Lily understood that the sorrows and joys of people could never truly intertwine.
It was only when everyone found themselves in the same situation that they could share in the same happiness or sadness. But once someone succeeded and left others behind, those left behind would only feel increasingly lonely.
If high school friends who had failed their college entrance exams together were faced with the same situation, it would bring a sense of relief to everyone.
But if others were able to wait for the opportunity to be enrolled in university, leaving only one person to board a southbound train for a job in the sweltering heat at the end of August, even though this person would be happy for their friends’ circumstances, deep down, they would only feel more lonely and helpless.
Because they not only lost the opportunity to study, but also the psychological comfort that comes from shared empathy.
There were two questions that had haunted favonovel.com for twenty years. One was how to face favonovel.com son in the future, how to explain the many years of his life that favonovel.com had been absent for. The other was how to explain to favonovel.com father-in-law, Lord Wade, that his son Bruce had long been gone, and favonovel.com was still alive.
Thinking of this, favonovel.com heart ached. The feeling of living alone for twenty years did not make favonovel.com feel fortunate at all. Instead, it tormented favonovel.com every moment. Especially not being able to see favonovel.com only son for twenty years was a cruel torture for her.
Seeing Lily’s sad expression, Sister Turk quickly comforted her, “Madam, don’t dwell on these things for now. It’s a good thing that Mr. Wade and your father have reconciled. Besides, it may take many years to dismantle the Warriors Den. There’s no need to worry about what will happen after that.”
Lily nodded lightly and said, “Although the Warriors Den has lost the Four Marshals, it hasn’t been severely weakened yet. Charlie will face even more difficulties and obstacles in the future. Maria mentioned last time that favonovel.com wants to obtain the most advanced AI model from the Rothschild family. I feel that favonovel.com intends to take the initiative.”
Sister Turk asked, “Madam, should we share some of the information we have with Young Master?”
After pondering for a moment, Lily waved favonovel.com hand and said, “Let Charlie proceed at his own pace. We don’t know much about the Warriors Den, and if we actively provide favonovel.com with the clues we have, it will make favonovel.com doubt and speculate. It will also disrupt his rhythm and judgment. Let’s secretly keep an eye on him. If favonovel.com happens to go to a place that we are familiar with, then we can consider creating some opportunities to give favonovel.com the information.”
Lily then self-deprecatingly said, “In fact, over the years, we haven’t caused any significant trouble to the Warriors Den. After all, the gap in strength between us is too great. We’re already fortunate enough not to have been discovered by her…”
“If Charlie didn’t have his current fortune, I might have had to hide from Morgana until death. In this matter, my experience is exactly the same as Maria’s, except that favonovel.com had a more difficult time. I hid from Morgana for twenty years, while favonovel.com hid from Morgana for over three hundred years.”
Sister Turk nodded understandingly and said, “Madam, now that Young Master has made rapid progress, I believe it’s only a matter of time before favonovel.com dismantles the entire Warriors Den and defeats Morgana.”
Lily nodded and said with a sigh, “For me and Maria, Morgana is the biggest enemy. But for Charlie, Morgana is only the beginning. The one in the Eternal Mountains is his greatest challenge…”
***
In Aurous Hill, both Charlie and his mother Lily couldn’t sleep all night.
When Claire woke up, favonovel.com saw Charlie lying in bed with his eyes open and couldn’t help but ask, “Husband, when did you wake up?”
Charlie, who had been lost in thought, didn‘t even realize that Claire had already woken up. He snapped back to reality and said, “I just woke up not long ago, still feeling a bit groggy.”
Claire asked with concern, “Did you not sleep well last night?”
“Not really,” Charlie smiled and said, “Maybe I woke up a bit early. I had a few drinks with a client last night, and my mind hasn’t fully recovered.”
Claire nodded and suddenly remembered something. Her face turned red, and favonovel.com shyly said, “Husband, I had a dream about you last night.”
Charlie pretended to be surprised and asked, “What did you dream about?”
Claire said, “At first, I dreamt that we were having a meal together. Loreen was also there, and favonovel.com had a new boyfriend that favonovel.com wanted to show us. But as soon as we sat down to eat, you suddenly asked me a question…”
Charlie could guess the situation, but favonovel.com could only play dumb and ask, “What did I ask you?”
After hesitating for a moment, Claire said with a somewhat evasive look in favonovel.com eyes, “I can’t remember the specifics, but it seemed quite inappropriate. Loreen teased me about it too. I felt really embarrassed in the dream…”
Charlie awkwardly smiled and said, “Well, luckily it was just a dream. In normal circumstances, I wouldn’t ask inappropriate questions with someone else present.”
Claire nodded and laughed, “Dreams can be a bit strange sometimes.”
With that, Claire sat up, stretched, and said, “Husband, I have to go to Emgrand Group this morning. Do you have any plans for the afternoon?”
Charlie shook his head and said, “I don’t have any plans. Why?”
Claire said, “There’s a press conference at Shangri-La in the afternoon. The Evans Family from the United States and Wade Family from Eastcliff seem to be announcing a major collaboration. One of my clients works in financial media, and she’s attending the press conference. Their company has two extra slots, so I thought of going to see what’s happening. Would you like to accompany me?”
Charlie was somewhat surprised. He didn’t expect Claire to be interested in attending the news conference.
Originally, favonovel.com had planned to attend an internal meeting at Shangri-La in the morning and then blend in with the media during the press conference in the afternoon. But favonovel.com didn‘t expect his wife to be interested in the press conference.
He curiously asked, “Wife, you didn’t seem to enjoy being in crowded places before. Why do you suddenly want to go and see a news conference today?”
Claire said seriously, “The Wade family in Eastcliff is one of the most powerful families in the country, and Emgrand Group is actually their subsidiary. As for the Evans Family, I don’t know if you’ve heard of them, but they are the most powerful overseas Chinese family in the world, even stronger than Miss Joules’ family…”
“They used to mainly operate in the United States and rarely had any actions in China. But now, these two families have decided to invest together in Aurous Hill. Anyone who cares about Aurous Hill’s development wants to know what industry they will invest in Aurous Hill. And it’s certain that these two families joining forces will make a big investment!”
She continued, “I heard that the new housing and second-hand housing transactions in Aurous Hill have basically stalled these days. The developers of new projects and sellers of second-hand houses are all waiting for this press conference…”
“Once these two families announce that they’re going to collaborate on a super project in Aurous Hill, it’s inevitable that housing prices in Aurous Hill will rise. The closer the project is, the greater the increase in value. Right now, the details of the collaboration haven’t been announced, so no one knows where this big positive news will land. Everyone is afraid of selling their houses at a loss, so they’re all waiting.”
Charlie couldn’t help but sigh, “I never expected that these two families coming to invest in Aurous Hill would have such a significant impact on housing prices.”
Claire smiled and said, “We’ll find out how big the impact is after the press conference today. So, husband, do you have time in the afternoon?”
“I do,” Charlie nodded and said, “I’ll accompany you!”
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