It was a big building standing gallantly on a large mass of land. The building was beautiful, probably one of the most beautiful houses in the whole of Shanghai city.Inside one of the rooms in this house, a group of young men with a big muscular build stood around two pretty young ladies with their hands and eyes tied.The two young ladies, who were none other than Shelly and Qiao Lian, tried to speak, but there was something stopping them from doing so.They struggled to take their hands out of it, but it was too tight, and the piece of cloth used was so hard and had a very rough surface that would definitely cause more than a simple injury to whoever is tied in them."Hey, that lady with black hair is also a beauty. Damn it, just take a look at those fat porcelain thighs and her splendid figure. Her face is sweet and innocent too.""Better be quiet. You know that the young master has taken a liking to both of them and would definitely be playing with them when he gets up.""I know.

The only words that can describe what Zu Xian felt right now are fear, regret, pain, sadness, and despair.He watched 20 of his clansmen die in front of him and watched his two best friends get beheaded in front of him, and all these were done with just the simple flicking of a finger.And it all happened in just seconds.Qiao Lian and Shelly looked at Ethan with a caring expression; they don't know what has happened, but this Ethan in front of them is way more different from the sweet Ethan they used to know.Qiao Lian looked at Zu Xian; she has known this bastard for almost ten years now, and throughout this time, she has never seen him bow to anyone, not even his father or her father, the leader of the Royal clan.He has always been the hotheaded type that never gives up or bows to others; he has no respect for others except himself.With all this being said, she felt too shocked to see him kneeling with his head slightly bowed toward no other person than Ethan, the same person he

The adventure around the city continued the next day, but it ended quickly because Ethan was invited by the Minister of Commerce and the Minister of Health concerning his healing elixir.He left Qiao Lian and Shelly at the hotel, where he knew they would be safe. He drove their rover car to the meeting place and got there almost immediately thanks to the GPS on the car.After alighting from the car, the two ministers and their assistant walked out to greet him."Nice to meet you, Mr. Ethan, and thank you for accepting our invite. It means more to us than you can imagine," they greeted Ethan with smiles plastered on their faces.Ethan smiled back at them and went inside with them.The meeting began, and it all revolved around his miracle medicine, the healing elixir, and then about building a good business relationship between both countries."You won't believe it, but our leader was very glad when he learned you were going to start a business firm here," the Minister of Commerce said

Qiao Lian stood there holding a cake and a trumpet, enthusiastically blowing it while shouting, "Happy Birthday!"The sudden burst of celebration filled the air as Ethan's mind raced to catch up with what was happening. In that moment, it dawned on him that today was Shelly's birthday – perhaps the reason behind her lingering dissatisfaction ever since.'I was always the first to wish her happy birthday in the past, and now I didn't even remember her birthday. I guess that's the reason she is upset.' He let out a sigh and turned to face Shelly, who was smiling at the moment.Shelly herself did not expect that Qiao Lian would keep her birthday in mind; both of them only discussed her birthday once while resting."Thank you, Qiao Lian," Shelly appreciated her friend sincerely.Ethan sheepishly scratched his wrist; he was already late in wishing her happy birthday, and she already knew he had forgotten her birthday.He walked closer

Two days were spent completely indoors at the hotel. There wasn't any need for Ethan to go out, and he wasn't ready to do so either.He spent his time managing some of his business, especially those in Luxuria. He also contacted his friends in Germany and inquired about materials that weren't available in China.Shelly and Qiao Lian had been indoors as well. They spent time with Ethan and even asked him to leave his laptop for an hour or two because he was too drawn to it, and he had almost not slept for two days straight.He was forced to watch a movie with them, but he found it extremely boring, especially the romance, sci-fi with strange aliens, and magical movies with demons and goblins. These were monsters he had dealt with in the past, and he knew that imagination sometimes differed from reality.The goblin they imagined was just a monster in disguise that spoke occasionally, a monster that could have a friendly relationship with certain humans sometimes, but it was far from tha