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Selena rolled her eyes at her mother before returning to her house as well.
“So much money and that happens to be the George family, you know. They are wealthier than our
Taylor family. He actually…” Fiona frowned while she watched the couple’s attitude. It seemed it would
be slightly difficult if she wanted to pull the whole ordeal off.
However, her heart felt incredible when she thought about the George family’s assets. She truly could
not understand how jackie could be that foolish since he would be able to marry another beautiful wife on
top of getting so much money. How could he not agree to such a wonderful offer?
Although Joan already promised her that she would help talk to him, she understood her son very well so
she never exactly did.
Instead, it was Ben and Xena who both shamelessly came to talk to jackie the next morning. This made
jackie feel even more confused about them.
Selena instead behaved slightly more normal and calm the following couple of days. She returned home
punctually every day.
Similarly, jackie did nothing much too since he would only sit around in the courtyard leisurely the
following days. Ivan was immensely disappointed when he spent days on end spying on the mansion to
spot jackie and the wealthy lady, dating.
Old Master Taylor’s birthday was soon approaching and Neil’s men did not notice jackie buying any
luxurious gifts for the Old Master.
Just the night before Old Master Taylor’s birthday, Ivan and Neil were both drinking together.
“That’s odd, why didn’t jackie or the wealthy lady move in even after they bought that mansion? I kept a
lookout as much as I could during the day and night as well. Godd*mmit, I am exhausted from the
constant lookout but I never noticed jackie ever returning to the mansion ever again!” Ivan frowned and
said, “Wasn’t this mansion bought to be their love nest so they could date in private?”
“That wealthy lady is incredibly rich and ninety million dollars isn’t a lot of money to her. Could jackie
have asked her to buy that mansion for him so he could use it to gift to Old Master Taylor during his
seventieth birthday?” After some thought, Neil said, “My men had been following jackie around for a
couple of days now and they too had not noticed jackie buying anything expensive. He was basically just
going to and from work every day.”
“It’s very likely though since jackie isn’t a fool. If the mansion happens to be his dating spot with that
wealthy lady, he would know it’s easy for them to be caught by you guys since it’s literally just opposite
Taylor’s family home. Besides, the possibility of them running into you guys would be extremely high
when they enter or exit the mansion anyway! Hence, I presume that the mansion was a gift jackie
begged the lady for so he could then use it as a gift for Old Master Taylor! It seems their dating spot
would be at a different location!”
Ken began to make assumptions as he said, “As for Young Master Ivan running into them previously
though, the woman was just checking the place out since it’s only natural for her to want to check out a
new place she had just bought, right!”
“Yeah!” Ivan nodded and said, “If that’s the case, jackie will no doubt be able to butter up to Old Master
Taylor tomorrow and he wouldn’t be exiled from the Taylor family then. It seems we will have to wait for at
least two days before getting Xena to make a move on him again.”
…
“Honey, have you prepared a gift for Grandpa’s seventieth birthday tomorrow? You’ve been going to
work every day and I didn’t notice you bringing any gifts back. You know, tomorrow happens to be
Grandpa’s seventieth birthday right!” Selena could not help herself from asking as she laid in bed at
night.
“I’ve prepared it way before this already. Grandpa will no doubt love it!” jackie chuckled calmly.
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Selena frowned after hearing jackie said that. Could the gift jackie mentioned be the mansion? Could
that mean jackie actually won the auction for that mansion? However, the Drake family never gave jackie
advanced pay though. Could that be a gift from the wealthy lady to jackie and that was jackie’s gift for
her grandpa?
Selena would not look down on jackie even if he became a sugar baby just for the sake of staying in the
Taylor family because she had already decided that even if jackie could not fulfill his promises and was
not acknowledged by the Taylor family, she would still stay by his side. She believed if they do not have
money, they could make money together instead of using such methods to make money just for the sake
of being acknowledged by the Taylor family.
Not to mention, if news of jackie being a sugar baby broke out, Old Master Taylor might actually be
incredibly furious about it. He would rather not accept a mansion if that was the case since he would feel
incredibly ashamed of it.
“Oh, that’s right honey, I’m planning to give you a surprise tomorrow night!”
She did not expect jackie to say that after pondering about something for a brief moment.
“Really? It would be extremely surprising for me if you could bring the gift along with the ten million
dollars for Ivan tomorrow!” Selena chuckled bitterly. She did not probe deeper about the gift he prepared
for Old Master Taylor was since she would eventually find out tomorrow.
…
Fiona and everyone else got up early the next morning.
“Dress better and don’t embarrass us since it is Old Master Taylor’s seventieth birthday today. Old
Master Taylor even personally gave us a call yesterday to have us arrive earlier!”
Fiona started rushing everyone early in the morning.
At this moment, jackie was dressed in a suit he had just bought yesterday. He looked even more
stunning than before.
“Yes, this suit is not bad. Truly, a more expensive suit would feel different when a person puts it on!”
Fiona nodded satisfyingly before asking jackie, “Oh, that’s right jackie, where’s the gift you’re planning to
give the old master? You wouldn’t have not prepared anything didn’t you?”
Fiona dimmed when she noticed jackie’s empty hands as she said, “We didn’t prepare anything you
know. Since you’re giving a ten million dollars worth of a gift and we’re a family so we are able to save on
bringing one. You can’t embarrass us now, okay!”
jackie chuckled calmly as he replied, “Oh, mother-in-law, don’t you worry. The gift is already prepared
since it’s not that big, I’m able to carry it in my pocket!”
“That small?” Fiona glanced at jackie as she wondered if he was bringing a disappointing gift and
claiming it to be luxurious? Or else, how could such an item fit in his pocket?”
“It is indeed quite small!” jackie nodded.
“ jackie, are you sure the value of your gift is worth ten million? We didn’t prepare anything and you’re
going to be the representative of our family, okay?”
Andrew was also dressed in branded clothing. He even got his hair done yesterday intentionally.
“I am very certain!” jackie nodded once again.
“Let’s go then. The old master happened to prepare twenty tables at the event!” Ben cheerfully
exclaimed.
jackie smiled as he took a glance at Xena before frowning instinctively. This woman was not a good
person since she thought of Ben as only a rebound guy. However, Ben was still naively dating her. He
actually forgave her even after the previous incident.
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However, what made jackie feel odd was, Xena seemed honest and was staying by Ben’s side all the
time. This made him wonder if she actually had turned over a new leaf after the boss of the bike group
died?
However, with much deeper thought, that possibility seemed quite likely. Xena might feel hopeful again
after seeing jackie giving Fiona twenty million dollars on top of gaining George family’s favor when their
Taylor family were given two Rolls Royces. Moreover, both jackie and Selena each had a Porsche 911.
These assets alone were more than enough for Xena to turn over a new lead and change her mind to be
with Ben.
It did not take them long to arrive at the Taylor family home with their cars.
“I didn’t expect them to be able to drive such a car when they’re still living in that dump!” Cecilia mocked
immediately after she noticed jackie and the others arrive.
“Yeah, I heard jackie knew of some medical skills and had successfully treated Sharon’s obesity. Those
Rolls Royces were gifted by the George family. it’s not even bought by their own money, so it’s nothing
praiseworthy!” Another Taylor family member chuckled coldly.
“I am quite interested to see just what kind of a gift jackie will give Old Master Taylor today!” Cecilia
cackled coldly while she mocked.
“What gift have you prepared?” The man next to her asked Cecelia.
Cecilia chuckled calmly and said, “Doesn’t the old master love drinking tea? I’ve gone out of my way to
buy two bricks of Pu’er tea. It’s over two hundred years old and it’s worth over sixty thousand dollars! It’s
not easy to get my hands on them, I had to call in a favor from my friend!”
“Not bad, it seems you know how to butter up to people’s interests. You’ve gone all out this time!” The
man spoke in a surprised tone after hearing Cecilia’s reply.
Cecilia chuckled immediately and said, “Come on, it’s the old master’s seventieth birthday, right? It’s not
a regular birthday so obviously, I had to prepare a better gift so the old master would be happy.”
“I am quite curious to see just what kind of a gift that son-in-law jackie would prepare. A gift that’s worth
over ten million dollars is considered a literal treasure though. Regular items would not be that
expensive!” The man took a glance at jackie before cackling out loud.
“Yeah, it’s still early and the registration staff is not here yet. I heard registration starts at eleven and the
meal will begin at noon!” Cecilia said with a laugh.
“ jackie, you b*stard!” He did not expect both Ivan and the Old Master of the Taylor family, Theodore
would storm over here furiously.
“No way, right? Didn’t we just get out of the car? We didn’t even do anything so why is Ivan mad?” Ben
was stunned when he noticed the situation. How could they angered anyone when they did not even do
anything yet.
“ jackie, who gave you the right to decide? You sure have some guts!” Theodore was also storming out
furiously. His expression was pale from being so furious.
“What’s the matter, Theodore? We’ve just arrived and shouldn’t our cars be parked here? Have we
parked at the wrong spot?” Andrew looked confused as well as he had no idea what was happening.
“The old master had said that only twenty tables would be set up. However, when we walked to the back,
it was completely filled with extra tables. Heck, tables were even placed on the grass. I’ve asked the
kitchen staff and they told me that jackie came over yesterday to have them set up two hundred and
twenty tables!”
Theodore seemed like he was about to cough up blood from being agitated. Every single table was
already expensive for the old master’s seventieth birthday since all of the alcohol and cigarettes were
expensive.
They even hired a chef from a luxurious hotel for this event. However, only the Taylor family members
were invited.
They did not expect that for the brief moment of jackie’s arrival yesterday, he actually told the chef to
prepare two hundred and twenty tables and the main point was, the hotel actually made arrangements
for that many tables.
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” jackie, this, is this real? Did you know how much a table costs? Our preparations this time are very
lavish and expensive. The food menu is pretty classy and it costs sixty thousand per table. Twenty tables
would be 1.2 million dollars! Why did you prepare an additional two hundred tables? Did you know how
much these extra tables would cost? That will set you back by ten million dollars!”
Andrew’s face dimmed. If that was true then jackie would have been too bold since it would be very
unnecessary to do that.
“No way right, jackie? You dropped by yesterday?”
Ben was also frowning as jackie seemed to be a magnet for trouble. They finally had some peaceful
days and he did not expect him to pull a stunt like that during the Old Master’s seventieth birthday.
“What on Earth was going on back there? I’ve asked the chefs as to why are there so many tables laid
out and they said one of us had ordered them to lay out 220 tables!”
Old Master Taylor stormed out furiously at this moment. He seemed incredibly furious.
“Grandpa, it was jackie who had made them do such an arrangement. I’ve asked them and they said
someone whose last name was White, a member of our Taylor family told them to do so. Tell me, which
one of us in the Taylor family has the last name, White?”
Ivan immediately came forward to speak out. He was delighted in his heart. It seemed that jackie was
truly a fool since he had already infuriated the Old Master the moment they showed up. He had already
intended to have him exiled from the Taylor family today. He did not expect he would present him with
such an opportunity on his own. He only had himself to blame now.
“Impossible!” The instant Selena heard that statement, she immediately said, “You guys only know the
person’s last name. I think you guys must’ve wrongly accused jackie now! I think someone was pulling
something behind our backs by pretending to be one of the members of our Taylor family and claiming
that person’s last name happened to be White. Just to pin the blame on jackie!”
“Yeah, good point! It could be caused by one of us here!” Fiona glared at Ivan when she made that
statement.
Since Ivan absolutely loved pulling tricks and she believed that no matter how bold jackie was, he would
not be bold enough to do anything like this. Ivan on the other hand would be very likely to do something
like this.
“What are you staring at me for, Fiona? Do you actually think it’s me? What reason do I have to do
something like this?” Ivan did not expect Fiona would stare at him. He was incredibly furious at that
moment. Although he intended to trap jackie, he would never think of pulling a stunt like that. He would
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtnot mind giving such a stunt a try if he had thought of it initially though.
Xena wanted to speak up for Ivan since she was currently Ivan’s girlfriend. However, she was afraid of
exposing herself. To keep her identity a secret and gain jackie’s trust, she also came forward to speak for
jackie, “we never accused you of anything so why did you come forward yourself? It seems you are guilty
of something!”
“You…” Ivan was incredibly furious as he did not expect Xena would actually side with jackie.
However, he was no fool. It did not take him long to understand what Xena was thinking so he spoke with
a cold look, “You have no evidence anyway so you can’t blindly accuse anyone. I have asked them and
they told me it was a guy with the last name of White. That person had ordered the hotel to prepare an
additional two hundred tables!”
“My son will never do such a thing and I believe him! He wouldn’t order so many extra tables for nothing!”
Joan also frantically spoke up for jackie.
“Yeah, my father would not do such a thing!” Kylie too sided with jackie as she stared at Ivan with
resentment before adding, “You big meanie, only you would do it! You’re framing my father!”
“I…” Ivan was fuming since that little brat actually called him a big meanie. This infuriated him into
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”It might actually be Ken, Neil, or Micheal since they’ve always hated jackie anyway. They did this to
target jackie!” After remaining silent for a brief moment, Selena made that assumption.
jackie had a peculiar look on his face as he stood by the side. He did not expect everyone to jump to his
defense before he could even speak up for himself. He was incredibly touched by this.
“regarding if it was jackie’s doing or not, we’ll just have the hotel staff come over since they met the
person anyway!” Ivan chuckled maniacally as he stared at jackie. He believed it must have been jackie
since that person’s last name was White. It would be a miracle if that was not jackie.
As for why jackie was this foolish to have done that was not that important anymore. Having so many
extra tables would at least cost ten million dollars. He was interested to see what jackie would do.
“You can stop asking now, it’s me!” jackie let out a bitter chuckle before waving both hands around as he
replied.
“Look, look at him now, you guys. He’s admitted it!” Theodore immediately pointed at jackie before yelling
at him, “It seems he is also afraid of us calling the hotel staff over because he knew he will be exposed
real soon so he was forced to admit!”
“ jackie, it’s really you? Oh, how you’ve disappointed our trust in you. I didn’t expect it to be your doing!”
Fiona almost started to stomp her feet around from being so infuriated. She had never expected that her
troublemaker of a son-in-law would start stirring up trouble again after they finally have some peaceful
days. He was truly a jinx!
“ jackie, you really are… I have no words for you. Why would you order two hundred tables for no
reason?” Selena nearly passed out from how furious she was.
“No way right? It’s really Daddy?” Kylie bashfully lowered her head as she felt as if she had made a
mistake. This little rascal had just spoken up for her own father but she did not expect, it was really her
father’s doing.
“ jackie, why did you order so many extra tables for no reason?” Although Joan had faith in her own son,
she was also startled by what jackie had said.
Old Master Taylor’s expression dimmed before exclaiming, “If you think it’s funny to do such a thing, you
can leave today.”
Ivan was incredibly delighted after hearing that statement. He immediately said, “ jackie, you owe us an
extremely clear explanation today. Could you have ordered an extra two hundred tables which were
going to cost an extra 12 million as a gift for Grandpa? This isn’t a gift, jackie, this is a surprise, right?”
The other Taylor family members had long since gathered around them. Everyone was speechless when
they heard that. Indeed, an extra two hundred tables would cost ten million now, right?
If this happened to be a gift, it seemed that this guy was a fool and his head had been kicked by a
donkey.
“Should I really explain this anyway?” jackie chuckled calmly as he said, “I ordered that many tables
because I know twenty tables alone would never be enough. There will be a lot of guests coming today
and I’m even worried if two hundred and twenty tables would even be enough!”
“what a joke. How many guests would be present anyway? Do you think we won’t have a rough estimate
in our heads?” Theodore chuckled and said, “When we held the sixtieth birthday for the old master back
then, the relatives and some friends we are close to only filled seventeen to eighteen tables. Our twenty
tables would be more than enough now!”
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”More than two hundred tables? that is basically impossible. How can we have that many guests?” One
of the Taylor family members started cackling out loud. The way he was looking at jackie seemed like he
was staring at a madman.
Cecilia was also laughing as she said, “Aside from the members of our Taylor family, it would only be
regular wealthy merchants who have good ties with us. In addition to a few third-class aristocratic
families that are close to us. Those second or first-class families will never show up because they all look
down on us, third-class aristocratic families. Therefore, there can never be that many people present!”
“ jackie, this isn’t the gift you prepared now, right? This isn’t considered a gift, right? You came empty-
handed and it seems like this happened to be a gift you’ve prepared for the old master?” Ivan chuckled
coldly.
“This isn’t a gift. I just so happened to request those tables for you guys only! Don’t you worry, if the
Taylor family is unwilling to foot the bill for those tables, I will pay for it when the bill comes later!” jackie
chuckled calmly as he seemed completely unbothered by any of it.
“Nonsense. Of course, you’ll have to foot the bill when it was you who ordered that many tables. Are you
expecting us to pay the bills for you?” Ivan exclaimed furiously immediately, “The most we will do is pay
for the original twenty tables we’ve ordered.”
“No way, how can jackie fork out that much money?” The moment Fiona heard they wanted jackie to
cough up twelve million dollars, she panicked.
From her perspective, jackie’s money was also her money since Selena was married to jackie anyway.
Now that jackie had already given her twenty million, he was now considered one of them. Not to
mention, she still had to rely on jackie to marry Sharon. When that happens, it would be amazing for her
if the George family became part of their family, right?
“It’s his fault for randomly placing the order anyway so it’s only natural for him to pay the bill. This has
nothing to do with us!” Ivan chuckled maniacally. He then added, “I’ll see just what you’re going to do
with the remaining two hundred tables and food. Are you going to eat all of the food yourself or are you
going to be a charitable man by giving away the food to the poor on the streets?!”
Everyone started laughing after hearing that statement. It seemed the thought process for this son-in-law
was indeed an oddity to have ordered an extra two hundred tables for absolutely no reason.
“Don’t worry, there will be a lot of wealthy merchants that will show up this time. Those who have never
made their presence before will show up this time. Not to mention, those first and second-class families
that never came back then will be present this time. Therefore, I am quite worried that those two hundred
plus tables won’t be enough to accommodate all of them!”
“keep boasting. How could that many people show up? This happens to be my grandpa’s birthday, not
the birthday of the God of War, you know!” Ivan was cackling out loud as he felt that jackie was making
an extremely huge joke.
“ jackie, are you intentionally insulting us by making that statement? I, your grandfather isn’t some
reputable man so how could people like marshals or Kings of War even bother to show up to celebrate a
birthday of a third-class aristocratic family like us? Not to mention, those first and second-class families
will never show up!” Old Master Taylor’s expression dimmed as he found what jackie said, insulting.
If it was not for Selena sealing a major business deal for the Taylor family a few days ago, sparking hope
for the Taylor family becoming a second-class aristocratic family in the next two years, he wanted nothing
more than to kick jackie out immediately. However, he had no choice since she was still his own
granddaughter and had done such a huge favor for the Taylor family so, he had to hold back his anger.
He let out a bitter chuckle before saying, “Forget it then. Let’s just forget about this ordeal for now since
what’s done is already done and the hotel has sent so many staff over with so many waiters on top of so
much food. We don’t have much of a choice now anyway.”
“Dad, no matter what happens, jackie has to be the one to pay the bill later!” Theodore exclaimed after
some thought.
As Old Master Taylor was just about to nod, he did not expect a man that was responsible for the guest
reception yelled out from the entrance, “Marshal Dennis is here to celebrate Old Master Taylor’s
seventieth birthday!”
The old man was stunned. He was shocked that a marshal would actually show up to celebrate his
birthday when his family was only a third-class aristocratic family?
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Not to mention, he had never even heard of the name of this marshal before.
“A marshal came?”
“That happens to be quite a capable marshal. How awesome! It seems our old master will be very
reputable now!”
A few of the Taylor family members looked very delighted. Since even a marshal came, would that not
make their family proud?
It seemed if any other third-class aristocratic families found out about this, they would all be envious of
their Taylor family.
“That rascal sure came early!” jackie cracked a calm smile when he noticed Dennis. He did not expect
Dennis would be the first one to show up when the others had not arrived yet.
“Why did Dennis show up? Isn’t he a good friend of Ken’s? Could he have come because he knew that
Ken is coming?” Ivan’s expressions dimmed before softly whispering to Old Master Taylor, “Grandpa,
Dennis happens to be a good friend to Young Master Ken. Since Young Master Ken is a close friend of
mine and he’s coming today, Dennis might be coming because of how close both me and Young Master
Ken are. This isn’t too surprising.”
“Young Master Ken is coming? The Clark family happens to be a second-class aristocratic family
though!” Theodore was stunned with joy as he said, “Ivan, you sure are something. I didn’t expect you to
get Young Master Ken from the Clark family to show up too!”
“Not only that, don’t forget, I know Michael Wilson and Young Master Hugo too. They are all coming.
They’re only coming because of me!” Ivan started cackling maniacally in that instant. He was clear that
they were all here just to watch jackie embarrass himself.
Ivan was worried that if he did not explain himself when all three of them show up later, everyone else
might assume that jackie was right.
Hence, he added after some thought, “Therefore, aside from those few people, everyone else that jackie
mentioned earlier will never show up!”
Just as he was done speaking, Dennis had already approached them.
“Greetings, Marshal Dennis. I truly didn’t expect you would grace our Taylor family with your presence!”
Theodore immediately came forward to greet him while chuckling.
“Greetings, Master Theodore, Old Master Taylor. I wish you a long and healthy life!” Dennis spoke while
waving his hand.
“you’re too kind, too kind indeed!” Zeus cackled out loud as he was very happy from receiving that wish.
However, he heard everything Ivan said earlier, and aside from those people he had mentioned, he might
not be expecting any more guests to show up.
“Major Trent has arrived to wish Old Master Taylor a very happy seventieth birthday!”
“Major Pendragon Mace has arrived to wish Old Master Taylor a very happy seventieth birthday!”
Just at this very moment, the receptionist called out once again.
“Two more majors?”
All of the Taylor family members were all looking at each other and were wondering if they had all
misheard anything.
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Old Master Taylor gulped as he was wondering if he was dreaming. Three majors came. Those
happened to be majors and they commanded at least a few thousand to tens of thousands of men on the
battlefield.
He did not expect them to show up to celebrate his seventieth birthday with him!
“What’s the matter? Young Master Ivan, didn’t you say that not many people would show up?” jackie said
while chuckling calmly.
“no matter what, they still can’t fill all two hundred tables!” Ivan was also chuckling as he believed jackie
was merely lucky. Moreover, those two majors might actually be very close to Marshal Dennis hence,
their presence.
“The master of the Clark family has arrived with the members of the Clark family to celebrate Old Master
Taylor’s seventieth birthday!”
“The master of the Hugo family has arrived with the members of the Hugo family to celebrate Old Master
Taylor’s seventieth birthday!”
“The master of the Wilson family has arrived with the members of the Wilson family to celebrate Old
Master Taylor’s seventieth birthday!”
It did not take long for three series of announcements to be made from the main entrance. All three
second-class aristocratic families actually came as well.
All three masters had brought along all three of their young masters in addition to some high ranking
members of their respective families here. More than ten people actually showed up in an instant.
Their bodyguards were all stationed outside.
“They actually came!” Zeus felt slightly surprised when the masters of those three families showed up as
well. He initially thought that only the young masters of those three families would come. However,
unexpectedly, the masters tagged along as well.
Both Theodore and Zeus immediately came forward to greet them.
A constant stream of guests came after that. However, those were people that Old Master Taylor and the
others had expected.
Those people that jackie claimed that would show up seemed to be absent.
“weren’t you extremely confident earlier, jackie? Look at how many people had shown up now? Those
two hundred tables worth of guests are all just air now?” Ivan chuckled before mocking jackie.
“Isn’t it still very early? It isn’t even time for the gift reception anyway. Where’s the fun in showing up
early, right?” jackie chuckled calmly since the person tasked for the gift reception had not arrived yet.
After another moment had passed, the person tasked with gift reception had finally arrived.
“So many people had arrived already!”
After that person got seated, a few staff were tasked with receiving gifts from the guests and some were
tasked in noting the gifts down.
“Grandpa, I won’t be noting my gift down. I’ll just hand it to you directly since we’re a family anyway!”
Cecilia smiled and took out the gift she had prepared as she said, “The gift I prepared for you is two
bricks of Pu’er tea that had been dried for two centuries. It’s not that expensive since it only costs 600
thousand dollars. The main thing is, such a gift is hard to find!”
Cecilia was quite detailed in her introduction. She was obviously trying to show off.
The other guests went over to get themselves registered aside. They were mostly giving out money as
their gifts. Of course, these people would not be frugal with the amount they were giving. They would fork
out at least eight to ten thousand dollars.
“Grandpa, this is something I’ve prepared for you… It’s a jade statue of Guanyin. This is very well carved
but it’s not that expensive. It’s merely eight million dollars!” Ivan had also made his move. He took out a
twenty centimeters tall jade statue of Guanyin from a box. It looked very impressive.
“Is this made from Hetian jade? It’s not bad, the coloration is impressive and it’s very intricately carved.
Thank you!” Old Master Taylor nodded satisfyingly. He could tell how sincere Ivan was to go out of his
way to pick out a gift for him.
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The other Taylor family members all came forward to give Old Master Taylor their gifts. Of course, the
gifts they presented could not compare with what Cecilia or Ivan had offered but they were quite
expensive too. Those gifts averaged around a hundred to two hundred thousand dollars. Hence, they
were still considered luxurious gifts.
“Alright, old master. The gifts have been recorded here. I will be recording down any other gifts that will
be given later!” The staff responsible for the gift reception recorded everything about the guests that
came earlier before making that statement.
“What are you still standing around for? Aren’t you going to present your gift?” Fiona’s expression
dimmed after noticing jackie had not done anything yet. It was unsure what jackie was thinking since he
had not made a move yet.
“Yeah, brother-in-law, you wouldn’t have not brought anything with you now, would you? Hurry up and
present it!” Ben was also pretty impatient.
“ jackie, don’t you forget about our bet. If you aren’t able to fulfill your end of the bargain, you will have to
be exiled from the Taylor family!” Ivan reminded him as if he was worried that jackie might have forgotten
about their bet.
“I know. I know that once I present the gift, you guys will acknowledge me as the son-in-law of the Taylor
family, right?” jackie said with a smile.
“Yes, yes, yes. Now hurry up and show us a gift that is worth over ten million dollars!” Cecilia giggled as
she said, “Both of your hands are empty. What exactly is your gift that could be so tiny and expensive at
the same time when you’re carrying it with you?”
Upon noticing everyone forcing jackie to present his gift, Michael, Neil, and Ken came to spectate. They
were all waiting for the moment where jackie was unable to present his gift and being exiled from the
Taylor family.
“ jackie, I heard that you have won the bid for that mansion. I’m not sure if that’s true or not? Could that
be the gift you’re planning to give the old master?” Ken said after some thought.
“What! jackie won the bid for that mansion?” After Fiona heard him say that, she immediately turned to
look toward that mansion across the street. That happened to be an entire villa and it should cost about
twenty to thirty million dollars. When exactly did jackie buy a mansion? How could he have not told them
about it?
The corner of jackie’s mouth twitched slightly. He initially was planning to bring Selena over to surprise
her after the event was done. He did not expect that b*stard Ken would expose the entire thing here.
How could he still give Selena a surprise now?
“Brother-in-law, is that true? Is that the gift you’ve bought for the old master?” Ben gulped as he found
jackie amazing. That mansion was not cheap and jackie was able to win the bid for it.
Ivan immediately said when he noticed jackie’s expressions dimmed, “ jackie, there’s a lot of guests here
at the moment and we’re actually saving your pride for exposing it now. Or else, when more people show
up later, you’d embarrass yourself even more!”
Selena stood calmly on the side. Judging from the looks of things, Ken did not intentionally try to strain
their relationship by spouting nonsense. Since that mansion was actually bought by jackie after all.
She was curious to hear jackie’s explanation at that very moment. If jackie actually had a relationship
with that wealthy lady behind her back, not only would the Taylor family members exile him, she too
would want him to leave too. That was because jackie would have completely disappointed her if that
was the case.
“I actually bought that mansion. I spent 95 million dollars on it. Young Master Ivan, you should know that
better than anyone else, since you helped me shine my shoe after that!”
jackie let out a bitter chuckle as he took out a cigarette, lit it, and slowly took a puff.
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Ivan’s expression immediately dimmed after hearing that statement. Was jackie not trying to intentionally
embarrass him? However, he was not exactly bothered by being embarrassed as long as he was able to
get jackie exiled from the Taylor family today. Everything would be worth it for him.
“95 million? Was it really that expensive?” Cecilia gasped after hearing that as she said, “So, in order to
increase the value of your gift to the old master, you intentionally spoke a random amount, jackie?”
“Regardless of whether it’s worth that much or not, is an afterthought. However, I actually spent that
much on that house to win the bid. If you don’t believe me, you can ask both Young Master Neil and
Young Master Ken. They were both there on that day as well!” jackie calmly replied.
“Young Master Ken, Young Master Neil, did he actually spend that much money? I refuse to believe him,
the son-in-law who was enlisted as a soldier for five years can fork out that much money!” Cecilia was
very dissatisfied. She was dissatisfied because she could never have forked out that much money and
was she actually inferior to the son-in-law?
“He actually did. The thing is, Young Master Ivan too had his eye on that mansion and wanted to bid for
the mansion as a gift for Old Master Taylor so he went to the auction that day. However, he did not
expect jackie to be present as well…” Ken laughed before continuing, “So, both of them wanted to bid for
it. They even made a bet that the loser would shine the winner’s shoe. Young Master Ivan conceded in
the end and jackie won the bid for that house!”
Fiona clenched her fist furiously as she listened from aside. She was fuming. jackie happened to be
wasting too much money now. He actually wanted to snatch it from Ivan. Why could he not just give it to
Ivan? That house was not even worth more than ninety million anyway.
Besides, he initially agreed to only a ten million dollars gift for the old master anyway. Could he not have
bought anything else that cost ten million dollars? He could have saved eighty million dollars then. Even
if jackie did not want this much money, it would be better off just giving it to her. His mother-in-law
happened to be short in cash anyway. Of course, she merely kept those thoughts to herself. As unhappy
as she was, she could not speak her mind in front of everyone then. Besides, jackie spent that much
money to win the bid for that house while making Ivan shine his shoe for him at the same time. This had
earned some form of pride or glory to their family.
At this moment, Ken chuckled coldly as he said, “However, I’ve had people look into jackie and he never
requested for an advance paycheck from Miss Tanya. Coincidentally, we ran into the same wealthy lady
from the previous auction together with jackie again. Cough! Cough! This meant that the money came
from that wealthy woman. The hard-earned money of that wealthy woman it seems!” Ken emphasized
his tone when he said ‘hard-earned money’ as if he was trying to hint at something. He even slowed
down when he said that.
“That’s right. That gift came from the bed, it seems!” After Michael heard that, he burst out laughing. How
could Ivan not tell him when he knew so much information.
However, that was not important now since jackie, their son-in-law had utterly disgraced the entirety of
the Taylor family now. If what Ivan said was true, it would be a miracle for jackie to not be exiled from the
Taylor family immediately. He believed that as long as jackie was no longer in the picture to stop him, he
would have a chance to pursue Selena.
“ jackie, what they’re saying, is it true? Were you really together with that wealthy lady?”
Fiona had nearly passed out from being agitated. Neil had told them about it previously and she thought
they were intentionally spouting nonsense. However, Selena did not exactly probe deeper regarding that
ordeal so the entire matter was dropped.
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Who would have known that they would mention that incident today. It would be extremely shameful if
jackie had actually afforded the villa by being a sugar baby. It would be even more shameful if his sugar
mommy was very old. Maybe in her seventies, even eighties? That was shame beyond words!
“There isn’t any sugar mommy, they’re just kidding,” jackie smiled and tried to explain himself.
“You can stop denying.” Ken laughed and then continued, “We have photos to prove our words!”
Old Master Taylor was all the more confused. He turned to Ivan and asked, “Ivan, what’s going on here?
What about the auction? What about the rich woman?”
That was when Ivan detailed the situation to Old Master Taylor. Of course, he did not forget to mention
that jackie had bought the villa in an auction.
Old Master Taylor’s face darkened with each word. His face was almost pale when he said, “I’ve
wondered how you were able to fork out over ninety million to buy the villa without advance payment of
your salary. There’s only one possibility and that is, getting money from your sugar mommy.” He then
pointed to the villa and continued, “This is a great gift and I really like this villa. But if you’ve bought it with
dirty money, I’ll never accept it and I’ll never live in it. I, Zues Taylor, will feel ashamed and filthy living in
that house. Last but not least, I’ll never recognize you as the son-in-law of the Taylor’s. You’re a disgrace
to our family!”
“That’s right, don’t humiliate us any further, scram!
“Yeah, go! Go to your sugar mommy!”
“Who’d have known a loser like you would be a sugar baby just to afford this gift for the Old Master…
Hehe… This is…”
The Taylor family’s relatives started chiming in one after another.
“ jackie, you’ve let us down!” Andrew was angered too. He thought jackie could finally gain recognition
from everyone in this joyful event by presenting this villa as a gift. If that were the case, Andrew and his
family would be able to all move into the villa together. He did not see this coming.
“My dear son, how…how could you? I’d rather you marry Sharon than being a sugar baby to a rich
woman!” Joan’s eyes reddened and she could not believe that her son would do such a thing.
Unexpectedly, jackie laughed out loud and asked, “Is there no way else that I could afford the villa other
than asking for an advance salary payment and being a sugar baby?
Who said I didn’t have the money myself?” He paused before he continued, “It’s true that I have bought
the villa—with my own money. Didn’t any of you know that Daxia had generously rewarded veterans? I
have served the military for five years and some of you may have seen me fight before. Did you think I
could survive five years as an ordinary soldier?” jackie got more and more emotional as he spoke.
“So… He wasn’t just an ordinary soldier?”
Some of them started to guess as they roughly knew jackie’s fighting ability—how he fought against a
dozen people so effortlessly.
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“Oh yeah… Very few can actually survive past one month on the battlefield, let alone five years…”
“You’re right, those who can survive for a year are considered above average good. jackie must be very
capable to be able to hang in there for five years. He mustn’t be just any ordinary soldier, maybe he held
a higher position!”
Many started to second guess…
“as far as I know, you’ve spent almost a hundred million since you came back. This villa would cost you
another ninety over million! In that case, the government must have rewarded you a pension worth that
of a head commander’s,” Ivan remarked laughingly.
“Mhmm. I know of an assistant commander who’s received a hundred million as pension, some head
commander… Maybe two hundred million. So you’re a head commander?!” Ken joined the guessing
game.
“Do you have anything to prove your position as a head commander, jackie? As far as I know, any
commander would hold a commander’s token as a symbol of their position.” Old Master Taylor wished
really hard that jackie could show everyone his token to prove his position and that the money he used to
buy what he bought, was the money he well deserved from protecting the country. In that case, it would
be an honor to the Taylor family, not a disgrace.
Dennis rubbed his nose bridge and was trying to suppress his laughter. jackie had his token but he did
not plan to expose his true identity. All he wanted was to live a normal life. Everyone in the house would
have to kneel and bow before him if he were to present his token.
It was the one and only in Daxia, only the Supreme Warrior could have it. jackie could command and rule
anyone in the army. It was extremely inconsiderate of him to display the token in front of this many
people. He would get into trouble regardless. If he did not display it, he would be labeled as ‘the sugar
baby’; if he did, his true identity would be exposed.
He was on the fence and his expression darkened. “I…” What should he do?
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“What’s the matter? Just show us the token if you’re really the head commander, it’s an honor—not
something to be shameful of! Come on, shut their mouth. I believe that you’re not a sugar baby,” Joan
tried to persuade jackie.
Then, Ivan interjected as he was excited to see jackie not being able to show the token. “Don’t tell me
you don’t have a token as the commander?”
‘We’ll see how long more you can put on this show, jackie. It’s shameful enough that you’re a sugar baby,
and to cover that lie with ‘head commander’s pension’? That’s funny!’
“Come on, jackie. You were so confident just now. How do you prove that you’re not just an ordinary
soldier? Where’s your token? You can’t prove anything without it!” Cecilia laughed and thought he had
nothing to show after all.
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jackie bitterly smiled then said, “It’s true that I’m not an ordinary soldier. In fact, I hold a relatively high
position in the military force. But I’ve lost my token, it was probably picked pocketed somewhere. Hence
why I haven’t revealed my identity all this while, I was worried that no one would believe my words
without the token.”
The crowd was speechless. How did he…
“I believe in him!” Selena walked forward. “When he first came back, I thought he was an ordinary soldier
and only had a few hundred thousand on him. Later, I knew that my estimation was incorrect, five years
of service in the military would have earned him maybe ten to twenty million… And I was wrong again!
Now I think he’s a head commander, to be able to afford this villa!”
“you’d speak up for him because he’s your husband, Selena! What a sweet talker.” Micheal laughed.
“You think he’s a head commander just because he bought this villa, not because of his capabilities?
Now what do you want us to do and how can we trust his words? He can’t even prove his position!”
“Mhmm!” Neil interjected, “Of all, we know the money could be from his sugar mommy!”
Ivan chimed in, “So you said the money was yours… Then how do you explain your relationship with that
rich woman? I’ve seen her many times. There was even once when you walked out of the villa with her!”
Neil continued, “She always goes around wearing a mask as if she was avoiding paparazzi. This is a
telltale sign that she was avoiding her husband or acquaintances, and that means you both are up to no
good!”
“A rich lady? aren’t you worried she’ll kill you if you angered her?” jackie smiled coldly and continued,
“Stop guessing, everyone. She’ll be here later and you’ll know who she is. Brace yourself.”
“What! She’ll be coming here? How dare she!” Ivan laughed.
“Wow, such a thick-faced woman to dare to show up today. Tsk tsk…” Ken laughed too. “Selena, look at
your husband’s sugar mommy. She’s about to come and claim her turf.”
“First of all, she’s rich but not that rich. Her wealth is granted by Daxia as a reward for her serving the
country. Second of all, she’ll come today out of respect for me. Otherwise, she won’t attend functions like
this.” jackie’s expression darkened. He was angry because he could not stand them making fun of his
disciple, Lana.
If it was not for Old Master’s birthday and the many people that were present including his daughter and
wife—he really wanted to beat them up to teach them a lesson! jackie was really pissed at them for
pushing him to the edge of the cliff.
“Tsk tsk tsk. So you mean, she’s nothing ordinary!”
“We shall see who this ‘extraordinary woman’ is. We can finally see her face when she removes her
mask to eat.” Ivan laughed.
Suddenly, a voice announced at the door. The voice sounded as if it was trembling.
“Quin Hayes, King of War with six stars, arrived and is here to wish Old Master Taylor a happy and
blessed seventieth birthday!”
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Everyone was expecting to see jackie make a fool of himself when suddenly, the six-starred King of War
arrived to celebrate Old Master Taylor’s seventieth birthday.
“What! Quin Hayes is here!”
“You shouldn’t call him by his name, you should address him as King of War Hayes. Otherwise, he can
slap you to death if he finds you disrespectful!”
“My god, he’s the King of War… A SIX-STARRED King of War! What is he doing here at this function?
This…is our honor!”
The Taylor family’s relatives started a discussion among themselves and they were obviously astonished.
“King of War Hayes presents a gift in cash worth sixty million!” the man who was in charge of reception
and gifts announced.
“I really didn’t know what’s a suitable gift to get and I’m not familiar with your hobbies. So I decided to
give you cash, that way, you can spend it to your heart’s content!” Quin walked forward as he laughed
out loud. He seemed like a cheerful man.
“King of War Hayes, you’re… You’re too courteous. It’s our honor to serve you as a guest, as we know
you seldom attend functions even when you’re being invited. Your presence here is a great honor, you
need not prepare me any gifts. You’re too generous!” Zeus was so touched and surprised to have
received such a guest. It was out of his expectation to have received three marshals in the event—what
more, a six-starred war king?
“Sixty million?! That’s such a generous gift!” Some wealthy merchants lamented. Why would the war king
waste his money like that?
“Master Wilson and Young Master Wilson have arrived to celebrate Old Master Taylor’s seventieth
birthday. Here is a pair of jade sceptres for the birthday star.”
Soon after, more guests arrived.
The Taylor family’s relatives frowned while some could not help but look at jackie. Was jackie right when
he said that the unexpected guests and war kings will attend the birthday party?
Well, so many of them had already turned up! The Wilson family had never turned up in the past events
even though they were only a third-class aristocratic family—but they showed up!
“Head Commander Liam Benett has arrived to wish Old Master Taylor a happy seventieth birthday. He
presents a golden comb as a gift.” Again, the man who was in charge of reception and gifts announced.
Soon after, a head commander entered the hall together with his family.
“You’ve gotta be kidding me! jackie was right!” Ivan’s face darkened as he observed. He was worried that
jackie would get the praises and compliments from Old Master Taylor for inviting two hundred tables of
guests! He also wondered how jackie predicted that these people of high social status would show up?
Or, did they show up because they knew the war king was going to come?
“Assistant Commander Chris Tyson has arrived to celebrate the seventieth birthday of Old Master Taylor.
He presents the old master two pieces of gold Phoenix hairpin!”
Just as Ivan was cracking his head, more guests had arrived—a commander nonetheless. He held a
relatively high position too!
“Master Louise from a second-class aristocrat family has arrived together with his family to celebrate the
seventieth birthday of Old Master Taylor. They presented a jade abacus!”
Chapter 515 Another unexpected guest arrived in a family of three. They presented their gift as they
entered the hall.
“ jackie, how did you know so many people will show up?” Old Master Taylor could not keep his cool
anymore and asked. “Will there really be guests enough to fill two hundred tables?”
jackie was rather calm. He smiled and coughed, “Grandpa, you see the guests who showed up today…
Who’ll be paying for their meals? If you’re paying, then I’ll tell you.”
“That’s right! You can’t make my son pay for this. Look, the second-class aristocrats, war kings,
commanders are all here! Given enough time, maybe even a God of War will show up soon!” Joan
quickly suggested.
“very well, we’ll pay for all the guests today regardless of how many of them show up!” Old Master Taylor
was ecstatic.
jackie smiled calmly and said, “It must be because these people heard the news that the Goddess of War
will show up today. If she shows up, many others would too!”
“God… God of War will show up?” Old Master Taylor gasped. What was going on? Why would a God of
War attend this celebration? Did the Taylor family have any connections with them?
But if it was not for God of War, why would all these people—war king, commander, and the others—
attend his birthday party?
Dennis overheard their conversation and came to them and said, “Don’t you worry, Godess of War will be
here today. She’d mentioned it in our last gathering and she invited us to come and celebrate your
birthday with you.”
“That’s great!” Old Master Taylor was so excited that a God of War would show up at his birthday
celebration, which would be a great great honor to the Taylor family—regardless of the reason she
decided to attend the party. That way, the second-class aristocrats would never see the Taylor’s the
same way again.
On top of that, it would be an excellent opportunity for them to regain their reputation in the society. That
would enable them to easily secure business deals in the long-term.
“You’ve got to be kidding me, the God of War will be coming?” Ivan and Ken were stunned after getting
to know that. They expected jackie to boast about the guest list—not actually getting the ‘unexpected’ to
attend.
They were afraid that even two hundred tables were not enough to serve the guests if a God of War
actually showed up. That would be a serious issue.
“ jackie, how could you do this?! Why didn’t you pre-empt us about the attendance of a God of War?!
We’re all caught off guard! A God of War may get mad at us for not preparing enough tables for
everybody! Could you shoulder the consequences if you hadn’t booked these extra two hundred tables?”
Ivan was so agitated that he scolded jackie.
“I wanted this to be a surprise,” jackie said with a smile.
“Whatever, jackie. We won’t pursue the matter about the extra two hundred tables further. But you’ve
mentioned, that ‘sugar mommy’ of yours will be coming too? If you still can’t prove to us that you bought
the villa without the money from her, you’re still a sugar baby! You can’t even show us a token to prove
your position as the commander!”
They had been waiting for this opportunity to tease jackie but was previously interrupted with the arrival
of King of Wars. They revisited the topic once the guests made their way to the backyard.
“ jackie, I won’t accept this gift if you had really bought the villa with a sugar mommy’s money. This isn’t
something I want to get myself involved in,” Zeus spoke with full certainty. That was his last straw and he
had to save his face from that.
Chapter 516 Ivan Taylor and Ken Clark, who were by their side, were happy when they heard this. jackie
did not tell the Taylors to prepare more tables when he knew that the Goddess of War was coming.
However, they had no idea that jackie was still very calm. “You’ll know if she’s a rich lady when she’s
here. How should I put this? Nine hundred million is nothing to her, what more ninety million!”
Pausing for a moment, jackie turned to look at Old Master Taylor and added, “I have your gift ready,
Grandfather, but it’s not the villa next to this.”
“What?!” Many from the crowd inhaled sharply when they heard this. If it was not that villa, then what
was his gift?
Selena, who stood behind jackie, frowned. This man was full of surprises, she could barely keep up with
him. So the gift he prepared for her grandfather was not the villa after all?
“Not the villa? Then, this villa is…” Zeus Taylor trailed off.
Turning to look behind him, jackie pulled Selena closer to him. He then took a key out from his pocket
and placed it onto Selena’s palm. “It’s for Selena. The place we’re currently staying in doesn’t have
enough space, so I want my family to move over. I originally wanted to surprise Selena with this, but I
never thought Ivan would see it first and ruin the surprise…”
jackie lovingly touched Selena’s cheeks. “I’m sorry, Honey. I wanted to wait till dinner ended to tell you
this tonight and bring you there to have a look. I had no idea that it’d turn into this, and I have no other
way but to tell you the truth a little early.”
Selena was dazed, so much so that her red lips parted. She wondered if she had heard wrongly. All this
time, the villa was not the place where jackie and the rich woman were secretly seeing each other; it was
his gift to her. She silently thanked herself for not dwelling in the matter or exposed jackie for it.
Otherwise, things might have turned badly.
“ jackie, did… Did I hear wrongly? You spent over ninety million and won the auction on the opposite
villa, just to give it to my daughter? For our whole family to stay there?” Fiona gulped, evidently excited.
Initially disappointed at jackie as Fiona believed he was kissing up to a rich woman, she was happy once
more at this moment. It seemed that she had really misunderstood jackie.
jackie smiled indifferently. “Don’t worry, Mother. The deed for the villa isn’t here yet, but it belongs to
Selena alone. This house was bought for her. Moreover, it isn’t proper for Kylie to be sleeping with us in
the same room. After all, Kylie is already four years old!”
“Amazing! That… That house is ours for real?” Kylie clapped her hands excitedly. “That’s so cool!
Mommy, we have a new house!” she beamed. “A very, very big house!”
Selena’s nose turned sour. The bitterness she experienced throughout these five tears was finally turned
into tears of relief that trickled down her face.
“Mommy, why are you crying?” Kylie frowned when she saw Selena crying, her face evident with worry.
Selena knelt down and patted Kylie’s delicate little head. “Don’t worry, Kylie, Mommy is just happy,” she
spoke through tears. “These are happy tears, okay? We’ll be staying in a big, comfortable house soon!”
jackie was overcome with emotions as he gazed at his dear wife kneeling before their daughter. Selena
had endured numerous hardships throughout these five years. From now onward, if she was wanted, he
would willingly give her the entire world.
“Alright!” Kylie nodded.
Chapter 517 The trio—Ken, Neil, and Michael—began to scowl as the scene before them, inwardly
jealous.
“Only ninety million or so? If you marry me, you’d have no problem having one or two billion,” Michael
snapped, lips pursed into a tight frown. jackie was able to capture Selena’s heart by purchasing a villa;
she did not even give them a chance to please her.
“So you’re saying that this villa is for Selena, right jackie? How about the old master’s gift then?” Cecilia
spoke, unable to hold in her curiosity anymore. Folding her arms across her chest, she arrogantly added,
“Is it possible that you didn’t prepare any present