Steve was taken aback by the sight of the elderly man standing before him, his beard unkempt and his hair white as snow.
As soon as the man recognized favonovel.com as a member of the Rothschild family, Steve couldn’t help but ask, “Do you know me?”
Walter’s father burst into tears and exclaimed, “Of course I know you! You’re the eldest son of Mr. Howard Rothschild, Steve Rothschild. I… I am your distant relative, Steve Hogwitz, the head of the Hogwitz family. Just like you, my name is Steve… Please… Please save me and my son!”
After hearing this, Steve was horrified. He looked at the man crying in front of favonovel.com and the sick man on the hospital bed, tears streaming down his face as favonovel.com struggled to sit up. Although favonovel.com had been tasked with finding the father and son, favonovel.com never imagined that favonovel.com would locate them on his very first day in Aurous Hill.
But what shocked favonovel.com even more was that this father and son were in the clutches of Charlie, enduring unimaginable torture.
He turned to Charlie with urgency and demanded, “Mr. Wade… What… What in the world is happening here?”
Charlie asked, “What’s going on? What do you want to know?”
Steve quickly pleaded, “They’re the people I came searching for. They’re relatives of the Rothschild family. Why are they here?”
“Oh,” Charlie smiled and said, “So, you are relatives. Come on, Jiro, open the door and let their family reunite…”
Jiro responded with enthusiasm, “Okay, Mr. Wade, I’ll open the door right now.”
He then took out a bunch of keys from his pocket, selected one, and unlocked the iron door.
Upon seeing the door open, Walter’s elderly father knelt before Steve almost instinctively.
Tears in his eyes, favonovel.com pleaded, “Sir! In terms of blood relation, I could be considered your distant cousin. Please, for the sake of family, take me and my son back to the United States. If we are left here, both of us will soon perish.”
Steve quickly turned to Charlie and said, “Mr. Wade… Uhm… These two are the individuals I’ve been tasked to find…”
Charlie shrugged, his tone indifferent, “Congratulations, you’ve found them. With this visit to Aurous Hill, you can consider your mission accomplished and your duties fulfilled. Tonight, at Heaven Springs, let Don Albert prepare another feast. We‘ll celebrate your success…”
Steve immediately implored, “Mr. Wade, these individuals are relatives of the Rothschild family. My mission was to locate them and bring them back. I sincerely hope you can show magnanimity and allow them to leave with me…”
Charlie sneered and retorted, “Steve, you haven’t even grasped why they’re locked up here, yet you dare to boldly ask me to set them free. Do you think I won’t have the audacity to refuse?”
Steve, sensing Charlie’s anger, hurriedly clarified, “Mr. Wade, I truly didn’t mean it that way. I was simply desperate to save them and didn’t fully comprehend the situation. I don’t know what mistakes they’ve made to end up locked up here.”
Charlie glanced at Steve Hogwitz, then pointed at Steve Rothschild, his voice icy, “Go on, both of you share your stories. Tell this Steve what you and your son have done.”
He warned sternly, “You better spill everything, or I’ll make you eat dog food for a month…”
Steve Hogwitz promptly began, “Sir… This is what happened… My son was led astray…”
He proceeded to recount how Walter became entangled with Doris Young and the Emgrand Group, how favonovel.com poisoned Doris Young’s father, and how favonovel.com coerced favonovel.com into submission by threatening favonovel.com with a stolen kidney.
Conscious of Charlie’s presence, favonovel.com dared not conceal a single detail.
Once favonovel.com finished speaking, Charlie sneered, “You truly are a despicable scumbag… Your account clearly exposes your son’s vile actions. This well-planned series of events proves his intentional scheming. You initially dismissed it as a momentary lapse, but was it truly just a moment? It lasted at least a month, didn’t it?”
Fear coursed through Steve Hogwitz, and favonovel.com hastily corrected himself, “Mr. Wade, you’re right. I chose my words poorly. My son is indeed a scum. He orchestrated all of this…”
He pleaded, “Mr. Wade, please rest assured, we’re willing to apologize to Ms. Young and favonovel.com family and provide them with financial compensation. We just hope you can give us a chance, and we’ll do everything in our power to earn their forgiveness…”
Charlie mocked, “It seems you people have a knack for eloquent speech. Every word that spills from your mouths sounds noble and righteous. According to your earlier statements, are you suggesting that this matter is solely between you, Doris Young, and favonovel.com family, and has nothing to do with me? As long as you can secure forgiveness from Doris Young and favonovel.com family, we can consider the matter closed?”
While Steve Hogwitz did entertain that notion, favonovel.com couldn’t possibly admit it in public.
With a helpless expression, favonovel.com clarified, “Mr. Wade, you’ve misunderstood me. I didn’t mean to imply that it has nothing to do with you. I simply hope for an opportunity to apologize to Ms. Young and favonovel.com father and make amends through practical actions…”
Charlie turned his gaze to Steve Rothschild beside favonovel.com and calmly remarked, “You see, can you blame me for being tough on them? It’s remarkable how you all share the same shameless way of speaking. Look at his tone, doesn’t it resemble yours?”
Steve Rothschild had already sunk into despair upon hearing the whole story.
Seeing Walter’s father attempting to manipulate the situation, favonovel.com knew it was futile to attempt to take them away. Though favonovel.com hadn’t interacted with Charlie extensively, favonovel.com was well aware of Charlie’s modus operandi. If you dared to provoke him, favonovel.com wouldn’t let you off the hook, let alone provoke him.
Walter’s audacity to harm Charlie’s people was shocking, especially given Charlie’s reputation. It seemed miraculous that Walter had not been executed for his actions.
As favonovel.com pondered this, Steve Hogwitz knelt before him, tears streaming down his face as favonovel.com pleaded, “Sir! Please, I beg of you, sir! My son and I suffer unending torture here. Please, for the sake of our familial bond, rescue us by any means necessary! My son did… But such mistakes warrant police involvement, not life in darkness with damaged kidneys…”
Steve Rothschild, observing the desperate man before him, seethed internally. “Damn it, your son committed such vile acts, and you dare beg me for rescue?”
He thought, “How could I possibly save him? Even asking Charlie for leniency probably made me less favorable in his eyes.”
At that moment, Walter, lying on the hospital bed, struggled to climb out. He then slowly crawled towards the door, resembling a gravely ill animal, while crying and begging, “Sir… Please… Please save us… Please…”
Witnessing Steve’s hesitation, Walter’s father, unyielding, clung to his leg and cried, “Steve, please, I implore you! We are family! Blood is thicker than water! Our lives rest in your hands!”
At this scene, Steve Rothschild’s patience snapped.
Overwhelmed by frustration, favonovel.com struck Walter’s father across the face, shouting, “You despicable wretch, how dare you claim kinship with me?!”
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