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Alex had just left Ganoderma, walking at a slow pace.

He thought, ‘Mom will be discharged in two days, but we lost our property. Plus, I was kicked out by Claire, so we won’t have a place to stay. Buying a property is my priority now.’

But he also knew that his father had hidden Thousand Miles Conglomerate’s existence from his mother. He had heard this from Lex himself.

‘Should I tell her?’ He thought.

He wouldn’t be able to use any of his funds if he didn’t give her a proper explanation.

He decided to keep it a secret for now.

Thousand Miles Conglomerate was involved with underworld work, so most people would view them as mafias or thugs. This could be the reason his father had hidden the conglomerate from his mother.

It wouldn’t be wise to reveal the truth to her right now.

‘Then… I’ll just get a small apartment. I’ll tell her the money came from my savings.’

It was decided.

Just as Alex was about to call a cab to go back to the hospital, Cheryl yelled out to him from behind, “Alex, Alex! Why are you in such a rush? God!”

Cheryl was jogging over to him.

Alex turned around and he could feel his eyes widen.

As she jogged, Cheryl’s chest was bouncing everywhere, as if it was about to bounce out. It was quite the sight.

“Ahem. Hey, Dr. Coney. Why did you come after me? Did something else happen? Is the little girl alright?”

“No, she’s fine. Grandpa just wanted me to treat you to a meal.”

“Your grandpa? What about you?”

“Take a guess.”

Alex smiled. Cheryl was exceptionally beautiful at this moment—drop-dead gorgeous. Alex couldn’t help but be reminded of the intimate moment they had in the elevator a few days ago.

Cheryl felt slightly embarrassed by his stare. Her cheeks flushed as she pointed towards her left. “I know a restaurant over there. It serves some pretty good stuff. Why don’t we eat there?”

Alex replied, “I don’t mind.”

Cheryl exclaimed. “Let’s go, then! It’s just behind this alleyway.”

The two then walked into the alleyway.

Just then, a group of five blocked their way. They were armed with bats like they were thugs.

Cheryl grabbed Alex’s hand in panic. She whispered, “Are they here for us?”

Alex’s heart dropped as well.

He did inherit his ancestor’s medical martial arts skills and learned the Force as well. According to his ancestor, he would be quite the fighter now. However, he had never used any of this in an actual fight so he wasn’t quite sure if it would work.

He took Cheryl’s hand and turned around, preparing to make a run for it.

However, another four men showed up behind him. They were in the same clothes, holding the same bats.

It was blatantly obvious that these men were here to get them.

“What do we do now? Oh god,” Cheryl said as she trembled in fear.

Chi was coursing through his entire body, flowing through his muscles and bones. That thunder-like feeling filled him with limitless energy. He stood in front of Cheryl. “Don’t be scared, I’ll protect you.”

“You can’t even protect yourself. Dream on!” The guy laughed as he eyed Cheryl up and down. The teen leader had a scar on his face. His face was twisted horrifically.

Seeing her beautiful features and curvy body, he couldn’t help but want to make advances on her.

“I didn’t expect such a beauty to be my reward. This woman is mine!”

“Bro, don’t just keep her to yourself! Sharing is caring!”

“Hah! After I’m done with her, I’ll hand her to you guys!”

The color drained from Cheryl’s face as she felt increasingly frustrated and panicky.

Alex’s gaze was cold. “What do you want?”

Scarface laughed. “We want to screw you up! You’re pretty expensive, you little brat. Someone gave us a total of two million to have both your legs broken. They want you to slap yourself a hundred times too. Come on, if you know what’s best for you, get on your knees and slap away! Give us a good show, won’t you? If you give us no choice but to do it ourselves, it wouldn’t just cost you your legs.”

“Mark, get your phone out and start recording!”

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Alex’s expression turned colder. “Who sent you?”

Scarface scoffed. “Do you really want to know? Kneel down and slap yourself then. If you give me a good show, I might consider telling you.”

Alex nodded. “How about this? You kneel down and slap yourself a hundred times. Then, I might consider letting you off easy.”

“What?” The thugs were confused as they thought they had heard wrong.

Before arriving, they heard that this guy was a good for nothing bloke. He wasn’t even allowed to be intimate with his own wife and he had to slave away for his mother-in-law.

How could someone as worthless as him dare to say such words to them?

Was he out of his mind?

“You’ve got some guts, I’d give you that you brat. Looks like you’re going to have to say goodbye to your lower half and your arms!” Scarface smirked cockily, raising the bat above his head, about to smash Alex’s legs.

There was a loud thud followed by cracking.

The wooden bat smashed right into Alex’s shin and into two halves from the impact.

“Ah! Stop!” Cheryl screamed out of terror.

However, something felt odd.

The thick bat was broken in half, yet Alex seemed oddly calm. He stood there, expressionless and not moving a muscle. It was as if he couldn’t feel pain at all.

Scarface was stunned as well.

He had broken numerous legs, yet none of them could endure the impact of the bat, let alone an impact strong enough to break the bat in half.

Alex stood there, shifting his weight to his other leg.

He was overjoyed. The force his ancestor had given him did him well.

He wasn’t talking about the attack power of this skill, but the incredible defense that it provided. It was as if an invisible shield protected him from any attack.

As he was being attacked on the shin, a large flow of Chi rushed to it. As if it mirrored the attack, it would protect that certain body part immediately without causing him any pain at all.

“You’re unhurt?” Scarface was absolutely shocked.

“Yeah, but you’re not going to be,” Alex said as he swung his leg towards Scarface’s shin, he attacked the same spot where Scarface had attacked him.

With a loud crack, Scarface’s shin was fractured. A loud smack followed as Scarface’s face was slapped and he fell to the ground.

“F*ck, let’s gang up on him!” The remaining thugs yelled, lunging towards Alex.

Alex was confident in himself. His eyes and mind were sharp, focusing on both protecting Cheryl and taking down the enemy. He snatched one of their bats and started swinging vigorously at them. His strength was immense, it was as if he was on a killing spree. The remaining hitmen yelped in pain, no longer able to fight back.

Cheryl initially thought that she was done for earlier.

What she did not expect was Alex’s strength. Her eyes were filled with admiration.

When some of the thugs tried to harass her with their bats, he put himself between them as he fought to protect her. This left an extremely strong impression on her.

“Hey!” Alex poked Scarface on his fractured leg with a bat. “Who sent you to break my legs?”

Scarface refused to spill at first.

However, Alex put more pressure onto his fractured shin, invoking an intense pain. He wasn’t able to handle it anymore and pleaded, “Please stop! Stop! I’ll confess, I’ll tell you! It was Spark Rockefeller from Rockefeller Group!”

Alex felt extremely angry when he heard that name.

‘You motherf*cker. I’m not even seeking revenge yet, and here you are trying to get at me?

‘Well then, so be it. I’ll give you a life lesson too.’

“Call Spark now, tell him that you’ve captured me, and a beauty!”

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During the Assexes’ annual celebration, Spark was incredibly shocked that Lord Lex Gunther from Thousand Miles Conglomerate had stood up for Alex. He couldn’t understand why Lord Lex would ever help a useless piece of shit like Alex.

If Lex ever wanted to beat up his grandfather, Bill Rockefeller, all Spark would be able to do was watch. He wouldn’t ever dare to show any signs of vengeance.

That would mean that he wouldn’t be able to seek revenge on Alex for breaking his arm.

Besides, Rockefeller Group was still worried about Thousand Miles Conglomerate seeking vengeance against them as well.

However, he later found out that Lex owed William a favor. Now that he paid back the favor, he no longer owed the Rockefellers anything. Moreover, Alex had tried calling Lex once, yet he ended up being yelled at and threatened.

Spark had nothing to fear then!

So, he immediately hired some people to deal with Alex.

Ring ring ring…

At that moment, a young model was massaging Spark in a club. When Spark received Scarface’s call, his eyes lit up.

“So, has he been dealt with yet?”

“Yes, Mr. Rockefeller! We’ve captured the brat, and a beauty too! She’s really quite the looker. This is the very first time I’ve seen such a beauty!”

Spark froze. “You guys captured Dorothy?”

Scarface nodded, “Yeah, yeah! I think her name was Dorothy.”

Spark was very much infatuated with Dorothy so he yelled into the phone, “Do not lay a finger on that woman! She’s mine! Where are you guys? I’ll head over right now… Remember, do not lay a finger on her. I’ll hand you another two million as soon as I arrive.”

After hanging up the call, Spark pushed the young model away.

Compared to Dorothy, the young model was mere trash.

“Oh Dorothy, I didn’t want to make a move on you so soon. You walked right into this, this must be fate!”

Knowing that he was going to have sexual intercourse with Dorothy, he rushed to where Scarface was. He even decided to take a pill.

“Here I come, sister-in-law!’

However, he was shocked when he arrived at their meeting place.

There wasn’t any sister-in-law around!

In the rundown house, Scarface and the underlings were all kneeling down in a neat row. All of them were slapping themselves hard across their own faces.

Alex, on the other hand, was cockily sitting on a shelf, looking down at them.

Spark became terrified by what he saw and tried to make a run for it.

However, there was no way that he could outrun Alex. In just a few moments, Spark was captured.

“A-Alex, what are you doing? You can’t do this!”

Alex immediately slapped him across the face.

“What do you mean? Why can’t I do anything to you? Who set the rules, huh?”

Another four slaps followed. Spark felt as if his head was spinning.

He roared in anger, “Slap me again and I’ll make you regret it!”

Smack!

“Why can’t I slap you?”

Smack!

“See if I’ll regret this!”

Smack!

“Who’s regretting now, huh?”

Smack, smack, SMACK!

Spark started noticing that his face was becoming numb from all the slaps. It was as if he had been electric shocked. He thought that he was going to die from all this beating. So, he decided to stop being stubborn and begged for mercy. “Please Bro, please stop slapping me! I’ll admit it, I was wrong! I’m sorry, please just stop! It hurts!”

Alex slapped again. “Who’s your bro, huh? What were you doing back then? Admit your faults! Your father is trying to take away my inheritance, and you want to take my wife away! Do you really think I, Alex Rockefeller, am some kind of weakling?”

Alex then grabbed Spark by his neck and lifted him up. Alex stared straight into his eyes. “No one can take anything from me as long as it’s mine. I will take everything back with my own two hands.

“Go back and tell your dad, what goes around comes around. Karma would soon befall him. The truth will soon prevail,” Alex continued.

After that, Alex punched Spark right in the gut.

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The punch was filled with a strong flow of Chi. It would damage Spark’s reproductive organs over time and in just a month, he would lose his ability to engage in sexual intercourse completely.

Alex left the rundown house and met up with Cheryl, who was waiting in the restaurant. They were going to have lunch together.

Before dealing with Spark, Alex had asked Cheryl to order some food and wait for him.

As he watched Alex walk away, Spark chided Scarface, “F*ck! Scarface, you scammer! I agreed to pay you so much money, and you’re trying to scam me? Didn’t you say you were the best fighter in Teal Street? How are you the best if you can’t even deal with a mere boy toy?”

With a fractured shin, Scarface was just as angry. “How dare you f*cking scold me? You said he was a weakling! But he was strong and his movements were swift too. He could tear you into pieces with one arm! You know what? I, Scarface, wouldn’t just leave it this way. My big sister will be back in two days. We’ll deal with that brat then!”

At the same time, Beatrice had arrived at the Assex mansion. She didn’t have any classes in the evening, so she came home earlier than usual.

However, she noticed that her mother was mumbling to herself. Claire was mentioning names like ‘useless piece of shit’, ‘trash’, and ‘ingrate’.

Beatrice took off her shoes and asked, “Mom, who are you muttering about? Didn’t you kick out that Rockefeller idiot? Did he come to beg you to take him back?”

Beatrice looked around the house, ready to kick Alex out again.

“No!” Claire huffed. “That idiot is doing pretty well now, he hooked up with the granddaughter of the legendary doctor of California. I even got slapped at Ganoderma because of him! I’m just so annoyed!”

“What? That useless piece of sh*t slapped you? I’ll rip him apart!”

“No, he wasn’t the one who slapped me. It was one of the female patients there. I scolded the granddaughter and got slapped… I wasn’t angry because of the slap. I was mad that that ingrate hooked up with another woman. That was why he agreed to move out and live with her.”

Beatrice gave her mother a thumbs up as soon as she heard that Claire had scolded the granddaughter of the legendary doctor of California.

“You’re amazing, Mom! You scolded that b*tch just as you should! Besides, isn’t this a good thing? If Sis knew about this, she would finally give up on him, and we’ll be able to get him out of our lives once and for all! Come on, don’t be mad. Let’s just have dinner, I’m so hungry.”

Claire had already prepared dinner, everything was served on the table.

“Ah! Bleh!” Beatrice spat out a mouthful of aubergine. “Mom, what is this? Are you trying to poison me?”

She then tried to wash it down with some soup. However she spat that out as well, spitting it all over Claire’s face, “Mom, is this medicine or soup? Why is it so bitter? Do you even know how to cook? This is disgusting compared to what that ingrate can do!”

“Oh whatever, let’s just order takeout!”

Suddenly, Beatrice’s voice echoed through the house again, “Ugh, Mom! How could you? My white clothes are all stained black! Did you even separate the dark and light colors?”

“What? Where?”

“Oh god, I think kicking out that ingrate was a mistake. Mom, please hire a maid, our house will end up in ruins if we don’t!”

Suddenly, the doorbell chimed.

“Who are you looking for?” The two opened the door. A man and a woman, along with a little girl, were standing at their door.

They were the Carter family. Their daughter was the one who had almost choked to death from a piece of mountain hawthorn at Ganoderma.

Charles had explained everything to his wife, Hailey Lawson.

Hailey broke into cold sweat out of fear. Alex had revived his daughter and gave Dr. Coney the acupuncture method for free, which was why the legendary doctor of California knelt down to him. So, Hailey felt like she should thank Alex personally and reward him greatly.

Charles smiled and asked, “May I ask, is the young doctor Rockefeller around?”

Beatrice pouted, “What young doctor Rockefeller? You’re at the wrong place.”

“Huh? Wait, is this not Dorothy Assex’s house? We’re looking for Alex Rockefeller, the young doctor.”

“Alex is just a useless piece of sh*t. When did he become some kind of young doctor? You’re joking right? And no, he’s not here, that Rockefeller ingrate has been kicked out of this house! Our daughter divorced him! If you’d like to find him, go look under a bridge or something!”

“What?” Charles was shocked. “Who are you? How dare you call the legendary young doctor useless?”

Beatrice replied, “What else is he? You guys must have been fooled. You should cut ties with him.”

Just then, Claire recognized Charles and the little girl. She was surprised. “Weren’t you just at Ganoderma? Dr. Coney saved your daughter, right? Why are you looking for that useless ingrate?”

Charles’s expression darkened as the two continued insulting him.

This whole family was insulting Alex over and over again. How did he even survive living in this household?

He said coldly, “My daughter wasn’t saved by Dr. Coney, she was saved by Alex! We came here just to thank him personally, and we’d like to give him a mansion and some pocket change. I didn’t expect that the young doctor had been kicked out by you. So, please excuse us!”

After that, the family of three turned around and left in their luxurious car, driving off in a hurry.

Claire and Beatrice turned to each other, both filled with disbelief.

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“Papa, why did they call Uncle Alex useless? He isn’t!” The little girl, Zoey Carter, pouted angrily.

She was almost six years old so she was growing to be more thoughtful.

She was able to escape death that afternoon all thanks to Alex. When she was still in her spirit state, all she felt was loneliness and coldness. Alex was like a campfire in the winter, keeping her warm, which was why it left a strong impression on her.

Charles replied, “They don’t know what they’re saying.”

Hailey added, “Let’s help him out in some way, rather than babble on about those two. Let’s see, how do we find him… I heard after William’s accident, his wife became vegetative, she’s been in the hospital ever since.”

Charles said, “Let’s go to the main city to find Cheryl.”

Just then, Alex and Cheryl went back to the hospital.

Alex was going to help his mother discharge from the hospital. However, Cheryl felt like Brittany should stay for another few days just in case.

Alex smiled, “There’s no need for that. I’m more familiar with my mom’s condition than you.”

Annoyed, Cheryl bit her lower lip and glared at him, “I’m her primary physician, how could I not be familiar with her condition?”

Alex was slightly flustered by the look that she was giving him. He waved dismissively, “But it’s the truth. You’re not necessarily more familiar with her condition just because you’re her primary physician. I mean, how about this? I know you frequently have period cramps, but you don’t know how to deal with it, don’t you?”

‘What?’

Cheryl was extremely embarrassed as her face flushed into a bright shade of pink.

She did indeed have period cramps, even now.

“How did you know about that?”

“I smelled it.” Alex touched his nose and stared at the area in between her thighs.

“You… pervert!” Cheryl was so embarrassed that she picked up a file and flung it towards Alex.

However, Alex dodged her attack easily, “I can help you with it.”

“I don’t need your help!”

Suddenly, Charles and his family came to the hospital.

Noticing Alex, Charles jogged over and grabbed Alex’s hand, “Dr. Rockefeller, I’m so glad that I found you!”

Alex was slightly taken aback by his friendly gesture.

Realizing what the family was here for, Alex smiled, “Oh don’t sweat it Mr. Carter, it’s not a big deal, you don’t have to thank me.”

Hailey spoke up, “It may not be a big deal for you, Mr. Rockefeller. But you saved our whole family! If anything happened to my daughter, we would never be able to feel happiness in our lives. So, here’s a little gift, please accept it! You’d be looking down on us if you don’t!”

“Well…”

Alex was in a difficult position and still slightly taken aback by their friendly gestures. Suddenly, Zoey hugged Alex’s thigh and said, “Mister, two meanies were bad-mouthing you! They said you were divorced too. When Zoey grows up, Zoey will marry Mister, okay?”

The young child’s innocent words lightened the atmosphere and everyone laughed cheerily.

Hailey grabbed Alex’s hand and shoved a document bag at him, smiling, “So it’s settled! Just have this little gift! Who knows? We might have to trouble you again someday!”

Hailey was still fairly youthful, around the age of 27. She was beautiful and charming with a great fashion sense as well. She looked mature and alluring as she reached the peak of her blossoming youth and beauty.

However, with just a gentle touch, Alex could tell that something was wrong.

“Mrs. Carter, have you been experiencing insomnia lately? Do you frequently sleepwalk and have nightmares? Do you feel extremely tired out?”

Hailey froze, then nodded profusely, “Yeah, yeah! I don’t even know what’s wrong with me! I just keep having nightmares, and…”

Just then, Hailey let her words trail off, her face flushed.

Charles was surprised. “Oh my dear, why didn’t you tell me? And sleepwalking too! Are you ill?”

Hailey’s expression turned odd as she replied, “It only started a few days ago, they’re just dreams, no big deal.”

Cheryl spoke up, “Can I try feeling your pulse?”

Hailey smiled. “Oh of course! Young Dr. Coney is pretty famous in the medical field too.”

She then showed her fair wrist to Cheryl.

After around half a minute, Cheryl narrowed her eyes, “That’s weird, this pulsing pattern… how did you notice it?”

She asked Alex but he just smiled and kept silent.

Hailey wasn’t ill. There was just an evil entity following her around.

He immediately sensed its presence upon touching her hand.

Moreover, Hailey’s cheeks were abnormally flushed; her eyes were red; and she had dark circles under her eyes. Besides, Hailey seemed to not want to talk about her dreams earlier. The entity must be quite powerful now, torturing her in her dreams.

Hailey was slightly shaken up. “Alex, is this bad?”

Alex replied, “Not really, I’ll help you get rid of it completely.”

He then pointed towards the stool at the side, “Please sit here, Mrs. Carter.”

Hailey smiled and said, “Oh you don’t have to call me Mrs. Carter, you can call me Lawson. Or if you don’t mind, you can call me by my first name, Hailey.”

It was obvious that Hailey was trying to grow closer to Alex.

Alex didn’t put much thought into it, “Okay then, sit here, Hailey. I’ll massage your head a little.”

Cheryl thought, ‘Is he going to use the Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell again? Does this method work on everything?’

Her eyes were fixated on them, focusing mainly on Alex’s movements.

However, Alex didn’t use the Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell on Hailey. Instead, he used the Bahiskara Acupuncture from the ghost doctor series in the Ultimate Book of Medicine. There were seven acupuncture points in it.

With just seven points, the entity will vanish from her body.

Hailey was dressed stylishly in a white blouse and tight jeans. Her skin was pale and smooth as well. Sitting down on the stool, she looked extremely stunning and elegant.

However, Alex was standing right in front of her. Staring down at her from such a high angle, his eyes couldn’t help but wander.

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Hailey was gorgeous and curvy; she looked like a beautiful painting.

Alex immediately closed his eyes, forcing himself to not look or think about it. He tried remembering Claire’s twisted face as she yelled at him. This helped him calm himself down from the impure thoughts he had just a while ago.

Within a minute, all seven acupuncture points had been pressed on

The electric Chi needle only required seven seconds to take effect.

After seven seconds, Alex asked, “Okay, I’m done Hailey. How do you feel?”

Hailey rubbed her temples and exclaimed, “Oh my god, my head doesn’t hurt anymore! My temples used to hurt so badly before. Oh kiddo, you’re absolutely amazing! If I fall ill again someday, I’ll come to you!”

While talking, Hailey swayed her body side to side, causing her chest to jiggle slightly as well.

Huh, in just a few minutes, Alex went from being called Dr. Rockefeller to Alex, and now kiddo.

Their relationship seemed to be getting more casual with each change in nickname.

“Mister, can you massage my head as well? I get headaches all the time too!” Zoey asked innocently as she looked up at Alex with her big doe-like eyes.

“You get headaches too?”

“Yeah!” She cupped her face with her tiny hands, “Whenever Mom tells me to play piano, I get headaches!”

They all laughed at Zoey’s words.

With that, the Carter family left Alex with the document bag. But before leaving the hospital, Hailey exchanged numbers with Alex.

Cheryl, on the other hand, couldn’t hold in her curiosity any longer. “What was wrong with Lawson? You were using a different acupuncture method on her, and that wasn’t the Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell. What was that?”

Alex replied dismissively, “You wouldn’t understand it even if I told you.”

“You… you’re so petty!” Cheryl pouted. Alex thought that her angry expression looked quite adorable.

Still staring at her, Alex smiled. “When you’ve learned the Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell, come see me again. I’ll teach you this one next.”

“Deal. Pinky promise?” She said as she reached out her pinky to him.

Alex held in a chuckle. “Pinky promise? Alright then, pinky promise.”

After sealing their promise, Alex opened the document bag and found two cards laying inside. One was a bank card while the other was black and thicker. There was an engraving on one side as well—‘Maple Villa’.

Cheryl was shocked. “This is the keycard from Maple Villa! Hailey gave you one of the villas there, what a gift!”

Alex knew about it as well: Maple Villa was a small area filled with grand villas and considered one of the top ten upscale areas in California. The starting price for these villas was at least 80 thousand dollars. So this villa would be easily over 100 million dollars, and he didn’t even know how much money was in the bank card either.

Alex’s family was extremely wealthy, and this was just merely pocket change to him. However, Alex shook his head and said, “This gift is too much.”

Cheryl smiled. “Oh don’t say that! Waylon Realty is very successful and Maple Villa is one of the Carter family’s properties as well. Giving a property as a gift is probably not that big of a deal to them. Besides, Lawson seemed pretty set on befriending you, you legendary doctor. You won’t be able to refuse this offer now.”

Suddenly, a tall chubby man came into the hospital.

“Alex, Alex! I heard that Madame Brittany woke up?”

“Oh, Nicholas. You caught on with the news pretty quickly.” Alex smiled.

The man was Nicholas Hudson, Alex’s high school classmate. He also used to be one of his lackeys.

Before the accident, Alex used to have quite a large group of lackeys. However, all of them stopped following him after the accident. Some even started insulting and making fun of him, as if degrading him would elevate their own status.

Nicholas was different from the others. He contacted Alex frequently despite Alex’s situation. He was indeed a good man.

However, he didn’t have a wealthy or powerful background. He relied on compensations to survive. He would move to multiple different areas, and earned millions of compensations from companies who were trying to take over the property he was living in.

Nicholas would visit Brittany every now and then, so he knew Cheryl as well.

His chubby face was plastered with a bright smile. “Oh hello, Dr. Coney!”

He then turned to Alex. “I befriended a nurse here and exchanged numbers with her. She was the one who informed me.”

Seeing that Alex had company, Cheryl made small talk with them and excused herself.

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Nicholas ran into Brittany’s ward and said, “Madame Brittany, you’re really awake! What a relief…”

“Oh it’s you, Nicholas!”

They made small talk, catching up with each other.

Alex said, “You came here at just the right time. I’m going to help my mom get discharged from the hospital. Would you please help me get the necessary paperwork?”

Nicholas pulled him aside. “Alex, when Madame Brittany is discharged, where would you guys go? Are you going to bring her to the Asse mansion?”

Nicholas knew exactly how cruel the Assexes had been to Alex.

Alex pondered and replied, “We might stay in a hotel first. I’ll buy a proper place later.”

Nicholas’s eyes widened, “You have the money to buy one?”

Alex fake coughed and lied, “My mom does!”

With this explanation, Nicholas bought his lie completely.

After all, Brittany used to be the CEO of Rockefeller Group, and everyone knew her as a strong and independent woman. Even if she were to be stingy with her wealth, her pocket change would still be much more than what normal people could earn.

However, Nicholas added, “I think you guys should stay in a hotel. Just come to my place! My family doesn’t have much, but we have multiple properties. There’s an empty one as of now, you can move in anytime you’d like!”

“Sure!”

After discharging his mother from the hospital, Alex bid Cheryl goodbye.

Knowing that they were going to stay at Nicholas’s place, Brittany didn’t question anything.

She had heard about her son’s experiences with the Assexes after waking up. She was extremely angry about it, but she stayed silent.

In an hour, they reached the place riding Nicholas’s car.

The building was 18 floors tall, and the apartment was on the 9th. It was around 150 square miles, a very ideal home. Alex furrowed his eyebrows upon seeing the interior of the apartment.

It wasn’t because it was too rundown, but on the contrary—it just looked absolutely amazing.

The interior design was extraordinary. It had everything that they needed as well. Nicholas was right, anyone could just move in.

“Nicholas, are all the units your family rents out well furnished like this too?”

Nicholas chuckled, “Alex, you probably just didn’t know that most rented apartments are well furnished. Who would want to rent them if they weren’t?”

Alex didn’t question any further. He just thought the apartment was a little too well furnished.

After checking the apartment out, Alex headed downstairs to get their luggage.

Suddenly, a woman’s voice echoed from the entrance, “Nicholas Hudson, are you out of your mind? You’re letting these people stay in your wedding apartment? Who are they to you?”

Alex turned around and saw a group of people walking in. The one yelling was a young woman. She looked infuriated with narrowed eyes.

Nicholas’s lower lip was trembling, “Sis, Brother-in-Law, you- why are you guys here?”

The ones who had barged in were Nicholas’s sister and her husband, Merida Hudson and Sean Wellington. Following behind them were Nicholas’s parents.

The father approached Nicholas and slapped him across the face, scolding, “You twat! Who gave you permission to do this? I bought this so that you’d have a place to move in with your significant other after getting married! Do you even want to marry? How could you let someone stay here this easily? I’ll cut ties with you if you dare let them stay!”

“Dad, Alex is my close friend.”

“Bullsh*t! If you really were friends, he wouldn’t be staying in your wedding apartment.”

Alex felt a little awkward. He really didn’t expect Nicholas to offer his wedding apartment for the both of them to stay in.

“Please don’t be mad, Mr. Hudson. We’re not staying here. In fact, we already have somewhere else. We just wanted to check out Nicholas’s apartment.” Alex explained.

“Pfft, don’t you dare lie to me. Patty from downstairs called just to inform me that my brother was going to let you guys stay here! Besides, you claim that you have somewhere else to stay. So, where is that then, huh?” Merida yelled, visibly annoyed.

Alex sighed, “I really do have a place to stay. It’s at Maple Villa. Look, I have the keycard.”

Sean looked at the keycard and realized that the number 8 was engraved into it.

He smirked coldly. “You’re such a liar. Really? Maple Villa? This keycard is obviously a fake!”

Merida turned to Sean and asked, “How do you know that, babe?”

Sean cockily looked down on Alex and explained, “My company did the furnishing for every property in Maple Villa. Everyone knows that the 8th Villa is a gift from the owner of Maple Villa, Mr. Carter, to his wife. There’s no way it’s yours.”

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Merida cackled and pinched Nicholas’s ear. “Listen to your brother-in-law, you naive child. What kind of people are you even befriending now? Do you know how expensive the villas are in Maple Villa? Your brother-in-law wouldn’t even be able to afford one in a million years!”

“Trying to trick us with a fake keycard? You are absolutely ridiculous!”

Alex was speechless. He didn’t want his mother to face any insults. She had only just been discharged from the hospital. He turned to Nicholas. “Nicholas, you can talk it out with your family. We’ll be off.”

Nicholas asked, “Off to where?”

Merida smirked and joked, “Where? They’re definitely going to Maple Villa and stay in some grand villa of course! Why would they stay in such a rundown place, right? Will they even get used to such poverty?”

Sean laughed at them too, treating them like clowns in a circus.

Alex replied, “My keycard is real. Mr. Carter gave it to me just a while ago. Nicholas, it’s alright, I know how much you care about me. I’ll be off with my mom now.”

He then helped Brittany out of the apartment.

During the whole conversation, Brittany did not say a single word and watched her son navigate the whole situation. He was calm and collected, handling the situation maturely. Brittany was very glad that he handled it so well.

Nicholas suggested, “I’ll drive you guys there.”

The luggage was still in the car after all.

Sean continued to make fun of them, “Does he really think he’s some hotshot? As if Mr. Carter would ever give him his villa. Babe, we should follow them and uncover his lies, just to prevent your brother from getting scammed.”

“You’re right.”

Nicholas then drove towards Maple Villa. He even confirmed the destination with Alex multiple times on the way.

Sean, Merida, and the others followed behind.

“My family is following us too.”

“I don’t mind!” Alex said. He initially intended to return the keycard to Charles. However, he changed his mind and wanted to buy the house instead.

At the entrance security of Maple Villa, the keycard gave Nicholas’ car access immediately. However, Sean’s car was stopped by security. He then explained to the guards, “We’re together, relatives.”

On the inside, Sean was extremely shocked. He thought to himself, ‘Is the keycard actually real?’

Merida huffed, “Babe, didn’t you drive my brother’s car to work here? Maybe the system registered his car, so he could go in. Ours is new, so we can’t get in.”

Sean slapped his thigh out of realization, “Oh yeah, how could I forget?”

Merida added, “Let’s see how they will face us once they find out that they can’t access the property! These poor and cunning people don’t have the right to hang out with my brother.”

They reached the property of the 8th villa.

Sean was the first one to get out of the car. He pointed at the villa smugly and said, “This is number 8, I’ll see what tricks you can pull. If you really do have access to this villa, I’ll eat all of the grass in this garden!”

Alex helped Brittany out of the car and glared at him, “Sure! If you don’t keep your promise, then you’re nothing more than a warthog-faced buffoon.”

Alex then took the keycard out of his pocket and swiped it on the card reader.

With a small beep, the door opened automatically.

Sean froze. He was hoping to watch Alex humiliate himself in front of them. Merida and her parents, who were standing behind Sean, stared in disbelief as well.

“Remember to keep your promise. Eat the whole garden up, all but the flowers.” Alex left them a reminder and helped Brittany into the villa.

“There’s no way, no way!”

“Number 8 was a gift from Mr. Carter to his wife! The furnishing was unique and personalised; it’s exceptionally grand and luxurious. How did you even get that keycard?

“You must’ve found this keycard somewhere!” Sean yelled. He just couldn’t believe it at all and he definitely didn’t want to eat the grass.

Merida added, “He might’ve stolen it! Babe, don’t you know Manager Miles from Waylon Realty? Call him and ask about this! If we managed to catch a thief, you would be rewarded! It’ll be much easier for you to get more projects to work on in Waylon!”

Sean nodded and pulled out his phone, about to make a call. Someone jogged up to the villa entrance. It was Charles Carter.

Sean was overjoyed, he immediately greeted Charles, “Mr. Carter, I’m Sean from Mobila Furnishing. Has your keycard been stolen? Look, the thief is over there! He even intends to live in your villa. He’s got some balls to steal your villa, I’ll give him that.”

Charles turned to look at Alex and Brittany, visibly puzzled.

“You’re saying that he’s a thief?”

“Yeah, he stole the keycard to Number 8.”

“What the f*ck do you mean stole it?” Charles yelled as he slapped Sean across the face. “Alex is my wife’s godbrother. Number 8 is indeed his, and you’re calling him a thief? Are you looking for a death wish? Scram!”

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Charles just witnessed Alex save his daughter and cure his wife’s illness. Dr. Coney even knelt down to Alex! He could only dream to befriend such a powerful person, and yet this Sean guy was trying to destroy his chances.

Both Sean and Merida were shocked to their core.

Just then, Charles added, “Mobila Furnishing, huh? Your CEO, Mr. Edward, wanted to invite me to dinner earlier. Tell him that I have to refuse his offer and I’d like to cancel our partnership completely.”

“Ah!” Sean was terrified; the color immediately drained from his face.

He was the manager of Mobila Furnishing, but Mr. Edward was the CEO, the director of the company. If Mr. Edward was to find out about this, there was no way that he’d be let off easy!

Being fired was the lightest punishment Sean could get.

With a loud thud, Sean dropped his knees to the ground.

“Mr. Carter, Mr. Carter, please spare me! I was wrong, I didn’t know any better. Please spare me, I… I’ll slap myself now.”

With that, Sean slapped himself hard on the face multiple times.

Merida’s face was pale as she was obviously terrified as well. They still had to pay off the loans of their new property and car. If Sean were to lose his job now, all of this would be all for naught.

She immediately started pleading with Alex, and asked Nicholas to help plead as well.

Alex then spoke up. “Charles, it’s fine, just forget it. This guy is my friend’s brother-in-law. He’s always looking down on others, and maybe just a little mental.”

Since Alex spoke up, Charles immediately agreed to let Sean off easy.

Sean and his family didn’t dare to stay any longer. They immediately thanked Alex and bid their goodbyes.

Suddenly, Brittany spoke up. “Don’t forget to finish the grass in the garden.”

Brittany used to be the wife of the CEO of a company that was worth 300 billion, she was a strong and independent woman herself as well. Although she didn’t speak up earlier, she still had opinions. Sean and Merida had constantly insulted her darling little son, so how could she just sit back and watch?

Upon hearing her words, Sean gulped bitterly. Yet all he could do was nod profusely.

Sean then walked to the door and started eating the grass in the garden.

“He’s…” Charles was slightly taken aback.

Alex replied dismissively, “Let him be. A little punishment would help him learn his lesson.”

Just then, Hailey and Zoey came by the villa as well. It seemed that their family was living next door in Number 9.

Hailey had put a lot of thought into giving him the villa.

Who wouldn’t want a legendary doctor living next to them?

Zoey hugged Alex by his thighs whereas Hailey made small talk with Brittany.

On the other hand, Nicholas felt extremely awkward, so he bid Alex farewell.

Alex walked him to the door and said, “Nicholas, we’re homies, you get what I mean? If you ever need anything, you can always count on me.”

Hailey then invited Alex and his mother to have dinner at their place. Alex just couldn’t refuse their offer. Hailey was too friendly and hospitable.

During their meetup, Alex tried to return the bank card to Charles. However, Charles insisted on giving it to Alex, saying that Alex would be looking down on him if he returned it.

Alex couldn’t do anything else but hold onto the card.

They proceeded with dinner as both families had a thoroughly amazing time.

In Number 8, Alex gave Brittany another massage as they finally had time to have a long talk with each other.

Brittany’s was full of mixed emotions. “My son, this past year must’ve been so hard on you!

“I’d like to visit your father’s grave tomorrow.”

Alex nodded. “I’ll have to buy a car first.”

Alex went to a BMW dealership store in California the next morning.

However, just as he entered the store, he bumped into Beatrice.

Beatrice was with her clique. When she saw Alex, she approached him with a smug smirk. “Heh, Rockefeller. What’s a useless piece of sh*t like you doing here? Are you trying to look for a job?”

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Beatrice and Claire had met the Carters yesterday.

Since Charles mentioned that he was going to give Alex a villa and ten million dollars, she was in disbelief the entire day. However, after putting some thought into it, she figured that Charles was just lying to trigger them.

Claire had even come to a conclusion that Alex didn’t like how he was kicked out, hence he asked Charles to help him out by stopping by their villa to trigger them.

She even came up with a reason as to why Charles was willing to help as well.

Alex hooked up with Cheryl after all. Since Dr. Coney saved Charles’ daughter, it wasn’t hard to ask him for help.

Alex was still nothing more than a useless piece of sh*t in the eyes of the Assexes.

Alex was somewhat surprised. “Why are you here?”

Beatrice huffed. “I’m here to buy a car. Why else would I be in a car dealership store? Do you think I’m as lowly as you to be here to find a job? By the way, do you think just any loser can work in a BMW dealership store? Are you sure you came to the right place? Are you sure you weren’t actually looking for a Nissan instead?”

“Beatrice, who is he? Don’t tell me, he’s that useless brother-in-law you keep complaining about?” A girl in a skirt snickered as she scanned Alex.

She was Mona Weiss, Beatrice’s university classmate.

They were in a group of four. The other two were guys. The one with a gold necklace was Wilson Jordan while the other in casual clothing was Sam Culver.

Beatrice clicked her tongue. “You’re right, it’s that useless loser. But mind your words, soon he won’t be my brother-in-law anymore. He’s such a loser that my family divorced him!”

“So he’s your ex-brother-in-law! Hey dude!” Wilson smiled. “To be frank, the job application requirements of this store really is hard to achieve. Any average person wouldn’t be able to get a job here. However, my brother is the manager, if you need some help with job applications, you just need to ask. An ex-brother-in-law was still once a brother-in-law, right?”

Beatrice huffed again. “What do you mean by that brother-in-law bullsh*t? I’ve never treated him like one. Why are you even helping him, Wilson?”

Expressionless, Alex said calmly, “Are you done? If you are, then get out of my way. I’m trying to buy a car here.”

‘What? Buy a car?’

The four were stunned. ‘Wasn’t he here to get a job?’

Beatrice was especially stunned and she became extremely annoyed by Alex’s cocky tone and expression. She clenched her fists and yelled, “Hey, you useless loser. Don’t you dare try to bluff your way out of this. Can you even afford any of the cars here?”

With a chilling gaze, Alex snapped. “And what does that have to do with you? Since you want to cut ties with me, I don’t owe you anything. And I definitely don’t need to endure your tantrums. Mind your business or I’ll put you in your place by force.”

Alex then barged his way through the group.

He walked straight into the hall and called for one of the fairly attractive female employees there. He pointed to one of the cars and said, “Hey you, I’d like this car, the red one; the best one. I’d like to take it on the road now, is that possible?”

The sales lady was fairly young and she seemed inexperienced.

She was puzzled by Alex’s requests. The car that Alex wanted was one of the luxurious BMW cars, an imported M8. The base price was easily over two million dollars.

If she successfully sold this car, she would earn thousands in commission.

After a brief pause, the sales lady rushed over and nodded profusely. “Ah yes, yes, that wouldn’t be a problem. I’ll run you through the process immediately. Would you like to apply for an installment or pay upfront?”

“Upfront.”

“Hold on.” Beatrice rushed over in disbelief. “You don’t have that kind of money. This thing costs two million dollars. What, do you think this costs just a mere 200?”

Alex was so fed up with her. “What’s it to you?”

Beatrice huffed. “I know everything about you. You even had to kneel before my mom just to get 500 thousand dollars, pleading her like the lowly pest that you are. Do you even have two million dollars?”

Lord Lex Gunther did send him a large sum of money to pay the favor back a few days ago. However, it was returned to him later on. So, Alex should still be a poor lowly person.

Beatrice then turned to the sales lady. “Don’t be fooled. I think he’s just trying to flirt with you.”

“Huh?” The sales lady was surprised and confused.

Maintaining a cold expression, Alex said, “What would you do if I could afford it?”

Beatrice glared at him cockily. “Keep bluffing, loser. If you really could afford it, I’ll call you Daddy a hundred times! If you can’t, you’d have to kneel before me and lick my shoes!”