton, you must be joking, right?” one of them said, her expression stony. “We’re the top models for plenty of car showcases. And you’re saying that we’re nothing compared to this other woman? You’re exaggerating!”

“You two are good looking, but you lack a certain quality of a woman. A gentle aura, coupled with a sense of generosity—topped off with unrivaled beauty, the kind that immediately captures you when you see it. And the more you see it, the more enthralled you’ll be!”

Caleb maintained his smile. “If I, Caleb Quinton, spew a single lie,” he said simply, “may the gods strike me!”

“There’s really a woman like that?”

Peace’s eyes brightened when Caleb swore. He instantly leaped to his feet and asked eagerly.

“Of course. It’s a pity that she already has a man though. How troublesome!”

Caleb released a long sigh on purpose, speaking with a tinge of forlornness.

“you came over just to tell me this, Young Master Quinton? To tell me that the women I have aren’t as pretty as the one you saw?”

Peace chuckled, obviously displeased.

Caleb quickly waved his hands. “No, no. Don’t misunderstand me, Young Master Chaffman. I had no such intentions. I was just overwhelmed after seeing her. Every time I think about her, I’m reminded that I can’t touch her, and it’s agonizing!”

Peace slowly became interested as well. “There’s really a woman like that? What’s her name? Can you take me to see her, Young Master Quinton?”

“Of course. She just went out—shopping, probably. Let’s go and see. You’ll expand your horizons, Young Master Chaffman!”

Caleb was delighted. He was well aware that there was no way Selena could run away once Peace was interested.

He thought about it, then he added, “As for her name, I think she’s called Selena!”

“Selena?”

Peace was stunned. “Hmm. A good name!”

“Young Master Chaffman? Then–then what about the two of us?”

The two models suddenly clutched onto either one of Peace’s arms, simpering.

“Go off first. Come see me another day!”

Peace chuckled and took out a few thousand dollars, flinging it at the women. “Go buy yourselves a meal and take a good rest. I’ll be spoiling you in two days!”

“You said it yourself, Young Master Chaffman. Don’t you go back on your word!”

Chapter 943 The two women immediately bent over and picked up the money.

“Let’s go. Young Master Quinton, I’m really looking forward to seeing if this woman you speak of is as beautiful as you say she is!”

Peace stroked his nonexistent chin and got ready to leave.

Caleb noticed the bodyguards accompanying Peace, and he furrowed his brows. “Young Master Chaffman, are your bodyguards strong? Aren’t there too few of them? I’m telling you, you’ll probably want to find some way to get that woman once you see her!”

“don’t worry. My bodyguards are pretty strong. They wouldn’t be hired otherwise.”

Peace laughed. Then he added, “Speak no more, Young Master Quinton. The more you do, the more anxious I get. I really want to see her. If she truly is that beautiful, you’ve struck lottery!”

Caleb chuckled. “Look at you. I knew that you like beautiful women, and I knew that you had exquisite taste. I just wanted to introduce her to you!”

“Tell me, what do you want? Money? One million seems too little. If she’s that beautiful, I’ll give you ten million. How does that sound?”

Peace gave a small smile as he spoke after he thought about it.

He was well aware that Caleb would want some form of compensation, suddenly introducing a beautiful woman to him like that. Giving ten million dollars was no problem in exchange for a top-class woman, so

long as he was satisfied. Besides, he would be establishing a friendship, and they might work together in the future.

“Young Master Chaffman, I’ve always admired you. I would never want money from you! I see you as my big brother!”

Caleb smiled. “But of course I do want some small reward, telling you all this,” he said. “This woman’s husband is a strong fighter. All of my bodyguards were absolutely useless. F*ck. There were more than a dozen of them, and they couldn’t even take him down. So I’ll tell you straight, Young Master Chaffman—I was hoping that you could help me take that woman and kill her husband!”

“So that’s the case!”

Peace came to a realization. “The bodyguards from the Quinton family are truly useless. They couldn’t handle one man? Seems like the husband is probably as strong as a head commander or a major. Don’t you worry, my bodyguards are anything but weak!”

“Your words give me such reassurance!”

Caleb was elated when he heard that. “You’re truly reliable, Young Master Chaffman! From now on, you’re my big bro. When we get this woman, you can have a taste of her first. I don’t mind going later!”

“Seems like you’re getting antsy. You really take after me!”

Peace guffawed and gently clapped a hand on Caleb’s shoulder. “All right. I will recognize you like my little bro from now on. But if this woman isn’t as beautiful as you promised she would be, I’ll be beating you up for wasting my time!”

Caleb’s insides grew cold. He had long known that Peace was intelligent, but he was infamous for his mood swings as well. He needed to tread carefully around the fatty. If he accidentally riled the fatty up with his words, he would be signing a death warrant.

It was because of this that he did not interact much with young masters from second-class aristocratic families. If not for the beautiful woman, he would never have thought about talking to Peace in the first place.

“What’s wrong? What are you thinking about? Getting cold feet now? Don’t tell me you were bluffing just now?”

Peace noticed that Caleb was momentarily stunned. His eyes curved into narrow slits, and his voice iced over.

Chapter 944 “I wasn’t bluffing. Not at all!”

Caleb was so shocked that he quickly waved his hands. “Young Master Chaffman, think about it. I don’t even want the ten million dollars you offered. I just want that woman. Isn’t that an indication of that woman’s beauty already?”

“I was just joking. Wanted to see you nervous!”

Peace suddenly burst into laughter. Then he waved a hand. “Get on the car. We’ll go look around Waltz Street and see if she’s there. If not, we’ll just go straight to her place to grab her!”

“You’re so decisive, Young Master Chaffman. You don’t waste a single second!”

Caleb immediately flattered Peace.

Soon enough, three Audis drove straight out of the entrance of the villa.

“Oh, right. I really think that all women are gold diggers. Why don’t we try and see if we can use money to solve the issue first!”

In the car, Peace smoked on a cigar, considering the situation. Then he spoke.

“It might be difficult. The other day, I told them I would treat them to a meal—to whatever they liked, so long as she gave her number. They refused!”

Caleb replied after thinking about it.

Surprisingly, contempt swept over Peace’s expression. “You’re too naïve. You’re just treating them to a meal that costs—what, a million? Two million dollars? And you think you can get her just like that? You said it yourself. She’s such a beautiful woman. Plenty of men will have their eyes on her. Her own husband is probably rich too. Of course, that bit of money won’t have the slightest effect on her!”

The corners of Peace’s mouth quirked upward. He took another long drag out of the cigar before saying, “I’ll give it a try later. I’ll offer her ten million dollars, then one hundred million. I don’t believe that she’ll refuse. Hah!”

“One hundred million?”

Caleb frowned. “Young Master Chaffman, isn’t one hundred million a bit too much just to bed her?”

“What do you know? I won’t be running a loss if she’s as beautiful as you say she is. I’ll give her one hundred million and tell her to be with me. It’s not like I’ll sleep with her just one time!”

Peace chuckled. He added, “Of course, she’ll be my woman if she’s willing to, and you can’t touch her. But I’ll let you try her out if she doesn’t agree—after I’m done with her, of course. Then we’ll kill her! I prefer obedient women. No way I’m keeping a defiant woman!”

Panic suddenly filled Caleb. What if that woman was really dazzled by the money and agreed to be with Peace? That would mean that he would have done all this for nothing. He would not get a single benefit at the end of the day.

“Then–then what if she refuses despite the money?”

After he thought about it, Caleb could not help but ask.

“We’ll see what she’ll do from there. If one hundred million isn’t enough, I’ll offer two. If she refuses that, I’ll just get my men to take her away. Even the most beautiful woman on earth would be worth around that!”

Peace guffawed. “I believe that plenty of women would be willing to accompany you so long as you spend a bit of money. And you can get any woman you want at any time!”

Caleb’s features twisted into an unreadable expression when he heard this. She would probably easily agree to two hundred million dollars. It was a huge sum of money, after all.

Chapter 945 Soon, they found a place to halt their car. On their way there, they did not see jackie nor Selena. Perhaps, they had really gone to Waltz Street.

“Let’s get out of the car. We’ll knock around Waltz Street, and if we don’t see that woman, then we’ll go to where they live!”

Peace said with a wicked smile plastered on his face. Caleb gave the matter some thoughts and then reminded Peace. “Young Master Chaffman, that is a bad idea. It won’t work! I almost forgot to inform you that, other than jackie and Selena, there is another woman who is wearing a mask that blocks half of her face. That woman, wow, has a really hot body. She has a totally different aura and temperament compared to the woman that I told you about. The two are different types!”

Peace’s eyes immediately lit up as bright as a lightbulb upon hearing Caleb’s claim. “What the heck! Why did you only tell me now? There are two beautiful women, it wouldn’t be logical if I only want one of them! Why don’t we get both of them?”

However, a bitter smile hung at the corner of Caleb’s mouth. “Actually…I wanted to remind you to not go to where they live, this is because the hot woman’s combat prowess is totally another level. She is stronger than my second uncle, he is not even her opponent! My second uncle was beaten badly by her yesterday, and even got his finger cut off!”

“What the f*ck? It can’t be! Your second uncle is a three-star King of War, right? He can’t even win against that woman?”

Peace was stunned at this piece of information. “No wonder…no wonder you thought of coming to me. Young Master Quinton, it turns out that your second uncle couldn’t even defeat that woman. In that case, we can’t go to their house then. Alright, first we’ll get the first woman you told me, and as for the hot woman, I’ll get someone strong in my family to get her next time. This plan should be no problem!”

“Peace, you should do that! There’s a lot of top-notch fighters in the Chaffman family, your family can definitely defeat that woman. Hmmm. With these bodyguards that you brought along today, it would be considered fortunate if they could take care of that man. As for the woman that wears a mask, I guess she is at least a four-star Queen of War!”

Caleb chuckled.

The two strolled along Waltz Street for a while but did not see any sign of jackie nor Selena. They were a little disappointed.

“Look, over there! The women’s clothing store!”

Suddenly, Caleb noticed two familiar figures coming out from a women’s clothing store. He pointed in that direction and almost jumped for joy!

Peace instantly looked in the pointed direction and his eyes brightened up. “Wow, wow, wow! I haven’t even seen her face; her back is already making my heart beat frantically. And look at her silky hair and

her alluring body. This is so amazing! She releases a noble yet amiable aura!”

“Let’s go! Chop chop!”

Peace could not wait any longer. He gestured for everyone to follow him and marched toward jackie and Selena.

Soon, a group of men chased up to jackie and Selena and stopped them from their path.

“Young Master Quinton, heh, it’s only this morning your bodyguards were badly beaten up. And now you’re here again with a new batch of bodyguards?”

jackie stared at the people before him. He could not help but let out a small laugh. “Didn’t I ask your bodyguard to bring you a message? That you should stop pursuing! We’re people that you can’t afford to offend. Why are you here again with another batch of bodyguards? You’re really like a roach, aren’t you? Stubborn, annoying, and stinky!”

Selena smiled in disdain as well. “A dozen of your men weren’t even my husband’s match this morning. Why on earth do you think only several of them could defeat my husband this time?”

“Hmph! Do you think I’m that stupid?”

Caleb snorted coldly. “This is Young Master Chaffman, and they’re his personal bodyguards! They’re no ordinary lousy fighters; their combat ability is surely a lot stronger than mine!”

Chapter 946 “I see. I thought they’re your bodyguards. So, you’re getting some help from others, aren’t you?”

jackie could not hold back but let out a loud laugh.

“Perfect! Only the word ‘perfect’ can be used to describe her! This woman is stunning; she is basically a goddess!”

Peace, on the other hand, could not be bothered about whose bodyguards and what bodyguards. His gaze was fixated at Selena’s perfect face. He looked like a silly person, drooling over a beauty before him.

“Stinky fatty, have you stared enough? If yes, then get lost!”

jackie was annoyed by Peace’s perverted gaze and face. He reprimanded impatiently.

“Brat, watch your mouth! You certainly have a death wish, huh? How dare you talk to our young master in such a manner? Don’t you know how wealthy and powerful our young master is?”

One of Peace’s bodyguards casted jackie a deadly stare as he barked. He looked like he was about to charge forward and strike.

“Shush! Keep your voice low! Don’t you dare frighten this beautiful lady!”

To everyone’s surprise, Peace yelled at that bodyguard.

After he shut the bodyguard’s mouth, he then wheeled around and laughed. “Hey, beauty, I desire you and I’ll make you my woman. Don’t worry, I’ll pay you a mountain, 10 million, how about that?”

Selena’s tongue was tied at the situation, and she shot the other party a fierce and stoic glance. “Dream on, you fool!”

“Oh, 10 million is too little, right? I guess that you’ll definitely not agree to this amount, and if you did, I’ll feel weird!”

Peace had a playful look on his face, and then he offered again, “How about…100 million?”

Selena was even more speechless and could not bother to continue the conversation anymore. The fierce and stoic glances that were shot at Peace stayed.

“Still too little, right? Ha-ha! Good! I like this kind of prideful attitude! How about one billion? I’ve never offered such an amount before. As long as you leave this man, I’ll give you a billion, sounds good right? And you don’t have to worry about anything for the rest of your life!”

Peace laughed aloud. Not only did he not get pissed off, but his fondness toward Selena grew even stronger.

Young Master Quinton—who stood beside Peace—was icy with nervousness upon hearing Peace’s offer.

One billion, this price was too high. Before this, did Peace not say that he would offer at most 200 hundred million?

Moreover, Peace expressed that if the other party did not agree to 200 million, he would take her away by force and share her with him.

Caleb did not expect that Peace had actually offered the woman such an exorbitant price—one billion!

Such a price was considered as the most extortionate among the extortionate. If it were any woman, it would be difficult for them to refuse such a price. Even for those A-list celebrities or whosoever, they would nod their head and say yes to a price lower than this price.

“Young Master Chaffman, didn’t you…you say before that you’d offer at most 200 million for even the most beautiful woman? How come you offered a billion this time?”

Caleb immediately chimed in and reminded Peace, fearing that Selena would accept Peace’s exorbitant offer, then he would not have a chance to taste Selena.

However, Peace’s face turned dull upon hearing Caleb’s voice. He retorted, “What do you know? This woman has captured my heart, so one billion is not a problem at all. Indeed, I said that to you before, but that was because I didn’t expect her to be so beautiful!”

“One billion, right?”

Selena suddenly voiced out in a gentle tone, with a smile hanging on her face.

Peace’s legs suddenly went weak and he almost plopped onto the ground when he saw Selena smiled at him. He was even more into her right now. That smile sparked hope in Peace, he thought that Selena would say yes to his offer, so he nodded aggressively like a chicken pecking grains on the floor. “My lady, yes, one billion! I’ll immediately transfer one billion to you as long as you agree!”

“Oh, is that so? But sorry, you’ll never get a yes from me, even if you offer 10 billion or 100 billion!”

Selena did not give the other party any chance. She rejected Peace’s offer cold-heartedly while her smile turned from gentle to cold.

Young Master Quinton heaved an obvious sigh of relief after hearing Selena’s answer, but at the same time, he thought that this woman was really dumb and insensitive. How could she not think through the matter and consider it at all? Peace was the Young Master of the Chaffman family, moreover, it was one billion!

Now, she did not only turn down an attractive offer but has also offended Young Master Chaffman.

Chapter 947 True enough, the corners of Peace’s mouth that were once lifted, slowly flattened and soon a gloomy sensation dawned on his face.

“If money can solve the matter, I wouldn’t choose to use force, I’m that kind of person. Miss Pretty, I’ve given you the opportunity to avoid that but you didn’t seize it. Since we can’t come to an agreement then don’t blame me for being brutal!”

His eyes were fierce and ruthless. He waved his hand and yelled out an order, “Kill the man and take the woman!”

“Yes, Young Master!”

The bodyguards put on wicked grins and took a few steps toward jackie and Selena. They were pumped up to kill.

jackie walked forward and stood in front of Selena. He clenched his fist tightly and swung his arm at the two bodyguards.

“Humph! Kiddo, look at the flabby body of yours, you…”

One of the two bodyguards snorted coldly. Then both of them balled their fist and blasted head-on with jackie.

Unfortunately, before the bodyguard could finish his sentence, both of them were blasted several meters back and smashed heavily onto the ground far from them.

The two gushed out a mouthful of blood when they hit the ground. The color drained out of their face; their face turned white.

“No f*cking way! One of them is on par with a major and another is comparable to a marshal!”

Surprise surged through Peace; he was in a complete state of shock. His eyes widened and his jaw dropped to the ground. “Young Master Quinton, didn’t you say that this guy isn’t that powerful?”

Caleb almost spewed blood when he heard that. “Young Master Chaffman, I didn’t say that this guy isn’t powerful. I clearly told you that dozens of my bodyguards weren’t his opponent and I suggested that you bring elite fighters from your family. But you, yourself claimed that it’s enough to bring these few bodyguards!”

Peace was weighed down by dread as well. “Fcking dckhead. This bodyguard is as strong as a marshal and should be competent enough to kill this man. How am I supposed to know he’s not his opponent at

all! Looking at this brat’s fighting power, I guess he is as competent as a king of war!”

The remaining two bodyguards were skilled fighters as well; their combat prowess was quite good.

However, even with such combat prowess, it was nothing but trash before jackie’s eyes. After a few seconds, like the previous two, the two flew backward, spewed blood and their face went white and unsightly.

“Dear Young Masters, guess it’s your turn now!”

jackie stretched his fingers and rubbed his fists. He looked at both the young masters attentively, with a wicked wide grin plastered on his face.

Caleb was startled that he jumped back a little. He mumbled in terror, “I…do you know…I’m…”

He wanted to tell the other party that he was the Young Master of the Quinton family. He had said so before and it had worked every single time.

Nevertheless, this time, before he could utter the remainder of his thought, realization dawned upon him, that these words would definitely be useless on jackie. Yesterday his second uncle confronted jackie and that did not even work, what more this young master title? The other party definitely was not afraid of him.

Sure enough, in the next second, jackie punched Caleb’s face. Blood immediately sprayed out of his nose and he plopped onto the ground. He was like the bodyguards, spewing mouthfuls of blood and several of his teeth fell out.

Peace wheeled his head and stared at the miserable-looking Caleb behind him. Terror stabbed his heart, and his body was wobbly with fear that the fat on his chubby face was bouncing uncontrollably.

“Young Master Quinton’s family is nowhere near mine. I’m the young master of a second-class aristocrat family in this Swallow City! Hmph! If you dare touch a single strand of my hair, you’ll pretty much be done for!”

Peace barked with a feeble and shaky voice. He knew very well that the Chaffman family was very powerful, but at the same time, he was also afraid of a man like jackie, who did not fear death. He was unlucky to meet such a man.

jackie did not bother to continue the useless conversation with the other party, instead, he swung his leg and kicked Peace in his thick belly.

Chapter 948 Young Master Chaffman was as fat as a swine in others’ eyes. He was said to be about 250 pounds.

However, he was as light as a feather when he received a head-on kick from jackie, that he flew backward several meters then only fell onto the ground.

Caleb endured the pain of the punch, gritted his teeth, and got on his feet, only to be knocked down by Peace who flew backward in his direction. He plopped onto the ground again, causing a secondary injury and another mouthful of blood spurted out. It was such a miserable scene.

After teaching the other party a lesson, only then jackie walked over and looked at the two young masters who were lying painfully on the ground. “I am not someone bad; I’m very kind-hearted. But you, this ugly fatty, dream to get your hands on my wife, huh? You’re like a toad lusting after a swan’s flesh— asking for too much without looking at yourself. How dare you hit on my wife, you’re basically looking for death!”

After saying that, he paused for a moment to give the matter some thoughts, then he uttered again, “Let’s take today’s incident as a valuable lesson for you. I hope you’ll behave from now on, otherwise, the result wouldn’t be pretty and you might drag your family down into this mud too. I understand that living is

difficult and I’m the kind that is willing to give second chances. But if you do not cherish this second chance, then don’t shove the blame unto me when you and your family disappear from this earth!”

“My gosh! Who the heck is this guy? Such a bully. He even dared to beat up Young Master Chaffman! Doesn’t he know that he is the young master of a second-class family!”

“You’re right! Even some young masters of second-class families have to pay respect to Young Master Chaffman when they meet him on the street. They all know that this Young Master Chaffman is vengeful and merciless. But this man actually dared to beat him up so badly!”

Many onlookers who commented loudly were wealthy and authoritative people, hence they naturally recognized the two young masters. They were all afraid of these two young masters, especially Young Master Chaffman; he was someone they dare not offend and were not hesitant to stay far away from him.

Little did they expect a more reckless yet ruthless person who dared to teach him a lesson.

“Let’s go, dear!”

jackie smiled warmly at Selena, held her hand, and walked away from the scene.

After a few minutes, they halted at a place that looked like a Chinese medicine store. There was a notice on the door, ‘For sale’.

The lot was quite spacious and well-decorated, but the business seemed to be doing badly that they needed to sell it off.

“Dear, why don’t we open a Chinese pharmacy? We don’t know what kind of business we want to do anyway. So we can open a Chinese apothecary and others will know we’re providing Chinese medical treatment!”

jackie pondered about it and then spilled it slowly.

“Hmmm. This is possible, but I’m afraid that I couldn’t help you much in this field and you’ll be burned out! After all, I have zero medical knowledge.”

A bitter smile plastered on Selena’s face. She paused for a moment then continued, “And nowadays Chinese medicine is not that popular anymore. It’d be hard for us to earn.”

“dear, you thought so thoroughly! But the references you have are only applicable for those common and average Chinese doctors. Don’t forget that your husband is a genius doctor. For those diseases and illnesses that are untreatable by western medicine, I’m confident that I can treat them. Slowly we’ll gain fame and they’ll be willing to pay for our treatment even if it’s exorbitantly expensive, right? Or have you forgotten that back in Eastfield, I’ve treated quite a number of weird diseases?”

jackie chuckled nonchalantly in return.

“Alright then. Let’s head in and take a look around!”

Selena bobbed her head and walked into the store together with jackie.

This Chinese medicine store was called Will’s Apothecary. The decoration inside was well-maintained and there was a courtyard with a row of chambers behind the store.

Obviously, the price would not be cheap.

When they stepped into the store, a huge sigh of defeat rang through the air—it was from the owner here. “I can’t really do much now, this is this month’s salary and you don’t have to come to Will’s tomorrow onwards. Nowadays it’s very hard for Chinese medicine to survive, everyone only trusts western medicine. And I guess it’s difficult to sell Will’s to others, this store is too big!” The owner was talking defeatedly to an old-aged doctor.

The old-aged Chinese doctor sighed together with the owner. “Yes. In fact, Chinese medical knowledge is so broad and profound. There are so many illnesses that can’t be treated by Western medicine but possible with Chinese medicine. Moreover, Chinese medicine gives little to no side effects on our human body. It’s such a shame that this knowledge is whittling down and fading out. People only go to big hospitals when they’re sick!”

Chapter 949 “This gentleman is right and insightful!”

jackie nodded in satisfaction and chortled.

“Are the two of you here to seek a doctor?”

The old-aged Chinese doctor immediately went up and served jackie and Selena when he noticed they entered the store.

“No. We saw the notice outside. Isn’t this place going to be sold? I’m interested in that. How much is it?”

jackie returned a gentle smile to the doctor.

“Sir, this place is in a strategic location, and it’s very wide and spacious inside! Let’s go in and I’ll show you around, shall we?”

The owner of Will’s Apothecary went up to them immediately after noticing jackie’s interest in the place. Although he felt that the possibility of the other party taking over this place was highly unlikely, he still put on the warmest smile and served them. After all, it was rare for others to be interested in a place like this.

“Good idea! Let’s look around.”

jackie nodded in agreement and followed behind the owner for a tour around the apothecary.

When they came out after they were done, jackie popped the question directly, “How much does it cost? And could you also let me know where to get those Chinese medicine supplies?”

“Don’t worry, Sir. All the seller’s contact information is recorded in this notebook!”

The owner handed a notebook to jackie and then added, “About the selling price for this place, I don’t want to earn, so ten million will do. I’ve spent more than that for renovation, but you seem very sincere, so I’ll not ask for more. Ten million will suffice but I’ve to tell you that, this location is strategic and every inch is worth gold. I’ve paid the rental 3 years in advance when I first rented and it cost 10 million annually. Also, these Chinese herbs have value too, hence, the total price will be more than 30 million dollars!”

The owner carefully spilled out the details, fearing that the numbers would scare jackie to death. “Young man, if you paid the 30 million dollars, you’d not have to worry about the rent for the next three years. Then when the contract ends after 3 years, you can negotiate again with the landlord to renew the lease…” The owner added.

jackie was silent for a few seconds then suddenly spilled out.

“Hmmm. How about this, I’ll pay you 100 million and this place will be mine. I’ll recruit a few helpers tomorrow to do the cleaning and administrating stuff. Then I’ll just change the store’s name, and that’s all!”

“100 million?”

The owner was utterly shocked. He was initially prepared to lose a big amount of money including the rental fee for the next three years. He believed that nobody would want this place as it was too big and pricey, and he would be elated if he managed to sell it for 30 million.

He truly did not expect that the young man before him had offered 100 million.

“Sir, you…you’re not joking, right?”

The owner’s Adam apple jumped as he swallowed his saliva hard.

“It doesn’t matter. I might be able to earn 100 million back in a day or two in the future. And for me, 100 million is just a small amount of money!”

jackie, however, put on an unconcerned look. “Besides, you seem like a good person to me. So, that’s why I’m willing to offer 100 million!”

The owner was grateful that his voice trembled. “Young man, 100 million is too much. I understand that you must be from a rich family, and money is not a problem for you. But how could you say that you can earn the amount back in a day or two just to put my mind at ease? You don’t have to tell such a white lie. I understand the situation.”

“Hand me your bank card, please.”

jackie stretched out his hand. “Sir, I didn’t lie to you. People certainly would not spend 100 million for treatment. But for cases like cancer, incurable diseases, or any illnesses that threaten their lives, they’ll be willing to spend a billion, not to mention 100 million.”

Chapter 950 “Young man, you’re not bragging, are you? You know how to cure cancer?”

The owner’s voice trembled with excitement after hearing jackie’s words. He wondered if he had heard it wrong.

“Young man, aren’t you talking big? Even big and prominent hospitals can’t treat cancer. With the current medical advancement, cancer is incurable, especially for those with stage four cancer!”

The old-aged Chinese doctor stood up from his armchair and walked slowly over to the group. His legs were wobbly, and his voice was shaky.

“Didn’t both of you discuss that a moment ago? That in fact, Western medicine is not as good as Chinese medicine in many aspects, especially those big hospitals who only rely on all sorts of machines to treat diseases. If technologies and the machines were to be taken away, they may not even be able to figure out what exactly is the illness, right?”

jackie laughed wholeheartedly, with a bemused look on his face.

“Yes, that’s what we discussed, but I didn’t expect for you to have such perception at such a young age!”

The old-aged Chinese doctor looked at jackie with reverence and respect in his eyes. “If what you said is true, that you’re able to treat and cure those strange and incurable diseases, even cancer, then you can be called a genius or miraculous doctor!”

“Well. These names don’t really bother me!”

jackie chuckled excitedly and then said to the owner, “So…what now? Is this place still for sale?”

“Of course! I’m old but not a fool. It looks like I’ve met my savior today!”

The owner laughed elatedly together with jackie and then he gave his bank account number to jackie.

jackie transferred 100 million to the owner right after he got the account number.

“Alright. Well. It just so happens that I need people here. Doctor, if you’re willing, please continue to work here tomorrow. I’ll hire a few more helpers to assist you. What do you think?”

jackie faced the old-aged doctor and proposed his thought.

“Sir, you…you’re not planning to test my medical knowledge? Are you going to hire me without knowing the level of my medical skill? What if I can’t take on this important role?”

The old-aged herbalist felt a bit flattered. How could he have imagined that jackie would ask him to come to work tomorrow? How much did this kid trust him?

“If you’re gonna employ a man, don’t doubt him; if you doubt him, don’t hire him! I trust you. Besides, I’ve heard your exchange with the owner and I believe that you’re a great doctor with professional medical ethics. An ethical doctor wouldn’t be so poor in his skills.” jackie responded patiently then he added with a humble laugh. “Tomorrow I’ll recruit some helpers and I’ll change the store sign, and… I think that’s all. Nothing else to change!”

“Alright, alright! Thank you so much, sir. You’re truly my savior!”

The old-aged doctor was grateful that he thanked jackie again and again.

“Oh, right. Doctor, how much is your monthly salary now?”

jackie asked again after some thought popped into his mind.

“Well, it’s about 12 thousand right now. As you know, Swallow City is an expensive city. Though my children are working, I still hope that I can contribute a little to the family and not burden them so much. So I decided to continue working to earn some money and to kill some time as well!”

The old-aged doctor gave a small smile and answered.

“I see. Hmmm. Starting from this month, you’re gonna get 30 thousand per month! I’m gonna get two to three assistants for you so that you can take turns to take a break, and I’ll give those assistants 20 thousand per month.”

jackie blurted out his carefully planned thought.

“Sir…sir, 30 thousand is too much. I… This…”

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