Ch. 1301..1310
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Craig pricked up his ears when Alex asked about it.
The syndicated human traffickers had always been serious cases. As the captain of the Special Brigade, he had the responsibilities and obligation to fight this tumor of the society and return a bright future to the world.
Azure said, “I only managed to find out about a connected person called Nanny Kim for now.”
Alex and Craig were stunned.
‘Why did the name seem so familiar?’
“On a second thought, wasn’t that a character from a novel?”
Azure said, “Nanny Kim is definitely not a real name but an alias. She has the same name as the character from Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre’s Nanny Kim. Norton Cambell also mentioned that Nanny Kim is just an old human trafficker who has worked with him for a long term. The number of children she bought from him is as many as a hundred people. For some reason, recently, she only wants little girls of five or six years old and even wants them to be pretty and clean. Moreover, she said it would be best if they were born in a lunar year and a lunar month as well as on a lunar day.”
After hearing Azure’s words, the few people were enraged.
If more than a hundred of children were sold, it would indicate a nightmare of more than a hundred of families. These bunch of people really deserved to die.
Craig said, “There’s actually such a heartless organization in California. No matter what, I must destroy the organization completely.”
Alex frowned and said, “The five or six years old children even have to be born in a lunar year, lunar month and on a lunar day. What are they trying to do?”
He thought of one possibility.
Shadowman!
However, it was too soon to tell now.
“Let’s go. I need to ask Norton Cambell personally!” Craig said at this moment.
However, when they saw Norton and the other two living human traffickers again, Craig was startled.
The three of them were rolling on the ground and kept wailing while desperately scratching their own skin with their fingernails. At this moment, they had already scratched all over their bodies with wounds and blood. Even there was much blood on the ground. However, they still kept scratching and wailing, as if they wanted to peel off all the skin on their bodies.
Even Craig, who was used to seeing bloody scenes, almost could not take it as well upon witnessing this scene.
“What… What’s wrong with them?” He asked apprehensively as he dared not go near them.
“Nothing much, it’s just a little punishment!”
Alex scoffed and snapped his fingers. Immediately afterwards, all the three people on the ground let out a breath of relief when the parasitic worms in their bodies calmed down. Of course, this thing came from Granny Blackwood. Now that she had become his servant, he could have as many parasites as he wanted.
The calmed Norton immediately kneeled before Alex and begged. “Master, I beg you, please forgive me! I’ll confess everything, I’ll tell everything. I plead guilty and I surrender. I’m willing to accept the punishment of the law. I beg of you, please help me get rid of the parasitic disease on me!”
The other two accomplices immediately kneeled down and willingly surrendered as well.
The torture of this parasitic worm was indeed not something that anyone could bear. Otherwise, martial artists would not turn pale at the mention of it.
“If you knew this day would come, why did you still do it?” said Alex in a gentle voice. “Well, I’ll give you all a chance to atone your crimes with good deeds. Tell us everything about the details of your modus operandi, other accomplices as well as the whereabouts of the children you’ve kidnapped. Otherwise, my parasitic worms would go into your hearts and brains. Even God can’t save you then.”
Once the several human traffickers heard him, they shivered in fear. Afterwards, they were outdoing one another to speak up first.
“What’s the rush? Tell me one by one!”
Half an hour later, the few people said everything that they knew under the threat of the inhumane torture from the parasitic worms. Craig had used tip dozens of blank papers just for recording. There were only two words to describe the crimes that these people had committed innumerable crimes!
It turned out that not only did Norton have a stronghold of Disneyland, but he also had operated several similar venues which were especially used for abducting children.
And, he was not the head of this human trafficking organization. On the contrary, he was just a small person in charge at the bottom. This human trafficking organzation had a name that most people heard of the Beggar Gang!
However, it was different from the Beggar Gang in the Condor Heroes.
This Beggar Gang was truly a tumor to the society and the scum of the world. They stole children to brainwash, discipline them strictly and let them experience all kinds of inhumane torture…
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For example, forcibly severing their limbs to make them beg on the streets, forcibly cutting off their tongues so that they could not speak, and pouring acid to destroy their delicate faces so that their loved ones could not recognize them. And, some good-looking girls would be even sold to faraway places and even overseas to be someone else’s child brides. They would be trained to serve men and fulfil their perverted needs… And many more.
All of these were outrageous.
Boom!
After listening to all these, anger welled up in Alex’s heart. Unable to control his anger, he stomped on the ground. Then, the office hall of the amusement park was shaken into ruins.
“B*stards, b*stards! You guys don’t deserve to be a human at all!”
Azure was so emotional that he went up to the three human traffickers and beat them up with punches and kicks. Even tears started streaming down his face.
It was because he thought of himself, Waltz and Clay. The three siblings were all adopted children of Lord Lex Gunther.
Rumor had it that the three of them were only rescued when a human trafficker’s den was destroyed. However, their original families were nowhere to be found. In the end, they stayed by Lord Lex’s side.
Zella, who was standing aside, cried her eyes out when she thought of her daughter who was almost abducted.
“Azure, enough!”
Alex stopped Azure. “Don’t kill them. I still need them to make up for their own mistakes and bring us to destroy their lair!”
Norton said, “Yes, yes. Stop hitting me. Ouch, I’m willing to make up for my own mistakes, I’m willing to do so. I’ll bring you there!”
Craig with a cold expression said, “I’ll mobilize my men immediately.”
Azure said, “A thousand martial artists and three thousand bodyguards of Thousand Miles Conglomerate are awaiting your orders outside. They are waiting to be deployed at any time.”
After pondering for a while, Alex said, “I’ll ask Divine Constabulary to come and help too. We have to make sure all evil is eradicated completely!”
***
That night, the California officials immediately set up a raid called “Rescue the Children”. The Special Brigade, police and Divine Constabulary of California were on the list. Besides, a thousand martial artists and three thousand bodyguards of Thousand Miles Conglomerate were temporarily transferred. A total of four thousand people operated swiftly.
On the other side, Alex brought along Zella, Azure, more than ten martial experts as well as Norton to meet the so-called Nanny Kim in private.
Soon after, the few people came to a large scale foot reflexology parlour called The Nourishing Feet.
Norton said, “This is Nanny Kim’s stronghold. She opened this parlour. This old lady is very cautious. She’s usually very careful and she wouldn’t let me know. But, my subordinates secretly found out that she’s usually here! This foot reflexology parlour is not a regular one too. They provide a lot of special services.”
Azure said, “I’ll go in and grab her.”
Alex nodded his head. He was too lazy to go into this kind of parlour.
Azure brought along three subordinates and blended inside the parlour.
Alex let several martial artists from Thousand Miles Conglomerate to keep watch separately in order to prevent the people inside from escaping through the back door or other places. Unexpectedly, in less than three minutes, a certain window on the second floor was smashed, with a person flying from the inside.
At a glance, it was actually Azure!
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Whoosh!
Azure fell onto the ground heavily. His buttocks landed on the ground like a goose falling on the sandbank. Fortunately, he had now successfully advanced into a Mystic ranked martial artist. With the inner force protecting his body, the fall would not cause him to become half paralyzed.
Meanwhile, Alex saw a gray haired old woman through that broken window.
One martial artist from Thousand Miles Conglomerate immediately went forward to help Azure up. “Bro Azure, are you okay? What happened up there? How did you get thrown out?”
Right after he said that, three vibrations sounded.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The other three martial artists who followed Azure into the parlour were thrown out of the second floor as well. Immediately afterwards, an old woman jumped down from the second floor casually while holding a dragon head cane in her hand. Her gray hair was tied up in a bun and wrapped in an elderly’s scarf. Her appearance was very similar to Nanny Kim from the martial arts TV series.
‘She’s definitely a martial arts fan! This look is an exact cosplay of Nanny Kim’s look from the TV series.’ Alex could not help but complain secretly.
After the old woman jumped down, she landed on the ground sturdily. When the dragon head cane thumped hard to the ground, it even made a metal clanging sound.
Even the concrete ground that was thumped by the cane formed a cracked area. It was extremely powerful. Clearly, the dragon head cane in her hand was not made of ordinary wood but metal. It was completely black and it seemed quite heavy.
“Azure, do you think that I don’t know who you’re?”
“We don’t interfere with one another and I’m too lazy to care about the underworld whatsoever. Now that you monkey has become the king, you shouldn’t cross the line, or else you’ll not end up well!” Nanny Kim said in a cold manner. After turning around to take a look, only then did she notice the dumbfounded Norton who was standing not far away from here.
Norton never knew that Nanny Kim was a martial artist and even an expert who could easily defeat Azure. He was stunned at that moment.
When Nanny Kim saw Norton, her expression changed instantly.
The breaking news about Disneyland was known to most people in California. Naturally, she knew it as well. However, never did she expect that Norton would surrender so quickly and sold her out as well. They even found her lair, it was unforgivable… Fortunately, the people who came were not police, so she still had a glimmer ofhope in her. As long as she killed all these people, there would be no testimony of the witness against her.
So, the moment Nanny Kim saw Norton, she had the urge to kill him.
“Die!”
Nanny Kim thumped her dragon head cane, causing her entire body to soar into the sky. She did not look like a senile old woman at all, but she seemed to be a a sharp sword being shot out.
The cane in her hand was aimed straight at Norton’s head as she wanted to kill him instantly.
Meanwhile, Alex and Zella, who were standing aside, were not noticed by her because they seemed like two trash that could be easily killed. However, such trash suddenly made a move and pinched her dragon head cane, defusing her killing move.
Norton broke out in a cold sweat as he looked at Alex thankfully.
At that moment earlier, he really thought that he was going to die under the cane of Nanny Kim.
“Hmm?” Nanny Kim was startled. As her feet landed on the ground, she swung the cane with force.
However, Alex’s hand was like a giant clamp. She couldn’t pull it out of his hand at all.
“Who are you? Let go!” Nanny Kim shouted with a stern voice.
The martial cultivation belonging to Intermediate-Earth ranked exploded abruptly from her body. She wanted to attack Alex’s body through her cane. If he were an ordinary person, the old woman’s full powered blast of inner force would definitely break his heart and take his life instantly.
However, she ran into Alex.
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That rush of inner force seemed to have disappeared into the thin air. Alex’s expression did not change and there was not even the slightest reaction.
‘What? How is this possible?’
Nanny Kim trembled in shock. She saw that Alex was clearly an ordinary person. How was it possible for him to block out her ultimate move, the Tiderip of Dark Force?
‘Again!’
She reactivated the Dark Force. However, the result was still the same.
Alex calmly said, “Who’d have thought that you, an Intermediate-Earth ranked expert, actually turn into a heartless human trafficker? You’re better off without the cultivation!”
He shook his hand backhandedly.
A gush of spiritual power containing the thunderous might rushed back at Nanny Kim’s body, as if it were an overwhelming force.
A series of burst sounds was heard.
Every inch of the meridians in the old woman’s arm were broken. Her middle and lower energy cores were destroyed by the thunderous might. The destructive force instantly smashed her arm into dregs.
“Argh!” Nanny Kim screamed.
It was too late to let go of her hand at this moment. She spat out a mouthful of blood. While shrivelling on the ground with a pale face, she pointed at Alex tremblingly. “W- who on earth are you? How dare you destroy my cultivation. You and I are sworn enemies!”
Smack!
A big slap landed right on the old woman’s face.
It was Azure who rushed over.
“Damn old hag, you really hide deep enough! For an Earth expert to hide in a place like this in California, you can really hide well!” As Azure said, he kicked the old woman in the stomach a few times, causing her who already had her energy cores damaged to spit another two mouthfuls of blood. “Hide more! Now that your martial arts are ruined, you don’t have to hide anymore, right? Hahaha!”
The old woman viciously said, “Azure Storm, do you think you’re that great just because nobody is competing with you for the throne of the underworld? Let me tell you, you’re just a person with limited vision and experience in my eyes and I’m just too lazy to care about you. Today, you brought along people to smash up my place and ruin my energy core. Just you wait, someone will come for you.”
Azure asked, “Who?”
However, the old woman refused to talk about it.
Crack!
Azure did not hesitate to step on her leg.
“Ouch!” Nanny Kim wailed in pain as her leg was broken. Her entire leg was trembling.
Azure smiled and said, “Is it very painful? This is for you to enjoy it, so you could feel the emotions of the children abducted by you! Speak! Where are the children bought by you?”
Nanny Kim smiled all of a sudden. “You better kill me!”
“You want to die? But it won’t be so easy!” Azure raised his foot and stepped on her other leg. After that, he took out a small bottle. “Do you know what this is? It’s a kind of parasitic disease from Canyonland. Have you heard about the heart scratching pill of a hundred days?”
“What? The heart-scratching pill of a hundred days?” Nanny Kim screamed terrifyingly. She seemed to know what it was.
“So you know about it! That’s even better. Just one pill and I promise you’ll be crying out comfortably as you scratch your body happily!” Azure immediately poured a pill out. But then, he stopped again. He called two of his subordinates over and said, “Do you guys have a pair of scissors or nail clippers? This old hag’s fingernails are well maintained, and she won’t be able scratch it well later. Cut them sharply and make them into triangles, so that she could scratch it even better.”
“Alright!” The subordinates immediately moved.
They did not have scissors or nail clippers, but they had knives. It would work the same.
Soon, Nanny Kim’s fingernails were shaved like pyramids one by one. If she were to scratch her body with these, it would guarantee that a blood wound would be formed with a single scratch.
Alex looked at Azure. He realized that this brat was quite talented in torturing people.
Azure continued, “Force her mouth open. If she dares to bite her tongue, plug off all of her teeth… Right, you aren’t going to try to bite your tongue and kill yourself, right? Let me tell you a general knowledge. You won’t die by biting off your tongue, the key point is that it’s very painful!”
“No, no, don’t!” Nanny Kim was horrified. “Please don’t feed me the heart scratching pill of a hundred days. Please don’t. I’ll speak, I’ll speak. I’ll tell you everything!”
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Nanny Kim begged loudly as her body trembled.
This was because she had seen people who were infected by the parasitic disease from the heart scratching pill of a hundred days with her own eyes. The situation at that time was simply a horrible sight, especially when the person was about to die, his entire body would be eaten out alive. She had nightmares for several months due to it
“I… I have a name list. The name list is in the parlour, I’ll go get it now.”
She struggled to get up. Only then did she realize that both her legs had been trampled off, she was unable to walk at all. The pain was gut wrenching whenever she tried to move.
In the end, two martial artists under Azure dragged the old woman inside. The name list was found inside a hidden compartment in the wall.
Alex still walked into the foot reflexology parlour in the end. He saw a few beautiful women with exposed outfits hiding in a room, secretly poking their heads out to watch them. After that, he even saw a few younger girls but they were dressed very maturely.
He straightaway pushed open the door and pulled one of them out to ask.
The girl was so shocked that her face turned pale. She looked at Nanny Kim in fear.
Azure immediately gave Nanny Kim a few slaps on the face and said to the girl, “Don’t be afraid. This old hag is pretty much useless now. If you have any grievances, you can tell them all! I’ll call the shots! California has now formed a special raid team, all the human traffickers will be apprehended.”
The girl tremblingly asked, “Is it true?”
Azure said, “I can assure you that.”
Afterwards, this thirteen or fourteen years old girl cried out loudly right away. She said that she was kidnapped four years ago. During the period, she had been through many tearful and tragic encounters. She was forced to be an attendant here while living an inhumane life. She complained about Nanny Kim’s crimes…
And, the entire parlour was almost full of such ill fated girls. It was truly tearful for those who heard about it.
The killing intent in Alex’s eyes got even thicker.
He asked, “Nanny Kim, let me ask you. I heard that lately you’ve been looking for girls who are born in the lunar year, lunar month and on a lunar day. Why are you looking for such girls?”
Nanny Kim truthfully replied, “I don’t know the specifics either. A friend of mine asked me for them.”
“Who is the person?”
“It’s a woman named Paige Rockefeller.”
Alex was stunned for a moment, “Which Paige Rockefeller?”
Nanny Kim confessed, “It’s that Paige Rockefeller from Rockefeller Group. She’s a very wealthy woman.”
As soon she said that, both Azure and Zella looked at Alex at the same time.
Twenty minutes later, Alex reached Paige’s house. However, he saw that a funeral was being held in her house.
The mourning target was Paige’s husband, Wes Jefferson.
Alex saw Paige’s son, Elijah Jefferson.
When Elijah heard that Alex was looking for his mother, he angrily pointed at Alex right away and said, “You’re looking for my mom? I even wanted to find you! Ever since your family forcibly bought all of our shares in Rockefeller Group with one dollar that day, my mom has been missing and my dad was killed. This is all because of you and your mother. Give me back my mom and dad!”
Alex was slightly shocked as he asked, “How did your father die?”
Elijah reddened his eyes as he yelled, “Who should I ask when you ask me? My father’s heart was dug away and I’m suspecting that you’re the one who killed my dad!”
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Alex was flabbergasted. Then, the suspicion in his heart became firmer. “Then have you seen Carol Rockefeller?”
Elijah replied, “No.”
Alex nodded his head and said, “Alright… If I didn’t guess it wrongly, your mother should have been taken away by Carol under duress. Now, Carol has walked the path of evil cultivation and she’s cultivating a kind of insidious demonic art. Your mother is now specifically helping her to abduct five or six year old kids. Once they fall into Carol’s bands, they are most likely killed! So, if you don’t want to lose your mother forever, tell me her whereabouts and I can help you to rescue her.”
Elijah was stunned for a while and said, “Is she involved in the incident at Disneyland as well?”
Alex nodded his head.
Elijah fell and sat on the ground.
After taking a glance at him, Alex was about to leave the place.
However, Elijah stopped him. “Alex, the current Carol Rockefeller is indeed not the same Carol Rockefeller that she used to be. Now, she has become very scary and even given birth to a haunting son! I can tell that thing is not a human but a monster! If you’re really capable, I beg of you, help me to rescue my mother! If I’m not wrong, my dad was killed by her.”
Alex stopped walking as he nodded his head. “If you hear any news about her, give me a call.”
“Alright!”
***
After leaving Paige’s residence, Alex went straight to Rockefeller Manor.
At the same time, Hailey Lawson and Zoey Carter were at the manor as well. Charles Carter was out of town but he, who had now received the news of her daughter being abducted and almost lost her daughter, was rushing back overnight. Besides, Brittany Rockefeller was back too. She saw the news when she was on her way back and learnt about Zoey’s incident as well as the big movement of Thousand Miles Conglomerate. Then, she rushed back immediately without stopping.
When Alex arrived at the manor, the women in the family went up to him and asked if he had found the mastermind behind the human traffickers.
Alex said, “We did find out about it. It’s done by an human trafficking organization called the Beggar Gang. Now the California official has established a special team and is conducting a raid. There should be a news broadcast by tomorrow! Thanks to Sis Yaeger’s help this time, we managed to find the children’s exact location. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.”
Afterwards, he asked Hailey, “Is Zoey’s birthday in a lunar year, lunar month and on lunar day?”
Hailey was stunned for a moment. “I’m not sure about this!”
When she reported Zoey’s birthday in the lunar calendar, Alex calculated the time and it was exactly in a lunar year, lunar month and on lunar day.
Maya who was standing aside asked, “Bro, what does this have to do with Zoey’s abduction?”
Alex nodded his head slightly. “I’m suspecting that the mastermind of this incident is a bit related to Carol Rockefeller! This woman has walked the path of evil cultivation and she hates me to the core. Hence, everyone must be careful of this woman from now on.”
An hour later, Charles arrived at the manor. He was so anxious that he rushed over from Michigan in a helicopter right away.
After listening to the entire incident, he had a moment of fear.
Afterwards, he gratefully thanked Alex, Zella, Waltz and the others. The news was all over the internet, naturally he saw it as well. Never did he expect that Thousand Miles Conglomerate would take the matter so seriously that they mobilized more than tens of thousands of employees and offered a billion dollars just to look for his own daughter. He mentioned on the spot that he was going to offer Zella a billion dollars to thank her personally but Zella turned down the offer in the end.
Charles said with a firm expression, “I want to set up a foundation dedicated to fight human traffickers nationwide. I’ve thought about this matter thoroughly when I was on my way here! I only have one daughter. If my daughter is missing, it’s pointless no matter how much money I earn or how many houses I own. All of it would be meaningless! So, I want to set up this foundation and take down human traffickers at all cost, so that there would be no human traffickers in America in the future.”
Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!
Waltz clapped her hands. “Bro Carter, this establishment of this foundation will be a contemporary work of gathering great merits that will benefit the country and the people as well as future generations! How about you count me in?”
Brittany said, “Count my Rockefeller family in as well!”
On the next day, a piece of news from California shocked the entire America.
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Last night, the three official departments worked together as well as Norton and the other two human traffickers cooperated on-site for designation. Tracing the clues, they had successfully found the base of the Beggar Gang in California.
They found thirty three human traffickers and related bandits right away while rescuing 178 abducted children.
Earlier this morning, California police released a video. It was footage of the children being rescued. The scene at the time was overwhelming: more than a hundred children were locked in cages like dogs, and more than twenty children were hung on the beams of the house because they were disobedient, resulting in wounds all over their bodies.
There were also all sorts of tools for torture at the scene. The floor was full of dried blood.
And, almost half of the children rescued were already handicapped. Some were brought out to beg for money every day. However, they could not get a single penny from the begged money and had to surrender everything. They could only eat leftovers every day.
Rumor had it that when the official personnel and the four thousand security guards seconded by Thousand Miles Conglomerate present saw the scene, their eyes turned red because they were too pitiful and cruel.
However, this venue was just one of the branches of the Beggar Gang in California. Moreover, there were a few leaders. It was unknown if they had heard the news beforehand or seen the incident of Disneyland, they were alert and escaped first to avoid getting caught. Once the footage was publicized, the entire nation was shocked.
Many people cheered but many also cried bitterly for the broken families caused by the human traffickers. More people rushed to California, hoping to find their lost children among the rescued children.
However, the official announcement stated that the raid operation of “Rescue the Children” would not end there.
As long as the tumor of the society, the Beggar Gang was not removed, it would continue to exist.
All of a sudden, it caused a surge of praise from the people.
***
It was half past nine in the morning.
Thousand Miles Conglomerate, Waylon Realty, Lush Cosmetics and Rockefeller Group issued a press conference for establishing “The Foundation of Rescuing the Children”. Upon the establishment, the four companies had raised a total of fifty billion dollars.
Various rescue operations would be carried out immediately.
They also established an action team to fight human trafficking. They specifically hired the captain of the Special Brigade, Craig Selby, as the guide. They would cooperate with the officials for a long term, with the aim to fully eliminate the human trafficking industry.
They set up multiple reporting channels. As long as the reports were verified, the reporters would be greatly rewarded.
Once the news was out, it shocked California and the entire America once again.
Everyone kept praising them.
“How courageous!”
“This is a true entrepreneur of the people for being compassionate toward the citizens and the country!”
Some people also pointed out that the girl who was almost abducted at Disneyland was the daughter of Waylon Realty’s boss. This matter had completely enraged Charles Carter and his wife. So, they set up the foundation in such a hurry. However, more people were shocked at Charles Carter’s personal connections. Not only did he have such a deep connection with Thousand Miles Conglomerate, but he even pulled in the recent dark horse of the beauty industry, Lush Cosmetics.
As for the Rockefeller Group, the news was released a long time ago, saying that the company was acquired by Lush Cosmetics. Indeed, they belonged to the same family now.
***
In the presidential suite of Shangri-La Hotel, a few women from the Melvis family were here. They had finally moved out of Sky’s house. At the same time, they also planned to return to Alaska today. Then, they saw the news on TV.
Lexia pointed at Brittany who appeared on TV and said to the juniors, “Do you see it? This is called bold and broad minded. Yesterday, you guys were still worrying that Brittany and her son would share the Melvis family’s wealth when they returned to the Melvis family. They don’t even care about it.”
Stephanie said, “Who would have thought that Lush Cosmetics is actually a brand founded by her. We didn’t know it previously. Think about it now, in fact, Ruby has done her investigation properly ages ago. Moreover, she let Tucker come over to California, wanting to snatch Lush Cosmetics away from Brittany. Brittany is truly a business genius!”
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At this moment, another woman said, “Madame, I just found out the information. Many products of Lush Cosmetics are developed by Alex Rockefeller. Moreover, he’s a major shareholder of Thousand Miles Conglomerate. the CEO of Thousand Miles Conglomerate, Waltz Fleur is his girlfriend… Whereas, the wife of Waylon Realty’s boss, Charles Carter, is Alex’s godsister. Alex once rescued their daughter, Zoey Carter.”
This woman was called Jen, who was an expert specialized in gathering intelligence. Whatever she said basically could not go wrong.
The women of the Melvises were shocked at once.
Lexia said, “This Alex Rockefeller is certainly not a person of no particular talent! Just think about it, he could cure Nickolas’ late stage cancer. With this technique alone, he could become the best miracle doctor in the world if the news is spread! Sadly, Brittany doesn’t want to return to the Melvis family. Otherwise, a blessed child will truly descend upon our Melvis family and our family will soar high! Oh, I wish the old man would persuade them after he comes out of the meditation.”
Meanwhile, there was only one person amongst the crowd who was absent minded, the person was Soraya Melvis. She constantly pressed on her stomach with her hand.
In her mind, she kept recalling the experience of making out with Alex at Moonlight Lake. Her whole body became soft. She never knew that it was just an illusion. She thought she really did the deed with Alex, and she even thought that she had a high chance of getting pregnant.
After leaving Moonlight Lake, she wanted to buy an emergency morning after pill quietly at first. However, she did not take it for some reason.
Now that she heard all kinds of information about Alex, it turned out that she was slightly excited.
‘What’s going to happen if I really get pregnant with his child?’
‘Will he accept this child?’
As for the previous worry that the child might be brain damaged or something had been put to rest. This was because she now knew that Alex’s grandmother was not her grandmother, but it was somebody else… He was an offspring of another woman that her grandfather married. She even specifically investigated the information, showing that the deformity rate of children under such circumstances was not high. It could even be pre-screened.
What kind of thought would Alex have if he found out that his cousin had such a thought after being trapped by himself? Perhaps, he would be too shocked to sleep.
***
It was three o’clock in the afternoon.
Azure gave Alex a call. “Bro Alex, Norton Cambell said that he already atoned for his own crimes and he has made up for it by doing good deeds. Can the heart scratching parasitic disease of a hundred days be removed from him?”
Alex scoffed. “He has made up for his crimes by doing good deeds? He can never make up for the crimes that he had committed in this lifetime. Let him emerge and perish in his own ways! Just tell him that he has to suffer more when he’s alive, so that Hades may be more lenient to him after his death and let him reincarnate into a human being again.”
Azure laughed. “Bro Alex, I think so too. The death of such a person shouldn’t be pitied at all.”
After a pause, he continued, “That Nanny Kim committed suicide. But before she died, she revealed that a sect behind her called the Witch Cult may come and avenge her.”
“Witch Cult? Have you heard of it before?”
“Never.”
“Then, let’s leave it for now. You should pay attention to improving your cultivation. I’ll send you a set of secret manuals regarding martial arts in the coming few days.”
“Huh? Thank you, Bro Alex!”
“We’re allies, so there’s no need to be polite.”
After the call was hung up, Alex received a call from Dorothy. “Hubby, my mom wants to treat your mother and you to a meal!”
For a moment, Alex was too shocked to speak a word.
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The first reaction when Alex heard it was to reject it. Claire had long left a lasting negative impression in his heart. Who knew what kind of intention she had in mind when she suddenly invited his mother and him to a meal.
However, he remembered something, so he immediately asked, “Didn’t your mom have a memory loss? Could it be that she has recovered her memory?”
Dorothy replied, “No! She only invited your mother and you to a meal because she hasn’t. Do you think she would do so if her memory has been recovered?”
“That’s it!”
“What about it? You still have to consider it for a long time just for a meal now? Could it be that you still have to ask your other girlfriends for instructions?”
Alex immediately said, “What are you saying? It’s not like that at all. I was just thinking how l should tell my mom about it. After all, she thought that we had divorced ages ago and are no longer in contact with each other.”
“Hmph. I even know that she can’t wait for you to marry Waltz and Maya, so that they could hurriedly give birth to one or two kids.”
“How did you know it? Um, what I mean is, you’re thinking too much.”
Dorothy said, “Whatever. It will be held at my place tonight. Do let me know if you’re coming or not. If you don’t want to come, then forget about it.”
“Yes, yes. I’ll definitely come. Even if I have to crawl over, I’ll crawl to your place.”
***
No matter what, Dorothy was the de facto eldest wife. Since it was the invitation from his mother-in-law, he was obligated to attend the dinner even if he did not want to.
Helpless, he could only ask Brittany.
“What? You both faked your divorce?”
Sure enough, Brittany instantly jumped up when she heard that. “What the hell are you doing? You even created such a fraud of getting a divorce. If you don’t divorce for real, are you going to leave it for the New Year? Those few people in the Assex family are snobs. Anyway, I won’t agree to it again.”
“Cough! Mom, she had a reason for doing this. Claire had a brain disease previously but now she’s back to normal. Moreover, she has amnesia now. So, let’s go there for a while!”
“Son, do you know what it means by a leopard can’t change its spots? Do you still want to fall on the exact same spot twice? What’s so good about Dorothy Assex? Look at Maya and Waltz, which one of them is not better than her? You and Dorothy aren’t people from the same world!”
Alex said, “Are you afraid of her mom?”
Brittany jumped up. “Tch. Why would I be afraid of a mentally ill person? Fine, we’ll go then. I would like to see if she truly has amnesia or fake amnesia.”
***
Soon, it was half past four in the afternoon. Despite being uncomfortable with Claire and her family, Brittany had always been particular as a person. She could not possibly turn up empty handedly. She still prepared some gifts.
As Alex drove an Aston Martin, they headed to Assex Villa.
The Assex family was well prepared. They had prepared things to serve their guests earlier. Before the main course, there were pre-dinner snacks and fruits. It was said that the dishes were cooked bya chef hired from a hotel.
Besides, Adrianna and her family were here as well.
When they saw Claire again, not to mention Brittany, Alex was shocked as well. The change was too great.
At first sight of her, Alex thought that a stranger had come to the house. He only saw her wearing a white traditional dress with a little red embroidery on her chest, while her head of green hair was pulled back into a bun, exposing her fair, slender legs. The facial features on the face were moist, fair and delicate. She seemed to have the same age as Dorothy who was standing beside her.
She seemed even younger than Brittany. This was simply bewitching!
Brittany could not help pulling Alex and whispered, “What’s wrong with her? Did she go for plastic surgery?”
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 1310
Alex shook his head.
He took a closer look at Claire. Then, he was surprised to find that there was actually a mild, weird energy fluctuation in her body. It was pure, obscure yet real.
‘A unique bloodline?’
‘Has it been activated?’
Alex was extremely shocked, as if he saw another side of Zella Yeager in Claire’s body. Zella’s body contained the unique bloodline of Nine Tails, whereas in Claire’s body, the power of the bloodline was even purer than Zella’s and the quality was even better. It had a vague fire attribute.
‘What is this?’
Just when Alex was puzzled, Claire walked up to them with a smile. She took the initiative to hold Brittany’s hand and gently said, “Oh, mother-in-law. Welcome, welcome. You must be tired coming all the way here. Please, come in and have a seat!”
After that, she grabbed Alex’s hand. “Alex, I’ve heard about the things before. I hope you won’t keep it in your heart. If you’ve any complaints about me, just say it out since we’re going to be a family from now on. It takes a thousand years of cultivation to be together on the same boat, and it takes ten thousand years of cultivation to be a family. You and Dorothy must love one another in order to have a long lasting happiness.”
Alex was pulled by her soft hands. When he heard such words again, he felt a kind of complacent feeling. It completely overturned his impression of Claire in his mind. The following time that they spent together even proved the point.
The previous snobbish, narrow minded and nitpicking Claire was gone. She seemed to have changed into a completely different person. She became knowledgeable, courteous, gentle and elegant.
Not to mention Alex and his mother, in fact, even the biological sister, Adrianna even found it unbelievable.
Sharpay found a chance to pull Alex and speak to him personally, “Brother-in-law, my aunt’s changes are too great. Have you developed some unbelievable products and gave it to my aunt to try first? She looks at least ten years or more younger!”
Alex shook his head.
Claire’s body was indeed a little strange.
Could it be that he accidentally activated her hidden bloodline when he performed surgery on her last time?
But, wasn’t she too old?
However, such changes of Claire were clearly something everyone would be happy to see. Seeing the way she and his mother were talking happily, he let out a breath of relief in silence. Previously, he was still worried that the two women would argue again when they saw each other.
Thud! Thud!
Suddenly, Alex realized his calf that was placed underneath the table was gently kicked twice by someone. He raised his head up suspiciously and saw Beatrice signalling him with her eyes.
Afterwards, she stood up first and said, “Oh, I suddenly feel like eating watermelons. There are watermelons in the fruit shop near the entrance of the neighbourhood. Brother-in-law, do you mind going with me? I’m afraid it might be too heavy for me to carry it!”
Alex did not know what she was trying to tell him. However, when he thought about Claire who was acting so weirdly, he wanted to ask her as well.
He stood up and said, “Okay!”
Once they walked out of the door, Alex asked, “Beatrice, do you have something to tell me?”
Beatrice said, “Yes. Look at my mom, don’t you find it weird? She had been growing younger in the past few days. In just over a week, she is at least ten or more years younger. I’m afraid that she might get younger than me in a few more days. By then, she’ll be addressing me as Mom!”
Alex could not hold his laughter as he said, “You don’t have to worry about that. She won’t be calling you Mom anytime soon.”
Beatrice said, “Is she even still my mother? I wonder if something has possessed her! She’s quite different from the way she was before she had the brain sickness.”
Alex shook his head. “Nope.”
However, Beatrice had an anxious look on her face as she pulled him and said, “Brother-in-law, are you sure? Also, my sister has been weird recently as well. I told her about this, yet she acted indifferently as if it’s something natural. And, and she… She has been on business trips all the time lately. But, when I went to ask Secretary Cassidy, she said that there is no errand in the company that requires her to travel. Tell me, my sister… Does she have an affair out there?”